Graduate Commercial Project Officer 12 month fixed-term placement

Salary:National Minimum Wage - aligned to age-appropriate statutory rate

Hours: 37.5 hours - part time options may be considered

Responsible to:CEO

Location: Huddersfield

Benefits: Entry into Peoples Pension death in service benefit (3 x salary) out of pocket expenses free on-site parking free access to confidential and extensive wellbeing support generous holiday entitlement (26 days plus bank holidays rising to 31 days after 5 years for a full time employee pro rata for part time) day off for your birthday! free tea / coffee sight tests and flu jabs and excellent learning and development opportunities.

OVERVIEW OF ROLE

Were looking for a proactive organisedgraduate to join our team and help us test and launch new ideas that bring inextra income for the charity. If you enjoy making things happen solving problemsand trying out new projects this could be a great first step in your career.

Youll get involved in setting up smallcommercial projects helping with the practical side of getting them off theground. Youll gather feedback track how things are going and help usunderstand whats working (and whats not).

Daytoday youll help keep projects runningsmoothly by co-ordinating tasks timelines and communication between also create simple reports summaries and handover packs so projects cantransition into our businessasusual.

An interest in business problemsolving orproject work is a bonus but what matters most is that youre organisedcurious and confident working with different people.

This is a brilliant opportunity to grow yourcommercial and project management skills while making a real difference to thelocal children and families we support.

To find out moreabout working for Forget Me Not Childrens Hospice please see ourrecruitment pack

For an informal chat about the role please contact Gareth Pierce on

JOB DESCRIPTION

Role summary

The GraduateCommercial Project Officer provideshandsonoperational capacityto rapidly develop and deliver shortterm commercialprojects that support Forget Me Nots commercial income diversificationprogramme. This role is essential in enabling the charity to test and launchnew income streams quickly contributing to longterm financial sustainability.

Main duties and key responsibilities

Operational Delivery

• Mobilisation of commercial projects such as pilots rolloutsexpansions and other lowrisk income initiatives.
• Assist with setting up systems processes logistics and operational workflows.

Data Insight & Evaluation

• Run pilots collect data and customer feedback and provide robust performance reporting.
• Support earlystage financial modelling and business planning.
• Tracking of project KPIs.

Project Coordination

• Plan and track multiple projects simultaneously.
• Organise tasks timelines and documentation.
• Stakeholder co-ordination and communication.
• Preparation of project papers summaries and dashboards for governance and decisionmaking.

Documentation & Handover

• Produce clear documentation process maps and handover packs for BAU transition.
• Capture lessons learned and feed into future project cycles.

Collaboration & Communication

• Work with retail fundraising finance operations and other internal teams to ensure project readiness.
• Communicate progress risks and issues clearly and in a timely manner.

We expect all staff to undertake any other duties within the scope spirit and purpose of the job the title of the post and its grading as requested by your line manager or their higher level of authority on behalf of the charity.

Skills and experience

Essential:

• Degree in any discipline (or equivalent experience).
• Strong organisational skills with ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks.
• Confident communicator and team collaborator.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and comfortable analysing basic data.

Desirable:

• Interest in commercial development business analysis or project management.
• Experience supporting events research or projectbased activities.
• Understanding of the charity or commercial incomegeneration sectors

Graduate Skills Framework Selection

Essential Skills

Organised Planner - The role requires managing multiple tasks adapting quickly tochange and supporting delivery against tight timelines.

Desirable Skills

Collaborative Communicator workingeffectively with a broad range of stakeholders.

Critical Thinker analysing pilotdata identifying insights and supporting evidencebased decisions.

Why this role matters

• Provides the operational capacity needed to launch rapiddelivery commercial initiatives.
• Strengthens organisational agility and contributes directly to longterm financial sustainability.
• Helps embed a more commercial innovative culture within the charity.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Equality and Diversity

Please note that we are committed to equality and diversity and make the following pledge in relation to our recruitment practices;

• We will actively encourage and support under-represented groups to join us as employees
• We will always interview you if you are an applicant with disability who meets the essential requirements of the job and will provide adjustments to the recruitment process if required.
• We are committed to supporting part time and flexible working; we will consider part time working requests for all our roles

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