About The Role
The Choir Project is a bold three-year national programme, funded by the Church of England’s People and Partnerships Fund, designed to use music and choirs as a strategic entry point to nurture children and young people within the worshipping life of the Church.
Are you passionate about enabling children and young people to encounter the Christian faith through music? Are you excited by the opportunity to lead a new, innovative, project? We are looking for a Project Leader to undertake responsibility for the day-to-day delivery of The Choir Project. The successful candidate will have a talent for project management, experience of delivering (and exceeding) outcomes and be able to communicate engagingly with a wide variety of stakeholders.
Applicants will be in sympathy with the mission, aims and ethos of the RSCM.
Day-to-day responsibilities include:
• Overall project management including detailed development of project approach, tasks, timeline and budget
• Designing systems to record data (in line with external and internal requirements) and using the data to identify and implement improvements
• Line managing the Network Engagement Officer
• Recruiting and liaising with resource authors and workshop leaders
• Agreeing and executing a marketing plan with the RSCM Marketing team
• Sharing progress and learning with the wider RSCM team, funders and other stakeholders
• Representing the project (and the RSCM more widely) in appropriate contexts (which may involve travel within the UK)
You are:
• Passionate about the role music can play in developing discipleship
• Enthusiastic, ambitious and innovative
• A creative thinker and positive communicator
• Able to inspire and motivate colleagues and stakeholders
• Committed to learning and delivering quality work, and open to feedback
• Supportive, positive and encouraging
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You have:
• A talent for project management
• A positive experience of choral music within a church environment that you can communicate engagingly
• Confidence to develop and cultivate relationships with high level stakeholders
• Experience of developing impact monitoring systems
• The ability to work flexibly as part of a small team
• The ability to work under pressure and prioritise to a high level
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent IT skills
• Experience of facilitation, negotiation and creative problem solving
• Experience of strategic planning and implementation and budget management
• Knowledge of basic safeguarding principles and willingness to learn and adhere to safeguarding policy
You can:
• Demonstrate effective relationship management
• Demonstrate sector-wide knowledge and understanding (Church of England; music; education)
• Build successful partnerships
• Demonstrate high standards of self-management (e.g. time, communication, managing others, teamwork, IT, finance), including working effectively from home (if required).
Applicants will be in sympathy with the mission, aims and ethos of the RSCM.
Equal Opportunities
The Diocese of London is committed to creating and sustaining a diverse and inclusive workforce which represents our context and wider community. We are aware that those of Global Majority Heritage/United Kingdom Minority Ethnic (GMH/UKME) and disabled people are currently under-represented among our clergy and workforce, and we particularly encourage applications from those with the relevant skills and experience that will increase this representation.