Project Lead

**JOB DESCRIPTION**

**JOB TITLE: Project Lead**

**REPORTING TO: Programme Manager**

**WORKING WITH: Operations Manager, Digital Marketing Co-ordinator, Project Co-ordinators, External Associates**

**This is a full-time role.**

**JOB SUMMARY**

To provide high quality project management, leading, co-ordinating and delivering a number of the centres flag ship youth engagement and employer projects, taking sole responsibility for some projects and working with colleagues on others. Success in this role relies on effective design and confident delivery of workshops and events as well as excellent project management and organisational skills. The post holder must demonstrate a high degree of professionalism, accountability and self-motivation, being able to adapt and work flexibly with a small professional team and varied stakeholders.

**INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW**

The Centre for Leadership Performance is a not-for-profit organisation working to support the growth of leadership capability across Cumbria. Our mission is to develop Cumbria’s leaders for today and tomorrow. We work from primary to board room in our approach to leadership development. Our philosophy and approach is that leadership is a behaviour that we can all demonstrate. We develop and carefully project-manage innovative programmes, working hand in hand with businesses and schools and young people to encourage and nurture leadership within organisations, individuals and communities, working at all levels and across sectors.

Working as part of a growing team, the Project Lead will have a key role in the delivery of client facing work and ensuring that it is of high quality, on time and on budget, bringing new ideas to address emerging needs.

While working directly with the relevant Programme Manager it is our intention that the Project Lead will work across the business to ensure an integrated approach across all four workstreams, Primary, Secondary, Early Careers and Workplace.

Day to day, the role will be varied, including meeting with clients, volunteers, and partners on the phone and in person, planning flagship programmes, delivering, and evaluating face to face and virtual events and meetings, researching curriculum areas that may inform products and services and providing excellent behind the scenes project management including any administration required.

The Project Lead will also be integral in helping to review project efficiencies, implement improvements and support website and marketing needs for the workstream (supported by and working with other members of the CforLP team and associates). The role will also involve looking for new opportunities to grow and improve the services provided. The nature of the work means some events will be held in the evenings and at weekends and the postholder must be able to work flexibly to plan and attend these events. Core hours however are mainly 9-5 pm Monday to Friday.

While the role of Project Lead is to provide first class support to the relevant Programme Manager they must also maintain an awareness of the wider business and where there are benefits, synergies and efficiencies between the workstreams be able to spot those opportunities and work together with other teams. Critically they must remain adaptable and flexible and open to change and continuous improvement.

Project management experience is essential as is experience of designing and delivering development sessions to the relevant age group on digital platforms or face to face. You will be fully supported as you take over existing projects and manage new and emerging projects. Some previous marketing experience is desirable as the role will include producing marketing materials and content supported by the Digital Marketing Co-ordinator. It is intended that you will spend time getting to know all areas of the business to ensure that you can co-ordinate and integrate project support activities and improve project efficiencies.

**MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS**

**Research** - building and sharing an understanding of client requirements, identifying areas for opportunity, growth and improvement and new content for sessions and resources.

**Planning** - defining and clarifying project scope, developing the project plans, scheduling, producing processes and procedures to support the projects’ objectives, planning the delivery of sessions, workshops and events.

**Marketing** - taking responsibility for identifying and fulfilling marketing needs. With the support of the Digital Marketing Co-ordinator, co-ordinate and curate content, produce reports, case studies, newsletters and materials to support and promote this area of the business.

**Organising** - organising project delivery and project resources, while ensuring project documents are complete, current, and appropriately stored. Organising face to face and online events including the management of volunteers and external suppliers.

**Leading** - taking o