Programme & Stakeholder Coordinator (Hybrid)

Nesta; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Nesta is seeking a Programme Coordinator to support programme delivery, milestones, procurement, and stakeholder engagement from its London base. The role requires strong organisational and communication skills and experience with project management tools.

The successful candidate will work in a hybrid setup with 2 days per week in the London Blackfriars office, contributing to event delivery, meetings, and cross‑department collaboration within Nesta.

Qualifications

• Solid organisation, prioritisation and time management to coordinate multiple projects.
• Initiative and drive, proactively identifying tasks to enable delivery of the programme.
• Experience using project management software such as Asana or willingness to learn.
• Experience delivering outputs to tight deadlines across multiple projects.
• Good attention to detail and high standards of accuracy.
• Experience organising and running events.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Programme Managers and Assistant Programme Managers to enable smooth day-to-day programme execution.
• Monitoring milestones, evaluation and finance to manage budgets and deadlines; flag action points to the Programme Manager.
• Develop, maintain and revise administrative systems underpinning prize delivery.
• Carry out end-to-end procurement activities, including contracts and Salesforce updates.
• Develop key documents relating to prize delivery.
• Support internal and external meetings, including coordinating meeting times and spaces, and writing minutes.
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to ensure effective delivery of the prizes.
• Innovator liaison management and supporting external stakeholder relationships including clients.
• Stakeholder landscape mapping and upkeep of stakeholder databases.
• Manage the prize inbox and liaise with finalist teams.
• Support communications activities: newsletters, social media, website updates.
• Help create events, workshops, and deliver them to a high standard.
• Work with diverse Nesta departments (financial, legal, communications).
• Take on ad-hoc projects and tasks to support the team.
• Occasional international travel and out-of-hours work.

Skills

Project coordination

Asana

Salesforce

Excellent communication

Event management

Tools

Asana

Salesforce

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Nesta is seeking a Programme Coordinator to support programme delivery, milestones, procurement, and stakeholder engagement from its London base. The role requires strong organisational and communication skills and experience with project management tools.

The successful candidate will work in a hybrid setup with 2 days per week in the London Blackfriars office, contributing to event delivery, meetings, and cross‑department collaboration within Nesta.