Mostly working from home

UNICEF ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.

This is a great opportunity to join the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) as Head of International Programme Engagement.

The International Programmes Engagement team is UNICEF UK’s hub of technical expertise on UNICEF’s global programmes and priorities. It is the central source for UNICEF UK of programmatic intelligence, knowledge, interpretation and strategic guidance, ensuring outcomes for children are at the centre of all we do within the UK. You will work in partnership with colleagues globally and in the UK, to ensure that UNICEF UK persuasively and accurately mobilises strategic resources to protect, promote and uphold children’s rights.

To succeed, you will have experience of influencing and negotiating with multiple stakeholders within global organisations, ideally in a resource mobilisation, advocacy and communications context. You are also likely to have directly worked within an international development agency, country programme or similar.  

Closing date: 11.59pm, Sunday 31 October 2021.

Interview date: Wednesday, 10 November and Thursday, 11 November 2021 via video conferencing.

We are normally based on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, East London but while our office is closed, this role will work from home or from wherever makes you happy.We are expecting to move to a hybrid approach (part home/part office based) when our office reopens.

We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities, and from men, because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at this level at Unicef UK. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for children.

UNICEF UK promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

The successful candidate will be required to apply for a criminal records check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the role and the circumstances of your offences.

We only accept online applications as this saves us money, making more funds available for us to help ensure children’s rights.

If you require support in completing the online form or an application form in an alternative format, please contact our Supporter Care Line during office hours.

If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note that we only provide feedback to shortlisted candidates.

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Do you want to be part of an organisation which stands up for children? If so, join us to manage some of partnerships with global institutions.

 About Us

We are Save the Children. For a century, we’ve stood up for children’s rights and made sure their voices are heard. We stand side by side with children in the toughest places to be a child and we do whatever it takes to make sure they survive, get protection when they’re in danger, and have the chance to learn. We are constantly finding new ways to reach children who need us most, no matter where they’re growing up.

Save the Children has a range of partnerships with the UN agencies, to achieve our mutual policy objectives for children and to secure programme funding. We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Partnership Manager to lead, manage and develop Save the Children’s evolving relationship with the full range of UN agencies we are responsible for across the global organisation. Ideally, you will have experience of working within the UN system and engaging these institutions through both their headquarters and in programme implementation settings. The post reports to the Head of Partnership Development based in London, working with six peer Managers working on our full range of government of multilateral partners. You will be working across the full range of the organisation - Country Offices, Headquarters and with our UN advocacy Offices. Please see the job description for full information.

Key Accountabilities

In addition to the above, you will:

• Lead partnership and engagement strategies, work plans and proactive approaches between Save the Children and the UN funds and programmes.
• Influence Save the Children’s strategic positioning vis-à-vis the UN, define opportunities with the aim of expanding our strategic collaboration, policy influencing, funding and technical cooperation.
• Identify and anticipate current and future funding trends, opportunities and challenges emerging from International Financial Institutions through networks and engagement.

Person Profile

To be successful, you will be a dynamic, passionate and experienced manager, driven by delivering results for the most disadvantaged people. A strategic thinker, you will also have experience in working within a UN agency and will have a solid understanding of how the UN system works. In addition you will:

• Be educated to degree level or equivalent qualification gained through experience of working in a relevant sector
• Extensive experience within and knowledge of official development partners and of ODA instruments and development financing flows
• Have a proven record of accomplishment in institutional strategic partnership building, brokering relationships with partners, and engagement at a senior level, as well as outstanding negotiation and diplomatic skills
• Have experience of influencing and delivering results across complex organisations
• Possess excellent relationship building skills with the ability to network with and influence senior people internally and externally to achieve results.

If you share our belief in the power of children, join the fight. It takes relentless determination, creativity and a real commitment to real change. Because every child should be able to make their mark on their world and help to build a better future. We look forward to hearing from you.

To apply please visit our website.

About Us

Kick It Out are advocates on behalf of under-represented and minority communities in football, working to increase their representation in every area of the game – from grassroots to the Premier League, from the pitch to the side-lines and from the stands to the boardroom. We do everything in our power to report incidents of discrimination, educate communities, and mentor a new generation of people in the sport.

Football should be a game for everyone, whether they play it, work it in it or support it. But not everyone is welcome. Kick It Out’s mission is to campaign for change to end discrimination and build belonging, so that every

one feels they can be a part of a sport that should be for all.

Job Purpose

The successful applicant will be responsible for managing the day-to-day operation of our new digital learning platform. You will oversee the design of learning materials and develop professional digital and online content for the organisation.

Our digital learning platform will be aimed at a range of stakeholders across football, to enhance their Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) knowledge and skills. It’s a brand-new initiative, ready for a creative individual to develop and steer in their own way and redefine digital learning within the football space.

Main responsibilities will include:

• Day to day administration of our digital learning platform
• Develop e-learning courses and content to meet business and audience needs
• Ensuring content is relevant and kept up to date
• Ensure online content is suitable and in line with Learning and Development (L&D) best practice
• Working with stakeholders and partners sourcing additional learning opportunities
• Developing standards and protocols for online content library
• Weekly reporting on engagement statistics
• Manage and liaise with the Learning Management System (LMS) provider for support and updates as required
• Act as a single point of contact within the business for all matters relating to digital learning
• Deliver end to end projects

Kick It Out is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.  Kick It Out selects all candidates for interview based on skills, qualifications, and experience. Candidates with a disability who meet the criteria will be offered a guaranteed interview.

We are looking for an exceptional and highly resourceful Schools Marketing Manager to help drive one of the most ambitious UK schools engagement campaigns. This ground-breaking schools programme is being developed as part of and alongside a large scale and ambitious new artwork by our creative team and will focus on wellbeing and global citizenship as part of Festival UK* 2022, a collection of large-scale public engagement projects.

Our team is developing an immersive experience exploring the wonder of the human mind through architecture, neuroscience, technology, light and sound. It brings together spatial designers, scientists, artists and technologists, and includes Turner Prize winning collective Assemble, scientists and philosophers from the Universities of Sussex and Glasgow, Grammy nominated composer Jon Hopkins along with a sound designer, technologist and director.

The Schools Marketing Manager will be pivotal in one of the most ambitious all-schools projects the UK has seen. Working closely with A New Direction (AND), the Producer (Engagement) and the AND Schools Programme Manager, this central role will drive schools’ recruitment, registration and seamless orchestration of production logistics for campaign films and media content. They will put the learning programme in the public eye, producing assets to dial up engagement and deliver peak points for mass participatory opportunity.

The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering an ambitious schools recruitment strategy through the project website, social media and broadcast content as well as targeted communications into schools.

Collective Act is committed to creating a positive and inclusive environment where everyone feels respected and free to work without fear of discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our practice. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.

We welcome applications from people requiring flexible working arrangements, including partial remote work, and from anyone with any professional or educational background.

If you have any questions about our working environment please get in touch.

Contract: The contract is fixed term until 26th August 2022.

Application deadline: 9am on Monday 25th October 2021.

Interview date: Thursday 28th October 2021.

How to apply: Please download the job pack from Assemble Studio's website and read the information in the job description and person specification. Submit a covering letter stating your interest in the contract, along with a detailed CV, two references and a completed Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form.

If you require this information in an alternative format and/or would like to apply for this role in an alternative format, for example via video if you are a BSL user, please get in touch to arrange this.

We’re Rethink Mental Illness, a leading charity provider of mental health services in England. We support thousands of people through our groups, services, policy, campaigns and advice and information. Our work supports us in delivering on our mission: “A better life for everyone severely affected by mental illness.”

We are recruiting for someone to join us as Place-based Physical Activity Project Manager on a 3 year FTC.

We welcome applications from everyone, applicants with lived experience, those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning+ (LGBTQ+), people with a disability, or those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds are actively encouraged to apply. We are proud to have also been awarded Disability Confident employer status. We have an ambition of becoming an anti-racist organisation and we recognise there is more to do in ensuring our recruitment is fair and inclusive, which is why we are recruiting new roles in helping us to achieve this. Please be mindful that we may need to close adverts early if we receive a high volume of applications, we therefore encourage you to apply as soon as possible. If a shortened closing date has a significant impact on your ability to apply, please let us know.

Overview of the role purpose

I am a physical activity/health specialist delivering an important project to increase opportunities for people severely affected by mental illness and their carers to be physically active; supporting people to improve their physical health and quality of life.

Working in two alliance areas, I have a deep-rooted understanding of each place, the existing infrastructure in relation to physical activity opportunities, local community groups and an understanding of the changes required to the system to ensure physical activity is effectively and sustainably embedded.

I have a sound understanding of co-production and actively engage with experts by experience to co-produce local interventions to support people to improve their physical health.

I will work closely with the Physical Activity Programme Manager to deliver the place-based physical activity programme. I will also work closely with the Community Mental Health Unit managers in the alliance areas to ensure a joined-up approach.

Additionally, I work closely with internal teams to ensure awareness and understanding of the project, including, co-production, operations, communications, and wider Policy & Practice teams.

Regular travel to the alliance areas will be required where necessary to fulfil the requirements of the role.

What will you be doing?

•  I will develop an in-depth understanding of the physical activity and mental health community support landscape in each place, including identifying the key stakeholders in delivery and influencing.
• I engage with local stakeholders and experts by experience to understand the existing community mental health pathway, understand the needs and barriers, and identify opportunities to embed physical activity into the system.
• I recruit a network of experts by experience to co-produce interventions with experts by training and local stakeholders
• I develop relationships with a range of stakeholders across the clinical, community, voluntary and physical activity sector, including but not limited to;
  • Relevant departments within local authorities (i.e. Public Health, sport and physical activity, parks and green spaces, leisure)
  • Active Partnerships
  • Local community and faith groups
  • Peer support groups
  • Mental health services
  • Physical activity providers
  • Community mental health teams
  • Healthcare professionals (i.e. GPs, pharmacists)
• I feed into wider policy and influencing, working closely with the Physical Activity Programme Manager to create system-wide change and embed physical activity into the community mental health pathway.
• I advocate and educate the mental health sector on the benefits of being physically active.
• I consider opportunities to ensure 1:1 personalised physical activity support for people severely affected by mental illness, such as introducing a physical activity navigation function into each area.
• I put co-production at the heart of what I do and actively promote and identify opportunities to co-produce, working closely with the co-production team.
• I identify opportunities to disseminate support (resources, training, webinars, etc.) and co-produce these where possible.
• I feed into the programme evaluation and support with local data collection.
• I regularly report highlights, risks, issues, challenges, and budget to the Physical Activity Programme Manager.
• Ability to plan, deliver, facilitate and influence stakeholders both in-person and remotely.

Do you have what we are looking for?

• I am a health/mental health/co-production/physical activity professional with demonstrable experience working in the sector.
• Experience of delivering high impact projects.
• Experience of working with beneficiaries and a variety of internal and external stakeholders to develop and deliver creative initiatives to change behaviours.
• Experience of getting stakeholders buy-in and communicating progress of delivery.
• Excellent communication skills to produce progress reports and present updates and findings.
• I can build effective relationships regardless of seniority.
• I work proactively and collaboratively with colleagues, partners and other stakeholders to achieve outcomes and impacts.
• I am resilient and able to work flexibly and dynamically to meet the demands of the project and manage unforeseen challenges.
• I am able to prioritise workload demands and positively respond to unforeseen challenges.
• I have a passion for improving the physical health of people severely affected by mental illness

The safety and wellbeing of our service users and colleagues is our first priority, which is why it is now a condition of employment for anyone joining us that they have either had the recommended Covid-19 vaccine or agree to have it when offered by the NHS. You can find more information on our approach and why we have made this important decision in our attached Covid-19 vaccination information document.The safety and wellbeing of our service users and colleagues is our first priority, which is why it is now a condition of employment for anyone joining us that they have either had the recommended Covid-19 vaccine or agree to have it when offered by the NHS. You can find more information on our approach and why we have made this important decision in our attached Covid-19 vaccination information document.

What will you receive?

You will have plenty of opportunities to enhance your skills with the chance to make a real difference every day. In addition, you will have excellent development opportunities including funded training, career development and a range e-learning courses. You will also receive:  

• Salary of £29,485.09 to £32,025.17 per annum
• Contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance and employee assistance programme
• 25 days annual leave rising to 30 days plus bank holidays
• Your "Rethink Day" - one day’s additional leave (pro rata) on your birthday
• Eyecare vouchers
• Flexible working  

Do you want to make a difference to the lives of people who are affected by domestic abuse and sexual violence?

Splitz Support Service is an innovative charity wanting to end abuse and help people and their families recover. Our Devon and Torbay services are excited to be recruiting a Service Manager and are looking for a passionate and skilled leader to join our experienced and supportive team.

We welcome applications from people with experience of similar work or with transferable leadership skills with an understanding of domestic abuse. You will be joining the organisation at an exciting time, with a new Chief Executive leading the charity and with an opportunity to influence our future direction.

Splitz recognises the importance of the well-being of our staff and all post holders are provided with independent clinical supervision alongside professional development supervision. We offer 25 days annual leave in addition all bank holidays (FTE) and the opportunity for some working from home.

This is a flexible term post and this is a rolling advert and candidates will be shortlisted as applications are received. The vacancy will close once a candidate is appointed. Interviews will take place in Exeter.

For more information on the role and to download an application form, the full job description and person specification please go to our website.

About Us

Kick It Out are advocates on behalf of under-represented and minority communities in football, working to increase their representation in every area of the game – from grassroots to the Premier League, from the pitch to the side-lines and from the stands to the boardroom. We do everything in our power to report incidents of discrimination, educate communities, and mentor a new generation of people in the sport.

Football should be a game for everyone, whether they play it, work it in it or support it. But not everyone is welcome. Kick It Out’s mission is to campaign for change to end discrimination and build belonging, so that everyone feels they can be a part of a sport that should be for all.

Job Purpose

Our colleagues are at the core of what we do. Their passion and commitment to make a difference drives the success of our organisation. With an ambitious growth plan in the coming years, we have recognised the need to build a more appropriate and professional approach around our people. We are seeking a broad HR professional who can operate in both transactional and transformational HR design and delivery.

Leading the organisation’s Human Resources approach, ensuring appropriate people management processes are in place and in line with current and relevant legislation. Ensuring the smooth running of all recruitment and onboarding activities; and supporting the development of a high-performance team-based culture where all colleagues feel a sense of belonging and can fulfil their potential.

Main responsibilities will include:

• Overseeing the development, implementation and review of staff HR policies, in accordance with legislation and the Charity Commission.
• Ensuring all staff are fully aware of and comply with the organisation’s agreed HR policies and staff procedures as per the staff handbook.
• Implementation of effective dignity at work processes to foster a culture of belonging for all colleagues.
• Monitoring colleague attendance and overseeing the organisational absence management process.
• Administering all transactional employee administration, such as employment contracts, induction packs, probation periods and formal notices such as redundancy or termination.
• Reviewing, designing and managing colleague reward and benefits processes. 
• Providing detailed reporting around all aspects of people management to the Board of Trustees.
• Managing Kick It Out’s online HR system and identifying opportunities for enhanced HR online services.
• Ensuring Kick It Out are legally compliant with all people related documentation.
• Implementing strategic organisational design to ensure Kick It Out has appropriate structures and people with the appropriate competencies to deliver the strategy.
• Embedding performance management processes to ensure all colleague activity is focussed on strategic delivery.
• Building a culture of learning within Kick It Out and ensuring colleagues have the support to succeed and fulfil their potential.
• Building and implementing colleague engagement processes including 360 degree feedback, colleague engagement surveys and exit interviews.
• Managing Kick It Out’s employee assistance programme; and oversee programmes to support the wellbeing and welfare of all staff.

Kick It Out is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.  Kick It Out selects all candidates for interview based on skills, qualifications and experience. Candidates with a disability who meet the criteria will be offered a guaranteed interview.

The Mental Health Foundation is recruiting for a Senior Research Manager to support our UK-wide Research Team.  This is a 2-year full time fixed term post.

Starting salary £40,000 rising to £46,000 plus £3,285 London Weighting

The Mental Health Foundation is the UK’s leading charity for everyone’s mental health.  We are home to Mental Health Awareness Week and, with prevention at the heart of what we do, we aim to find and address the sources of mental health problems so that people and communities can thrive.

Our focus is on three key areas:

1. Impact

We systematically consider how to scale ideas informed by evidence.  We build partnerships and alliances that increase the impact and reach of our work.

2. Influence

We harness evidence and the voice of lived experience to advocate for preventive approaches and create campaigns which tackle the root causes of poor mental health. 

3. Integrity

We continue to build a strong organisation that lives its values - that is open, kind, outward-looking and sustainable.

We have pioneered change for 70 years and we are not afraid to challenge the status quo. Come join us!

This exciting Senior Research Manager role will deliver ground-breaking new research projects that reflect and strengthen the Mental Health Foundation’s strategic priorities and generate actionable insights, to work towards the Foundation's vision of good mental health for all.

What does the role involve?

• With the Foundation's strategy as the starting point, the Senior Research Manager will work with the Research Team and colleagues in other key functions across the four nations, to identify research priorities and lead the delivery of core research Initiatives. A core component of all research will be the production of actionable insights that contribute to the Foundation's mission of good mental health for all.
• At the Mental Health Foundation all research approaches are anchored by collaboration with people with lived experience. The role of Senior Research Manager will build on that collaboration and find Innovative ways to Increase opportunities and deepen levels of participation.

• The role will work across the organisation, utilising research and evaluation capabilities, to support the Foundation to be evidence-based in all Its activities and decision-making.
• This is a senior role that will involve direct line management of members of the Research Team, supervision and support of colleagues on specific projects, representing the Foundation externally and deputising for the Head of Research both Internally and externally, as required.

What skills, knowledge and experience are we looking for?

• Significant experience in a research role, including familiarity with a range of research methods and applied research approaches that translate research into policy and practice.
• A commitment to an inclusive and participatory approach to research, prioritising the involvement of people with lived experience of mental health (both positive and negative experiences).
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of research methodologies, with extensive experience in developing appropriate methodologies and corresponding primary research instruments for specific research projects.
• Proven experience of carrying out research looking at structural and social inequality issues, ideally relating to mental health.
• A track record of building and maintaining strong networks and partnerships with external stakeholders to scope opportunities and deliver research outputs in partnership.

Why should you join the Mental Health Foundation?

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 27 after 5 years’ service

• 3 closure days between Christmas and New Year
• Up to 3 wellbeing days per annum
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Generous non-contributory pension scheme, 8% at 3 months service, rising to 10% at 6 months service employer contribution
• Life Assurance Scheme at four times annual salary
• Flexible working
• Season Ticket Loan
• Cycle to work scheme

Please note that for safeguarding purposes, all our roles require a DBS check.  Also, we are unable to provide sponsorship for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK. 

How to apply

If you think your skills match and you’d like to be part of a dynamic and growing organisation, please see further details and complete the application form on our website. Applications will close at 5pm on 28th October 2021.  Interviews are planned for 11th November 2021.  You will be expected to deliver a presentation on the day of the interview.

Diversity is greatly valued at the Foundation.  Applications from all sections of the community are actively encouraged.  If you have a disability, require any additional support or have any questions regarding the role, please contact us.

Due to Covid-19 and until further notice, we are operating digital recruitment (including interviews via video conferencing) and on-boarding processes.  We are blending office and homeworking until further notice.

We look forward to hearing from you!

The University of East London Students' Union is a membership organisation set up to ensure students are empowered to have a full university experience. We offer our members opportunities to meet new people, explore interests and establish mechanisms to improve their course and University.

This is a new role. We introduced a new structure for student representation at University and school level last year. We want our student representatives to have the skills and information to make the new system work. The student voice manager will support those student representatives at school (six) and course (~500) level and in community groups (11). We want the manager to undertake research in conjunction with colleagues to ensure actions and policy are informed by evidence, and to support student officers, other student representatives and colleagues to develop policy positions on issues affecting members.

This role is not about running elections; it is about ensuring school and course representatives have the skills and information they need to be effective in their roles. You will have experience of working in a similar role (not necessarily in students’ unions) and will be educated to degree level (or equivalent) or you will have significant relevant policy-making expertise.

We’re looking for a passionate individual to take on the role of Safehouse Manager at Ella’s. The post-holder will oversee two of Ella’s’ safehouses and provide vital casework support for residents. We need someone who has solid experience of working with vulnerable women, is aligned with the vision and mission of Ella’s and can maintain and develop strong partnerships with other community organisations and groups. If this is you, we’d love to hear from you.

The South London Women’s Alliance, the Diversion pilot, and the Beth Centre deliver in-depth specialist advocacy, support and advice to women who have multiple intersecting needs: significant history of traumatic life experiences, mental health challenges, and/or substance misuse issues.  Historically other services may have struggled to engage with these women, we aim to overcome barriers to engagement. 

The Senior Services Manager (SLWH) position will provide strategic oversight and operational management of the South London projects. You will ensure quality standards are consistently met, staff are effectively managed and budgets are appropriately managed. As Senior Services Manager (SLWH) you will be responsible for establishing and maintaining partnerships with a range of statutory and non-statutory services. You will also lead on the recently mobilised Commissioned Rehabilitative Services contract with the National Probation Service.

The Senior Services Manager (SLWH) will:

• Lead on the operational management of WIP services in South London, ensuring intensive high-quality, trauma-responsive advocacy and emotional and practical support is provided to women accessing these services.
• Develop and manage a service plan for the South London services that incorporates key milestones and ensures delivery of project outputs and outcomes.
• Represent the needs and experiences of women affected by the criminal justice system with external policy-makers and agencies, providing specialist knowledge and expertise relating to the impact of imprisonment upon women in the region.

We actively encourage applications from women from a variety of backgrounds, and with a range of skills and experiences. We are particularly interested to hear from Black, Asian and minoritised women and women who have personal experience of the criminal justice system.

The role is only open to women, in accordance with the sex-based exemptions of the Equality Act 2010 pursuant to Schedule 9, Part 1.

The Mental Health Foundation (MHF) has a vision of a world with good mental health for all. Their focus is on preventing mental health problems and improving people's wellbeing. They do this through research, creating new evidence-based solutions, making practical support available and advocating for change.

MHF is now recruiting for a dynamic new Programme Manager for their Becoming a Man (BAM) Programme, a school-based counselling programme seeking to support young men in years 8-11 to learn, internalise, and practice social skills so that they can reach their potential in school, in their community, and at home.

As Programme Manager for MHF's 'Becoming a Man' Programme, you will work to ensure the effective and timely delivery of the project, currently being delivered across three implementation sites in Lambeth. You will manage project staff, including BAM Counsellors working directly with the young people, and will manage engagement with external agencies, schools, and a wide range of partners. You will align the strategies of key stakeholders with that of the programme and the young people it seeks to support, and will leverage the learning, ethos and strategic framework of BAM in support of the MHF's wider strategy and operational plan.

To apply for this role, you will be an exceptional project manager with significant experience of managing complex projects across multiple delivery sites and alongside a range of delivery partners, ideally within a relevant field such as mental health, youth work, education etc. You will have significant knowledge of mental health, both the protective factors that create good mental health and of the barriers and risk factors that create or exacerbate poor mental health, especially how these impact young people and their development.

This is a fantastic opportunity to lead an established programme designed to support young people's mental health and nurture their potential. In order to apply please initially submit your CV (in Word format). Suitable candidates will then be contacted and will be asked to complete a supporting statement (cover letters are not required at this stage).

First stage interviews - Wednesday 27th and Friday 29th October

Second stage interviews - Friday 12th November

As a specialist Recruitment Practice, Prospectus is committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Individuals with personal lived experience of the issues encountered by the young people participating in BAM are highly encouraged to apply.

The UK political institutions can play a significant role in tackling poverty around the world. We are looking for someone with an excellent understanding of UK political processes and the ability to build and maintain relationships at a senior level to ensure that our attempts to influence these bodies on behalf of poor communities are as effective as possible.

You will help lead Tearfund's government relations work, engaging with ministers, MPs, peers, advisers and senior civil servants. You will be involved in monitoring relevant political and parliamentary debates and processes and in helping to formulate our advocacy and government relations strategies. You will be responsible for organising events in Westminster and at the UK party political conferences and producing regular political briefings for our Executive Team, as well as drafting input into various parliamentary consultations. Additionally you will be arranging meetings with parliamentarians and other key influencers and will be an active member of many of the coalitions that Tearfund is part of.

We are looking for someone who is educated to degree level or has equivalent experience, and who has experience of working with the UK Parliament and Whitehall.

Our ideal candidate will have:

• sound political judgement and possess
• excellent networking and communication skills
• a passion for tackling international poverty and injustice
• existing knowledge of the international development sector 

Experience of organising events and briefing senior members of staff would also be beneficial. You will have good analytical skills, be confident in taking the initiative and be able to think and plan strategically.

Do your skills and experience match the above? Then we'd love to hear from you!

All applicants must be committed to Tearfund's Christian beliefs

The recruitment process will include specific checks related to safeguarding. In addition, personal identification information will be submitted against a Watchlist database to check against criminal convictions as a counter-terror measure.

The role

This is a really exciting time to join our team at Breast Cancer Now. Having recently launched our new Turning the Tide strategy, we’re more focused and determined than ever to make an impact for people affected by breast cancer.

We’re looking for a Press & PR Manager (maternity cover) to join our ambitious Press, PR & Celebrity Team and play a key role in cementing our place as the ‘go to’ organisation for breast cancer. Focusing on our Services & Influencing charitable work, the right person for the role will build the charity’s profile, championing our bold, challenging, patient-focused and expert voice. This includes securing targeted coverage for our policy and campaigns work to influence decision makers, getting important health messages out to healthcare professionals and the public, and ensuring anyone affected by breast cancer knows that we are here for them the whole way through via our life-changing support services. You’ll create and collaborate on powerful stories and will have innovative ideas about how to get cut-through in the media so our stories get heard in a competitive environment.

About you

You’ll be great at building trusted, influential relationships with colleagues across the charity up to senior management and CEO level, and with journalists, external contacts across the services and influencing arena, and advocates and ambassadors of Breast Cancer Now. You’ll work collaboratively and at pace, without compromising on quality of work, to keep our services and influencing work front and centre of our press and PR activity.

An impactful writer for a range of audiences and across different channels. You’ll have a detailed understanding and passion for policy and campaigns, public health and support services work, along with a creative approach and instinctive sense for what makes a good ‘news’ story, and use your experience and expertise to put Breast Cancer Now at the heart of the external news agenda around breast cancer through both proactive and reactive work.

You’ll be excited to join our ambitious, focused and supportive wider Fundraising, Communications and Engagement Directorate which has a focus and drive to reach and engage more people than ever before in our work and to develop our fundraising to continue to be a sustainable organisation for the future. You will play a key role as a manager within this Directorate. We have an open and supportive learning and development culture and are all taking a hybrid approach to working with a mix of working from home and from the office.

About us

We’re Breast Cancer Now, the charity that’s steered by world-class research and powered by life-changing care. We’re here for anyone affected by breast cancer, the whole way through, providing support for today and hope for the future.

We’re that trusted friend that people affected by breast cancer turn to for caring support when they need it most. The expert authority on breast cancer research who is making breakthroughs and driving forward progress. And a vehicle for change, acting now to make sure anyone affected by breast cancer gets the best possible treatment and care.

We believe that we can change the future of breast cancer and make sure that, by 2050, everyone diagnosed with the disease lives, and is supported to live well. But we need to act now.

Although the role is based in our London office, we are following a blended approach between office and home working with a minimum or two days per week in the office for full-time staff members. Should you have any queries with regards to this please contact us in the first instance

Breast Cancer Now is an inclusive employer committed to developing a diverse workforce.

Closing date Thursday 28 October 2021 at 9am

Interview date Virtually via Microsoft teams Monday 8 and Tuesday 9 November 2021