• Could you support our digital social prescribing project?
• Do you understand the needs of small voluntary sector organisations?
• Do you want to work towards a fairer Hackney?

We are looking for a Project Coordinator to support our digital social prescribing project, to provide 1-1 training and tech support and support a comprehensive training offer.

Conditions of work

• Salary: £30,000pa pro rata
• Hours: 14 hours (2 days) per week
• Contract: fixed term for 6 months

About Hackney CVS

Hackney CVS is the umbrella body for the borough’s voluntary and community sector. We offer the opportunity to work with a well-established team in a very friendly, diverse and positive environment. Additional benefits include:

• 25 days annual leave and additional leave days over Christmas
• continual professional development
• up to two weeks paid study leave per year
• an employer pension contribution of 6%
• cycle to work scheme.

Apply for this role

Upload the job description/person specification, personal information form (not seen by the selection panel) and download the application form from the Hackney CVS website.

Application deadline: Midnight, Sunday 1 March 2020

Interview date: 5 March 2020

Sport and Thought Project Coordinator

Part Time Post (16 hours per week)

Salary:  ​£28,000 to £31,000 per year (pro rata)

Job Ref: BC350220

This is an opportunity for someone to join a very committed and dedicated team of professionals, who wants to support the growth and impact of the very much in demand Sport and Thought project. This is a unique opportunity for an ambitious professional with a background in mental health, social care or, education.

The post-holder will coordinate and develop the Sport and Thought Project and provide Sport and Thought intervention to secondary age young people. This project combines football drills with mental health work. This is a unique and successful project that has been running for a number of years at secondary schools and also Youth Community organisations.

The Brent Centre for Young People (BCYP) is a long-time established, highly regarded and internationally renowned mental health institution and taking part in our projects can really make a difference in the lives of young people.

The post-holder will be part of a multidisciplinary team and will assist the Head of Clinical Services and other staff in the development of the Sport & Thought project.

Last date for application: 1st March 2020

Are you a solid Project Coordinator? Do you thrive in delivering change projects?

We are looking for Project Coordinator to join our client, an international development and humanitarian charity that works to improve the lives of children and young people across the world.

Reporting to the Programme Director, you will play a pivotal role in delivering change management activities with particular focus on the new award management system. You will coordinate the data migration and cleansing into the new system as well as the User Acceptance Testing. The successful candidate will liaise with a series of internal stakeholders with the purpose of providing guidance and encouraging the change toward the new system. You will collaborate with the system supplier to coach internal staff and to create a strong level of digital expertise across the organisation and you will create user manuals or similar training material.

To be successful, you will be an enthusiastic professional with experience of project coordination/management and an exceptional ability to communicate complex contents across multiple stakeholders.You will have a proven track record of training project teams, ideally on IT systems, as well as producing learning and training materials for users. The post holder will have marked relationship management capability and the ability to inspire staff to undertake digital change.
An exposure to donor-funded projects is desirable but not fundamental.

Please attach your CV in Word doc format, cover letters will be required but not at this initial stage of the application process.

A full job description will be provided to candidates shortlisted by Prospectus.

A Project Coordinator role working in the Facilities Management department. There are a number of outstanding actions following Fire Risk Assessments and it will be the post holders responsibility to close these actions help with the administration alongside the project.

Client Details

A large housing association located in Central London proving housing and support to thousands across the UK

Description

The key responsibilities will be:

- Fire Risk Assessment

- General Administration

- Supporting facilities project team

- Liaising with stakeholders

Profile

The successful candidate will have:

- A background in housing

- A can-do attitude

- Experience in project work

- Experience working in the Fire Risk Assessment department

Job Offer

£15-19ph

Project Coordinator - Education
London, E1

About Us

Tower Hamlets Education Business Partnership is a leading East London-based charity that bridges the gap between education and the world of work.

For almost 30 years, we have worked in partnership with schools and businesses to provide fair and equal opportunities that enable young people to broaden their horizons and help them achieve their aspirations.

Our Do More Team delivers projects and programmes to prepare young people for the world of work, giving them work experience opportunities and holding events to hone their interview and employability skills.

We are now looking for a Project Coordinator to join our Do More Team and support projects being delivered to young adults.

The Benefits

- Salary of £22,890 per annum
- 25 days’ holiday plus Bank Holidays and Christmas shutdown
- Great office location
- Friendly and inclusive environment
- Early finish on Fridays

If you have experience of coordinating charitable and/or educational programmes and projects, this is an amazing opportunity to support young people to learn more, do more and become more.

Joining a friendly and talented team, dedicated to educating communities and helping them thrive, you will gain valuable experience and deliver a service that encourages young people to reach their potential.

So, if you’re committed to help fight educational inequality and creating real change within your local communities, we want to hear from you.

The Role

As a Project Coordinator, you will support the Do More Team to deliver a variety of employability related programmes and activities to secondary schools and sixth form colleges throughout East London.

Specifically, your role will involve organising work experience for pre and post 16 learners, delivering our Getting Ahead and Head to Head programmes and a range of special events and projects.

Your role will also involve:

- Recruiting work experience providers
- Coordinating and supporting programme and event administration
- Attending, supporting and delivering workshops and events
- Recruiting and coordinating volunteers to support programmes and events
- Liaising with school staff to ensure successful projects
- Updating our database and compiling data and reports on business and volunteer activity

About You

To join us as a Project Coordinator, you will need:

- Experience of coordinating projects and/or programmes within a charity and/or education setting
- Experience of coordinating and/or supporting volunteers
- An enhanced DBS clearance or be willing to undertaken one
- Proficient Microsoft Office skills

Ideally, you will have experience of supporting community organisations or individuals, but this is not essential. Previous experience of working with children and young people would also be beneficial.

Other organisations may call this role Programme Coordinator, Workshop Coordinator, Skills Training Coordinator, Skills Workshop Coordinator, Careers Advisor, Careers Workshop Coordinator, or Careers Fair Coordinator.

We also welcome those with less experience who are just starting out in their careers.

Webrecruit and Tower Hamlets Education Business Partnership Limited are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you want to empower young people as a Project Coordinator, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

We are Living Streets, the UK charity for everyday walking. We want to create a nation where walking is the natural choice for everyday, local journeys; free from congested roads and pollution, reducing the risk of preventable illnesses and social isolation. We want to achieve a better walking environment and to inspire people of all generations to enjoy the benefits the simple act of walking brings.

For 90 years we’ve been a beacon for walking. In our early days our campaigning led to the UK’s first zebra crossings and speed limits. Now our campaigns and local projects deliver real change to overcome barriers to walking and our ground-breaking initiatives such as the world’s biggest Walk to School campaign encourage millions of people to walk.

Join us and together we will create a walking nation.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our team and work alongside an existing part-time Project Coordinator in Leicester as a job share. You will coordinate the delivery of assigned project(s) and act as a key contact for delivery partner(s) liaising with schools, workplaces, and/or any other stakeholders, as appropriate. 

 You also will be responsible for recruiting target project audiences, organising the distribution of resources and supporting project audiences in the implementation of each intervention. 

This is an interesting and varied role and an ability to embrace a diversity of tasks is essential. 

Contract: Fixed term contract until 31 March 2021 (subject to funding)

Closing date: 06 March 2020 (midday)

Interview date: 18 March 2020 (at Leicester City Council’s offices)

Job title: Project Coordinator – HR Directorate

Region: London Haig House

Directorate: HR & OD

Contract: 12 Months Fixed Term Contract, Full Time – 35 hours per week

Salary: £29,921 per annum (£25,469 plus £4,452 London Weighting per annum)

About The Royal British Legion

The Legion is at the heart of a national network that supports our Armed Forces community through thick and thin – ensuring their unique contribution is never forgotten. We’ve been here since 1921 and we’ll be here as long as they need us.

Our Values and Behaviours

Does the following describe you?

- A desire to provide a great customer service and support

- Enjoy and thrive in working in teams and with others

- Passionate about supporting the Armed Forces community and honouring their contribution

- Come to work each day to be the best you can and to learn and develop

- An encourager, eager to share your knowledge and experience to help others

If so then we would like to hear from you ….

The Role

Reporting to the Director of HR & OD Team, you will be responsible for supporting the HR Directorate with project management processes, procedures, tools and techniques across multiple projects.

The Project coordinator will provide support by coordinating and administering developments, production and maintenance of projects and any associated administration such as booking board meetings, taking minutes and disseminating actions.

The successful applicant will be experienced in both written and verbal communication and will have the ability to engage with a range of different people and work effectively within a team. In addition, knowledge of projects, project methodologies and the issues and problems associated with delivering them successfully are a key requirement for this role.

How to Apply

Please apply by clicking ‘Apply online’

Closing date for this role is Wednesday 4th March 2020

An exciting new opportunity for a Project Administrator to join the International Projects team of a great organisation. This team work directly in the International Development Consulting sector, and deliver projects across Africa, Asia and Latin America. This role would suit a confident self-starter who is keen to learn new skills, and displays great initiative. This role has potential to expand, depending on the experience and interests of the candidate.

The Project Administrator will be responsible for:

• Providing support to Finance Administrators, including fact checking / document compilation / client invoice preparation

• Organising extensive international travel, accommodation, and visas for both staff and contracted consultants.

• Acting as the first point of contact for the team, dealing with correspondence and phone calls, managing group mailboxes, and directing queries and questions to the wider team and third parties

• Team coordination – Organising monthly team meetings, annual events, training and teambuilding days, monitoring timecard entries on a weekly basis

• Maintaining the team calendar – having an overview of team members’ availability and travel and bid-writing deadlines

• Formatting documents using Word and PDF Xchange

• Managing Client-Take-On process and completing and circulating conflict check templates

• Ad hoc administrative support

Additional:

• Project resourcing recruitment searches on LinkedIn based on specified profile

• Proofreading and formatting of proposals/reports before submission

• Knowledge management tasks. E.g. collecting and maintaining project case studies and project references.

Essential:

• Strong knowledge of MS Office software in particular Word & Excel
• Undergraduate or equivalent years of experience
• Problem-solving skills
• Proactive attitude and anticipate support needs, take ownership of tasks
• Strong organisational and time management skills
• Task-oriented. Ability to execute requests in a timely and efficient manner
• Fluent English in both spoken and written communication
• Able to prioritise, organise and multi-task
• Strong communication skills both verbal and written
• Able to be a self-starter and work on own initiative
• Strong relationship builder
• Interest in International Development
   

We are looking for a self motivated project co-ordinator who will fit with the collaborative, value based culture for a government funded charity who help small and medium sized companies improve their performance. ASAP Start for 3 months!

The Role
Provide support and co-ordination across the programme with management of suppliers, clients, external stakeholders, speakers.
Ensure that events and tasks are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget.
Track project performance, specifically to analyse the successful completion of short- and long-term goals.
End to end event planning and management venue selection, programme overviews, speaker briefings, monitoring acceptances, management of the day and co-ordination, trouble shooting where required, completing evaluations.
Carrying out research, analysis and write up results as necessary.
Produce presentations, materials as required including supporting marketing and comms, developing content.

The Candidate
Proven working experience of at least 1 year in project management.
Must be fully competent in Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel and other Office 356 apps.
Excellent time management.
Solid organisational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills.
Must have the ability to solve problems but equally escalate to management when required.
Excellent external and internal communication skills.
Project Management qualification desirable

IMPORTANT NOTE

Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be held further but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.

We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.

Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.

Family support Link is a charity that works across Northamptonshire, working with both adults and children, providing free and confidential support to family members, carers and loved ones impacted by another's substance misuse.

We are looking for a project co-ordinator to provide 1-1 and group support for users of our service. To deliver awareness and information events to the community, schools, professional and statutary bodies. To develop and deliver an ongoing group supporr programme for 9-18 year olds in different areas around Northants.

If you have experience of delivering group work, Minimum of 2 years experience working with families and children. Do you have a basic understanding of the impact of drugs & alcohol misuse on families, work well on your own and as part of a team, have excellent communication, presentation and IT skills, have a full drivers license, able to work flexible hours.

The post holder will require 2 references and also a full DBS check

The Targeted Project Coordinator will be responsible for the delivery and development of Oxygen’s work, targeted at young people at risk of exclusion and involvement in crime. They will implement key projects in response to the needs of young people which are designed help them overcome the challenges they face and support their development and progression.  

We are delighted to have secured three year funding for this role through the Young Londoners Fund from the Greater London Authority. 

We are looking to recruit a dynamic, passionate and committed Youth Worker to join our dedicated team.  You will be an innovative, creative thinker who is eager to learn and to apply your skills and abilities in a variety of ways.  You will see opportunities, where others see insurmountable a challenges and problems.  You will be able to release potential in young people when others cannot.  

You will have the confidence to challenge young people, raise their self-esteem and fuel their motivation to engage with Oxygens services. You’ll need to demonstrate an ability to build effective, meaningful and trusting relationships with young people, helping them discover their unique gifts and talents and enabling them to achieve their goals.  You must be able to spot opportunities to demonstrate that you believe in young people and be prepared to go the extra mile for them.

The Targeted Project Coordinator will be tasked with developing new and innovative projects, utilising the potential around Oxygen's charity shop for an upcycling/ salvage/ enterprise scheme and coordinating interventions across a range of projects.  You will respond to the needs of young people, referred to us by our partners in schools, youth justice, social services and the voluntary and faith sector.  The role will have a significant prominence and impact upon the lives of young people struggling with education and at risk of involvement in crime. 

The role will help us improve our practice, evidence young people’s progression and highlight their achievements. The Project Coordinator will have clear targets around achieving London Youth’s Quality Mark and working with Project Oracle, and have responsibility for recruiting and training mentors to support young people.

Oxygen was established over 20 years ago and was the vision of a group of young people, who wanted to demonstrate their faith by meeting the needs of marginalised and disadvantaged young people.  It is supported by many local churches in the Boroughs of Kingston and Richmond as well as local trusts, individual donors, local government and other faiths.

Oxygen has proven highly successful in empowering young people through our innovative programmes and interventions, such as youth clubs, afterschool clubs, mentoring programme, Developing Leaders Programme and it’s ‘What’s the Point?’ programme, tackling knife crime.

Oxygen was awarded the Best charity or social enterprise 2018 by Kingston Business Excellence and selected as one of the Kingston Mayor’s charities 2019/20.

To improve the quality of life of local, older people by coordinating developing the Local and Vocal Project enabling older people to have a voice and be heard and influence the way in which services are planned and delivered.

The Local and Vocal project Coordinator will be responsible for planning and organizing the Hammersmith and Fulham Consultative Forum and will also be responsible for organizing events/activities and all post-event reporting and networking.

An exciting new post has been created by the Social Interest Group for a Project Management Coordinator.  We are looking for an ambitious and enthusiastic person with excellent project management skills to join our newly formed Best Practice Team. 

Working closely with the Deputy Director for Innovation and Impact, you will work across our charities, Equinox and Penrose, to support the development and implementation of new services as well as enhancing learning in existing projects.  You will manage a virtual team of experts from across the Social Interest Group, specially selected for each project you will work on, and will lead on ensuring consistent project management tools and approaches are adopted across the wider organisation.

The Social Interest Group is a forward looking charity providing services and support for people who are often the most excluded in society and have experience of trauma, substance misuse, mental health issues, homelessness and the criminal justice system.  We are committed to meaningful service user involvement and creating Enabling Environments using psychologically and trauma-informed approaches.

If you are an ambitious project manager and want to make a real difference to the lives of people with multiple and complex needs, we would like to hear from you.  We can offer you flexible working hours and locations,  a package of health care benefits, 28 days holidays a year, ongoing training and professional development.  Above all, you will get to work with a passionate team who genuinely care about the people we work with in a creative and supportive environment.

Our services are spread across London, Bedfordshire and Brighton, so regular travelling will be required.

The organisation, our partner, is dedicated to the provision of financial management solutions to international institutions, particularly those involved in grant-making and the implementation of grant-funded programmes in the Public & International Development sectors e.g. UNICEF & The World Bank. In turn grants are provided to a large and diverse group of non-profit organisations delivering essential programmes to communities, typically in the less-developed world.

You will provide project coordination support for the full life cycle of department assignments offered to clients; from the proposal process, contract management, assignment planning, through to assisting with the report writing, and billing.

The Project Coordinator takes responsibility for specific clients and works closely with the respective Client Manager. The project coordinator is a vital asset to the contract team and should always be able to assist as and when required.

Responsibilities

Coordinate the full lifecycle of the project, including the following key processes: Proposals, Contracting, Planning, Reporting & Billing. Depending on the individual client/contract, the following tasks may vary.

• Assist with proposal and tender submission, including preparing project budgets and schedules, ensuring that all proposals are submitted within the respective deadline and liaising with prospective staff
• Ensure that contracts are as per the issued proposals, that all terms agreed are in the firm’s best interests and support the Managers in any contract administration that may be required
• Plan the fieldwork of the project, including agreeing dates with the beneficiary (the NGO that has received the funds from the donor), liaising with internal and/or external staff to ensure they can perform the required service (financial audit, etc.) on the agreed dates and that all parties have the necessary information to ensure the project fieldwork runs smoothly
• Draw up contracts between the firm and any outside International office with whom we have liaised to be involved in the fieldwork of the project
• Monitor and track project progress and handle any issues that arise, create a Control Schedule to ensure all stakeholders are kept up to date with any project developments
• Act as the point of contact for all stakeholders (including the client, the beneficiary, internal/external teams and management)
• Assist the manager in any report-writing tasks that may be required & deliver final product to client
• Monitor internal staff working hours & expenses incurred, to ensure project budgets are adhered to
• Check and process all external suppliers’ invoices, making sure all days worked and expenses incurred are within the agreed budget, liaising with finance as and when issues arise
• Assist in client billing, ensuring that all bills issued are as per the contractual terms between the firm and the client, that all costs incurred by the firm are accounted for when creating the bill, and that all bills are paid by the client in a timely manner 
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation for future use, ensuring that all projects are properly logged and can be used in future proposals/tenders
• Any other duties appropriate to the grade and level of responsibility of this post, for which the post holder has the necessary experience and/or training
• General: translate documents, maintain filing system of documentation by client and by assignment, assist with training new project coordinators, archive files when necessary

The role requires:

Essential:

• Prior experience in a project coordination role
• Fluent English in both spoken and written communication
• Second language, especially French, Spanish or German
• Degree educated
• Competent using MS Office
• Strong organisational and time management skills
• Able to prioritise, organise and multi-task
• Good numeracy skills
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written

Desirable:

• Experience of working in Financial Services or for a large International Institution
• Able to work under pressure with accuracy and focus
• Good eye for detail and the ability to follow through tasks
• Able to meet deadlines
• Able to be a self-starter and work on own initiative 
• Able to demonstrate problem solving skills
• Comfortable within a changing and developing environment 
• Able to apply relevant skills to new scenarios