Project Manager

Location: Homebased – Nationwide  (can be based anywhere in the United Kingdom)

Hours: 35 hours per week (Permanent)

Salary: £35,100 to £39,000 per annum depending on skills and experience + £750 per annum homeworking allowance + £3,777 per annum London Weighting (if living in a London borough)

This is a homeworking role but some travelling may be required for face to face meetings. 

As a ‘not for profit’ organisation, TACT put the needs of our children and carers first and look to appoint individuals who are as passionate about this as we are. We know that we cannot provide this level of care without our staff which is why we are proactive in looking after the wellbeing of our employees. As a homeworking organisation, we pride ourselves on the flexibility this brings, along with our flexible working opportunities to enable you to have a healthy work / life balance. We also provide a full and active wellbeing calendar and activities, along with your input to ensure you get the most from it.

As a foster care charity, TACT invests all surplus income into services, staff, carers, and child development. This means that we have been able to invest unique projects like TACT Connect, our ground-breaking scheme for our TACT care experienced young people and adults, our expanding TACT Education Service and our new Health Service. 

It is not surprising that this had led to us gaining 'outstanding’ levels of employee engagement in a recent Best Companies Survey this year. Come and join us and be part of our amazing team of professionals who put young people at the heart of every decision.

Our vision is to provide better lives for our children and young people - find out more about our values here: https://www.tactcare.org.uk/about-us/

TACT is an innovative fostering Charity and we are always looking for better ways to support the children & young people in our care and their foster families. Our new Portfolio Manager post will be central in ensuring that new ways of working to improve outcomes for our children & young people are efficiently and effectively introduced and rolled out. 

The role involves leading on planning and supporting the roll out of all projects.

Core Tasks include: 

• Assisting in identifying all projects, scope and benefit.
• Developing and supporting projects teams by coaching and training in basics of project delivery.
• Regularly monitoring the dependencies and impacts across projects.
• Preparing and maintaining project plans.

Main Requirements:

• Professional project management qualification.
• Experience of managing staff.
• Knowledge of budgets, staff and performance management and control.
• Confident with agile approach.
• Ability to generate and implement creative ideas.

More information can be found in the Job Description. 

TACT offer an excellent employee benefits package including:

• 31 days paid holiday plus bank holidays.
• Flexible working arrangements (including compressed hours, flexibility around core hours, volunteer days policy).
• Family friendly policies.
• Homeworking ‘bundle’ including annual allowance, IT equipment and a loan for office set up.
• Employee Assistance Programme (including CBT counselling, remote GP appointments, physiotherapy, mental health support and second opinions).
• Perkbox – retail discount scheme.
• Stakeholder pension scheme (salary sacrifice).
• Fantastic learning and development opportunities.

A DBS check (or PVG if in Scotland) is also required and will be processed by TACT on your behalf.

More information in the Job Information Pack.

Closing: Sunday 12th June 2022

​Interviews: Tuesday 28th June 2022 (via Microsoft Teams)

Safeguarding is everyone’s business and TACT believe that only the people with the right skills and values should work in social work.  As part of TACT’s commitment to safeguarding, we properly examine the skills, experience, qualifications, and values of potential staff in relation to our work with vulnerable young children.  We use rigorous and consistent recruitment approaches to help safeguard TACT’s young people.  All our staff are expected to work in line with TACT’s safeguarding policies.

TACT is a homebased workforce. We recognise the benefits that flexible home working creates for both the employer and the employee. As a remote working organisation, we are committed to work with our staff to enable consistent inclusion and engagement across the organisation to ensure the optimum standards of service for our carers and children and their foster carers in the development of our services.

TACT does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

TACT reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so we advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.