Senior Programmes Manager, Grants & Impact

NFP People; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 49,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous benefits

Job summary

What Works Centre is seeking a Senior Programmes Manager to lead strategic funding, oversight and portfolio management for a family-focused grants portfolio. You will shape funding activity, oversee delivery from inception to close, and embed evaluation to generate robust evidence for practice and policy.

The role requires significant senior experience across complex programmes, grant management, and stakeholder engagement in a fast-paced environment, with hybrid working in Central London.

Qualifications

• Significant experience of managing large, complex, multi-stakeholder programmes or projects, with strategic judgement across delivery, stakeholder, financial and evaluation considerations.
• Experience of grant-making, commissioning and/or grant/contract management.
• Track record in budget management, including reviewing, rephasing and realigning budgets.
• Familiarity with research and evaluation methods (e.g., RCTs, quasi-experimental designs, feasibility studies).
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment with high workload and competing priorities.
• Knowledge of barriers to research in early intervention and children’s social care or related areas.

Responsibilities

• Thematic leadership and line management of programmes within the portfolio.
• External stakeholder management and development of partnerships with funders, evaluators and delivery organisations.
• Develop and improve processes and systems to manage funding activity and evaluation readiness.

Job description

What Works Centre is seeking a Senior Programmes Manager to lead strategic funding, oversight and portfolio management for a family-focused grants portfolio. You will shape funding activity, oversee delivery from inception to close, and embed evaluation to generate robust evidence for practice and policy.

The role requires significant senior experience across complex programmes, grant management, and stakeholder engagement in a fast-paced environment, with hybrid working in Central London.