Programme Coordinator - London, United Kingdom - Wellcome Trust

Wellcome Trust

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

Salary:
£27,584

Closing date:
Thursday, 25 May 2023

Contract type:
Permanent

The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation. We improve health for everyone by funding science, leading policy, and advocacy campaigns, and building partnerships.

We plan to spend £16bn over the next ten years, funding new discoveries in life, health, and wellbeing, and taking on three global health challenges: mental health, infectious disease and climate and health.

These challenges need the bold science we support, but they won't be solved by science alone.

We are looking for a Programme Coordinator to join our team.

Where in Wellcome will I be working?

You will be working as part of the Strategy & Programme Office team, reporting to a Programme Manager

This role is part of the Strategy & Programme Office (S&PO) team that ensures that project management is used in a consistent way across the organisation.

The role will work closely with our Programme Managers to ensure that systems and processes are applied effectively to maximise the success of Wellcome's

strategy

What will I be doing?

You will provide administrative support to programme management staff to ensure the programme office is running efficiently.

As a Programme Coordinator, you will:

Prepare documents for the Senior Programme Managers and Programme Managers that include correspondence, minutes and briefings, as well as presentations and reports. Assist with data gathering for the relevant reports (i.e. progress reports, compliance reports and Programme Board reports)
Coordinate diaries and organise meeting across the programme office with internal and external stakeholders and this includes helping with forward planning across other teams at Wellcome (e.g, finance and legal teams) aligned with the team's planning cycle
Be involved with writing programme office policies and procedures related to the Programme management, ensuring they are consistent and aligned with Wellcome's wider policies
Work with the programme manager ensuing the right controls are applied as well as completing regular quality assurance checks across project documents, risk registers and escalate those where appropriate
Contribute to a diverse and inclusive culture across the organisation, collaborating across departments.

Is this job for me?

If you are looking to develop your skills around Programme management activity, this is a great role to step into that space and understand the day to day of Programme management.

We are looking for someone who:

Has experience of working across teams and provide project and administrative support as well as being familiar with project management methodologies and practices
Knows the importance of stakeholder management as well as experience in establish good relationships across a diverse range of people
Can multitask and manage a varied workload with multiple activities and competing priorities
Has a high develop communication skills, to clearly communicate complex information and process as well as being able to present information at a high standard with the ability to synthesise information, cover key points concisely and clearly

Interview dates:
Beginning of June

You can view the full

job description

on our website

You can read more about the benefits we offer our employees on our

website

Our Hybrid Way of Working

We understand that our colleagues have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to build a flexible working environment, in which people can perform at their best.

We are currently working 2 days per week (Tuesdays and Wednesdays) from our Euston Road offices (as part of our hybrid Ways of Working) with the remaining 3 days from home.

Diversity and Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do

Diversity and Inclusion is a priority at Wellcome

We are committed to cultivating a fair and inclusive environment, where everyone can be themselves and thrive. We are happy to discuss flexible working options for all roles. We work to ensure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for people who have a disability or longterm condition. Please visit our

website

for more information on adjustments and accessibility, or contact us at

LI- CD1

LI-Hybrid