Project Manager – Part time role

Watford and Three Rivers Friends of the Earth

The Great Big Green Week is an exciting opportunity for our local community in Watford & Three Rivers to find out more about the environment, the natural world in their area, and what they can do to help preserve it.

It is part of the national Great Big Green Week – the UK’s biggest celebration of community action to tackle climate change and protect nature.
This year it is from 7-15 June – the aim is to increase understanding of why it is important for change to happen, what the climate means locally and how individuals can make a difference. We want to promote greater ongoing individual & community participation to protect our nature and biodiversity.
Afterall – nothing changes if nobody changes – and so we need people to see the need for change and that they can make an individual difference to our environment.

Help us to:

• successfully coordinate the GBGW delivering a varied and interesting programme of events that increases awareness of the climate crisis and sustainability in order to create real change; and
• support with hands on project management of the week itself.

Watford and Three Rivers Friends of the Earth (W3RFOE) are looking for one individual or a company to undertake the role descriptors below.
These role descriptors are for short term paid work from now ongoing to the 16th June, with hours per week expected to increase in the final run up to the GBGW itself.

Deliverables
Coordination

• With the Working Group (WG) support the development of the GBGW project plan, its improvement, refinement or adaptation over the life of the project.
• Maintain the project plan and ensuring deadlines are met; flagging up issues to the WG
• Produce up to date project plans, with up-to-date budgets, for each WG meeting.
• Ensure records are kept in accordance with data protection requirements, and that all records, including contact information, are provided to W3RFOE on completing the contract.
• Ensure all materials involved in or necessary to the completion of this project are accessible to the WG throughout the contract and are provided to W3RFOE on completing the contract.

GBGW events programme development including Watford Green Festival

• Review all event applications for accuracy against required details, including following Health and Safety requirements, and pull together the activities and events proposed by the groups into a coherent programme, liaising in a timely fashion with each group as is necessary.
• Produce the events programme in a clear format with all relevant data to enable to the design team to produce the final public facing programme.
• Working closely with the WG and the design/ marketing team to finalise the events and market programme.
• Liaising with and supporting the WG and the design/ marketing team on publicising the GBGW programme on website, social media and local press etc.
• Maintain good relationships, and share essential information with organisers of the Groups using email, phone, newsletters, personal contact.
• Ensure any relevant GBGW logistics are in place.

Event support during GBGW

• Troubleshoot, including being on the end of the phone, resolving problems and answering queries.
• Support GBGW events as may be agreed between the parties.

The collection and reporting on evaluation data

• Work with the Working Group to plan evaluation.
• Develop evaluations including suitable formats for individuals, organisers, volunteers/working group and focus groups together with the WG (i.e. surveys/ focus groups etc.).
• Ensure evaluation collection is in place.
• Analyse outputs of evaluation and produce final evaluation report for presentation to funders/ event organisers.

Meetings

• Attendance at WG meetings and regular planned meetings with the Project Lead.
• Positive working relationships maintained with WG members and the design/ marketing team.