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About the job:

The Programme Officer plays a key role in the end-to-end project and programme management processes to meet requirements while ensuring value for money. The role supports the long-term financial performance of the ETF’s projects and programmes through effective operational and financial project management

Your profile

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  Programme Planning: Create project delivery plans that feed into the overall programme plans. Align plans with the governance cycle and performance targets. Support contract procurement for subcontractors and providers, including writing and reviewing key documents.
• Programme Delivery: Support progress reviews (leading some smaller areas) with subcontractors. Responsible for updating reports, tracking performance and engagement and providing excellent customer service within specific timeframes.
• Finance and Budgeting: Monitor project and programme budgets across the team working closely with Programme Managers to maximise the budget spend, identify any efficiencies, and ensure that value for money is achieved. Responsible for raising purchase orders and monitoring progression though the finance system.
• Building relationships with key stakeholders: Work closely with and build productive working relationships with subcontractors, funders and internal teams, where relevant. Identify effective practice through data analysis and robust audit, sharing with the wider ETF Programmes Team, and developing into business-as-usual.

The successful candidate will have:

• Strong organisational planning and project management skills – working on multiple priorities and projects with high quality delivery on time and on budget, self-motivated and pro-active with high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Highly self-motivated and pro-active
• Strong IT Skills, Microsoft Office
• Solution orientated – problem solver, flexible, adaptable & resilient
• Strong communication skills – working with wide range of internal and external stakeholders, building and maintain networks and excellent oral, written and presentation skills.
• Financial literacy –excel skills, monitoring budgets, familiarity with financial processes (POs, invoicing, sales)
• Performance and/ or project management frameworks – experience of supporting work with subcontractors and partners
• Data literacy – excel, data manipulation, analysis and interpretation of data, principles of good data management/cleaning, experienced in reaching decisions and judgements based on sound evidence based

Information

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If you are an exceptional candidate who would like to make an impact and enjoy working in a vibrant and cooperative environment, we will welcome your application.

Applicants should apply by submitting a CV and cover letter (2 pages maximum), outlining how you fulfil the requirements of the person specification.

Information

• Starting Salary: £37,150 per annum to start, with service and performance related progression
• Contract type: Full-time and Fixed term until December 2025
• Location: London, Victoria
• Deadline for applications: Midday 23rd October 2024 (ETF reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than advertised date).

Benefits:

• Generous holiday entitlement (30 days, excluding Bank Holidays)
• Pension Scheme (Employer = 6% / Employee = 2%)
• Life Assurance (4 x basic salary upon death)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Staff Training & Development
• Work-life balance policies / Flexible Working / TOIL
• Volunteering leave - 5 days in total – 3 days paid, 2 days unpaid
• Generous sick pay
• b Yond earn up to 15% when you shop at over 80 UK retailers
• Extras Discounts - great savings over 100 brands including, M&S, ASOS, Nike and many more
• Flu vaccine vouchers

About us

The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) is the workforce development body for the Further Education and Skills sector. We work in partnership with others to deliver professional learning and development for teachers, trainers, and leaders. We balance government priorities with sector needs to achieve our core charitable purpose to improve education and training for learners aged 14 and over.

The ETF believes that the key to improving education and training is to support teachers, trainers and leaders to excel. Everything we do is in pursuit of its vision of:

• highly effective, professionally confident teachers and trainers
• first class leadership of the sector
• FE as the career of choice for ambitious professionals who wish to make a difference.