Project Delivery Manager – Scottish Seascapes
Job Reference: 2025-12PDMSS
Location: Remote / Home Based within Central Belt Area of Scotland (travel required to Western Scottish coastal and island communities)
Salary: £30,000 to £35,000 per annum
Contract: 2 year full-time, fixed-term
Closing Date: Sunday 4 January 2026
About us
We are a leading UK environmental charity dedicated to protecting our ocean – defending crucial habitats, regenerating vital ecosystems and inspiring volunteers. We unite communities, governments, and industry, and champion science-based solutions for cleaner, healthier seas to tackle the climate and nature emergency.
Lead real change along Scotland’s west coast
As a Project Delivery Manager, you’ll lead hands-on regeneration of seagrass, oyster and kelp habitats while coordinating fieldwork, partners and community-led stewardship across the west coast.
You’ll guide projects from planning to delivery, support ecological monitoring, and work closely with local communities to build knowledge, confidence and lasting impact for people and nature. If you’re organised, collaborative and excited by practical, science-led actions, this is your chance to make a lasting impact.
If you’re ready to make waves for a better ocean future, we’d love to hear from you!
What you’ll be doing
- Managing the delivery of marine habitat regeneration projects.
- Oversee regeneration interventions and collaborate with scientific partners on ecological monitoring.
- Collaborating with community partners to enable local stewardship, facilitating workshops, training and outreach to build capacity and awareness.
- Monitoring and reporting ecological and social outcomes.
- Managing partnerships and stakeholders, fostering inclusive participation from coastal communities, fishers and local authorities.
- Contributing to funding proposals and strategic planning to support project sustainability and growth.
What you’ll bring
- Applied knowledge of marine biology and environmental science, with experience in marine habitat regeneration, conservation or marine monitoring.
- Experience in social impact measurement or working with social data to inform reporting and decision-making.
- Practical knowledge of marine fieldwork planning, logistics & safety.
- Excellent project management skills – strategic, organised and solutions focused.
- A skilled communicator, able to make complex issues clear and compelling with the ability to build a rapport with a diverse range of people.
- A critical thinker with a creative approach to problem solving and an ability to respond well to challenges.
- Resilience, adaptable and comfortable working independently as well as in a team.
- A passion for ocean conservation, a commitment to sustainability, community and science-based action.
Why join us?
- Be part of a friendly, forward-thinking team, making a real impact on marine conservation.
- Work at the heart of community-led stewardship, empowering coastal communities to become champions for ocean health.
- Enjoy a flexible, inclusive and supportive working environment that values creativity and solutions.
- Help regenerate Scottish waters for future generations.
Benefits
- 25 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays (increasing with service)
- Extra time off at Christmas
- 8% employer pension contributions (no match required)
- Sick pay at full pay for 8 weeks, then 8 weeks at half pay (after probation)
- Flexible working and remote-first approach
- Health and wellbeing support, plus an employee assistance programme
- A paid volunteering day to support a charity of your choice
- Cycle-to-work scheme
Closing date: Sunday 4th January 2026
Interviews: w/c 12th January 2026