Senior Programme Officer
YoungMinds Posted on 2022-11-18
| Salary | £34,278 – £38,087 a year |
|---|---|
| Location | Hybrid remote in London Bridge Station |
| Type | Full-time |
Job Description
Key information
We are currently working with a hybrid working model, where there is the option of working from home combined with 4-12 days a month of working in the office.
About this role
Do you have experience in project planning and implementation? Are you an effective communicator? Have you worked with human-centred approaches to projects that put people at the heart of new developments and achieving progress, e.g. agile thinking? If so, we would love to receive your application for our new Senior PMO Officer role (Programme Management Office).
The role will be required to develop and coordinate a strategy review newsletter for the organisation based on insights generated through our quarterly reporting and strategy review meetings. In addition, you will design and deliver PMO training to the organisation as well as responding to requests from colleagues with advice, information and support (for example, providing support on how to use the PMO tools).
Working in conjunction with appointed consultants you will also provide support to help deliver our Never Alone discovery initiative, which is currently in its early stages. The Never Alone discovery initiative will conduct research with young people, identify problems and gaps in service provision in the digital communications space, and find solutions to address the problems and gaps, and help implement these.
For more information about the role and the wider work of our PMO team, take a look at our supporting information.
Senior PMO Officer supporting information
About you
Candidates will be shortlisted on the basis of the following criteria:
- experience in project planning and implementation
- effective communication skills
- experience of designing, delivering and evaluating training
- experience of creating learning resources
- experience of human centred approaches to work
- understanding of, commitment and empathy to young people’s mental health and YoungMinds mission and values
- understanding of and commitment to our AJEDI goals
We welcome applications from Black and Minoritised and LGBTQ+ groups as they are currently under-represented.
We hope that you would like to join us at a very exciting stage of our growth and development. You’ll be joining a bright, dynamic team who have a passion for supporting our ambitions.
And what’s better than enjoying your work in beautiful surroundings and within our offices which are just a stone’s throw from the historic Shad Thames and Tower Bridge!
Senior Programme Officer job pack
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One of our values is: “We celebrate what makes you you – whoever you are, we welcome you and encourage you to be true to yourself”.
If you are excited about helping us to achieve our mission, passionate about working at an organisation that puts the lived experience of young people at the heart of everything we do and want to be part of our drive to become a truly anti-racist organisation we want to hear from you.
To apply, please fill in the application form – downloadable below – and send via email to recruitment@youngminds.org.uk.
Download our application form
About YoungMinds
You’ll be part of a passionate, hardworking team that cares about the work they do and you’ll be part of making a real difference to the lives of children and young people. In addition to becoming part of the YoungMinds team, you’ll get:
- 25 days paid holiday entitlement (plus Bank Holidays)
- three days additional leave over Christmas and New Year
- auto-enrolment onto pension scheme where YoungMinds will match your contribution up to five per cent
- statutory benefits such as parental leave and sick pay
- a wide range of other health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits
- a dedication to continued professional development, training and shared best practice
Find out more about working at YoungMinds
Our vision
A world where no young person feels alone with their mental health.
We want to see a world where every young person who is struggling feels able to reach out, and has people and services around them who can really help.
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