Barking and Dagenham Programme Manager

About this role

Do you believe everyone has the right to enough to live on? Do you believe that shifting power to people living in financial hardship will help create the changes needed to tackle the systems that cause financial hardship?

Turn2us is a national charity tackling poverty. We give grants to people living in financial insecurity and provide information to support people to understand their rights to social security, and other available grants they may be able to access. We are working to break down the barriers that cause financial hardship including racism, gender inequality, classism, ableism and homophobia. 

At Local Programmes, we want to work with people where they live, in the communities and organisations they trust. We want to create programmes that support lasting change, both to people’s lives and to the systems that cause financial insecurity.

The Barking & Dagenham Programme Manager will lead this local programme in the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham. The Programme Manager will work closely with local communities and develop trusted relationships to reach out to excluded residents and co-produce a vision and delivery for achieving financial security in the borough. The postholder will report to the Co-Heads of Local Programmes and manage a Project Support Officer.

We are looking for a passionate and driven individual with experience of working with communities to grow power, co-design projects and programmes, and be skilled at working through conflicting priorities in inclusive and transparent ways.  The individual should feel comfortable managing a range of relationships and be able to balance Turn2us’ organisational values with adapting to community cultures. The individual should also be reflective and accountable for sharing learning within the wider team.

We want to hear from candidates who are comfortable with exploring and learning from others, being accountable to the communities they work with, recognising and shifting power, and who want to make long-lasting change.

Please read the Barking & Dagenham Programme Manager Job Pack for further information.

How to apply

If you are interested in this role, please apply on the Applied website.

1) You will then be asked to submit personal details including diversity data. All diversity data will be treated as confidential. Those involved in the selection process will NOT have access to it. The information given by candidates will be solely used for the purpose of improving the recruitment process.

2) As part of the recruitment process, you will be asked to complete questions around yourself which are linked to the requirements for being successful in this role.

3) The closing date for applications is 11:59pm, 30th Jul 2023​. 

Please let us know if you will require any special provision as a result of any disability should you be called for interview.

Turn2us is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from members of all communities. It is committed to equality of opportunity, inclusion and diversity. We encourage and welcome applications from all parts of the community regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Turn2us wants to enable an environment where everyone is kept safe from harm and can thrive. We are committed to safeguarding everyone involved in our charity and the work we do. You can read a safeguarding policy on the Turn2us website.

If you join us at Turn2us, you will start on 25 days annual leave per annum (prorated for part time workers). Each year in the month you joined, you will receive additional years leave up to a maximum of 30 days. On top of this you will receive bank holidays. The charity also offers 2 volunteering days per year to allow staff to gain experiences and skills outside of work for example at a food bank or becoming a trustee at another charity.

We offer flexible working patterns, both in terms of hours and remote working. Please note that all employees are contractually required to work from the office a minimum of 4 days a month. Some roles may be required to be in the office more often than this and this will be agreed with the hiring manager upon starting at Turn2us. For this role, we would ideally want the successful candidate to work from the London office two days per week.

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