On the Water Project Coordinator

MSSC (Marine Society & Sea Cadets); Birmingham; Remote; GBP 33,000; Full time

Job summary

MSSC is seeking an On The Water Project Coordinator to lead an outreach project providing free boating sessions for young people. This role involves project management, team leadership, and community engagement, with a focus on delivering impactful experiences for those facing challenges. The position is homebased with travel required to various locations for project delivery.

Benefits

Flexible Working hours

Cycle to work scheme

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Life assurance (4x salary)

Private medical insurance

Pension (employer contribution up to 10%)

Wellbeing portal and EAP with 121 counselling

Employee development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience working with young people or community development.
• Proven leadership and planning skills.
• Full Driving Licence required.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the delivery of the On the Water project.
• Manage temporary Project Assistants.
• Ensure project meets targets and funders receive accurate reports.

Skills

Leadership

Project Management

Community Development

Stakeholder Engagement

Organizational Skills

Education

Qualification in Project Management

Job description

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On The Water Project Coordinator

On The Water Project Coordinator

Location: Homebased / Remote with regular travel to Birmingham, London and Edinburgh

Contract: Fixed term until 31st December 2025, full time 35hrs per week

Salary: £32,250 gross per annum

Closing Date: Monday 21 April 2025

Interview: Interviews to be held on Friday 2nd of May

Are you looking for a new opportunity?

The Marine Society & Sea Cadets (MSSC) is a vibrant and growing charity delivering life changing nautical adventure for young people through the Sea Cadets to give them the best possible head start in life. We also provide personal and professional development opportunities for seafarers with the Marine Society. Working with our staff, cadets, and volunteers, we have built a vision and five-year strategy to take us forward and further improve the astounding contribution already made through our work to the lives of thousands of young people and seafarers, while fully supporting our volunteers who are vital to our success.

We are currently looking for an On The Water Project Coordinator to join our team.

About The Role

This is an exciting opportunity to lead on an externally funded outreach project providing hard to reach young people with the opportunity to try free boating sessions over the summer holidays.

This is a very varied and rewarding role that requires someone who is self-motivated, organised, creative, tenacious, positive and IT competent with experience in project management.

You need to be able to motivate and inspire your project team, ensuring that the project is on target through continuous monitoring and evaluation. The On The Water Project Coordinator will be responsible for the line management of 3 fixed-term Project Assistants.

Whilst this role is homebased for the majority of the time, it requires the post holder to travel to each of the locations intensively throughout the 5 week delivery period, as well as regular travel for both the planning and evaluation periods. Travel expenses are covered as part of the role.

Responsibilities

Coordinate and ensure the delivery of the On the Water project

• To manage the temporary Project Assistants at Royal Docks, Midlands and Port Edgar Boat Stations
• Work with the Project Assistants and Growth and Development Workers to enable the effective recruitment of young people, particularly those facing difficulties or disadvantage to the project through recruitment and referrals from local authorities, schools and other relevant bodies
• Devise, plan and implement systems to record and report on the project's activity, progress and outcomes
• Manage the budget in accordance with the agreed expenditure targets, ensuring that accurate records are maintained
• Ensure the safe and smooth running of delivery in line with all internal policies
• Manage the evaluation, wrap up and future planning of the project
• Ensure the project meets it's targets and funders have timely and accurate reports
• Develop robust monitoring and booking systems and ensure they are rolled out, understood, and used across all 3 sites
  
  
  

Requirements

• Experience of working with young people or community development in a wide variety of community groups
• Experience of planning, delivering and evaluating projects and/or activities
• Proven leadership skills
• Building partnerships
• Excellent internal and external stakeholders skills
• Line management responsibility
• Full Driving Licence
  
  
  

Desirable

• Qualification in Project Management
• Line management of a remote team
  
  

For further information, please download the Recruitment Pack. If you are interested in this role, please apply now!

Benefits

• Flexible Working hours and a hybrid culture
• Cycle to work scheme and Season Ticket Loan
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Life assurance (4x salary) for those that join the pension
• Private medical insurance
• Pension (employer contribution up to 10%)
• Wellbeing portal and EAP with 121 counselling
• Employee development: We are investing in our employees' development and have an annual calendar of learning and development opportunities, designed to support employees to develop into their roles and stretch them to achieve their full potential
  
  

If you are interested in this On The Water Project Coordinator vacancy, please apply now!

Additional Information

MSSC positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates from all backgrounds. Equity, diversity, and inclusion really matters to us, so we can best serve our beneficiaries from every community. We work to ensure a fair and consistent recruitment process and aim to be a charity where diversity of experience, identity and skills are valued and welcomed. MSSC is an equal opportunities employer.

We recognise our responsibilities to safeguard and protect the young people and vulnerable adults with whom we work. We do all we can to promote their health, safety and wellbeing, and we expect our staff to share this commitment and work in line with safeguarding policy, the MSSC's values and ethos of inclusivity. We adhere to safer recruitment practices and therefore employment is subject to detailed pre-employment checks for successful candidates, including references and criminal disclosure checks and the completion of a disclosure questionnaire.

All successful applicants are required to attend safeguarding training and undergo a criminal record check.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Temporary

Job function

• Job function

  Project Management

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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