Think Specialist Recruitment are pleased to be working with a prestigious client based on the outskirts of Watford. Our client is a membership body within the food and drink industry, they have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Project Manager to join their organisation. This position would suit a candidate with previous experience of managing and delivering projects, working closely with customers and ensuring a project is delivered effectively.  The projects will be linked to social impact within the food and drink sector so industry experience or an interest in sustainability, social and environmental impact would be ideal!

Salary circa £35,000 to £40,000 plus an AMAZING benefits package including healthcare, 25 days holiday, free lunch, an incredible pension scheme.


Some of the duties will include:

• Work with the leadership team and subject matter experts to create and deliver social impact projects 
• Coordinate information, turning data and insight into clear project briefs and deliverables
• Work collaboratively with cross functional teams to achieve desired project outcomes
• Build relationships and manage internal and external stakeholders
• Highlight risks and opportunities, thinking creatively to overcome challenges
• Work with internal teams to build a strong understanding of customers (target audience) to identify opportunities to drive scale and impact
• Work with cross functional teams to drive continuous improvement, ensuring processes are integrated with systems including the CRM system
• Represent the social impact team in cross functional project groups, including the CRM champion user group
• Represent the company in developing current and new stakeholder relationships
• Work collaboratively with the sales and marketing teams to drive tactical activity to deliver scale and impact
• Work with leadership team to embed the companies social impact methodology, including the development and tracking of smarter KPIs
• Drive a continuous improvement approach to reporting and use theories of change to capture outcomes
  
  The suitable candidate:
  
  
• Experience of managing projects and/or groups of people in a project management role, solving problems and taking stakeholders on the journey
• Analytical skills – ability to analyse information accurately, quickly drawing out implications and trends
• Experience of managing a diverse set of stakeholders internally and externally
• Knowledge of reporting tools, including CRM and google analytics
• Flexible, with ability to change direction and work across entire or elements of projects
• Has a strong, collaborative work ethic, and commitment to the success of the wider team
• Demonstrates empathy with internal and external stakeholders to understand challenges
• Highly organised, with ability to manage upwards in a consistent and structured manner

Looking for the next step in your career? Think Specialist Recruitment.

Think Specialist Recruitment is an independent support staff recruitment agency based in Hemel Hempstead and working across the Herts, Beds and Bucks area. We specialise in permanent, temporary and contract recruitment with areas of expertise including: administration, customer service/call centre, PA/secretarial, human resources, accountancy and finance, sales admin/sales support, marketing and IT Helpdesk/IT support.

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