Project Manager

Project Manager

Bristol

About Us

Development Initiatives fights the causes of poverty on an international scale through the use of data to help drive sustainable development and the allocation of finance and resources to the right areas at the right time.

We are now seeking a Project Manager to join our team and work on a range of projects.

The Benefits

- Salary of GBP26,000 - GBP30,000 DOE

- Pension (5% of salary)

- 25 days' holiday + option to buy/sell holiday

- Up to five days paid leave for charitable work volunteering to address poverty and/or help vulnerable people

- Permanent dress down policy

- Flexitime and homeworking options

- Cycle to work scheme

- Simply Health Cash scheme with employee assistance programme

- Paid professional fees and study leave

- Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption/sick leave policies

This is a superb opportunity for a project manager to take on a fresh challenge with an outstanding not-for-profit.

Focusing on poverty and international development, we have a clear vision to end world poverty and create sustainable communities. You'll be playing a vital role in delivering this vision and ensuring successful outcomes for the organisation.

Development Initiatives promotes a culture of openness and honesty as well as our vision of ending absolute poverty by 2030. You'll discover teams of passionate individuals and innovative working environments in addition to a comprehensive benefits package and a relaxed office environment.

Your Role

As a Project Manager, you will be tasked with delivering a range of projects focusing on sustainable international development and global poverty.

Working with projects of varying length, budget and resource, you'll also have the opportunity to work on consultancy projects.

Specifically, you will:

- Take ownership of a portfolio of projects

- Ensure projects are delivered on time, to budget and to quality requirements

- Represent our organisation externally, primarily in managing consulting projects with external clients

- Maximise resources to support the organisation's vision of a world without poverty

- Reporting on project progress to stakeholders and the Senior Project Manager

About You

To be considered as a Project Manager, you will need:

- Previous project management experience - managing multiple projects of varying scale and budget at once

- Previous experience of managing contractors

- To be educated to degree level or equivalent

Knowledge of, and an interest in, issues relating to international development, poverty and sustainable environments would be beneficial to your application.

Other organisations may call this role Project Manager, Charity Project Manager, International Development Project Manager, Agile Project Manager, Project Lead, Project Team Lead, or Project Team Manager.

Webrecruit and Development Initiativesare equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

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