Job Description:

Job information Water Neutrality Programme Manager from the Company Affinity Water, this latest Water Neutrality Programme Manager job vacancy is located in the city Hybrid work in Hatfield AL located in the country United Kingdom . This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate GCSE . Job Vacancies in this Agriculture field have been opened and published up to the specified time.

Job Responsibility:

Affinity Water, the UK's largest water only company are seeking a Water Neutrality Programme Manager to spearhead a range of initiatives that support our Water Neutrality strategy and drive innovation within the industry.

This role requires a collaborative leader capable of working with key internal and external stakeholders to deliver successful water-neutral developments as part of the Ofwat and Nesta-backed innovation project.

About the Role:

As the Water Neutrality Programme Manager, you will oversee a portfolio of initiatives across three sites, focusing on behavioural change, technological advancements, and a combination of both. This unique project requires someone with strong technical knowledge of water quality, experience in managing complex water or wastewater networks, and the ability to collaborate effectively with key stakeholders to lead the delivery of water neutrality projects from concept to completion.

Key Responsibilities:

• Project Management: Lead water neutrality projects from concept to completion, including commissioning consultancies or researchers for project delivery and evaluation.
• Strategic Leadership: Develop and deliver a clear vision for project objectives, guiding the project team to achieve them.
• Planning and Execution: Create detailed cost estimates, schedules, key milestones, deliverables, and overall plans for projects.
• Performance Tracking: Report on key performance indicators to ensure projects meet their agreed objectives and measurable outcomes within a fixed budget.
• Governance: Manage programme governance activities and attend working groups and meetings that support programme delivery.
• Data Analysis: Coordinate and analyse data, producing reports to measure the impact of the projects and the wider portfolio when required.
• Customer Focus: Ensure the portfolio meets customer needs and target areas for optimal water savings to facilitate water neutral developments.
• Opportunity Identification: Identify new opportunities, requirements, and resources needed to achieve identified objectives.
• Collaboration: Work with multiple internal departments and external stakeholders, including customers and community groups, to support water neutral developments.
• Contractor Management: Manage external contractors or agencies to deliver projects to agreed outcomes.
• Business Case Management: Regularly review and update the business case.
• Communication: Lead weekly and monthly calls for Project Sponsor, Senior Leaders, Steering Group, and Technical Steering Group.

Experience Required:

• Project Management: Experienced in working on large, complex projects.
• Developer Interaction: Worked extensively with Developers and NAVs.
• Development Experience : Delivered in the Development Experience environment.
• Technical Knowledge: Technical knowledge of water fittings.
• Regulatory Expertise: Good understanding of water regulations and legislation
• Strategic Thinking: Forward-looking, with an ability to think strategically.
• Concept Translation: Ability to translate complex concepts into delivery activities.
• Adaptability: Ability to deal with constant change, demonstrating an agile and flexible approach to work.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Good stakeholder engagement skills in complex multi-stakeholder environments.
• Self-Motivation: Self-motivated with a highly organised approach.
• Technical Proficiency: Proficient user of Microsoft packages, including Project, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.

Qualifications:

• A degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
• Project management certification (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2) is desirable but not essential.

What We Offer:

• Salary: £45,000 - £55,000 (dependent on skills and experience).
• Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week
• Learning and development opportunities, including mentoring and a range of formal courses and open learning resources.
• Entry into the company annual bonus scheme.
• Annual leave from 26 days rising with length of service, and the option to purchase up to 5 extra days.
• A ‘Celebration Day' in addition to public holidays that people can use to celebrate a religious festival or other occasion that is important to them.
• A generous 'double match pension scheme' that doubles the contributions you make (company contribution capped at 12%)
• We offer a range of family benefits including enhanced Maternity, Adoption, Paternity, Shared Parental Leave, Fertility Support Leave and up to 5 full or 10 half days of paid Carers Leave.
• Menopause policy and Reasonable Adjustment policy to help everyone perform at their best.
• Access to our Wellbeing Centre with support for looking after your physical and mental health.
• Discounts at a Range of Retail Outlets and on Dental and Medical Insurance through our Tap4Perks scheme.
• Up to 4 Affinity days a year to volunteer in the community.
• Life Assurance.

Affinity Water recognises the benefits of greater diversity in our workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We are committed to building a more inclusive culture where every member of our workforce can thrive.

You can find out what it's like to work at Affinity Water through our career site https://www.affinitywatercareers.co.uk/ where our colleagues share their career development stories and you can get a feel for our company culture.

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Keywords : Hatfield jobs
Closed Date : 2026-01-11