Nesta's Health
Product and Delivery Manager, Centre for Collective Intelligence We are hiring a Product and Delivery Manager, Centre for Collective Intelligence About Nesta We are Nesta, the UK's innovation agency for social good. We design, test and scale solutions to society's biggest problems. Our three missions are to give every child a fair start, help people live healthy lives, and create a sustainable future where the economy works for both people and the planet. For over 20 years, we have worked to support, encourage and inspire innovation. We work in three roles: as an innovation partner working with frontline organisations to design and test new solutions, as a venture builder supporting new and early stage businesses, and as a system shaper creating the conditions for innovation. Harnessing the rigour of science and the creativity of design, we work relentlessly to change millions of lives for the better. Find out more at nesta.org.uk . About the team You'll join the Centre for Collective Intelligence, which is currently incubated within Nesta and planning to transition into an independent organisation over the next few years. We design digital tools and pioneer new ways to engage the public at scale to address society's most pressing challenges, and help public and voluntary sector institutions build trust and collaboration with citizens. Zeitgeist, our flagship digital deliberation product, is at the heart of this work: a tool that helps us run large-scale, high quality public and stakeholder deliberation online. The role We're looking for a Product and Delivery Manager to take ownership of Zeitgeist and to lead the delivery of new digital products and tools that put participation and deliberation at the heart of public decision making. You'll split your time across three connected areas of work: Zeitgeist product management (c. 40%) - owning the roadmap and backlog for our flagship deliberation product, leading the multidisciplinary product team (two developers plus freelancers as needed), and balancing new feature development and maintenance against commercial project priorities. You'll also ensure the timely build of client projects that use Zeitgeist. Delivery of new digital products and project (c. 40%) - managing user research, prototyping, build, testing, delivery and scaling of new digital products and projects that rely on these new tools for public engagement and participation. Business development (c. 20%) - supporting business and client development, with lead responsibility for securing philanthropic or grant funding to resource the development of Zeitgeist and new digital tools that enable us to deliver our vision. You'll be responsible for owning and prioritising the Zeitgeist product backlog, and setting a roadmap that balances new feature development, maintenance and technical health against commercial and client priorities leading and coordinating a multidisciplinary product team, including two developers and freelancers as needed, running the agile rhythms and rituals that keep the team focused and delivering managing the delivery of client projects built on Zeitgeist, ensuring they're delivered on time, on budget and to a high standard managing the end to end lifecycle - prototyping, build, testing, delivery and rollout/scaling - of new digital products and projects with digital at their core, including tools for public participation in decision making and policy translating user and stakeholder needs into a realistic roadmap, quarterly priorities and fortnightly sprints that match team capacity applying agile product management practices throughout, and supporting the product team to maintain strong agile ways of working contributing to product and project strategy, helping shape directions and vision carrying out user research and user testing serving as the team's data protection and security lead, ensuring our products and ways of working meet data protection and information security standard reporting on product and project progress, risks, budget and priorities to clients, Directors and other internal stakeholders quality assuring team outputs and managing sign off with Directors and clients supporting business development activity, with a particular focus on identifying and securing philanthropic or grant funding to develop Zeitgeist and new digital tools, as well as broader proposal writing, networking and pitching building relationships with clients, colleagues, funders and delivery partners, plus building a network of freelance associates to support the impact and sustainability of the product and the wider portfolio other tasks as required by the Director The person Agile product management: hands on experience using agile product management approaches to plan, prioritise and deliver against the product roadmap. Product ownership: a track record of owning a digital product end to end, including backlog, roadmap, feature development and ongoing maintenance, as well as balancing user, technical and commercial priorities. Strategic product scaling: Experience leading digital products and services through the transition to scaled, sustained impact, with a focus on de risking growth and navigating the complexities of scaling. Iterative development and testing: Experience using lean agile principles and using live data and ongoing discovery to focus product iterations toward increasing the impact and scale of existing solutions. User focus: You have experience supporting multidisciplinary teams to develop digital products and services that meet the needs of users and stakeholders, as well as having the desired business and/or social impact; including helping them to uncover and understand user and stakeholder needs through user research and testing. Iterative development and testing: Experience using lean agile principles and using live data and ongoing discovery to focus product iterations toward increasing the impact and scale of existing solutions. Digital protection and security: a good understanding of data protection requirements and best practice in security standards, including incident reporting and risk mitigation. Delivery management: experience managing the delivery of digital projects and products, from prototyping through build, testing and rollout, keeping delivery on time and on budget. Team leadership and management: experience leading and coordinating multidisciplinary teams, including developers and freelancers, and running effective agile rhythms and rituals. Stakeholder and client management: confident building relationships with clients, partners and senior stakeholders, and comfortable balancing client and commercial demands with product strategy. Commercial and funding awareness: experience or strong interest in business development, and product strategy, including identifying and pursuing funding opportunities - ideally including philanthropic or grant funding. Start up mentality: able to work in a fast paced environment, manage multiple priorities at once, and proactively spot and fix problems before they escape, plus an all hands on deck mentality - helping out beyond the role silo. experience of leading user research and testing hands on comfort with prototyping using code or no code/low code tools experience securing philanthropic, grant or other funding for product or programme development familiarity with design disciplines such as UX or service design experience developing digital products and services for social impact or mission driven outcomes What we offer Salary circa £58,500 plus array of benefits, including up to 12% employer pension contributions, Private Medical Insurance , dental insurance, the ability to buy and sell annual leave, and more Location: Blackfriars, London (minimum 2 days a week) and remote Term: 12 month fixed term, with possibility to extend Hours: Full time (37.5 hours a week) - flexible working considered Reports to: Director of the Centre for Collective Intelligence Equity, diversity and inclusion At Nesta, we believe that a diverse workforce leads to an organisation that is more innovative, more creative and gets better results. We want our workforce to represent the diversity of the people and communities we serve, and we want our workplace to be one where different experiences, expertise and perspectives are valued and everyone is encouraged to grow and develop. This means that when we recruit, we actively seek to reach a diverse pool of candidates, and we're happy to consider reasonable adjustments that candidates may need to be successful. We recognise the importance of a good balance between work and home life, so we do everything we can to accommodate flexible working, including working from home, compressed or part time hours, job shares and other arrangements - just let us know at any stage of the process if these are options you'd like to explore.
Product and Delivery Manager, Centre for Collective Intelligence We are hiring a Product and Delivery Manager, Centre for Collective Intelligence About Nesta We are Nesta, the UK's innovation agency for social good. We design, test and scale solutions to society's biggest problems. Our three missions are to give every child a fair start, help people live healthy lives, and create a sustainable future where the economy works for both people and the planet. For over 20 years, we have worked to support, encourage and inspire innovation. We work in three roles: as an innovation partner working with frontline organisations to design and test new solutions, as a venture builder supporting new and early stage businesses, and as a system shaper creating the conditions for innovation. Harnessing the rigour of science and the creativity of design, we work relentlessly to change millions of lives for the better. Find out more at nesta.org.uk . About the team You'll join the Centre for Collective Intelligence, which is currently incubated within Nesta and planning to transition into an independent organisation over the next few years. We design digital tools and pioneer new ways to engage the public at scale to address society's most pressing challenges, and help public and voluntary sector institutions build trust and collaboration with citizens. Zeitgeist, our flagship digital deliberation product, is at the heart of this work: a tool that helps us run large-scale, high quality public and stakeholder deliberation online. The role We're looking for a Product and Delivery Manager to take ownership of Zeitgeist and to lead the delivery of new digital products and tools that put participation and deliberation at the heart of public decision making. You'll split your time across three connected areas of work: Zeitgeist product management (c. 40%) - owning the roadmap and backlog for our flagship deliberation product, leading the multidisciplinary product team (two developers plus freelancers as needed), and balancing new feature development and maintenance against commercial project priorities. You'll also ensure the timely build of client projects that use Zeitgeist. Delivery of new digital products and project (c. 40%) - managing user research, prototyping, build, testing, delivery and scaling of new digital products and projects that rely on these new tools for public engagement and participation. Business development (c. 20%) - supporting business and client development, with lead responsibility for securing philanthropic or grant funding to resource the development of Zeitgeist and new digital tools that enable us to deliver our vision. You'll be responsible for owning and prioritising the Zeitgeist product backlog, and setting a roadmap that balances new feature development, maintenance and technical health against commercial and client priorities leading and coordinating a multidisciplinary product team, including two developers and freelancers as needed, running the agile rhythms and rituals that keep the team focused and delivering managing the delivery of client projects built on Zeitgeist, ensuring they're delivered on time, on budget and to a high standard managing the end to end lifecycle - prototyping, build, testing, delivery and rollout/scaling - of new digital products and projects with digital at their core, including tools for public participation in decision making and policy translating user and stakeholder needs into a realistic roadmap, quarterly priorities and fortnightly sprints that match team capacity applying agile product management practices throughout, and supporting the product team to maintain strong agile ways of working contributing to product and project strategy, helping shape directions and vision carrying out user research and user testing serving as the team's data protection and security lead, ensuring our products and ways of working meet data protection and information security standard reporting on product and project progress, risks, budget and priorities to clients, Directors and other internal stakeholders quality assuring team outputs and managing sign off with Directors and clients supporting business development activity, with a particular focus on identifying and securing philanthropic or grant funding to develop Zeitgeist and new digital tools, as well as broader proposal writing, networking and pitching building relationships with clients, colleagues, funders and delivery partners, plus building a network of freelance associates to support the impact and sustainability of the product and the wider portfolio other tasks as required by the Director The person Agile product management: hands on experience using agile product management approaches to plan, prioritise and deliver against the product roadmap. Product ownership: a track record of owning a digital product end to end, including backlog, roadmap, feature development and ongoing maintenance, as well as balancing user, technical and commercial priorities. Strategic product scaling: Experience leading digital products and services through the transition to scaled, sustained impact, with a focus on de risking growth and navigating the complexities of scaling. Iterative development and testing: Experience using lean agile principles and using live data and ongoing discovery to focus product iterations toward increasing the impact and scale of existing solutions. User focus: You have experience supporting multidisciplinary teams to develop digital products and services that meet the needs of users and stakeholders, as well as having the desired business and/or social impact; including helping them to uncover and understand user and stakeholder needs through user research and testing. Iterative development and testing: Experience using lean agile principles and using live data and ongoing discovery to focus product iterations toward increasing the impact and scale of existing solutions. Digital protection and security: a good understanding of data protection requirements and best practice in security standards, including incident reporting and risk mitigation. Delivery management: experience managing the delivery of digital projects and products, from prototyping through build, testing and rollout, keeping delivery on time and on budget. Team leadership and management: experience leading and coordinating multidisciplinary teams, including developers and freelancers, and running effective agile rhythms and rituals. Stakeholder and client management: confident building relationships with clients, partners and senior stakeholders, and comfortable balancing client and commercial demands with product strategy. Commercial and funding awareness: experience or strong interest in business development, and product strategy, including identifying and pursuing funding opportunities - ideally including philanthropic or grant funding. Start up mentality: able to work in a fast paced environment, manage multiple priorities at once, and proactively spot and fix problems before they escape, plus an all hands on deck mentality - helping out beyond the role silo. experience of leading user research and testing hands on comfort with prototyping using code or no code/low code tools experience securing philanthropic, grant or other funding for product or programme development familiarity with design disciplines such as UX or service design experience developing digital products and services for social impact or mission driven outcomes What we offer Salary circa £58,500 plus array of benefits, including up to 12% employer pension contributions, Private Medical Insurance , dental insurance, the ability to buy and sell annual leave, and more Location: Blackfriars, London (minimum 2 days a week) and remote Term: 12 month fixed term, with possibility to extend Hours: Full time (37.5 hours a week) - flexible working considered Reports to: Director of the Centre for Collective Intelligence Equity, diversity and inclusion At Nesta, we believe that a diverse workforce leads to an organisation that is more innovative, more creative and gets better results. We want our workforce to represent the diversity of the people and communities we serve, and we want our workplace to be one where different experiences, expertise and perspectives are valued and everyone is encouraged to grow and develop. This means that when we recruit, we actively seek to reach a diverse pool of candidates, and we're happy to consider reasonable adjustments that candidates may need to be successful. We recognise the importance of a good balance between work and home life, so we do everything we can to accommodate flexible working, including working from home, compressed or part time hours, job shares and other arrangements - just let us know at any stage of the process if these are options you'd like to explore.
Nesta's Health
We are recruiting for an Assistant Programme Manager - A Fairer Start About Nesta We are Nesta, the UK's innovation agency for social good. We design, test and scale solutions to society's biggest problems. Our three missions are to give every child a fair start, help people live healthy lives, and create a sustainable future where the economy works for both people and the planet. For over 20 years, we have worked to support, encourage and inspire innovation. We work in three roles: as an innovation partner working with frontline organisations to design and test new solutions, as a venture builder supporting new and early stage businesses, and as a system shaper creating the conditions for innovation. Harnessing the rigour of science and the creativity of design, we work relentlessly to change millions of lives for the better. Find out more at nesta.org.uk About the Mission In our A Fairer Start mission, we want every child to have the fairest possible start in life, so they can thrive and realise their potential. Children born into disadvantage are far more likely to experience poor health, lower earnings, shorter life expectancy and lower levels of happiness than their peers. Closing the gap through targeted support at crucial moments of development is not just good policy, it is good economics: such interventions and system shifts are easily paid for by the long-term benefits of higher economic productivity and lower social costs. The AFS mission works to develop innovative, scalable solutions to the factors that prevent children from disadvantaged backgrounds from thriving. We work on a range of projects, from applied innovation through to policy design, across the domains of parenting support, early childhood education and care, family income, integrated family support and funding. The Role This role supports the work of Nesta's A Fairer Start mission. You will work closely with the Programme Manager, as well as the Mission Director, Deputy Directors and Project Leads to support the day to day running of the Mission and its projects, and to help the team function effectively. Alongside your core duties, you will have the opportunity to support the mission more broadly, either through supporting overall delivery of projects, and/or through working as a mission representative for critical organisational priorities such as Nesta's commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. This role is also a part of Nesta's community of Programme and Project Managers who work together to design and manage Nesta's processes and ways of working around how we plan, deliver and manage our programmes and projects. Your responsibilities will include: Working with the Programme Manager to oversee and track project delivery and key milestones, both narrative and financial, to ensure we are accurately delivering against project schedules Supporting the Mission Leadership Team to balance and sequence the Mission's projects and team's resources, taking advantage of dependencies where possible, to optimise delivery Supporting project leads to accurately plan and implement their projects, for example by helping to create budgets and project plans Supporting the Programme Manager to deliver continuous improvement projects within the Programme Management Office and/or Mission team. Designing and implementing resources and tools to support project leads and teams to improve the way they work Overseeing the team calendar, arranging logistics for meetings events and away days, and coordinating the taking of minutes where required Acting as first point of contact for the team for Nesta staff and external stakeholders, responding to inquiries or directing them to the right people Collaborating with the operations, financial, legal and communications teams when required and helping to translate their requirements to the other members of the A Fairer Start team. Supporting administrative processes within the team where needed and encourage and foster self sufficiency across the team around managing their own individual administrative tasks Being an active member of Nesta's community of programme and project managers, contributing to or owning the development of Nesta's programme and project management processes and ways of working. The Person Outstanding administrative, organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities simultaneously Proactive problem solver who is willing to work both independently and as part of the team Strong attention to detail Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders Balancing competing priorities for your time effectively and being responsive to the changing needs of the team Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to work independently and as a member of a team. Good working knowledge of digital tools such as Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Calendar Experience managing or supporting small scale projects or programmes of work Experience coordinating the efforts of others to achieve a goal Experience or training in agile project management Experience using specific management software to support coordination of projects and programmes (i.e. Asana, Salesforce, Slack) Experience managing or tracking budgets Experience working in a relevant sector, such as a charity / not-for-profit, or in a subject area related to Nesta's missions What we offer Salary: Circa £40,000 plus array of benefits, including private medical insurance, health cash plans, dental insurance, the ability to buy and sell annual leave, eyecare vouchers and more Location: This role is based in Blackfriars, Central London, hybrid working arrangement. Nesta's policy is for staff to spend a minimum of two days a week in the office with the remaining days at your discretion. Term: Permanent Hours: This is a full-time role but we offer a range of flexible working arrangements and encourage our people to take advantage of them. Many do. At Nesta, we believe that a diverse workforce leads to an organisation that is more innovative, more creative and gets better results. We want our workforce to represent the diversity of the people and communities we serve. We also want our workplace to be one where different experiences, expertise and perspectives are valued, and where everyone is encouraged to grow and develop. This means that when we are recruiting, we actively seek to reach a diverse pool of candidates. It also means that we are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that potential employees may need to in order to be successful. We recognise the importance of a good balance between work and home life, so we do everything we can to accommodate flexible working, including working from home, compressed or part-time hours, job shares and other arrangements. Please just let us know in your application or at any stage throughout the process (and beyond) if these are options you'd like to explore. BIT helps clients from government, nonprofits and the private sector to improve people's lives through our empirical problem solving and deep understanding of human behaviour. Challenge Works designs and runs challenge prizes to spark innovation in science, technology and society.
We are recruiting for an Assistant Programme Manager - A Fairer Start About Nesta We are Nesta, the UK's innovation agency for social good. We design, test and scale solutions to society's biggest problems. Our three missions are to give every child a fair start, help people live healthy lives, and create a sustainable future where the economy works for both people and the planet. For over 20 years, we have worked to support, encourage and inspire innovation. We work in three roles: as an innovation partner working with frontline organisations to design and test new solutions, as a venture builder supporting new and early stage businesses, and as a system shaper creating the conditions for innovation. Harnessing the rigour of science and the creativity of design, we work relentlessly to change millions of lives for the better. Find out more at nesta.org.uk About the Mission In our A Fairer Start mission, we want every child to have the fairest possible start in life, so they can thrive and realise their potential. Children born into disadvantage are far more likely to experience poor health, lower earnings, shorter life expectancy and lower levels of happiness than their peers. Closing the gap through targeted support at crucial moments of development is not just good policy, it is good economics: such interventions and system shifts are easily paid for by the long-term benefits of higher economic productivity and lower social costs. The AFS mission works to develop innovative, scalable solutions to the factors that prevent children from disadvantaged backgrounds from thriving. We work on a range of projects, from applied innovation through to policy design, across the domains of parenting support, early childhood education and care, family income, integrated family support and funding. The Role This role supports the work of Nesta's A Fairer Start mission. You will work closely with the Programme Manager, as well as the Mission Director, Deputy Directors and Project Leads to support the day to day running of the Mission and its projects, and to help the team function effectively. Alongside your core duties, you will have the opportunity to support the mission more broadly, either through supporting overall delivery of projects, and/or through working as a mission representative for critical organisational priorities such as Nesta's commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. This role is also a part of Nesta's community of Programme and Project Managers who work together to design and manage Nesta's processes and ways of working around how we plan, deliver and manage our programmes and projects. Your responsibilities will include: Working with the Programme Manager to oversee and track project delivery and key milestones, both narrative and financial, to ensure we are accurately delivering against project schedules Supporting the Mission Leadership Team to balance and sequence the Mission's projects and team's resources, taking advantage of dependencies where possible, to optimise delivery Supporting project leads to accurately plan and implement their projects, for example by helping to create budgets and project plans Supporting the Programme Manager to deliver continuous improvement projects within the Programme Management Office and/or Mission team. Designing and implementing resources and tools to support project leads and teams to improve the way they work Overseeing the team calendar, arranging logistics for meetings events and away days, and coordinating the taking of minutes where required Acting as first point of contact for the team for Nesta staff and external stakeholders, responding to inquiries or directing them to the right people Collaborating with the operations, financial, legal and communications teams when required and helping to translate their requirements to the other members of the A Fairer Start team. Supporting administrative processes within the team where needed and encourage and foster self sufficiency across the team around managing their own individual administrative tasks Being an active member of Nesta's community of programme and project managers, contributing to or owning the development of Nesta's programme and project management processes and ways of working. The Person Outstanding administrative, organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities simultaneously Proactive problem solver who is willing to work both independently and as part of the team Strong attention to detail Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders Balancing competing priorities for your time effectively and being responsive to the changing needs of the team Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to work independently and as a member of a team. Good working knowledge of digital tools such as Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Calendar Experience managing or supporting small scale projects or programmes of work Experience coordinating the efforts of others to achieve a goal Experience or training in agile project management Experience using specific management software to support coordination of projects and programmes (i.e. Asana, Salesforce, Slack) Experience managing or tracking budgets Experience working in a relevant sector, such as a charity / not-for-profit, or in a subject area related to Nesta's missions What we offer Salary: Circa £40,000 plus array of benefits, including private medical insurance, health cash plans, dental insurance, the ability to buy and sell annual leave, eyecare vouchers and more Location: This role is based in Blackfriars, Central London, hybrid working arrangement. Nesta's policy is for staff to spend a minimum of two days a week in the office with the remaining days at your discretion. Term: Permanent Hours: This is a full-time role but we offer a range of flexible working arrangements and encourage our people to take advantage of them. Many do. At Nesta, we believe that a diverse workforce leads to an organisation that is more innovative, more creative and gets better results. We want our workforce to represent the diversity of the people and communities we serve. We also want our workplace to be one where different experiences, expertise and perspectives are valued, and where everyone is encouraged to grow and develop. This means that when we are recruiting, we actively seek to reach a diverse pool of candidates. It also means that we are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that potential employees may need to in order to be successful. We recognise the importance of a good balance between work and home life, so we do everything we can to accommodate flexible working, including working from home, compressed or part-time hours, job shares and other arrangements. Please just let us know in your application or at any stage throughout the process (and beyond) if these are options you'd like to explore. BIT helps clients from government, nonprofits and the private sector to improve people's lives through our empirical problem solving and deep understanding of human behaviour. Challenge Works designs and runs challenge prizes to spark innovation in science, technology and society.