Programme Executive

**Programme Executive**

**Location**: London Bridge, with occasional UK travel

**Contract**:18-month contract

**Hours**: Full-Time

**Salary range**: £35,000 + annual bonus (to 10%)

crooton are proud and excited to be working with the umbrella body for the maritime sector, bringing together the shipping, ports, services, engineering and leisure marine industries. The purpose is to champion and enable a thriving maritime sector.

Supporting over 1 million jobs and adding £46.1bn to the economy, maritime is responsible for facilitating 95% of UK global trade, worth over £500bn per year. The UK maritime workforce is 42% more productive than the average UK worker.

**The Role**:Our client is seeking a passionate and dedicated **Programme Executive** to join the team and support Maritime Skills Commission.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an individual wishing to gain experience at the heart of a national organisation, driving forward a portfolio of skills projects.

Our client and the Department for Transport established the Maritime Skills Commission to lead the sector’s work in ensuring the maritime sector has a pipeline of talented people to serve all parts of the sector covering shipping, ports, leisure marine, engineering, science and professional services. The Commission was tasked with:

- Understanding the skills needs of the sector, including the effects of technological change, and to make recommendations for action
- Ensuring that no part of the sector suffers from serious skills shortages or skills gaps
- Ensuring that the sector has the apprenticeships and qualifications it needs
- Ensuring the sector has the training provision it needs, (including the use of technology to engage learners and keep costs down)
- Providing employers and individuals with clear information about career paths and re-training options
- Ensuring that employers have good quality recruits for their vacancies through effective promotion of maritime careers
- Increasing exports of maritime education and training

**Key Responsibilities**:
**Project Management**
- Manage Commission workstreams being delivered by Commissioners, consultants and stakeholders to ensure projects are on track and align with objectives and strategic plans. Coordinate current, and future, workstream activities for:

- Cadet Training and Modernisation Programme
- Ratings Review
- Green Skills
- People and Behaviours
- Digital Learning and Skills
- Labour Market Intelligence
- Future Ports Workforce Data Modelling
- Exporting Maritime Education and Training.

**Communications and Stakeholder Engagement**
- Maintaining the Maritime Skills Commission web portal and project pages
- Using social media to promote the Maritime Skills Commission’s updates, calls to actions and reports
- Contacting key stakeholders to support MSC events, report launches, workshops, call-to-evidence sessions and other activities
- Producing Maritime Skills Commission annual report and other workstream reports
- Drafting Maritime Skills Commission press releases, blogs and newsletters.

**Administration**
- Provide regular reports to Department of Transport/Maritime Minister and Maritime UK’s National Council to demonstrate performance against the objectives and relevant grant agreements.
- Arranging briefings and meetings for the Chair of the Commission with Commissioners, Government and Stakeholders.
- Coordinating Maritime Skills Commission meetings including producing agendas and papers and meeting logistics.
- Provide secretariat support to relevant workstreams.
- Help identify industry partners to sponsor the programme or relevant grant funding opportunities.

**Skills and qualifications essential**
- Solid experience in conception to completion delivery of projects
- Managing and developing relationships with internal and external stakeholders and suppliers
- Report writing
- Solid marketing and database skills
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to work autonomously, but pitch in to support others when required
- Customer-focused/enjoy working in a team/enjoy working in a membership-focused environment
- Good administration skills with attention to detail
- Ability to prioritise tasks and work to deadlines
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to use own initiative and develop ideas with the team
- Possess the ability to work productively, efficiently and effectively with attention to detail and quality

**Skills and qualifications desirable**
- Experience working in the skills arena
- Policy writing experience

**In return our client can offer**:

- Performance bonus (up to 10% of annual salary)
- Flexible working arrangements (min 2 days in the office per week)
- 26 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays
- Contributory pension
- Private Medical Insurance with a 24/7 GP
- Ride to Work Scheme
- Group Life Assurance and Income Protection
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee Perks and Discounts

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