Learn how to take a project from initial idea to successful delivery while developing practical skills in planning, coordination, communication and problem-solving.

JSTA’s Project Management programme provides participants with opportunities to organise activities, coordinate teams, monitor progress and respond to challenges through practical project-based experience.

How the Programme Works

Duration: 3 Months | 6 Months | 1 Year
Format: Initial Training | Individual Project Tasks | Group Projects | Hybrid Working Module
Group Size: Up to 10 participants

Participants begin with training in essential project management principles before taking responsibility for individual and team-based assignments. The Hybrid Working Module provides experience of virtual meetings, remote team coordination, shared project tools, progress reporting and managing deadlines across different working environments.

What Participants May Do

Participants can take on responsibilities similar to those found in Project Assistant, Project Coordinator and junior project management roles, including:

• Creating project plans and task schedules
• Setting objectives, milestones and deadlines
• Organising meetings and preparing project documentation
• Allocating and tracking tasks
• Monitoring project progress
• Maintaining action, issue and risk logs
• Communicating updates to team members
• Supporting budget and resource tracking
• Coordinating group activities and deliverables
• Preparing progress reports and presentations

At a more advanced level, participants may work with project scope, stakeholder analysis, risk management, resource planning, budget monitoring, quality control, Agile workflows, project performance reporting and change management.

What Candidates Can Learn

The existing JSTA programme covers the complete project life cycle and introduces participants to the tools, techniques and methodologies used to successfully manage projects.

Project Planning & Scheduling
Learn how to define objectives, break projects into manageable tasks, establish milestones, set deadlines and create practical project schedules.

Agile & Waterfall Methods
Explore different approaches to project delivery, including Agile and Waterfall, and understand when different methodologies may be appropriate.

Risk, Scope & Quality Management
Understand how project teams identify risks, control project scope, maintain quality and respond when circumstances or requirements change.

Budget & Resource Management
Develop an understanding of project costs, available resources, priorities and how these factors can affect successful delivery.

Stakeholder Communication & Leadership
Learn how to communicate progress, coordinate team members, manage stakeholder expectations and contribute effectively to project meetings and decisions. These areas build directly on the communication, leadership and team-dynamics themes of JSTA’s existing programme.

Practical Project Experience

Participants may put their learning into practice through realistic individual and collaborative assignments such as:

• Project Planning Exercise – Develop objectives, activities, timelines and milestones
• Event or Workshop Project – Coordinate tasks, resources, schedules and responsibilities
• Digital Project – Plan and monitor the delivery of a website, marketing or technology initiative
• Risk Management Exercise – Identify potential project risks and propose suitable responses
• Team Delivery Challenge – Work collaboratively to complete a project against agreed deadlines
• Project Review – Evaluate outcomes, identify lessons learned and present recommendations

Projects may relate to business, digital, charity or community initiatives, helping participants experience how project management principles can be applied across different sectors.

Building Project Leadership Skills

Alongside technical project-management knowledge, participants can develop leadership, organisation, teamwork, decision-making, communication, time management, adaptability and problem-solving skills.

The programme can support pathways such as Project Assistant, Project Administrator, Project Coordinator, PMO Assistant, Programme Support Officer, Junior Project Manager and other project-focused positions.

JSTA’s existing programme highlights that project-management knowledge can be transferred across industries ranging from software development and marketing to construction, making these skills valuable across a broad range of career pathways.

Please Note: Our core mentoring, workshops and work-experience programmes are 100% free for eligible young people aged 16–25. We also deliver paid commercial training to businesses and individuals; 100% of that profit is reinvested into our free youth programmes.