Yorkshire Rivers Strategic Partnership Manager

Yorkshire Rivers Strategic Partnership Manager We offer a competitive salary, depending on experience up to 60,000A company car lease/allowance scheme (500 per month/6,000 per year, based on full-time employment on joining the company).  You can opt to sign up to the EV Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme 6 months after joining the company

Annual incentive related bonus (up to 15% of annual salary).Private health care (self only)
Attractive pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution)
Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays – plus 2 extra wellness days!

A great benefits package – choose from health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover. Retail savings scheme Online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!

Location:

This role will be based in Leeds Valley Park - Hybrid Working 1-2 office days a week

Work type:
Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Yorkshire Rivers Strategic Partnership Manager to join the Partnerships and Sustainability team at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to deliver our vision of A Thriving Yorkshire – Right for Customers, Right for the Environment. Could this be you?

What we do:

Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year, can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, it’s so much more than this.

We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire’s water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region, and play a key role in the region’s health, wellbeing, and prosperity.

New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry. The Partnerships and Sustainability team are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators. The Yorkshire Rivers Partnership is a long-term strategic collaboration between Yorkshire Water, the five regional Rivers Trusts operating across Yorkshire, and The Rivers Trust nationally.

The partnership brings together the complementary strengths of all organisations to improve the health, resilience and ecological condition of Yorkshire's rivers through a shared catchment-based approach. Working together, partners aim to secure greater environmental, social and customer benefits than any organisation could achieve independently by aligning investment, developing evidence-led river restoration programmes, attracting additional funding, influencing policy and regulation, and delivering integrated catchment solutions  partnership's long-term ambition is that Yorkshire's rivers are thriving, healthy and resilient, supported by a single shared plan, collaborative delivery and sustained investment over the coming decades.

The Yorkshire Rivers Strategic Partnership Manager will provide strategic leadership for the partnership between Yorkshire Water and the Rivers Trust movement, ensuring shared ambitions are translated into coordinated action and measurable outcomes. Acting as the central point of leadership across multiple work streams, the role will align priorities, maintain momentum, and oversee a portfolio of collaborative projects from development through to delivery.

It will navigate partnership governance, funding mechanisms and delivery models, removing barriers and driving solutions to enable successful project outcomes. Working across departments and organisations, the role will lead key meetings and work programmes, influence strategic direction, and ensure decisions are translated into action. Representing Yorkshire Water within the partnership, the postholder will build trusted relationships, champion a nature-first and…