We have a unique opportunity for a Project Manager with experience of developing heritage activity plans to lead and manage our Kingsley Hall Heritage Project, a once-in-lifetime project made possible with funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF).

Thanks to National Lottery players, our new Heritage Project Manager will develop our plans to use heritage as a platform to transform young people’s lives and to develop Kingsley Hall - our charity’s base and Grade 2* listed building – as a welcoming place to support young people who are homeless, leaving care or at risk of homelessness. 
This project is an amazing chance to engage young people in every aspect of the project and to develop and submit an outstanding, high-quality Activity Plan and Round 2 application to NLHF.

We want to hear from you if you share our values and have the experience and passion we need to engage young people in heritage and create a safe and welcoming place where young homeless people develop their skills and rebuild their lives. Join us and help make a real difference.

For more information about the Kingsley Hall Heritage Project see: www.1625ip.co.uk/kingsley-hall 

Please find full details of how to apply via our website in the advert below. The deadline for application submissions is 23:59, Tuesday 14 February 2023.

Who we are: 
We are a leading youth homelessness charity based in the Southwest, working with over 1,500 young people. At 1625ip we are driven by Social Justice and Passion: we strive to do something that matters and take pride in seeing the results of our work in social outcomes and improving young people’s lives.

We are striving to better represent the young people we support and therefore are particularly keen to increase applications from candidates from ethnic minorities as they are currently under-represented in our organisation. We also encourage applications from people with relevant lived experience. 

If you need an adjustment to be made to any part of the recruitment process, please let us know as soon as possible. 

What you will be doing:

• By being well organised, effective, and enthusiastic you will take ownership of the Heritage Project. You will lead colleagues, volunteers, consultants and partners to deliver a high-quality development programme.
• You will work collaboratively with external consultants including the design team, interpretation and business planning consultants and the project manager overseeing the building works. 
• Using your creative approach and participatory skills, and passion for developing young people’ skills, you will establish a high-quality Development Phase NLHF Activity Plan.
• Using your excellent communication skills, you’ll create outstanding partnerships with external organisations, delivering new opportunities for young people.
• Your motivation to ensure young people’s active involvement in heritage will shine through your flexible and creative approach to project work.
• Using your problem-solving skills, you’ll resolve any issues ensuring specialist consultants deliver the agreed programmes of work with the active involvement of young people, within budget and to agreed timescales.
• Your great attention to detail will mean all records and reports are accurate, timely and in accordance with the requirements of NLHF and other funders.

You will be in our Partnerships, Funding and Communications Team and your line manager will be our Partnerships Director.

At 1625ip we are led by our Competency Development Framework. This connects our values to our behaviours in everything we do and gives us the tools to develop. The framework ensures our recruitment is better informed, applications and interviews are behaviourally based, and job profiles are developed on the ‘how’ of a job. 

If you have transferrable skills and you are interested in this role, but you are worried about the application process, please get in touch with us. We encourage you to have an informal chat with the recruiting manager to discuss how your personal or professional experience and skills could be transferred to this role. Details of how you can do that are further down in this advert.

What we are offering:

• An opportunity to play a key role in a transformational project
• A generous annual leave entitlement of 30 days per annum (18 days 0.6 FTE) plus Bank Holidays (also pro rata)
• Flexible working
• Employee Health Cash Plan with UK Healthcare (up to level 2)
• A supportive and approachable team with an emphasis on colleague wellbeing 
• A culture of mutual openness, shared values, understanding, friendliness, supportiveness and cooperation. (From Colleague Wellbeing Survey 2021)

Contract details: 

• Hours per week: 22.5 (0.6 FTE)
• Contract type: Fixed term initially until September 2024 
• Pay: £40,478 - £43,516 per annum (pro-rata)
• The location: Your base will be our Kingsley Hall office, close to Bristol’s main train and bus stations as well as the vibrant Bristol city centre. There is also flexibility and support to manage working from home.

Important dates: 

• Application deadline closes: 23:59, Tuesday 14 February 2023.
• If you have not heard from us by the end of the day on Monday 20 February 2023, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. 
• Interviews are on Thursday 2 and Friday 3 March 2023.