Future Foundations (FF) Programme Manager

Us

A dynamic, young company (3 ½ years old) we have quickly become a leader in providing raising aspirations programmes and training to young people, and have clients including Vodafone, NESTA and leading employers, universities and schools.

It is impossible to summarise a culture in words, but the ones we chose might include:

-        Love what you do

-        Dream big and believe in changing the world

-        Work hard, play hard

There is a large FF family including our associate trainers, our advisory board and sounding boards, and people we retain to help ongoing with projects, proposals and design work. You will be the fourth fulltime person joining a small entrepreneurial team with huge ambition, this is a fantastic opportunity if you have a burning passion and ambition to help young people reach their potential.  The role will have significant opportunities for progression as the company grows with the aim that you would recruit a team under you to support the management of our programmes. 

Our values

- Passion

A belief and energy in what we are doing

A belief that few things are achieved in this world without passion

A commitment to follow our passions

‐ People

Getting excited about people and possibilities

Putting personal development alongside professional development

Working with and developing great people

‐ Action

Ideas only have value when acted upon

A healthy dose of do‐it‐nowness

‐ Honesty

Personal honesty to keep high standards

Keen to give and receive feedback

Authentic – we practise what we preach

‐ Flexibility

Encouraging and nurturing individuality

Ability to change

Open‐minded to ideas, opportunities, people, ways of working

‐ Commercial

Believing that every organization must be commercially aware

Creating value for those we work with and ourselves

Job Summary:

-        The Programme Manager is responsible for leading on Programme and Client management.  

-        This position reports directly to the Future Foundations Operations Director, and works closely with the Future Foundations Managing Director.   

Responsibilities: 

-        Managing clients (e.g. schools, colleges, universities, youth organisations, corporates) and programmes (e.g.  university edge, graduate edge 3^rd sector WRL pilot) (for details on all our programmes and clients please  visit the Future Foundations website)

-        Event logistics – design and delivery of training events, e.g. summer schools, sixth form inductions,  leadership weekends, etc.

-        Developing programme best practice including training materials, evaluation and risk assessments  

-        Recruiting, managing and training associates, interns, work experience candidates and student reps  (depending upon previous experience)

-        Heading up special projects, including research and business development projects

-        Office management and general day-to-day management, and leading on administration

-        Work with our head of IT to maintain and develop the Future Foundations Website (no technical knowledge  required)

-        Supporting the directors with business administration

Potential to grow role beyond this in desired directions

Key Attributes: 

Required:

• Passionate about helping people reach their potential.
• Ability to get a lot done in a day (you probably think of yourself like this)
• Ambitious.
• Self starting/motivating.
• Detail oriented.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Exceptional presentation/teaching skills.
• Prepared to work evenings & weekends when required.
• Keenness and ability to travel extensively within the UK to deliver training events  
• A desire to work in a small and growing company
• A threshold for uncertainty
• A team player with the ability to delegate and involve others

Desired:

• Graduate
• Experience training and inspiring young people
• Ability to create and maintain business processes  
• Knowledge and understanding of the UK education system
• Creative/lateral thinker
• Energetic
• Delivery focused and willing to take responsibility for projects.  This is not a 9-5 job!
• IT literate (confident with all Microsoft packages) 

Location

-        Clapham, London, SW11

-        Expectation to be mostly based in office first one to three months, then with flexibility to work from home  or remote locations by agreement

Start date: immediate; probationary period of 4 months

The package

-        £22,500 salary

-        Huge number benefits (superior to most graduate schemes) – we care about our people!

Reviewable after three months and every three months thereafter

Benefits include (some after initial three month period*):

-        Private health insurance with Prudential Health*

-        Opportunity to grow your role in the direction of your interests and passions, as well as for you to have a  general profit share (discussable at 6 month review)*

-        Possibility for you to recruit a team around you*

-        Gym membership*

-        Very flexible holiday*

-        Free snack food in the office!

-        Subsidized monthly social/team lunch

-        Flexible hours

-        Opportunity to benefit from an international trip (based on team performance)*

-        Work retreat at inspirational setting at least once / quarter*

-        Opportunity for informal coaching and mentoring from FF sounding and advisory boards (includes people at  CEO level)

-        Half hour personal coaching per month with Jack Butler

-        Free FF library loan system for inspirational and self-development books

-        Access to personal development audio MP3s, including one hour of weekly listening on company time

-        Three monthly review process to help you to develop in your role

-        Free attendance at many networking and personal development events

To apply: 

1.     Complete the questionnaire at the following link: http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

  Please go with your first idea of the right answer and what you actually do (not what you think you'd like to do)

2.     Complete this form – within the form, you will need to submit the results from the ‘humanmetrics’ questionnaire

3.     Email your CV to Jon@future-foundations.co.uk

Closing date

Apply asap.