Project and Partnership Development Manager

We are looking for an experianced manager who can lead key projects and build effective partnerships across a unique and complex environments to help improve the lives of many. You will be working for an organisation whose work reverberates through families and communities.

Who we are?

We are The Forward Trust (formerly RAPt and Blue Sky), the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.

Within this role you will work seamlessly across our London & Surrey based prison services. The services take a trauma informed approach to delivery of holistic health and wellbeing and recovery focussed interventions and various treatment programmes for individuals within these secure establishments who identify as having issues with drugs and/or alcohol.

This role will lead on delivering successful outcomes for key projects identified for the region. You will be working as part of the regional leadership team contributing to solving strategic challenges and achieving Forward’s vision and business plan, in collaboration with the Regional Manager.  

This will involve planning and mobilising for introduction and managing projects until reaching desired outcomes or set objectives.

There will be responsibility for direct line management of roles relevant to ongoing projects and partnership development.

A thorough understanding of the requirements of providing drug and alcohol services, including addiction treatment programmes preferably within a prison setting.
Previous experience of developing and implementing service improvements.
Demonstrable experience in the management of people and performance.
Experience of overseeing the collection, recording and collating of information, including statistical data, for audit, research and reporting purposes.
Ability to focus on key issues quickly and clearly using a positive problem solving approach.
Effective negotiating and influencing skills.

Level 5 management qualification, or equivalent work experience.
Project Management qualification or equivalent work experience.

• Training opportunities and career development
• Flexible working
• Season Ticket Loan Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Wellbeing hours (21 hours per annum)
• 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
• Contributory Pension Scheme – Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years’ service and up to 9% thereafter
• Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary)
• Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)