ONWP Project Reporting Manager

The Orkney Native Wildlife Project (ONWP) is the world’s largest stoat eradication initiative, launched in 2018 as a partnership between RSPB Scotland, NatureScot and Orkney Islands Council. Working closely with local communities and landowners, the project aims to protect Orkney’s unique native wildlife and support its internationally recognised wildlife tourism.

We are now seeking a Project Reporting Manager to ensure the project continues to deliver against key milestones and meets all partner and funder requirements.

As the ONWP Project Reporting Manager, you will play a central role in tracking, analysing, and communicating project progress across a team of more than 40 staff. You will ensure that all milestones, deliverables, and evaluation tasks are recorded accurately and reported clearly to partners and funders.

You will work closely with managers to prepare clear, well-evidenced project change requests and ensure decision-makers have the information they need in a timely and accessible format. You will lead on reporting to the project’s Steering Group and will contribute to ensuring that risks, issues, and compliance requirements are monitored and communicated.

The role will also have responsibility for coordinating the effective running of the ONWP office, including overseeing supplies and general office management.

Essential skills, knowledge and experience:

• Experience creating, maintaining or improving project reporting systems, including using Excel tools such as formulas, pivot tables or structured data tables to track milestones and progress.
• Experience analysing project information to identify gaps, inconsistencies, risks or issues, and summarising findings clearly for different audiences, including non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven ability to produce clear, concise written reports and updates for partners, funders or steering groups.
• Experience preparing or contributing to evidence-based proposals or change requests that support effective decision-making.
• Experience applying or monitoring quality standards or compliance requirements, and escalating concerns when necessary.
• Experience identifying, recording and monitoring project risks and issues using structured tools (e.g. risk or issue logs) and developing practical mitigation actions.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, including supporting colleagues to meet reporting or data requirements and maintaining constructive relationships across a multi-disciplinary team.
• Proven organisational and prioritisation abilities, including managing multiple tasks or deadlines in a fast-paced project environment and coordinating inputs from different team members.
• Experience contributing to project closure or handover processes, such as coordinating documentation, actions or legacy information.
• Experience overseeing office-based systems-such as supplies, equipment or administrative processes-to support effective day-to-day operations.
• Able to prepare clear updates or reports for project partners or funders, gained through previous roles, training, volunteering or equivalent experience.
• Familiarity with conservation, environmental or land-management settings, developed through work, study, volunteering or other equivalent experience.

This role will be based in the Orkney Native Wildlife Project office in Kirkwall, Orkney.

This is a Fixed-Term role to the end of December 2027 for 37.5 hours per week. The RSPB reserves the right to extend or make this role permanent without further advertising dependent on business needs at the end of the contract term.

For further information please contact [email protected].

We are looking to commence interviews the week of May the 25th, 2026.

We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, and are particularly interested in applying, please contact us to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application.

The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

The RSPB is a licenced sponsor. This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship - the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.