Project Officer (Planning and Performance)

Position: Project Officer (Planning and Performance)
Type: Part-time (28 hours per week), permanent
Location: Remote working available and based from our London office, N4
Salary: £24,248 - £27,938 per annum (FTE £30,310 - £34,923) plus excellent benefits
Salary Band: Band E1

At the MS Society, we make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.

Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.

Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive environment where you will make a difference.

About this job

Are you passionate about project management? Looking to build on your skills and experience?

A new opportunity has become available in our project management team for our Stop MS Appeal. The appeal’s a cross organisational programme that aims to raise £100 million by 2025 for research that will revolutionise the treatment and management of MS.

We are currently two thirds of the way into one of the most exciting fundraising appeals in the UK.

We’re recruiting for a Project Officer to support the programme as well as activities and central processes across the Engagement & Income Generation directorate.

Please note this role is part-time 28 hours per week.

By working with some of our other teams like Digital, Brand and Marketing, and Research and Communication, you’ll have opportunities to improve your project management expertise and develop a multi-disciplined approach to collaboration.

You’ll also help to embed and promote a culture of innovation and continuous improvement whilst ensuring that we successfully fundraise to support research and deliver services for people living with MS.

The MS Society is at the forefront of research delivering real change for people living with MS and this role offers a chance for you to be part of a strategic team that can help achieve the objective of raising £100million to put a stop to MS.

Momentum is building and you can truly make a difference and leave a career legacy that will have a long lasting impact on the lives of people within the MS community.

About us 
We offer 35 days annual leave (pro rata for part time employees) including bank holidays.

We have a range of employee benefits including (but not limited to):

• Flexible and smart working (with the opportunity to work remotely and find a smart working pattern that suits both you and us)
• Opportunity to buy and sell annual leave 
• Enhanced family friendly, disability and carer’s leave
• Discounted season ticket loan/pension scheme/Cycle to work scheme/Interest-free emergency loans

The MS Society is in the midst of an exciting, transformational, period which builds on our great history and will drive us towards achieving our mission and vision as we embark on our Every MS Story strategy.

Right to work in the UK 
The successful candidate must have the right to work in the UK. If we do offer you employment, you’ll be required to provide documentation to show that you’re eligible to be employed in the UK before starting employment.

The full list of UK visas and permits that grant you the right to work in the UK can be found on the UK government website. We currently don’t have a Sponsor Licence agreement with the Home Office and will not be in a position to support you with any visa applications you may make.

Closing date: 9am on Thursday 19 May 2022

In order to apply for this role, please submit an updated CV and supporting statement indicating how you meet the criteria as set out in the person specification in the attached job description. 

We’re a Disability Confident Employer. We’re committed to promoting equality and diversity. We’d be grateful if you could complete the attached equality and diversity monitoring form and submit it with your application. 

We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and/or from ethnic minority backgrounds, where we’re looking to build stronger and better representation among our staff.

No agencies please.