Active families programme manager jobs near Edinburgh, Scotland

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Who you are: A respected and experienced professional, motivational leader with a talent for programme development, partnership building and the skills, knowledge and experience to implement MapAction’s strategy in concert with the MapAction team.  You share the MapAction ‘can-do’ attitude, rooted in our volunteer values, held very dearly. 

An excellent communicator with great interpersonal skills, you can motivate staff and volunteers alike, to exceed expectations whilst maintaining and developing agreed standards and practices. MapAction’s exceptional volunteer membership and programme staff team will benefit from your leadership to build on their tradition of outstanding humanitarian service. You are a thinker and a doer with deep knowledge and experience in humanitarian, development or peacebuilding contexts and know the value of information management to design effective programmes. 

What you will do: 

You will lead the development of our programme and partnerships to deliver on our ambitious strategy for the future. This will involve delivering on current commitments and developing new, innovative opportunities for us to build global, geospatial capacity for humanitarian response, reduce vulnerability and contribute to ever more effective humanitarian, anticipatory action, preparedness and response. You will develop the team/s to deliver this based on a revised organisational structure and will work closely with others in the organisation to ensure a fully integrated and joined up programme.

As a member of the organisation’s senior leadership team you will take a view across the organisation to enable MapAction to deliver on its strategic goals taking responsibility for managing risk with the Chief Executive and leadership team. 

Key Activities

• Leadership: provide strategic leadership to the organisation through the development of plans and strategies for MapAction’s programmes and partnerships and through participation in the Management Team.

• Programme development: foster an environment that encourages innovation and evolution of our service offer, including proposing and designing new programmes as part of our ambitious income strategy; and identifying and promoting partnerships and networks to achieve this.

• Learning: ensure service user needs are met and MapAction is accountable, working closely with the MEAL team (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning) team to achieve this and drawing lessons for future programme development and delivery.

• Technology: work closely with MapAction’s technical personnel to ensure MapAction makes optimum use of latest technologies where appropriate, including those outside the areas which MapAction currently focuses on that are designed to meet service users current and future needs.

• Operational readiness: ensure MapAction’s 24 hour 365 days a year capability to respond to an emergency anywhere, is maintained and delivered, including personnel and equipment readiness, and that standard procedures are kept up and developed as required.

• Duty of Care: lead on security, health and safety, and conduct management for all deploying personnel ensuring MapAction exercises its Duty of Care at all times. 

• Personnel: line manage a team to deliver the above, ensuring they receive the support, development, and freedom to excel in their role, and recruit and maintain the volunteer and transition team ensuring a competency-based training framework is implemented. 

• Finance and fundraising: be responsible for the programme and partnerships budget and proactively work with the Fundraising and Marketing team to provide ideas and develop and write successful fundraising bids in line with MapAction’s strategic goals.

• Communications: communicate regularly internally to inform and engage the membership on programme and partnership activities. Work with the Marketing and Learning teams to communicate externally for fundraising or programme policy purposes. 

Direct Reports

MapAction is progressing a change in its organisational structure in line with our new strategy, that means the current arrangements will change as funding is secured for more positions. Currently this role line manages 5 roles and has a very active role in emergency deployment management. We are working towards a team of c.16 positions in the Programme and Partnerships team with the Programme and Partnerships Director managing the team through four direct reports in the key areas of programme delivery. A key part of this role’s responsibility will be to implement this change process, subject to securing the necessary funds. 

Works closely with

• Technical Director 

• Head of Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning

• Fundraising and Marketing team

Key Competencies

We have made quite a list but if you have skills, experience and knowledge that you think is relevant and are not mentioned here, please tell us about them. 

Essential

1. Five years or more proven programme and partnership development experience with a practical “get it done” approach. (E)

2. Team leadership experience, strong motivational qualities in working with volunteers and staff. (E)

3. Technical expertise in at least one of the following:  humanitarian, development or peacebuilding contexts. (E)

4. Ability to deal with ambiguity, use judgement in challenging circumstances, think laterally and be propositional and creative. (E)

5. Project management, report writing, budget management and proven track record of writing successful fundraising bids including experience with restricted grants. (E)

6. Positive team player - goes the extra mile, experience of collaborative working with ability to initiate, develop and sustain positive and productive working relationships with a wide range of people. (E)

7. Strong commitment to MapAction’s mission and values. (E)

8. Good IT skills and experience of shared knowledge management platforms, confidence in using technologies. (E)

9. Ability and willingness to travel, including being deployed at short notice to humanitarian locations and ability to attend training events out of normal office hours. (E)

10. Ability to conduct business in one or more of the following: French, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, Arabic. (D)

Additional Information

• This role is full-time (37.5 hours a week)

• Flexibility and willingness to work outside office hours including evenings and weekends, attending monthly weekend training events for which time off in lieu as agreed, 

• Must have the right to live and work in the UK (MapAction is unable to consider candidates who do not already hold appropriate permissions)

• Must have a full, clean driving licence and access to a car.

MapAction

MapAction is a small and dynamic volunteer-based charity using geospatial technologies to support international humanitarian response coordination and operational effectiveness for humanitarian responders. Our contribution to the humanitarian sector, lies in informing life-saving humanitarian action, and training local actors to do the same. We cultivate a diverse community of technical specialists, connecting our partners to a unique range of expertise, collaborating to create innovative solutions using data, GIS, remote sensing and Information Management to anticipate, communicate and respond to humanitarian needs. This mapped information helps responders target their response effectively, contributing to saving lives and minimising suffering. MapAction is in the process of revising its strategy for the next five years to ensure it can adapt to the needs of service users around the world. It has built a strong reputation in the humanitarian sector and is a technical partner of the United Nations, regional emergency management agencies, INGOs, Civil Society organisations and Academia. 

Equal Opportunities Policy

MapAction is an Equal Opportunities employer. All employees have a personal responsibility to promote and support measures designed to create a working environment which is free from harassment or discrimination on the grounds of gender, marital status, family status, age, race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, membership of the Travellers community or HIV&AIDS status.

This job description is not incorporated in the employment contract. It is intended as a guide and should not be viewed as an inflexible specification as it may be varied from time to time in the light of strategic developments and following discussion with the post holder. The post holder will be expected to work to agreed objectives, which should facilitate achievement of the responsibilities in accordance with the performance review process.

How to apply

Please send an expression of interest for this role via gohire. We are running this as an open recruitment so we reserve the right to close it as and when. We strongly advise you to apply early.  Please include the following to be considered for the role:

• a cv 

• covering letter identifying how you meet the essential and desirable competencies 

• a statement of up to 500 words, that demonstrates your experience in one or more of the following: the role of information management in developing effective programmes.

• Job Title:  Education Programme Managers (2 x Northern Ghana; 1 x urban Ghana – Accra)
• Contract: Full Time, 3.5 years fixed term contract
• Salary: $42,000 - $50,000 per annum depending on experience (plus benefits)
• Principal Location: 2 x Northern Ghana (Tamale or Salaga); 1 x Accra (with travel to Kumasi)

Street Child is seeking two outstanding professionals with the ambition and skill to lead Street Child UK’s flagship new rural  education projects in Ghana, specifically the Ghana TransformED Partnership and Street Child Education Outcomes Partnership payment by results initiative. These are ambitious partnerships with the Ghana Ministry of Education and Education Outcomes Fund to deliver a payment by results programme targeted at improving access and quality in primary education for Ghanaian children in the Northern Region (rural) and for out of school children in the Ghanaian cities of Accra and Kumasi (urban). These roles report to Street Child’s Country Representative for Ghana, leading a 3.5 year programme, together with a consortium of local and technical partners in the delivery of ground-breaking, outcomes-oriented projects. 

The primary purpose of these Education Programme Managers is to lead the strong and adaptive set up and delivery of the outcomes-led consortium projects with a primary target delivery area in:

1. Rural – in the Northern Region - the $3.2m programme runs 1) primary school improvements for 100 schools, and 2) accelerated learning for 10,000 out of school children. It pays only on the basis of outcomes -principally literacy and numeracy improvement compared to control schools, and placement and retention of children in school.

We are a rapidly developing international children’s charity with exceptional programming in 20 of the world’s lowest income and most crisis-affected countries.  Our high-impact projects chase gains in education and protection outcomes for the most marginalised children - through signature integrated education, child protection and livelihoods initiatives.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who has the education sector experience and programme management skills to make a difference.  The ideal candidates will have a strong background in development contexts, used to programme, grant, and people management in complex programmes and budgets.  You will also have proven leadership, teamwork and communication skills, strong reporting skills and analytical thinking.

We are particularly interested in qualified national candidates, interested in a long-term commitment to this role.  Salary will be commensurate with experience.

Please refer to the attachment to see the full role description and person specification. To apply for the role please send your CV and a brief covering letter outlining your suitability and motivations for applying to the email address listed in the attached job description no later than 9am on Monday 11th July (however applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis). Pre-employment checks will be required as part of our recruitment process in line with our Safeguarding Policy. Street Child welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Key duties include:

Programme management

• Lead the project consortium overall, working at a high level with financing partners, implementation partners and collaborative partners to ensure strong coordination and accountability;
• Drive project outcomes through evidence-based, adaptative design and delivery of activities:-
  • Ensuring that project performance is monitored regularly and compared to outcome targets, deliverables, budget and outcome payments with strong feedback loops;
  • Supporting partners in identifying and addressing the blockages that prevent the effective and efficient implementation of their programmes
• Ensure that the project complies with donor expectations and the programme contract terms, and that EOF narrative and financial reporting is of the highest standard;
• Ensure that the financial management of Street Child’s programmes is accountable and transparent, and that all staff are fully aware and able to comply with the Finance Policies;
• Support the identification and sharing of key programme learning across Education Outcomes Fund projects, utilising this to support continued strengthening of programme impact.
• Work alongside national partners to assess organisational capacity and to identify technical and human resource capacity gaps and where appropriate, directly provide coaching and training input and support in priority areas.
• Represent Street Child, including pro-active participation in relevant coordination mechanisms at national, regional and local level;

• Job Title:  Education Programme Managers – Ghana (2 x Northern Ghana; 1 x urban Ghana – Accra)
• Contract: Full Time, 3.5 years
• Salary: $42,000 - $50,000 per annum depending on experience (plus benefits)
• Principal Location: 2 x Northern Ghana (Tamale or Salaga); 1 x Accra (with travel to Kumasi)

Street Child is seeking three outstanding professionals with the ambition and skill to lead Street Child UK’s flagship new rural and urban education projects in Ghana, specifically the Ghana TransformED Partnership and Street Child Education Outcomes Partnership payment by results initiative. These are ambitious partnerships with the Ghana Ministry of Education and Education Outcomes Fund to deliver a payment by results programme targeted at improving access and quality in primary education for Ghanaian children in the Northern Region (rural) and for out of school children in the Ghanaian cities of Accra and Kumasi (urban). These roles report to Street Child’s Country Representative for Ghana, leading a 3.5 year programme, together with a consortium of local and technical partners in the delivery of ground-breaking, outcomes-oriented projects. 

The primary purpose of these Education Programme Managers is to lead the strong and adaptive set up and delivery of the outcomes-led consortium projects with a primary target delivery area in:

1. Rural – in the Northern Region - the $3.2m programme runs 1) primary school improvements for 100 schools, and 2) accelerated learning for 10,000 out of school children. It pays only on the basis of outcomes -principally literacy and numeracy improvement compared to control schools, and placement and retention of children in school.
2. Urban - in Accra and Kumasi – the $3.2m holistic programme for 8,000 out of school children is targeted at achieving literacy and numeracy gains, successful transitions into mainstream / vocational education and retention in education for one and two years. The programme includes an accelerated learning programme, together with Street Child’s flagship package of social and economic support for the child and primary caregiver. The project pays only on the basis of outcomes achieved, as assessed by a third party.

We are a rapidly developing international children’s charity with exceptional programming in 20 of the world’s lowest income and most crisis-affected countries.  Our high-impact projects chase gains in education and protection outcomes for the most marginalised children - through signature integrated education, child protection and livelihoods initiatives.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who has the education sector experience and programme management skills to make a difference.  The ideal candidates will have a strong background in development contexts, used to programme, grant, and people management in complex programmes and budgets.  You will also have proven leadership, teamwork and communication skills, strong reporting skills and analytical thinking.

We are particularly interested in qualified national candidates, interested in a long-term commitment to this role.  Salary will be commensurate with experience.

Please refer to the attachment to see the full role description and person specification. To apply for the role please send your CV and a brief covering letter outlining your suitability and motivations for applying to the email address set out in the attached job description no later than 9am on Monday 11th July (however applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis). Pre-employment checks will be required as part of our recruitment process in line with our Safeguarding Policy. Street Child welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Key duties include:

Programme management

• Lead the project consortium overall, working at a high level with financing partners, implementation partners and collaborative partners to ensure strong coordination and accountability;
• Drive project outcomes through evidence-based, adaptative design and delivery of activities:-
  • Ensuring that project performance is monitored regularly and compared to outcome targets, deliverables, budget and outcome payments with strong feedback loops;
  • Supporting partners in identifying and addressing the blockages that prevent the effective and efficient implementation of their programmes
• Ensure that the project complies with donor expectations and the programme contract terms, and that EOF narrative and financial reporting is of the highest standard;
• Ensure that the financial management of Street Child’s programmes is accountable and transparent, and that all staff are fully aware and able to comply with the Finance Policies;
• Support the identification and sharing of key programme learning across Education Outcomes Fund projects, utilising this to support continued strengthening of programme impact.
• Work alongside national partners to assess organisational capacity and to identify technical and human resource capacity gaps and where appropriate, directly provide coaching and training input and support in priority areas.
• Represent Street Child, including pro-active participation in relevant coordination mechanisms at national, regional and local level;

About The Role

Permanent
Hours: 35 per week
Days: Monday - Friday
Location: Remote/Home Based

As a key operational manager, you will lead and manage a team of school-based practitioners deliveringmental health services in schools. You will have a key eye for service delivery; delivering on Place2Be’smission, values and business priorities. This role works across a geographical area reporting directly to aRegional Director. 

Your team will span across various counties (spanning from Essex to Sussex) and will be home based.

Collaboration and Partnership work are at the heart of this role. You will ensure that the aspect of this delivery is part of a multi-agency approach with statutory and other voluntary sectors to create multiple pathways to ease access for young people and families to support their wellbeing.
 
You will bring passion and strong organisational skills to the team during this exciting period of opportunity for the organisation.

What will I be responsible for in my new role?
 
You will:

• Onboard new schools and establishing services where required
• Onboarding and inducting new members of staff
• Ensure high quality clinical practice and delivery of a full and effective service in all Place2Be schools  provide Safeguarding and Child Protection training for staff and volunteers
• establish and maintain positive and active relationships with head teachers and governing bodies in partner schools
• undertake regular line management responsibilities of team members, reviewing on an ongoing basis delivery components in line with agreed outputs and KPIs
• analyse and use service data from your team and schools to inform and improve your team’s performance
• support people development; nurture skills and talent across your team to enable people to grow and develop

About You

The successful candidate will have:

• experience of managing medium/large teams which may be multidisciplinary in nature to deliver locality/service objectives
• knowledge of relevant national policies, best practices, quality frameworks and local approaches to implementation within the specific area of mental health support for children and young people
• experience managing and leading health / social care / education services in either the statutory or voluntary sector
• the ability to influence people at all levels, in a clear, persuasive and tactful way
• strong multi-tasking skills, be flexible and show an ability to manage conflicting priorities

Interview Dates: TBC

In return we offer you a range of fantastic benefits including:

• Enhanced Annual Leave entitlement
• Robust Learning and Development Programme
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance, 4x Annual Salary
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mobile Phone Discounts (EE Network)
• Cycle purchase and season ticket loan schemes
• Extended Maternity/Paternity Pay

If you share our core values of perseverance, integrity, compassion and creativity and have the counselling skills and patience to support some of the UK’s most vulnerable young people and families, we would love you to join us. It’s sensitive and demanding work – but hugely rewarding and fulfilling - you will be helping to give young people a brighter future.

UK Based - Hybrid or Remote

The job of SCUK’s Humanitarian Transformation Lead is strategic and rewarding.

• Do you have experience of designing and leading collaborative humanitarian initiatives?
• Do you have a strong understanding of the of UK humanitarian sector, including current dynamics and initiatives across INGOs, DFID and the private sector?
• Are you entrepreneurial with strong project management and partnership brokering skills?
• Are you motivated by our vision of creating a world where every child doesn't just survive, but thrives, and can go on to change the world?

If the answers to these questions are yes, we would love to hear from you!

About Us

The number of children requiring humanitarian assistance is rising as the climate crisis, entrenched conflict, and fragility, forced migration and infectious diseases all lead to an increase in the frequency, duration, and severity of catastrophic events. With needs continuing to grow and rapidly outpacing available resources, humanitarians around the world are once more forced to do more with less. Recognising the changing humanitarian risk landscape, the need to stay relevant, and to step up for greater impact, Save the Children has adopted a bold vision for the future of its humanitarian work.

This vision includes bringing together emergency response funding and expertise under a new One Humanitarian Team, and decentralising humanitarian response capability, resources, and accountability closer to children. 

The Humanitarian Department Purpose

Save the Children UK now has a critical role to play in the success of the One Humanitarian Team, mobilising resources and influence from the UK Government, UK Public and other key partners including multi-laterals, academia, corporates, and philanthropists. SCUK, as host to the Humanitarian Leadership Academy (HLA), is also accountable for the provision of high-quality humanitarian capacity building for the Save the Children movement and the wider sector, as part of our shifting the power agenda. 

Building on SCUK’s strong track record of innovation and partnership in the humanitarian sector, including incubating Elrha, the Start Network, the Collaborative Cash Delivery (CCD) platform, and other cross-sector global good initiatives, there is an important role for SCUK to play in identifying and supporting next-generation collaborative initiatives that will ultimately deliver impact for disaster-affected children and their families.

How we work

We foster a working culture of collaboration and agility.  Individuals will come together to work in a multi-disciplinary fashion with internal and external partners to generate innovative projects that deliver impact for children. 

Job Purpose:

As the Humanitarian Transformation Lead you will be responsible for collaborating with internal partners and external organisations to identify, develop and incubate new and innovative initiatives that address the challenges in the humanitarian sector.  You will also support the evolution of the established entities (such as Elrha, Start Network, HLA etc.), identifying opportunities for collaboration in line with SCUK’s humanitarian priorities.

You will identify strategic opportunities for collaboration and development with Elrha, Start Network, HLA, to further SCUK’s humanitarian priorities and collectively address the challenges in the humanitarian sphere.  You’ll also drive forward the thinking on a reimagined humanitarian sector focussing on issues such as decolonisation, localisation, and climate change.

Key Accountabilities:

New initiatives and Collaborations

• Lead the identification, scoping, design and delivery of projects and initiatives in line with SCUK Humanitarian priorities
• Identify and develop strategic and business development opportunities and initiatives for future areas of work, in line with the humanitarian strategy and vision
• Engage in active external relationship building to foster strong relationships with other entities for collaborative action
• Develop new ideas and ways of thinking that contribute to the debates taking place about the future of the aid system
• Identify opportunities and take a proactive and influential role in global policy debates and discussions on collaboration, innovation and positively disrupting the humanitarian eco-system with UN, donor policy makers and other critical partners
• Where appropriate provide support to the evolution and ongoing work of the SC Movement innovation architecture including the Global Centre of Excellence for Innovation and in SCUK the Innovation bubble
• Keep abreast of and anticipated future social, political, economic, and technological changes that are likely to impact the humanitarian sector, to be able to use this understanding to translate systemic challenges into workable solutions through collaboration and agreement with others.
• Incubate pipeline initiatives and collaborations leading to project sustainability
• Lead the delivery and development of sector existing initiatives (e.g CCD, HIVE, CC Alliance)
• Provide business and financial modelling expertise to ensure the sustainability and viability of new initiatives
• Collaborate with colleagues in PAC, F&M and others to identify and drive priority strategic partnerships with diverse local, national and global actors
• Drive and contribute to the humanitarian departmental approach to ‘Innovating with Impact’ under the 2022-24 strategy

Existing entities and partnerships

• Provide advice and expertise to movement-wide initiatives that promote greater innovation in humanitarian practice, such as the Global Centre of Excellence for Innovation
• Manage strategic opportunities for collaboration and development of existing entities – Elrha, Start Network and HLA
• Develop and strengthen our brand through our humanitarian innovation work, sharing information about the work of the team across relevant internal and external forums

Person Profile 

Experience

• Excellent knowledge of the global humanitarian eco-system and current humanitarian debates.
• Previous experience of designing and leading/supporting ambitious collaborative humanitarian initiatives
• Demonstrable partnership brokering skills and experience.
• Excellent project management experience and skills.
• Experience of distance management, network development and working with a virtual team.
• Experience of preparing research reports, briefing papers or discussion documents.

• Experience in a relevant discipline - Organisational development, disaster management/preparedness, Environmental/social change.

 Abilities

• Business Modelling skills with the ability to write strong business cases, which satisfy both strategic and business needs
• Excellent interpersonal skills, able to communicate with colleagues at all levels across different cultural and professional environments
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to identify key points from complex material or information.
• Excellent networking skills and able to build rapport and trust quickly.
• Excellent negotiation skills – quickly able to identify common ground and solutions.

Aptitude

• Strong understanding of the of UK humanitarian sector, including current dynamics and initiatives across INGOs, DFID and the private sector.
• Good understanding of financial plans, budgets, and reporting

• Passion and energy to play a leading role in developing the next generation of humanitarian collaborations and innovations.
• A strong commitment to collaborative working across agencies
• A demonstrable commitment to the principles of diversity and inclusion and their practical application and integration in the work environment
• A commitment to Save the Children UK's aims and core values of accountability, ambition, collaboration, creativity, and integrity

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: 

Save the Children UK is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. 

The Marketing Manager is a key position in the Puppet Animation Scotland team, with lead management responsibility for communications across the portfolio of our work. As it is a small organisation the role has a broad focus and requires creativity, passion, rigour, innovative thinking and attention to detail. It would suit a candidate who is a strategic thinker and confident communicator, with a background in communications and experience of engaging a wide range of stakeholders. The purpose of the role is to work with the Puppet Animation Scotland team to raise the profile of the organisation, generate revenue to support our work, engage diverse stakeholders with our mission, and to play a key role in realising our aim to champion, develop and promote puppetry, visual theatre and animated film in Scotland. *

It is our intention to continue with the position beyond the scope of this contract, working towards a permanent role that is the right fit for the organisation through evaluation with the successful candidate. The post has been developed following generous Adapt and Thrive funding which allowed us to create a new Marketing and Development Manager role in 2021. To best support the ambitions of the organisation we have made the decision to split this role and seek external fundraising support in addition to creation of this new part time role which takes the lead on marketing and communications within our team.

Duties and Responsibilities

This list of duties is indicative rather than exhaustive:

Marketing and Communications • Work with the Artistic Director & CEO to develop strategy around marketing, branding and audience development for the organisation • Lead the team to work to these strategies throughout the year • Leading on our rebranding process over 2022/2023 with input from the team and board • Relationship management with media partners and press teams, ensuring cohesion with internal campaign. • Oversee and contribute to the creation of the festivals’ promotional materials. • Set-up and run box office management procedures and ticket allocations. • Organise, capture and analyse audience, marketing research and other appropriate data, developing strategies and reports for the effective use of this material to inform future marketing activity. • Maintain a wide-ranging and up to date working knowledge of current arts marketing best practice through active membership of relevant arts marketing organisations and networks. General • Provide effective line management to the Digital Communications Assistant, supporting their personal and professional development and the delivery of the organisation’s activities and targets. • Regularly attend Puppet Animation Scotland’s events and activities as a confident, informed and active representative of the organisation. • Any other duties as required of the post.

Skills, Attributes and Experience

Essential

▪ Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with a compelling, engaging and clear writing style and a flair for building a persuasive narrative. ▪ An ability to communicate confidently with a broad and diverse range of stakeholders, and an understanding of the different communications approaches required in different contexts and with different groups. ▪ Excellent administrative and IT skills and experience, particularly the use of Microsoft Office, Wordpress and social networks. ▪ Excellent interpersonal and team management skills, with an ability to foster positive relationships and create a supportive atmosphere. ▪ Imagination, empathy, initiative and attention to detail. ▪ A strong commitment to equalities and diversity, and to broadening access to the arts at every level. ▪ A minimum of three years’ experience either in a marketing and communications role within the third sector ▪ A strong track record in creating and delivering successful marketing campaigns. ▪ An ability to keep clear and accurate records, to manage time effectively and to work to deadlines. ▪ An interest in performing arts and film. ▪ Team management experience of either paid staff or volunteers.

Desirable

▪ Knowledge or experience of the arts sector in Scotland. ▪ Experience of using Adobe Creative Suite, particularly InDesign and Photoshop. ▪ Experience of working in a festival context. ▪ An in-depth understanding of best practice in marketing in the arts. ▪ Experience of working internationally or across borders. ▪ Arts fundraising experience. ▪ A valid UK driving licence 

Position: Marketing Managers (2 posts)
Type: Full-time (35 hours per week), 12 months fixed term contract
Location: Office-based from one of our national offices (London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast) with flexibility to work remotely
Salary: £34,224 - £39,669 per annum (more may be offered to an exceptional candidate)
Salary Band: Band F1
Department: Marketing and Brand Team

At the MS Society, we make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.

Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.

Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive environment where you will make a difference.

About this job 
Our organisation is evolving, and we’re excited to be building a robust Marketing team to help support our new engagement transformation programme.

Our Marketing Manager’s roles are crucial in helping us build a new future and story for the charity to communicate and connect with the MS Community and beyond.

Please note we’re advertising for 2 Marketing Manager roles and both are fixed term 12 month contracts to deliver our current exciting projects. There is potential for the roles to be extended in post, and this will be confirmed when possible at a later stage in 2022.

These roles take a lead on managing the strategic development of our engagement programme, leading on coordinating our external engagement activities across our organisation.

You’ll be responsible for working with our internal and digital teams to optimise every opportunity to share our work as well as push the boundaries engaging with new audiences through brand storytelling and community experience amplification.

This will ultimately help drive action and engagement to empower everyone who interacts with us.

Working closely with our Brand, Digital and Content teams to build strong relationships with our audiences and help deliver our corporate strategy externally through building deep, meaningful experiences for everyone.

About us 
We offer 35 days annual leave (pro rata for part time employees) including bank holidays.

We have a range of employee benefits including (but not limited to):

• Flexible and smart working (with the opportunity to work remotely and find a smart working pattern that suits both you and us)
• Opportunity to buy and sell annual leave 
• Enhanced family friendly, disability and carer’s leave
• Discounted season ticket loan/pension scheme/Cycle to work scheme/Interest-free emergency loans

The MS Society is in the midst of an exciting, transformational, period which builds on our great history and will drive us towards achieving our mission and vision as we embark on our Every MS Story strategy.

Right to work in the UK 
The successful candidate must have the right to work in the UK. If we do offer you employment, you’ll be required to provide documentation to show that you’re eligible to be employed in the UK before starting employment.

The full list of UK visas and permits that grant you the right to work in the UK can be found on the UK government website. We currently don’t have a Sponsor Licence agreement with the Home Office and will not be in a position to support you with any visa applications you may make. 

Closing date: 9am on Monday 11 July 2022

PLEASE PRESS THE 'HOW TO APPLY' BUTTON FOR MORE INFORMATION.

We’d be grateful if you could complete the attached equality and diversity monitoring form and submit it with your application.

We’re a Disability Confident Employer. We’re committed to promoting equality and diversity.  We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and/or from ethnic minority backgrounds, where we’re looking to build stronger and better representation among our staff.

As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, the HR team will anonymise your CV and supporting statement before forwarding to the shortlisting panel.

No agencies please.

• Job Title:  Country Representative - Ghana
• Contract: Full Time, 3.5 years
• Salary: $60,000 - $70,000 per annum depending on experience (plus accommodation and benefits)
• Principal Location: Accra, with regular travel within Ghana

Street Child are searching for an outstanding professional to rapidly set up and lead, from scratch, Street Child’s new flagship Ghana country programme. The role will have a major initial focus on ensuring fantastic delivery of the charity’s significant Ghana TransformED Partnership programmes (GED) - an ambitious and truly innovative partnership with the Ghana Ministry of Education and Education Outcomes Fund to deliver a payment by results programme targeted at improving access and quality in primary education for tens of thousands of Ghanaian children. More broadly, Street Child are also keen to leverage the capabilities and profile that will flow from our participation in GED to explore wider opportunities for supporting the protection and education of Ghana’s most vulnerable children – and we very much seek a Country Representative with the vision, energy and qualities to maximise these possibilities.

Street Child are a rapidly developing international children’s charity with exceptional programming in 20 of the world’s lowest income and most crisis-affected countries.  Our high-impact projects chase gains in education and protection outcomes for the most marginalised children - through signature integrated education, child protection and livelihoods initiatives. Working alongside excellent local NGOs is at the heart of Street Child’s approach globally and this role will build and lead the Street Child Ghana team together with a consortium of local and technical partners in the delivery of this ground-breaking, outcomes-oriented programme.  Specifically, the role-holder will be directly accountable for the strong management and delivery of this multi-million-dollar consortium education programme, focused initially in the Northern Region on primary school improvement and accelerated learning for out of school children.

Key duties include:

1. Programme management

• Lead the GED Partnership consortium overall, working at a high level with finance partners, implementation partners and collaborative partners to ensure strong coordination and accountability.
• Drive programme outcomes through evidence-based, adaptive design and delivery of GED Partnership Programme activities, in collaborating with the Street Child HQ management unit
• Line manage the Ghana team (initially c 10 staff) and coach Street Child’s partners to ensure quality and accountability in programme implementation;
• Ensure that the financial and wider management of Street Child’s programmes is accountable and transparent, and that all staff are fully aware and able to comply with the Finance Policies;

2. Operations, HR and organisational development

• Lead Street Child’s establishment in Ghana, providing administrative oversight include office and operational set up, recruitment and the establishment of localised policies;
• Oversight of robust implementation of relevant processes and policies, in particular relating to safeguarding, security, HR, finance, due diligence, and local partnership
• Work alongside national partners to assess organisational capacity and to identify technical and human resource capacity gaps and where appropriate, directly provide coaching and training input and support in priority areas.

3. Resource mobilisation and representation

• Lead the development of strategic partnerships with relevant actors including donors, INGOs and local/national government;
• Identify and drive new potential needs / gaps / expansion opportunities in line with Street Child’s global strategy;
• Represent Street Child at the highest level in the region, including pro-active participation in relevant coordination mechanisms at national, regional and local level;
• Proactive engagement with Street Child UK head office and programmes team on strategic, networking and fundraising activities.

This is a terrific opportunity for someone who has country-level leadership experience already, or for a senior programmes or education sector leader who is hungry for the next step.  We are looking for someone with the experience, drive and inter-personal relationships to take ownership.  You will have the management, technical and operational skills to drive excellent, evidence-driven education programmes.  This is strictly not an ‘ivory tower’ role - you will be hands-on and agile across the programmes, and deeply involved in building profile and strategic relationships with donors, government and local partners.

We are particularly interested in qualified national candidates, interested in a long-term commitment to this role.  Salary will be commensurate with experience.

Please refer to the attachment to see the full role description and person specification. To apply for the role please send your CV and a brief covering letter outlining your suitability and motivations for applying to the email address listed in the attached job descrition no later than Monday 11th July 2022 (however applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis). Pre-employment checks will be required as part of our recruitment process in line with our Safeguarding Policy.

Street Child welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

We are looking for someone creative, passionate about support services for cancer patients and motivated to change lives to be our first Senior Services Officer for Northern Ireland.  You’ll live in Northern Ireland, have experience designing, delivering and evaluating support services for people with life changing health conditions and be up for a challenge!

This role will be responsible for scaling our existing services in Northern Ireland and adapting them to meet the specific needs of patients and their families across the country. This is an exciting opportunity to work closely with our patient community and lead change across the bowel cancer pathway in patient support. If this sounds like something you could do, we want to hear from you!

If you fit our person specification, have a can-do attitude and are willing to roll your sleeves up and pitch in to get a job done then this might be the role for you. In return you will join our brilliant team, be able to work flexibly and finish each day knowing you have played a central role in supporting people affected by bowel cancer.

Download the full job description and person specification (PDF)

Closing date: Monday 25th July at 9am

Interviews: w/c 1st August

We are recruiting a Senior Fundraising Officer – Trusts and Foundations, who will play a key role in our small and successful fundraising team. A confident and capable fundraiser, you will bring vital capacity to this side of our income generation and work closely with the CEO, Senior Leadership Team and Fundraising Manager.

About the role

This Senior Fundraising Officer role is a new position, ideal for a creative and ambitious fundraiser who is seeking a role where there is an opportunity to develop and step up professionally.

If successful, you will join a small fundraising team where from the start, you will enjoy real responsibility. In this new role, you will work on a diverse range of funding proposals and have the autonomy to lead on the management of your own portfolio of funders. You will also work alongside senior staff, including our CEO and Senior Leadership Team, to develop larger, strategically significant proposals.

Although your main focus will be fundraising from Charitable Trusts and Foundations, you will have the chance to broaden your experience by working with the Fundraising Manager to develop and maintain the fundraising presence on our website and social media. You will also provide administrative support for the team, including keeping up-to-date records.

In this role, you will be home-based or London office-based (Vauxhall). We pride ourselves on being a flexible employer and if you are seeking a role that is 3–4 days a week, we are open to discussion. Apply and let us know what working pattern you are looking for.

In return, we offer: a generous 30 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata if part-time), a cycle to work programme and auto-enrolment into a pension scheme, a flexible working environment, including home working, compressed and variable hours, access to employee resource groups, including the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion working group, Wellbeing Committee, regular social activities and a Wellbeing Action Plan for each member of staff. And as part of our People Strategy, we are proud to offer many learning opportunities.

About Kinship

Kinship is the leading charity in England and Wales for kinship carers – relatives and friends who raise children when their parents aren’t able to. We offer kinship carers expert advice as well as financial, legal, practical and emotional support and understanding from the moment they need it, for as long as they need it. We’re always there to help with the complicated and stressful decisions that so many kinship families have to make, as well as to celebrate the good times.

Working alongside kinship carers and the children they raise, with their voices and views at the fore, we build communities of support and give everything we have to fight for each family and their rights, as well as to raise awareness of kinship care and secure better support for all those playing this critical role.

For further details about the role, please refer to the attached job specification.

To apply, please click the Apply button to send us your CV and cover letter, along with a completed Equal Opportunities form.

Interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, so early application is strongly advised.

The British Association of Play Therapists (BAPT) is a members-led charity organisation, managed and governed by a voluntary Board of Directors. We welcome and celebrate diversity and hold the child at the heart of everything we do.

BAPT is the first and foremost professional body for Play Therapists in the UK. We seek to promote out standards for Play Therapy practice and maintain a voluntary register of members who demonstrate that they have met our standards.  BAPT aims to relieve the needs of children, young people and adults suffering emotional and behavioural difficulties by promoting the art and science of Play Therapy and promoting high standards in the practice of Play Therapy for the public benefit.

BAPT is looking to appoint an experienced and enthusiatic self employed administrator to maintain the current role and also to help lead the modernisation of BAPT’s current administration systems. This is an exciting opportunity as BAPT is in a period of transition and is very open to innovative, creative and fresh ideas the successful candidate may have. BAPT welcome applicants from all walks of life and backgrounds.

Read more about us here: https://www.bapt.info

Commutable from Edinburgh, Stirling, Dundee

Full time, £27,735 - £32,132 (pro rata) + 10% shift allowance, and car allowance

 “When Louise took my hand, I knew I would never be alone. The care my son received and the support we had as a family at the toughest time imaginable in our lives was truly a life-line", CHAS parent

Benefits

• Full time colleagues work 3 shifts per week
• All working patterns considered: full time, part time and flexible
• Generous holiday and sick pay
• Continuation of NHS pension scheme for existing members
• Lothian Pension Fund membership available
• Employee assistance programme (which includes free access to counselling, financial advice
• Occupational sick pay and maternity pay
• Free on site parking
• Regular clinical supervision
• Comprehensive induction programme
• Access to ongoing education and development opportunities

Would you like to work with remarkable colleagues and meet extraordinary children and families? Would you like to be part of a team providing a flexible and responsive service, whilst delivering holistic person centred palliative care to babies, children and young people, in their own homes?

This is a really exciting time to join Children’s Hospices Across Scotland – better known as CHAS – Scotland’s national children’s hospice service. Our multidisciplinary team of staff and volunteers share an authentic passion for delivering the highest possible standard of care to babies, children, young people and their families.

Following the expansion of our outreach team in response to the Pandemic, we have a number of Staff Nurse vacancies in our CHAS at home, Kinross team

Are you a dynamic and innovative nurse, who is seeking a new challenge, which will stretch you in a way that few other roles can. If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you! 

As a staff nurse in CHAS at home, you will provide holistic palliative care, end of life care and respite care for the child and their whole family primarily in their in own home.  You will have the opportunity to use your existing nursing skills and knowledge, complemented by the education, clinical supervision and 1:1 support we provide to develop yourself to deliver an excellent standard of nursing care and support in the community.

You will support the senior staff nurses to deliver the work of the CHAS at home, Kinross team in maintaining excellent standards of nursing care. You will work in partnership with the family, and other CHAS colleagues, as well as our colleagues in the NHS, local authority, other third sector organisations, and volunteers, to put the best interests of the child at the forefront of care.

About You

In order to provide a high standard of nursing care in our hospices, and to help CHAS achieve its objectives, you will have:

• A registered nurse qualification.
• A degree or evidence of equivalent experience.
• Experience of assessing, planning, organising, implementing and evaluating nursing care for children, young people and families.
• Experience of working with whole families to provide education and support in managing a child or young person’s condition.

About CHAS

• At CHAS, our ambition is to reach every family in Scotland who is living with the devastating news that their child has a life-shortening condition.  We aim to offer them care and support to empower them to make the most of the time they have together. As a Staff Nurse, you will be instrumental in achieving this vision and shaping the future of CHAS.

Our children’s palliative care nurses report great satisfaction in being able to provide high quality nursing care in childrens own homes with exciting career development opportunities.

This post is subject to a Disclosure Scotland Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) check.

Closing date:   22 July 2022 Interview Date:  8 August 2022

Position: Senior Events Fundraiser (Third Party Events, Nations)
Type: Full-time (35 hours per week)
Contract: Maternity Cover for up to 12 months
Location: Office-based from Edinburgh, Scotland with flexibility to work remotely
Salary: £33,606 - £35,581 per annum plus excellent benefits
Salary Band: Band E2
Department: Community and Events

At the MS Society, we make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.

Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.

Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive environment where you will make a difference.

About this job

We're looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Senior Events Fundraiser to join our well-respected team responsible for full project management of a range of third party events.

Please note this is a maternity cover fixed term contract for up to 12 months and will be based in Scotland.

Our Third Party Events team are working to raise £2m+ across a range of activities in 2022, and we need brilliant people to help achieve our ambitious fundraising goals.

In this role, you'll be responsible for managing a portfolio of third party challenge events to target, and for innovating, developing and delivering new fundraising activities.

You'll also be monitoring and evaluating all products to create opportunities for future growth. This role is customer-focused and you'll spend lots of time stewarding our amazing supporters to maximise their fundraising.

This is an exciting opportunity to steward fundraising teams of significant size, as well as helping to shape the future third party events strategy.

The portfolio is well-established and includes a mixture of events activities, including runs, cycles and challenges. You'll have contact with event participants and supporters and manage relationships with a number of third party agencies, while working with other colleagues in our Community and Events team.

If you’re an enthusiastic and supporter-focused team player, who is motivated by the idea of raising more funds than ever for a fantastic cause, we’d love to hear from you.

About us

We offer 35 days annual leave (pro rata for part time employees) including bank holidays.

We have a range of employee benefits including (but not limited to):

• Flexible and smart working (with the opportunity to work remotely and find a smart working pattern that suits both you and us)
• Opportunity to buy and sell annual leave 
• Enhanced family friendly, disability and carer’s leave
• Discounted season ticket loan/pension scheme/Cycle to work scheme/Interest-free emergency loans

The MS Society is in the midst of an exciting, transformational, period which builds on our great history and will drive us towards achieving our mission and vision as we embark on our Every MS Story strategy.

Right to work in the UK

The successful candidate must have the right to work in the UK. If we do offer you employment, you’ll be required to provide documentation to show that you’re eligible to be employed in the UK before starting employment.

The full list of UK visas and permits that grant you the right to work in the UK can be found on the UK government website. We currently don’t have a Sponsor Licence agreement with the Home Office and will not be in a position to support you with any visa applications you may make. 

Closing date: 9am on Monday 11 July 2022

PLEASE PRESS THE 'HOW TO APPLY' BUTTON FOR MORE INFORMATION.

We’d be grateful if you could complete the attached equality and diversity monitoring form and submit it with your application.

We’re a Disability Confident Employer. We’re committed to promoting equality and diversity.  We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and/or from ethnic minority backgrounds, where we’re looking to build stronger and better representation among our staff.

As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, the HR team will anonymise your CV and supporting statement before forwarding to the shortlisting panel.

No agencies please.

A fantastic opportunity to join the Co-operative College's Leadership Team as our Director of Operations and Business Development.

The Co-operative College is an education charity dedicated to making the world a more co-operative place. Born over 100 years ago out of a need for radical education that fights for social justice, our mission hasn't changed. We're fearless thinkers, innovators, and passionate about change.

We work with individuals, co-operative enterprises, and like-minded organisations, both in the UK and internationally, to provide a diverse range of learning programmes to empower people with the co-operative skills and knowledge to make a difference. We are also involved in a number of global research projects, partnerships and community initiatives.

As Director of Operations and Business Development you will be an active and effective member of the College's Leadership Team - overseeing and developing new, income generating work, helping to develop strategic plans, making a positive contribution to our collective management, and always keeping the principles and values of the co-operative movement in mind.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

• Day to day management of the Business Development Team (including finance, marketing, fundraising, membership, and outreach)
• Develop new business and income generation
• Efficient, effective and compliant discharge of all operational duties and functions
• Provide assurance to the Trustee Board, its committees, and external regulators
• Act as a spokesperson for the College, including representing the College at events
• Create an inclusive culture, environment and practices which embrace diversity
• Lead the continuous review, and have oversight of the financial position of the College
• Lead and deliver on a quality membership offer

We're looking for someone who is passionate about co-operative education, and who will empathise with the ideals and principles of the global co-operative movement. You'll be self-organised, self-responsible, digitally literate, reflective and a strong communicator who works well as part of a progressive and collaborative team.

Further information:

• Salary: £44,000 (based on 28 hours); this is the equivalent to a full-time salary of £55,000
• Contracted hours: 28 hours per week (0.8 FTE) - The College is open to alternative working hours/arrangements
• Location: Home based with some travel in the UK and abroad
• Holiday allowance: 25 days + Bank Holidays (pro-rata equivalent), rising to 30 days after five years
• Additional: Family friendly and supportive working environment, range of employee wellbeing benefits and access to pension scheme that pays double the minimum employer contributions

Interested? Then we'd love to hear from you. Download our full application pack for more information and apply via our website.