The VCS Alliance is a successful organisation that prides itself on delivering high quality work through partnering with a wide range of Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) organisations across Bradford District and Craven. We work closely with the local Health and Care System, and co-ordinate some of the local VCS representation within this thematic area.

KEY PURPOSES OF THE POST

• To develop and manage contracts and grants managed and delivered via The VCS Alliance.
• Responsibility for ensuring that contracts of The VCS Alliance are delivered in line with contract specifications and to a high standard. 
• To develop, maintain and manage relationships with a wide range of delivery partners, to support the development of a diverse Provider Community as a resource pool for contract delivery.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Creation of suitable contracting documentation, in collaboration with team colleagues and Delivery Provider organisations.
2. Ensure the successful delivery of The VCS Alliance contracts and grants of varied sizes and complexity within legal requirements.
3. Establish, manage and develop arrangements, frameworks and systems to ensure appropriate monitoring of all contracts and grants under your responsibility, including performance and finances.
4. Take responsibility for monitoring and analysing performance within The VCS Alliance contract frameworks by leading on regular contract management processes with delivery partners.
5. Collation and analysis of information to highlight all contractual and performance issues in accordance with contract timetables.
6. Advise line manager of all contract performance issues, along with issues relating to compliance against contract/service level agreement terms and conditions.
7. Ensure all contract management issues are resolved in a timely manner.
8. Undertake the central administration of the contract arrangements including supporting the development and production of information systems and reports to support the contract monitoring process. 
9. Ensure effective processes are in place to answer all contract queries efficiently and in a timely way.
10. Produce regular reports updating the Board on the delivery and performance of The VCSA contracts.
11. Produce contract and activity monitoring reports for funders as required.
12. Any other tasks required in line with the role.

ADMINISTRATION

1. Complete relevant administrative tasks including record keeping and data management.
2. Contribute to The VCS Alliance’s general administration through dealing with enquiries via the telephone, email and drop-ins when needed.
3. Contribute information to The VCS Alliance’s newsletter/mailings/e-bulletins/website, where relevant to the role.
4. Complete any other related administrative tasks.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

1. Undertake any training or development opportunities as may be required to keep up to date and fulfil the requirements identified for this role.
2. Attend regular supervision sessions and staff meetings.
3. Comply with all organisational policies and procedures.
4. Undertake any other duties as prescribed by and agreed with your Line Manager.
5. Work in line with The VCS Alliance’s Code of Conduct and maintain good relationships within and outside of The VCS Alliance.
6. Have a collaborative and flexible approach to work undertaken.
7. Work in accordance with The VCS Alliance’s Aims, Objectives and Values.
8. Promote The VCS Alliance with all relevant stakeholders.
9. Flexibility is an advantage. Please contact us to discuss what this means before accepting any offer of employment.

EQUAL OPORTUNITIES

The VCS Alliance is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion, anti-discrimination and anti-oppressive policy and practice. Everyone who comes into contact with The VCS Alliance and its staff and volunteers will be treated with dignity and respect, and will not be discriminated against directly or indirectly on the grounds of any protected characteristic described in the Equality Act (2010) including their gender identity, sex, race/ethnicity, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, mental health status, age or disability. Job applicants, employees, volunteers and service users will be entitled these protections too.

HEALTH AND SAFETY

The post holder is expected to comply with The VCS Alliance Health and Safety Policy and take reasonable care for their own health and safety and that of others who may be affected by the work.

NOTES

All job roles are subject to change from time to time and this job description will be reviewed regularly. The job description is a guide to the work that you will be required to undertake and represents a range of responsibilities commensurate with the seniority of the post.

This post is subject to a 3 month probationary period. This post is currently fixed for two years (subject to review of ongoing funding).

About Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN)

ENN is a well-established and highly respected UK-based charity working to reduce malnutrition globally. ENN strives to enhance the effectiveness of nutrition policy and programming by improving knowledge, stimulating learning and building evidence. We are passionate about being field driven and are globally recognised as thought leaders and conveners in nutrition.

Our vision is that every individual caught up in a nutritional emergency, or suffering from malnutrition anywhere in the world, gets the most effective help possible.

We undertake knowledge management, research and advocacy to support national governments, civil society, UN, donor and academic organisations. Through these collaborations we support agencies to implement evidence-based nutrition programming, predominantly in low- and middle-income countries.

ENN is governed by a Board of Trustees and has its head office in Kidlington, UK. ENN is financially supported by a range of institutional donors (including the Irish and US governments), charitable foundations (including the Eleanor Crook Foundation and the Waterloo Foundation), as well as UN agencies and INGOs. 

Why work for ENN?

This is an exciting opportunity to join the growing ENN team a Project Manager (PM). The role provides the opportunity to work across the spectrum of ENN’s projects, as part of a motivated and dynamic Operations team. You will also support the development of ENN’s next strategy. ENN’s portfolio includes projects specialising in Infant Feeding in Emergencies, Wasting and Stunting, Adolescent Nutrition and MAMI, as well as our highly regarded International Publications. We are also actively engaged in the global nutrition and development community in support of the COVID-19 response. You will be based in our headquarters and work with all of the ENN staff to enable our projects to deliver effectively. We’re proud that in our 2021 Employee Engagement Survey over 95 percent of our staff agreed that they are treated with fairness and respect at work and that they trust and respect their manager.

About You

You will be a highly motivated, adaptable and skilled project manager with relevant third sector experience. You will be comfortable supporting complex projects with dispersed technical teams whilst ensuring donor compliance and reporting requirements are met. A sound knowledge of monitoring and evaluation methods would be advantageous. Fundamentally, you will have a keen interest in what we do and be ready to contribute to making a positive change.

Terms and Conditions

Hours of work: Full time (37.5 hours per week) – part time may be considered Type of contract: 12 months fixed term (with the possibility to extend)

Location: ENN’s Head Office in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, OX5 (Note: In line with ENN’s current policy regarding the COVID-19 outbreak and the associated UK government advice, you may be asked to work from home up to two days per week until ENN’s Headquarters fully reopens.)

Holidays: 25 days plus UK bank holidays increasing by one day p.a. after two complete years of service to a maximum of 27 days p.a. (pro rata) Paid office closure days between Christmas and New Year

Pension: Auto-Enrolment to ENN scheme with a generous Employer contribution of 5% Salary: £36,000 to £42,000 per annum depending on experience (pro rata)

Purpose of the role

The Project Manager will be a key member of ENN’s Operations Team, working closely with the Projects Team (currently one other PM and two Project Officers), Finance Manager and Operations and Finance Director (OFD) as well as ENN’s Technical Directors and Project Technical Leads. The PM will oversee a portfolio of projects each of which are assigned a Project Technical Lead. The PM will work alongside project leads to develop and map key activity for the project, track milestones and deliverables, develop project and donor finance and narrative reports, and ensure compliance and adherence to governance requirements. In addition the PM will contribute to the development of new funding proposals.

Key Responsibilities

Project Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with all donor grant agreements relevant to the PM’s portfolio of projects

• Develop and monitor project work plans and budgets in collaboration with project leads and Operations and Finance Team colleagues

• Manage project budgets: monitor spend against budget including approval within set thresholds, carry out forecasting and re forecasting exercises and regularly update project leads and the Senior Management team on spend

• Work closely with project leads to ensure project deliverables are clear, appropriately planned and delivered to deadline.

• Coordinate closely with relevant ENN colleagues and third parties to ensure delivery to deadline across a range of activities (e.g. international and UK meetings and conferences, technical publications - print and online, translations and design services, international field trips, technical webinars and briefings)

• Support project leads to develop and maintain project risk registers

• Convene regular meetings with the project team to keep a broad overview of project delivery in relation to the project grant, managing and enabling grant amendments/extensions etc

• Lead on both project narrative and financial reporting liaising with both internal and external stakeholders as required.

• Ensure effective communications with Donors during the project lifecycle

• Work with project leads to identify the need for additional capacity (staff/technical associates), aligning the project budget as required and ensuring due diligence requirements are met

Fundraising and business development

• Input into and support the development and delivery of ENN’s fundraising strategy

• Provide support to the development and maintenance of ENN’s funding pipeline and cash flow forecasting, and identification of potential shortfalls, linking with ENN’s Finance Manager and OFD

• Input into ENN database for major donors

• Coordinate the development and submission of proposals for new grants, carrying out due diligence, developing budgets and workplans.

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Work with the Operations team to develop ENN wide quarterly and annual reporting

• Support the development of and measurement against KPIs and metrics

• Work with colleagues across the organisation in developing annual project plans including relevance performance indicators

• Work with the technical teams in identifying appropriate indicators and means of verification as part of project designs and proposals development.

• Maintain the ENN Results Framework and use data from the Framework and quarterly reports in preparing quarterly internal updates for the Management Team on project progress and results and in preparing reports to external donors.

General Responsibilities

• Support the OFD in the project management of a number of Core projects

• Support the OFD and Finance Manager with ENN wide management information.

• Line manage the Project Officer(s) if required

• Actively promote adherence to ENN’s procurement policy particularly with regard to the contracting of technical associates

• Contribute to internal and external communications and website development in relation to the PM’s portfolio of projects

• Contribute to the development and dissemination of relevant processes and policies

• Producing regular management information reports working with FM

Person Specification

Essential

• Previous experience of project management in the third sector

• Experience working on donor / grant funded projects and ability to navigate and communicate compliance requirements

• Experience in line managing a team including performance management, staff engagement and development, and effective coordination of team workload

• Experience in developing funding opportunities with a variety of donors

• Experience in developing, monitoring, and reporting against budgets

• Excellent communication and written skills, including previous experience of writing and collating detailed donor reports

• Able to work with and influence colleagues, often remotely, to achieve a shared outcome

• Ability to manage a diverse and busy workload, prioritising effectively, and able to work both autonomously and as a member of a dispersed and diverse team

• Flexibility and willingness to take on new areas of work and responsibilities

• Strong interpersonal skills, able to work with a wide range and varying levels of stakeholders

• Motivated, takes initiative, innovates and delivers to deadlines

• Excellent attention to detail

• Able to diagnose situations and constraints, comfortable when to progress independently and when to escalate

• Proficient user of Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook

• Good cross-cultural awareness

• Ability to demonstrate discretion, diplomacy, and patience

• Fluent in English

• Educated to degree level (or equivalent), or able to demonstrate a relevant and equivalent level of experience

Desirable

• Project Management Qualification

• Specific experience in any of the following institutional donors would be an advantage: USAID, FCDO (DFID) and Irish Aid

• Experience of managing procurement activities

• Experience of evaluations: analysing, collating and reviewing data related to grant and programme effectiveness

• Previous experience of arranging international business travel, ideally to developing countries

• Experience working within a humanitarian, nutrition or international development context

• French speaking

• Experience of using Finance, HR and/or Project Management systems Reporting Lines The Project Manager will report to the Operations and Finance Director and will have line management responsibility for a small team.

Eligibility to work

Must be entitled to work in the UK at the time of application. No relocation package is offered for this role. ENN is committed to diversity and inclusion, and to building a culture where every staff member and volunteer is recognised and valued as an individual. We actively encourage applications from a broad range of experiences and backgrounds.

Application Process

Please submit a Cover Letter (no more than 1 page) and CV to no later than Sunday 7th November 2021. Early applications are advised as we reserve the right to conclude the process before the closing date if a suitable candidate is identified. Please include your preferred working pattern details in your application, if not full time

Projects Manager

We are Business Disability Forum. We believe the 26 million people in the UK and over 1 billion people worldwide with disabilities and long-term conditions enhance the social and economic health of our societies. We help remove barriers in business structures and Government that prevent disabled people from thriving and making their contribution to the world.

We are unique. There are many great disability charities and disabled persons’ organisations. Our niche is our expertise in disability as it affects business.

The role

We are looking for a Project Manager who can work across teams to help design and manage the creation of new products and services that will -enable organisations in our membership and beyond, hire and retain talented disabled employees and serve disabled customers, consumers and service users better.

The requirement

Experience

• Project management of cross team multi-disciplinary projects. (A & I.)
• Experience of delivering high quality projects on time and within budget. (A & I.)

• Ability to persuade, and enable others to meet project milestones and deadlines
• Excellent time management and prioritisation to deliver work on time (A, I & T).

How to apply

Applications should be by CV and a supporting statement, of up to 400 words, detailing why you think you would be suitable for the role. If you require any adjustments to the application process please contact Barnaby Powell as set out below. Applications should be addressed to Barnaby Powell, HR & Office Manager, Business Disability Forum, Nutmeg House, 60 Gainsford Street, London SE1 2NY. If you are submitting your application by email please do so to barnabyp @ businessdisabilityforum .org .uk.

• Closing date for applications: Sunday, 7 November 2021.
• First interviews are planned for the 17 & 18 November 2021.
• Second interviews are likely to take place in the week commencing 22 November 2021.

Business Disability Forum is committed to ensuring that all its information, products and services are as accessible as possible to everyone.

If you wish to discuss anything in regards to accessibility or if you require alternative formats please contact Barnaby Powell by email at the address above or by telephone on 020-7403-3020.

For further information on Business Disability Forum please refer to our website via the button below.

Equal opportunities

We are committed to becoming disability-smart and an employer of choice irrespective of race (which includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins), sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, age, disability, or pregnancy and maternity. The ethical and business case of ensuring that our workforce is representative of wider society is at the heart of what we do. When we are recruiting, disabled candidates who meet all of the essential criteria will be offered an interview.

Project Manager

• £39,768 rising to £42,771 in project year three (includes £4,000 per annum London weighting)
• 35 Hours per week FT (Open to Job share) 
• Plus 8% employer pension contribution
• 30 days annual leave 

About Us

The Civil Society Alliance is a new project which will empower civil society organisations, especially marginalised voices far from the Westminster, to scrutinise and influence constitutional, administrative and legal changes taking place in the UK policy landscape following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. This new Alliance will bring civil society voices together from all parts of the UK and will be a key vehicle for navigating our complex and challenging post-Brexit landscape. The post holder will be contractually employed by the Human Rights Consortium who are initiating the Civil Society Alliance as a collaborative project with the Human Rights Consortium Scotland and the Wales Civil Society Forum on Brexit, but the work and direction of the Alliance itself will be influenced and developed in close collaboration with the broad range of civil society organisations that we anticipate will form this wide alliance.

About You

We seek an experienced and dynamic individual to lead this new project and manage the Alliance on a day-to-day basis. The Project Manager is a senior position within this new project and the postholder will be expected to be able to operate with a large degree of independence in managing both the programmatic and financial administration of the Alliance. A key part of the role will be developing and expanding the network of civil society organisations within the Alliance and in developing and maintaining relationships with key external stakeholders at Westminster, so we need an individual with appropriate experience and capacity to work with both civil society and elected representatives and decision makers. The work of the Alliance will focus on helping civil society navigate the post-Brexit legal and constitutional landscape with an eye on maintaining important standards and practises that are important to civil society. So, a background in research and analysing the impact of Brexit on the UK would be particularly useful in this role. For further details on the type of individual we are seeking please see the full Job Description and Person Specification.

To Apply

Complete and return the Application Form and Monitoring Form available for download below.

Closing date: 5pm, Monday 8th November 2021

Please view the Job Description and Person Specification below.

Senior Project Manager - Curlew LIFE (Full-Time) Flexible in UK
Reference: OCT20212426
Location: Flexible in UK
Salary: £32,400.00 - £35,944.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension, Annual Leave, Life Assurance
Contract Duration: Until the end of March 2025

This is your opportunity to be part of a major species recovery project to deliver emergency action for curlew in some of the most important areas for the species across the UK.

About the role

Funded through the EU’s LIFE programme with generous support from the four-country Statutory Agencies, this multidisciplinary project will work with landowners, farmers, local communities and operational teams to deliver concrete action to halt the decline of curlew within project areas. It will define and catalyse the future action needed to maintain viable populations of curlew within these landscapes and to halt the decline of this species at the national level.

Effort will be greatest in Wales and Northern Ireland, where curlew is in a perilous position and emergency action is needed to prevent national extinction. We will also work at key sites in Scotland and England, aiming to create ‘centers of curlew conservation excellence’ in those countries to inform wider work in the future.

The five project areas include the Antrim Plateau, Northern Ireland; Erne Lowland, Northern Ireland; Conwy, North Wales; Geltsdale/Hadrian’s Wall Corridor, Northern England; and Insh Marshes, Cairngorms, North Scotland.

The project objectives are:

• Enhance conditions for breeding curlew using best-practice conservation methods in the selected landscapes, halting curlew declines within these landscapes.
• Evaluate responses to this work through monitoring of habitat condition, predator abundance, curlew abundance and breeding success.
• Develop post-project plans to maintain viable populations in the selected landscapes and halt the decline of curlew elsewhere across the UK.
• Increase understanding of the importance and plight of curlew breeding in the UK, and of ways to help them, among local communities and visitors in the priority landscapes and more widely.
• Create and strengthen networks to share best practice approaches to curlew conservation across the UK and EU and encourage and enable government bodies in the four countries of the UK to take large-scale, long-term conservation action for this species.

This role is a fixed-term contract until the end of March 2025.

What we need from you:

You will be an experienced project manager with proven skills in financial management. You will have excellent people management skills enabling you to motivate, guide and support project teams and inspiring a wide range of stakeholders to take action.

Essential skills, knowledge and experience:

• Demonstrable experience of the management and successful delivery of complex projects.
• Experience of cost and budget management with an understanding of financial systems.
• Proven time management and organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and balance a diverse workload often to tight deadlines.
• Understanding of agri-environment schemes and their economics.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal, written and presentational) – including an ability to produce clear written communications.
• Experience of working with internal and external stakeholders, and in partnerships, to achieve shared outcomes.
• Knowledge of both qualitative and quantitative methods of social science research to collect unbiased data from individuals or small groups.
• Ability to use a methodical and robust approach to collect, manage and analyse information and summarise learning.
• Ability to support and develop staff using a variety of management techniques.
• Demonstrable leadership ability, including an ability to lead without line management authority.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to find creative solutions to changing circumstances.
• Competent user of core MS Office programmes.
• Working knowledge of standard project management approaches.
• Valid Drivers licence.

Closing date: 23:59, 22 November 2021
We are actively recruiting for this role and reserve the right to close this advert at any time.

To Apply and for More Information:

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button to be directed to our website where you can complete your application for this position. 

The RSPB is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

No agencies please.

St Luke’s Hospice – Caring for Harrow and Brent St Luke’s Hospice cares for people approaching the end of their life in Harrow and Brent. We aim to give the people we care for the best possible quality of life, each and every day. Supporting local people and their families is at the heart of what we do – focusing on what matters the most to them is at the centre of our care.

The care we give is free of charge, available to all, and respects the cultures, religions and beliefs in our richly diverse community. Our care is given with compassion and dignity and involves not just looking after the patient, but also includes supporting the people closest to them. 

We receive around 40% of our funding from the NHS and the rest is raised from the amazing generosity of the organisations and people who make our care possible. Our local community is a vital partner in our care, kindly supporting us through their donations and fundraising alongside the dedication of over 800 incredible volunteers who freely give us their time to support the best possible end of life care for local people.

Job Purpose and scope

As project manager the post holder will be working to support the development of a new Advance Care Planning (ACP) Programme at St Luke’s Hospice, a project being run in collaboration with Compassion in Dying, a national campaigning and training organisation.

St Luke’s Hospice and Compassion in Dying aim to build a 2 year pilot programme to increase utilisation of ACPs in Harrow & Brent, share project learning across North West London and improve practice more widely. Our transformation project will widen access to ACPs beyond those traditionally accessing hospice care to a larger cohort of people who will benefit. This will include care home residents and the frail elderly.

The project aims to run ACP awareness-raising activities in the local community, recruit community volunteers to facilitate practice, and provide a new 1:1 ACP service to support local people to understand the different aspects of ACP, enabling them to choose those relevant to themselves, and record and share their personalised wishes and decisions about treatment and care.

The post holder will be expected to manage the delivery of the project, offering advice and taking decisions in collaboration with the project lead to establish an effective and sustainable service.

The post holder will support the wider organisational vision, values and business objectives ensuring safe working practices are upheld in regards to training and adherence to SLH policies, guidelines and operational procedures.

Duties and responsibilities

Project Management

• To project manage the delivery of ACP project.
• To set up and service stakeholder board meetings
• To ensure the development of required project documentation, working with key stakeholders in line with standard methodology.
• To identify and take action to secure resources required to deliver assigned work within assigned budget.
• Develop, refine, maintain, monitor and manage relevant project plans ensuring progress is tracked, including any anomalies to the plan.
• Draw to the attention of the project lead and delays to the plan and together modifying plan accordingly
• To support, manage and coordinate the project to achieve agreed objectives which will include;
  • Co-ordinating meetings and management of relevant documentation.
  • Facilitating project and stakeholder meetings
• Analyse and present data to assist in the general decision making process
• Produce required reports to show progress on the programme.
• To ensure risks and issues are identified and escalated to the project lead alongside recommendations for resolution where possible.
• To set up systems for collecting the key performance indicators identified in the preparatory papers and ensure these are monitored and reported on a regular basis

• To advise on project delivery at all levels
• To advise in terms of aligning expectations on project resources and deliverables.
• Through coaching and demonstrating leadership behaviour, contribute to the development of the service.
• Develop and foster relationships with key contacts in St Luke’s Hospice and the partner organisations and proactively manage these relationships such that colleagues can count on reliable and knowledgeable support and information about the project and other managed activities.
• To work with CiD to ensure smooth delivery of the skills training to the volunteers and staff and where required organise appropriate training where required.

1. To undertake the identification of project interdependencies
2. To advise on the effective sequencing of inter-dependent project activities and use excellent interpersonal skills to manage the potentially conflicting views and priorities of stakeholders.

Planning and Organising

• To plan and deliver the deployment of these processes and activities.
• To be responsible for the processes that ensure the construction, governance and delivery of robust project plans that will deliver successful outcomes for the project.
• To write regular project reports, including a final  report which will advise on sustaining the successes achieved and building a financial base for the continuation of the project at the end of the 2 year funding

Patient and Client Care

• Contact with patients, clients or the wider public where they may be involved in the co-production of service improvement or redesign work.
  • Undertakes surveys/audits relating to project and associated programmes.

Service and Policy Development

• To assist in the development of the processes and procedures that support the successful delivery of the project
• To advise, coach and challenge the project lead on the plans and delivery schedules for project.
  • To promote best practice across the organisation in project management skills and techniques through delivering effective and targeted training as required and appropriate.

Information System use and management

• Be a confident and capable user of Microsoft packages to produce relevant reports.
• Handle large amounts of raw data and manipulate into simple formats to interpret findings.
• Use IT effectively to monitor performance in an area undergoing improvement activity in order to recognise the impact on performance as a result of change activities.

Interviews on a rolling basis until suitable candidate is recruited.

Fat Beehive is seeking an exceptional, socially-engaged producer to guide our clients' projects through planning, build, go-live and beyond. This is a mid-level position.

Our Producers are project managers with creative and technical prowess. You’ll wear many hats and juggle competing demands. You’ll get the best out of our clients as well as our team of designers and developers, in order to deliver simple as well as complex, quality websites on time and on budget. But skills are only part of what we look for – we’ll leverage your passion for social justice, activism, the environment and more.

We especially encourage applications from women, disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, as these groups are underrepresented throughout the technology industry.

Key duties & responsibilities

Planning, 20%

• Work with our Creative and Technical Leads to define and propose the best solutions for each project.
• Produce detailed costings and project plans for each project.
• Collaborate with Creative and Technical Leads to write detailed technical specifications.
• Plan project tasks in a Kanban Agile style that meets the agreed budget and timings.

Production management, 60%

• Work with our Creative and UX leads to conduct user research and workshops.
• Drive and oversee the design and development of, primarily, Drupal and WordPress site builds.
• Conduct quality assurance testing, including cross-browser testing and/or co-ordinate such QA.
• Book resources with our Head of Production and monitor actual and projected spend to keep your projects within budget.
• Be passionate about quality and meeting creative and technical standards.
• Be able to communicate technical aspects to non-technical people.

Client development, 15%

• Be your clients’ main point of contact from discovery to delivery.
• Set and manage clients’ and partners’ expectations throughout.
• Continually look for and pursue further opportunities within your client base.

Other, 5%

• Accurately track time spent and ensure efficient production.
• Meet invoicing milestones and update our financial systems.
• Represent Fat Beehive and network at industry events to further our profile and attract the best talent and business.

Skills

You will have:

• Managed the build of Drupal and/or WordPress websites.
• Confidence planning and managing technical web builds.
• Overseen integrations with third-party APIs such as Salesforce or CiviCRM.
• Familiarity with waterfall and agile project management (we practise Kanban Agile).
• Worked in a digital agency or similarly fast-paced environment.

What we offer

£37,000 – £41,000 salary depending on skills and experience.

Other benefits include a training budget, pension scheme, 10am start to the day, drinks on Fridays, and a bi-weekly chair massage (from a qualified masseuse) to prevent RSI.

95% of our clients are charity and not-for-profit organisations. We actively seek to work with this type of client and this means you’ll get to work with some very nice people indeed.

About Fat Beehive

We are a small team of about 23 who, when not working from home, work in relaxed, informal offices in a converted warehouse in Borough (London) and Ancoats (Manchester). There is often cake. There is often music playing. We don’t have a ping pong table, table football or an office dog (although we do borrowmydoggie and get regular visitors!). 

Fat Beehive is dedicated to providing a friendly, relaxed, safe, fulfilling and fair work environment – see what it’s like. We want to create an environment where people want to come to work – one that engages them to give their best. 

We’ve all chosen to work in the charity design sector because we want to help bring about positive social change – and we know that starts with us as individuals. We’re always challenging ourselves to work in a way that puts awareness of power, diversity and inclusivity at its heart. 

We don’t work for oil, mining, arms, banking and sweatshops. But we do work for charities that challenge these and more. Come join us.

The Alternative Provider Federation is seeking an experienced Project Manager to help us develop our membership, functions and role.

Your work will complement that of our Executive Chair – a new role we are also recruiting to.

The Alternative Provider Federation is effectively the new provider arm of the Greater Manchester VCSE Leadership Group and has been endorsed by the GM Integrated Care System (ICS) Transition Board.

Both roles are being funded via the Leadership Group as part of the work to deliver the GM Accord – an agreement between the VCSE sector, GMCA and the HSCP / ICS.

You will be employed by the 10GM partnership of local infrastructure organisations, who are founder members of the GM VCSE Leadership Group.

This is a critical role for us as we move to develop an idea into a functioning entity.

You will be an experienced, highly motivated Project Manager who is excited about this new initiative and committed to helping us ensure we deliver.

The main responsibilities of this role are:

• To develop the membership of the Alternative Provider Federation, in conjunction with the current steering group
• To develop a project plan that captures the mission, vision, values, purpose and priorities of the Provider Collaborative
• To organise regular meetings of the Alternative Provider Federation, supporting the Executive Chair and fulfilling secretariat duties as required
• To report back to the GM VCSE Leadership Group on a quarterly basis
• To attend regular line management sessions with a 10GM Director
• To work to ensure that the social enterprise and charitable providers in GM are supported to develop and grow in the provider space
• To work closely with the Executive Chair to support members, facilitate collaborations and ensure shared values and the highest standards of probity
• To ensure the flexibility and creativity of members of the Alternative Provider Federation are utilised to maximise their contribution to the ICS in the reduction of health inequalities in GM, alongside the Executive Chair

Specifically

• To manage the membership process for the Alternative Provider Federation
• To initiate and undertake monitoring and evaluation for the Federation, developing systems, writing reports and preparing data as appropriate
• To develop and maintain partnerships and stakeholder relationships for the Federation to further its objectives
• To ensure that the Federation conducts its business in the spirit of mutual and collective accountability
• To foster the development and sharing of good practice within the Federation
• To implement a marketing strategy for the Federation which includes developing website pages and a directory of member services

Vision 2026 is an agenda for growth and change agreed by the Blackburn Diocesan Synod in 2015. It challenges our parishes to be healthy churches which can transform the communities in which they are set. It also lays out four ways in which this over-arching goal can be achieved: Making Disciples, Being Witnesses, Growing Leaders and Inspiring Children and Young People for Jesus Christ.

Two central aspirations under Vision 2026 are to see 10 new Strategic Church Plants by 2026 and to see a step change in ministry with those aged 11 - 16. Resourcing Churches are key to realising these aspirations and in early 2021 we were successful in our application for £3.5 million Strategic Development Funding from the Church Commissioners to part-fund new Resourcing Churches in Blackpool and Blackburn. The project to establish and develop these two new Resourcing Churches is titled ‘Lighting Up New Generations’ and runs from July 2021 to June 2026.

The Project Manager will manage this new project as well as playing an important role in the wider delivery of Vision 2026 through analysing and reporting on statistics and data, communicating stories relating to Vision 2026, monitoring the realisation of aspirations under the Vision 2026 Implementation Plan (2021 – 2024), and working with the Director of Vision Delivery to encourage and enable the network of volunteer Vision Champions.

We are looking for someone who is excited about the vision of seeing Healthy Churches Transforming Communities across Lancashire with a real passion for the role that Resourcing Churches can play in delivering the Vision. They will need excellent written and verbal communication skills as the role will involve regular communication and interaction with ordained and lay colleagues across the diocese and national church. Strong project management skills and experience with the ability to analyse complex datasets and produce strategically useful reports are also essential.

For an informal conversation about the role please contact: Director of Vision Delivery, Carolyn Barton, details available via the recruitment pack.

All interviews to take place at the Diocesan Offices, Clayton House, Blackburn, BB1 2QE

Diversity - The Board of Finance believes that diversity enables us to thrive and develop and is committed to race equality, welcoming applications from UK Minority Ethnic backgrounds

There is an occupation requirement for the post-holder to be a practising Christian, in accordance with Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010.

The salary shown is for 35 hours, salary for 28 hours would be £30,635 per annum.

We’re recruiting a Project Manager to lead on and develop our Food and Advice Service. We have high ambitions for the service and we’re looking for someone who shares that ambition and has the skills and motivation to drive it forward. In the first quarter of 2021/22 we diverted 10 tonnes of food waste from landfill and redistributed this to people in Wolverhampton. We’re passionate about ending food waste and addressing poverty in our community.

Over the years The Good Shepherd has delivered a food service in the city providing hot meals and food parcels to people on low incomes and with additional needs. These services have grown, and we now run a community pantry for families and a full dining service. The advice and guidance drop in includes a multi-agency hub where partner agencies deliver services at the Good Shepherd.

We’re passionate about addressing poverty whilst also reducing food waste, and we work with a wide range of food partners to divert food from landfill then distribute it to people in our community. This is a hands-on role leading the development of the service and supporting the head cook, project team, and volunteers to deliver a high-quality service in line with our values.

Phyllis Tuckwell is looking to appoint a Project Manager.  Reporting to the Director of Estates & IT, this new role will manage projects in all areas of the organisation, from major and minor, including property, digital services and front-line delivery, ensuring these are completed within the agreed timescales and budgets, and that project objectives are met.

The successful candidate will:

• Have proven successful project management experience, including the development of comprehensive project plans and documentation
• Have excellent time management skills and the ability to manage multiple projects
• Be able to communicate effectively at all levels and manage differing expectations
• Have experience of risk management, ideally in a health care environment
• Possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills

In return we offer:

• 6 weeks paid holiday plus public holidays
• Continuation of NHS Pension for current members or Phyllis Tuckwell Group Personal Pension Plan (matched contributions up to 7.5%)
• Excellent education and training
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Health Cash Plan Scheme
• Staff Benefit Voucher Scheme
• A motivated and compassionate team whose passion is to make a difference

Further information can be obtained from Paul Batten Director of Estates & IT. Pre-arranged informal visits are welcome.

Closing date for receipt of completed applications: 29th October 2021.

Interviews will be held on 10th November 2021.

This post is subject to a standard Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Phyllis Tuckwell is an Equal Opportunities employer.  We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Phyllis Tuckwell, Waverley Lane, Farnham, Surrey GU9 8BL. 

NO MEDIA OR AGENCIES

About us

Carbon Co-op is an award-winning and fast-growing energy services and advocacy cooperative that helps people and communities to make the radical reductions in home carbon emissions necessary to avoid runaway climate change.

We’re led by our values: we’re trying to mitigate the worst effects of climate change in a socially just way.  The work we do makes a difference, both at the policy level and in terms of practical de-carbonisation of buildings and energy systems. We’re often working at the leading edge of the kind of work we do.

About the job

Carbon Co-op’s work focuses on the development of new projects and services that enable citizens and communities to collectively tackle climate change. We have a strong, interdisciplinary Retrofit Team involved in a number of projects ranging from the facilitation of peer learning and knowledge exchange between householders, the development of new heat pump services and the delivery of an area based scheme. The knowledge and skills sets required to manage and deliver these ranges from soft skills such as the facilitation of knowledge exchange to highly technical design and procurement. 

We are looking for an enthusiastic Project Manager, to assist in the delivery of these schemes. We’re tackling new and challenging issues so you will be comfortable taking on new skills, juggling different tasks and prioritising. You don’t need specific experience in all the areas of work but you do need to be a diligent project manager and any experience of retrofit would be of benefit. 

The below describes the desired Essential, Preferred, and Useful characteristics of applicants.

Person specification

i) Skills and experience

Essential

• Minimum 2 years experience of project management or project coordination. 

Preferred

• PRINCE2 or similar Project Management qualification
• Experience of operating within the retrofit construction sector 
• A higher education qualification or similar experience, demonstrating technical literacy and an understanding of general scientific or engineering concepts.
• Experience of stakeholder/funder/client management.
• Experience of developing communication materials (fact sheets, guides, podcasts etc) communicating technical issues to a lay audience
• Experience of facilitating peer learning and knowledge sharing within a group, network or co-operative.

Useful

• Qualification from the Centre for Alternative Technology graduate school and/or AECB. 
• Knowledge of the basic concepts of Building Physics as they relate to domestic properties. 
• Experience of overseeing or delivering retrofit or energy efficiency works
• Experience of a Service Design process or project
• Experience of Community Finance

ii) About you

Essential

• Able to plan work strategically, juggling tasks, prioritising competing aims, timeframes and capacity.
• A good problem solver with the ability to think laterally. 
• Able to coordinate an interdisciplinary team or partnership to effectively deliver a project or task.
• Able to communicate effectively with project stakeholders of all kinds including householders, contractors, council staff and funders, to set appropriate expectations and where necessary resolve conflicts. 
• Good at making presentations, an excellent verbal and written communicator, enthusiastic and engaging

Preferred

• Ability to facilitate groups in order to enable shared learning
• Able to demonstrate a systems thinking approach
• Experience of a self-managed workplace
• Motivated by environmental and social justice concerns

Values 

We require staff to demonstrate, understand and apply our core organisational values. These are embedded in all our roles and applicants are expected to demonstrate these values as part of the application process:

• Commitment to collective and community-based approaches to tackling climate change.
• Commitment to Co-operative Values.
• Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
• Commitment to environmental justice and tackling inequalities.

Our organisational culture

We are a small (but growing), multi-disciplinary not-for-profit with a mission built around tackling climate change. Community benefit is hardwired into our organisation’s structure, we are ‘asset locked’ and owned by our 300+ ley members who annually elect a management board. We subscribe to international co-operative principles. Our work culture is open and collaborative, we practice self management principles and we employ practices such as user-centred design, service design and agile development. We welcome new team members!

Location

This position requires you to be based in Manchester. Our office is located within the Bridge 5 Mill sustainability centre in Ancoats, close to Manchester Piccadilly. We offer flexible working and the number of days worked from the office is negotiable. 

Legal right to work

By the time you commence your employment you must have a legal right to work in the UK. We are currently not in a position to act as a sponsor.

Next steps

Email us your CV plus a single page covering letter, setting out your reasons for applying and how you meet the essential requirements set out in the Person Specification. If you have any questions or are unsure whether you should apply please get in touch. 

After the closing date we will shortlist candidates and then carry out interviews by video call before making an appointment. 

Please apply!

We’re an equal opportunity employer, value diversity and have flexible working practices. We acknowledge that people from certain backgrounds are under-represented within our sector and our organisation – and we want to ensure we address this. We encourage applications from anyone with suitable skills, no matter their background or ability. If you don’t feel confident enough to apply, get in touch with us, we’d love to chat! 

Are you...

• Looking to be part of an organisation which is making a big difference in some of the world’s poorest communities
• Financially astute, a savvy negotiator with outstanding problem-solving skills
• A details person, able to handle complex and competing priorities with a smile

If so, then look no further as MAF UK are now recruiting for a customer focussed, service driven Purchasing & Special Projects Manager to be responsible for running our purchasing and supply processes and systems, along with co-ordinating and managing key special projects that really make a difference.

Do you have excellent procurement or purchasing skills?  Can you negotiate and win the best deals possible?  Can you deliver a superb service to internal customers?  Can you co-ordinate and manage complex cross-departmental projects?

If it’s a yes to all the above, please apply today!

MAF is an international Christian aviation charity serving 26 developing countries to reach the world’s most isolated people. We are looking for a procurement professional to join our Communications team based in Folkestone, Kent and take the lead in the provision of purchasing and procurement to this UK based team.

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for providing a procurement system and service for MAF UK activities and communications to maximise value for money and resilience of supply.  Coordinate the work of team members and plan to meet agreed goals, outcomes, budgets and time frames in the delivery of special projects. Key responsibilities will be for procurement, purchasing and special project co-ordination.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience

To carry out this role successfully you will be educated to degree level or equivalent with some negotiation, communication or procurement system training.  You will have a solid understanding of purchasing or procurement in a communication and print setting, experience of monitoring and managing budgets, and project management experience. 

An excellent communicator you can influence, build positive relationships and deliver projects on time and on target. Proficient in Microsoft applications, efficient, organised with an excellent attention to detail.

There is an occupational requirement for the job holder of this position to be a committed Christian.  Additional information is available on request.

Terms & Conditions         

• Salary £33,750 per annum
• Full time (36 hours per week)
• Non-contributory pension scheme for staff of 10% salary on joining
• Annual leave entitlement 22 days per year plus 8-statutory paid public holidays
• Additional paid leave for the Christmas and New Year office closure
• Flexible working to promote a good work life balance and a flexitime scheme

Location:             Folkestone, Kent

Closing date:       Monday 1 November 2021

Interview date:  Monday, 8 November 2021

Salary: £30,000 - £34,000

Position:  Permanent

Location: Bristol and remote working

Deadline for Applications: Our client is reviewing applications on a rolling basis, please apply today.

The Position:

Our global charity client is recruiting a Project Manager.  The role works to support project leads within the organisation to ensure the delivery of successful and reputable projects.  You will assist with the planning, budgeting and monitoring of a range of projects as well as ensuring good project team communication and information management.

Requirements:

• Excellent project management experience and the ability to multi-task, managing a range of diverse projects.
• Experience of relationship and stakeholder management.
• Proven track record of delivering projects to time, cost and quality.
• Understanding of budgeting processes and financial reporting for grant makers.