Senior Programmes Manager: Alumni Engagement

November 2020, Full time, permanent

Salary: £40,800 per annum

Location: Sutton Trust offices are in London, role likely to be home based initially

Hours: 09.00 – 17.00

Job type: Full time, permanent

Holidays: 27 days annual leave + public holidays

The Sutton Trust is a foundation committed to improving social mobility in the UK. Our work is focused on improving social mobility through education opportunities. We want to level the playing field for young people from low and middle income backgrounds so that they have a fair chance of accessing leading universities, apprenticeships and jobs.

We currently have c. 40,000 alumni who have been supported by our programmes since 1997. In the last few years, we have established an alumni network to connect and support our alumni, with c.5,000 currently engaged with us. We are a committed and fast-paced team, who work together to deliver our suite of programmes and activities and we are looking for an enthusiastic and collaborative Senior Programme Manager: Alumni Engagement to grow this area of work.

Please note that due to the current Covid-19 government guidance the Sutton Trust offices are closed, meaning the successful candidate is likely to be working remotely initially.

Safeguarding statement

The Sutton Trust believes that a child, young person or vulnerable adult should never experience abuse of any kind. We all have a responsibility to promote the welfare of all children and young people and to keep them safe. Therefore all posts undergo a safer recruitment process, including but not limited to, disclosure of criminal records where necessary and eligibility to work in the UK. We have procedures in place to promote safeguarding and a safe culture at the Trust.

To apply

Please download the candidate application pack from our website, complete the application form, and submit it to us.

The applicant pack includes:

• Job description and person specification
• Application form
• Equal Opportunities Monitoring form (optional)

Applications should reach us by midday on Monday 30th November, with first round interviews held on Wednesday 9th December and second round interviews on Monday 14th December.

Please note that interviews will be held over Zoom.

Please state your name and the role you are applying for in the subject line of the email, and it would also be greatly appreciated if you could note where you saw this job advertised.

If you require any materials in an alternative format, or have any questions, please get in contact with us.

Any information you provide as part of your application will be treated as confidential and managed in accordance with relevant data protection legislation and guidance. Our privacy statement can be found on our website.

Oxfordshire Youth are looking for an ambitious, talented and bold strategic leader to join us as we fight the good fight for young people. 

Job Purpose

The Youth Engagement and Skills Manager will provide strategic direction for operational excellence that results in high levels of youth engagement and high quality skills and training for young people who have complex needs, under Oxfordshire Youth’s ‘Building Skills for Life’ area of work. The role will focus on building Youth Engagement (ensuring that young people’s views are woven into the very fabric of Oxfordshire Youth) and Youth Skills (overseeing skills development and training for young people, and designing pathways for young people to build life skills).

Our commitment to Inclusion and Diversity

OY is striving to build a team that is truly inclusive. We warmly welcome applications from marginalised groups, particularly people of colour, trans and non-binary people and disabled people. Your potential to learn and grow in the role is important to us, so even if you don’t have 100% of what we are asking for, we want to hear from you. Appointment will be made on merit alone. 

Place2Be is the leading children's mental health charity providing in-school support and expert professional development to improve the emotional wellbeing of children and young people, families, teachers and school staff. Place2Be provides mental health support and training for over 600 primary and secondary schools, reaching a total school population of over 350,000 pupils.
 
Our teams provide a range of services in our partner schools to build resilience early in life through counselling, creative work and play and support a child’s ability to engage in school life.  Our work, focused on early intervention, is part of the ‘comprehensive CAMHS system’. 

As the Organisational Development Manager, you will be working with the Director of People and Culture as the central strategic resource for developing a corporate OD strategy. This will be linked to our People Strategy, core values and business priorities, that reflect Place2Be’s culture. You will be responsible for defining an organisational approach to leadership and management development, performance management and wider L and D interventions related to Place2Be’s aim to become a learning organisation.

You will bring passion and strong attention to detail and communications skills to the team during this exciting period of opportunity for the organisation.

Permanent
Hours: 35hrs p/w
Days: Monday-Friday

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

• design and deliver OD and change management strategies, processes and interventions that will support a high-performance culture
• lead on the development of innovative OD and learning and development initiatives and programmes; to continue the development of Place2Be’s leadership and management capability
• focus on transforming and strengthening Place2Be’s values and championing the behaviours that define Place2Be’ s culture.
• develop and deliver effective learning and development programmes and organisational development initiatives.
• oversee and manage the Apprenticeship Levy through engaging with Directors and senior managers on development opportunities for both groups and individuals

The successful candidate will have:

• CIPD qualified in OD or Learning and Development
• strong ability to engage with range of stakeholders, using influencing, relationship management and partnership working
• experience of designing and managing leadership and management development programmes
• development and embedding of OD and learning initiatives across multi-functional workforce
• previous experience of overseeing Apprentice Levy across multi-functional workforce
• the ability present complex ideas and initiatives, taking on-board different needs and requirements across Directorates

Interview Date: Tuesday 08th December 2020 ZOOM Video Interview

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.
 
To APPLY or view/download the full Job Description and Person Specification, please visit our website for further details.

Are you passionate about helping Buckinghamshire’s communities, charities and voluntary groups to be strong and resilient?

Could you provide information, advice and training, and support local communities to make a difference?

We are looking for two full time VCSE & Community Development Officers to join our team. If you have experience of developing and delivering activities in a community setting, or knowledge of what it takes to run a voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE), this could be the role for you.

About us

At Community Impact Bucks, we are passionate about helping people to get involved and make a difference in their communities.

• We support hundreds of communities and causes across Buckinghamshire by helping charities and voluntary groups to be the best they can be – perhaps by helping them find funding, run their organisation or find volunteers.
• By helping local residents to find volunteering roles, we support people who want to give back to their communities while at the same time help local charities to find the volunteers they may need to support vital services.
• And through our community services, we help to build strong, resilient communities and directly help people – the elderly, vulnerable and socially isolated – where we see an unmet need.

We are advertising a number of new roles that will take the charity into the exciting next phase of development and ensure we’re strong, focused and better placed than ever to respond to our communities’ changing needs and adapt to new opportunities and challenges, while making the best use of our resources and developing ambitious services for the future.

Our office in Monks Risborough has free parking and good bus and rail links. Our team is currently working mainly from home, but with access to the office when needed.

About you

Passionate and experienced in voluntary and community action, you will have a flexible approach and relish variety in your work. While you won’t have in-depth knowledge of all aspects of the work, you will be resourceful and enjoy working as part of a team, drawing on each other’s skills and experience to find the best solutions.

Skilled at leading projects from ideas stage through to completion, you will take the lead on particular projects and knowledge areas, and be excited to learn and develop your expertise.

An excellent communicator, you enjoy building partnerships and working with people from a variety of backgrounds, with a strong awareness of diversity and inclusion value, and the ability to judge situations and personalities quickly and adapt style accordingly.

Your knowledge and experience might involve:

• Fundraising
• Volunteer management
• Running a charity, voluntary or community group, or social enterprise
• Impact evaluation
• Asset-based community development
• Developing and delivering activities in a community setting
• Lived experience of the challenges Buckinghamshire’s communities face.

Key responsibilities

Key tasks include:

• Leading and delivering projects
• Providing information, advice and training
• Monitoring and evaluation projects and activities
• Developing volunteer roles and supervising volunteers
• Developing new activities, partnerships and income streams
• Representing and advocating for communities, the sector and the Charity at partnership or public meetings and events.

For an extensive breakdown of the types of projects and responsibilities that you could be involved with, see the appendix to the job description.

Key requirements

• A self-starter who is able to plan ahead, work independently, be self-motivated and use own initiative.
• Have a flexible approach, willing to try new things and test effectiveness.
• A team player with a positive, solution-focused approach.
• Experience of successfully leading projects from inception to close-down, including setting realistic delivery timeframes, meeting project objectives, and monitoring and reporting outcomes.
• Experience of successful partnership working and relationship building with key stakeholders including local authorities, voluntary sector and local communities.
• Able to work under pressure, multi-task and meet strict deadlines.
• Excellent organisational, planning and management skills, with strong attention to detail.Able to work outside normal office hours on occasion.

Diversity & Inclusion

Community Impact Bucks is committed to challenging inequality and values the diversity of our communities in Buckinghamshire. We recognise that reflecting that diversity will only ever make our organisation better. We work to ensure an inclusive culture where colleagues feel welcomed and supported to succeed and thrive. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly those from under-represented communities. 

How to apply

For more information please visit our website to download the Job Description and application form.

To apply, please complete an application form explaining how your skills, experience and interests meet the Job Description and Person Specification.

Email your application to with the subject ‘VCSE & Community Development Officer’ by 9am on 30th November.

Interviews will take place via video call – Teams or Zoom.

About Future Frontiers

Future Frontiers exists to ensure young people from disadvantaged backgrounds fulfil their potential, at school and when transitioning to education, employment or training aged 16 and 18. We do this by providing the guidance, networks and opportunities they lack - through face-to-face coaching delivered by business professionals and access to sector role models.

At age 16 and 18 all young people will make decisions that have lifelong consequences. A positive transition into education, employment or training can set them on a path that provides positive life-opportunities – and, often, a route out of poverty. However, young people from disadvantaged backgrounds miss out on the guidance, networks and opportunities readily afforded to their more privileged peers. This drives much of the inequality entrenched in our educational system and hampers social mobility later in life.  Our programme aims to tackle this inequality by providing a tailored package of support as they approach major crossroads in their education.

Why we need you

Future Frontiers is an innovative, dynamic and ambitious organisation that has developed a high impact coaching programme for pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds. Future Frontiers is now in an exciting position to be able to scale significantly, requiring an exceptional individual to help deliver our ambitious fundraising strategy.

The successful candidate will lead a small fundraising team and be responsible for all aspects of fundraising including prospecting, bid writing and managing existing relationships. They will also work with our Head of Partnerships, feeding into our evolving corporate fundraising strategy.  They will feel confident engaging with senior stakeholders, be proactive in identifying opportunities and have strong relationship management skills.

We’ll trust you to…

Prospect future bids – researching the wide range of trusts and foundations to identify givers that are aligned with the mission of Future Frontiers and the outcomes of our programme.

Write compelling bids – Writing high quality and detailed bids to trusts and foundations in order to reach ambitious voluntary income targets.  This will require an excellent understanding of the charity’s outputs, outcomes and financial activities in order to provide a compelling case for supporting the charity.  Excellent organisational skills are also required to ensure that new and existing bids are submitted in a timely manner and that grant reporting is diligently adhered to.

Manage our existing supporters – working alongside the CEO and Head of Partnerships you will manage, maintain and develop our portfolio of supporters. This will also include engaging with trusts and foundations at networking events, calling campaigns, email campaigns and other creative ways to build an awareness of our work amongst key stakeholders

Evolve our corporate fundraising strategy - develop and deliver a corporate fundraising strategy, seeking to increase the giving potential of existing corporate supporters and new corporate foundations. This will be guided by the Head of Partnerships and CEO as part of a major change to our income generation strategy.

Other responsibilities:  To use Salesforce to plan and monitor fundraising activity and engagement with funders, regular givers and event participants. To undertake any task that may be requested from time to time that may be consistent with the nature and scope of this post.

Are you someone who…

• is passionate about improving opportunities for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds?
• has a proven track record of success in a senior fundraising role?
• has proven expertise in trust & foundation prosecting, bid writing and stakeholder engagement?
• is highly motivated to reach and exceed personal and team targets
• is an excellent relationship-builder: persuasive, dynamic, diplomatic, and at ease interacting with senior stakeholders in a business environment?
• is an exceptional communicator– both written, in person and over the phone?
• is a natural networker - alert to new partnership opportunities with the confidence to pursue them?
• has excellent planning and project management skills?
• is able to juggle conflicting internal and external stakeholder needs?
• is a self-starter and willing to get stuck in and go above and beyond to grow an exciting start up charity?