Travel: Occasional travel to our Chesterfield or London offices required
Location: Flexible: London, Chesterfield or homeworking (UK)
Salary: £45,473 per annum (London office-based), £42,336 per annum (rest of UK)
Benefits: Read more about the excellent benefits we offer on our profile page
 

Through our diversity and inclusion strategy, we have made a commitment to increase the diversity of our charity and we welcome candidates from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. We want our employees, volunteers and trustees to represent the broad diversity of the communities of which we are a part.
 

Summary

We’ve come a long way over the last few years with establishing an organisational approach to managing projects and beginning to embed this way of working.  We are now in the process of developing a new strategy for the charity along with accompanying plans that will deliver the impact we want to make.  Much of our priority activity will need to be delivered as projects within our portfolio of change.  To support this, we will need to further evolve our project management skills and expertise.

This senior role within our Portfolio Office will play a key part in this. Part of the Impact and Improvement department, this role is responsible for the continued evolution, embedding and championing of our organisational approach to project management, as well as recruiting, managing, and nurturing our project management resource, and helping ensure all projects are delivered on time, to budget and to the required standard.
 

About the role

This role will attract, recruit, and manage our project management resource (including permanent and fixed term staff brought in to deliver specific projects) in response to requests for project management resource for priority projects across the charity.

They will continue to evolve our organisational approach to project management - leading on future iterations of our project tools, templates, and guidance, and further embed this approach through the development and delivery of a project management learning and development offer.

A proportion of the role, roughly 50%, will include managing projects supporting the effective delivery of our portfolio of priority projects.

As the profession of project management continues to evolve in light of ever-changing external contexts, the role will be responsible for responding to emerging trends ensuring the charity fosters good practice.
 

Key requirements

• Substantial experience and knowledge of successfully initiating, planning, executing, closing and reviewing benefits of large, complex and long-term projects in a project management role.
• Skilled and experienced in managing people, and attracting, recruiting and retaining talent.
• Proficient in managing change, utilising associated approaches & tools, and bringing people on the journey.
• Highly effective listening, verbal and written communication skills with experience designing and delivering workshops and project management training sessions.
• Able to work in partnership with people at all levels, demonstrating strong skills in constructive challenge, collaboration, networking and influencing.
• Experience of organisational governance arrangements, monitoring major project management variables including people, process & data, and strong reporting skills.
• Ability to recognise and articulate problems, and to develop innovate and creative solution options and recommendations.
• Strong organisational skills to balance workload with multiple concurrent priorities, set and deliver to agreed deadlines.
• Advanced MS Office skills.
   

We advise candidates to apply early as we reserve the right to close applications ahead of the advertised date.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

We do not wish to receive contact from agencies or media sales.
 

Interviews

First interviews expected on Tuesday 7 and Wednesday 8 June 2022 in our London Office or on Microsoft Teams.

Closing date: 22 May 2022 at 11.30pm

Has your proven project management experience been gained in a technology solutions environment where you also built, motivated and developed self-managing teams? Then join Shelter as a Project Manager and you could soon be responsible for managing a range of interesting projects across our Technology & Data Department.

About Shelter
A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change, with individuals, in communities, across society, and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

At Shelter we are united by our purpose to defend the right to a safe home. Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. We believe that to win that fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement for change. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent.

We have committed to combat racism both within and outside Shelter and welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.

About the team
Shelter’s Technology & Data  (T&D) team consists of 30+ people based across the country, with bases in London, Sheffield and Edinburgh. As well as being responsible for supporting a range of software, systems and platform tools, we’re currently starting the next phase of Shelter’s strategic plan. Accordingly, this an incredibly exciting time for us as there’s a real appetite to embrace opportunities and change the way we work together.  So , if you’re looking to work on a variety of exciting and challenging technology solutions projects, here’s your chance.

About the role
As Project Manager, you’ll regularly collaborate with Sponsors, Business Owners and project teams to clearly define project visions, outcomes, key milestones, decisions and roadmaps. We’ll also rely on you to create, monitor and maintain a project schedule for each and identify and plan project resource needs, governance and structure. Working with teams and internal partners to identify technical options and recommendations for project delivery will be important too, as will managing project budgets. Along the way, you’ll also get to liaise with and manage vendors and help develop processes and documentation to support the work of our Business Enablement department. In short, it’s an interesting, varied and vital role that will help shape our future use of Technology & Data.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

About you
To succeed, you’ll need to be an accomplished project manager with excellent organisational skills and experience of working with an agile mindset and the project lifecycle within different methodologies - e.g. Agile, Waterfall. You’ll also need excellent interpersonal and written and verbal communication skills, a can-do attitude and the confidence to manage a wide range of stakeholders. Adept at planning and managing project budgets, you also have proven business change management expertise,. What’s more, you’re great at developing strong working relationships with clients and colleagues, are comfortable taking ownership of tasks and, crucially, you just know how to get things done. 

Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.
 
Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.
 
To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.
 
Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.
 
Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Project Manager

Permanent Contract
Job Ref: V391
Hours/Days per week: 35 hours per week – (Flexible days/hours)
Salary: £28,500 plus attractive employee benefits package
Start date: ASAP
Location: Ipswich (homebased or office based)
Closing date: 18th May 2022
Interview date and Location: Week commencing 23rd May 2022

Purpose of the role

The purpose of this role is to be the lead project manager on our Adult Social Action projects, mainly within Ipswich. This will involve empowering and supporting volunteers and adults from various backgrounds and communities to carry out engagement activities. This includes volunteer training, managing a micro shop and creating workshops for a diverse range of adults with different support needs. It also involves the recruitment, deployment, and supervision of sessional workers, such as counsellors and creative therapists. The two projects currently on Adult Social Action are:

Perspectives:

This is a partnership project with Health Outreach Ipswich, a health centre which provides GP services for marginalised communities, including newly arrived asylum-seekers, the Roma community and people experiencing homelessness. The purpose of the partnership is to provide opportunities for people from these communities to engage in social action and volunteering.

Survival Stories: An inter-generational project which supports adults with symptoms of severe mental illness to share their survival strategies with young people. This is achieved through a therapeutic pathway which supports project participants to produce creative works. The project specifically targets adults with a BAME identity and those who are aged 65 and above as these communities tend to be under-represented in mainstream mental health services.

The post-holder will also contribute to the wider work of our regional team, which involves empowering communities to grow their resilience and organically find solutions to the challenges they face with the end aim of engaging them into other community and volunteering activities.

This post will involve face-to-face interaction with volunteers and members of the public and will predominately be office based.

Volunteering Matters

At Volunteering Matters, we use the unique power of volunteering to bring people together and build stronger, more resilient communities across the UK.=

We are a values-driven organisation, and are looking for someone who is compassionate, empowering, straightforward, inclusive and positive to turn community energy into genuine and meaningful outcomes.

We bring people together to resolve some of society’s most complex issues.  From social isolation and loneliness, to improving health and wellbeing, to building skills, confidence and opportunity and to ensuring young people can become change-makers in their community; the impact that we have is great.  And we won’t stop until everyone in the UK has the opportunity to thrive.

People-led and impact driven, we are a national charity that is deeply embedded in local areas across the UK.  We operate in five regions: London and the South East; Wales and the West of England; East of England; the Midlands and North West England; and Scotland and North East England.

Volunteering Matters is looking for a dynamic and proactive Suffolk-based, Project Manager to join our Eastern regional team.

The post holder(s) will be accountable to the Delivery Lead - East of England.

Key Duties:

Manage a number of small project-specific teams, which include volunteers and sessional workers.

Recruit, interview, induct, train and support volunteers to carry out community engagement activities.

Empower young people and adults facing participation barriers to become involved in volunteering and community engagement activities.

Work closely with partners, referral agencies and funders to ensure a steady flow of volunteers and participants into projects and the achievement of project outcomes.

Supervise and participate in engagement activities in community, educational and cultural settings.

Provide administrative support for the project as required, including keeping volunteer and participant records in accordance with Data Protection legislation and using impact tools to record engagements and outcomes.

Maintain effective relationships with beneficiaries, volunteers, Volunteering Matters’ Staff and external stakeholders.

Risks assess volunteer activity and carry out regular reviews and take action to resolve any safety issues which arise during the delivery of the project.

Contribute to the wider work of the organisation locally, regionally and nationally.

Support and promote safeguarding throughout all delivery, and identify and act on any safeguarding concerns.

Promote and adhere to Volunteering Matters Equality and Diversity Policy, Safeugarding Policy and all other Volunteering Matters policies relevant to this role.

Play an active role in identifying and developing new business, including through representing and platforming the views and ideas of volunteers and beneficiaries.

The job description gives an outline of key duties and is not intended to be an exhaustive list. The post holder may be asked from time to time to take on other responsibilities as reasonably requested by their line manager.

Person Specification

Your statement of suitability should demonstrate how you fulfil these requirements.

In deciding who to shortlist and appoint to this post, we will be looking for evidence of the following skills, knowledge, experience, and personal qualities:

A passion for working with people of all ages, especially people from marginalised communities who are often unheard and frequently stigmatised. The ability to translate this passion into sustainable, positive practice which builds engagement, enthusiasm and trust.

The ability to engage, motivate and empower people from a range of backgrounds to get involved in community and volunteering activity. This includes understanding the barriers to involvement presented by poverty, ill-health, addiction, disability, past trauma and being a non-native speaker of English. A willingness to take practical steps to remove or reduce the impact of these barriers is important.

A passion and commitment to community development and the ability to empower individuals and groups to make informed choices through explaining situations and clarifying options.

The ability to work autonomously and to balance the needs of different projects and stakeholders.

A proactive approach to sourcing delivery opportunities and to building purposeful partnerships.

The ability to self-advocate, manage expectations and seek support when needed.

Resilience and flexibility, with an openness to different approaches and solutions.

The ability to work in a non-judgemental way, demonstrating patience, interest and compassion whilst maintaining appropriate boundaries and personal safety.

Experience of leading teams to achieve specific outcomes within defined timeframes.

Experience of supporting and empowering people who have experienced trauma and who live with serious mental health conditions.

The ability to adapt communication style to audience and situation. This includes being able to demonstrate a high level of diplomacy whilst addressing challenging behaviour and resolving conflicts.

A high level of integrity and a commitment to openness and accountability.

Being comfortable working in public and outdoor settings on a regular basis.

Being willing to handle small amounts of cash and to transport cash over short distances.

Ability to assess risk, carry out risk assessments and adhere to health and safety and safeguarding procedures.

An understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.

An understanding of, and commitment to, safeguarding, data protection and confidentiality.

Ability to self-reflect and ability to collaborate with the team towards new learning and development.

DBS

Appointment to this position is subject to an enhanced disclosure check. Having a conviction will not necessarily cause a bar to employment.

Our Values & Way of Working:

In all that we do, we embrace a philosophy of ‘Freedom within a Framework’ and are guided by our values: Empowering, Inclusive, Compassionate, Positive & Straightforward.

This job description is intended to include the broad range of responsibilities and requirements of the post. It is neither exhaustive nor exclusive but while some variations will be expected, these will be at an appropriate level for the role.

Diversity & Inclusion

Volunteering Matters welcomes all applicants and are keen to ensure our team reflects the diversity of the UK and the communities we serve. We encourage applications from disabled, LGBT and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, along with candidates with any protected characteristics and from disadvantaged groups.

Disability Confident & Reasonable Adjustments:

We guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the role. Please provide evidence in your application, which demonstrates that you meet the level of competence required in the “Experience/Skills” section of this advert. To be considered for a guaranteed interview or to discuss any reasonable adjustments during the process, please state this in your application or contact our HR team for more information.

We have also committed to the following pledges which positively encompass our recruitment and selection processes and methodology: The Promise, Show The Salary, Salary History.

Benefits

Our employee benefits reflect our culture which is built on an approach of full flexibility with accountability, and designed to let you make your most positive contribution; we offer Flexible Working by Default (re hours & place of work), Unlimited Annual Leave, Employee Pension scheme, Life Assurance, Cycle to Work Scheme, Season Ticket Loan, Employee Assistance Programme, enhanced sick and family leave. We are also open to discuss job share applications.

GDPR Statement

If you apply for a role with us, we will retain your contact details including your name, address, email address and phone number to help us manage your application for up to 6 months.  We will not use your personal data for any other purpose or share it with any third party. You can contact us at any point to update your personal information or ask us to delete it from our records.

To Apply - please see our website 

Project Manager

Permanent Contract
Job Ref: V399
Hours/Days per week: 35 hours per week – (Flexible days/hours)
Salary: £28,500 plus attractive employee benefits package
Start date: ASAP
Location: Homebased or Edinburgh office based
Closing date: 25th May 2022
Interview date and Location: Week commencing 30th May 2022

Volunteering Matters

At Volunteering Matters we use volunteering’s unique power to bring people together and build stronger, more resilient communities across the UK.

We bring people together to resolve some of society’s most complex issues.  From social isolation and loneliness; improving health and wellbeing; building skills, confidence, and opportunity; to ensuring young people can become change makers in their community, the impact that we make is great.  And we won’t stop until everyone in the UK has the opportunity to thrive.

People-led and impact driven, we are a national charity that is deeply embedded in local areas across the UK.  We operate in five regions: London and the South East; Wales and the West of England; East of England; the Midlands and North West England; and Scotland and North East England.  We also have an Employee Volunteering Team with over 25 years’ experience, acting as a broker to provide tailor-made solutions to employers. We turn local knowledge and energy into action and progress, building stronger communities and a better future for all.

This is an exciting time to be joining the team.  We’re changing the way we work to meet new ambitions and make sure our impact continues to grow alongside out business.

Role Purpose

Volunteering Matters are looking for a talented, dynamic, and professional Project Manager to join our team. The right candidate would be someone who can work flexibly while demonstrating a strong understanding and commitment to our organisational values.

As our Project Manager, you will lead a team of staff and volunteers, playing a key role overseeing, managing, delivering and developing our work in local communities across Edinburgh and the Lothians. As a senior member of the team, you will role model our organisational values and demonstrate excellent leadership skills. You will develop and maintain effective relationships with colleagues, volunteers, people accessing our programmes, funders, partners, and other stakeholders.

You will be responsible for the quality delivery and development of our established Family Supporters programme in Edinburgh, as well as our new Grandmentors programmes in Edinburgh, and East Lothian. These programmes offer practical, social, and emotional support to families and young people (including those who are care experienced or who have Adverse Childhood Experiences), empowering them to face a range of life challenges.

We attract, recruit, train, match and support dedicated volunteers to help families and young people every step of the way, spending 1:1 time together on a personalised set of goals and outcomes. As an ambitious organisation, we hope to further grow and develop our work across Edinburgh and the Lothians over the coming weeks, months, and years. You will contribute towards our business development objectives, based around place. As new work develops, you may lead the effective delivery of those programmes and initiatives across the region.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• To role model our organisational values, Teamship rules and demonstrate excellent leadership skills
• To promote and adhere to Volunteering Matters policies and ways of working, including our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy
• To contribute to effective teamwork across the region and the wider charity, in line with our “flexible working by default” and “self-managed teams” philosophy
• To effectively oversee the quality delivery of several volunteering programmes, including Family Supporters and Grandmentors, ensuring they meet their required goals, targets, milestones, and anticipated impact
• To provide strong and effective line management to a staff team, leading and encouraging staff performance and development, coaching, setting objectives and reviewing progress and performance
• Oversee and contribute towards the effective recruitment, selection, training, and support of a diverse pool of talented and dedicated volunteers from a wide cross-section of the community
• To lead discussions, attend meetings and manage relationships with external colleagues, partners and funders, liaising regularly with all stakeholders and providing regular progress reports
• To maintain Volunteering Matters standards around quality and effective Volunteer Management
• Administration tasks including maintaining effective and accessible records, the use of Microsoft Office, Teams, Zoom and other software
• To ensure all aspects of project delivery, and staff management, are compliant with health and safety, data protection, GDPR and safeguarding quality standards.
• Develop relevant information and materials to promote and raise the profile of our brand families locally; and play an active role in identifying and developing new Business
• To work effectively with the Delivery Leader, ensuring programme income and spend is in line with annual budgets

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Skills Required

• Proven leadership skills with the ability to provide supportive and effective line management
• Ability to oversee and manage all aspects of delivery and development of several volunteering programmes simultaneously
• Excellent written, verbal and analytical skills, including giving presentations, interpreting and preparing quantitative and qualitative information, and reporting.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to establish long-lasting relationships, and to enthuse, motivate and influence others
• Strong organisational and time management skills, able to work independently, prioritise a demanding workload, work under pressure and to deadlines
• Excellent decision making and problem-solving skills, with the ability to use own initiative and manage challenging situations
• Highly IT literate and comfortable using a range of essential systems, including MS Teams, MS office, social media platforms and other software Experience Required
• Experience of effectively line managing/coaching and developing staff, and leading volunteer teams
• Experience in programme management, with a strong track record in meeting goals and objectives. Previous experience of setting up new volunteering programmes/initiatives would be advantageous
• Experience in all aspects of effective Volunteer Management
• Experience of effective partnership working, building and managing relationships with various internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to set and achieve high standards for self and others and to manage work performance effectively.
• Knowledge and understanding of effective monitoring and evaluation processes to capture impact and outcomes
• Knowledge and understanding of issues affecting people from diverse groups, backgrounds, and communities
• Experience in safeguarding, and assessing and managing risk

Qualifications

Relevant experience and an understanding and commitment to our organisational values is more important for this role than any specific qualifications.

Other

Part of your working week will be based in local communities, meeting staff, volunteers, people accessing our services, partners and other stakeholders. For the remainder of the time, you can choose to work from home or from our Edinburgh office premises (EH7 5JT).

If working from home, you will need good internet access and a suitable home working environment. All I.T. equipment, mobile phone and infrastructure will be supplied.

PVG

This role requires membership of the PVG (Protection of Vulnerable Groups) scheme. Having a conviction will not necessarily cause a bar to employment.

Our Values & Way of Working:

In all that we do, we embrace a philosophy of ‘Freedom within a Framework’ and are guided by our values: Empowering, Inclusive, Compassionate, Positive & Straightforward.

This job description is intended to include the broad range of responsibilities and requirements of the post. It is neither exhaustive nor exclusive but while some variations will be expected, these will be at an appropriate level for the role.

Diversity & Inclusion

Volunteering Matters welcomes all applicants and are keen to ensure our team reflects the diversity of the UK and the communities we serve. We encourage applications from disabled, LGBT and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, along with candidates with any protected characteristics and from disadvantaged groups.

Disability Confident & Reasonable Adjustments:

We guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the role. Please provide evidence in your application, which demonstrates that you meet the level of competence required in the “Experience/Skills” section of this advert. To be considered for a guaranteed interview or to discuss any reasonable adjustments during the process, please state this in your application or contact our HR team for more information.

We have also committed to the following pledges which positively encompass our recruitment and selection processes and methodology: The Promise, Show The Salary, Salary History.

Benefits

Our employee benefits reflect our culture which is built on an approach of full flexibility with accountability, and designed to let you make your most positive contribution; we offer Flexible Working by Default (re hours & place of work), Unlimited Annual Leave, Employee Pension scheme, Life Assurance, Cycle to Work Scheme, Season Ticket Loan, Employee Assistance Programme, enhanced sick and family leave. We are also open to discuss job share applications.

GDPR Statement

If you apply for a role with us, we will retain your contact details including your name, address, email address and phone number to help us manage your application for up to 6 months.  We will not use your personal data for any other purpose or share it with any third party. You can contact us at any point to update your personal information or ask us to delete it from our records.

To Apply - please see our website

We are looking for someone who has a proven track record of experience delivering change within the NHS, as well as a wealth of experience in working successfully with community-based stakeholders. You should be passionate about wanting to change health inequalities, be resilient, enjoy stakeholder engagement at every level, and have a positive, can-do attitude.

This is an exciting time to join our Patient Projects team as we launch our Empowering People with Prostate Cancer (EPPC) project which aims to better educate and empower people living with prostate cancer.

This project, funded by the National Lottery Community Fund, aims to provide people living with prostate cancer with the information and support they need, at diagnosis, when considering further treatment options, thereby reducing treatment regret, and ensuring better quality of life outcomes. Central to this project is the creation of a new patient information and empowerment website, The Infopool.

This role will be instrumental in the development and delivery of this project, helping ensure the project achieves its ambitious outcomes. You will be instrumental in delivering on the EPPC project and expanding the Patient Project Department into new and more ambitious areas.

This project is part time, 3.5 days per week, and can be either fully remote working or flexible hybrid (our office is in Holborn). Some travel will be involved in this role.

Key Responsibilities 

• Build new and manage existing relationships with clinical stakeholders, including HCPs, NHS system managers, Cancer Alliances, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Develop and deliver a programme of outreach to healthcare professionals, ensuring the adoption of project resources and other organisational resources across target institutions.
• Develop a pilot project for a community-based approach to information prescribing, building new relationships with key stakeholders focused on most effectively reaching those with low health and digital literacy.
• Maintain a tracking and reporting system to ensure the project exceeds its targets and funding requirements are met.
• Support the Head of Patient Projects to define the project’s annual operational plan.
• Contribute to external events as a representative of PCR including attending national conferences, such as BAUN and BAUS.
• Help develop a system of Infopool champions in hospital-based and peer-led support groups to help advance the project’s objectives.
• Input into new project development as well as funding proposals, bids, and pitches to help expand the breadth and depth of the project and ensure the development of new projects for the department.
• Think strategically about opportunities to connect this project and its users with other priorities of the department and organisation.
• Undertake any other relevant duties and projects delegated by the Head of Patient Projects in line with the responsibilities of the post and the aims of the department.

Skills and Competencies 

The candidate must have the following:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant field and continuing professional development in a relevant field. 
• Creativity, critical thinking, and multiple years of strong project/ programme management skills and experience.
• An awareness of health inequalities and a desire to make a difference.
• Experience working with government departments and the NHS.
• Knowledge of the UK’s health and care research landscape.
• An ability to manage multiple stakeholders, competing expectations and priorities in a sensible way that ensures delivery and success.
• Demonstrable experience of building strong working relationships with people at all levels across stakeholder organisations.
• An entrepreneurial, pro-active mindset with maturity and emotional intelligence.
• An ability to communicate clearly and effectively both internally and with a range of partners across healthcare and beyond. This includes patients, academia, industry, the NHS, and government.
• An ability to work autonomously, prioritise, organise, identify, manage, and mitigate risks, and plan own workload and deliver results consistently.
• Good IT skills, particularly in the use of MS Office, Teams, Zoom and web applications.
• An ability to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines, or where deliverables can change at short notice.
• A strong belief in the work we do.

Do you want to make a difference and be part of an organisation that has been helping save lives for more than a century?  As an Agile Project Manager, you will act as a champion for alignment between the development of individual systems and the charity’s overall technology roadmap.

Exciting opportunity to join the Digital Transformation team!  Working as part of a team of project managers, the Agile Project Manager is responsible for the management of a variety of concurrent digital change projects, delivering the charity’s wider technology strategy and roadmap using agile and lean processes.

The role benefits from a competitive salary, generous pension, 33 days holiday (including bank holidays), options to buy and sell holiday, Blue Light and NHS discounts, life assurance, eye care and mental health, wellbeing tools and volunteering days.  It will also provide opportunities to grow and develop your career, achieve a healthy work life balance and to be recognised for the great work you do.

Can be based at any manned SJA office. 

Please see the job description for more detail (this can be viewed on our website or once you click apply)

About You:

• Agile Project Management Foundation / any other recognised project mgt qualification 

• Delivered a portfolio of business change projects with proven experience in transitioning projects to business as usual
• Experience of directing and motivating cross-functional project teams
• Evidence of excellent stakeholder management at a variety of levels 
• Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to influence and build effective relationships at all levels with excellent communication (both written and oral) and presentation skills 
• Ability to translate complex technical solutions to a non-technical audience and gain the right level of buy-in and support

About the Role:

• Lead new technology solution and delivery rollouts on allocated projects
• Establish and attend project boards to report project progress, finances, risks and issues to stakeholders
• Communicate to and interact with senior stakeholders and assist functional departments in the development of business change canvases, business cases and option papers in support of technology-led business changes and work with Product Owners to develop specifications and scope for technology change projects
• Lead and have oversight of Project Teams driving collaboration and project success
• Where appropriate, manage third party suppliers, manage risks, issues, and change

About Us:

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team of over 1,700 employees and over 30,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through essential first aid services, training and campaigning.  As a charity with a long history of serving humanity, we are proud of our past and excited about creating a healthier, safer, more resilient future.

St John Ambulance are committed to increasing the diversity of our team and making sure we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve.At St John, everyone is valued and supported to thrive.  We do not tolerate any form of discrimination and engender a sense of belonging for all, by creating an environment of mutual respect, where we value unique differences and demonstrate authentic allyship. We believe passionately about equity, diversity and inclusion.

Please note: St John does not accept speculative CVs and will only review CVs sent in application for an advertised vacancy.

Recruitment Agencies: We are not utilising the services of recruitment agencies for this vacancy and will accept direct applications only.

37.5 hours per week (part time not available with this role)

Education Project Manager skills and experience:

• Experience of delivering high-impact education and/or youth work projects
• Qualified Teacher or Youth Worker (would consider equivalent by experience) and have a good understanding of contemporary education and/or youth work evidence and practice
• Highly organised with the ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks with a solution-focused approach
• Demonstrable project and budget management experience, ideally gained in a complex / geographically dispersed organisation
• Experience of developing project success criteria and project outcome measurement
• Eye for detail and high level of accuracy. Drive and enthusiasm to make positive change.
• Effective communicator with the ability to engage with a range of stakeholders and have constructively challenging conversations.
• Ability to present your ideas, plans and solutions clearly and to respond to feedback from within YHA and across the education, charity and hospitality sector.
• We welcome candidates with lived experiences that they are willing to share, that can inform/shape our approach, and help to reach those facing a range of personal or professional challenges.

We note that communication can take many forms. This may include sign language; other adaptions for those with hearing impairments; or other speech or language difficulties. Lived experience can include protected characteristics, class, educational experience, personal experience such as debt, caring responsibilities, illness, hobbies, community work and interests.

Education Project Manager role responsibilities:

• You’ll develop and manage the 1-3 year Education Growth plan in England and Wales based on detailed scoping and feedback from teams within YHA, from customers, stakeholders and based on intel’ from the market. The plan will be reviewed annually with agreement from the Executive team; you will ensure that deadlines and budget expectations within it are met.
• You will be primary point of contact for teams within YHA for advice and guidance on matters to do with delivery of the Education Growth Plan and represent YHA at external events as required.
• Under your supervision, the effective delivery of the project will establish YHA as exemplar of outdoor education (OE) as part of our wider youth work.
• You will support the development of new products / experiences for young people at YHA based on feedback from those in education including participants, teachers, staff and key stakeholder groups.
• You’ll improve the quality of the experience education groups have through feedback and performance measures, working with the hostel, central and operations teams.
• You’ll develop our impact and evaluation framework for education groups to evidence the impact that YHA experiences have on young people. This will provide tools and develop expertise in YHA, building both capacity to measure and to grow our evidence base.
• You will monitor developments in the external education market, such as curriculum changes and recommend YHA’s response to these as appropriate in the context of the growth plan.

Our strategic priorities and working culture

Our top priority is ensuring YHA is for everyone. To achieve this, we need a diverse workforce that is representative of the communities we serve. We support equity, diversity, and inclusion in all aspects of our work. Our people share a common purpose: to improve health, wellbeing, and life skills. Our culture is collaborative; we work together following core values and behaviours called HEART: Helpful, Efficient, Authentic, Respectful and Team-spirited. To ensure we are reaching all, we capture equality information at both the attraction and onboarding stages of employment.

As a YHA employee you’ll have access to a whole host of benefits designed to make your job as happy and rewarding as possible.

To apply for this vacancy an updated CV and short application form online should be completed, upon receipt of these two documents a link to video interview will be sent to your email, this video interview must be completed in the time assigned, in order to be considered for the shortlist of interviews.

Please note: YHA is committed to safeguarding and ensuring the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. The suitability of all prospective employees or volunteers will be assessed during our safer recruitment process in line with this commitment, this will include the checking of relevant ID’s for Right to work and a DBS application.

We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

My client is a major brand in the international development sector. With an income of over $1 billion, they reach out to the most vulnerable members of society in over 120 different countries, delivering immediate and lasting change.

At present they are undergoing significant global transformation through a number of ambitious but critical change projects. One strand is the deployment of a new global financial data model to introduce better in country programme management as well as impact visibility.

As such they are looking for additional support within their finance transformation team to support with the communication, deployment and delivery of the model to member offices.

A truly unique role, the successful candidate will have a strong understanding of financial data as well as be very comfortable working outside the realms of a traditional accounting position. Having previously worked in large global organisations (commercial or charity), you will also have played a key role in major data driven change programmes.

Ambitious and with an appetite for best practice, this is an excellent opportunity to have a real impact on a globally recognised brand.

This role can be 100% remote, as such candidates across the UK are encouraged to apply.

Purpose of Role:

Success looks like:

• Healthwatch Bucks delivers a balanced portfolio of projects that engage effectively with service users and communities and reflect its agreed priorities and lead to improvements in the delivery of health and social care
• Healthwatch Bucks projects are effectively managed and deliver to time, cost and quality in line with Healthwatch Bucks project management processes
• Healthwatch Bucks projects are recognised by health and social care service users and other stakeholders as supporting improved outcomes for health and social care

Key Responsibilities:

Project Identification and Definition

• To provide input into the planning and decision-making process for projects presenting at Healthwatch Bucks governance meetings as necessary.
• To work with other members of the Healthwatch Bucks team to make sure that the project is defined in a way that supports the delivery of insightful analysis and effective outcomes.

Project Management

• To manage projects ensuring that the planning and delivery of the projects are on target to meet pre –determined outcomes and impacts.
• To write relevant project documentation including project plans and identify dependencies, risks and realistic delivery dates dependant on resources available.

Project Delivery and Reporting

• To carry out the work required to deliver the project as identified in the plan with the support of other members of the Healthwatch Bucks team including volunteers, and other stakeholders, as appropriate.
• To provide written reports and briefings as required to support internal governance and external stakeholder engagement. 
• To ensure that projects are followed up on to see whether they have made a difference to the delivery of health and social care and to report on this.

Communication, Engagement and Stakeholder Management

• To work with the Chief Executive to manage relevant stakeholders within the health and social care system and beyond to ensure that they understand the rationale behind the project, support it as necessary and are ready to take action based on the outcomes
• To work directly with individuals, communities and other VCSE organisations to engage with service users to support the delivery of a project, ensuring that contacts are followed up on and where possible outcomes are shared with those engaged
• To support the communications and engagement around projects to maximise awareness and impact of Healthwatch Bucks project activity

Volunteer Management

• To involve and engage volunteers in projects and support and manage them in their project related roles. To manage individual volunteers as agreed. To work with others to enable timely volunteer recruitment to support projects where required.

Representation

• To represent Healthwatch Bucks at external meetings as agreed, in particular those relevant to project activity

Value Add

• To look for opportunities to add value to project deliverables and impact and thereby build on the credibility and reputation of Healthwatch Bucks
• To work with the Chief Executive to identify new opportunities for paid for projects and to provide support as requested to secure any new work

The Person

Skills and Attributes:

• You have experience of project management – and using basic project management methodologies to assure project delivery
• You have experience of front line project delivery – being a key part of the team that gets the work done
• You have excellent interpersonal skills and are able to mobilise and motivate others to support project delivery and you ideally have experience of working with volunteers and managing them
• You have experience of engaging effectively with different communities and working with people that we might not normally hear from
• You can analyse evidence and relevant research to write reports that present a compelling case, including recommendations – presenting complex information to a variety of audiences in a clear and concise manner
• You have experience of working cooperatively and effectively across organisational boundaries to delivery desired outcomes
• You can work collaboratively as part of a team – supporting others in order to deliver Healthwatch Bucks’ Aims
• You are happy to represent Healthwatch Bucks and the views of the organisation at relevant meetings and events
• You will respect the wider work of the organisation and to ensure no activities have the effect of bringing the organisation into disrepute.

Motivation:

• Strong and demonstrable belief in improving health and social care services
• You are excited by the challenge this role presents and the opportunity to both manage and deliver project work that will make a difference

Fit:

• You feel comfortable working in a small, active team
• You are self-motivated and able to work with minimal supervision
• You are, helpful and positive in your approach
• You are happy to learn and develop as part of your role
• you are willing and able to travel to various locations across the county as required
• You are entitled to work in the UK and are on occasion (with prior notice) able to flex your working hours

Every day in the UK, 13 babies are stillborn or die shortly after birth.

Sands is the leading stillbirth and neonatal death charity and exists to reduce the number of babies dying and to support anyone affected by the death of a baby, before, during or shortly after birth.

We are looking for a collaborative and enthusiastic Bereavement Care Resources Officer to help us deliver Sands’ aim of improving the quality and consistency of the bereavement care provided by professionals after pregnancy loss or the death of a baby.

This a newly-created role which exists to ensure that staff in hospitals and other settings providing bereavement care have access to the best possible resources, as well as updating and promoting Sands’ bereavement care resources plus embedding bereavement care standards into key national frameworks such as NICE guidelines.

You will have an in-depth knowledge of the current practice, policy and guidelines in healthcare and bereavement, as well as experience of creating and updating guidance materials and written resources which remain responsive to the changing needs of internal and external stakeholders.

Additionally, you will be a great communicator with excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to reach out to, and engage with, diverse communities.

With a highly organised approach, you will have demonstrable experience of successfully managing and co-ordinating projects including the reporting, monitoring and measuring of outputs and impact.

In addition to the above, you will be able to absorb and understand complex issues and communicate them effectively to public and professional audiences.

The charity is seeking a Development Manager to take the lead on the charity’s operations in Northern Ireland and Scotland, and deliver the Hourglass model of community-focused support to tackle and prevent the abuse of older people.

This is a dynamic role, presenting a unique opportunity to create a responsive and person-centred support framework.

The Development Manager will play a key role in shaping Hourglass’ response to meeting the needs of vulnerable older people and their communities.

Leading a team of staff and volunteers, the postholder will develop strong partnerships with other agencies and networks, and have operational responsibility for all programmes, services and developments in both Northern Ireland and Scotland.  The Development Manager will also be involved in scoping the pathway for Hourglass to work in the Republic of Ireland.

As part of a UK-wide team, the postholder will work closely with the Management team, providing support relating to programmes, performance, policy, communications, and fundraising. With a passion for supporting and representing older people, the Development Manager will utilise relevant skills, knowledge and experience to develop an end-to-end model of support from prevention right through to recovery.

We are looking for an experienced Programme Officer with a range of financial, administrative and organisational skills to support our Poverty and Inequality programme. The postholder will report to the Head of Project Management and work closely with a diverse range of people to ensure achievement of programmatic aims.

Duties include:

• Consolidate project updates from Project Managers for projects included under the programme.
• Facilitate team meetings, record meeting minutes and allocate actions, proactively monitoring their status and following up with PMs as appropriate.
• Coordinate with Programme and Project Management Team to identify administrative, system, and process gaps, streamlining opportunities to increase efficiency.
• Maintain relevant project data in various systems relating to capacity, new opportunities and general project records.

About you

We are looking for candidates with at least 2 years’ experience of and demonstrated ability in supporting complex projects/programmes. You will have knowledge of project management best practices and industry standards, and experience of budgeting processes and financial reporting.

Knowledge of poverty and inequality data, or a demonstrated interest in poverty-related issues, is not essential but would be advantageous for this role.

You will need to be rigorous and conscientious, with a track record of ensuring a high level of accuracy and quality of outputs.

If you would like to contribute to increasing the impact of a dynamic organisation committed to ending poverty, we would love to hear from you. Please download and read the full recruitment pack and apply with your CV and cover letter to our online application portal.

Early applications are highly encouraged; we will be reviewing submissions as they arrive, and interviews will be held periodically. As we are recruiting on a rolling basis, we reserve the right to end recruitment without notice.

The role

The Grants administration officer is responsible for the day-today running and administration of FfWG’s grant programmes. You will act as the key point of contact for applicants and support and co-ordinate the work of Grants Committee. (The Committee is made up of volunteers who assess and make award recommendations.) You will report to the Chair of the Grants Committee and the Board of Governors and work closely with the Company Secretary.

This is a part-time, permanent, home-based role. You will be the sole employee of the organisation working closely with the Company Secretary and the voluntary Chair of the Grants Committee.

Key tasks and responsibilities

The responsibilities of the post will include:

• Responding to all grant queries and providing advice to applicants and awardees
• Managing the day-to-day operation of FfWG’s on-line grant application database
• Overseeing applications, ensuring eligibility and coordinating allocation of eligible applications for assessment
• Convening and supporting the grants committee, including preparation of committee papers, reports and financial information, as well as taking minutes at meeting
• Sending award and rejection letters to applicants following approval by the Board of Governors
• Collating awardee condition information and making grant payments to awardees
• Maintaining accurate and up to date data on grants and preparing reports as required
• Ensuring that the grants information on FfWG’s website is accurate and up to date
• Making payments on behalf of FfWG
• Performing any other duties that might be reasonably expected and determined from time to time

Every day in the UK, 13 babies are stillborn or die shortly after birth.

Sands is the leading stillbirth and neonatal death charity and exists to reduce the number of babies dying and to support anyone affected by the death of a baby, before, during or shortly after birth.

We are looking for an experienced project manager to manage the development, delivery and review of the National Bereavement Care Pathway (NBCP) partnership project and embed it across Scotland to drive up standards of care. This pathway addresses the inequity of bereavement care offered to, and experienced by parents when a baby dies.

This is a high-profile and rewarding role which will involve delivering a NBCP in Scotland which is parent-centred and drives up standards of care. The project is being trialled in four early adopter NHS boards in Scotland. The post-holder will engage with bereaved parents, senior decision makers and clinicians at both an operational and strategic level to ensure successful delivery of a sustainable pathway.

With demonstrable experience of leading project groups comprising a diverse range of stakeholders, you will have excellent people management skills and be able to reach-out, engage with and enthuse key stakeholders across Scotland. 

You will be able to establish and maintain high level, productive relationships with senior external stakeholders and organisations working in a collaborative and inclusive way.

An excellent knowledge of how the NHS is structured is essential, particularly maternity services.

You will have highly developed interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate complex messages in a compelling way to a variety of audiences.

Please note this is a fixed-term role until 31st March 2024.