Project Manager, Green Library Hubs

Team/group: Research and Development
Reports to: Director, Research and Development
Normal place of work: Hybrid (London Office – Tavistock Square)
Contract: Three years, fixed term
Salary: CILIP Manager Grade 2.3 - £36,018 per annum
Full Time: 35 hours per week
Job Reference: GLH01 (Please quote this on any correspondence)

The role

The Chartered Institute for Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) is looking to recruit a highly motivated and experienced project manager who is passionate about climate action. The role will be responsible to deliver a three-year National Lottery funded ‘Green Library Hubs’ project and partnership designed to create 10 Green Library Hubs across UK as physical central points for climate literacy and community action.

The project offers an excellent opportunity to lead on the delivery of a large-scale project in partnership with leading sector organisations, supporting libraries to use their power and reach to inform and inspire people, build resilience in their diverse communities and embed climate action into the everyday lives of their users.

As part of the Research and Development Team, your work will focus on managing the lifecycle of the National Lottery funded Green Library Hubs project. Represent the project and CILIP at internal and external meetings and sector events. Contribute to Research and Development Team shared project objectives when required and as directed by your line manager. Contribute to the overall purpose of the Research and Development Team, identify areas of collaboration, and support the team’s work in standardising project management tools and resources.

This position, within the Research and Development team, reports to the Research and Development Director.

The successful candidate will have:

• At least 12 months proven experience in managing projects with budgets exceeding the value of £250K annually
• Experience in monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning including reporting impact to funders/stakeholders
• Experience of leading projects with multiple partnerships and building excellent working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Excellent project management skills to deliver the project on time, within budget and within scope including budget management, milestone setting, risk mitigation and workflows for projects.
• Demonstrable capacity to manage stakeholder relationships across different levels within the organisation, with the funder, and the project partners.

See the attached Role Description for further detail and information about this role.

About CILIP

Our office is conveniently located in Woburn House on Tavistock Square, just a short walk from St Pancras, King’s Cross and Euston stations. Embracing the future of work, CILIP supports hybrid working, allowing the successful candidate the option to work from home three days a week.

We look forward to welcoming a dynamic individual to our team who shares our passion for advancing the library and information profession.

The Chartered Institute for Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) is the UK’s library and information association. We promote education, literacy and prosperity for all by raising standards in libraries, information and knowledge management. We work to improve services, develop our members’ expertise and champion the sector. We are the only independent voice for the UK’s information profession. We are guided by our Royal Charter to develop and improve library and information services.

This is a fabulous opportunity to join a modern charity and professional body which last year celebrated 125 years since gaining our Royal Charter with thousands of members in the UK and internationally. CILIP is at an exciting phase in its growth with significant investments in member offerings and digital transformation plans that commenced this year. CILIP is a London-based charity with a friendly, hardworking team. 

Benefits

• Hybrid working
• 27 days' annual leave plus public holidays (increasing after 3 years’ service)
• Generous pension scheme (Employee contribution of 5%, employer contribution of 10%) including death in service benefit
• Access to CILIP’s Employee Assistance Programme through Vivup
• Perkbox employee discounts and wellbeing hub
• Generous enhanced leave benefits, including occupational sick pay, maternity leave, paternity leave and carers leave
• The option to buy up to 5 days' additional annual leave (pro-rata for part time employees)
• Annual flu vaccination voucher
• Contribution to eye tests and glasses for DSE use.

Closing Date 16th July 2025

Interviews will be held week commencing 21st July 2025.

If you need any reasonable adjustments for any part of the recruitment process, please do let us know.

CILIP is an equal opportunities employer and committed to championing diversity, inclusion and representation. We particularly welcome applications from people from under-represented groups. For more information on how we are embedding diversity at the heart of CILIP and its work visit our website www.cilip.org.uk