Programme Manager

Full time, 3 year contract with the possibility of extension

Salary circa £53,000 dependant on experience and location.

workstationgrants,paidvolunteerdays,travel expenses,recognition awards,all-staffretreatsandmuchmore.

ASCInternational-Aquaculture Stewardship Council  isanindependent,non-profitorganisation,originallyfoundedbyWWFin
2010.Wearecommittedtocontinuous improvement of global seafood farming practices towards environmental andsocialsustainability.

Are you an experienced programme manager passionate about delivering meaningful change? Do you have the strategic vision and practical skills to bring teams together and turn ambitious plans into measurable results?

We're looking for a Programme Manager to lead the successful delivery of an ambitious new programme focused on advancing aquatic animal welfare across the aquaculture sector. The programme will advance evidence-based, practical, and scalable aquaculture welfarepracticesby empowering producers with knowledge, tools and resources. This willenablethe adoption of responsible and verifiableaquaticanimal welfare across the full production lifecycle.

The Programme Manager will work across multiple ASC teams to build a comprehensive and detailed workplan, and be the main point of contact for all related activities, ensuring that activities are delivered on time and to budget.

The role is part of the wider Policy and Programme Management Team, and will be part of a growing programme management function at ASC working to provide the work of key technical teams and broader internal stakeholders.

• Build a detailed programme workplan across ASC teams
• Project manage sub-projects within the programme, as needed
• Track progress andinterdependenciesandmanage cross-programmerisks.
• Use  to manage activities, resources and planning
• Manage expectations and provide clear, regular reporting on progress, risks, and benefits
• Act as a point of escalation for programme-level risks,feedback,issuesand mitigation/ solutions.
• Maintain coherent and accurate programme documentation aligned with ASCs project governance framework
• Ensure all internal stakeholders are informed of project progress and plans.
• Work with the Health & Welfare Standards Manager to engage and communicate with senior leaders, sponsors, and key stakeholders
• Provide timely reporting to senior leaders, governance bodies and funders as required.

• Monitor budget spend, ensuring alignment with organisational procedures
• Coordinate internal resources and consultants to ensure proper allocation and successful execution of plans

You're an experienced and enthusiastic programme manager who enjoys bringing people together to deliver complex, ambitious programmes of work..

A strategic thinker with a strong delivery focus, you will be confident, personable, collaborative and organised. You will be resilient under pressure and apply a proactive mindset to challenges associated with helping teams deliver to schedule within a busy environment.

• Proven experience managing complexprogrammesor large portfolios of projects, ideally in an international organization
• Strong understanding of programme and project management methodologies (e.g. MSP, PRINCE2, Agile, SAFe)
• Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills to support executing complex programmemanagement
• Strong financial, risk, and dependency management capability
• Ability tooperateat both strategic and operational levels
• Effective communication in English (written and verbal)
• Expert use ofrelevantdigital tools,  an advantage
• Experience working in a not-for-profit organisation
• Experience working in matrix or multi-partner environments in internationalorganisations, preferable remote.
• Strong influencing skills to cultivate and manage productive relationships at all levels across ASC

interview, these will be held via Teams. We may ask you to prepare something in advance of the first stage interview. This could be past work examples or achievements, written materials and/or apresentationonasettopic.

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