The Men's Project:
Management Structure

There are, essentially, four parties who have an input to the management and supervision structure of The Men's Project. Their roles are ...

1. Chief Executive, Parents Advice Centre (PAC) ...

• Ensure that the Development Worker remains within the ethos, policies and directives of PAC and its Board of Trustees.
• Provide primary, day-to-day line management, supervision and support for the Development Worker and the project.
• Agree realistic, specific and practical work targets, timescales and monitoring procedures.
• Meet with the Development Worker (formally once per month and more regularly on an ad hoc basis).
• Act as a communication channel with the wider PAC movement e.g. Board of Trustees, other staff and volunteers.

2. Non-Managerial Supervisor of the Development Worker ...

• Provide non-managerial external support and supervision for the Development Worker.
• Meet worker approximately every six to eight weeks for about one and a half hours.
• Act as an advocate for the worker and cast an "independent" eye on developments.
• Encourage the worker to think critically about their practice and how far it is meeting the stated objectives of this initiative.
• Suggest other resources/models/contacts to achieve aims.

3. Steering Group ...
Established by the Board of Trustees of the Parents Advice Centre to advise upon appropriate ways that the stated aim and objectives of the project can be carried forward. It works alongside the Development Worker to:

• Ensure that the work programme undertaken fits with the vision of the project.
• Review progress.
• Suggest new areas of work.
• Advise on additional resources, networks, materials, contacts etc. which could be pursued.
• Act as a "sounding board" for further developments and comment on the viability/feasibility of such proposals.
• Increase the profile and status of The Men's Project.
• Contribute to the formulation of an appropriate development strategy for 2000 onwards.
• Undertake any other activities that seem appropriate to advance the project.

Members of this body all have an active, ongoing interest/experience in work with men and desire to identify ways to pioneer innovative approaches in this field. Meetings of this body take place at least quarterly.

4. Development Worker ...

• Act as the executive of The Men's Project.
• Implement agreed directives.
• Propose means/methods of realising stated aims.
• Use initiative to meet the broad objectives outlined in the Job Description (and the demands of other legitimate bodies) in a practical manner.
• Record and appraise progress; produce annual report and regular Executive Summary papers.
• Convene and minute all meetings of the Steering group.