Consultancy Senior Programme Manager

About the job

The Workforce Development Trust (WD Trust)

The Workforce Development Trust group is the parent company to Skills for Health, Skills for Justice, SFJ Awards and People 1st International. We are a charity governed through a board of trustees and deliver products and services that improve the workforce across a wide range of sectors through our subsidiary brands.

Job summary

The Senior Programme Manager (SPM) oversees the successful delivery and coordination of all major projects of work. The post holder will have a passion for the company’s mission and an understanding of what it takes to deliver successful outcomes across complex, concurrent pieces of work. Responsible for designing, operating, and delivering appropriate procedures, processes, systems, and documentation to support project delivery, the post-holder will be a key stakeholder contact for internal and external client relations. As a member of the senior management team, they will be a programme management specialist and provide expert guidance and support to colleagues delivering work.

The post holder will have outstanding organisational skills with proven capability in developing and maintaining stakeholder relations. The post holder will provide technical writing input into project reports, bids, proposals, client updates and case studies, they will have excellent writing skills with an understanding of our products, services, and policies. The post holder will be responsible for the design, delivery and ongoing maintenance of an effect programme management process that delivers agreed outputs to client timelines.

Bristol Office with hybrid working available.

Salary: £60,000 per annum. Full time (37.5 hrs) permanent role.

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Benefits;

• Generous annual leave entitlement of up to 25 days per year with additional days’ leave awarded for each continuous year of service up to a maximum of 28 days, plus eight public holidays and a potential Christmas closure.
• The WDT also provides enhanced maternity, paternity and sickness leaves, alongside this we provide bereavement leave and carers leave.
• Health and wellbeing benefits, which include access to our mental health first aiders, a confidential employee assistance programme, free eye tests and payment for an annual flu jab.
• Pension scheme with a minimum contribution of 4% to a maximum contribution of 6%, matched by the company, along with death in service coverage at three times annual salary.
• Flexible employee benefits, including a portal providing hundreds of discounts, including a cycle to work scheme which is available upon successful completion of probation period, as well as a dress for your day approach to working.
• Frequent organisational development days and departmental training budgets.
• Payroll giving, this is a tax-free way to donate to any charity, good cause or place of worship.

The Workforce Development Trust is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes everyone.

We strongly encourage people of all gender, religion, ethnic backgrounds, sexual orientation, and individuals with disabilities to apply.

If you need any reasonable adjustments at any point, please let us know. In your application, please feel free to advise on your pronouns, for example she/her, he/him, they/them etc.

How to apply

Thank you for your interest in applying. Please click the Apply Now link below to email our Recruitment team, and send them a copy of your CV and optional Cover Letter for review. If your application is progressed, a member of the team will be in touch.