Job Description

Programme Coordinator - Temporary (up to 24 months)

Salary: £29,951 to £35,236 (dependent on experience)

Contract type: Temporary: Fixed Term Contract or Secondment

Hours: Full-Time

Location: Poole, Dorset, England

Location description: Hybrid working arrangement between home and Poole, days in the office as required by role

Closing Date: 12-07-2026

Reference: 21711

About Us

The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. We are driving a fast-paced portfolio of change that is enabling us to save more lives in new and innovative ways. Our lifeboat crews and lifeguards need a dedicated, professional and talented team behind them to support them to save lives at sea. And this is where you come in…

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Programme Coordinator to join our Digital Transformation team for up to 24 months. This role will be responsible for providing coordination, guidance, and facilitation to ensure the smooth running and continual improvement of the Programme, in line with RNLI Portfolio standards and ways of working.

Some of the benefits

- Salary £29,951 to £35,236 (dependent on experience)

- Flexible working

- 26 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays

- Outstanding pension scheme

- Life assurance

- Health and dental cashplan

About the role

The Programme Coordinator will work within our Digital Transformation team, providing support and guidance to undertake coordination activities associated with the Programme, working collaboratively across the teams and wider stakeholder groups.

Duties will include:

- Work within the Digital Transformation team to ensure standard ways of working are in place, overseeing planning and processes in order to assure programme success.

- Support Programme processes to effectively manage governance and assurance, planning, reporting, risk and issue management, recruitment and budgeting.

- Schedule and coordinate programme meetings and workshops, preparing data and information and ensuring programme records are maintained.

- Support with preparing board packs and content for regular management reporting and communications to stakeholders, ensuring there is quality information to inform decisions.

- Support the RAIDD management process across the programme, working closely with Project Managers to ensure that logs are maintained and effectively managed.

About you

Our ideal candidate for the role of Programme Coordinator will be someone who is a natural collaborator with the ability to build effective relationships and influence at all levels, and work under pressure and prioritise, has an organised and flexible approach and enjoys dealing with people at all levels of seniority. You should also have:      

- Demonstrable, extensive experience of Excel and SharePoint. Microsoft Project and Microsoft Visio experience would be useful

- Experience of working within a project and programme environment

- Ability to establish and maintain strong relationships and experience of working with large stakeholder groups with differing needs

- Exceptional communication skills – both written and verbal

- Able to work effectively at all levels in an organisation

- Experience and knowledge of change management principles, methodologies and tools (desirable)

So, if you have the skills and experience required to do the role and want to support the RNLI in saving lives at sea, apply today!

Safeguarding

The RNLI is committed to safeguarding; protecting a person’s health, wellbeing, and human rights, enabling them to live free from harm, abuse, and neglect. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment and have a zero-tolerance approach. The suitability of all prospective employees and volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This will include relevant criminal record checks being carried out dependent on the eligibility of the role. (England & Wales; DBS check, Scotland; Disclosure Scotland PVG, Northern Ireland; Access NI, Republic of Ireland; Garda Vetting; International, International Child Protection Certificate process).

Diversity at the RNLI

Our staff and volunteers have been saving lives at sea without prejudice for 200 years. We respect and value diversity of background, skills and perspectives within our teams, and consider it essential to help us deliver a world-class lifesaving service. We are an inclusive organisation and welcome applications from everyone. In addition to having the skills needed for the role, we also look for applicants who share our commitment to living our RNLI values (trustworthy, courageous, selfless, and dependable) and helping us work towards Our Vision: To save Every One