Junior Project Manager jobs in United Kingdom

£26,000 per year

Full-time, 35 hours per week

Fixed term for 18 months

Based in Swindon as a home working role

Our client empowers people with the skills they need to succeed in life. Together they're helping people change their stories. You could join them to support their work with volunteers across Swindon.

What youll be doing

Our clients project identifies, trains and supports volunteers who work with them to design new and exciting ways to promote reading and writing in their community.

They are looking for an enthusiastic and organised individual to support and coordinate their programme in Swindon. Working alongside colleagues at Swindon Borough Council and the national communities team, you will develop new strategies for recruiting volunteers and mobilising key community partnerships to increase our clients reach and build sustainability. You will also organise and deliver training events and maintain regular contact with volunteers, gather data, share learning and develop case studies to build an evidence base of impact. This will include the development and coordination of a community-based early years project focused on improving home reading habits amongst families with young children.

You will be based in Swindon, working from home with regular travel locally, as well as national travel when necessary. This will include coming to London three times per year for regular staff days, as well as induction, and three team days per year that take place in other locations. All travel expenses will be covered.

What our client is looking for

You will be experienced in recruiting, training and supporting volunteers, and providing project support in a charity or educational context. You will have excellent knowledge of reading and writing issues, working with early years settings, schools and community-based organisations, coupled with experience of developing resources and training materials. You will need to live in, or within easy access of, the local area in which you will be working and have an excellent understanding of the community and its families.

Due to the nature of delivery, you will need a full clean driving licence and access to your own vehicle. This role will involve managing book stocks and other resources.

Why our clients work is so vital

Reading and writing change everything.

They give you the tools to get the most out of life, and the power to shape your future. Theyre the key to knowledge, confidence and inspiration. Theyre better results at school, and better jobs. If children grow up without the tools to communicate, without books to read or opportunities to write, its harder to get where you want to go.

Our client helps people overcome these challenges and change their life chances through the power of words reading, writing, speaking and listening. From first words, through school days to training, jobs and beyond.

• They work collaboratively in local communities, focusing their work in areas of the UK that are facing the biggest challenges.
• They support schools, developing the most effective tools and techniques and providing resources and programmes to engage and inspire children.
• They campaign to make reading and writing a priority for politicians and decision-makers.
• They support vulnerable adults, people in the criminal justice system and young offenders institutions to build their skills.