Area Manager - Cumbria & North East England

RSPB; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

RSPB seeks a self-motivated Area Manager for its operations in Cumbria and North-east England. This leadership role demands effective management of nature reserves and collaboration with diverse stakeholders to achieve conservation goals. The ideal candidate will possess strong operational, leadership, and collaboration skills, ensuring impactful conservation efforts.

Qualifications

• Experience of operational management, including compliance and risk management.
• Proven ability to translate strategy into action.
• Visible, inspiring, and effective leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee RSPB's operations in Cumbria and North-east England.
• Develop and maintain relationships with partners and stakeholders.
• Lead and develop multi-disciplinary teams.

Skills

Operational management

Leadership skills

Collaboration skills

Financial acumen

Communication skills

Job description

Reference: JUN20251776
Location: Flexible in Cumbria & North East England
Salary: £60,178.00 - £64,249.00 Per Annum
Terms: Permanent, Full-Time 37.5 hours per week

The RSPB works to protect habitats, save species, and help to end the nature and climate emergency. We have an exciting opportunity for a self-motivated and passionate individual to join our team as Area Manager for the RSPB’s Cumbria and North-east England Area.

This leadership role will have oversight of, and overall responsibility for, the RSPB's operations in this area, including our work on our nature reserves and our conservation work in the wider countryside. In addition, the post holder will develop and maintain relationships with partners and key stakeholders.

Reaching across Cumbria, Northumberland, County Durham, Newcastle and Teesside, the RSPB’s work is highly varied - we have seven significant RSPB natures reserves managed by five reserve teams, two RSPB Priority Landscapes in the North Pennines and Dales, and the Lake District, and a partnership project ‘Cumbria Connect’ delivering landscape scale nature recovery.

This role is broad, and we are looking for a candidate with rounded skills, knowledge and experience. Our priority is to find someone who can work effectively with people, as the leader of their team, with colleagues across the organisation and with the diverse range of partners and stakeholders.

Essential:

• Experience of operational management, including compliance and risk management
• Proven ability to translate strategy into action, developing programmes, prioritising, and leading change
• Proven leadership and people management skills, able to develop team members for high performance and build a positive culture across dispersed, multi-disciplinary teams
• Visible, inspiring, and effective leadership skills, engaging and motivating staff and volunteers at all levels
• Leading and developing large, multi-disciplinary teams
• Collaboration skills to build relationships and partnerships, navigate politics and manage conflicts
• Business management skills to understand strategy, business functions and decision-making
• Financial acumen to manage budgets, forecasting, understand financial statements and understand and use business metrics and management information
• Can influence others, communicate effectively, build partnerships, negotiate at a senior level and represent the organisation

Desirable:

• Project management experience to input into the planning and management of complex programmes and projects
• Experience of leadership and management of commercial operations
• Knowledge of relevant local matters, including ecological, political and socio-geographical.
• Knowledge of innovative conservation financing e.g. Biodiversity Net Gain and Carbon

Closing: Wednesday, 9th July

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