Area Manager – Water Efficiency
Location: Pan London and South
Salary: £34,000 - £36,000
Vacancy Type: Fixed term until 31st March 2026, with the possibility to extend
Hours:37.5 hours per week
Are you skilled in stakeholder engagement and relationship building? Are an excellent motivator and problem solver on large scale contracts? Interested in being part of the solution in water saving and environmental management, if so, we’d like to hear from you.
London and the South-East have been designated as areas of 'Severe Water Stress' by the UK Government and, as such, it is vital that we use water more wisely and learn to save water for future generations.
Working in partnership, we offer Smarter Home Visits and Smarter Business Visits to customers in the London and South East regions. The Area Manager will manage the logistics of plumbers and advisors who conduct these visits on behalf of our clients.
You will need excellent stakeholder engagement skills, experience of supervising and motivating a team to reach their targets, good to advanced understanding of MS Office 365, or similar, to provide effective communication to the team, reporting and monitoring of services and quality.
The Role
The Area Manager (AM) will provide the single point of contact for Water Efficiency clients and their partners within London and South. The AM will lead the Smarter Home Visit Advisors (SHV), Smarter Business Visit advisors (SBV) to deliver a Water efficiency water saving campaign for Groundwork London.
Main Duties:
Line manage and support SHV and SBV Advisors to ensure that the project fully meets the client’s requirements; is delivered on time, within budget and to agreed quality standards within the agreed administrative and financial frameworks. Specific targets for the post-holder will be agreed for this project.
To coordinate Advisors, coordinating resource as required to meet or exceed our target number of home visits, reacting to take on new work streams with speed and efficiency.
This post will work closely with the Plumbing Operations Manager to ensure services are coordinated within the programmes.
Skills & Qualifications
Good level of literacy and proven numeracy skills for planning and budgeting. A minimum of one year’s experience of successfully delivering a similar role
Demonstrable track record in operational management including managing and monitoring activities and projects to agreed service levels
Demonstrable experience of acting as a project lead, with successful proactive management and problem solving track record
A good knowledge of health and safety issues and reporting
Experience of using MS Office 365, or similar to a high standard, using tech. (e.g. iPad/laptop)
Excellent communication & presentation skills, both written and verbal to communicate effectively with a wide variety of contacts, customers, stakeholders and partners, internally and externally
Strong team skills for creating and supporting way of closely working with colleagues to achieve results. Experience of managing & motivating teams to deliver to agreed target levels
Willingness and ability work flexibly e.g. attendance at evening and weekend events/sessions as required by the role.
Full UK driving licence which must be held for at least 12 months. Due to insurance provision, candidates must be aged 21 plus with more than 12 months driving history
Suitable DBS check clearance enabling you to work in schools & premises as part of your role.
To Apply
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Groundwork London, please do not hesitate to apply.
Closing date for applications: Tuesday, 20th January 2026
Interviews: W/C 26th January
Groundwork London is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of the community.
This role is subject to a basic disclosure through the Disclosure and Barring Service
Key Words: Area Manager, Water efficiency, Utilities sector, Logistics and Charity sector