Senior Programme Manager

Each year, Young Enterprise helps thousands of young people develop the skills, knowledge and confidence they need to succeed. Through our nationwide enterprise and financial capability programmes, we give young people the opportunities and experiences to discover who they are and what they’re good at.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a fast moving, youth focused, charity and play a pivotal role across a range programmes designed to support educators with the delivery of financial and enterprise education to support young people to be able to learn to earn and manage their money.

We are looking for an experienced, creative and proactive individual to join Young Enterprise as Senior Programme Manager within the Programmes and Services team.

About the role

The Senior Programme Manager is responsible for leading a small team of Programme Managers to ensure that a range of national programmes are delivered in line with robust project plans, achieve their aims and outcomes and operate within defined budgets.  

The Senior Programme Manager provides support and guidance to the team to ensure programmes are up to date and relevant, are delivered smoothly, provide maximum impact and continue to develop to best meet the needs of educators and they young people they work with

The Senior Programme Manager is responsible for ensuring that the programmes in their remit embed ongoing learning and reflection, and are contributing to YE’s organisational strategy and Theory of Change.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone to bring fresh ideas and a different perspective as we continue to evolve our programmes to provide educators and young people with the best possible experience.

Reporting to the Head of Programmes and Services, this role is part of the Senior Strategy Group actively contributing to cross functional working and provides a high level of education sector expertise to support the ongoing development of current programmes as well as new initiatives.

We are looking for

•  Excellent project management and planning skills to ensure effective use of resources and budget
• A solution focussed attitude to problem solving
• The ability to balance and prioritise competing demands in a busy function.
• A successful track record of building strong internal and external relationships
• Excellent communication skills
• Proven experience of providing effective line management, supervision, encouragement and support
• An understanding of education and school centred programmes
• A passion for financial and enterprise education, and supporting educators to build their knowledge, confidence and skills to effectively deliver to children and young people

Why work for us?

• People-focussed with a friendly and supportive work-place culture
• An active commitment to equality and diversity
• Access to mentoring scheme with a corporate partner
• Generous holiday allowance of 7.2 weeks plus your birthday off
• Access to NHS top-up scheme, for money back on expenses such as dental and optical
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Group Life Assurance
• Access to various employee friendly initiatives such as Discount and Benefits platform, Leave Purchase scheme, part financial contribution to Professional Development etc

If this role appeals to you, we’d like to hear from you! When you join us in building a successful and sustainable future for young people, you can expect all the recognition, support and rewards you need to grow and develop yourself.

This is a hybrid role, working out of our London or Oxford office a minimum of 4 times per month.

To apply, please send your CV – with a covering letter (no more than 2 sides of A4) explaining why you think you would be right for this opportunity by no later than 5pm on Wednesday 13 March 2024. Please note applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

 Interviews will take place via Teams on Friday 22 and Tuesday 26 March 2024

Although we endeavour to respond to all applications, if you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date you should consider your application unsuccessful.