RiverCare and BeachCare Manager (maternity cover)

RiverCare and BeachCare Manager (maternity cover)
Salary:£31,971p.a. pro-rata (£39,964p.a. FTE)
Hours: 30 hours per week, to be worked over 4 or 5 days
Contract:Up to 12 months
Location:Home based in the East of England, with travel in the Anglian Water region and occasional travel across England.
Keep Britain Tidy is one of the UK’s leading environmental charities. At a time when we are living in a world facing huge environmental challenges, the work we do has never been more important or more urgent.
We are looking for a passionate and outstandingprogramme managerto join our RiverCare & BeachCare programme for a period of maternity leave. Delivered by Keep Britain Tidy, in partnership with programme funder Anglian Water for nearly 25 years, the programme aims to inspire community ownership of local blue spaces through training and support to become empowered, self-organising volunteer groups. This is an exciting role in a fast-paced charity and a welcoming, ambitious team.
The successful applicant will have experience of overseeing and monitoring large-scale volunteer programmes, working with a wide variety of partner organisations, and hold a good knowledge of environmental sustainability, and ecological challenges in the water and marine environment.
You will be an effective communicator and networker, highly organised and able to manage a small team, a self-starter able to work to deadlines without close supervision. You will be working as part of a regional and national team. Some travel within the region and across England will be required, as will occasional weekend and evening work.
Environmental change is affecting us all and we want people from all backgrounds to be part of the solution. It is for this reason that Keep Britain Tidy has flexible and supportive policies for all our staff and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds.
All our roles benefit from generous holiday entitlements and pension contributions, including the opportunity to join the UK’s first net zero carbon pension scheme and to receive extra days leave for using alternatives to flights. If you have any special requirements for interview just let us know.
If you are interested in this job and want to help us make a difference, please review a copy of the full job description and continue to apply.
As part of the application process you will need to answer 5 timed multiple-choice questions, 3 sift questions relating to your relevant experience, and submit a CV tailored to the role. You will also be asked to complete equal opportunities monitoring information as we want to try to make sure our workforce is representative of the population and we are not excluding any community. Please note that this information will be held separately.
The deadline for applications is 09:00, Monday 23 February 2025.
Interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams w/c 9 March 2026.
If you require an in-person interview, please let us know.
Please note we will only be able to contact successful candidates. Thank you for your interest in our work.
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This role helps inspire community ownership of local blue spaces through volunteer engagement, contributing to environmental conservation at a time when environmental challenges are increasingly urgent.

Required qualifications:

• Experience overseeing and monitoring large-scale volunteer programmes
• Experience working with diverse partner organizations
• Good knowledge of environmental sustainability and ecological challenges in water/marine environments
• Effective communication and networking skills with high organizational ability
• Ability to work independently to deadlines without close supervision

Benefits include:

• Salary: £31,971 per annum pro-rata (full-time equivalent £39,964)
• 30 hours per week over 4-5 days
• Generous holiday entitlements
• Pension contributions including opportunity to join UK's first net zero carbon pension scheme
• Extra days leave for using alternatives to flights
• Flexible and supportive policies for all staff
• Home-based working with travel requirements