Remote Project Manager

About us

At Environment Bank, we’re working together to help restore natural habitats across England. With thousands of acres of new habitat creation already underway, our projects are delivering biodiversity gains and helping vital ecosystems to recover and flourish.

Our diverse team includes ecologists, land managers, habitat specialists, geospatial analysts, planning advisors, account managers, digital creatives, legal experts, and more.

From our habitat specialists to our sales and marketing teams, everyone at Environment Bank is a champion for our values, working towards our goal of reversing biodiversity loss.

Environment Bank is a market-leading organisation in a sector that’s experiencing rapid growth. We’ve already built a highly skilled team of experts and we’re actively looking to expand our team in the coming months.

We’re incredibly proud of all we achieved so far and we’re still growing. If you'd like to be part of a driven organisation that's making a real difference, find your next role with the team at Environment Bank.

About the role

Environment Bank is on an exciting journey, optimising our structure, processes and governance to support rapid growth. As a Project Manager covering the North or South of England, you will play a pivotal role in governing, shaping, and overseeing the successful delivery of habitat creation and enhancement projects. This role goes beyond day-to-day delivery management: you will act as a guardian of process, quality, and project discipline, ensuring that all projects at any stage in their lifecycle adhere to Environment Bank’s governance framework, project controls, and lifecycle standards.

You will work closely with ecologists, habitat delivery specialists, land managers, and wider stakeholders to embed a robust, repeatable way of working across the project portfolio. You will own the end-to-end project lifecycle, from early design and legal processes through capital works and into long-term asset management. You will also support the setup and ongoing management of complex sites, ensuring visibility, traceability, and strong control across all activities.

Capital works may include the creation and enhancement of woodland and scrub, species-rich grassland, wetland habitats, and associated infrastructure. This role will sit under our PMO team.

Responsibilities

Governance, Process & Project Controls

• Act as the primary governance and process enforcer across all projects in your region, ensuring adherence to Environment Bank’s project management framework, standards, and gateway requirements.
• Own and manage the full end-to-end project lifecycle, including gateway approvals, assurance activities, and documentation.
• Establish and maintain strong project controls, including risk, schedule, cost, change, and quality management.
• Lead the creation, maintenance, and optimisation of project processes to improve visibility, traceability, and organisational control.
• Provide oversight across multiple concurrent projects, ensuring they are well-governed, compliant, and progressing in line with agreed methodologies.

Planning, Delivery & Oversight

• Provide top level oversight of all projects in your region becoming the single point of contact and information for the national programme manager and Ops Director.
• Develop and own the integrated, end-to-end project plan, coordinating inputs from ecologists, habitat creation specialists, consents managers, and contractors.
• Monitor and support the setup and ongoing management of complex habitat bank sites, ensuring robust planning, sequencing, and operational readiness.
• Chair project meetings, drive decision-making, and maintain high-quality communication across multidisciplinary teams.
• Manage the project risk register, programme, and assurance schedule, ensuring proactive mitigation and escalation where required.
• Ensure safe delivery of all works, promoting a positive safety culture and ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and internal standards.

Commercial & Financial Management

• Set, manage, and monitor project budgets across the full lifecycle, ensuring accurate forecasting, cost control, and financial governance.
• Oversee…