Bluespaces Delivery Manager (Essex and Suffolk)

Bluespaces Delivery Manager (Essex and Suffolk)

Term: Permanent. Flexible start date
Salary: £35,576
Pension: NEST pension scheme
Hours: Full time (37.5 hours per week). This role can be offered part time for the right candidate.
Holidays: 25 days plus statutory holidays
Place of work: Hybrid office (Stowmarket) and home working with regular travel throughout Essex and some travel in Suffolk and Norfolk.

Are you interested in delivering an exciting partnership project between Essex & Suffolk Water and Essex and Suffolk Rivers Trust to engage local people with rivers and wildlife on their doorsteps? Do you have a background in project managing access to nature and/or wildlife recovery? If so, we would love to hear from you.

This is a role developed in partnership with Essex & Suffolk Water, part of the Northumbrian Water Group (NWG), to deliver the Bluespaces programme and set up a programme of river enhancement projects in Essex and Suffolk.

The full-time role will be split with three days a week delivering the Bluespaces programme and the remaining time being spent facilitating partnership working in Essex, including coordinating the Essex Rivers Hub Catchment Partnership group. Partnership working will bring benefits to both activities and help foster long term relationships across the region.

NWG has developed the Bluespaces programme to deliver improvements to the water environment for the benefit of their customers. The programme funds partnership projects investing in biodiversity, water quality and access and recreational facilities focused around accessible areas of rivers, lakes, coasts, beaches, and other water environments.

You will be supported by other members of the collaborative Bluespaces Team, working across NWG and with delivery partners, as well as by other Essex and Suffolk Rivers Trust staff.

The role will line manage the Bluespaces Officer at the ESRT who will support the delivery of the programme and the Volunteer and Community Involvement Officer at ESRT steering them towards expanding our volunteering programme at ESRT.

Please visit our website for the applicant pack and full job description.

How to Apply: If you're ready to be part of a dynamic team making a lasting impact on our local environment, we invite you to submit your CV and a personal statement detailing your interest in and suitability for the position. The statement must be a maximum of two A4 pages, please send this with your CV to [email protected].

Initial telephone interviews are likely to be held in the w/c 25th August 2025. Successful candidates will then be offered an in person interview the w/c 8th September 2025, at the ESRT Stowmarket office.

If you have any questions about the Bluespaces Delivery Manager role, please contact [email protected].

Closing Date: Midnight on Sunday 24th August 2025.