Nesta is seeking an experienced and knowledgeable Project Manager to lead initiatives within its Greener Homes program. This role is ideal for a practitioner with expertise in the broadcast, digital, arts, or culture sector, who has a proven track record of managing impactful projects.
As a Project Manager, responsibilities include overseeing project delivery, stakeholder engagement, and driving sustainability-focused initiatives. The position offers a hybrid working model, combining remote flexibility with time at Nesta’s Blackfriars office.
This is a part-time, fixed-term opportunity, perfect for professionals passionate about innovation, sustainability, and making a positive impact on greener living solutions. Apply today to join Nesta’s mission for a more sustainable future!
Position: Project Manager
Salary: £36,400 – £50,000 per year pro rata
Job Type: Part Time
Location: London- Hybrid working
About the Role
We are recruiting for a Project Manager – Greener Homes initiative
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 art and design, we work relentlessly to change millions of lives for the better. Find out more at nesta.org.uk.
About Nesta’s Greener Homes initiative
Informed by the Climate Content Pledge, this programme of work has been created to inspire and enable the best, most distinctive and engaging on-screen stories about reducing carbon emissions from the home, to appeal to a wide range of audiences in the UK. Find out more here.
Generated and led by Nesta’s Arts Practice, the initiative falls within the remit of Nesta’s Sustainable Future mission (one of Nesta’s three missions), which aims to accelerate the decarbonisation of household activities in the UK and improve levels of productivity.
About Nesta’s Sustainable Future Mission
Our Sustainable Future mission focuses primarily on reducing carbon emissions from the UK’s homes. Working with and alongside a range of partners, we are developing, testing and investing in solutions that could speed up adoption of heat pumps and other low-carbon technologies, support households in using their existing heating systems more efficiently and help people across the income spectrum use energy more flexibly.
The Mission operates In line with the recommendations of the Climate Change Committee, the Government’s independent, statutory body that advises the UK and devolved governments on preparing for and adapting to the impacts of climate change.
The role
Using your outstanding skills and experience within the broadcast, digital and/ or arts & culture sector, you will primarily support the delivery and day-to-day running of the Greener Homes initiative, part of Nesta’s Sustainable Future mission.
You will work closely with the Head of Cultural Development, who is the project lead, as well as the Director of Creative Innovation, the Senior Creative Producer and Sustainable Future mission team project leads.
Passionate and driven by the potential of the arts to catalyse change, you will also support the Arts team to function efficiently and effectively, and where needed, support on other Programmes & projects the Practice is delivering. Setting and maintaining the highest standards, from concept to execution, for our organisation.
Responsibilities
Your responsibilities will include
Project management of the Greener Homes initiative:
- Oversee and arrange logistics for meetings, events and coordinating the taking of minutes where required.
- Manage and track key project milestones, capture key data to ensure we accurately deliver against project schedules.
- Act as first point of contact for the Greener Homes team, for Nesta staff and external stakeholders, responding to inquiries or directing them to the right people.
- Collaborating with the financial, legal, programme management office and communications teams when required, helping to translate their requirements to the other members of the team.
- Implement and continuously improve administrative processes within the Greener Homes project team and foster a multidisciplinary approach.
- Track and monitor evidence relating to the project, working closely with internal and external stakeholders to obtain key data that will help us measure the success of the project
- Be 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.
Creative content Development:
- Support the production of broadcast & digital content
- Co-ordinate the delivery of high-calibre TV/Digital projects that support our mission goal
- Write and assess creative briefs to ensure creative content reaches a wide audience and aligns with Greener Homes objectives
- Work closely with our Communications team, to plan content launches and manage the development of Greener Homes assets e.g the Greener Homes Handbook.
What we offer
Salary: £36,400-£50,000 pro-rata plus array of benefits, including 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, with a 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: 1 year fixed term contract
Hours: This is a part-time role of 2-3 days a week. We offer a range of flexible working arrangements and encourage our people to take advantage of them. Many do.
Reports to: Head of Cultural Development
Making an application :
To apply for this role, please submit your CV before 8:00am on the 24th of March 2025.
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.
Required Documents
- CV/Resume
- Cover Letter
Application Process
To apply for this role, please visit the official website
Application Deadline
March 24, 2025