Water Stewardship Business Engagement Manager

The Rivers Belief is a number one environmental charity and the umbrella physique of The Rivers
Belief motion, comprising over 60 unbiased native charities. Our imaginative and prescient is for wild,
wholesome, pure rivers, valued by all. We’re at a essential level in our historical past as we develop
to ship initiatives to guard and replenish this essential a part of the pure surroundings, and
our analysis and experience is now wanted extra urgently than ever as water provide and high quality
transfer up the general public agenda in response to the local weather and water
disaster.

We’re in search of a motivated and extremely organised individual to fill the newly created place
of Water Stewardship Enterprise Engagement Supervisor for North West England.

It is a pivotal place, the primary of its form, specializing in corporate-community
collaboration in water stewardship and ecosystem providers together with replenishment of water and
Pure Flood Administration in relation to enterprise operations. You’ll be working with
companies within the North West area, initially within the Glenderamackin and Eden Catchment areas
and with native Rivers Trusts in Cumbria, in addition to a variety of different key actors, together with
landowners, utility corporations, regulators and native organisations, to establish and develop a
pipeline of water stewardship initiatives and funding alternatives to ship environmental
enhancements on the panorama scale.

We’re in search of an entrepreneurial and decided skilled who has been concerned in
constructing public-private sector partnerships and has a observe document of working comparable initiatives,
and supporting their implementation, in an agile surroundings. While environmental and
freshwater information and expertise is fascinating, we’re primarily in search of somebody who can
ship skilled and efficient partnership working.

The profitable candidate might be a part of the Technique and Water Stewardship crew at The Rivers
Belief, however the place might be hosted domestically by West Cumbria Rivers Belief, working initially
on the bottom breaking Resilient Glenderamackin Panorama Restoration Pilot venture alongside an
enthusiastic and pleasant crew, in a thriving motion, and making a significant private
contribution to environmental safety and enchancment.

Key duties embrace:

• Figuring out alternatives to interact companies by way of the sale of ecosystem providers.
• Constructing on present public-private partnerships being developed to ship panorama
  restoration initiatives.
• Creating new initiatives and safe funding for our actions within the North West of England.
• Managing multi-sector stakeholder relationships to realize partnership and venture
  aims.
• Advising and supporting native Rivers Trusts on venture administration, marketing strategy
  improvement and company partnerships for nature finance initiatives.
• Reviewing venture progress, managing dangers and reporting to companions and funders.
• Creating enterprise engagement methods to assist the event of company
  partnerships.
• Act as The Rivers Belief’s level of contact for enterprise engagement on water stewardship and
  ecosystem providers within the North West of England.

It is a full-time, everlasting place (topic to ongoing funding). It’s a home-based function,
although the job holder might be required to work someday per week from WCRT places of work in Keswick and
journey usually throughout the North West of England and sometimes additional afield. We provide
flexibility round working hours – break day in lieu can also be obtainable. We provide 25 days vacation
professional rata (rising to twenty-eight days) plus statutory vacation days. We delight ourselves on being an equal
alternatives employer and we welcome functions from all communities. We’re completely satisfied to regulate
for folks with disabilities and/or caring duties.

The function is a grade 4 place which has a beginning wage of £33,461, plus advantages
together with 9% employer pension contribution.

Important information, abilities, and expertise

• Industrial acumen and entrepreneurial drive, with a confirmed means to safe funding and
  assist for initiatives.
• Industrial contract supply expertise.
• Expertise working with company companions, state organisations and personal landowners.
• Expertise of constructing, growing, and sustaining vital inside and exterior
  relationships with a variety of personal and public companions.
• Confirmed means to suppose strategically and affect the views of others.
• Confirmed means to realize supply by way of others.
• Glorious communication abilities – significantly in a presentation context when speaking
  to a variety of various audiences.
• Expertise of reporting to enterprise companions/funders, together with evidencing milestone and
  consequence supply.
• Data of the rules of water stewardship and volumetric profit accounting.
• Self-starter, with confirmed means to collaborate on cross-functional groups whereas working
  remotely.
• Element and deadline-oriented, capable of handle a number of priorities.
• Have to be proficient in utilizing computer systems and Microsoft Workplace software program 
• The flexibility to work occasional evenings, weekends, and in a single day stays when essential (e.g.
  to attend occasions and conferences, or go to key stakeholders on-site)

Fascinating standards, solely embrace these when you have them:

• A qualification in an environmental topic, water stewardship and volumetric profit
  accounting
• Mission administration coaching and/or {qualifications}
• Data of local weather change impacts and acceptable mitigation measures.

Everybody who works for us is predicted to contribute to a respectful and inclusive working
tradition and observe our insurance policies and procedures together with Well being & Security, EDI,
Cybersecurity and GDPR.

Deadline: Wednesday twenty fourth April 2024

It’s anticipated that interviews might be held on or quickly after the first Might