Project Manager / Development Manager
DESIRABLE ATTRIBUTES:
The development manager should:
- be an experienced and retired program or project manager
- be prepared to devote the necessary time to the role
- be able to use the tools (MS Excel and MS project) needed to manage projects
- be a person who can develop good relationships internally and externally, and
- be able to work collaboratively with other office bearers.
SPECIFIC DUTIES
- participate in Association planning to ensure appropriate plans are developed
- plan and oversee new district penetration initiatives
- manage multiple project teams, ensuring program goals are reached
- manage budget and funding channels for optimum overall financial outcome
- liaise with external parties, office bearers and volunteers about program plans, and
- help identify opportunities for, and support the preparation of, expansion related grant applications.
WHY JOIN US?
You are a retired project manager and love the thrill you get seeing projects come to successful completion. The Men's Kitchen offers you a diverse range of projects to manage, from expansion into new districts to implementing new IT systems or developing and distributing new recipe books. The team you will be working with are mostly older folks too so you will be able to engage with new peers.
ABOUT THE MEN’S KITCHEN
There are many older people in the community who throughout their life have had no need or desire to spend any time in the kitchen. At this time, it is particularly the case with older men. The Men’s Kitchen was established to help older men to learn some basic kitchen skills in a socially friendly environment. The Men’s Kitchen started its six-person operation in 2016 with the intent to teach a few local older men how to cook and for them to make some new mates in the process. However, the local interest was so huge that in the next four years we expanded to over 100 members, cooking at three Northern Beaches locations. Motivated by this growth we restructured our operation to become a not-for-profit Company Limited by Guarantee to permit a national expansion program. The Men’s Kitchen Association Limited, a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee, was formed in 2020 and since then we have continued our expansion program into Ku-ring-gai, Canberra and soon on the Gold Coast and Sydney’s Hills District.