Senior Project Co-ordinator - London Summary Are you brilliantly organised with loads of initiative and a talent for multi-tasking? If you are enthusiastic about nature, heritage and culture and love working in a collaborative environment, this is the ideal role for you. We’re looking for a Senior Project Coordinator to join our London & Southeast Access Delivery Team, which aims to improve the provision of greenspace, nature and heritage for communities living in towns and cities. With a focus on London, Brighton and Portsmouth, you will work with a range of Partners, stakeholders and community groups to help deliver initiatives focused on improving greenspace provision and/or connecting communities with nature and heritage on their doorsteps. Examples include our collaboration with Lewisham where we are looking to improve local access to green space so that both people and nature can thrive. You’ll be part of a vibrant professional community across the National Trust who delivers millions of pounds worth of projects each year. You’ll support projects that deliver our national priorities, working with a wide range of people and partners. Find out more about the work of our team and also National Trust’s People and Nature Thriving strategy to 2035. Salary: 25,661.60 pro rata. Please note the advertised salary is inclusive of the Inner London weighting allowance, currently 3572 pro rata. Contract: This is a permanent and 0.8FTE (30 hours per week) contract Online first stage interviews: Tuesday 12th May In person interviews: At London Savoy Hill House office – Monday 18th May What it's like to work here The London & Southeast Access Delivery Team is helping to deliver our ambitious strategy to provide more equitable access to nature, heritage and culture for people in London and other Southeast town and cities. We work with partners, within communities and with colleagues across the Trust to deliver projects that improve green spaces, protect cherished local heritage sites and support people to participate with green space and heritage on their own terms. We put inclusion and diversity at the heart of what we do. You’ll have a base in our London office (Savoy Hill House near Victoria Embankment Gardens) and spend time at some of our beautiful places for site visits and meetings. Our hybrid working policy means you can balance office and home working. We’ll talk about this in more detail at the interview, but you should expect to be at a project location for 40–60% of your working week. There may also be opportunities to work at partners’ locations also. There’s flexibility around your hours of work and opportunities for professional development. What you'll be doing Providing support to project managers in the day-to-day activities to develop, plan and deliver projects. You may also have responsibility for specific components of the project. Coordination of and with project stakeholders; engaging with partners, funders and beneficiaries. Maintaining great relationships with the people we work with. Supporting the preparation of fundraising bids, the establishment of grant agreements and other legal arrangements with funders and partners. Supporting procurement processes of external consultants and contractors. Supporting the organisation and delivery of project activities, such as meetings, workshops, and events; including with local community stakeholders. Supporting the accurate monitoring of project activities and project spend by keeping accurate records of activities delivered and costs incurred. Drafting and supporting the preparation of governance papers, activity and financial reports. Administrative and financial backstopping (collecting and saving all project documentation, raising purchase orders, processing invoices, etc.). Helping capture lessons learnt and collecting data about the impact of our work to inform project evaluation. Communicating project work internally and externally. You can view the full role profile for this role in the document attached. You don't need to have all the knowledge, skills and experience listed in the role profile; this is just to provide a full picture of what’s possible in this role. Who we're looking for We’d love to hear from you if you’re: Excellent attention to detail, organisation and prioritisation skills, including being able to work to tight schedules Good experience in supporting the management and coordination of projects or programmes Ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships inside and outside the organisation and with a variety of people and organisations Effective communication and influencing skills, with the ability to present information clearly and in an interesting way Good research, analysis, writing and reporting skills, including being comfortable using Microsoft packages, especially Excel Passion and interest for urban green space development and working with communities Familiar with budgeting and able to collate, maintain, analyse and prepare financial data for reports; with previous experience in supporting the delivery of grant funded projects Previous experience of urban green space development and/ or working with communities Diversifying our audiences and workforce is really important to us and we value lived experience and character. If you’re excited about this role but you don’t meet every requirement in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway if you have other experience and skills which are transferrable. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. The package The National Trust has the motto ‘For everyone, for ever’ at its heart. We’re working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. It’s important that our people reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audiences we serve. We welcome and value difference, so when we say we’re for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our teams too. Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary Free entry to National Trust places for you, a guest and your children (under 18) Rental deposit loan scheme Season ticket loan EV car lease scheme (for roles that meet the salary criteria) Perks at work discounts such as gym memberships, shopping discount codes, cinema discounts Holiday allowance up to 32 days relating to length of service, plus holiday purchase scheme, subject to meeting minimum criteria. Flexible working whenever possible Employee assistance programme Free parking at most Trust places Click here to find out more about the benefits we offer to support you.