Project Manager
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (would consider 0.8FTE for the right candidate)
Location: You will be based at our Head Office in Balsall Heath. This role includes travel to other JERICHO sites or to visit community venues, attend events or deliver activities.
There is also the possibility of some home working to help manage your work/life balance, with approval from your line manager.
Salary: £36,000 per year FTE
Reporting to: Director of Operations
What’s the job?
Are you passionate about supporting people into employment?
We are expanding our team to allow us to significantly grow and develop one of our key projects, Jericho Works. The project enables us to maximise our impact and take Jericho’s expertise out into the community, engaging with community organisations to reach those who face challenges in finding work and helping them progress in their journey towards employment. Jericho Works offers one-to-one employability support, short-term work tasters and placements, support into progression opportunities including volunteering, training and employment, and employability-focussed hardship and practical support.
We are looking for a manager to lead on the relationship with the project funder, to lead a team of two co-ordinators and take ownership of project monitoring, analysis and reporting. You need to bring experience of liaising with senior stakeholders, people management and project management skills, including analysing data, and writing concise and comprehensive reports.
What you will be doing
Maintaining and developing our relationship with the key funder and their team
Leading on regular funder meetings
Budget forecasting and monitoring
Line management of project co-ordinators, including regular one-to-ones, appraisals, overseeing their development and supporting them to achieve their targets
Identifying creative opportunities to maximise the impact and reach of the project, including for example creating and delivering workshops or other training.
Contributing to direct participant support as needed and offering support to the team with more complex cases
Meeting project targets including numbers of participants supported and positive outcomes
Working with colleagues across Jericho and external partners to identify opportunities for participant progression
Strengthening our network of community organisations and referral partners
Ensuring timely submission of appropriate reports to trustees, senior management team and key funders, including data, finance and narrative reporting.
Who are we looking for?
Essential:
Experience of people management and team leadership
Experience developing partnerships
Excellent verbal and written communication, networking and presentation skills
Strong planning, organisational and project management skills
Ability to record, manage and analyse data for monitoring and reporting purposes
Good understanding of safeguarding
Experience of providing support, mentoring and/or coaching to individuals who face barriers to employment
Ability to work independently and manage own workload in addition to working as part of team
An appreciation of and sympathy with The Jericho Foundation's Christian roots and values, and a commitment to its mission of supporting people facing barriers to employment into sustainable work.
Ability to travel to various sites including ones not accessible by public transport
Desirable:
Experience within the charity or employability sectors
Knowledge of Birmingham's community organisations and support providers
Experience of liaising with funders
Understanding of supported employment and employability programmes
What’s in it for you?
24 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing by one day a year up a maximum of 29 days Enhanced sick pay after qualifying period
How To Apply:
Please email your CV and covering letter to hrenquiries@jericho.org.uk
The covering letter must include:
Why you want to be considered for the role
How you meet the job criteria
Where you heard about the vacancy