This role will cover our North, Midlands & East of England, and Wales regions

We have a fantastic opportunity to recruit a Programme Co-ordinator working as part of our internal Consultancy team as we work to deliver projects in a more efficient way. The National Trust has an ambitious portfolio of projects and the national Grouped Project initiative, where we group projects by theme under one project board, will play a pivotal role in delivering this work. These grouped projects will include construction and compliance projects that will help improve access to our places and protect our environment.  

We’re bigger than you think, we’re more complicated than we appear and we’re larger scale than you’d imagine. We’ve got passionate people in all our teams, and we’ve got so much more we want to achieve. The National Trust Consultancy is a multidisciplinary team of experts - a flexible and deployable resource of specialist skills and experience in every field of our work. Our purpose is to deliver the Trust’s Strategy by providing a great service to properties and collaborating across boundaries to make things happen.   

As this role will involve working on projects across the North, Wales, and Midlands & East of England regions, you may occasionally need to spend time working at Trust properties across the regions and countries. Although your contractual location will be one of our regional hubs there will be an opportunity to explore and agree hybrid working arrangements which strike the right balance for you and the Trust.

Click here to view a list of our regional hub locations.

The successful candidate will be supporting the Programme Manager and Project Managers in delivering construction and compliance projects. Activities will include data management and sharing, stakeholder engagement, project reporting, and supporting procurement.

As a programme team we will be working with a broad range of external stakeholders and internal specialists, so confidence with working across all levels of seniority is a must.  

The ideal candidate will have previous experience of supporting programmes or multiple projects.

We will shortlist based on the following criteria:  

• You will have good people and stakeholder management skills with an ability to create and maintain strong working relationships.   
• You will have strong written and verbal communication skills.  
• You will have knowledge of budget reporting and be able to collate, analyse, and prepare data for reporting purposes.  
• You will be able to multi-task and to successfully handle multiple priorities and deadlines.  
• The ability to work well both in a team and on your own initiative.

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.

Wherever you’re from, and whatever your background, we want to hear from you – and it doesn’t matter if you’re jam first, cream first, or even if you don’t like scones at all. Everyone is welcome.

Benefits for working at the National Trust include:

• Flexible working whenever possible

• Free parking at most locations

• Free entry to our properties for you, a guest and your children (under 18)

• Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary

Click here to find out more about the benefits we offer to support you.