Sustainable Development and Delivery Manager

Crown Estate Scotland has an exciting opportunity for a Sustainable Development and Delivery Manager to join our team on a 12 month, fixed term basis. 

By joining the Crown Estate Scotland team, you’ll be surrounded by dedicated and talented individuals who are passionate about what they do, giving you the opportunity to learn and develop.  You’ll be working alongside like-minded individuals who are working towards achieving the shared goal of making Scotland a better place

About the role

The successful candidate/s for this new role within the organisation will be responsible for:

• Managing and co-ordinating delivery of projects and workstreams to support successful implementation of CES’s strategies and programs relating to sustainable development in accordance with the requirements of SPFM (including Glenlivet 2050 and future transfers & delegations under the Scottish Crown Estate Act 2019) and partnerships ensuring clarity on roles, expectations, and responsibilities.
• Identifying potential investment opportunities - and handover to colleagues for assessment and business case development and delivery if deemed investable based on an initial screening by colleagues working in investment and finance.
• Leading the setup of new revenue initiatives as and when required, including creation of project plans and partnership documents for review.
• Working with colleagues and managing agents to share information and contacts and ensure a joined-up approach to all we do.
• Building Crown Estate Scotland's reputation for delivery through productive partnerships, ensuring any stakeholder concerns are dealt with in a timely and professional way.
• Providing regular feedback and management information on regional engagement and activity.
• Advising and supporting the CEO/Accountable Officer, Executive Team and Board on regional visits and engagement with local projects.
• Leading on the organisation and support of external stakeholder events and communications such as those required to facilitate conversation on partnership working or updating stakeholders on progress with workstreams such as the Glenlivet 2050 action plan.
• Working to ensure appropriate governance for projects and workstreams as advised by the Head of Sustainable Development and Delivery Team.
• Leading, co-ordinating, or supporting engagement for specific projects, working closely with colleagues and partners.
• Supporting the Head of Sustainable Development and Delivery in managing funds including the Sustainable Communities Fund.
• Understanding and be able to identify and champion wider social, environmental, and economic value in projects and initiatives.
• Understanding regional and local development strategies, identifying and communicating strategic and local opportunities internally for Crown Estate Scotland to add value as an enabler or through specific projects working to agreed criteria.
• Building and maintaining effective relationships with relevant external stakeholders to identify partnership working and investment opportunity for Crown Estate Scotland in line with the Scottish Crown Estate Act 2019, Scottish Public Finance Manual, Crown Estate Scotland’s Corporate and Business Plan.
• Working within our risk management framework to identify and recommend mitigating actions.

The contractual working location of this role is our Glenlivet office.  However, we believe work is something you do, not a place you go to, and we are committed to supporting employees to work flexibly and in a way that suits their role and preferences. 

The starting salary will be £50,521 with potential for future progression as well as eligibility of annual cost of living rises.  The maximum salary for this role is currently £58,653.  The role also benefits from 25 days’ annual leave, increasing to 30 days after two years’ service, plus 11.5 of public/ privilege days.  Crown Estate Scotland encourage flexible working and operate a discretionary flexi-time scheme.  This role offers participation in the Civil Service pension scheme. 

At Crown Estate Scotland we believe that continuous learning and development helps us to do our best in work and build professional skills and expertise.  We offer a range of training opportunities delivered by external training providers and in-house experts and provide all employees with access to LinkedIn Learning.   We also support individuals to pay professional membership fees relevant to their roles and aim to support additional study and learning requests wherever possible. 

As well as helping you to develop professionally, we also support your personal development through our ‘Wellbeing Matters’ programme with its focus on four important pillars of wellbeing – physical, emotional, social, and financial. 

About You

You should have:

• Relevant degree or equivalent experience (Technical, Financial, business or Legal)
• Project management experience
• Experience of working with external stakeholders such as NGO’s, regulators, industry Including organising and facilitating stakeholder engagement events.
• Experience of working with one of the sectors Crown Estate Scotland manages and/or emerging sectors such as natural capital markets
• Expertise in sustainability relating to one or more of the following areas peatland restoration, buildings, decarbonisation, farm management, water efficiency, natural capital markets 
• Experience of developing options based on a balance of environmental and economic objectives and risk management methodologies

You will have the following qualities, which are key to success in this role:

• Stakeholder engagement experience
• Building effective working relationships both internally and externally
• Negotiation techniques and effective communication
• Writing, drafting and critical document review
• Technical knowledge of sustainable development and opportunities for CES