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Programme Manager

Job description

A charity are looking for a Programme Manager to manage, deliver and evaluate a new youth programme. You will be the driving force in the implementation and delivery of a brand new programme for children, young people and their parents. The Programme Manager will also be responsible for the management of other projects and programmes.

You will lead on the initial development and ongoing growth of the programme, including development and maintenance of an online platform, development and maintenance of educational content, supporting tools and materials. You will manage relationships with multiple programme stakeholders and will also oversee the delivery of supporting services for schools and other organisations. .

This role needs someone available to start by the end of March ideally.

Key Responsibilities:
-Implement and develop project plans to ensuring that time specific milestones for the delivery of the programmes are met
-Coordinate and input to the strategic direction of the programmes
-Input into the development of new programmes as required
-Work closely with the programme team, and the funding organisations
-Work closely with colleagues to ensure effective, coherent management and delivery
-Build effective working relationships with programme stakeholders including teachers, senior leaders, funders, partners and evaluators
-Develop and maintain a reporting framework, providing monthly, quarterly and ad-hoc reports to fit both specific needs of funders, partners, senior management needs and other requirements
-Coordinate and oversee the development of new and existing programme materials including education resources and training documents
-Coordinate and oversee the ongoing development and maintenance of the online platform and other digital delivery tools
-Coordinate and oversee programme events (e.g. workshops)
-Coordinate and oversee all programme communications (internal and external)
-Work closely with the relevant PR and Communications Teams (internal and external) to ensure the programmes are effectively communicated to target audiences
-Monitor and ensure delivery of the agreed outputs according to funding agreements
-Scope processes for monitoring, implementation and evaluation of the programmes
-Develop and maintain a KPI mechanism to capture and measure the impact and outcomes of the project
-Line Manage and develop Programme Coordinators as required

Skills and Experience required:
-Experience of delivering complex projects on time and on budget
-Experience of strategic thinking and business planning
-Experience of working with minimum supervision and knowing when to ask for support
-Experience of Delivering / managing the delivery of events
Experience of successful delivery of a range of projects involving effective engagement with non- direct reports
Experience of building and maintaining successful relationships with multiple different stakeholders
-Excellent analytical skills, with an understanding of enhancing user experience, streamlining processes, and problem solving with limited resources
-Excellent project management skills within complex projects, and the ability to manage competing demands and a varied workload within agreed deadlines
-Clear analytical skills, and ability to plan ahead and supervise and support operations and people/agencies delivering projects at a distance