Who we are:

Muslim Aid are an International not-for-profit providing support to communities around the world affected by disasters, conflict or endemic poverty without regard to their social, religious, or ethnic background.

We place strong emphasis on long-term development projects that build the capacity of local people helping themselves. In addition to the 11 country offices worldwide we also work with multiple partner offices focussing on sustainable development programmes and providing humanitarian relief during times of crisis.

Summary of the role:

The Global Programme Development and Livelihoods Lead will work closely with the Regional Desks and Institutional Funding team at the UK office, and country office teams to develop and implement quality livelihoods projects as part of a comprehensive livelihoods portfolio for Muslim Aid.

The position holder will support project design and development of programmes ensuring high standard of project design. In addition, the role will focus on quality implementation of livelihoods projects following project management standards.

The position holder will lead the development of MA’s livelihood approach globally and oversee capacity development in the area. He/she will also lead in the programmatic development in Afghanistan and India.

About the Role:

This role will be responsible for some key areas:

• Evaluate MA’s current and recent portfolio of livelihoods programming to identify structural strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities within the MA global structure.
• Lead the development of a technically sound global approach to livelihoods and MSD programming
• Lead the capacity development of core programme staff in livelihoods programming at the UK office and COs
• In conjunction with the Institutional Funding team, conduct a yearly livelihoods specific donor mapping, which will be incorporated into the Institutional Funding Department’s donor engagement strategies.
• Follow and closely monitor funding trends, policies and positions from new and existing donors in market systems and livelihoods programming.
• In conjunction with RDs and COs, develop a program development plan for MA globally on livelihoods programming each year
• Support RDs and CO teams in implementing priority livelihoods projects based on the yearly plan
• Provide technical support in the development of concept notes, proposals and situation analyses – for livelihoods and MSD projects.
• Provide technical support in development, quality control and submission of quality reports (narrative and financial) on priority livelihoods projects.
• Support in the development enhanced programming in countries where MA is planning to enhance its current operational and programmatic functions. This includes, but is not limited to, Afghanistan and India
• Support in developing, in these countries, operational functions, government relation development, partner identification, and programmatic planning and development.

About You:

This role is based in the UK and the post holder will be required to travel to project locations and COs as and when required. Extensive travel to Afghanistan and India will be expected.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• A Master’s degree in a Development with a focus on Livelihoods Programming
• Knowledge and experience of working with institutional donors such as ECHO, EU, UN, USAID, US State department, and DFID
• Extensive experience and training in Market Systems Development (MSD), Making Markets work for the Poor (M4P), Monitoring and Results Measurement (MRM), Value Chain development.
• Substantial knowledge and experience of working in Afghanistan.
• Experience in project grants management for large and complex projects, including project design, budget preparation, expenditure tracking, monitoring and evaluation, reporting, etc.
• The ability to work with rights-based approach in entire project cycle management
• Experience coaching and mentoring senior programme staff.

In addition, due to the nature of the role and its links to Afghanistan it is essential that you are able to speak and write Dari and Pashtu fluently

Why you should apply:

If you are self-motivated, with the ability to work with a high degree of autonomy this role is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious Livelihood Programme expert to be able to lead on, build and develop a quality global livelihoods portfolio with a specific focus on Afghanistan and India.

You will be joining a supportive, highly-skilled, passionate organisation as a specialist in your field. Muslim Aid offer a 35-hour week, generous holiday allowance of 37 days (including bank holidays), flexible working and encourage a healthy work-life balance.

How to apply:

To apply please submit your cover letter (no more than 1 page) and CV.

Muslim Aid’s recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to the safety and protection of children and vulnerable adults in our care/employment. Successful candidates will be expected to undergo a DBS check. In addition, all successful candidates for finance roles will undergo an Experian Credit Check.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief or age. 

Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Applications will be accepted until closing date, however, Muslim Aid reserves the right to initiate interviews and the selection process on a rolling basis with the aim of identifying an appropriate candidate as quickly as possible.

Summary

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual with demonstrable project management experience to play a key role in implementing Southwark Vision. "A Fruitful Future: Strategic growth and cultural change in the large, diverse Diocese of Southwark" is a key initiative which is part of the wider 'Southwark Vision 2017-2025'.

Specific, geographically distinct projects have been identified in places across the Diocese of Southwark where there is a clear opportunity for growth and some funding to support these projects has been obtained from the Church of England's Strategic Development Funding. This role will be key in the successful implementation of our strategy in each of these places.

The Project Manager will be a member of the Diocesan Secretariat specifically working on these new projects as well as on the wider statistical and data support associated with the Diocesan growth objectives.

• Key components of the role are to support:
  • the implementation of the SDF funded project through the specific interventions in places identified for this funding;
  • the wider replication of learning from these initial interventions across the Diocese
  • the communication to the wider church of these learnings.

• through:
  • the detailed project management of all stages of these projects under the guidance of the Director of Strategic & Operational Projects
  • the coordination and monitoring of all strategic and operational aspects of the project
  • statistical analysis and management of the Diocesan data to support and inform strategic decisions made by the Diocesan leadership including the Diocesan Secretary and Archdeacons.

Main Responsibilities

Key responsibilities:

The Project Manager is responsible for day to day management of the project from initial set up through to successful delivery, working closely with the Director of Strategic & Operational Projects. This will involve the implementation, co-ordination and tracking of the project plans for the projects that comprise this SDF funded initiative.

Project Management/ Co-ordination

• Day to day management of the project, proactively monitoring overall progress and ensuring that individual projects and the overall programme delivers to the appropriate quality, time and budget.
• Proactively identify any risks and issues that arise, at an individual project and Diocesan level, initiating corrective action in consultation with the Director of Strategic & Operational projects and members of the Core Project Team.
• Report progress of the project at regular intervals to the Director of Strategic & Operational projects, the Core Project Team and the Project Board, including tracking the delivery of outputs and outcomes, and make suggestions for improvement.
• Drafting of reports, with high level of numerical analysis, for circulation at a Diocesan level and for the National Church.
• Broader statistical analysis and interpretation of Diocesan data as required by this project and other Diocesan initiatives, including ideas for innovative data collection and reporting.

Change Management & Communications

• Implement and develop the communication and engagement plan, mindful of Southwark Vision.
• Regularly assess the influences, interests and attitudes of the key stakeholders to ensure the the communication and engagement plan is well aligned to the cultural changes in the Diocese.

• Track how well changes are being delivered and monitor the capacity of the organisation to cope with the level of change being introduced.
• Ensure your work is fully aligned to the Dicoesn Staff Values and Staff Purpose.

Resource Management

• Monitor the project budget, monitoring expenditure and costs against the outcomes to be realised as the projects progresses.

Ideal Candidate

• Relevant experience project management including co-ordinating programmes and projects in a complex environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to tailor words and pictures to different audiences and present credibly to churches and leadership teams
• Substantial, proven, experience of handling data, preparing accurate reports using data and addressing data issues including resilience
• Evidence of change management skills and the ability to promote good practice, deal with conflict and address any barriers or resistance to change and a proven ability to support organisational change
• Experience and demonstrable ability to work with a diverse range of stakeholders from different disciplines and with differing viewpoints
• Awareness and understanding of techniques for planning, monitoring and measuring programmes and projects, including risk management
• An understanding of the structure, breadth and dynamics of the Church of England
• An understanding of diversity and cross-cultural dynamics

About Mencap

We work in partnership with people with a learning disability, and all our services support people to live life as they choose. Everyone wants a purposeful job - to do something really meaningful. At Mencap, we can give you that. You’ll have opportunities to develop as a person, colleague, leader and activist. We want to make you feel inspired to reach your potential. 

  

Our work includes;

• providing high-quality, flexible services that allow people to live as independently as possible in a place they choose

• providing advice through our help lines and web sites

• campaigning for the changes that people with a learning disability want 

Our leadership way

Strong leadership is key to the success of our services. We have developed an exciting leadership approach at Mencap that we call Our Leadership Way. We want to recruit leaders who can demonstrate they have the potential to excel within this framework. In return we are committed to developing your potential even further.

Job Advert

Our vision is for people with a learning disability to have access to sport and physical activity at all levels, from grassroots participation to elite level sport including at the Paralympics.

Did you know that only 14% of adults with a learning disability reach the Chief Medical Officers guidelines of physical activity?

Did you know that 1 in 3 young people leave their house for less than an hour a day on an average Saturday?

Did you know that only 6% of adults with a learning disability are currently employed, despite that fact that 65% are able to and want to?

Mencap are recruiting for an experienced Project Manager to lead the Round the World Challenge. The role is a full time (37.5 hrs per week) 3 year contract (June 2022) and it is a home based role, within the north area, with significant travel in and around areas and regions of focus for this project.

What will you do?

The Round the World Challenge (North) Project Manager will be responsible for driving forward Mencap’s ambitious new sports participation programme, across 9 communities in the north of England regions enabling 1,333 people with a learning disability to get active, 170 people to progress onto volunteering and 75 into employment programmes.

Mencap are 1 year into a 4 year programme  the ‘Round the World Challenge’ (RTWC) project, that inspires inactive people with a learning disability to get active through a fun, engaging challenge, as people race their way round the world; hours of sport and physical activity = distance travelled around the world.

Mencap have the exciting opportunity to grow and deliver this programme to benefit more people with a learning disability. We know from our evaluation the impact of being physically active and participating in the RTWC has on people with a learning disability. We are now able to offer this to more people and create pathways onto volunteering, sports leadership training and employment programmes.

We are looking for someone who is as passionate as we are to ensure that people with a learning disability are being given access to sport and physical education within the north/ central regions in England. You will have the opportunity to drive through this programme within Mencap and the sports sector, impacting on wider societal change.

To be successful in this role you will need experience in project management, including experience of managing risk, evaluation and budgets; within the sports and/or voluntary sector.

You will have experience of working with community groups, preferably including people with a learning disability, and you will need to evidence excellent communication, both verbally and written, and good interpersonal skills.

The ideal candidate will be able to be self-motivated, manage a varied workload, have a keen eye for detail, and have the ability to frequently work to tight deadlines.

You will need to evidence an understanding of the rights and needs of people with a learning disability and have a knowledge of the sport and leisure sector.

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates Mencap’s values and works in a way that supports the organisation values of inclusion of all people, valuing difference and promoting diversity. Actively seeks to include PWLD in their work in a meaningful and appropriate way
• Delivers Mencap’s flagship RTWC across the North of England to meet all objectives and deliver all outcomes. Does this to time and budget within the region.
• Oversees regional hubs made up of social care, sports organisations and the voluntary sector, to plan and deliver RTWC within the differing communities.
• Resolves complaints, concerns and issues promptly and effectively, keeping relevant stakeholders informed and reporting to the RTWC Programme Manager.
• Responds to communications from stakeholders in an appropriate way, using the most appropriate communication methods available
• Manages own workload and completing tasks to deadlines
• Can evidence effective relationships with project stakeholders that enable them to be more effective in their role and improve the work of Mencap
• Is able to demonstrate effective judgement in reporting and seeking guidance and support from others around them when this will enable them to resolve complex issues or the issue requires more senior management awareness or involvement
• Champions Mencap Sport and RTWC internally and externally and the importance of physical activity for PWLD

• Champions progression on from RTWC for participants, identifying partners and stakeholders to enable volunteering and employment programme opportunities.

(A more extensive list of responsibilities and key skills can be found in the Job Description and Personal Specification)

This role will close on Monday 21st October.

Interviews will take place soon after the role closes. 

Benefits

As well as knowing that what we do is making a positive difference to people’s lives, you will receive fair pay and have access to a wide range of rewards and benefits as one of our employees.

• 32 days holiday (including bank holidays) increasing to 35 days with long service plus the ability to buy up to another 10 days via our HolidayPlus scheme
• Service related sick pay when 6 month probation is completed
• Eligibility to join Mencap Pension Plan where Mencap matches contributions up to 5% on a salary sacrifice basis meaning NI savings. If you don’t join the Plan you will be auto-enrolled into NEST
• Membership of Mencap Pension Plan to include up to 3 times salary death in service live cover AND Income Protection of 50% salary to be triggered at 26 weeks of long term sickness
• Loans for debt consolidation,bikes, computers and phones when you have been with us for 6 months
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from 3% to 30% at high street shops including major super markets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via Mencapextras
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc.
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Quarterly award scheme and recognition at every 5 years through our YouRock program
• Access to award winning training and development

*T&C's apply based on contract

The Mayor’s Fund for London is an independent charity, championing social mobility for young Londoners from low-income backgrounds.

We believe that all young people, regardless of their starting point in life, should be able to thrive in their community, forge fulfilling careers and are able to take advantage of the outstanding opportunities that London has to offer. Our work raises awareness of the barriers facing young Londoners, promotes the activities which best increases their opportunities and brings together the partnerships to make a measurable impact on young Londoners’ lives.

In 2018, we supported over 35,000 young Londoners aged 4-24 across all 33 boroughs working in partnership with 427 schools, 110 community organisations and 94 employers, charities, social enterprises, and local authorities.

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is our patron.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

The purpose of the job role is to manage the in school delivery of our and the Mayor’s Fund employability programme Access Aspiration.

Access Aspiration is a careers guidance and employability support programme providing careers support and guidance for 16 –24 year old young Londoners who are making key decisions about their future careers.

In partnership with London’s business community, we aim to create more visibility of employment pathways by working with businesses to provide aspirational work placements, employer insights and meaningful employer encounters in schools.

Core activities will involve designing, organising and facilitating the delivery of school-based interventions. The role also involves managing a network of volunteers, regularly sourcing new volunteers and developing employer supported volunteering relationships with businesses.

How to apply

Please apply online sending in a covering letter and your CV.  The Mayor's Fund for London is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone. The Equal Opportunities form is voluntary but the information we collect here is very useful to us as it helps us to make sure that we are an inclusive employer and to find out if our workforce is diverse.

Unfortunately due to the large volumes of interest the charity receives, we are not able to respond to all applicants who are unsuccessful at the application stage.

I am currently looking for a Project Manager for an innovative new project. Two of the UK's leading support services are joining forces. The project is driven by acts of intervention and early engagement to help those harmed by gambling.

Key Responsibilities
Manage the project to achieve its purpose and objectives.
Ensure that all policies and procedures are adhered to
Conduct regular meetings with the staff and service users about service effectiveness and maximise client involvement in service design and development.
Liaise with external support networks, such as universities and research organisations.
Provide HR support and on-going staff line management.
Develop operational and strategic relationship with external partners and stakeholders
Represent the organisation at events, seminars and other meetings

Skills and Experience
Knowledge of mental health or drug, alcohol or gambling support services.
Desirable to have experience in a similar role; managing teams of staff and volunteers.
Experience of helping people to acquire life-skills including budgeting, healthy life choices, employment/education advice.
Experience of working with vulnerable cohorts within groups; mental health, substance use, criminal justice, domestic abuse/safeguarding, homelessness/housing.
Experiences of supporting clients through recovery programmes.
Experience of service design and/or working in a co-productive process.
Good verbal and written communication skills.
Understanding of safeguarding and suicide prevention principles.
Strong understanding of IT applications.

If you would have the above skills and experience and are immediately available please apply online or contact Sekai today!

Prospectus is proud to be supporting a national youth development charity, specialising in enterprise education and financial education. Our client work directly with young people, as well as teachers, volunteers and influencers in order to build a successful and sustainable future for all young people. They are now recruiting for an interim Project Manager to act as the driving force for a creative, new project, designed to increase the financial capability of children and young people in schools across the UK.     
       
As the Project Manager for this innovative, new pilot project, you will work closely across the wider team, and alongside a team of external design consultants to ensure that all content designed is relevant, applicable and engaging for the target audience. You will coordinate the roll out of in-school testing of these materials, reporting both internally and externally, and acting as the contact point for funders. You will consistently monitor and evaluate the project, ensuring the delivery of the project is against plan and to budget, and will ensure that 
 
This is an exciting opportunity to take a project from its very early stages, all the way through to completion. To apply for this role, you will have proven operational programme management experience and knowledge of the development and delivery of education programmes, focussed on children and young people. You will have exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, and will have the ability to build and maintain strong relationships with a range of stakeholders. You will have significant experience of thinking and planning strategically to achieve successful organisational outcomes, and will be comfortable with working independently, whilst contributing across wider teams.   
 
Please apply with a Word Document version of your CV (cover letters are not required at this stage). A full job description will be provided to candidates shortlisted by Prospectus.                           
       
Please note, this is initially a fixed term contract until 30th June 2020, and will only be suitable for professionals who are able to start on Mon 28th October 2019 or sooner. 

Civitas Recruitment are proud to be working with a dynamic charity focused on the issue of social exclusion of the elderly community within the UK. The charity is experiencing a period of positive change and at present formulating its strategy for growth and effectiveness of its services. An opportunity exists for an experienced project manager to join the team to assist in the research, creation and maintenance of volunteer and user groups so crucially needed for the success of the charity. The role will be home based in Wales. The role will also involve partnership work, communications and marketing- so a truly broad and multifaceted role. This is an initial FTC till June 2021 but can be extended.

Who we are looking for?

Ideal candidates will have previous experience of sourcing and creating volunteer groups. You will be naturally energetic, creative and well organised in your approach to work. Previous experience of developing target groups and volunteer acquisition strategies will be beneficial. Add to this you will have great communication skills being able to work with a diverse group of people including volunteers, service users and external groups. This is a home-based role with travel in Wales and as such you will need to have access to a car and be a self-starter who can manage their own workload and targets. There is also a requirement for you also be a welsh speaker. Please apply directly or enquire with Syed at Civitas Recruitment.

Fairtrade Foundation are recruiting for a Data Project Manager on a 1 year Maternity Cover contract to lead on the delivery of a high priority, strategic project that will enable us to understand, assimilate and communicate the impact of Fairtrade. The role will be pivotal in ensuring that we are not only aligning and strategically communicating our impact externally, but also that we are ‘set up’ to enable this.

The ideal candidate will have an understanding of complex data sets, data security, and data quality, acting as a subject matter expert as the Foundation works towards a robust data governance framework. This role will also bring general project management expertise to ensure there are outputs of our efforts available for teams to share with their stakeholders.

Fairtrade is a movement for change that works directly with businesses, consumers and campaigners to make trade deliver for farmers and workers.

Fairtrade is a global movement with a strong and active presence in the UK, represented by the Fairtrade Foundation.

The international Fairtrade system (of which the Fairtrade Foundation is a member) works on behalf of farmers and workers to drive sustainable livelihoods, empower producers and workers, and make trade fair.

The Fairtrade Foundation is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community

Digital Project Manager

Fixed term contract (9-12 months)

35 hours per week

£39,590 per annum / pro rata (including London weighting)

Location - Whitecross Studios, Banner Street, London

The Children's Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 130 years. We run local services that support children when they are at their most vulnerable and in desperate need of help. We're there for children, every step of the way.

This role sits in the Digital Impact team, part of the wider Marketing and Communications team which is within our External Affairs directorate. We're looking for a passionate, digital advocate to join our team and play a key role in planning and delivering our exciting and ambitious website redevelopment project.

An excellent project manager, with a proven track record, you'll have significant responsibility and plenty of opportunity to input your ideas. In this pivotal role you will determine the direction of this significant digital project by aligning audience needs with business and technological requirements. We will look to you to take the lead for planning and developing high profile and quality digital activity, and to work with internal and external stakeholders to agree, communicate and deliver the project.

In order to be successful in this role, you must have:

-an understanding of digital audiences, with skills and knowledge to create intuitive user experience and easy ways for them to get involved with our work

-an evidence and results-driven approach, with an ability to analyse data to ensure projects are delivered to budget and targets achieved

-assertiveness, creativity, collaborative working and self-motivation as key skills in your armoury to ensure our digital offering is of the highest quality, and to deliver the best results possible.

-a strong methodology for managing projects effectively and for solving problems quickly as they arise eg Agile, Waterfall, PRINCE2.

The Children's Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children's lives happier and safer.

Every day we're changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.

The Children's Society is committed to Safer Recruitment and as such a range of pre-employment checks will be conducted in line with recommendations made by the Bichard Enquiry, and current best practice. Therefore, candidates applying for work in our CYP Directorate are required to download, complete, and reattach the “Employment history_template” document. The fully completed document should be loaded by the candidate at the point of uploading your CV.

The closing date for applications is midnight on 22nd of October.

Interviews will be held on the week commencing 28th of October.

Wanted! Digital marketer with strong line management experience and project management background

Digital Marketing Manager - Up to £50,000 - London

THE COMPANY
Our client is a highly regarded professional membership body and a leader in their field to support and advance the profession it services.

THE ROLE
In the job of Digital Marketing Project Manager you'll be bridging the gap between marketing, creative, tech and implementation. You will be a functional expert in digital marketing, who thrives on planning and implementation. Although you will appreciate creative work, you thrive on working with and leading teams to get things done.

The role will see you take responsibility for the full range of performance marketing activity, including email, PPC, Google Ads, display, affiliates and SEO.
Using a data-driven approach you will drive both brand awareness, product engagement and ultimately purchase and renewal membership subscriptions.

Managing a team of four including UX, design specialists, as well as digital marketeers you will also work with experienced PR, social media and copywriting experts.

YOU
The successful candidate for the role of Digital Marketing Project Manager will have

- Extensive broad digital marketing experience and knowledge of best practice
- A minimum of 5 years of team management experience gained in digital marketing or elsewhere
- Ideally some project management experience within a digital marketing environment.

This job would suit a candidate with client-side or agency-side experience.

Please apply online NOW if you can tick the boxes above!

Digital Marketing Manager - Up to £50,000 - London

About the role

We are looking for an individual who has great project management and project delivery skills and experience in business and IT controls and stakeholder engagement. You will have a good understanding and experience of Agile and Waterfall project delivery methodology and will be comfortable and able to adapt these techniques to succeed and deliver.

My client is a multi-faceted membership body in the heart of London.

About you

You will be a Senior Project Manager with experience of, or training as a Scrum Master.

Key tasks include:

i. Run sprint planning sessions

ii. Conduce Daily stand ups

iii. Retrospective analysis

iv. Sprint show & tell

v. Backlog management

• Coordinate work packages among data analysts and developers
• Assure that information is communicated to business owners on timely manners
• Requirements captured and stored in the Jira backlog
• Develop and maintain project roadmap and project plan, aligned with the sprints
• Setup project board or use sprint planning meetings to keep stakeholders updated with the progress, issues, risks and constraints
• Supplier relationship and management
• My client offers excellent benefits including;
• 30 days annual leave
• Attractive pension scheme
• Salary sacrifice schemes
• Perkbox
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Subsidised on-site restaurant
• Season ticket loan
• Agile and flexible working 

PMO Officer, PMO Support, Project Officer, Project Support, Project Support Officer, PMO Support Officer

Your new company
Launched in January 2019, the Money and Pensions Service brings together the free services delivered by the Money Advice Service, The Pensions Advisory Service and Pension Wise. We are an Arms-Length organisation, sponsored by the Department for Work and Pensions, with a joint commitment to ensuring that people have access and guidance to the information they need to make effective financial decisions over their lifetime.

As a new organisation, our approach is to put the customer at the heart of everything we do. We will be working collaboratively with our key stakeholders to ensure that all UK citizens can easily access the information they need to make the most of their money and pensions throughout their lives. This is an exciting vision that we want to get right. We will be using 2019 to understand what our customers and stakeholders need from the new organisation. Based on that, we will be innovating and testing ways of improving information and guidance across all channels so we can develop new integrated customer services and journeys that are both efficient and effective.

Your new role
Responsible for providing best practice advice, standards and support to project and programme managers on the PACE programme including:

• Project Management support: assist the project management team with ongoing risk and issue management, planning and dependency management, change control
• Documentation and Records Management: quality assurance, development and maintenance of project documentation to best practice standards, including version control and storage
• Reporting Management: development and maintenance of management information reports and pack creation for governance meetings
• Meeting Management: agenda circulation; recording meeting decisions, actions, risks and issues; tracking progress on action, risks, issues, dependencies and plans

What you'll need to succeed
In order to be successful on application, it is expected that you will possess the following skills/experience:

• Strong experience of working with Microsoft office suite, specifically - MS Word, MS Powerpoint, MS Excel, and MS Outlook
• Good understanding of the concepts of Project Management: planning, risks and issues, dependencies, change control
• Experience of working in teams and with wider group of stakeholders in an organisation

What you'll get in return
In return, you will be placed on a 10 Month FTC and paid In return you will be paid £42,500 (pro-rata).

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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The role

Demonstrating the impact of our services for people affected by breast cancer and our other activities is increasingly important to our supporters and beneficiaries. This is an exciting opportunity to lead on the development and delivery of assigned research and evaluation projects, as well as the collation and dissemination of evidence and insight, with the aim of measuring the impact of our strategic activities.

Key responsibilities include leading on developing and embedding an impact and evaluation-led culture throughout the organisation and demonstrating the importance of an evidence-based approach, including the development and implementation of integrated Impact and Evaluation Frameworks for our services.

Reporting to the Director of Services, you will work alongside key colleagues across the organisation to gather insight and use it effectively to provide meaningful evidence for organisational activity.

About you

Educated to degree level, you will have experience of evaluating services, either in a charity, health or social care setting, and of data analysis to support policy or service development. You will also have experience of evaluation methods and practice, including process evaluation and impact measurement, and of quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. You will have excellent project management and planning skills across multiple projects, and will be able to work collaboratively across teams.

About us

We’re excited to announce that in April 2019, Breast Cancer Care and Breast Cancer Now united to create one charity for everyone affected by breast cancer. From research to care, our new charity has people affected by the disease at its heart – providing support for today and hope for the future. United, we can carry out even more world-class research, provide even more life-changing support and campaign even more effectively for better services and care.

By bringing together our passion, energy, expertise, funds and networks, we will make greater progress in more effective ways to make sure that, by 2050, everyone who develops breast cancer will live and receive the support they need to live well. 

For further information and to apply

Please click on the apply button to be directed to our website to complete an online application form. 

Closing date: 09:00am on Monday 21 October 2019

Interview date: Friday 1 November 2019 (London)

At St Mungo’s, our vision is that everyone has a place to call home and can fulfil their hopes and ambitions. As a homelessness charity and housing association, our clients are at the heart of what we do. We provide a bed and support to more than 2,800 people a night who are either homeless or at risk, and work to end homelessness and rebuild lives.

In this new role you will work with our services and leaders to create the future of St Mungo’s work to end homelessness and rebuild lives.

As the Project Innovations Manager, you will work in line with our ambitious growth strategy to create new innovative projects and forward-looking developments to our current work, ready for them to be developed further in collaboration with prospective donors and funders.

As the post-holder, you will facilitate service design across the organisation by working with service heads and directors, client-facing staff and client representatives to turn ideas and opportunities into comprehensive programmes to address homelessness.

The Manager will then collaborate with the fundraising team to create a bank of proposals in line with St Mungo’s mission that can be adapted and pitched to secure the funding and partnerships that will make them possible.

We are looking for an independent and proactive candidate with strong project planning and interpersonal skills able to work across services to facilitate the generation of ideas and plans.

In return, we offer a range of benefits including a pension scheme, staff discounts scheme and initiatives such as flexi-time and flexible working to help you maintain a healthy work/life balance. We are also committed to providing our staff with a wide range of learning and development opportunities; in support of their personal and professional development.

Closing date: 10.00am Friday 18th October 2019

Interviews and Assessments: 28th October 2019 

Please be advised that all appointments will be made on St Mungo’s current standard Terms and Conditions (T&Cs); this also applies to any internal candidates.

At St Mungo’s, equality, diversity and inclusion are central to the organisation's values and how we work. We are in the top 50 of Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index 2019, we are also proud to have been awarded Personnel Today’s 2018 Diversity and Inclusion (Public Sector) award and we are a Disability Confident Employer. To ensure that our workforce reflects the diversity of our clients as well as the communities that we live and work within, we encourage and welcome applications from all sections of the community.