Project Officer - Swindon

Summary

We have an opportunity for two Project Officers to join the Experience Development Team on a twelve-month contract while the current post-holders are on secondment. The roles will work independently in separate areas, specifically Outdoor Experiences and Cultural Experiences.

The Experience Development Team takes our organisational strategy and the directorate plan and translates them into clear audience priorities and actions for the whole organisation. The National Trust is responsible for caring for and giving access to a vast array of outdoors and cultural heritage assets; over 400 historic houses, buildings, monuments, landscapes, parklands and gardens, scores of archaeological sites, one of the largest museum collections in the UK, and an enormous living collection of plants and trees across many thousands of hectares of land in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. 

If you have a passion for either outdoor experiences or cultural heritage experiences and the positive impact they can have on the lives of individuals and communities, we would love to hear from you.

What it's like to work here

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. We’re for everyone, forever and we really mean that. We don’t want to stop at 5.5 million members, and we want everyone to feel welcome and enjoy access to our places, so we need to reach new audiences in ways that are meaningful and relevant to them without losing the hearts and minds of those that are already with us.
Your contractual location will be our head office in Swindon however there will be an opportunity to explore and agree remote working arrangements which strike the right balance for you and the Trust. 


What you'll be doing

Project Officer – Outdoor Experiences

The ambition for outdoor experiences through to the year 2030 has been agreed and we are now at the point of realising this ambition through the creation of an outdoors programme of work. You will support the delivery of the programme through leading the servicing of the programme board, project teams and task and finish groups.  You will build and maintain systems to report on progress across the programme, at both high level and in detail with the creation of meaningful and timely progress reports for different stakeholder groups. You will also lead on the internal communication of our work.

Project Officer – Cultural Heritage

You will be working to support the development of ambitious actionable plans that offer a broader range of people more opportunities to access and enjoy cultural heritage assets in the care of the National Trust. You will be responsible for the coordination of some specific projects, for research and options appraisals and for the creation of content to communicate internally about the work of the team. You’ll coordinate meetings, task-and-finish groups and boards and liaise with colleagues across the organisation to gather insight and understand strategic and audience drivers.

In both roles you’ll develop presentations, papers and other communications to engage a range of stakeholders, building and maintaining a resource hub of materials on our intranet.

You will also support the overall work of the Experience Development team to ensure maximum efficiency and impact, identifying and minimising risk and improving cost efficiency wherever possible.

Who we're looking for

You can view the full role profile for this role in the document attached. You don't need to have all of the knowledge, skills and experience listed in the role profile; this is just to provide a full picture of what is possible in this role. For this position were looking for someone who has:

• Previous project management experience; demonstrable experience of managing and delivering projects on time and maintaining good stakeholder relationships
• Strong written communication skills. Proven ability to research, collate and produce written materials in a clear and compelling way
• Great presentation skills with ability to identify opportunities to maximise accessibility through presenting data/information in a visually appealing way for different audiences
• Excellent people and influencing skills, enabling relationships to be built and maintained; comfortable at working with a wide variety of different types of people
• An excellent organiser with good planning and analytic skills
• The ability to work under pressure and at pace; ability to manage conflicting demands
• Knowledge of budgets, finance and co-ordination of projects and experience in record keeping

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.

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.