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Job Description Job title: Project Manager (Communities) Scotland Salary range: £33,399 - £37,815 per annum Reporting to: Director Scotland Location: Edinburgh office/ Home based (flexible) Management responsibility: Project Coordinators Budget responsibility: Yes Hours: 35 hours per week Contract: Permanent MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB: The post holder will manage the delivery of our communities work in Scotland with a main focus on our new project that will work with older people across Scotland. We have big ambitions for our community projects, including making a big difference for our beneficiaries, influencing policy and practice, and concluding the work having developed an effective, evidence-based approach that can be replicated elsewhere. You will be the key Living Streets contact for the project, working to build and maintain strong local partnerships with organisations, including housing associations and community care providers; older peoples groups; and other stakeholders. In the first six months, you will lead on planning the project in detail and recruiting project staff. During delivery, you will be responsible for recruiting partners, and supporting our project coordinators and associates to coproduce and deliver interventions to improve the wellbeing of older people and other people. You will also have an important role to play in directing the walking connect and other community project as we test and learn our approach, and disseminating our evaluation and findings. You will also work closely with other managers to support and oversee staff working on a range of community based projects including work to promote walking, helping communities use the place standard tool, street audits and links with our schools programmes. MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Project set up Create a robust plan for delivery, building on Living Streets’ project delivery plans, as agreed with our funders Recruit Project Coordinators and carry out staff induction (with Scotland Director) Develop supporting plans for delivery, e.g. marketing and communications plan (based on marketing and communications strategy). Finalise target locations and local partnership agreements Work with Living Streets Impact and Evaluation Manager to commission independent evaluation of the project in line with our project objectives and outcomes Project and team management Ensure implementation of Walking Connects and other projects, and achieve project targets and outcomes on time Build strong relationships with project partners, acting as a relationship manager with partner organisations, local authorities and other stakeholders Lead and manage a team of coordinators and associates to deliver projects successfully and professionally with older people and local partners Manage project budgets, including profiling quarterly spend, supporting claim submissions and informing the Scotland Director of any potential overspend or underspend risks Ensure accurate monitoring and evaluation of all activity, including gathering baseline data Ensure timely and accurate reporting of project and financial progress to the Scotland Director Ensure that relevant learning from monitoring and evaluation is fed back to inform Living Streets work in Scotland and the rest of the UK Maintain good liaison with the Communications and Media Manager ensuring brand guidelines are followed and the project is using and contributing to on and offline resources effectively Lead by example by taking a hands on approach when required and ensure that the team works flexibly and collaboratively Hold regular catch ups and away days with your Project Coordinators to maintain effective communication, and contribute to the organisation and delivery of team meetings and away days. Monitoring and evaluation Work with the Impact and Evaluation Manager to ensure that the impact of our communities projects are robustly measured against the project objectives and outcomes, including supporting the gathering baseline data and setting up systems for storing data Ensure timely and accurate funder reporting requirements are met, preparing reports for funders and partners and keeping project management records up to date Identify and collect case studies from the project to inform our communications and campaigns Contribute to organisational work on the identification and roll out of environmental barriers and solutions to walking Contribute to internal and external evaluation of the project. Policy and communications Build strong relationships with stakeholders and ensure effective communication, so we can influence policy and practice. This will include establishing a learning network for professionals Inform Living Streets lobbying and policy work through ensuring learning from communities project activities is captured and contributes to policy and campaign development and practice Promote Living Streets’ policy, campaigns and communications work through project work, where relevant Support Project Coordinators to recruit established and/or new groups into affiliation with Living Streets and develop supporter numbers and campaign participation, particularly where this contributes to project sustainability. Other duties Department Be an active contributor to the Scotland team, and Development and Delivery teams, and attend team meetings Actively support initiatives that support the Community for Change and encourage sign ups to Living Streets e-news Regular out of office hours work will be required as will regular travel within the UK and occasionally abroad. Organisation Contribute to the management of the organisation and be an active contributor to staff meetings and internal communications Deputise for the Scotland Director in their absence Champion the Living Streets corporate brand, messages, campaigns and communications initiatives to raise the profile and impact of Living Streets Support fellow staff and provide internal mentoring and training to others where appropriate Be an ambassador for Living Streets at public-facing events and in all dealings with partners, funders, wider stakeholders and the general public Adhere to Living Streets policies and procedures, working within communications and wider protocols, maintaining good liaison with other teams across the organisation Ensure the effective delivery of the Living Streets Scotland Strategy and Living Streets’ Strategic Objectives Maintain good liaison with other teams and senior managers in Scotland and across the UK. Undertake other duties from time to time, as requested by the Director of Living Streets Scotland NB: Enhanced DBS clearance will be required for this post. Person Specification Essential Applicants must be able to demonstrate: Criteria Experience Experience of working on projects that engage communities to deliver health/environmental/transport outcomes Experience of managing projects that engage older people Experience of managing a set of projects or a complex project Experience of line management and successfully leading a team to achieve results Experience of maintaining and building successful project partnerships Experience of working with local authorities Knowledge and skills Ability to work remotely from head office and other team members and be administratively self-supporting Good communication skills, including an ability to engage with and influence diverse audiences Good IT skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook Good time management skills Ability to critically assess the public realm from an end-users’ perspective, and show an understanding of the issues that can affect the walking environment Good understanding of the not-for-profit sector Personal Ability to work flexibly, including occasional travel or evening and weekend working Commitment to equal opportunities and the ability to implement the Living Streets’ equal opportunities policy Understanding of, and commitment to, the agenda of Living Streets Positive, ‘ can do’ approach to tasks From application () At interview ()