Be the Business
Project Manager
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Company Description
Be the Business is a UK-based, not-for-profit movement dedicated to helping small and medium-sized businesses improve productivity and performance. Backed by government and founded by Sir Charlie Mayfield, former chair of John Lewis & Partners, the organization focuses on supporting small business leaders with practical, high-impact solutions. It connects successful business professionals with smaller enterprises through structured programmes, mentoring, and accessible resources. Team members contribute to initiatives that strengthen both individual businesses and the wider UK economy. To learn more about the organization’s mission and activities, applicants can explore the Be the Business website.
Role Description
The Project Manager role is a full-time, hybrid position based in the United Kingdom, with a mix of on-site and work-from-home arrangements. The Project Manager will plan, coordinate, and deliver programmes and projects that support small business leaders, ensuring objectives, timelines, and budgets are met.
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- Managing project plans
- Tracking milestones
- Coordinating stakeholders
- Overseeing logistics for events, workshops, and resources
- Monitoring project risks and issues
- Facilitating inspections or quality checks where required
- Ensuring accurate documentation and reporting
The role involves collaborating with internal teams and external partners to continuously improve project processes and outcomes.
Qualifications
- Strong Project Management skills, including planning, scheduling, and coordinating cross-functional activities.
- Expeditor and Expediting skills to monitor progress, follow up on deliverables, and resolve delays.
- Inspection-related skills to support quality assurance, compliance checks, and evaluation of project outputs.
- Logistics Management skills to organize resources, venues, materials, and stakeholder communications.
- Experience managing multi-stakeholder projects, ideally within not-for-profit, public sector, or SME-focused environments.
- Strong communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build effective relationships.
- Proficiency in common project management tools and software, and comfort working in a hybrid environment.
- Digital product development expertise.
- Relevant education or professional certification in project management (e.g., degree in a related field, PRINCE2, PMP) is beneficial.
- People skills, self drive, excellent stakeholder management skills, and a strong collaborative attitude.
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