Access to Eden Project Manager

Contract: 5 days per week, full-time, fixed-term contract till 31 March 2028

We’ve got a uncommon alternative for an distinctive undertaking supervisor to affix us and work with an
skilled group on the supply of a £2m+ undertaking supported by The Nationwide Lottery Heritage
Fund to enhance entry, by way of alternative and conservation, to the fantastic panorama of the
River Eden, East Cumbria.

We search an skilled, delivery-focused particular person who can handle workers groups, exterior
companions, funds and undertaking schedules, and talk successfully with a spread of audiences
– together with at senior organisational degree.

The profitable candidate may also be captivated with participating a wider vary of individuals within the
pure surroundings and be a transparent and efficient written and verbal communicator. Understanding
the multi-faceted water surroundings and challenges to accessing it will likely be a bonus however the
wider Entry to Eden partnership group, who’ve carefully collaborated to make this advanced
undertaking a actuality, will probably be readily available to help.

The function in a nutshell

You’ll be answerable for:

• the general administration of the supply section of the multi-million-pound undertaking.
• working with the group to create long-lasting optimistic impression for the pure surroundings
  by way of constructing sturdy group engagement throughout the undertaking space with goal audiences who
  expertise a scarcity of alternative to entry the Eden, and
• strengthening the partnership and searching for alternatives for progress within the supply section.

Concerning the undertaking

Entry to Eden:breaking boundaries, constructing bridges goals to interrupt down the bodily,
social and cultural boundaries that stop individuals from accessing the pure heritage of Eden
and construct the bridges wanted to present them the boldness to take pleasure in our blue and inexperienced areas. We
intend to take away boundaries for Eden’s particular wildlife, join habitats and promote nature
restoration.

With 13 organisations signed up as a part of our partnership, collectively we’ll break boundaries and
construct bridges for individuals AND nature within the Eden Valley, Cumbria.

The clue is within the title. It’s all about making Eden’s rivers and nature extra accessible to
those that expertise the best boundaries. From opening up doorstep inexperienced areas, selling
strolling, biking, swimming, paddle sports activities, sensible conservation, wildlife surveys, quiet
enjoyment … and even digital enjoyment of the river surroundings.

Our imaginative and prescient is to see a totally built-in set of accessible actions and conservation
alternatives that work for everybody in Eden, Cumbria, contributing to enhancing the
pure heritage alongside our rivers.

About us

Enhancing entry to river environments is a brand new space for Eden Rivers Belief, and a part of our
charity’s need to be Rethinking rivers. For good. We imagine in partnership,
creativity and adaptability, and we’re rooted within the Eden – working at floor degree with native
communities, land managers and companies to preserve the rivers and enhance water high quality and
administration. We’re altering conversations, discovering methods to work smarter and provoking and
empowering others to do the most effective for our rivers.

Based mostly in Penrith, the publish holder will work within the scenic rolling countryside of the Eden
Valley and the place it intersects with the north-eastern Lake District, the Yorkshire Dales and
the North Pennines.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, together with under-represented teams.

Deadline for purposes: 9 am, Tuesday seventh Could 2024,

Interviews are deliberate for fifteenth – seventeenth Could 2024.