Eastbourne Pride in Place – Programme Manager

Grade: Band F

Hours: 37 hours per week (full time)

Contract: 3-year Fixed Term, with possibility of extension subject to organisational need and funding

Base: Hybrid working (working from Eastbourne Town Centre at least three days per week, with some travel around town)

To apply, https://www.lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk/article/5089/Eastbourne-Pride-in-Place-Programme-Manager

We have a vacancy for a Programme Manager, working on the Eastbourne Pride in Place Programme. Eastbourne has been awarded up to £20 million over the next decade from the Government’s Pride in Place Programme (PiPP), to improve Eastbourne’s neighbourhoods, high streets, youth clubs, and public spaces.

This is a new role, working for and alongside We Are Eastbourne, an independent voluntary community-led Board set up to make sure local people have a real say in shaping the future of our town. This role will eventually be transferred over to the PiPP ‘Community-model’, expected within the next 12-36 months.

This role will be responsible for leading the implementation of the Board’s 10-year Regeneration Plan and 4-year Investment Plan, working closely with the Board to provide leadership and oversight of the programme, building and maintaining strong relationships with local stakeholders, and delivering a wide-ranging programme of projects that leave a clear and lasting legacy for Eastbourne.

It is essential that you have a proven ability to successfully deliver projects and programmes, with excellent organisational and interpersonal skills, and an understanding of the importance of community involvement and place-based approaches. You will be required to utilise programme management tools and software, including Microsoft Office, to effectively manage and communicate complex programme timelines, budgets, key performance indicator development and tracking, and stakeholder reporting. Experience of partnership working within statutory and volunteer sector settings, and with a variety of public, private, and third sector stakeholders, is required, as is a self-motivated and flexible approach, and in-depth knowledge of Eastbourne and its nine wards. Please refer to the Job Description for more details.

Job Purpose

1. Work closely with the Board to provide leadership and oversight of the PiPP, delivering a wide-ranging programme of projects across Eastbourne Borough.
2. Lead the implementation of the 10-year Regeneration Plan and 4-year Investment Plan, through commercial acumen, robust decision making, innovative thinking and creative solutions, to deliver against the planned outcomes over this significant investment period for the Town.
3. Alongside the Board, assist in realising the vision of Eastbourne’s 10-year Regeneration Plan.
4. Act as an ambassador for the PiPP and the Eastbourne Regeneration Plan.
5. Build and maintain strong relationships with local people, community groups, charities, businesses, and public sector partners.
6. Lead implementation of the 4-year Investment Plan, producing accurate monitoring reports against outputs, KPIs and budgets as required.
7. Assist the Board in the future governance of becoming a charitable/CIC within the next 3 years.
8. Help deliver a programme that leaves a clear and lasting legacy for Eastbourne.

Key Tasks

1. Work closely with the Board to coordinate, monitor and deliver projects and activities which achieve the aims of the PiPP.
2. Develop a clear plan with the Eastbourne Neighbourhood Board, targeted neighbourhoods and organisations to maximise delivery of outcomes within the programme timetable and funding conditions.
3. Manage the portfolio of community projects and grant programmes as directed by the Chair and Board.
4. Support the procurement of organisations to deliver projects and activities that meet the objectives of the PiPP.
5. Support and undertake local engagement and consultations with businesses, residents and community groups, and facilitate communication between service providers and community stakeholders to identify needs, and measure performance of activities and interventions.
6. Build capacity by working with local community and grassroots leaders, supporting and creating partnerships, and assisting in identifying additional resources to the programme as opportunities arise.
7. Work cooperatively with the Board, MP and Secretariat (EBC) to develop and realise the ambitions and activities of the PiPP.
8. Build strategic relationships with key external stakeholders across the public, private and voluntary sectors, as well as with MHCLG, to maintain and make the most of opportunities for the continued success of the PiPP.
9. Develop project ‘Gateway’ criteria assessment processes and monitor and ensure transparency throughout – maintaining public trust is essential.
10. Produce accurate capital and revenue monitoring reports against outputs, risks management, KPIs and budget monitoring, for programme reporting and grant monitoring, likely critical to MHCLG.
11. Produce and co-ordinate approval of Grant Funding Agreements between the Secretariat (EBC) and the Grant recipients.
12. Identify and secure match funding where possible to expand the impact of projects and the programme.
13. A commitment to supporting the programme of ward workshops, schools and youth boards, as well as the themes and projects identified in the Regeneration Plan.
14. Manage, guide and support the PiPP Governance and Admin Support Officer.
15. Attend full quarterly Board meetings and supporting working groups.

Corporate Accountabilities

1. To promote equality of opportunity in service delivery in line with strategic commitment and corporate policies.
2. To promote a culture that is supportive of the Councils’ and Pride in Place Programme’s purpose, aims and values, and to take all reasonable steps to maintain good employee relations.
3. Staff are encouraged to participate fully in promoting a safety culture to protect the safety and health of themselves, colleagues and other people affected by the Council’s activities.
4. To understand and apply the council’s Data Protection and Data Quality policy and procedures.
5. Any other duties commensurate with the nature of the post.
6. You will be required to support Eastbourne Borough and Lewes District Councils’ corporate priorities and to ensure business continuity e.g. emergency response, elections, deployment to critical services.
7. To work within the Councils’ Management and Core Competencies Framework(s). Central to the delivery of the role are the values and behaviours set out below. These are shared by all employees and applied to everything we do.

Pride in Place Programme

We Are Eastbourne is an independent community-led Board set up to make sure local people have a real say in shaping the future of our town. Eastbourne has been awarded up to £20 million over the next decade from the Government’s Pride in Place Programme (PiPP), to improve Eastbourne’s neighbourhoods, high streets, youth clubs and public spaces.

“The Pride in Place Strategy is the government’s plan to create safer, healthier neighbourhoods where communities can thrive. It sets out how we will deliver a step change in how we support communities across the country and provide long-term funding to the most doubly disadvantaged areas. “Our Pride in Place Strategy has been developed in consultation with communities and local people. It represents a break from the past, a new way for government to work in partnership with communities and neighbourhoods, empowering them with the tools and levers to drive meaningful change that reflects their priorities.” https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/pride-in-place

How we make this happen in Eastbourne is very much a working partnership between the voluntary and independent Board, made up of residents, business owners, charity leaders and elected officials, the people of Eastbourne, our MP and the secretariat (EBC). EBC as secretariat holds formal responsibility for finance processing, procurement, contracting and grant payments.

This represents a once-in-a-generation funding opportunity for Eastbourne, enabling investment in areas including skills development, public realm improvements, environmental projects and support for local businesses and voluntary/community groups.

The Board, supported by the Programme Manager, will drive priority Interventions focused on investment themes outlined in the Board’s 10-year Regeneration and 4-year Investment Plans. These priority themes are: Investing in People and Families; Community Wellbeing; Economic Eastbourne; Experience Eastbourne; and Natural Eastbourne.

Our plan, developed through extensive community consultation across the whole Borough, sets out a ten-year vision for investment shaped by what residents said matters most: safer, cleaner streets; thriving local businesses; opportunities for young people; greener, more connected neighbourhoods; and a town where everyone feels proud to live.

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