Hop Spots Project Manager

Overview

In this role you will lead Hop Spots, ARC’s national education programme for England, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. You’ll oversee a four-year effort across Dorset and surrounding areas, Merseyside, and East Anglia, ensuring consistent delivery and national learning sharing. You work with schools, colleges, universities, and community partners to deliver high-quality activities that reconnect young people with nature and support wellbeing. You will manage the project team, budgets, and monitoring, while capturing evidence of impact to inform funders and stakeholders. This is a hands-on leadership role with a strong focus on collaboration and learning across the UK.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of the Hop Spots programme across three regions
• Manage a geographically dispersed project team
• Foster partnerships with schools, colleges, universities, and community organisations
• Coordinate programme activities and ensure high quality delivery
• Oversee budget management and financial reporting
• Monitor and evaluate project impact, reporting to funders
• Manage consultancy contracts (evaluator and videographer)
• Capture learning and evidence to inform programme improvement

Key requirements

• stakeholder engagement
• team leadership
• clear communication
• budget management
• monitoring and evaluation
• reporting to funders

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