General Manager
Stour Environmental Credits
General Manager
Salary c.£60k per annum
Permanent – Full time – 37 hours per week
Hybrid role with opportunity to work remotely and in the office
Location: International House, Dover Place, Ashford, Kent TN23 1HT
You would be at the centre of managing a new joint venture between Ashford and Canterbury councils to enable new housing to come forward whilst protecting the environment in the Stour catchment at the same time. You will initially focus on purchasing and selling nutrient mitigation solutions.
Working for Stour Environmental Credits Ltd enables you to be part of an organisation which is proud to deliver high-quality, customer focussed services. Our success comes from us being commercially astute and business-like. Continuous improvement is also vital, and we challenge ourselves to develop new and innovative ways to improve the services that make a real difference to people’s lives.
What you’ll be doing…
- Effective day to day management of the business
- Sourcing and negotiating nutrient neutrality mitigation
- Developing a portfolio of environmental solutions including nutrient credits
- Liaising with planning teams, regional and national groups
- Reporting to the Joint Venture Board
You must have…
- Demonstrable experience of managing a large-scale programme within timescales and budgets with clearly articulated personal success measures
- A good understanding of the environmental challenges associated with housing growth, including nutrient neutrality
- Experience of developing and delivering projects, working in partnership with other agencies and external organisations
- Excellent communication skills, and able to work well with a range of partners, and other agencies,
- Demonstrable capability to negotiate and be responsible for the business in an operational, day to day capacity
- Capable of communicating challenging information accurately and concisely to a breadth of different audiences
- Demonstrable experience of thinking innovatively about effective approaches to problem solving.
What’s in it for you…
The ability to shape and influence our company and build on a portfolio of environmental improvements to enable housing growth in the Southeast. Working for a company that has attracted national interest for the innovative approach and public/private sector partnership.
For an informal discussion about this unique opportunity please contact Tracey Butler - Corporate Director at Ashford Borough Council and Director of Stour Environmental Credits Ltd on 01233 330875
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Other Key Information:
Interviews will be held on 3rd and 5th December 2025.
We offer: Hybrid/flexible working, Healthcare, Defined Contribution Pension Scheme
Growing a more sustainable future
About Stour Environmental Credits
We are a collaboration between Ashford Borough Council and Canterbury City Council. The company is controlled by a Board of Directors and is registered at Companies House.
The company has been established to manage nutrient neutrality credits in the River Stour
catchment area of Kent. This catchment covers large parts of the districts of Ashford and
neighbouring Canterbury, plus some of the surrounding boroughs.
The company has been set up to satisfy nutrient neutrality rules in the River Stour catchment area, enabling thousands of much-needed new homes to be built. Stour Environmental Credits will source the mitigation that is required to get the stalled housing market moving in the River Stour catchment area of both authorities. It will enable the buying and selling of mitigation credits to developers, enabling them to demonstrate that their housing schemes are nutrient neutral and can proceed.
We are a collaboration between Ashford Borough Council and Canterbury City Council. The company is controlled by a Board of Directors and is registered at Companies House. The company has been established to manage nutrient neutrality credits in the River Stour catchment area of Kent. This catchment covers large parts of the districts of Ashford and neighbouring Canterbury, plus some of the surrounding boroughs. The company has been set up to satisfy nutrient neutrality rules in the River Stour catchment area, enabling thousands of much-needed new homes to be built. Stour Environmental Credits will source the mitigation that is required to get the stalled housing market moving in the River Stour catchment area of both authorities. It will enable the buying and selling of mitigation credits to developers, enabling them to demonstrate that their housing schemes are nutrient neutral and can proceed.
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