Location: Shetland, Hybrid
Salary: £41,360 to £43,880
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Placed On: 27th November 2024
Closes: 6th January 2025
We are looking to recruit an experienced Project Manager for the Shell-volution project. Working closely with the Project Director, the Project Manager will manage, administer and coordinate a consortium of stakeholders to achieve successful outcomes according to project milestones.
Shell-volution is an ambitious and innovative initiative aimed at developing the knowledge base that will transform Scotland’s mussel farming industry, and ultimately, the mussel farming industry in other parts of the world.
The project has been awarded £4.4 million in funding from the UK Government through the Islands Growth Deal. This ground-breaking project is led by an Industry, University (University of the Highlands and Islands) and the public sector partnership. The project has been developed to enhance productivity, employment, and sustainability in the Shetland aquaculture sector over the next decade.
The project is aligned with the National Aquaculture Growth Strategy (to 2030) and the overall Scotland Food and Drink Strategy and is dedicated to enhancing scientific knowledge with the practical outcome of understanding and overcoming the barriers that are currently limiting the mussel industry in Scotland to increase annual production targets to 18,000 tonnes p.a. by 2038.
This role will be based in Shetland.
