Strategy and Planning Project Manager

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Are you an effective project manager with proven strategic and creative leadership skills? Are you looking for a new challenge? One that will develop your skills and enable you to do work that will make a real difference to people’s lives? That is exactly what we can offer you as Strategy and Planning Project Manager at ActionAid UK.

We are a leading international charity. We support women and children in extreme poverty. We fight for their rights and for lasting change. We want you to help us achieve our key milestone for 2017 - to finalise and implement our new 5 year organisational strategy for mobilising resources, campaigning and being a humanitarian leader.

You will be heavily involved in supporting the Senior Leadership Team to communicate our new UK strategy, as well as in liaising across different teams at all levels to deliver a strong planning process to align our work.

This will include ensuring key deliverables are developed on time and to standard, producing a communications plan for key stakeholders and monitoring progress against plan. Important will be the ability to ensure resources, measures of success, risks and dependencies, and other key information are sufficiently captured and transmitted to interested parties as needed.

You must have experience of project management in a complex environment as well as the ability to coordinate and track multiple processes and workstreams simultaneously.

Comfortable planning, supervising and evaluating major projects you will be skilled at managing stakeholder relationships and an effective facilitator who can motivate and enthuse others.

If you are keen to have a major influence on our work and ensure ActionAid UK makes an effective and well-defined contribution to our federation please apply online via the link.

Are you the right person for the job?

Please read this carefully before you apply. When writing your covering letter, please address the person specification point by point and in detail, to help us identify the skills, knowledge and experience you have to be able to do the job effectively.

As we often receive a large number of applications from experienced and qualified candidates, we will generally give priority to those who can demonstrate that they meet all of the essential criteria listed. So it is important that you show how you meet all the essential criteria, and your application will be stronger if you show that you meet at least some of the desirable criteria.

To be considered for this role, you must be able to provide proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

Recruitment consultancies/agencies should not approach ActionAid with regards to open vacancies. We regret that agency candidates will not be considered.

Equal opportunities at ActionAid

ActionAid UK is absolutely committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone regardless of their background. We value diversity and lived experience, and acknowledge the underrepresentation of people from certain backgrounds, both within our organisation and across the sector. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic people; people with disabilities; people from the LGBT+ community; and for senior positions, applications from women.

We strive to provide an inclusive and supportive working environment where all employees and volunteers feel respected and supported in fulfilling their potential.

If you have any questions or concerns about applying for a role at ActionAid, please contact us.

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