Programme Lead

**About Us**:
At The AVOCADO Foundation, we are more than a charity - we are agents of change on a mission to eradicate economic inequalities faced by youth, entrepreneurs, and non-profit organisations in both the UK and overseas. Envisioning a world where no one is impoverished due to their skin colour or ethnicity, we started as Money4YOUth in 2014, evolved in 2020 to Money4YOU to expand our reach and impact, and finally rebranded to The AVOCADO Foundation in June 2024 to better reflect our mission, vision and values; as well as to align with our trademark registration.

**What You Will Do**:
Working as part of the staff team at The AVOCADO Foundation, you will primarily be responsible for the AVOCADO+ capacity building programmes for nonprofits. As the Programmes Lead, you will report directly to the Operations Manager and also have oversight of both Youth Programmes and International Programmes and play a critical role in supporting their success and sustainability. Our high-impact programmes often serve as interventions for severely under-resourced young people, entrepreneurs, and nonprofits. We provide substantive educational training, resources, and support designed to help individuals and organisations thrive.

As well as being hands-on, you will also work with the team to deliver and scale up all the programmes so as to reach many more users, supporting them to build long-term resilience, improve their life chances, and enabling under-resourced organisations to do more of the great work they do in service to underrepresented communities.

Key Responsibilities
- Overall responsibility for the programme portfolio, ensuring sound management and administration of projects.
- Build and cultivate trusted relationships with key stakeholders including consultants, trainers, partners and Fellows.
- Provide guidance and direction to the programmes team and volunteers, ensuring that work contributes to the strategic goals.
- Ensure the fulfilment of necessary due diligence and safeguarding of partner organisations including funders and donors.
- Oversee and support the monitoring and evaluation of the programmes to ensure they meet our strategic goals, beneficiary impact and funders' requirements.
- Ensure alignment of programmes team to organisational strategies, policies and procedures.
- Maintain current knowledge of relevant legislation and ensure compliance.
- Attend regular team meetings and participate in other advisory and staff team commitments as necessary.

**Skills and Qualifications**:
You will be a confident project administrator/officer, with experience in managing complex operations involving multiple stakeholders. In addition, you will need to show evidence of the following:

- At least 2 years experience of programme management within a charity.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills with the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills including leading multi-disciplinary teams, working with local partners and building relationships with key stakeholders.
- An understanding of relevant charity sector regulations and data protection, including GDPR.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to accurately summarise and convey complex information.
- Conscientious individual with demonstrable attention to detail.
- Experience working within a team environment.
- Excellent IT skills particularly the MS Suite of tools including Word, Excel, Planner, PowerPoint.
- Experience in organising meetings, events or other activities.

**Working Conditions**:

- Evening or weekend work may be required to meet deadlines.
- The actual working hours and days are to be agreed on confirmation of the post but are flexible.
- Probation period: Six months.

**Benefits**:

- Flexible Working Conditions: Enjoy the flexibility of remote working and a schedule that suits your lifestyle.
- Dynamic Environment: Be part of a forward-thinking team that is making a real difference in the community.

**Ready to Make a Difference?**

Join us in making a huge difference in the lives of underrepresented groups. Take the first step towards an exciting and rewarding career with The AVOCADO Foundation. We can’t wait to hear from you Join us at The AVOCADO Foundation and become part of a team of #WorldChangers dedicated to creating lasting positive impact.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £28,000.00-£30,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Company events
- Company pension
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

**Language**:

- English (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in London