Overview

Programme Officer
Hybrid with weekly travel (2-3 days per week) to offices in Staines, Milton Keynes and London. The ideal candidate will be based in one of these areas and comfortable with regular travel. Permanent. Full time. Salary £35,000. Excellent benefits including 25 days annual leave (and an option to purchase additional leave), pension scheme, private medical insurance, retail discounts and training and development opportunities.

Are you a passionate self-starter with an adaptable approach and excellent communication skills and committed to tacking youth unemployment? Are you looking for a new opportunity to join a small, collaborative and dynamic team, motivated by your passion for social mobility and experience working in the charity sector?

Charity People are delighted to be partnering with a registered charity working in close partnership with a well known delivery business in the UK to support underserved young people in the UK, to help recruit a proactive and driven Programme Officer.

Through strategic grants to aligned charity partners and a skills-based employee volunteering programme, this foundation supports underserved young people (aged 11-25) to access decent employment and thrive in their careers. This is an exciting time to join the charity as they recently launched their 2025-30 strategy.

Key responsibilities

• Partnership Management: Project manage, support and build strong relationships with strategic charity partners to maximise the impact of grant funding, monitor progress and performance against agreed metrics and prepare reports.
• Project Management: Deliver projects that leverage the charity's expertise and resources to support charity partners and the young people they serve; support the employee volunteering programme, GoTeach, to ensure it meets objectives and delivers impact.
• Data Reporting: Collate, analyse, and present impact data to demonstrate the effectiveness of partners and programmes, working with an external evaluator, and prepare reports and dashboards for the charity's Board, employees and external stakeholders.
• Communications: confidently communicate the charity's purpose and impact through presentations, reports, case studies and digital content, and represent the charity to the associated business through presenting at meetings and events, both virtually and in person.

The Programme Officer will have experience working in partnership with charities and managing projects in the charity or corporate responsibility sector. You will have a passion for making a difference to the lives of underserved young people and be able to demonstrate strong relationship management and communication skills. You will have an analytical approach with data reporting experience, and strong organisational skills and proficient in utilising Microsoft suite including Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint. You will be able to think critically to innovate, and problem solve and be able to work independently and collaboratively, both in the office and remotely.

The ideal candidate will have knowledge of youth employability and social mobility in the UK, experience of communicating and presenting to stakeholders in the corporate sector, familiarity with CRM or impact measurement tools and experience with corporate volunteering.

The role is hybrid so you will be based from home for part of the week but you will be happy and committed to travel to the charity's offices 2-3 times a week in either Staines, London or Milton Keynes, either by car or by public transport. Travel expenses are covered but you will need to live in reasonable commutable distance to one of these locations (ideally Staines or London). Access to a car, whilst not essential, would be helpful for you for this role.

How to apply

The post is subject to two satisfactory references, an enhanced DBS check and Right to Work in the UK.

How to apply:

The application process is CV and tailored supporting statement of no more than one side. In the first instance, please send your up-to-date CV using the link below for more information. The closing date for your CV and supporting statement is 5pm Monday 22 September. Interviews will take place on Tuesday 30 September (virtual first stage) followed by a second stage on Tuesday 7 October (in person in Staines).

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability, and potential. Please inform Jen if you require any assistance or adjustment to help ensure the application process works for you.

Charity People is a forward thinking, inclusive organisation that actively and deliberately promotes equity, diversity and inclusion. We know organisations thrive when inclusion is at the forefront. We evidence our commitment by matching charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates irrespective of background e.g. age, disability, gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we believe that greater diversity leads to greater results for the charities we work with.