Canal & River Trust

Join Our Team: Principal Property Litigation Lawyer We re excited to welcome a new Principal Property Litigation Lawyer to join our Legal team. Navigate your future and lock in your career as we keep our canals open and alive. Working Hours & Location This role follows 37 hours, Monday to Friday working pattern. The vacancy will be offered on a remote working basis, with a requirement to attend our main hub spaces as and when required. Role Overview The Principal Property Litigation Lawyer leads the provision of legal advice and management of property-related disputes arising from the Trust s operational and investment property portfolio. Key Accountabilities: Main conduct of property law disputes across the Trust s operational estate (e.g. title, trespass, boundary disputes, rights and easements, restrictive covenants, rights of support and claims for nuisance) with adjoining landowners, tenants and other stakeholders. Contributing to the management of legal risk on property law disputes arising in the context of the Trust s engineering, estates, utilities and business boating activity. Assisting Senior Lawyers in providing strategic advice to Senior Managers and the Executive regarding litigation risk to the Trust s estate and assets in the context of the wider estate and asset management strategy and programme. Taking forward high value disputes (both as claimant and defendant) in relation to Trust asset and infrastructure responsibility, with other public and third sector infrastructure owners, in the context of retaining wall and embankments, bridges, harbour, flood defence, water resources, highways and reservoir responsibility. Supervision of Property Litigation Lawyer and Paralegal, close working with Trust Claims Manager and coordination of external legal support, including Counsel. Working with the Senior Litigation Lawyer on property litigation matters involving boating and mooring disputes. About you You are a qualified solicitor (or equivalent) with property litigation experience, able to lead complex, high-value disputes independently. Strong track record in managing legal risk, advising senior stakeholders, and collaborating with internal teams and external advisers, with a pragmatic approach and commitment to health and safety. Skills & Qualifications Qualified solicitor (or equivalent) with a minimum of 10 years property litigation law experience gained in private practice or in-house. Proven ability to take a lead on conducting a heavy caseload of major property litigation with minimal oversight. Experience of leading strategic discussions on legal risk at a senior level. Experience of supervision and coordination of legal and expert teams, including Counsel. Ability to build collaborative relationships across all levels and disciplines within the Trust and with external legal advisers and to participate effectively in meetings. Comply with Canal & River Trust Health & Safety policy and defined standards, report incidents, accidents and near misses. Assess the risks and make adjustments to work methods where appropriate. Ensure all equipment (PPE, plant, materials etc.) is appropriate for the task. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient suitable applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. What We Offer We offer an annual salary of £55,000.

Join Our Team: Duty Manager We re excited to welcome a new Duty Manager at our Anderton Boat Lift Visitor Centre. Navigate your future and lock in your career as we keep our canals open and alive. Working Hours & Location This role follows a 37 hours, over a 7 day working pattern. This is a site-based role at Anderton Boat Lift, CW9 6FW. Working across our visitor attraction, the Duty Manager will be responsible for the safe and efficient operation at Anderton Boat Lift, alongside leading and motivating a team to deliver outstanding customer service. The team will support this through engaging activity participation, the sale of goods and services, and the upkeep of a high quality environment for all visitors. The Duty Manager will champion the Trust s values, both personally and through your team, helping to create an exceptional visitor experience. In this role, you will actively contribute to increasing revenue, enhancing customer satisfaction, and ensuring our sites remain welcoming and enjoyable places to visit. Key Responsibilities Manage a team or teams of staff/ volunteers delivering a safe environment and excellent customer service; for example in maintenance, retail, catering or operation of trip boats/ other. Adoption of required emergency, safety, operational, financial, other processes appropriate to tasks. Plan and implement safe working procedures - creation of risk assessments and method statements, in line with the Trust s Health and Safety Policy and standards. Customers dealt with to expected standards of courtesy and care; resolve concerns/ complaints. Deliver targeted business plan objectives for services, projects, events, maintenance to planned expenditure budgets, regularly reporting on the same. Assist with identifying future priorities/ business planning and budgetary planning. Maintain high standards of cleanliness and safety at the site. Identify maintenance requirements and prioritisation. Instigate local maintenance tasks where required; liaise with other operational teams, contractors the Trust management structures as necessary for the execution of works Coach, develop and support the team performance for required measures, including customer satisfaction and other service standards. Report on the same. Plan and lead volunteers undertaking tasks ensuring the application of Trust procedures and the provision of a safe working environment for volunteers, and a satisfying volunteer experience. Recruitment and retention of staff and volunteers to assist with the running of the attractions, ensuring staff and volunteer satisfaction is high and their duties are rewarding. About you You re an experienced and confident team leader who can motivate staff and volunteers to deliver a safe, welcoming and high quality visitor experience. You understand operational and safety procedures and can produce risk assessments and method statements when needed. You handle customer enquiries and complaints professionally, and you re comfortable delivering services and projects to agreed targets and budgets. You maintain high standards of cleanliness and safety, identifying and coordinating maintenance needs promptly. You support, coach and develop your team, using performance measures and customer feedback to drive improvement. You also enjoy working with volunteers, ensuring they feel valued, supported and engaged. Skills & Qualifications HND or Degree in relevant discipline or proven experience in a similar role Relevant occupational qualifications in disciplines for bespoke tasks, for example food hygiene. Customer service training qualification Welcome Host or equivalent Valid driving licence appropriate to vehicle for specific roles Trust minimum safety learning standards Appropriate qualification in safety management, relevant to team discipline NVQ level 3 Safety Management/NEBOSH General certificate Proven experience in a customer facing relevant to the task required. Previous retail/catering experience - Desirable Proven experience in direct sales, handling cash and the application of appropriate procedures Proven experience in monitoring budgets and providing management reporting. Proven experience in leading and motivating teams; directing, prioritising and delegating daily tasks Proven experience leading volunteers Proven experience with the use of computers and software packages Ability to work flexibly, in accordance with business demands. Ability to multi task, and work prioritisation