Brilliant opportunity for a dynamic, committed Christian, with a vibrant faith, to facilitate the growth of faith in parents, children and young people, using excellent relationships our church has in Willenhall Coventry. The role includes some practical missional working with families supporting parenting and other difficulties. Great prospects for identifying, developing, implementing and reflecting on projects and initiatives that enable young parents, children and young people to have a life-enhancing encounter with the Christian faith and the person of Jesus Christ.

You will have a proven ability to lead and organise others, coupled with the ability to work constructively as a member of a team. You will have the demonstrated ability to communicate the Christian gospel effectively to families, children and young people and to equip them to grow in their faith. You will be a creative person who identifies opportunities and inspires others to try new things,  and have a good track record of working within a church context on a variety of community activities. You will have excellent interpersonal and social skills and be able to relate well to a wide range of people, both from within and outside the church, including schools.

You are someone who is able to:

• Create a culture that recognises and welcomes the capacity of young parents, children and young people to transform the Church and the world.
• Ensure that all relevant regulations for working with young children are understood, adhered to and complied with.
• Develop and manage budgets and expenditure.
• Assist with identification and applications to grants to support the projects.
• Be aware of issues around mental health in young parents and young people.

You will be a mature Christian with a firm faith, sympathetic and able to work within the church tradition of St John the Divine Willenhall Coventry (Middle). You will be committed to growing in your faith and able to organise your time to include space for both personal prayer and bible study. You need to be willing to be a committed member of St John the Divine Willenhall and play a full part in our life. You will be professional, friendly and approachable, including when under pressure, culturally sensitive and able to work with people from different backgrounds. You will be discreet and trustworthy, able to sensitively manage private or confidential information.

Qualifications

• A standard of education commensurate to this role.
• Ideally a theological qualification or training qualification to work with parents, children/young people or equivalent experience.
• Full driving licence.
• It is an Occupational Requirement (Schedule 9 part 1 of the Equality Act 2010) of this post to have a committed Christian faith and be actively involved in worshiping in a church community.
• This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
• Start date – Flexible
• Contract – This is a fixed term appointment for an initial 3 years. It will have a probationary period of six months.
• Hours – 25 hours per week including attendance at Sunday morning service, weekly daytime and evening activities, meetings and training.
• Employer – The Parochial Parish Council of St John the Divine Willenhall Coventry.
• Salary + Pension – We can offer an annual salary of £24,000 gross per annum (based on a 37 Hour week) pro rata (£12,700 – 16,000) per annum  subject to experience, plus pension.
• Annual Leave – Five weeks (120 Hours including a maximum of 5 Sundays).

Are you a programme manager with experience in creating education materials, impact evaluation and ensuring that programmes reach all communities?

The Eve Appeal is looking for a strong Programme Manager to lead a ground- breaking new gynae health education programme.

We are the UK's leading national charity funding research into, and raising awareness of, the five gynaecological cancers – womb, ovarian, cervical, vulval and vaginal. We have funding to develop a targeted education programme and set of resources to be used in both formal and informal education settings. The purpose of this programme is to educate young people (aged 7 – 18) about gynaecological health, anatomy and potential cancer risk factors, signs and symptoms. The resources will cover cervical screening and HPV (the virus that causes the majority of cervical cancers).

The Programmes Manager role will effectively plan, manage and deliver a portfolio of online content and online events, to attend and support these events and ensure they are fully integrated with other awareness, information and education activities carried out by the charity.

Please view the job description and person specification document included with this advert for further detials. When you are ready to apply, please write a cover letter (no more than two sides of A4) detailing your suitabiltiy for the role and click the Apply button to submit your application.

Please note, secondments will be considered for this role

At Sport England, we want everyone regardless of age, background or level of ability to feel able to engage in sport and physical activity.

However, there are deep-rooted inequalities in sport and physical activity and some people and communities do not have the same opportunities as others. We know those who could gain the most from being more active are the least likely to take part. The reasons for peoples inactivity are complex but link in some way to the places where we live and work - the social and physical environment around us, the organisations and institutions that serve us and the local and national policies that impact our community.

We are on a journey alongside places across England to address these issues and create new ways of working and approaches that can provide benefits for years to come and enable everyone to be active in ways that work for them.

We’re looking for an outstanding and highly motivated Senior Programme Manager to join our Local Delivery Directorate to help us work collaboratively with places and communities to address the inequalities in physical activity and improve people’s lives. You will be integral the Directorate’s ground-breaking work here and will be key to helping us plan for and deliver the expansion of a place-based approach across the country.

You’ll be experienced in programme management approaches that take an agile approach and incorporate a learning culture; you’ll have the skills and behaviours that make you a natural collaborator and excellent communicator with a wide range of audiences.You’ll have an understanding of place-based working and / or working with communities and a passion for addressing inequalities. You’ll have a proven ability to facilitate and develop strong and effective relationships, and strong influencing skills. 

We hope you’ll want to join us and be part of a committed and supportive Team that is focussed on making a big difference to the lives of people that need our help the most.

Sport England recognises the positive value of diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly where we are under-represented, currently, this includes disabled people and those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups.

Your application answers will be reviewed blind to ensure fairness. Your responses will be randomised and the shortlisting panel will not see any details about you, including your CV. Your CV will only be seen after shortlisting if you have been invited to an interview.

Job Description

The Programmes Director will lead the teams responsible for the effective design and delivery of all the charity’s programmes. Their primary responsibility is ensuring Frontline’s programmes are of excellent quality whilst being delivered in the most joined up and efficient way possible.

We need an ambitious and experienced leader to plan and oversee the delivery our programmes to ensure they have maximum, measurable impact. The successful candidate will work closely with the CEO and Chief Social Worker to manage programmes teams and ensure robust systems are in place which drive and support teams to work in a cohesive way. We need an influential leader, who brings their experience of successful planning and workflow design to our programmes and the wider charity, as a member of the senior leadership team.

We have increased the diversity of Frontline’s workforce in the last 12 months, but lack ethnic minority representation at our most senior level. We know the value ethnic minority voices bring and therefore, we are strongly encouraging applicants from these backgrounds to apply. We will keep applications open until we have satisfactory representation on the shortlist.

We believe every young person in the UK should be supported to develop and fulfill their relationship ambitions for life.  The pandemic has highlighted the immense inequalities of our relationship experiences .  Fastn was set up to confront relationship injustice.

We are searching for an Education Programme Development Co-ordinator ready, willing and able to take on an exciting challenge.You will hit the ground running and be accountable for:

• Creating and sustaining strong relationships and networks with a wide range of partners, actively influencing, and achieving tangible gains that support young people develop and work towards relationship ambitions for life
• Influencing front-line educational organisations to embed a commitment to meaningful relationships learning and relationship ambition for life throughout their work
• Creating, developing and securing uptake of tools and knowledge for educators to support young people to shape and fulfil their relationship ambitions for life
• Communicating evidence to influence key stakeholders so that support for healthy and dependable relationships learning throughout the education system prioritised and actioned
• Systematically monitoring and evaluating work of Fastn, our network and funded partners to improve  sustainability, relevance and efficiency of work

We warmly welcome applications from Black, Asian, minority ethnic, LGBTQ+, young candidates and those who may need to work flexibly. 

The role is offered as an 80% FTE (30 hours of a 37.5 hour week), with the possibility of additional flexibility for a suitable candidate.  Working hours are flexible; some travel and calls will be required outside standard working hours when conditions permit. Fastn operates an annualised TOIL system.

Although this is a short-term role in the first instance, there will be opportunities to take on a new role or similiar activity if strong performance and behaviour in keeping with Fastn's values are evident. 

Strathmore Road Methodist Church is seeking an experienced professional to work alongside our part-time youth worker to develop and inspire our children’s, youth and families’ work. 

Located in Gateshead in the North East, SRMC is one Church over two sites, serving the communities of Rowlands Gill, Highfield, High Spen and Chopwell. 

Our hope is that our Church can be a beacon for the community, providing loving, relevant and exciting provision for children, youth and families. If you are excited about sharing God’s love with others and feel you have the vision and drive to do so, we would love to hear from you. 

Please see the Job Pack below for detailed information including the background to the project, job description, person specification, life at SRMC and how to apply. 

Key Dates:

25th June 2021 - Applications Close

10th July 2021 - Interview date for a September 2021 start.

Reasonable expenses for travel to interview will be reimbursed.

Carers UK is looking for a Project Manager to deliver our Carers Active Campaign Programme for the next three years.

We are excited to have funding through Sport England from the National Lottery to deliver our work to help carers in particular aged 55+ become more physically active and to reduce loneliness.

Our research has shown that carers’ physical activity levels are far lower than others of the same age, because of the barriers they face. Activity levels have become worse during the pandemic when life has become considerably harder for many providing unpaid care. Yet carers tell us they want to be able to do more and to improve their health and wellbeing.

This project aims to continue our research and insight work with carers, to support carers to become more physical active, tackling the barriers they face and raising awareness of the importance of physical activity.

About you

You will be a highly motivated person with a proven track record of planning and delivering multi-layered projects on time, to budget and on target. Collaborative in approach and with excellent communication skills you will be part of the Policy and Public Affairs team. You would also be working closely with many other teams across the organisation as well as multiple external valued stakeholders at national and local levels.  You should be able to demonstrate evidence-led change.

About the role 

The role will be varied and diverse, planning and delivering awareness campaigns, as well as involving carers and professionals in insight work, research and continued policy development. This is a flagship piece of work that is breaking new ground, within a strong and supportive sector. The impact of this work will change carers’ lives for the better as well as improving practice.

About us

Carers UK is the leading national charity, supporting, advocating for and connecting unpaid carers across the UK.

With over 6.5 million unpaid carers in the UK and 6,000 individuals becoming a carer every day the need to support them is growing and urgent. Unpaid carers save the country an estimated £530 million each day and are vital to the friends and family members they support, as well as to the wider community.

COVID-19 has dramatically affected carers across the country. Our recent polling suggests that the figure for unpaid carers could now be as high as 13.6 million, with 4.5 million people starting to care overnight due to the impact on coronavirus on services and individuals.

The closing date for applications is Monday 21 June 2021 at 10am

First interviews will be held 29 or 30 June 2021

The Essex Recovery Foundation (ERF) is recruiting a Programme Director.

The Essex Recovery Foundation is a community-led charity with a unique opportunity to use our lived experience of addiction to improve recovery services. Essex County Council has agreed to work with ERF to reform local commissioning around the needs and outcomes of the recovery community, with the eventual aim of transferring its drug and alcohol service contracts to ERF for us to manage and procure. This means we can shape the system so that it provides what the recovery community really needs. 

ERF will be a four-day week organisation, with all staff working 0.8 FTE. We are flexible about the pattern of work.

This role, funded by the National Lottery Community Fund, is an opportunity for an outstanding leader to improve recovery outcomes in Essex and to pilot and scale a new way of commissioning that puts the community at its heart. The keys to success in this role will be an ability to build relationships with diverse stakeholders, to think strategically and combine flexibility with tenacity.

We are looking for individuals with significant professional experience within the UK charity, social enterprise, and public sectors, and a background in the drug and alcohol sector is desirable.

For more information on this excellent opportunity, please download a copy of the recruitment pack.

If you believe you have the right qualities and experience for this pioneering role, please visit our website to apply.  

Closing date: 10am on Wednesday 14th July 2021

We’re looking for an outstanding Communications and Marketing Manager to lead and develop the communications and marketing function of a national disability charity.

In April, we embarked on our Transforming Lives strategy so we’re looking for an exceptional candidate who can play an important role in developing the communications strand. It’s an exciting time to join us as we look to expand our digital presence and resources to support more people affected by spinal cord injury.

What does the role involve?

The job is incredibly varied, and you will utilise a diverse skillset working on different projects across the organisation.

On a day-to-day basis, you will line manage the communications assistant and support them to deliver our e-newsletter programme and maintain our social media presence. You’ll also lead on the development of our website, act as a brand guardian for the organisation, increase Back Up’s profile, and deliver key publications and reports. The role will combine elements of both operational and strategic work, so it would suit a person who’s happy to work on a news story one day, while writing a board report the next.

It is a hugely rewarding opportunity to bring the fantastic impact of Back Up’s work to life – helping us raise more funds and support more people affected by spinal cord injury.

Is Back Up a good place to work?

Back Up has a great culture and is in the Third Sector Magazine’s top ten Best Charities to Work For in 2020. There are no silos – something reinforced by the charity’s size, a one-team ethos and socialising together. Back Up runs anonymous staff morale surveys and we consistently score well above the sector average on every question. Colleagues are professional, approachable, supportive and warm. You will work in a successful team at a leading charity with an international reputation in its field, working very close to the cause. Fun is one of our core values and it comes through in our work. There are sometimes friendly dogs in the office and a cake or two to enjoy!

How do I apply?

A job description and an equal opportunities form should all be downloaded using the links below.

Please send:

• Your CV
• The Equal Opportunities Form
• A covering letter of no more than 2 pages

Your cover letter should address the points in the person specification (the second part of the Job Description) and persuade us that, especially in the case of each essential item, you have the potential we are looking for.

We will acknowledge receipt of your application, and then let you know if you are to be invited to interview. First interviews will be held on Thursday 29th July. If you cannot make any dates that week, please tell us when you apply.

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.

We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children.

We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

The Opportunity

This role will work with key parts of the organisation to improve our content management through the rebuild and ongoing maintenance and development of our SharePoint intranet. The role holder will also help support the team build consensus on organisation wide standards for knowledge management and information sharing.

Key responsibilities will include;

• Act as the focal point for content management and governance on our SharePoint platform Planet.
• Work with different parts of the organisation to ensure Planet is aligned with best practice Knowledge Management and Information Management principles.
• Support departments and business units to review and update their SharePoint content and create compelling new content using the latest available technology and SharePoint designs.
• Find ways to highlight content and widen its reach across the organisation, including by linking with existing internal communications channels, such as our internal collaboration platform Workplace.
• Provide guidance and support to colleagues to assist their transition to new Knowledge Management processes and ways of working on Planet.
• Support the development and implementation of operational performance measures to continuously improve Knowledge Management and efficiency.

The Individual

With knowledge and experience of designing and creating SharePoint-based intranets, you will have advanced expertise in online information management and demonstrable experience of using analytics to improve an intranet for colleagues. You will have a demonstrable level of expertise in content management, information management and knowledge management, and an understanding of what good content looks like – with skills in copywriting and information/data visualisation.

Location: Global Hub in Woking UK or flexible where Plan International has a legal entity and the applicant has the pre-existing right to work. Those locations closest to the point of impact are preferred.

Type of Role: Permanent where this is feasible. Some locations may mean that a fixed term contract must be offered.

Reports to: Head of Internal Communications and Engagement

Salary: We will be happy to disclose the salary and applicable benefits to applicants as part of this process, however, please kindly note that this will vary according to the location of the appointed candidate and therefore it is not possible to include full details here. If based in the UK the associated salary would be circa £35000 per annum

Closing Date: Sunday 4th July

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International's Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Senior Programme Manager- Global Fund Somalia

Salary: £36,994 per annum + good range of benefits

Contract: Permanent – 36.5 hours per week

Based: Milton Keynes, Flexible working arrangements will be considererd

World Vision is an international children’s charity working with children, their communities, and with supporters and partners, in almost 100 countries.

Through long-term development projects, emergency responses and advocacy we’ve helped bring lasting change to millions of children, over more than 60 years. And as a Christian organisation, everything we do is motivated by our faith as we strive to reflect God’s unconditional love.

Work for World Vision UK and you will be part of a truly global Partnership, building brighter futures for vulnerable children.

World Vision UK is recruiting an experienced Programme Manager to lead an established Global Fund grant that provides essential TB services in Somalia through a consortium of partners. This is an exciting role which focuses on achieving impact in a fragile context whilst complying with the donor policies.

We are looking for a candidate with experience of managing large and complex grants in a humanitarian or development environment. They will have both programmatic and financial management experience, with the skills to manage relationships with implementing partners government representatives and the donor. Experience of managing risk and applying monitoring systems is also required.

As an active Christian, this role offers you the opportunity to integrate your Christian faith and be sensitive to its various expressions across cultures and denominations.

In addition to the salary offered, we offer good benefits including pension, generous holiday entitlement and free parking (MK only).

Please click the  link provided to view the full job description

Please upload your CV of full employment history explaining any gaps of employmentand reasons for leaving your previous employer. This must be accompanied with a covering letter stating how you meet the essential criteria given in the Job Description.

Closing Date for applications: 27th June 2021

Interview Dates: 6th or 7th July 2021

Please note that if the response for this role is higher than anticipated, we reserve the right to interview and appoint before the advertised closing date.

Universal acceptance for everyone, everywhere is at the heart of our Christian organisation. We promote diversity of thought, culture and background, which connects the entire World Vision family. As such, World Vision is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in our workforce. We particularly welcome applications from under-represented sections of the community. World Vision UK also operates flexible working policies and practices.

As a child focused organisation, World Vision UK is committed to the safeguarding of children, therefore any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of applicable background checks, including a criminal records check.

By submitting your application, you understand and accept that World Vision UK will process the data you provide for the purposes of your application and in accordance with the World Vision UK - Job Applicant Privacy Notice available on our website.

No agencies please.

Relate are looking to recruit an experienced practitioner to the role of Family Support Worker, working on the Reducing Parental Conflict Programme (RPCP) in the North East.

The post is based in Newcastle and the successful candidate is likely to be responsible for working with families living South of the Tyne (Durham, Sunderland, South Tyneside) but may be required to work across the full CPA Area (North East) at times.

The role is not one of a traditional Family Support Worker as the couples we work with already have other support in place,  but the skills and experience of working holistically with families is essential, as is the ability to engage people from a wide range of backgrounds.

This is a great opportunity for someone with the skills, knowledge and experience below to join a committed and supportive team, offering much-needed support to parents who are experiencing relationship difficulties.

Overall purpose

1. To support families in reducing the conflict and arguments between them and help resolve conflict in a more constructive way
2. To provide wrap around care to them and provide an effective link to the Local Authority referral team
3. To improve communication between parents, both separated and intact couples, regarding parenting, problem solving and arrangements for children
4. To deliver as part of a multi-agency team on the Department of Work and Pensions Reducing Parental Conflict Programme.

Key Activities

1. To be one of the first points of contact for parents seeking help from RPCP and provide information about RPCP and the interventions
2. To provide reassurance to parents whilst completing assessments and foster their engagement with RPCP; build effective and constructive relationships with parents and ensure the effective use of marketing literature
3. To complete assessments with parents for RPCP and make recommendations regarding interventions.
4. To manage own case load of parents accessing the RPCP, including accurate record keeping and reporting. Ensure robust case and session recording, report writing, completion of all necessary paperwork and providing all required statistics for management information
5. To provide support to parents using both group and couple interventions for which full training will be provided either in their home or community to meet the needs of their family
6. To provide wrap around support to parents when not delivering interventions
7. To assess for any Domestic Abuse Concerns between referred couples and respond to these appropriately if needed
8. To work cooperatively with other professionals in children’s services, health agencies and other community based services and signpost families to additional support
9. Provide qualitative feedback from parents about the RPCP via anonymised case studies and other good news stories
10. To proactively evaluate systems of work and suggest improvements that could be made
11. Ensure the effective use of marketing literature
12. Adherence to RPCP procedures and ensuring paperwork and recording are completed to the highest standard
13. To participate in meetings as required
14. Work within the parameters of the interventions offered under the RPCP and agreed with the family
15. Monitor and respond to client feedback and complaints and ensure adherence to the Complaints, Concerns and Compliments policy
16. Protect, respect and promote the rights and responsibilities of individuals and families
17. Operate with ethical and professional boundaries.

Any other duties which may be regarded as reasonable within the nature of the duties and responsibilities of the post as defined, subject to the proviso that any change of a permanent nature shall be incorporated into the job description in specific terms with the Managers agreement.

Key relationships and contacts

• Local Authority Gateway Team
• Other Family Support Workers and Mentalization Practitioners
• RPCP Senior Practitioner
• RPCP Delivery Manager
• RPCP Administration Team
• RPCP Programme Manager
• Relate and external supervisors.

Dimensions/scope

• Fixed term contract to July 2022

General duties(Common to all Relate roles)

• Health and safety
• Equality and diversity
• To observe the Policies and Procedures of Relate
• Acting as a Relate ambassador

Key skills and competencies

Essential

• Demonstrable experience of running group based interventions
• Demonstrable excellent, engaging and dynamic presentation skills.
• Specific experience of working directly with children, young people and families.
• Experience working with vulnerable families
• Experience of working in the family support environment
• Friendly and approachable, balanced and fair, ability to remain calm under pressure
• Hold high standards and integrity
• Flexible thinking and adaptable to problems
• Excellent communication skills including active listening and displaying empathy
• Ability to work with individuals who are in distress or facing stressful situations
• Effective case recording
• Adherence to quality standards and programme procedures
• Ability to learn new model, techniques and interventions then apply those to practice
• Good IT skills
• Willing to work evenings and weekends to meet the needs of the families
• Willingness to travel across the CPA region (North East) as required
• Knowledge of issues that impact on family relationships
• Knowledge of safeguarding in relation to children, vulnerable adults and domestic abuse

Desirable

• Experience of delivering therapeutic work with couples
• Knowledge of child development and attachment
• Recognised qualification for working with families
• Experience of working in the home environment
• Own car required, ability to drive with business class insurance

Interviews to be held w/c July 5th 2021 either online or in a COVID-secure venue in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Applicants should apply by sending a CV and covering letter stating how you meet the Key Skills and Competencies

Older People's Services Manager

NJC scale point 30, £29,916 pa incl. Inner London Weighting for 28 hours per week.

Bishop Creighton House (BCH), a Hammersmith & Fulham charity established in 1908, runs a community centre and projects for older and disabled people and families with children under five.

We are looking for a manager to run our Older People’s Services, which comprises Homeline, a befriending project for older people, and Keep Active, which helps older people back to fitness after a fall or illness.

As well as running OPS, you will be part of the management team of BCH. You will need experience of managing staff and volunteers and ideally, of working with older people.

Closing date: 9 am on 28/06/21.

Main purpose of position

The Research Grants Manager works closely with Children with Cancer UK’s Trustees to co-ordinate both the Research grants and the Welfare grants. This includes the delivery of calls for Research grant applications according to the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC) standards, coordinating the administration of the grant portfolio and leading the ongoing review and refresh of the Charity’s Research Strategy. The post holder will also regularly work across teams, providing Marketing and Communications and Fundraising with scientific expertise and content, and work with external partners and groups, including co-funders, the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI), the AMRC and others.  

The post holder is responsible for ongoing grant administration and portfolio management for the Research and Welfare Programmes. This includes delivering the launch of Research grant calls and coordinating the peer review process. To ensure strict independence of individual grant awards as per the AMRC Principles of Peer Review, the Charity’s Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) reviews all scientific funding applications, along with external written expert peer reviewers. This ensures that the Charity supports only the highest quality research that hold the greatest potential to impact patients. Applications for Welfare grants, by contrast, are submitted on an ad-hoc basis and reviewed by the Board of Trustees. The Research Grants Manager coordinates this process alongside the Research grant calls.

Once grants are awarded, the post-holder will monitor the outcomes and impact of the charity’s investments by reviewing narrative progress reports and Researchfish submissions. They will work closely with other teams within the charity to communicate the Research and Welfare programmes and showcase the charity’s investments to our staff and supporters.

This position is an opportunity to make an impact on how childhood, teenage and young adult cancer research is funded both nationally and internationally. The post holder with lead upon the ongoing review and refresh of the Charity’s Research Strategy. With this is mind, the post holder will need to be a self-starter and identify and act upon areas for improvement to practice and governance within the Charity. They will also be the lead scientific contact, representing the charity and building collaborative relationships and our reputation with partners, clinicians and research and policy organisations, including co-funders and the AMRC, NCRI, Children and Young People with Cancer Coalition, One Cancer Voice, etc.

The post-holder will be responsible for line managing the Research Grants and Trusts Officer, providing them with support and identifying areas and opportunities for them to expand and develop their experience and skillset.

Our Vision

Children with Cancer UK is the leading national children's charity dedicated to the fight against childhood cancer.

Our mission is to improve survival rates across all types of childhood cancer and support children and their families to live better with and after treatment.

Around 4,500 children and young people are diagnosed with cancer every year in the UK. Our aims are to determine the causes, find cures and provide care for children with cancer. Our small team is united by a common goal – to save and improve young lives.

Since 1988, our research funding has helped to drive up childhood cancer survival rates have improved from 67.3% in 1990 to a predicted 85.5% in 2018*.

We fund research

We fund research into the causes and treatment of childhood cancers. We have accelerated breakthroughs to improve childhood cancer survival rates and find more effective treatments with fewer toxic side effects. Since 1988, Children with Cancer UK has raised over £250 million to support research into the causes and treatment of childhood cancers.

We support families

We help families deal with the burden of a cancer diagnosis by working with other organisation’s to fund free accommodation close to hospitals and financial grant programmes to support families during their cancer journey. We also organise special days out, giving families a welcome respite from hospitals and treatment.

We raise awareness

We bring childhood cancer to the forefront by sharing children and their families’ experiences in the hope this will reduce delays in diagnosis, raise awareness of life-limiting side effects of current treatments and encourage greater funding of childhood cancer research.

*Office for National Statistics (ONS) Childhood cancer survival in England: children diagnosed from 1990 to 2014 and followed up to 2015 and Cancer survival in England: adult, stage at diagnosis and childhood – patients followed up to 2018. Survival rates are based on five-year survival.

Strategic Imperatives

The charity has a number of strategic objectives that are overlayed by a culture to have ambition, provide quality and protect our reputation in everything we do.

The themes of excellence behind the charities vision that the post holder must embody in all their work are;

1. We will aim to be the biggest not-for-profit annual financial contributor to research into cancer in children and young people in the UK
2. We will maintain a place in the top 100 UK charities, based on fundraising activity
3. We will continue to support respite homes and associated financial support for children and families affected by childhood cancer
4. We will fund high quality research aimed at developing treatments which are not only more effective but less debilitating and disruptive to young lives
5. We will contribute to peer reviewed research into the discovery and reduction of causes of cancer, including directly supporting the work of the International Agency for Research in Cancer (IARC, part of WHO)
6. We will provide capital funding to encourage the development of centers of excellence in childhood cancer research
7. We will raise public awareness about our activities and the results of relevant research
8. We will seek to influence the development of policy to promote the best interests of children with or at risk of cancer
9. We will continue to be a highly engaged and effective organisation that recognises and rewards the right behaviours, innovation and outcomes for the organisation and for those we help.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the portfolio of the charity’s active Research and Welfare grants. Monitor grant progress against agreed milestones, plus outcomes and impact by reviewing narrative progress reports and Researchfish submissions. Ensure timely reporting and build strong working relationships with the award holders.
• Work closely with the Trustees and SAP Chair to deliver Research funding calls to AMRC standards, including having the scope clearly defined and approved by the Board of Trustees, assembling documentation, co-ordination of timelines, triage and the peer review process, contracting, etc.
• Co-ordinate the Trustee assessment and approval of applications for Welfare Grants.
• Monitor expenditure on awarded grants against planned budgets and ensure projects adhere to the charity’s financial policies. Process invoices for awarded projects, supported by the Research Grants and Trusts Officer.
• Capture and monitor the outputs, outcomes and impact arising from the portfolio of Research and Welfare grants. Liaise with the Marketing and Communications team regarding any potential case studies and press releases to demonstrate impact from the charity’s investment.
• Lead the review and refresh of the Charity’s Research Strategy.
• Meticulous record keeping, including drafting operational guidelines and standard operating procedures. Support the continual use and development of the processes, systems and software used to manage our grant activities.
• Work closely with other directorates so they can better understand and use our research within their activities.
• Providing Marketing and Communications and Fundraising with scientific expertise, information and content for public-facing information and external campaigns.
• Attend & support the delivery of scientific meetings. 
• Manage and grow the Charity’s relationships with partners, including Research grant co-funders, and identify new opportunities for collaboration.
• Act as lead contact for the charity with external organisation’s, such as AMRC, NCRI, Children and Young People with Cancer Coalition, One Cancer Voice, etc.

• Respond to research enquiries from funded researchers, applicants, and members of the public.
• Line managing the Research Grants and Trusts Officer, providing support and identifying areas and opportunities for development expand her skillset and experience.

Personal Specification

Skills & Abilities

• Project management skills
• Ability to work with a large number of stakeholders, possibly with conflicting needs
• Able to effectively and appropriately communicate complex research messages to staff, researchers and members of the public 
• Ability to understand and communicate research and scientific concepts clearly
• Able to manage complex workload and to plan ahead effectively
• Confidence in establishing standards for best practice in research management and review
• Excellent planning and organisational skills, able to prioritise and manage multiple tasks, working to challenging targets and deadlines
• Proficient in Microsoft packages including word, excel and databases
• Excellent communications skills with the ability to write clearly and concisely

• Ability to communicate with credibility and authority to high-value donors, to explain key research projects and the impact of the funded research

Qualifications, training and education

• Educated to degree level in a bio-medical (or related) science subject and able to understand a broad range of complex scientific information presented in funding applications, research papers and in conversations with researchers
• Knowledgeable about about financial budgets and contract management issues.

• Proficient in using Grant Management Systems (e.g. Flexi-Grant)

Experience

• Proven experience of research grant administration and grant management. Experience of managing research budgets
• Experience of working with senior external stakeholders
• Experience of preparing complex reports and papers
• Experience of grants or contract management at a senior level.
• Proactively identifies potential issues before they arise and help devise solutions
• Experience of overseeing a complex programme of work whilst maintaining links with other relevant internal and external teams.
• Ideally to be familiar with the national cancer research landscape
• Knowledgeable about research policies and procedures, such as: confidentiality & data handling/protection (GDPR), the attribution of clinical research costs (AcoRD), research involving the use of humans/animals, identification & protection of intellectual property etc.

Other requirements 

• A self-starter who is able to work independently and use their judgement to make day to day decisions without referral
• Well organised with a systematic approach
• Able to work collaboratively as part of a team and contribute to a positive working environment and culture

This job description outlines the current main responsibilities of the post. However the duties of the post may change and develop over time and this job description may, therefore be amended in consultation with the post holder.

At Children with Cancer UK we value diversity, and we are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves and to reach their full potential. The statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.