Salary: £55,000 - £60,000 - 12 month FTC
Location: Harlow, Hybrid and flexible working available.
About the role
This role offers an exciting opportunity to work closely with the Senior Leadership Team to deliver an ambitious new forward strategy for the Motability Foundation, as we seek to build a future where all disabled people can make the journeys they choose.
We began a review of our organisational strategy last year and we have collected and reflected on rich and valuable insights from disabled people, staff and other stakeholders this Spring. Drawing on this insight and under new leadership, we have now identified the questions we need to answer to ensure that the strategy we develop now is right for the next five years.
Our strategy has ten broad strategy workstreams, which include our approaches to grant-making, innovation, partnerships, finances, and equity, diversity and inclusion. We will aim to answer our big questions and develop our new strategy through three sprint processes between August and December, and conclude the programme of work in April 2025.
What you'll be doing
- Programme manage an agile strategy process with ten defined workstreams in a flexible and pragmatic way. (June - March)
- Design and run three sprints which enable workstream leads to progressively refine strategic assumptions, gather and reflect on key insights from disabled people and other stakeholders, and develop objectives for the coming strategy period. (July - December)
- Work with the Director of Performance and Innovation and colleagues to consolidate these workstreams into a forward strategy for Motability Foundation for 2025 - 2029. (December - January)
- Work with the communications team to establish and deliver an engagement and communications plan for the new strategy. (August - May)
What will make you great in this role?
- You will be a strong strategic thinker and be comfortable handling large amounts of qualitative and quantitative data and reconciling different perspectives.
- You will be a strong team player, able to work well with a range of colleagues.
- You will identify with our values at Motability Foundation - to be collaborative, respectful and evolving.
Your experience
Must haves:
- Experience of managing programmes or complex projects independently in a strategy or research context and delivering successful outcomes.
- Experience with using agile principles in programme management.
- Experience of contributing to a strategy process and working with numerous stakeholders.
Nice to haves:
- Experience of introducing agile principles in a light touch way to people who have not worked in this way before.
- Experience of facilitating an organisation wide strategy process.
- Experience of research, insights or analysis.
- Strong drafting or copywriting skills.
- Experience in the disability or transport sectors.
- A passion for making transport more inclusive.
Reporting lines and relationships
Reports to: Director of Performance and Innovation
Key relationships: Senior Leadership Team, Head of Impact and Evaluation, Head of Innovation and Policy.
Extra Information
- This is a Fixed Term Contract for one year.
- We operate on a blended working arrangement and this role requires two days per week in Harlow.
- We are easily commutable from London Liverpool Street (30 minutes) and Tottenham Court Road (18 minutes). We also have a minibus service with pick ups from both Harlow Town centre and Harlow Town Station.
Motability Foundation
At Motability Foundation we fund, support, research and innovate so that all disabled people can make the journeys they choose. We oversee the Motability Foundation Scheme and provide grants to help people use it, providing access to transport to hundreds of thousands of people a year.
We award grants to other charities and organisations who provide different types of transport, or work towards making transport accessible. We also carry out ongoing research, in partnership with disabled people and key stakeholders in the industry, to inspire innovations that continue to champion accessible transport for all.
How to find out more?
To find out more regarding the vacancy and for the full job description, please contact our Talent Team at:
Here at Motability Foundation, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity which means bringing your full self to work. We encourage and welcome all applications, regardless of age, gender identity, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or disability.
We are a disability confident employer, so please do make us aware of any reasonable adjustments you might need throughout both the recruitment process and to work with us.
We are committed to offering to interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you have applied please send us an email stating that you have a disclosed disability and we will offer you an interview.