International Training Project Manager London, England
Job description
About the role
Dods Training is looking to hire a full-time International Project Manager who will be responsible for ensuring effective project and client management of training deliveries, and study tours of international clients working in governments, development banks, private sector, and international institutions. This role will be reporting to the Senior International Project Manager and will be a member of a team that offers high quality training in the UK and globally through a variety of formats on a wide range of subjects – including public-sector policy making, governance, strategic communications, and public administration.
About Total Politics Group
Total Politics Group is a company that specialises in media, events and training focused on politics, government, and public policy. Based in Westminster’s Millbank Tower, and working flexibly, we offer an unparalleled opportunity for up-close involvement in Westminster politics and beyond. Following a recent major acquisition, we are a growing business with an expanding workforce. Besides London, we have offices in Edinburgh, Brussels, and Paris. To learn more, visit www.totalpolitics.com
Total Politics Group has Dods Training as one of its business units. It is an award-winning enterprise that delivers over 1000 courses, to more than 12,000 delegates within the UK civil service, to private sector and globally to development banks, UN agencies, and institutions, and private enterprise. https://www.dods-training.com/home.htm
International Training has a 20-year track record of delivering skills-based programmes that help improve people, organisational and systems performance. Having worked in more than 40 countries, we have extensive networks across many different regions including Europe, the Western Balkans, Central America, the Caribbean, South Asia, the Middle East, and Sub-Saharan Africa. To learn more, visit: https://www.dods-training.com/home.htm
Total Politics Group is the publisher of market-leading media titles including: The House magazine, Parliament’s own publication; Politics Home, the UK’s most popular political news site; Holyrood magazine in Edinburgh; The Parliament magazine in Brussels; Civil Service World, and Public Technology.Net. To learn more, visit: /https://www.totalpolitics.com/media/
Our wider business includes an active and varied programme of events, ranging from major conferences for the NHS to policy-specific briefings, launches and award events including the MEP awards in Brussels, and Women in Westminster in London. More information can be found here: https://www.totalpolitics.com/events/
Key Responsibilities
The candidate will work closely with the Senior International Project Manager, and the overall team in client and project management of training deliveries that include the following responsibilities:
- Undertake and manage all operations and logistics for delegated international projects and support all phases of project delivery.
- Meet with clients and be clear on their needs, set and manage expectations and work to increase customer satisfaction through timely delivery.
- Commission work of trainers and suppliers within agreed parameters and approved by Senior International Project Manager
- Arrange / coordinate all operational matters for trainers and speakers (visas, travel, accommodation, tours, meeting rooms, etc), as required.
- Create pre-course gap assessment questionnaires and summary reports.
- Produce high quality branded training materials from content provided by Dods trainers. This includes liaising with external suppliers, coordinating collateral material design and external print jobs, ensuring event supplies are fully stocked and organised for each event.
- Support the delivery of online training on platforms such as Teams, Zoom
- Track and report on project budgets (costs, spend, by stage etc.) in line with the agreed budget.
- Monitoring feedback data after each delivery and producing feedback reports for clients drawing out trends and making recommendations.
- Deliver project outputs /staged deliverables to the client, e.g., training designs, materials, and reports, as per client contract.
- Handling a variety of meeting conversations from potential and existing clients, associates and team members alike.
- Collaborate and support the Senior International Project Manager and Operations team colleagues in enhancing operational delivery, on both the UK and International training side, always seeking opportunities for further economy, efficiency or effectiveness.
- Liaising with other departments including Events, Marketing, HR and Finance, as required.
Dods Training is looking for a Project Manager that will manage our international portfolio of clients on a full-time contract of five days a week. The role will be predominantly based in the office, located at Millbank Tower London, but will have the flexibility to work from home.
What we are looking for
Our Ideal candidate will have:
Experience and Knowledge
- Ideally at least two years’ experience in programme/project/event management
- Previous project experience delivering or supporting to deliver a high-quality service preferably in training or events and involving international clients.
- Qualification in project management is desirable.
- Ideally two-year experience is in account management of clients, donors, or other counterparts.
- Proficient in full suite of Microsoft Office programs – Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel.
- Able to use meeting/training/webinar platforms such as, Teams, and Zoom.
Personal Attributes
- Excellent organisational and project management skills
- Ability to skillfully manage relationships with suppliers, clients, and other key stakeholders, using business sense and evolved interpersonal skills.
- Ability to adapt to different protocols, ways of working and communicating with clients, trainers, and counterparts of diverse cultural backgrounds, and organisational cultures.
- Enthusiastic, organised and with an attention for detail – able to think on your feet and create solutions for clients.
- Able to analyse and interpret feedback, relaying clear, concise, and helpful information and insights.
- Strategic as well as creative
- High levels of energy, sound judgement and determination to achieve with a sense of urgency.
- Excellent relationship management and interpersonal skills.
- An open-minded consultative approach.
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
Employee Benefits
- 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
- Corporate Gym Membership Discount
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Life assurance of 4x salary
- Season Ticket Loan
- Benefits Discount Portal
- Employee assistance programme
- Opportunity to sign up to the Training Events Dods deliver to the external market.
- Government Workplace Pension Scheme
Equal Opportunity
We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion, we encourage applications from all backgrounds and communities. Total Politics Group wants to meet the aims and commitments set out in its equality policy. This includes not discriminating under the Equality Act 2010 and building an accurate picture of the make-up of the workforce in encouraging equality and diversity.
How to Apply
If you are interested in the role, please submit your application through our Company Careers Page: About - Total Politics,
