West London Better Futures Plus Project Manager

Job Description

ContextWest London Business (WLB) works to ensure West London stays the best place to do business. North- West London is the UKs global gateway- a pre-COVID £73 billion GVA economy underpinned by 120,000+ businesses. We are a non-profit business-led organisation with a blue-chip board that includes corporations such as Heathrow and Asahi, key regional firms such as Fullers and Brompton Bicycle, education institutions and small businesses. We have a membership of around 200 organisations, 15,000+ supporters and 30+ events per annum, including the West London Business Awards.Our members commit to work together through WLB to raise West Londons global economic competitiveness, whilst pursuing social and environmental sustainability. We work towards these goals by providing leadership, insight, voice and connections. Through this programme we inform and influence the work of local, regional and national government policymakers and promote inward investment and responsible business.London is already Europes leading tech hub, and the success of the ERDF-funded Better Futures Programme has led the Greater London Authority to invest in its expansion (Better Futures Plus) through the Green New Deal. This will enable West London Business and partners to support more businesses in reducing their carbon footprint and/or to succeed in scaling up delivery of their product and services that reduce negative impacts on our environment.In its pilot phase WLBs contribution to the Better Futures Plus programme will be: delivering 12 showcase carbon saving case studies within the film, creative, food production and hospitality sectors through a Green Innovation Vouchers scheme; helping produce a London wide Cleantech database/ directory for all agencies to use; and supporting the development of SkillsWest.London to create a tool that has London-wide application.Job PurposeTo project manage the successful delivery of West London Business contribution to Better Futures Plus. Main Responsibilities Maintain the Better Futures Plus project delivery plan on Asana; monthly reporting against deliverables. (5% of time) Green Innovation Vouchers (50% of time) Onboard businesses successful in securing Green Innovation Vouchers and manage the process to end. The award of vouchers will be conditional on the businesses pledging to transition to zero carbon operations by 2030. Match niche sustainability consultancies who can provide innovation support to businesses seeking to transition to a low carbon and/or circular economy business model. Oversight of Imperial Business School Sustainable Executive Leadership element of programme. Provide support for the delivery of a searchable database on London-based providers of cleantech products and services. (20% of time) Manage next stages of tech development of skillswest.london (Learning zone) website (20% of time) Management of Project Coordinator and Kickstart Placement to support the delivery of the programme (5% of time)Decision Making Day to day decisions to ensure successful: Onboarding 12 businesses for the Green Innovation Vouchers and associated programme at Imperial Business School Matching of consultants to the 12 businesses from a pool developed in Q1 2021 by the Project Coordinator Identifying tech pathway and developer to open up FE and HE course data feeds to skillswest.london Working Relationships WL Better Futures Cleantech Development Manager (line manager) Environmental Sustainability & UN SDGs Coordinator - the Project Coordinator (Direct report) Better Futures Plus Kickstart Placement candidate (Direct report) Chief Executive (responsible for oversight of project finances) Better Futures partners: GLA, Imperial College London, Sustainable Workspaces and OPDC. Advance London WLB volunteers and team Person Specification - Download Job DescriptionSalary and benefitsInitially four-month contract; extension subject to project funding extending£38,000 per annum full-time salary prorated for 3 day week (0.6 FTE)20 days holiday, plus bank holidays - rising by one a day per year of service to max 25 days after five years service. Above prorated for 3 day week (0.6 FTE)Employee healthcare and pension.The post will be based at home. Face-to-face team meetings will happen at least once a month in West London following COVID Safe guidance as soon as this is allowed.ApplicationBy cover letter and CV to amelia.grant@westlondon.comEarly applications encouraged. Deadline 5pm on Friday 19 March 2021.Applicants available to interview on Tues 22 March - and successful candidate available to start on Monday 29 March or Thursday 1 April.