Programme Manager – 50L Home London Pilot

Salary: £60k per annum 
Contract: 30 Months fixed term temporary contract linked to the 50l Home Pilot
Reports to: Head of Policy and Research, Waterwise 
Hours: Full time (40 hours per week including one hour lunch break each day) 
Start date: ASAP
Location: Home-based. Ideally in or close to London where the pilot will be
undertaken
Annual leave: 27 days FTE per annum plus Bank holidays (22 days FTE per annum
whilst the 4 day week is in place) 

The Opportunity

We have an exciting new opportunity for you to work with Waterwise to help deliver a
groundbreaking water-saving pilot project in London, on behalf of the 50L Home coalition. 

We are looking for an experienced Programme Manager to oversee the set-up and delivery of the
London 50L Home pilot – engaging with the coalition partners; solution providers, public
participants and with national and local stakeholders to deliver a home water (and energy)
retrofit pilot project ensuring that it progresses to programme and budget. 

The role would start as soon as possible and run for 30 months. The Programme Manager would be
hosted within Waterwise – engaged by us on either a fixed term contract or a long-term
secondment into Waterwise.

Key Responsibilities

• Project Planning: work with the 50L Home Coalition to develop and maintain a Research Plan
  detailing the tasks, resources, governance, budgets and timeline required for the successful
  implementation of the pilot. 
• Project Management: undertake day-to-day project management of the pilot, including
  oversight of subcontractors and consultants; Pilot budget and spend tracking and participant,
  partner and stakeholder management
• Contract Management: set up contracts and manage the key suppliers and subcontractors
  needed to deliver the project (e.g. Installation Manager, Behaviour Change Manager, Data
  Manager)
• Participant Enrolment: Work with partner organisations to recruit the participants taking
  part in the pilot 
• Monitoring Device Installation: Work with an installation partner to ensure that all the
  homes in the pilot have had water and energy monitoring devices installed 
• Participant Surveys: Work with a behaviour change partner organisation before, during and
  after the pilot to survey project participants to assess their knowledge, attitudes, and
  practices regarding water conservation as well as their experiences with the consumables
  provided and fittings installed
• Provision of Consumable Devices and Fittings: liaise with the 50L Home Coalition to agree
  the consumables and fittings to be used and arrange for their installation in a selection of
  the pilot homes working with an installation partner
• Progress Reporting: provide regular progress reports and updates and take part in regular
  project management calls with the 50L Home team and project sponsors
• Final Reporting: lead the preparation of a report that presents the findings and learnings
  from the pilot in terms of both awareness and behavioural changes and water and energy saved
• Dissemination: support the 50L Coalition partners in disseminating information about the
  pilot and its learnings
• Bid Support: Support the 50L Home Coalition in bidding for funding to extend the pilot

The above is not an exhaustive list of activities but hopefully gives you a sense of the role
and requirements. 

Person Specification

We need someone who is proactive and a self-starter, with excellent communication and
organisational skills. You will have a track record in successful Programme Management.
Experience in managing home efficiency retrofit programmes would also be very relevant to this
role and should be brought out in your application using examples.

Essential Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours

• Experience in Programme and Project Management supported by underpinning Project Management
  training
• Experience in bidding for project funding
• Experience in setting and managing programme and project budgets 
• Experience in managing others to deliver bids and projects on time and to budget
• Good interpersonal skills to work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders, including
  clients, contractors and the public
• Strong organisational skills, including the ability to plan and work proactively to meet
  deadlines
• Excellent attention to detail 
• Ability to positively promote Waterwise, 50L Home Coalition and their work
• Ability to work flexibly within a small team that works from home
• Ability to manage own time and prioritise tasks
• Ability to communicate across the team about your work and workload
• Commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and wellbeing 
• Eligibility to work in the UK

You will be working closely with the 50L Home Coalition Partners, some of whom are based
outside the UK. Whilst the bulk of the role will be able to be undertaken in normal UK working
hours (e.g. 9am to 5pm), some flexibility will be needed to engage with partners in any planned
meetings that fall outside of these hours.

Please note that at Waterwise we work a Four Day Week, under voluntary agreements which all
staff members sign. This means that you will be contracted and paid as full-time but you will
sign a voluntary agreement stating that you commit to employing efficiency tools both
individual and team-wide to deliver and be paid for 5 days work within four normal 9 to 5 days
– the office is closed on Fridays. Training will be provided and you will be expected to
continue to refresh your training and to keep up use of the efficiency tools. Annual leave is
also pro rata’d. More information on a Four Day Week can be found here. We can answer any questions you may have
about this at interview.

Who are Waterwise? 

Waterwise is the leading independent voice in the UK for using water wisely, for the benefit of
people and the planet. Our vision is that water is used wisely every day, everywhere, by
everyone. We are the UK’s conscience on water efficiency, on behalf of people and the planet,
and are experts in water efficiency policy, regulation, research, behaviour and campaigns.
Our Waterwise
Strategic Direction to 2030, published in August 2022, tells you a bit more about us.
Our UK
Water Efficiency Strategy to 2030 tells you a bit more about our ambition.

Waterwise is a people-led organisation which prioritises the wellbeing of its staff and we put
staff wellbeing first, and our staff surveys show that our team knows, feels and appreciates
this. Our values are 

People: We will prioritise staff wellbeing, be an inclusive, kind and positive
team. 

Purpose: We will deliver independent and ambitious leadership to drive social
and political change on water efficiency 

Pioneer: We will be forward-thinking and visionary in our approach, being
brave and innovative in challenging the status quo 

Passion: We will campaign to protect water and the planet and work to keep our
own environmental impact as low as possible

At Waterwise, we’re committed to driving equity and preventing discrimination at work and in
the work we do. Please see more on this below. 

What is the 50L Home Coalition?

The 50L Home is a holistic vision to transform building
systems and communities for a water-efficient and low carbon future. Their vision is a future
where 50L (13 gallons) of daily water consumption per person per day feels like 500L (132
gallons) at low carbon. The Coalition brings companies, civil society organizations,
intergovernmental organisations, local governments and knowledge leaders together to develop,
scale and implement innovations for systems level change in domestic urban water management as
well as responsible and highly efficient water and energy usage in the home.

Benefits 

At Waterwise the wellbeing of our employees is our number one priority. To recognise the
fantastic work our team does in driving water efficiency, and to support their wellbeing, we
have a wide range of employee benefits, beyond statutory commitments. These include: 

• Positive, values-based environment and an inclusive culture where it feels safe for
  employees to say ‘no’ on grounds of workload 
• Strong emphasis from CEO on wellbeing and workload management 
• Homeworking and a small allowance for occasional shared office working 
• Four Day Week – being paid full-time but working 80% of this (or pro rata equivalent), in
  exchange for using tools to work efficiently – for full-time employees this equates to a day
  off every week, in addition to annual leave
• Flexible working 
• Part-time working 
• 27 days annual leave per annum for full-time employees (or pro rata equivalent for
  part-time colleagues), plus Bank Holidays (pro rata’d to 22 days full-time equivalent as we
  work a Four Day Week)
• Death in service benefit at x2 of salary 
• Paid chartered and professional memberships 
• Individual and team training budgets 
• Maternity leave and maternity adoption leave beyond statutory 
• Childcare costs for activities undertaken outside normal working hours 
• Sickness pay beyond statutory 

Equity, diversity and inclusion 

At Waterwise, we’re committed to driving equity and preventing discrimination at work and in
the work we do. We know that simply having a diverse workforce is not enough. We want to create
an inclusive environment within Waterwise and in our work and events, where everyone can
contribute their best and develop to their full potential. We celebrate and value how different
everyone is, and we work hard to ensure everyone is treated with dignity and respect. This
aligns with our ‘People’ value that we will prioritise staff wellbeing, and will be an
inclusive, kind and positive team.

Please see our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Statement here. 

We are committed to treating all current and prospective employees fairly and to ensuring that
our workplace and employment practices are free from discrimination, harassment or
victimisation on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil
partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. We
strongly encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds and with different identities
and experiences to apply. Everyone in our team has a role to play in helping Waterwise become
more diverse and inclusive, and we hope you will join us for this next stage in our journey. 

We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive of and accessible for everyone. If
you are interested in applying for a role with us and think you may need some additional
support or reasonable adjustments made to any part of the recruitment process, please get in
touch via the email address on our site.

How to apply 

To apply for this role, you will need to answer role-related questions. Please provide evidence
and examples from your work history or other aspects of your life to answer the questions and
demonstrate how you meet the criteria required. Please refer to the person specification when
you are doing this.

Our goal is to remove bias from the hiring process and so rather than asking you for a CV and
cover letter, we have set up role-related questions which will allow us to assess your approach
to a problem and understand what knowledge and skills you have. Your answers will be
anonymised, randomised and reviewed by the selection panel. We will use these scores to
shortlist for interviews. We also think giving feedback is incredibly valuable for candidates,
so at the end of the process, you’ll see how well you performed during the application process.

The closing date for applications is 23:59pm on 23rd March 2025. There will be
a two-stage interview process. First interviews will be held on 14th & 15th April
2025 and second interviews will be held on 21st April 2025.

First interviews will be held online via Zoom and second interviews will be held in person or hybrid (location/venue TBC, likely London).