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Senior Policy Manager (Maternity Cover)
- Full time: 35 hrs per week
- Fixed term contract for 12 months, with possibility this will be extended, beginning mid-June 2024
- Full time salary: £49,421 - £51,923 (rates apply from 1st April)
- Location: Office in Rivington Street EC2A 3AY, with opportunity for blended working
About us
Transparency International is a global movement sharing one vision: a world in which government politics, business and the daily lives of people are free of corruption. Transparency International UK is the UK national chapter of this movement. We work with the British government, parliamentarians, civil society and the private sector to tackle corruption at home, addressing the UK’s global corruption footprint and helping multinational companies prevent corruption by operating with integrity. We are also home to two major global programmes tackling corruption in the Defence and Security sector and Global Health on behalf of the wider Transparency International movement.
The UK Programme seeks to put an end to corruption in the UK and the role of the UK in facilitating corruption abroad. We expose and tackle corruption and hold power to account here in the UK through robust research, investigations and advocacy. To do that we need to understand the way corruption works and the systems that enable it.
Our work has already been key to delivering:
- Four major pieces of Economic Crime legislation making it harder for dirty money to find its way to the UK
- The introduction of a register to reveal the true owners of foreign companies owning property in the UK
- The Bribery Act - regarded as the toughest piece of legislation of its kind.
- Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs) – an investigative tool to help law enforcement act on corrupt assets.
- Promised reforms to lobbying transparency and regulation of post-political appointments.
We work with the UK and devolved governments, the private sector and civil society to create a UK free from corruption.
About the role
As Senior Policy Manager (Maternity Cover), you will be responsible for leading TI-UK’s advocacy work in the national political sphere, particularly in Westminster, managing the delivery of strategy and engagement on legislation, and MP and Peer engagement across the UK Programme. You will line manage the UK Programme’s Advocacy Officer, and advocate effectively for priority reforms to senior stakeholders while ensuring the team’s policy experts are brought in at relevant stages.
In addition to this, you will:
- Develop and maintain technical expertise on relevant legislation/policy to enable you to engage with senior stakeholders in Parliament.
- Contribute to development and delivery of TI-UK’s strategic engagement with political parties at the national level throughout the electoral cycle: for example, driving TI-UK’s strategy for engagement with UK-wide political parties, before and after a General election. This role is envisaged to operate with autonomy at a senior level while ensuring any outputs or external representation is consistent with TI-UK’s strategy, tone and usual ways of working.
- Line manage the Advocacy Officer, supporting and guiding them to deliver on agreed objectives, and assessing their objectives, assignments and performance.
- Ensure outputs are accurate and effective, and reviewed by the relevant technical policy experts (as required) within the team.
- Be influential in brokering aligned approaches across a diverse range of external partners.
- Provide guidance for key messaging in external communications to amplify TI-UK’s policy recommendations, with e.g. media statements, op eds, blogs, speeches, advocacy briefings, consultation submissions.
- Design and deliver advocacy projects across multiple grants and thematic areas (dirty money and political integrity), devising and planning advocacy activities. The role will liaise with relevant team experts for input and sign off on advocacy plans and activities.
- Oversee the team’s monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) impact development and processes, and may be asked to contribute to donor reporting and fundraising (especially with regard to impact metrics).
About you
To be successful in the role you will have…
Essential
- Substantial experience leading advocacy strategy and engagement in Westminster
- Experience of successfully engaging senior political stakeholders, including members of the Shadow Cabinet, Select Committee Chairs, political advisers and senior backbenchers in the House of Commons and House of Lords
- Significant experience working in coalition with All-Party Parliamentary Groups and/or other informal networks in Parliament
- Technical expertise relating to the passage of primary legislation through Parliament
- Experience campaigning for, and securing, legislative or regulatory Change
- Solid organisational skills and the ability to manage a number of priorities/deadlines
- Able to work independently with minimal supervision
- Excellent communications skills, being able to communicate to a variety of audiences and at different levels.
Desirable
- An in-depth understanding of money laundering and political corruption in the UK, including current legal and regulatory frameworks
Benefits
In exchange we will offer:
- A competitive salary
- 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
- Up to 5% contributory pension
- Season ticket loan
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced sickness and family friendly policies
- Employee Assistance Programme
- A flexible and friendly working environment, with the opportunity for blended working (more details of this can be found on our website)
The closing date for applications is Tuesday, 9th April 2024. Interviews will be conducted on Friday, 12th April 2024 over video call.
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Who we are
We’ve been on the frontline of the world’s response to HIV and AIDS for over 25 years, working with marginalised people who are denied HIV prevention and treatment simply because of who they are and where they live.
Set up in 1993 to work with community groups in the countries most affected by the global AIDS epidemic, we’ve continually adapted our approach, looking for innovative ways to break down the barriers that marginalise people living with, or at risk of acquiring, HIV. All with one goal in mind – a future free from AIDS for everyone, everywhere.
Everything we do is rooted in our two key beliefs:
- That the lives of all human beings are of equal value.
- That everyone has the right to access the HIV information and services they need for a healthy life.
Today, we work with communities in more than 40 countries, taking local, national and global action on HIV, health and human rights.
As a global partnership that is open to everyone, we can only do what we do – and achieve what we want to achieve – by working with partners from grassroots community groups to national governments. Our partners drive change where it matters, shaking up the status quo and making a noise on issues the world often chooses to ignore.
Are you the Candidate we’re looking for?
Our programmes work with the most marginalised groups in over 40 countries. This role will work across our programme delivery function to ensure we implement our programmes in a way that protects, secures and promotes the safety, rights and wellbeing of those groups – minimising operational risks to partners and strategic risks to the wider organisation and the Frontline AIDS partnership. It will also act as the central and strategic ‘lead’ on safeguarding within the organisation, providing analysis to and working closely with the Senior Leadership Team and Board, providing guidance and support to relevant departments, and our broader partnership alliance, to fulfil their functions and duties in safeguarding.
Building on your senior safeguarding experience, as Lead: Safeguarding you will work with expertise inside and outside the organisation to further develop and enhance practical tools to guide and support colleagues and implementing partners to work in a safe and secure way. The role will be focused on providing leadership on the complex requirements of safeguarding our programme delivery and will directly engage with Programmes colleagues and partner representatives directly to provide mentorship and training, as well as ensuring compliance with International, organisational and donor standards. Where reporting to statutory bodies is required, such as the UK Charity Commission or Frontline AIDS donors, the Lead: Safeguarding will take the lead in ensuring timely, compliant and quality information is submitted.
You are a committed team member with a clear focus on team objectives, as well as your own. You will promote best practice within your field of expertise and challenge ways of working to ensure the highest quality and levels of efficiency. Your actions will be aligned with Frontline AIDS vision and you will inspire the same behaviour in your peers. You are comfortable working in a matrix management environment.
How to apply
Find out more by downloading the full job description and person specification. If you are excited by this opportunity and think it’s right for you, we’d love to hear from you so apply using the button at the top of this page and upload your CV along with a covering letter outlining why you are a great match for this role.
Closing Date is: 01 April 2024
Interview Date is: TBC
Please note: Salaries shown are benchmarked locally.
We have transitioned to a hybrid model of working. We are currently working from home but you will also be required to spend time working alongside your team as appropriate.The successful applicant will need to hold the right to work in the UK and /or South Africa .
Frontline AIDS is committed to diversity and inclusion in its hiring approach. We welcome applications from Black people, and other people of colour, people with disabilities, people living with HIV and LGBTIQ+ and non-binary individuals.
All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and a criminal records check. Having a criminal conviction and/or any other information divulged on the DBS/PVG or country equivalent check would not necessarily prevent you from working for the charity, but any recruitment decision will be dependent on the nature of the position sought and the circumstances and background of the offence(s).
Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults
Frontline AIDS operates a rigorous recruitment and selection process that reflects our commitment to child protection. The Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults Policy can be downloaded
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About World Child Cancer
Most childhood cancers are curable. We know this because survival rates in the UK and Europe regularly top 80%. But for children in low and middle-income countries, the prognosis is bleak with their chance of survival falling to 20%.
The solution? It already exists. The challenge is making sure that every child gets the diagnosis, treatment and care they need. Yet in many countries, public and professional awareness of childhood cancer is dangerously low. Opportunities for early diagnosis are missed. Referrals are delayed. And there are not enough health workers with the specialist skills to diagnose and treat the disease.
It is children and families that pay the price.
Determined to balance this inequality, World Child Cancer works with local, regional, and international partners in some of the world’s poorest countries to improve: Treatment, early diagnosis, family support and advocacy.
Created in 2007, World Child Cancer is a small yet fast-growing, ambitious international charity.
Overview
The Programme Manager role will be crucial to the success and development of the charity. You will be responsible for the management and delivery of our work in Bangladesh & Nepal, ensuring projects are delivered on time, on budget and to high standard. The role will include responsibility for building relationships with partners and potential new partners. The successful candidate will contribute to seeking out further grant opportunities within the sector, working closely with the rest of the programmes team and the fundraising team.
Key Relationships
- Director of Programmes
- Director of Finance
- Country Programme Coordinators
- UK Programme Managers
- Psychosocial Support Advisor
Person Specification
Essential:
- 3 to 5 years international development experience preferably in the field of global health
- Understands theory and practice of Health System Strengthening.
- Understands theory and practice of capacity building programming.
- Knowledge of programme design and planning of complex programmes, including logframes and theories of change.
- Track record of financial management skills, including budget management and planning
- Experience designing and implementing monitoring and evaluation frameworks, including collection and analysis of both quantitative and qualitative data.
- Excellent organisational, planning and time-management skills.
- Proven experience in building relationships and working in partnership with a wide range of stakeholders
- Fluent English (written and verbal)
Desirable:
- Experience living and working in low middle income countries, preferably in Asia.
- Experience working with healthcare professionals both in the UK and abroad.
- Experience managing statutory grants.
Terms of Employment
- Hours: Part-time (3 days per week)
- Location: UK based, hybrid role: Home working for the time being, with the provision for regular meetings in the office. Office attendance encouraged on Mondays (nr Fenchurch Street, London)
- Contract: Part-time Maternity Cover (subject to successful completion of 3 months’ probation)
- Salary: £34,000 - £38,000 Full Time Equivalent (will be pro rata for 3 days per week)
- Annual Leave: 25 days plus 8 bank holidays pro rata and an additional day at Christmas subject to Board approval
- Other: Opportunity to participate in the cycle to work scheme
Timetable
- Closing date for applications: April 14th, 2024
- First interview: TBC
- Second interview: TBC
- The successful appointment is subject to a satisfactory criminal records disclosure and written references.
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Leading a global organisation with over 220 employees located around the globe. Shape the global agenda, drive bold growth, and champion digital transformation.
The Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS), the world's leading procurement and supply professional body, seeks a visionary CEO to spearhead its ambitious journey. You'll lead a dynamic team across the UK, Australia & New Zealand, South Africa, and the Middle East, impacting over 50,000 members in 150 countries.
As CEO, you will:
- Craft and execute a strategic vision: Drive financial prosperity and growth, ensuring CIPS remains relevant and impactful in the evolving industry landscape.
- Lead digital transformation: Champion a digital-first approach, leveraging technology to elevate customer satisfaction, foster partnerships, and power strategic initiatives.
- Expand CIPS' global reach: Identify and address gaps in international operations, enhancing the institute's impact worldwide.
- Cultivate a thriving culture: Nurture a positive work environment aligned with CIPS' core values, fostering collaboration and innovation.
- Advocate for the profession: Represent CIPS at global, corporate, government, and sector levels, shaping the future of procurement and supply.
You bring:
- Proven leadership: C-Suite experience driving transformation and profitability in a complex environment.
- Global mindset: Expertise in navigating international organisations and leading large-scale initiatives.
- Digital savvy: A track record of digitising businesses and leveraging technology for strategic advantage.
- People focus: Exceptional people management skills, fostering motivation and strong team relationships.
- External engagement: Outstanding ambassadorial skills, building relationships with diverse stakeholders.
This is your chance to:
- Lead a globally renowned institute at the forefront of industry change.
- Drive impactful initiatives that empower procurement and supply professionals worldwide.
- Leave a lasting legacy on a profession, shaping the future of business.
The role offers both a competitive remuneration package and flexible, hybrid working.
The expectation is for the CEO to work to a hybrid model with typically 2 days in the CIPS head office in Stamford, Lincolnshire, depending on requirements, and the balance working from home or with external meetings.
Please provide your current remuneration details, CV in Word format including your covering 1-2 page Supporting Statement in Word format setting out why you are interested in CIPS as an organisation, why the role of Chief Executive Officer is appealing to you and what you offer as a candidate to the position, the organisation and the wider profession.
Applications close on 13th April 2024.
Candidates for this position should be able to commence in post between 25th November and 20th December 2024.
Please do not apply to CIPS directly.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
London, UK preferred (however, potential to be based outside the UK in a country with an SCI or SC Member office)
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We are looking for a Senior Adviser – Protecting Children from Digital Harm to join our Child Protection & Child Rights Governance team.
We aim to become one of the leading global organisations for ensuring children's rights in the digital world and promoting a safe digital childhood. In this newly created post you will lead Save the Children UK's work to protect children from digital harm. You'll contribute to the advancement of children's rights in the digital environment, innovating across our programmes and advocating for change.
About Us
Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.
We stand side by side with children in the toughest places to be a child. We do whatever it takes to make sure they survive, get protection when they're in danger, and have the chance to learn.
About the Department
The Programme Quality and Impact (PQI) department works to ensure we deliver high-quality, evidence-based programmes and that we develop technical approaches to achieve positive sector-wide change for children. We work with partners and across the Save the Children movement to provide technical support to programme design and implementation, partnership development and in developing quality standards, technical approaches, and tools.
About the Team
The Child Protection & Child Rights Governance team aims to raise our ambition and commitment in these two areas and to provide strategic leadership across our portfolios of work. It supports the development and implementation of critically important, high-quality programmes; promotes internal alignment in policy & practice; develops and delivers capacity strengthening support; conducts technical advocacy; and builds strategic partnerships to further our goals. There is a strong focus on quality evidence generation to underpin programme designs and for use in influencing the improvement of policy & practice.
About the Role
Save the Children aims to become one of the leading global organisations for ensuring children's rights in the digital world, and promoting a safe digital childhood. Our mission is to unite children, private industry, civil society and government to accelerate children's protection, participation and well-being online and offline.
As a Senior Adviser you will hold responsibility for leading Save the Children UK's work to protect children from digital harm. You will contribute to the advancement of children's rights in the digital environment, innovating across our programmes, advocating for change and amplifying best practices. You will work closely with children, as well as diverse stakeholders, such as our Taskforce for a Safe Digital Childhood, to develop training curricula, behaviour change strategies and digital solutions, and to influence laws, regulatory policies and technology industry standards to maximise benefits and minimise risks to children in the digital environment.
You will support engagement and partnership with external organisations, companies and constituencies that have skills and experiences in technology and the digital environment that can complement our own, extend our reach, increase our understanding of the issues, and enhance our ability to influence change in ways that make children safer online.
Key Accountabilities include:
- Provide global leadership (e.g., in internal and external working groups) on protection from digital harm and safe digital childhood programming within the Save the Children movement and/or wider sector.
- Co-lead Save the Children's Safe Digital Childhood Task Force
- Lead Save the Children UK's work on protection from digital harm with minimum supervision, reflecting your high-level responsibilities, and articulate a compelling vision to inspire others to achieve our ambitious goals for children.
- Play a leadership role in ensuring programmes embed children's rights in the digital environment into our existing strategies and initiatives, working collaboratively with stakeholders, and particularly with country office and partner staff.
- Champion and drive quality, inclusion, and impact across the work of Save the Children and the wider sector.
- Lead the development and implementation of technical strategies and products (such as best practice approaches, minimum standards, and publications) as they relate to protecting children from digital harm.
- Build and maintain strategic partnerships in relation to safe digital childhood programming and advocacy, leading on engagement with partners to amplify impact.
- Deepen and expand relationships with key high-level external stakeholders and build strong working relationships with technical experts, partners and advocacy targets for technical exchange and policy and practice influence.
- Engage with relevant education staff leading on EdTech initiatives to ensure the inclusion of safety and protection considerations for children.
- Provide and facilitate support and capacity strengthening to other technical and programme staff, for example through mentoring, coaching, training, or guidance.
- Contribute to the wider success of Save the Children by providing programme evidence and technical expertise as required to inform and influence country strategies, advocacy, fundraising and communications.
About You
To be successful, it is important that you have the following skills and experience:
- An in-depth understanding of the benefits and risks the digital world poses to children
- Experience and an in-depth understanding of how to protect children from online harm and promote a safe digital environment for children
- Experience of strategically driving programming to protect children from online/offline harm and abuse, monitoring its quality and impact
- A track record of building, maintaining, and developing relationships and networks with a wide range of stakeholders, including technology companies.
- Strong influencing skills, with the ability to influence peers and senior colleagues through the building of cross-organisational relationships and the mobilisation of support for key issues
- Ability to lead and work with colleagues to set a strategic vision, inspire others and securing cross-team engagement for delivery
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with an excellent ability to communicate with impact and adapt style for a wide range of audiences with diverse backgrounds and at all levels
- Ability and willingness to travel at least three weeks a year
Please note: To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
Ways of Working:
The majority of our roles can be performed remotely in the UK, but there are likely to be times when you will be required to come to your contracted office (up to 2-4 days per month or 6-8 days per quarter). This will be agreed with your Line Manager and team and is intended to be time spent on collaborating with colleagues and relationship building.
Please note: travel costs to your contracted office will be at your own expense.
Flexible Working - We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Save the Children UK believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation where all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can be "Free to Be Me". We are not looking for just one type of person - we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think.
We are especially interested in people whose childhood experiences - of life on a low income, of migration, of being in a racialised community, of the care system, of being LGBT+ or in an LGBT+ family or living with (or with someone with) a disability - help us to see things we might otherwise miss. Whatever your story is we want to hear it because we know that different voices, ideas, perspectives and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of children around the world. This is the reason why we are all here.
The Great Britain China Centre (GBCC) is recruiting a Project Manager to support the growing portfolio of China Capability initiatives and bilateral dialogues between the UK and China.
GBCC is a non-departmental public body supported by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with a mission to promote and facilitate dialogue and exchange between stakeholders in Britain and China.
Specific duties and responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
The Project Manager will work with a small team and play a core role specifically in the following areas:
· Support the planning of GBCC’s various “China Capabilities” initiatives by liaising with speakers, universities, government departments, and course participants;
· Lead on the implementation of China Capabilities courses and related initiatives, including liaising with venues, suppliers, and setting up remote/hybrid delivery mechanisms;
· Support bilateral track two dialogue events and various in-person, online and hybrid dialogues in UK and China, including programme development, participant recruitment, operations and logistics;
· Strengthen cooperations with key stakeholders and organisations in the UK such as parliamentary groups, MPs, government departments, researchers, think tanks, government departments, etc.
· Develop marketing materials such as website content, fact sheets, newsletters and other promotional materials;
· Contribute to the wider strategic work of the GBCC including writing reports and briefings.
Qualifications and skills:
· A university degree in a relevant subject (such as Chinese Studies, Politics and International Relations)
· Work experience in events management, public relations, non-profit project management or similar
· Experience in managing diverse partnerships
· Excellent English writing and presentation skills
· Project management and budget management experience
· Excellent analytical, research and communication skills
· Integrity and high ethical standards
· Excellent cross-cultural and teamwork skills
· Willingness and ability to travel to China
· Willingness to occasionally work beyond normal office hours when needed
· Experience of working in, or with, partners in China
· Mandarin Chinese language skills at operational level
The role will report to the Deputy Director of the GBCC and will be based in London. The GBCC team works from home and in an office in central London on specific days, so the ability to be flexible and work effectively under this set-up is key to the role.
GBCC is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications irrespective of gender, ethnicity or disability. All applications will be treated on merit and on the basis of fair and open competition in line with Civil Service Principles.
Salary range £30,000 - £32,000 per annum depending on experience. The successful candidate will join GBCC’s pension scheme. Candidates must already have permission to work in the UK.
Please email a copy of your CV (max 2 pages) together with a letter stating how your experience and abilities qualify you for the post (max 1 page) in a combined pdf document, marked with “Project Manager Job Application”. The closing date for applications is March 22, 2024. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interviews the week of April 8, 2024.
GBCC will process your data accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the Recruitment Privacy Notice can be found on the Careers page of the GBCC website.
If you do not consent to the access and short-term (6 months) storage of personal data for the sole purpose that GBCC may make an informed recruitment decision, please specify in your application letter. GBCC will not use or share personal data for any reason other than our own recruitment process.
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