Key here you must be a qualified and experienced Project Manager, capable of increasing the capability of existing and future team members. So people skills also rank as very important.

Through the project “Make it Happen”, you’ll drive a project pipeline in 5 themed areas:

• building conservation works
• active travel links
• holiday accommodation creation
• nature gain
• visitor experience improvements.

We expect the project spend will double to at least £2m annually within three years.

A little context on Dunham Massey in Cheshire is one of the Trust’s most special properties, with a garden for all seasons, an ancient deer park, a large agricultural estate and a house filled with treasures, enjoyed by over 800,000 visitors annually.

We have designed this as a lifestyle role of 4 days per week, at a salary in the region of £44,000 for the 4 day week, in a great location, with talented people.

This role is for INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY

Interested? Then don’t send me your CV instead a document of 500 words of why you are a potential to make this project fly. . .

If you would like to discuss this role and have further questions please email me Nick Mason on nicholas.mason@nationaltrust.org.uk .

Whilst you will be within the Dunham Massey sphere, your high-profile work will be integrated into our National Trust Consultancy which provides properties with advice and practical support across the full range of conservation, marketing and supporter development activities.

You will be a senior member the Trust’s wider project management community and we are looking for an active and enthusiastic contributor in this space.

Project pipeline management will exact your skills of

• comprehensive client briefs,
• completing feasibility processes (including costs and consents),
• building support with our tenants and other key stakeholders
• warming up potential funding organisations.

This new Make it Happen approach will test new approaches on behalf of the North region and inform organisational learning and you’ll need to commit to sharing learning, progress, challenges and impacts widely.

This role is a pioneering leadership and delivery role. Your ability to communicate well, listening to and influencing a busy property leadership team while modelling inclusive, values-driven behaviour in your group.

You'll have experience of successfully delivering complex end to end project / programme management including defining resources, leading multi-million £ procurement and managing the finances, securing project teams and matrix management, across multiple projects/programmes.  

You'll hold a recognised project (ChPP /APM PMQ) or programme management (MSP) qualification, show evidence of ongoing CPD in your career to date. You’ll have coaching and mentoring experience with a proven ability to improve performance. Your experience may also include delivery of projects in Building Conservation and Construction

The National Trust has the motto ‘For everyone, for ever’ at its heart. We’re working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. It’s important that our people reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audiences we serve. We welcome and value difference, so when we say we’re for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our teams too.

Wherever you’re from, and whatever your background, we want to hear from you – and it doesn’t matter if you’re jam first, cream first, or even if you don’t like scones at all. Everyone is welcome.

Benefits for working at the National Trust include:

• Flexible working whenever possible

• Free parking at most locations

• Free entry to our properties for you, a guest and your children (under 18)

• Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary

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