Project Manager: Green Recovery Project

Castle Bromwich Hall and Gardens Trust is a partner to the Love Your River Cole (LYRiC) project; a partnership project to help transform the Cole Valley, enhancing natural spaces and training local people to look after this important natural river corridor.

With funding from the Green Recovery Challenge Fund, the project is led by Tame Valley Wetlands, and includes a range of partners: The B37 project, Birmingham City Council, Castle Bromwich Hall & Gardens Trust, North Warwickshire Borough Council, The Prince’s Trust, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, Birmingham and Black Country Wildlife Trust and Warwickshire Wildlife Trust.

The project overall will involve tree planting, wildflower meadow creation and wetland habitat enhancements, as well as access improvements to paths and trails through several key sites. 

Castle Bromwich Hall and Gardens Trust is now looking for an experienced and flexible Project Manager to oversee, plan and manage our part of the partnership.

We are a small charitable Trust which owns and manages the 400 year old formal Castle Bromwich Gardens (B36 9BT) adjacent to the Parkland.

The Parkland is part of the old Bradford Estate (appx 50 hectares); a highly protected and significant range of buildings and landscapes on the edge of Birmingham. The overall estate is in a Conservation area which includes a range of Grade I,II and II* buildings, the Parkland is a local nature reserve as well as a Grade II* listed Park and Garden. 

Each of the elements of the overall estate is currently in a variety of different and separate ownerships – ranging across private business, charitable trusts, ecclesiastic and local authority ownership and management.

This project is the first time for over a decade that the owners and managers of the Parkland site have been able to work together to support the important natural and historic aspects of the 12 hectare Parkland.

The Lyric project runs for 12-14 months and involves surveys, planning with a variety of agencies and direct restitution and management work on the Parkland. 

The varied works on site will be carried out by involving professional contractors, people from the local community, volunteers from the Trust and the project’s Trainees. 

This is an exciting and innovative project which will suit an ambitious, skilled and flexible manager looking for a challenge. Although the post is time limited there may be opportunities to grow within the local and wider partnership.

JOB PURPOSE 

Undertake all aspects of leadership and management of the Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens Parklands project and to ensure that it fulfils the needs and requirements of the wider Lyric programme, and to make sure the project is successfully completed within the time frame and budget.

REPORTING LINE 

The project manager will be employed by the Gardens Trust and report initially to the Head Gardener. 

Working with the Trust’s management team the post holder will be responsible for liaising with, and reporting on behalf of the Trust, to the Lyric management group on practical aspects. 

STAFF MANAGEMENT 

The post holder will be responsible initially for the Lyric funded trainee based with the Gardens. 

Working in consultation with the Head Gardener, they will also be expected to manage work parties. These may include current Trust staff and volunteers, community working groups (via our community partner B37) and the wider Lyric trainee group (6).

BUDGETARY RESPONSIBILITY 

Shared management of budgets allocated to the Trust for this project. 

CONTRACT LENGTH  

This post is funded for 12 months

HOURS.   

Full time, 37.5 hours. 

Generally Monday to Friday with some weekend working by negotiation(community and working with the public) 

Holiday entitlement:   28 days including public holidays – nb some of the project’s work tasks are seasonally crucial and must be carried out at the right time. Holidays must be agreed with these in mind.

REMUNERATION: £23,000

OTHER:

Based at Gardens

Appropriate PPE

Key Responsibilities

• Lead on creating, managing and implementing the work programme for the project, including managing contractors and ensuring that purchases and processes are carried out in a timely and efficient manner
• Working with the onsite team to ensure that all relevant stakeholders are involved appropriately, permissions confirmed and that work methods are in keeping. (NB as a highly protected site the preservation of historic and natural assets are equally important.)
• Take the main responsibility for on-site management of the Parkland during the project; and carrying out the funded aspects of estate management which include improving visitor experience, undertaking biological surveys, monitoring of work and data entry. 
• To share responsibility for the care and maintenance of the Trust’s vehicles, equipment and storage in liaison with the Trust’s Head Gardener as appropriate.  
• Develop, organise, and support key volunteers and teams of volunteers as required in practical work and projects.  Take responsibility for the health and safety of all those working within the project and ensure safe working practices are adhered to at all times. 
• Complete requisite paperwork and records to ensure legal and health and safety compliance. 
• To award and supervise external contracts as required in order to achieve management objectives. 
• To be responsible for own management of activity budget and contribute to the overall budget reporting process, as agreed with the Trust’s team.
• Contribute to the production of current and future management plans  and other policies or strategies.  
• Adhere to all Trust policies, procedures and systems. To represent the Trust in a professional manner and to act at all times in a manner which will not damage its reputation. 
• Provide regular reports as required. 
• Any other duties as delegated by the line manager.