Project Officer (FTC)

Job Title: Project Officer (FTC)

Location: Fully remote, UK - charity is based in Waltham Forest

Salary: £18,000 per year (based on working 24 hours per week)

Job Type: Part-time (3 days/24 hours per week), 1-year fixed term contract

Young Ladies Club is a dynamic charity organisation which exists to raise the aspirations in disadvantaged young women and girls to achieve their career potential by providing mentoring, confidence building activities and career workshops from positive role models. Young Ladies Club envisions a world where young women and girls socio-economic background does not impact educational and career outcomes.

We now have an exciting opportunity for a proactive and highly organised Project Officer to join our team on a 1-year fixed term contract. As the Project Officer, you will support the delivery of our projects and events that form part of the learning experience for young women and girls. You will be the main contact, communicating with multiple internal and external stakeholders face to face, by phone in writing and virtually

As a Project Officer, your key responsibilities will be:

• Develop and manage effective working relationships with senior managers, the project team, key stakeholders and delivery partners.
• Project manage webinars and E-Learning projects.
• Monitor and maintain the overall project progress.
• Ensure proper filing and management of evaluation and measurement documents including monitoring reports.
• Coordinate activity with project leaders, facilitators and volunteers related to delivery.
• Engage with other youth organisations programmes and events.
• Support the development of marketing and communications materials.
• Build relationships with aligned organisations, identifying opportunities to work in partnership where appropriate.
• Carry out administrative duties including minute taking, arranging travel and booking venues.
• Maintain a strong social media presence for Young Ladies Club and its projects.
• Update and develop project and organisation website and social media content.
• Provide some support to other Young Ladies Club projects

Required Skills and Experience:

• Strong experience of project management and coordinating the related activities
• Experience of planning, delivering and hosting events
• Knowledge of conducting desk-based research
• Experience of external communications (social media)
• Strong organisational and administrative skills with the ability to manage and take responsibility for own workload, handle multiple priorities and to work independently
• Excellent time management and ability to meet deadlines
• Good IT skills, including Microsoft365, Teams and Zoom
• Ability to use initiative and work with minimum supervision
• Knowledge of youth work and youth development
• The ability to write accurate and well-constructed reports
• Understanding and empathy of the current issues facing young women and girls.
• Proven ability to organise and minute meetings and follow up on action.

Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of Project Coordinator, Project Administrator, Project Assistant, or Project Support Officer, will also be considered for this role.