Head of Programme Delivery and Development
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Girls' Network
Hybrid- Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
- Job type: Job
- Experience level: Other (specified in job description)
- Organisation type: Civil Society
- Remote option: Hybrid
- Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
- Remuneration: £42,000 GBP-£51,450 GBP / yearly
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 24/04/2025
- Location: United Kingdom
Background
Young people from lower income families are 20% less likely to go to University than wealthier peers (Dept for Education, 2023) which can have a lifelong impact on earning potential. Covid-19 has deepened inequalities (Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2023) and negatively impacted young people's wellbeing (Girl Guiding, 2023). We believe that no girls should have their futures limited by their gender, sex, ethnicity, background, or parental income and they should be supported to realise their ambitions, to discover their self-worth, and to develop their capacity to shape their world and their futures
Key Activities
Programme Delivery Operational ownership and accountability for the successful delivery of The Girls’ Network programmes, in line with our strategic aims and operational targets.
Ownership and accountability for operational safeguarding decision-making in relation to programme delivery.
Leadership of implementation and compliance of processes and procedures in the programme team, to ensure best practice, quality and consistency.
Design and Development
Develop and implement the programme’s operational delivery plan, in line with broader strategic objectives.
Introduce an effective way of making iterative programmatic changes to enable continuous improvement and ensure we deliver a programme of consistently high quality, that remains current and flexes to the needs of the girls we support.
Ensure a girl-centred approach to all programme delivery and development.
Team Leadership
Effective leadership and direction of a programme team who are entirely home-based and widely geographically dispersed.
Line management of senior members of the programme delivery team, the Programme Co-ordinator and MERL Manager.
Foster a team environment in-keeping with our organisational values.
Safeguarding
Named Safeguarding Lead for the charity with ultimate accountability for Safeguarding decisions.
Working with Safeguarding Officers, ensure policies are kept up-to-date and reflect best practice.
Review any key training and material, especially that which is shared externally.
Wider organisational objectives
Advocate and promote The Girls’ Network at every opportunity - for example, through local media, PR activities and social media.
Build relationships across the organisation and outside it, always embodying and role-modelling the charity’s strategic direction and key messages.
Essential skills, knowledge and attributes
Someone who embodies The Girls’ Network values and can provide inclusive, supportive and effective programme and team leadership. A high-performing senior manager of programmes, people and projects.
Demonstrable experience of effectively managing, motivating and developing a diverse, home-based team.
Highly proficient in operationalising strategy, with proven impact, including undertaking piloting new approaches and adapting delivery to drive improvement.
Someone who is comfortable with change as we develop and adapt our programmes and target operating model, moving towards the aims of longerterm strategy, which may mean some flex in the roles and responsibilities of the programme team.
Experience of successfully growing, developing and maintaining a portfolio of programmes either in a charity, education, or comparable setting.
A highly effective communicator, both in-person and in writing, capable of representing The Girls’ Network
Experience of managing budgets and reporting against expenditure.
Young people from lower income families are 20% less likely to go to University than wealthier peers (Dept for Education, 2023) which can have a lifelong impact on earning potential. Covid-19 has deepened inequalities (Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2023) and negatively impacted young people's wellbeing (Girl Guiding, 2023). We believe that no girls should have their futures limited by their gender, sex, ethnicity, background, or parental income and they should be supported to realise their ambitions, to discover their self-worth, and to develop their capacity to shape their world and their futures
Key Activities
Programme Delivery Operational ownership and accountability for the successful delivery of The Girls’ Network programmes, in line with our strategic aims and operational targets.
Ownership and accountability for operational safeguarding decision-making in relation to programme delivery.
Leadership of implementation and compliance of processes and procedures in the programme team, to ensure best practice, quality and consistency.
Design and Development
Develop and implement the programme’s operational delivery plan, in line with broader strategic objectives.
Introduce an effective way of making iterative programmatic changes to enable continuous improvement and ensure we deliver a programme of consistently high quality, that remains current and flexes to the needs of the girls we support.
Ensure a girl-centred approach to all programme delivery and development.
Team Leadership
Effective leadership and direction of a programme team who are entirely home-based and widely geographically dispersed.
Line management of senior members of the programme delivery team, the Programme Co-ordinator and MERL Manager.
Foster a team environment in-keeping with our organisational values.
Safeguarding
Named Safeguarding Lead for the charity with ultimate accountability for Safeguarding decisions.
Working with Safeguarding Officers, ensure policies are kept up-to-date and reflect best practice.
Review any key training and material, especially that which is shared externally.
Wider organisational objectives
Advocate and promote The Girls’ Network at every opportunity - for example, through local media, PR activities and social media.
Build relationships across the organisation and outside it, always embodying and role-modelling the charity’s strategic direction and key messages.
Essential skills, knowledge and attributes
Someone who embodies The Girls’ Network values and can provide inclusive, supportive and effective programme and team leadership. A high-performing senior manager of programmes, people and projects.
Demonstrable experience of effectively managing, motivating and developing a diverse, home-based team.
Highly proficient in operationalising strategy, with proven impact, including undertaking piloting new approaches and adapting delivery to drive improvement.
Someone who is comfortable with change as we develop and adapt our programmes and target operating model, moving towards the aims of longerterm strategy, which may mean some flex in the roles and responsibilities of the programme team.
Experience of successfully growing, developing and maintaining a portfolio of programmes either in a charity, education, or comparable setting.
A highly effective communicator, both in-person and in writing, capable of representing The Girls’ Network
Experience of managing budgets and reporting against expenditure.
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