The Volunteering Coordinator helps people with sight loss to live the life they choose by attracting and onboarding sufficient volunteers to support and grow our services and income. You will support your local team to deliver a positive volunteering experience and to attract and retain experienced volunteers.

This person could be based anywhere in the North East i.e. Newcastle, Leeds, Hull or Sheffield. To work from one of our nominated offices.

This role is 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year, pro rata.

We offer a generous pension scheme, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people. 

Diversity 
Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality. We encourage applications from people with disabilities as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invitation to interview for all applicants with disabilities who demonstrate, within their application form, sufficient evidence to meet the essential criteria for the job.

Safeguarding 
Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.

Candidate requirements

To be able to fulfil this role, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include;

Essential

• Experience of Managing and supporting volunteers.

• Experience of implementing new working practices within a team.

• Proven experience of supporting and advising others on policies and procedures.

• An understanding of good practice in volunteer management.

• Demonstrable and up to date knowledge of good practice in equality, diversity and inclusion. Demonstrable and up to date knowledge of GDPR and use of Customer Relationship Management systems. 

• Relevant and up to date knowledge of safeguarding principles. 

Desirable 

• Relevant qualification in volunteer management or equivalent. 

• Experience of creating an inclusive work environment for people with a disability.

• Facilitation and/or training skills.

• Personal experience of volunteering.

For the complete list of essential and desirable criteria necessary to be successful in this role please see the Person Specification within the Job Description below. The candidate pack contains more information about this role & the recruitment process at Guide Dogs.

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.

If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role.

How to apply 

Applications need to be made using the online application form, accessed using the ‘apply’ button above. 

As part of your application ensure you provide evidence and examples of how your skills & experience meet the criteria as set out in the attached job description. 

The system has a one-hour time limit. We would advise you to prepare your answers separately and then copy and paste into the online form once finalised.If any mandatory fields are missed, a pop-up box will appear at the top of the page advising which sections require completion.

Please note that you’ll have to upload a CV as this is a mandatory requirement as part of our Safer Recruitment Policy.

Guide Dogs follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the vulnerable people we work with. As part of this, we require a full work history with any gaps accounted for & a minimum of 2 professional referee details fully covering the past 5 years. If there is not enough space in your application form to provide this information, please ensure you upload additional documentation containing the additional detail.

Peer Advocate Worker
Twickenham

We're now looking for a Part-time, Peer Advocate Worker to join our Homeless Health link team.

About Us

We are SPEAR, a charity dedicated to helping homeless people in South and West London find secure accommodation and work towards a positive future. For 30 years, we’ve worked tirelessly to support homeless people to recover from their personal issues and break down the barriers that they face. We recognise that homelessness is much more than just a housing issue, so we provide a range of accommodation and support services to help people reach their full potential.

This is a superb opportunity for an individual with drive, focus and a desire to work with our outstanding charity to help us to combat homelessness. You’ll discover a passionate, supportive environment where the entire team are working toward the same goals and are dedicated to making positive change and producing great results.

The Benefits

- Salary of £13,072.94 per annum
- 26 days’ holiday pro rata (increasing with service)
- Pension scheme
- Access to a free Employee Assistance Programme
- A range of benefits including cycle to work scheme and staff wellbeing sessions
- Refer a friend bonus scheme

This role will be responsible for the promotion of the services across the boroughs, engaging with a range of supported housing and homelessness service providers to source referrals into the services. The role will also be responsible for the liaison and communication of case management across any providers engaged with the service.

This role will deliver high quality services offered by the Homeless Health Link Programme focusing on the engagement of homeless clients, including rough sleepers into a range of primary care, mental health and substance misuse services. This post is required to undertake good quality case work and assessments of individual with complex needs including challenging mental and physical health needs.

Our health link service engages and supports rough sleepers with their mental and physical ill health needs, helping them access services that are often difficult to access, meaning that they have poor access to health and social care services.

You will need to have great communication, organisational and interpersonal skills, as well as being able to able to build on the relationships we have with our clients and stakeholders as well as create new relationships that benefit the service users and SPEAR as an organisation.

The role will be responsible for processing referrals into the service from a range of sources across the boroughs and act as an entry point into the service. To work closely and proactively with local authorities, statutory and non-statutory health and housing services to improve pathways for homeless clients accessing physical and mental health services.

Please see Job Description and Person Specification.

SPEAR is an equal opportunities employer, values diversity and is strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environment is, the better our work will be.

At SPEAR, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone, regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation. We are facing diverse problems, so need diverse people to tackle them.

Other organisations may call this role Support Worker, Outreach Officer, Peer Support Worker, Homeless Welfare Officer, Recovery Worker, Peer Support Worker, Peer Advocate Officer, or Peer Advocate Practitioner.

STOPAIDS are recruiting for a COVID-19 Advocacy Officer to help develop and implement STOPAIDS strategy to ensure equitable and urgent access to safe, effective and affordable COVID-19 tests, vaccines and treatments for all!

People living with or affected by HIV, from Black, Asian or minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds or from other minority groups are particularly encouraged to apply and/or contact us regarding any queries about the role. 

STOPAIDS is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive positive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, sex characteristics, HIV status, national origin, genetics, disability, or age.

We are open to considering applications for a part-time role that would require a job share.

The Operations Support Coordinator helps people with sight loss to live the life they choose by delivering a professional and pleasant work environment within our regional centres or community teams. Ensuring that anyone engaging with the local office whether in person or through virtual means will experience high standards of customer service, people-centred service and efficient professional and administrative support.

This role is 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year. 

We recognise that the world looks a little bit different since the pandemic. Therefore, we’re committed to enabling our staff to work where best suits the needs of the individual, their team and the organisation. For this role, there may be opportunities to work from home as well as the office. We want our staff to flourish and work in environments which maximises their potential and best serves our stakeholders.

We offer a generous pension scheme, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people. 

Diversity 
Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality. We encourage applications from people with disabilities as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invitation to interview for all applicants with disabilities who demonstrate, within their application form, sufficient evidence to meet the essential criteria for the job.

Safeguarding 
Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.

Candidate requirements

To be able to fulfil this role, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include;

Essential

• A comprehensive knowledge of GDPR regulations.

• Computer literate with advanced skills in the Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

• Basic understanding of Health and Safety legislation.

• Clear understanding and experience of safeguarding.

• Experience in a customer service role, and/or office/administration role.

• Completing basic H&S risk assessments.

• Experienced in the use of CRM systems.

• Excellent verbal, written, and reading skills required for communications. Good level of mathematics required for financial data processing.

Desirable 

• Lived experience of vision impairment (either self or direct family member).

• Experience of dealing with complex queries and/or complaints.

• Knowledge of Salesforce or CARE database.

For the complete list of essential and desirable criteria necessary to be successful in this role please see the Person Specification within the Job Description below. The candidate pack contains more information about this role & the recruitment process at Guide Dogs.

If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role.

How to apply 

Applications need to be made using the online application form, accessed using the ‘apply’ button above. 

As part of your application ensure you provide evidence and examples of how your skills & experience meet the criteria as set out in the attached job description. 

The system has a one-hour time limit. We would advise you to prepare your answers separately and then copy and paste into the online form once finalised.If any mandatory fields are missed, a pop-up box will appear at the top of the page advising which sections require completion.

Please note that you’ll have to upload a CV as this is a mandatory requirement as part of our Safer Recruitment Policy.

Guide Dogs follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the vulnerable people we work with. As part of this, we require a full work history with any gaps accounted for & a minimum of 2 professional referee details fully covering the past 5 years. If there is not enough space in your application form to provide this information, please ensure you upload additional documentation containing the additional detail.

As Campaigns Coordinator, you’ll be supporting our volunteer network to campaign across a range of issue areas, working with our Parliamentary and Policy teams to deliver successful grassroots and public campaigns. This includes supporting the production of monthly campaign actions, and regular events and training opportunities, as well as providing direct supporting to our volunteer campaigners. The role also maintains our presence on social media, and provides administrative support to the Campaigns Team and the wider office.

This role is available on a full-time, permanent basis and will suit someone at the beginning of a career in international development, campaigning or advocacy. It will provide good opportunities for developing communications, project management and advocacy skills, an understanding of international development, and experience developing campaign plans and projects. We are looking for candidates with a keen interest in and passion for international development and overcoming poverty, inequality and oppression.

Location: Based remotely, with some travel expected to Guildford 

Salary: £26,520 per annum

Contract: Full time, 12-month fixed term contract with possible extension

Excel within an innovative and engaging organisation that is working towards bettering the lives of others through cycling. Cycling UK is the national cycling charity. We campaign nationally and locally for safe and attractive cycling conditions, as well as promoting cycling in all its forms for people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities through our local volunteer groups and nationally co-ordinated projects.

We are looking for a self-motivated, enthusiastic, and committed person to drive Cycling UK’s campaigns, all aimed at removing barriers to cycling. The role includes lead responsibility for coordinating our May election 2022 campaigns, and our infrastructure campaigning. Excellent written, interpersonal, and communication skills are a must for this role, to support our vision to get millions more people cycling.

If you’ve got the political nous, campaigning skills, and enthusiasm to champion cycling and get the UK cycling, then we want to hear from you! The campaigns officer will report to Cycling UK’s head of campaigns.

Tell us why you are the person to drive impact in this capacity.

Visit our website and explore the job description for full details on this exciting opportunity. Complete the application form expressing why you are the right candidate for this opening and send to our recruitment team (contact details available on our website).

Focus on gearing your supporting statement to exemplify how your skills and experience match the requirements of the role, directly referring to the person specification. This enables the selection panel to assess your relative strengths against the specified criteria.

The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Friday 10 December 2021.

We are an inclusive organisation and would particularly welcome applications from candidates from a broad range of backgrounds. We strongly believe that diversity strengthens our work. If you are already passionate about cycling, that’s great, many of us are too! But if you are simply really excellent at what you do, no matter what your background, that is what matters most to us.

If you think that this describes you and you are excited by the prospect of joining our team, please do get in touch to find out more.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Campaigns Officer to join our team and develop and co-produce local and national campaigns with blind and partially sighted people through the Sight Loss Councils across the UK and help us to communicate those plans.

You will need to be organised, be able to manage conflicting priorities and deliver results without close supervision. You will need excellent communication skills and have the ability to build and maintain relationships.

Thomas Pocklington Trust (TPT) is a national charity dedicated to delivering positive change for blind and partially sighted people.

A knowledge of the issues effecting blind and partially sighted people will be a distinct advantage in this role.

This role is home based with some job related travel.  This would include attending meetings at the TPT Hub in London.

TPT has great benefits to offer including a very generous annual leave entitlement plus public holidays and a 5% employer  contribution into the pension scheme.

70 people are dying every day from alcohol across the UK – and the UK Government is not doing enough to stop this. Join our small but mighty team to help drive change and improve the lives of people affected by alcohol.

We are looking for an Advocacy Support Officer to support our campaigns across a range of topics and get the UK Government to take action on alcohol harm. In this role, you will split your time between the Alcohol Health Alliance UK (AHA) and the Institute of Alcohol Studies (IAS), working 3 days a week for the AHA and 2 days a week for IAS.

The Alcohol Health Alliance UK is a partnership of over 60 organisations, working together to reduce alcohol harm. We are one of the largest public health alliances, with members including charities, medical royal colleges, alcohol health campaigners and patient representatives.

The Institute of Alcohol Studies is an independent charity and think tank dedicated to advancing the use of the best available evidence in public policy decisions about alcohol, reducing the gap between evidence and policy.

Job purpose

This is an opportunity to work on a high-profile issue which cuts across a range of the biggest social and political issues of the day, including addiction, health inequalities, marketing, domestic abuse, homelessness, and the influence of business in setting government policy. It’s a great chance to get experience in charity campaigning and communications and to build relationships with leading health organisations.

Core duties

• Identifying Parliamentary opportunities for influence
• Building relationships with MPs and Peers
• Preparing briefings, consultation responses and parliamentary questions
• Maintaining the database of Parliamentary contacts
• Writing and overseeing distribution of monthly e-newsletters
• Identifying and contacting potential new members for the Alcohol Health Alliance
• Acting as the point of contact for enquiries from members and the public
• Organising meetings and events (virtually and in-person, including in Parliament), booking rooms, planning catering, identifying speakers, writing agendas and minute taking.
• Managing finance processes including membership subscriptions and invoicing
• Supporting the work of the AHA Communications Manager and Policy and Advocacy Officer, and the IAS team

Person specification

You will be proactive and self-motivated, able to balance priorities in a fast-paced environment. Essential requirements for this role are:

• Experience in political and/or media campaigning
• Knowledge of the UK Parliament / Government
• Experience in drafting engaging copy for newsletters, web or similar
• Able to work on own initiative and meet deadlines across several projects simultaneousl
• Experience of organising effective meetings and writing high quality minutes 
• Excellent interpersonal skills and confidence, ability to work with a range of individuals
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills, including ability to draft succinct briefings for Parliamentarians
• A good degree, preferably in politics or a related field
• Passionate about achieving social change

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

We are recruiting for an interim Digital Policy and Advocacy Officer to join the Digital and Innovation team within our Strategy and collaboration department. You will support and drive policy and advocacy efforts to bridge the gender digital divide through the digital empowerment of girls.

You will advise on policy and advocacy in the space of the gender digital divide, ensuring that you are aware of policy and research in the space of digital, gender and rights and advising on the use, risks and benefits of a variety of social media and online tools for advocacy.

This role will require internal collaboration with policy and advocacy colleagues, external partnership with organisations specialised in digital policy and advocacy and keen participation in digital networks, including catalysts, champions and Plan International’s Areas of Global Distinctiveness.

About You

You bring a strong understanding of digital and technology trends and policy debates at the global level and experience in policy and influencing design, monitoring and evaluation, learning and knowledge management.

Experience in international work environments and an understanding of NGO structures, the girls and women’s equality movement and the UN human rights and humanitarian system is essential.

About us 

Foxglove is a non-profit that exists to make technology fair for us all. In just over two years, we’ve brought several ground-breaking cases taking on Big Tech and government – and won. 

We’ve forced disclosure of secret contracts between tech giants and the NHS, stopped a racist Home Office visa algorithm, helped make grading fair for all A level students in the UK, forced the government to pause the NHS data grab and helped hundreds of Facebook workers speak out against workplace exploitation.

We are a small, growing team of lawyers, activists and communications specialists. We investigate, litigate, and advocate for justice in technology. We’re just getting started. We hope you want to join us. 

The role 

The Digital Campaigner will play a critical role in Foxglove’s public-facing work. You’ll support our ambitious growth plans and significantly increase Foxglove’s supporter base and income from the public. Your creative and technical skills will help us amplify our cases and projects. 

You already work at the cutting edge of digital campaigning. You have experience in digital engagement and a strong track record in using it to achieve results. You are a positive person with a can-do attitude. You’re happy to muck in on a task, big or small, and you have the skills and ability to bring Foxglove campaigns to new audiences. 

Responsibilities: 

You will be responsible for the following: 

1. Fundraising 

• Planning and delivering online fundraising activities and campaigns to ensure that targets for one-off and regular donations are met 
• Working to understand our audiences to ensure our fundraising activities are as effective as possible 
• Using our CRM to manage relationships with supporters and to deliver campaigns
• Generating ideas and new tactics for our campaigns and fundraising

2. Website 

• Managing Foxglove’s website 
• Working with our Communicator and the management team to coordinate and contribute to high-quality web content 
• Managing our relationship with our external website developer

3. Creating digital content for Foxglove cases and campaigns  

• Creating materials for social media to support every case and campaign.
• Contributing to and overseeing the creation of engaging website and campaign content, including video and graphics 
• Identifying, where appropriate, other non-social campaign opportunities to engage the public in Foxglove’s issues

4. Supporter engagement and growth 

• Maintaining and expanding Foxglove’s public profile and supporter base 
• Producing copy and visual content for supporter emails and online actions 
• Monitoring and reporting on the performance of emails and actions 

Person specification 

• Minimum 2 years’ experience working in digital campaigns or communications. 
• Familiarity with a range of digital campaigning techniques, including email communications, petitions and social media. 
• Experience of producing compelling multimedia content to engage and mobilise a variety of audiences. 
• Excellent written communication skills: able to produce compelling, persuasive, concise written material for a range of audiences. 
• Excellent attention to detail. 
• Excellent time management and prioritisation skills: able to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines and adapt priorities at short notice. 
• Strong interpersonal and oral communication skills.
• Innovative and creative mindset, eager to find novel approaches to digital storytelling. 
• Right to work in the UK. 
• Passion for tech-justice issues. 

Length and salary 

The is a fixed term 18-month contract. There will be a six-month probationary period. The annual salary is £40,800 per annum less any required deductions for income tax and national insurance. Please note that our pay is transparent and non-negotiable. This role will be based in our London office.

How to apply 

To apply please send a copy of your CV and a 2-page cover letter detailing why you are best suited to the role. Foxglove conducts blind shortlisting with identifying information removed from application forms for all roles.

Please send these documents as attachments by the application deadline. We would be grateful if you could complete and return our diversity monitoring form alongside your application. 

Foxglove is new and we are growing. We are striving to build a team that is truly inclusive. We will create a diverse and adaptable environment where we support people to do their best work. We believe an effective and creative team is made up of people from different walks of life.

If any part of this process causes you difficulty, please get in touch with us. 

National Campaigner

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£29000- £31000 per year

East London

Permanent - 35 Hours per week

This is an exciting role as part of a growing team at Scope. The Campaigns and Mobilisation team engages members of the public on the issues which matter most to disabled people to help create everyday equality for disabled people in the UK. We seek to support and engage disabled people and other members of the public to create change. Through our campaigns we influence policy-makers, business leaders, politicians and the public.

The National Campaigner will play a crucial role in delivering engaging campaigns activity to make this change as big and impactful as possible. They will lead on Scope’s digital campaigner engagement, including designing and delivering email journeys to build involvement with campaigners, and creating accessible e-actions which empower the public to get involved with Scope’s campaigns. This is an ideal role for someone with a flair for creative campaigning, a passion for disability equality, and an interest in digital engagement.

The Role

You will create engaging, accessible digital supporter journeys and e-actions to involve and grow our campaigner base in Scope’s campaigns, and support our campaigns’ objectives.

You will continue to improve Scope’s digital campaigning. This might involve everything from the use of our campaigns software (Engaging Networks) to our emails, to how we manage our supporter data, to working with teams on key platforms like social media and our website.

You will develop creative, engaging, accessible and objective-driven campaign content, working with teams like marketing, storytelling, and social media.

You will think how we can translate online journeys offline, where appropriate, and deepen our relationships with campaigners.

You will use insight to inform plans, and evaluate and monitor progress of our campaigns.

You will be an ambassador for the Campaigns team across Scope, working with lots of different teams to involve them and their stakeholders in our campaigns.

About You

We are looking for someone who has a passion to fight for disability equality, and work with disabled people towards this.

You will have experience of delivering impactful campaigns content, and building supporter journeys. You’ll be comfortable working with digital software and databases, ideally with experience of Engaging Networks or similar campaigning software.

You will have an understanding of the theory behind campaigning, experience of campaigning, and how to achieve change. 

You’ll have a can-do attitude, and experience building great relationships with colleagues and customers. You’ll have great communication skills, whether written or verbal.

Please make sure you explain in your application, with examples, how you can meet these important skills.

If you want to make a difference and become a Disability Gamechanger, we'd love to hear from you. Apply Today!

Close date: 7/12/2021

Disabled candidates

Equality and inclusion are at the heart of our mission and we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace.

We work hard to ensure that we are making exciting opportunities available to all, and everyone feels valued, heard and respected so that we continue to build a high performance, high engagement culture.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled people, and guarantee interviews to disabled applicants who meet the minimum job criteria. Please let us know in your application if you are applying under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme.

If you would prefer an application form or need any of the job information in a different format such as large print or braille. Please contact us via our website.

Our Values - Pioneering, Courageous, Connected, Open, Fair

By living our values and trusting each other, we empower our colleagues to make decisions. By giving our colleagues freedom and space to spark creativity for innovation, we can push boundaries, change mindsets and be empowered to change the game with grit and determination and a sense of urgency.

Scope Benefits

We encourage everyone to bring their whole selves to work and embrace our values of being open and fair, courageous, connected and pioneering. We believe hard work deserves reward and recognition and offer a wide range of benefits including 35 days annual leave in Retail, 27 days plus Bank Holidays working in our Head Office, flexible working (where we can), company pension, excellent training and career development, strong colleague networks across disability, race and LGBTQ+, wellbeing incentives like a discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme, and much more.

Sexual violence against children and adolescents (SVAC) is one of the largest silent pandemics of our time. It is a problem that festers in homes, online, and in communities in every country on Earth. To end this silent pandemic, a NEW global networked movement of survivors and allies is being created to drive advocacy and campaigns as a powerful voice for transformative change. 

Working with the direction of global survivors and allied partners, this newly forming movement will demand an end to the pandemic of sexual violence through advocacy for bold public policy solutions and campaigns to shift societal norms, eradicate survivor stigma and break the conspiracy of silence that enables sexual violence to continue. Our movement is mobilizing survivors and allies that are globally connected, nationally coordinated, and locally grounded.

The Movement Executive Coordinator works with and supports three key stakeholder and governance groups:

• Movement Action Team (MAT): This team of movement staff and consultants (a.k.a. Secretariat) will drive the day-to-day work of the global movement.
• Global Survivors Advocacy Group (SAG): This group includes 15 survivor advocacy leaders from around the world; it defines the vision and priorities for the movement.
• Global Steering Group (GSG): This group will include representatives from the SAG and also large, global organizations; it is a decision-making body and it will determine priority campaigns and advocacy efforts.

The Movement Executive Coordinator’s direct supervisor will be the Chairperson of the GSG.  Initial members of the GSG are selected representatives from The Army of Survivors, ECPAT International, End Violence Lab at the University of Edinburgh, Girls Not Brides, Together for Girls, We Protect Global Alliance, World Vision International and representatives from the Global Survivors Advocacy Group.

Role Context

The Movement Executive Coordinator will coordinate and oversee the movement’s inception, development and expansion, being both a leader and a facilitator of this movement. As a senior leader, this accomplished senior campaigner will have extensive experience in advocacy and supporting collaborative international movements and campaigns, with diverse groups and stakeholders, across a number of continents.  This movement is global in nature and is open to the coordinator to be based in any location.

This global movement has received a funding commitment for its initial 4 years, which is a rare and unique opportunity for a start-up.  A $10.3 Million grant has been secured from the Oak Foundation that will flow through Together for Girls from 2021-2025.  As part of this effort, the Movement Executive Coordinator will manage a campaign budget of approximately $1.9 Million once allocated. The movement is looking for other funding partners to expand investments as it establishes and grows its strategy. 

As the leader of a newly formed expanding movement, the Movement Executive Coordinator will be a seasoned entrepreneurial leader, who will support the development of the strategy. They will hire, supervise, and empower key staff and consultants that will operate on a Movement Action Team (MAT) to achieve the goals of the movement.  Experience working on ending sexual violence against children and adolescents (ESVAC) prevention, healing, and justice, would be interesting but not required.  More so required for success in this position are political savvy, strong campaign vision, and energetic and charismatic movement building qualities to help build this new exciting team and to drive advocacy and campaigns to end sexual violence against children. A long term commitment to measured impact is essential.

Responsibilities

Ensure the creation and continued evolution of an ambitious strategy, including:

• Convening a collaborative, global, annual strategy planning, and impact assessment process.
• Building and supporting an appropriately diverse group of stakeholders who buy into/own the strategy.
• Supporting the implementation of the strategy through collaborative campaign/project delivery, the development of new/further projects, and the allocation of movement resources.
• Leading the preparation and consolidation of the movement calendar.

Facilitate the growth of a global movement, including:

• Promoting communication and information exchange between movement participants at global level.
• Building bridges with other relevant movements, at national, regional, and international levels.
• Providing movement participants with opportunities for collaboration, including, but not limited to, campaign development and implementation.
• Reaching out to and working with other international organizations.
• Facilitating leadership development and self-organizing by members.

Support the Global Steering Group (GSG), including:

• Working with the Chair, set agendas and organize Steering Group meetings and processes.
• Facilitating strategic communications between Global Steering Group members.
• Designing and overseeing an annual global planning convening hosted by the Global Steering Group.
• Overseeing the development and implementation of Global Steering Group sponsored campaigns and projects.
• Overseeing project expenditures and budget, ensuring all necessary monitoring, evaluation and reporting expectations are met.
• Empowering the movement to achieve our mission, focused on lifting up survivor voices and supporting survivors in their healing journey, working on prevention, healing, and justice.

Lead the Movement Action Team (MAT) (aka Secretariat) by managing the movement internally by:

• Build and sustain a dynamic, results-focused accomplished Movement Action Team.
• Being a role model and building on the movement´s values and organizational culture, creating a non-hierarchical, horizontal movement accountable all the way to the local level. 
• Leading, empowering and developing a culture where all stakeholders feel respected, appreciated, and resourced to achieve their goals, keeping intersectionality, racial and economic justice.
• Exercising strong financial accountability, ensuring annual budgeting, efficiency, and impact, managing risks, and reporting and follow up on all key governance areas. 
• Directly supervising a Community Building and Engagement Lead, Communications and Campaigns Lead, part-time Fundraising Lead, and part-time Senior Operations, Finance, and Human Resources Officer, monitoring and evaluation efforts, consultants and other staff positions that may be developed.

Support the Global Survivors Advocacy Group (SAG), including:

• Working with the Chair, set agendas and organize meetings of the SAG,
• Working with the Director of Community Building and Engagement, to coordinate outreach to new and existing SAG members and survivor leader groups and constituencies across geographies.
• Ensure SAG members receive self-care and healing journey support
• Ensure SAG members receive the capacity-building they need to succeed in public facing advocacy and campaigning

Publicly represent the movement, including:

• Developing and maintaining relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, including movement allies, politicians, policymakers, UN organization, international organizations,  corporate CEOs, funders as necessary.
• Representing the movement in public events and forums, as needed.
• Represent the movement to the media, as needed.

Candidate Profile

Work Experience:

• Accomplished campaigner and manager with 10-15 years of significant experience and documented success in facilitating social change, including movement building
• Knowledge and experience with international advocacy and campaign development and coordination.
• Extensive experience in facilitating alignment and collaboration among diverse groups of social change advocates and stakeholders in all regions of the world.

Skills and Knowledge:

• Demonstrated ability to work with diverse allies, coalitions, and individuals.
• Ability to build and sustain movement structures.
• Confidence in working within and across movements.
• Capacity to shape and adapt strategies.
• Ability to navigate difficult issues through multi-stakeholder processes to achieve alignment on positions and messaging.
• Strong and inclusive leadership qualities. A collaborative, warm, consensual leadership style.
• Able to embrace and advocate for the big picture but equally able to be hands-on.
• Experience supervising and motivating a high-performing  team working remotely, in locations around the world
• Excellent communications, facilitation, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to deliver projects to time, to budget and in line with agreed objectives.
• Strong ability to work unsupervised and be self-directed, yet to meet the required project objectives.
• Knowledge and understanding of issues related to ending sexual violence against children and adolescents are desirable but not required.

Languages:

• Must be fluent in both verbal and written English. Additional language(s) a plus.

Culture and Values

The Global Movement to End Sexual Violence Against Children and Adolescents and Together for Girls are an equal opportunity employer. People of color, women, LGBTQ+ people and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. Given the nature of this movement, we encourage survivor leaders and/or advocates to apply.

The movement team seeks to create a courageous, inclusive, and flexible culture that empowers staff to have the capacity and ability to deliver change.  Striving to build and maintain psychological safety, trust, and accountability among team members in order to foster honesty and openness about our needs and challenges while also prioritizing self-care.

We are looking to build an ambitious team that punches way above our weight and are proud of our work environment that is based on the values of respect, courage, empathy, agility, and collaboration. This will be coupled with a strong commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion that underpins our work.

Work Permits:   The candidate must have the ability to legally work in the country where they reside, either as a consultant or as an employee for the movement.

How to Apply

To apply for the post, please send a letter of application stating the skills and approach you would bring to the role, along with your CV/resume in English, to Karem Armstrong

Please ensure that documents are sent with the titles “your name cover letter” and “your name CV” and state "ESVAC-Movement Executive Coordinator” in the email subject line.

A full applicants pack is available at the above email address

The deadline for application is Sunday December 19th, 2021

Daryl Upsall International actively promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion. In recruiting candidates, we seek candidates with the proven skills required, irrespective of race, gender, religion or belief, age, disability, or sexual orientation.

Network and Campaigns Lead

Reporting to the Managing Director, you will work with the Horsham Matters team and alongside local partners to develop and deliver local influencing strategies and campaigns within Horsham District to bring about long-term positive change for the residents of Horsham.

You will be the link between our Charity and the Trussell Trust OLM team contributing to the national movement to end the need for foodbanks.

Role description

• To work with the Community Support Manager and Managing Director to identify local issues driving poverty; build and deliver a Horsham Matters campaign and develop a strategy to build power and win change
• To explore and understand the experiences that are bringing people that lead people to the use Foodbank; working with Horsham Matters’ team and volunteers

• Develop a range of tools which encourage stakeholder engagement, mapping out and building relationships with the food bank’s partners, Churches, referral agencies and local anti-poverty organisations, and engage them in identifying the local drivers of poverty

• Develop and manage a team volunteers to work with you to mobilise the campaign; liaising with the Volunteer Co-ordinator as appropriate

• Prepare press releases for local media, and liaise with th Social Media Assistant to ensure that campaigns are promoted through our platforms

• Develop mechanisms to measure the impact of the influencing campaign
• Work closely with the Charity’s Pathfinder leadership team on data analysis and share findings to provide evidence of impact
• To work with the fundraising team to develop opportunities to raise funds through the network you develop
• To work with the Trussell Trust’s Organising and Local Mobilisation (OLM) team and engage with the training and support on offer, including work with other local organisers in the Trussell Trust network, and engage in Trussell Trust’s central priority campaign activities as well as other national poverty campaigns
• Represent the Charity at local meetings and events where appropriate
• Communicate regularly with the Charity’s leadership team; attending Management meetings and Trustees meetings etc.
• Other duties as required by the Managing Director

Key Skills

• Experience in delivering campaigns and an understanding how to bring about change
• Skilled in public presentation, and experience of working with local media
• Good project management skills, able to balance a range of priorities
• Working as part of a team whilst being able to be self-motivated
• Experience of working with a range of stakeholders
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Be committed to the values of Horsham Matters and Trussell Trust

RoadPeace has an exciting opportunity for a compassionate individual to join our organisation and make a significant difference to our charity and to the lives of the road crash victims we support.

We are seeking a highly organised, efficient and compassionate individual with good interpersonal skills to assist our Director of Support Services (DSS) in the delivery of some of our most highly demanded support services. This will include providing emotional and practical support to victims of road crashes (bereaved and injured) in a highly sensitive and empathic manner and assist with providing regular supervision for volunteers and project-based activities.