Project Manager (Torquay)

ZipRecruiter; Torquay; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading environmental charity is seeking a Project Manager to implement a behavior change program in Torquay. The ideal candidate will have experience in project management and community engagement, adept at building relationships and creating opportunities. This role offers flexible working hours and generous leave policies, aiming to empower local communities to improve their environments.

Benefits

27 days of annual leave

8% employer pension contributions

Flexible working hours

Enhanced family-friendly policies

Qualifications

• Proven track record in project management.
• Experience managing stakeholders with varying expectations.
• Passion for engaging people for environmental change.

Responsibilities

• Set up, implement, and report on behavior change campaigns.
• Build relationships within the local community.
• Evaluate projects and make improvements based on learnings.

Skills

Project management

Community engagement

Stakeholder management

Relationship building

Evaluating projects

Job description

Job Description

Project Manager

Salary: £23,940p.a. pro-rata (£39,900p.a. FTE)

We also offer 27 days of annual leave (pro-rated for hours worked) plus bank holidays and a birthday day off, 8% employer pension contributions, a core hours system of working and enhanced family friendly policies.

Contract: Fixed term fromOctober 2025 until the end of April 2026

Hours: 22.5 hours per week (we are flexible with how this may work for you)

Location: Home based, within the town of Torquay, Devon.

Keep Britain Tidy is the nation’s favourite environmental charity, campaigning on a range of environmental issues, effecting change at both a local and levels.

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Project Manager with experience of community engagement and grassroots change to deliver our exciting new behaviour change programme in Torquay. Supported by a wider programme team, but responsible for this project on the ground, the Project Manager will marry our organisational expertise with a passion for environmental change. They will be responsible for setting up, implementing, and reporting on a set of behaviour change campaigns and interventions.

The ideal candidate will be a natural networker, adept at building relationships within the local community, connecting people and creating opportunities, and have heaps of initiative and a passion for engaging people to work together to improve local spaces.

This is an exciting role within a fast-paced charity. You will have a proven track record in project management and managing a range of stakeholders with varying expectations. The ideal candidate will be experienced in evaluating projects and continually making improvements based on learnings.

All our roles benefit from generous holiday entitlements and pension contributions, including the opportunity to join the UK’s first net carbon pension scheme and to receive extra days leave for using alternatives to flights. If you have any special requirements for interview just let us know.

If you are interested in this job and want to help us make a difference, please review a copy of the full job description found on our website. After reading the application information, if you would love to work with us, please continue to apply.

As part of the application process, you will need to answer 4 questions and submit a tailored CV which fully demonstrates the essential skills/experience asked for within the job description. We also ask you to complete equal opportunities monitoring information as we want to try to make sure that our workforce is representative of the population and we are not excluding any community. Please note that this information will be held separately.

The deadline for applications is08:30, Monday 11 August 2025. However, we reserve the right to close the application window early if we receive a high number of applications.

For successful candidates, interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams on Tuesday 26 & Wednesday 27 August 2025.

If you require an in person interview, please let us know.

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