EY Foundation - Regional Programme Manager - South and Midlands in London

Introduction to EY Foundation

The EY Foundation is a charity and a company, limited by guarantee, established in 2014. We were founded by EY, the professional services firm, which continues to provide funding and donations to the charity under a multi-annual funding agreement.  We are governed by a board of trustees, who are supported by a number of committees and leadership and management teams.

The EY Foundation helps young people, disadvantaged in the labour market, to fulfil their work potential. We are unique in our position as the link between employers and young people, having strong relationships with both.

Our work involves designing, developing and running our own services: Smart Futures, Our Future and Accelerate, as well as raising independent funds to support new initiatives and reach more young people across the UK. We work with organisations from across all sectors, including commercial, not-for-profit, education and government.

As an independent charity we have to diversify and raise our own income through traditional fundraising, grants and, increasingly, through the development of our work with corporate partners.

EY Foundation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will need to undertake an Enhanced DBS check via the Disclosure and Barring service, where appropriate.

At the EY Foundation, we have a hybrid working model in which our staff work from the office (one of our Hubs in London, Birmingham, Manchester or Glasgow) at least one day per week. This role is based in our London Hub and usually during peak delivery time there is an increase of working from the office or where the programme delivery is based.

Roles

Within the Foundation we adopt flexible roles that reflect the dynamic nature of our charity and enable our people to learn, develop and grow their skills and open up career opportunities. This is part of our investment in you.

This role profile provides an outline of what will be involved in your role rather than an exhaustive list of duties. Both you and this role will naturally evolve.

Our values

In your role you will be expected to demonstrate or develop leadership competences based on the Foundation’s four key values. They are:

• Growth mindset – increase our impact on more young people through dedication, innovation and hard work
• Empower people – everyone is given the opportunity to develop and to succeed
• Courage – use new learning and diversity of thought to challenge the status quo, embracing lessons learned even if a project misses its targets
• Collaboration – build relationships – internally and externally – to share ideas, embed an inclusive approach, and achieve bigger outcomes.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion

The scale of the challenge to tackle racial inequality is huge but we are passionate in our determination to secure change – both for our organisation and the young people we serve.

With over 80% of the young people we work with from Black, Asian or ethnic minority communities, our team and Board need to reflect the young people we support.

In 2019, we made diversity and inclusion a strategic priority, with a focus on race and in 2020 we published . This included 50% of our team and leadership team coming from the Black, Asian or ethnic minority communities by 2025. Specifically, it is our objective that 30% of our team and leadership team will come from the Black community. You can find out more .

Your role in management

Whatever your specific responsibilities and specialisms, your role in management means you will be working strategically in your area of specialism and cognisant of the impact of your work on other teams. You will be leading your team and function, making decisions on delivery of outcomes, planning resource needs and negotiating. You will work under your own autonomy, require little supervision, and will be a proactive supporter in achieving the wider organisational objectives.

Your role as Regional Programme Manager – South and Midlands

Regional planning and delivery

• Work closely with clients (EY and other employers) to plan and deliver high volume programmes for young people across the South and Midlands in line with EY Foundation annual targets and quality standards
• Ownership of the regional KPIs and targets.
• Maintain the on-going engagement of programme alumni through communications and events
• Establish strong relationships with identified schools, colleges and partner organisations in accordance with the EY Foundation’s school engagement strategy to encourage eligible young people to apply for our programmes
• Build and maintain the volunteer network of EY staff and friends of the Foundation
• Ensure compliance with the EY Foundation Child Protection, undertake training and carry out tasks/responsibilities as a Designated Safeguarding Officer
• Work closely with the Data and Impact team to enable continuous improvement and maximise impact.

Stakeholder management

• Build exceptional client relationships with our corporate partners and other employers (EY and others) engaged on the various programmes
• Build a strong working relationship with programme sponsors, EY Office Managing Partners, and other key stakeholders
• Work closely with the Chief Programmes Officer, UK Programmes Operations Manager and other Regional Programme Managers to ensure consistently ‘fit for purpose’ quality standards across all programmes and regions
• Build strong local networks with employers and other organisations to support the work of the income team and to grow our local footprint
• Build strong collaborative relationships with members of the wider EY Foundation team, working particularly closely with the income team

Budget management

• Ownership and control of the regional budget, ensuring efficient delivery of the programmes

Staff management

• Lead a small team including EY Foundation staff, secondees and volunteers to deliver our programmes
• Ensure career and performance management processes are in place for direct reports

Other responsibilities

• Represent the EY Foundation at events (internal and external and includes evening/breakfast events)

Your experience and knowledge

What you will bring to the Foundation is your demonstrable experience and knowledge in the following areas:

• Extensive experience of supporting young people from low-income backgrounds and/or social care backgrounds
• Extensive project management experience within the context of supporting young people
• Experience of line management
• Experience of achieving employment outcomes for young people
• Experience of curriculum/programme development
• Strong volunteer management experience
• Excellent facilitation and public speaking skills including the ability to adapt style to the audience (e.g. young people , business volunteers etc)
• Accountability for performance against agreed financial targets
• Making business/service area critical decisions that have had a positive impact
• Delivering targeted outcomes
• Delivering excellent customer service, to internal or external customers or service users
• Working in a delivery-focused organisation
• Qualitative improvement across one or more service or delivery areas
• Strong written communication skills in English
• Influencing stakeholders through establishment of effective relationships
• Strong and evidenced commitment to diversity
• Strong commitment to improve the working lives and prospects of disadvantaged young people in the UK

Your competence

You will be able to demonstrate the competences expected of an EY Foundation Manager. Where you need more time to fully develop those competences we will support you in so doing.

For details of the required competences see our annexed competency framework.

What we offer

We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

Please note

Prior to finalising your application, you will be asked to provide personal information across several dimensions of diversity and inclusiveness. The information you provide is kept entirely confidential and will not be used to evaluate your candidacy. We collect this data to help us analyse our recruitment process holistically and implement actions that promote diversity and inclusiveness. While optional, we encourage you to provide this information to hold us accountable towards our goal of building a better working world. Read more about our commitment to diversity & inclusiveness . We ask because it matters!

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

The exceptional EY experience. It’s yours to build.

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