Living Tees Development Manager

Living Tees Project Vision

The vision of this project is to create a vibrant, connected River Tees corridor along which communities are inspired to improve, explore, care for, and celebrate their river. Through improved access, inclusive engagement, and shared learning, the project will enhance local wellbeing, deepen understanding of the natural environment, and foster lasting stewardship of the Tees landscape

Working closely with the Your Tees Catchment Partnership (YTCP), the Tees Rivers Trust (host for this position) and many additional stakeholders, your role will be to lead, inspire and develop a coherent narrative for a catchment-based Living Tees Project. 

Overview

The YTCP have an opportunity to develop a meaningful blue and green corridor project within the Tees catchment, using the river (and key tributaries) as well as the Teesdale Way as linear reference points through which to develop opportunities for change, across a number of themes. This 18-month position has been made possible through the Northumbrian Water Bluespaces “Feasibility Project for Water Environment Improvements” grant, being awarded to the YTCP.

This funding being awarded to the YTCP will provide a unique opportunity to further consolidate, refine and consult with stakeholders as ideas and proposals become more grounded within a clearer and robust project narrative.

This is a ground-breaking opportunity to facilitate a project of lasting significance for the River Tees and those who walk and access it through many and varied leisure activities, visit and holiday within the catchment or work and live within its many communities and tributaries.

The entire project sits under the Catchment Based Approach (CaBA) framework.

This initial and early development and feasibility phase allows for the YTCP to focus time and resource in developing key themes through a more well-defined and robust project narrative. Much has already been achieved in developing ideas and concepts and there is an appetite within the YTCP for this project to gain traction and support local change. The role will work across this wide and varied stakeholder base and riverine landscape in supporting a concept to become a well-rounded and inspired narrative with support from many levels. 

Within this period, it is intended to apply for the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF), both an Expression of Interest after around 6 months and a Development Phase Application a year later.

Please see the attached job description for more information the role, responsibilities, and requirements, and visit the Tees Rivers Trust website to learn more about the organisation. 

Apply

Using the skills and experience expectations in the job description (attached below), please send a 2-sided covering letter sharing what you might bring to this role. Please also include a brief CV with details of referees (they will not be contacted unless successful).

We aim to be flexible and run candidate selection via a rolling interview process, although depending upon the level of interest, we may take a more formal approach.

The application process will be coordinated by Ian Proulder, YTCP Catchment Coordinator, and I'm happy to be contacted should you wish to informally discus any of the above.

Email – [email protected]
Mobile – 07976 742243