Delivery Support Coordinator

About the programme

Role overview

Permits and regulatory work

• Identify environmental permits, flood-risk activity permits, protected-species licences, abstraction and land-drainage consents, and planning permissions.
• Monitor regulatory requirements and timelines and build applications and approvals into delivery plans.
• Prepare and submit accurate applications and coordinate supporting information.
• Liaise with regulators and statutory bodies, including the Environment Agency, Natural England, planning authorities, and drainage boards.
• Maintain a consents register and record conditions, expiry dates, correspondence, approvals, and supporting evidence.
• Communicate permit and consent conditions to delivery teams and reflect them in project documentation.

Wider delivery support

• Maintain project trackers, action logs, deadlines, and meeting follow-ups.
• Coordinate documents and information from colleagues, landowners, advisers, contractors, and delivery partners.
• Prepare routine correspondence, meeting papers, project updates, and other delivery documentation.
• Provide flexible administrative support while keeping regulatory deadlines on track.

Essential requirements

• Strong administrative and organisational skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Confidence maintaining registers, trackers, action logs, and organised records across multiple deadlines.
• Clear professional written communication and confidence liaising with external organisations.
• A methodical, proactive approach with sound escalation judgement and the ability to work independently.
• Flexibility to move between regulatory work and wider administrative support.
• Proficiency with Google Workspace, particularly Docs, Sheets, Drive, and email.

Desirable requirements

• Experience in project, programme, operations, or delivery administration.
• Exposure to environmental, planning, land-management, ecology, or regulatory processes.
• A relevant degree or qualification such as environmental science, geography, or planning is desirable but not essential.
• Awareness of environmental permitting or protected-species licensing.
• Interest in the environment, farming, or rural affairs.

Ways of working

• The role is remote-first, with occasional travel to the programme area for team days and site visits.
• The small team is building processes while delivering a complex programme.
• The successful candidate will work directly with decision-makers and receive support from technical and operational colleagues.

What the role offers

• Ownership of a consents process being built and opportunities to contribute across wider project delivery.
• Early-career exposure to environmental regulation and public and regulatory organisations.
• Support to develop project coordination and environmental, planning, or regulatory skills.
• Flexible working, workplace pension, generous annual leave, and contribution to a long-term environmental programme.