Project Manager - The Washwood Heath Adaption and Sustainability Hub (The WASH)

We are seeking an experienced project manager with a genuine passion and knowledge about nature and climate to lead and deliver our new WASH project.

Norton Hall is a small, but growing charity with a vibrant team based in and working with the community of Wash wood Heath, in East Birmingham.  The WASH will be based at our Dolphin Women’s Centre in Ward End Park; a much valued, Green Flag accredited 54-acre public space with a Lake and the Wash Brook. 

Thanks to National Lottery players, Norton Hall has received a five-year grant from The National Lottery Community Fund.   

The funding will be used to engage our local community in nature and climate learning activities, connecting them with the rural environment, increasing their connection to their surroundings and encouraging them to understand what it means to them.  Shaped by volunteers, service users and partners, the WASH aims to see improvements in everyday lives, including food and growing skills, career opportunities, improved mental and physical health, and confidence building.

To succeed in this role, your extensive project and people management experience will ideally be rooted in environmental work and co-ordinating large-scale projects.  Your interpersonal and leadership skills will enable you to develop excellent relationships with your team, partners and wider stakeholders.

You will be a self-motivated individual, who’s organisational and time management skills will keep the WASH team on track to meet milestones and ensure the project achieves its vision and objectives.

We will inform candidates who have been shortlisted for interview on Friday 26th July and will be interviewing for this position on Tuesday 30th July.  In person interviews are preferred but we can accommodate online participation.  We welcome applications from people who have a disability.  We can only accept applications from people with the right to work in the UK and are unable to sponsor working visa applications.

If you would like an informal conversation about this role please contact our Chief Executive Officer Suzanne Knipe.

Please note that CVs will not be accepted, and that you will need to include a cover email with your application outlining how your experience, skills and attributes makes you an ideal candidate for the role.