Partnership Project Officer (Marine)

The Job Itself

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Yorkshire Marine Nature Partnership at a pivotal time for marine and coastal environmental management.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council is seeking an ambitious and enthusiastic Partnership Project Officer to help drive collaboration, influence positive change, and deliver meaningful outcomes for Yorkshire’s unique and diverse marine environment.

As a key member of the team, you will build and maintain strong relationships with local, regional and national partners, bringing together organisations, communities and stakeholders around shared priorities for marine nature recovery. Using your excellent communication and engagement skills, you will foster active cross-sector collaboration, strengthen community connections, and help turn ideas into action.

You will be a highly organised, self-motivated individual who thrives on managing multiple priorities. Applying your project management skills, you will identify and develop new opportunities, support funding applications, and help secure investment that enables the delivery of ambitious environmental projects across Yorkshire’s coast and seas.

A key focus of the role will be supporting the development and implementation of a strategic approach to intertidal ecological enhancement across Yorkshire. Working closely with the Development Officer, who will provide ongoing support and guidance, you will contribute to the development of regional strategies, engage with local communities, and explore new opportunities for coastal habitat enhancement. An understanding of Yorkshire’s coastline and its connection to wider marine and terrestrial ecosystems will be highly valuable in this role.

The Yorkshire Marine Nature Partnership works across North and East Yorkshire and is hosted by East Riding of Yorkshire Council. You will work across the Yorkshire coast and be based at County Hall, Beverley.

To find out more about the Yorkshire Marine Nature Partnership, visit www.ymnp.org.uk.

Job Outline

Directorate: Planning and Economic Growth. Post Number: POST14779 (Job reference: ERYC009239). Responsible to: Yorkshire Marine Nature Partnership Development Officer. Grade: 6A.

Overall Purpose: to work alongside the Yorkshire Marine Nature Partnership Development Officer to assist in the development and implementation of the Partnership’s objectives for sustainable coastal and marine management, particularly related to Marine Protected Areas, ecological processes and stakeholder engagement.

Principal Accountabilities

• To assist the Development Officer in the management and administrative functions for externally funded programmes and ensure the efficient and effective running of projects, and all associated requirements for the Partnership.
• To assist the Development Officer in project development to meet the Partnership’s objectives, ensuring that contractual delivery requirements of the Programme are met including outputs, outcomes, deliverables and milestones.
• To assist in ensuring that project objectives, targets, budgets and financial forecasts are monitored and reported in accordance with the requirements of the funding organisation.
• To assist the Development Officer in assessment and interpretation of project outcomes, national policy and regional strategies, leading to recommendations to the Partnership Board and/or relevant sub-groups.
• To support the continued development of the Yorkshire Marine Nature Partnership in line with best practice and the requirements of the relevant funding bodies and managing authority, as well as meeting the Council’s governance and compliance requirements, as Accountable Body for the Partnership.
• To arrange and provide secretariat support for Yorkshire Marine Nature Partnership groups, ensuring that all activity is delivered in accordance with the relevant funding body and managing authority and providing professional advice and guidance to achieve the successful delivery of projects.
• To utilise existing management systems to analyse data collected by the Partnership and produce management and reporting information for the Development Officer, Partnership Board and relevant Sub-Groups on the delivery and progress of projects. This will include guidance sufficient to allow decisions to be made concerning appropriate project activity and development.
• To work with the Development Officer and delivery partners responsible for marine and coastal management to progress any relevant management plans and/or action plans relating to the marine and coastal environment in line with funding body guidelines and corporate policy.
• To assist the Development Officer by ensuring that delivery partners are provided with technical advice for marine and coastal management issues, including engaging with regional and national government consultations on marine policy and legislation.
• To build the capacity of the Yorkshire Marine Nature Partnership through the facilitation of workshops and/or training sessions to support stakeholder engagement and collaborative project delivery, and represent the Partnership in a variety of situations, including on external bodies.
• To seek opportunities to share information about Yorkshire’s marine and coastal environment and develop specific guidance and promotional literature for the Partnership and relevant projects, ensuring compliance with the publicity requirements of the relevant funding body and managing authority.
• To support website and social media initiatives, ensuring content is up to date and based on the Partnership’s plans in conjunction with funding body, managing authority and corporate guidelines.

In this role, candidates are required to speak English with sufficient fluency to effectively perform their duties, as required by Section 77-84 of the Immigration Act 2016.

The above principal accountabilities are not exhaustive and may vary without changing the character of the job or level of responsibility.

Employee Specification

Essential Criteria

• Knowledge of Yorkshire’s marine and coastal environment, including the wider social and economic issues impacting the coast.
• Knowledge of European, national, regional and local policy and legislation relating to the management of the marine and coastal environment.
• Understanding of the roles and activities of local authorities, Government Offices, and other appropriate public sector and local organisations.
• Knowledge of project development, implementation and monitoring and reporting methods.
• Knowledge of collaboration and partnerships as tools in delivery of environmental progress.
• Awareness of the wider context of environmental action, including terrestrially.
• Knowledge of information management requirements to support effective project management and decision making.
• Educated to undergraduate degree minimum standard or equivalent qualification or experience.
• Experience of working with a range of public and private partners to develop and deliver projects.
• Experience of identifying and seeking external funding from a range of sources.
• Experience of project development, management, monitoring, review and appraisal processes.
• Effective interpersonal skills with the ability to develop and sustain effective working relationships with a wide range of organisations, community groups and local people and businesses.
• Project development, management, monitoring, review and appraisal skills.
• Excellent communicator – verbal (presentations, meetings etc), written (reports, applications etc), web and social media.
• Creative skills to effectively share information with a variety of audiences.
• Ability to analyse problems and identify workable solutions.
• Good team worker and self-motivator.
• Ability to interpret information and make recommendations for action as a result.
• Ability to work independently and across multiple projects/workstreams concurrently.
• Excellent time management and ability to prioritise workloads to meet deadlines.
• Experience of using data systems to support project reporting.
• Ability to use IT including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, website content management and social media.
• Due to the geographic range of the role, a full driving licence and access to own vehicle is required.
• Some evening and weekend work may be necessary.

Desirable Criteria

A project management qualification is desirable.

Job Details

• Contract: fixed term (due to temporary funding).
• Hours: full time, 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
• Location: County Hall, Cross Street, Beverley, HU17 9BA (some travel may be required).
• Job closes: 21 September.
• Interviews: 7 to 8 October.
• Service area: Planning and Economic Growth.

Want to Know More?

For more information about the role, please contact Heather Davison-Smith, Heather.Davison-Smith@eastriding.gov.uk.

Additional Information

Internal Candidates: current East Riding of Yorkshire Council employees cannot use their East Riding email account to log in and apply for jobs online. To submit an application, you must create an account or sign in using a personal email address.

Secondment: candidates wishing to apply for this role on a secondment basis should ensure they have sought approval from their line manager prior to submitting their application.

Travel: some travel across East Riding of Yorkshire may be required; applicants must be able to transport themselves.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: East Riding of Yorkshire Council values everyone and is a Mindful Employer, an Age-friendly Employer and Disability Confident Committed.

How to Apply

More information and application: https://www.eastridingcouncil.jobs/job-search/?entry=eryc009239