Project Lead for New Gymnastics Facility (Hybrid)

Triathlon Scotland; Tranent; Hybrid; GBP 11,000 - 13,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension / holiday entitlement

Hybrid working

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

Saltire Team Gymnastics in Tranent, East Lothian, seeks a Project Development Manager to drive a new gymnastics facility project. You will lead feasibility, planning, funding bids and partnerships with funders, public bodies and landowners.

The role runs for 3 years at 10 hours per week, with hybrid working. A salary of £11,960 per annum is offered to shape a capital project and manage governance with staff and volunteers.

Qualifications

• Proven experience of securing funding through bids, applications or grant processes.
• Experience of developing a business case, project plan or investment proposal.
• Confident working with multiple stakeholders, including public bodies, funders, contractors and community groups.
• Comfortable working with uncertainty, and able to appraise options and recommend a course of action.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, and the ability to present a case clearly to a committee of volunteers.
• Well-organised, self-directed and comfortable setting priorities across a varied workload.
• A genuine commitment to inclusion, safeguarding and young people's development in sport.
• Experience of capital projects, facility development or major equipment procurement.
• Experience of the planning process, sites and consents, or of working with landowners and their advisers.
• Knowledge of funding bodies and grant processes relevant to community sport in Scotland.
• Experience in sport, leisure, community education or the voluntary sector.
• Experience of working with or within a charity, and of charity governance requirements.
• Understanding of gymnastics or another participation-based sport.

Responsibilities

• Identify, prioritise and pursue funding opportunities to move the project forward.
• Lead the preparation and submission of grant applications, funding bids and supporting business cases.
• Build and maintain relationships with funders, trusts, public bodies and philanthropic partners.
• Manage funder correspondence, site visits, due diligence and any follow-up requested as bids progress.
• Develop the case for support, including the evidence, financial modelling and projected impact that funders will expect.
• Lead the facility project through planning and consent — including planning applications, change of use, and all liaison with the local authority.
• Work alongside the club's solicitors and the landowner's representatives on heads of terms, leases, and other legal matters.
• Lead the facility project from feasibility and option appraisal through to the point of delivery.
• Progress the site through planning and any other required consents, engaging the professional advice needed to support an application.
• Appraise options open to the club and present them clearly to the committee.
• Manage the programme, budget and risk register for the development phase.
• Report progress, spend and issues to the committee on a regular, agreed cycle.
• Develop and deliver a growth plan covering membership, programming and community reach.
• Build on the club's existing inclusive provision and participation pathway.

Skills

Funding bids experience

Business case development

Stakeholder management

Strategic planning

Communication skills

Organization and multitasking

Inclusion and safeguarding

Capital projects knowledge

Job description

Saltire Team Gymnastics in Tranent, East Lothian, seeks a Project Development Manager to drive a new gymnastics facility project. You will lead feasibility, planning, funding bids and partnerships with funders, public bodies and landowners.

The role runs for 3 years at 10 hours per week, with hybrid working. A salary of £11,960 per annum is offered to shape a capital project and manage governance with staff and volunteers.