ASSISTANT TO THE PROJECT MANAGER AT LAMBTON ESTATE

The Estate The Role The Person

The Estate is one of County Durham’s hidden gems containing nationally and regionally The Lambton Project Manager is seeking to appoint a permanent assistant. The ideal person for the role should have traits from the following qualities: important heritage assets. These include the picturesque landscape that forms the setting for Lambton Castle, situated overlooking the River Wear. You will be required to shadow the Project Manager and work closely with him • Positive outlook and approach supporting him on all aspects of the Project. These will involve masterplanning,

The history of the Estate can be traced back to three separate Estates: Lambton Hall on conceptual blue sky thinking, professional team liaison, project coordination, Estate staff • Trustworthy and honest the south side of the River Wear, Harraton Hall on the North Bank and Biddick Hall to liaison, programming, cost evaluation, individual project scoping, site visits and site • Humble and also eager: you will be enthusiastic but able to listen and learn the east. coordination, report writing, attendance to meetings, welcome visitors and organise

visitors, holiday cover and general cover when the Project Manager required this. • Punctual and accountable The three Estates were unified in the 17th and 18th centuries under the ownership of the Lambton Family. The Estate has been owned by the Lambton Family since this time You will be the left hand person for the Project Manager in all aspects of the Project. • Respectful, polite and sensitive to others and is managed on the family’s behalf by the Trustees. You will also be given responsibility to lead on specific processes, for example and not • Bold, imaginative, creative, artistic and a free thinker Given the scale of the Estate and its assets, it requires significant investment to maintain exclusively with organising and implementing the collaboration with four local its designed landscape and built heritage. In order to facilitate an investment in the Universities (Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria, Sunderland). • Careful listener and able to follow direction heritage assets of the Estate, Durham County Council have granted planning permission for the construction of approximately 400 residential units, considerable You will need to assist the Project Manager in fulfilling his obligations toward the • Relaxed, patient, calm, not loud and overpowering office space and ancillary, retail and community facilities. Trustees and Statutory Authorities. • Interested in history, architecture, design and construction

In support of the planning application, a Conservation Management Plan was produced You will be given unparalleled access to a unique project, and you will be able to learn by Alan Baxter Associates and The Landscape Agency. This identified a need to invest in on the job from a highly accomplished set of professionals. This will entail being given • Generous and able to see your contribution as part of a whole the built heritage assets as well as in the Picturesque Landscape which is what gives the mentorship and guidance, in the knowledge that you will need to learn rather than be • Interested in people, in the understanding that this position is very much about Estate its historic significance. expected to know everything from the start. people’s skills

With the support Durham County Council and of Historic England there is a proposal to You will be equipped with a work station, with all stationery provided at the Estate You are not likely to be suitable for this position if you are: invest an estimated £28.5 million in the heritage assets on the Estate. Office.

• Seeking a short term position or solution This work is linked to the delivery of the residential development. The High Priority The Project vehicle will be at your disposal for driving within the Estate provided you are works (£8.5m) have to be undertaken by the occupation of the 150th unit; the Medium driving-proficient and that its use is coordinated with the Estate staff. • Not able to listen carefully and follow direction Priority works (£18.2m) by the occupation the 300th unit and the Low Priority works You will be initially under an agency contact through your University, in view of a (£105k) by occupation of the 375th unit. • Not interested in learning and feel that you know it all already permanent contract being offered if a successful relationship is established.