About Us

We’re the charity helping millions of people feel happier and healthier by spending more time on and along our canals and rivers. Our rich and tranquil spaces provide places to pause, relax and escape. But without extraordinary people, and the funding to make it happen, all of this would be lost. That’s where you come in.

We are looking for a Legacy Development Officer to join our Fundraising Team and work with us to deliver our ambitious plans to accelerate growth in charitable income over the next 3 years.  This is a new role and will play an important part in growing and building new communities of supporters from the ground up. 

We are looking for people passionate about relationship management and stewarding supporters to give a great experience whilst raising money for the Trust.  We exist as a fundraising team so that we can do more for communities up and down the country using the power and benefits our waterways have to offer for Wellbeing, Nature, Employability & Urban Regeneration. If you are inspired to change lives young and old then we would love to hear from you.  Join us, and make life better by water for everyone. Every day.

Location: This is a remote working role, and as such we are very pleased that we can offer flexibility in location, however the successful candidate will be expected to attend our Birmingham centre hub/office (and other locations on occasions) for team and collaboration meetings on a monthly basis.

About the role

This role will lead development of the Trust’s legacy programme to maximise support and income generation through gifts in wills. Reporting directly to the Head of Individual Giving and Legacies, you will develop and deliver a comprehensive legacy marketing and events programme for our key audiences to create a sustainable legacy income pipeline.  To successfully deliver our Legacy programme you will work closely with your Individual & Legacy Giving Team colleagues, and stakeholders across the Trust, within the Marketing & Supporter Development Team, Insight and Evidence Team,  Strategic Transformation Team & Finance Team. Ability to influence senior stakeholders internally and externally is essential for success.

Key accountabilities:

Legacy marketing programme

• Develop & lead delivery of the marketing activity that will lead to the Trust having a pipeline for legacy giving. This may include work around direct mail campaigns, telemarketing, digital marketing and production/fulfilment of materials.
• Co-ordinate, plan and evaluate legacy campaigns and initiatives, including free will-writing schemes, legacy promotion consortia, exhibitions and other relevant promotions.
• Plan and deliver a bespoke legacy engagement events programme, designed to overcome barriers and move prospects through the legacy decision-making process. The role holder will be expected to work at events, which could be evenings and weekends, and must be able to travel.
• Develop partnerships with recognised industry specialists such as the Free Wills Network and Co-ordinate with our external legacy administration agency to support day-to-day administrative tasks for the legacy programme including soft thanking.

Fulfilment and Management of Legacy enquiries

• Receive and collate information such as legacy responses, enquiries and various supporter communications, ensuring timely processing on the Trust’s systems while maintaining accurate and reliable records, including recording of suppressions and data consents.

Supporter Stewardship

• Ensure accurate reporting frameworks are established & managed to provide clear evidence/monitoring of the Legacy pipeline.
• Use insight and data to deepen our understanding of our supporters to inform the development of the stewardship programme, working alongside the Supporter Journey  Manager and the Supporter Care Team to ensure there are specific and bespoke Legacy touchpoints.
• Ensure all supporters receive the best end-to-end supporter journey experience that includes relevant points of inspirational engagement & key messages to deepen relationships & drive conversions.
• Support the wider Individual Giving and Legacy team when required to steward all supporters and respond to enquiries.
• Build up a good relationship with the finance team and ensure they understand our systems and processes and can create and pull reports that accurately reflect our forecasting and budgets.

About you

• You will be able to demonstrate a strong literacy and numeracy skills.  You may be degree level educated, however this is not essential.
• Experienced legacy fundraiser with a proven track record in securing gifts in wills, with the ability to apply specialist marketing knowledge in legacy giving.
• Minimum two years’ experience in promotion and coordination of legacy programmes working for or on behalf of a not-for-profit organisation
• Evidence of creating and organising specialist events and communicate effectively 
• A sound knowledge of the Code of Fundraising Practice, data protection rules and other relevant sector regulations.
• Ability to develop relationships with potential supporters but also internal & external stakeholders.
• Excellent administrative and organisational skills, with a keen eye for detail.
• IT skills including MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams) & fundraising databases
• Strong influencing skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to adapt confidently and effectively to face to face, virtual, and telephone meetings
• Work positively and proactively within a busy and successful individual and legacy giving team.
• Ability to prioritise and and deliver to sometimes tight deadlines.

To Apply:click on the "Apply for this job" button and follow the process - complete the application form & upload current CV.

Interviews:  Initial interviews will be conducted virtually by MS Teams.   

If you have any questions about the role please contact our Recruitment Team. 

What We Offer

In addition to your salary of £30,000 - £33,545, the Canal & River Trust offers a competitive contributory DC Pension scheme arrangement, great holiday entitlement (increasing with years of service) and numerous other employee benefits, including several salary sacrifice benefits, all of which can be found via our 'apply' portal.

We aim to represent the diverse communities we are part of and welcome applicants from across all sectors of the community. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce brings with it a diversity of ideas, thinking and ways of working which enhances what we do.  All candidates will be treated on the basis of their merits, skills and abilities and solely by being assessed against the requirements for the job. 

Academy champions the study of peoples, cultures and societies – past, present and future. Bringing independence, authority and objectivity to complex issues, we contribute significantly to public policy, skills, education and research and help to shape both society and the economy.

This role is the ideal opportunity for someone looking to expand their knowledge and experience of educational fundraising as part of a supportive and ambitious team.

The post holder will assist with the organisation of development events which includes generating guest lists, managing invitations and mailing lists, acknowledging RSVPs and recording responses on the CRM database. They will carry out research, steward existing donors and assist with fundraising appeals, including recording and acknowledging gifts to the Academy through the CRM database. They will provide diary management and administrative support for the team.

The successful candidate will preferably have experience of working in the fundraising sector with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to form and build effective working relationships. They will have excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines and will need to occasionally undertake evening/early morning work when required.

The Academy offers 34 days of annual holiday (not including bank holidays), excellent benefits (including a defined benefit pension scheme) and one of the best locations in London.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Statement 

As a key part of our People Strategy, the British Academy is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment, promoting equal opportunity, and addressing under-representation. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We will make reasonable adjustments to support disabled job applicants and offer an interview to those meeting the minimum selection criteria.

For further information and to apply, please visit our website by clicking the apply button.

Closing date: 12pm (GMT) Friday, 6 August 2021.

Interview date: w/c Monday, 23 August 2021.

Senior Creative Arts Therapist

Family Futures is a Voluntary Adoption Agency specialising in providing multi-disciplinary assessments and treatment to traumatised children. We were awarded an outstanding rating for our last three inspections by OFSTED including our most recent inspection in 2018. We have a reputation for innovation and offer a high quality service - an integrated multi-disciplinary, assessment, treatment and family-finding service for children who are traumatised or have attachment difficulties. 

We are looking for an experienced creative arts therapist with extensive therapeutic experience to work at senior therapist level within our therapy team.  Experience or an interest in developing and gaining accreditation in Theraplay or Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy would be important. We are looking for someone:

• who has experience of working with children and families in a therapeutic setting, preferably in the field of fostering and adoption 

• who has an understanding of Family Futures Neuro Physiological Psychotherapy (NPP) approach to the treatment of developmentally traumatised children

• who is parent-positive and child friendly

• who wishes to develop their therapeutic skills in working with children, parents and families

• who would enjoy working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

This is an exciting and challenging role and a wonderful opportunity for someone who wants to be part of a team of professionals who are helping traumatised children and their families based on the most recent neuro-scientific research. 

Family Futures is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The organisation follows safer recruitment practices to protect children and adults at risk of harm, and will require the successful applicant to undertake an Enhanced DBS disclosure. 

We are an equal opportunities employer and committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce. We encourage applications from suitably qualified applicants regardless of age disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Family Futures offers high-quality supervision and professional development training. We also offer a nurturing environment for staff to work in as we recognise that this is a stressful area of work. 

Further information about our post placement multidisciplinary assessment and therapy service, family finding service and professional training programme can be found on our website. 

Salary: £36, 000 - £41,000 per annum 

This is a full-time permanent position – 37.5 hours per week.

Closing date for applications is midnight Wednesday 11th August with interviews scheduled to take place on Friday 1st October 2021.

We are looking for a Project Manager!

Pan Intercultural Arts is looking for a Project Manager to run the Weapon of Choice theatre group, funded by the Young Londoners Fund.

Job title: Project Manager

Reports to: Artistic Director and Company Manager

Location: Remote working, Pan Office and visits to the project in central London

Engagement period: September 2021 - April 2022

Hours of Work: 1 day per week (Fridays) plus additional days throughout the period which can be flexible

Contract type: This is freelance self-employed post, spread over approximately 45 days throughout the period

Fee: £5,625.00

Deadline: Monday 2nd August, 12pm

ABOUT PAN INTERCULTURAL ARTS

Pan Intercultural Arts is a leading force in delivering arts for social change through workshop programmes with unaccompanied minor asylum seekers, young refugees, survivors of trafficking and young people at risk of entering crime. 

ABOUT THE PROJECT

Weapon of Choice Theatre Project works with young people in Camden from a mixture of mainstream education and Pupil Referral Units including participants from our schools residency programme who want to continue their arts practice. The group meets weekly which leads to a performance/sharing of their work created throughout the year. 

The Weapon of Choice project has a successful residency programme and has worked extensively in schools and PRU’s. It has several strands that are currently in development and this role has the opportunity to grow and develop into a larger role, and to be extended beyond this current contract with increased hours.

We are a close team and are looking for someone who is passionate about increasing access to the arts for young people. We are looking for someone who has arts experience and can coordinate logistics and budgets. If you do not fit all the criteria but do have relevant experience that could make you a great candidate, we would love to hear from you. You do not need to have done this exact role before! We want to hear from people with a range of experiences and skills.

We particularly welcome and encourage applications from Black people, people of colour or people with lived experience of migration, as it is a priority for the organisation to improve the diversity within our leadership team.

SUMMARY OF THE ROLE

The Project Manager works with the Weapon of Choice team of artist-facilitators in the planning and delivery of the Weapon of Choice Theatre Project. 

The Project Manager is responsible for supporting the project by managing the budget, monitoring, reporting and administration related to the theatre group. The Project Manager works closely with the team to plan and deliver the work and communicate with partners and stakeholders across the project.

We promote equality, diversity and inclusion throughout our projects and our workplace. We welcome your application regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, and sexual orientation. We aim to make the application process as accessible as possible.

Thank you for your interest in working with Pan!

The Fundraising Manager will lead on the development and implementation of a comprehensive fundraising strategy, generating income and securing support for our core activities and new projects, to allow the organisation to thrive. 

If you’re a highly motivated and successful fundraiser with the skills, commitment and passion to influence the next stage of the Beacon’s exciting journey, this could be your dream job. There’s never been a better time to join our small and dedicated team. 

Despite all the challenges it threw at us, the pandemic gave us an opportunity – the time and space to step back and think strategically about our creative, community and commercial ambitions for the Beacon. As a result, we’re now busy with plans, bursting with ideas, and gearing up for a really exciting period of growth and development – that’s why we need you, an experienced and enthusiastic Fundraising Manager, to join us and make this a reality.

From raising our profile in the local community to raising our game in the arts world, you’ll be critical in shaping the next stage of our development and instrumental in driving and delivering our strategic ambitions. With a focus on grant-making trusts and foundations, but with a responsibility for all areas of fundraising, you will be an energetic and organised individual that can bring an enterprising approach to attracting new supporters and stewarding existing supporters towards increased giving.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

• A minimum of 3 years’ experience of demonstrable success in a fundraising role, in the third sector.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, utilising these to produce compelling applications, proposals and ask for support to a wide range of funders , people and stakeholders.
• Ability to build positive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders to nurture and grow our network of supporters.
• An understanding for the need for a proactive approach to fundraising to diversify income for organisational sustainability.
• Ensuring legal compliance and good practices in fundraising ethics, policies and procedures including GDPR, Gift Aid and data management.
• The ability and willingness to work as a member of a team; demonstrate openness to cross-departmental working in order to secure stronger outcomes for the organisation.
• Ability to keep clear and accurate records and present them in an effective way.
• Effective project and time management skills to prioritise and manage own workload.
• An interest in the performing arts.

View the full job description and person specification in the recruitment pack below and apply online today.

An exciting opportunity to play a key role at Adur’s vibrant, award-winning arts venue. As Funding Manager you will help develop Ropetackle’s fundraising strategy, manage and deliver funding applications, identify new and potential sources of funding, manage Ropetackle’s Friends and Patrons and Business Friends scheme, and develop and strengthen existing funding streams.

Opened in 2007, Ropetackle has established itself as one of the most successful performing arts venues in the South East, welcoming audiences of over 40,000 per year. Ropetackle is a unique community run organisation with a small team of employees and a dedicated team of 80 volunteers. As a registered charity, funding is vital to Ropetackle’s operation, so this is a key role in the organisation where you can make a real difference.

Main responsibilities:

Jointly with Trustees, preparing Ropetackle’s funding strategy, including development of existing and new funding streams.

Compile and maintain a list of relevant funding bodies (with criteria attuned to Ropetackle’s operation and projects).

Managing funding bids and, where appropriate, liaising with external bid writers.

Managing compliance with grant conditions (including evaluations, reporting dates, etc.)

Working with Trustees on Ropetackle’s Friends and Patrons scheme, including:

• Managing subscriptions
• Communications
• Managing the scheme generally

Working with Trustees on Ropetackle’s Business Friends and Sponsors scheme, including:

• Researching potential sponsors
• Participating in negotiations
• Managing subscription timetable
• Managing the scheme generally

The post-holder will be expected to work flexibly. The job description may be amended and adapted to account for changing circumstances.

Personal specification:

Essential

• At least two years demonstrable fundraising experience, preferable in an arts context
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Driven and self-motivated, able to identify opportunities proactively
• Exceptional organisation and time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build and maintain relationships at all levels
• Able to balance multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Strong attention to detail and numeracy skills, with experience working on budgets
• Reliable and able to work flexibly as part of a team
• Strong IT skills including Microsoft Office and Google Suite
• Able to work under pressure and adapt to changing situations

Desirable

• Previous experience working within an arts charity
• Experience using CRM or ticketing systems
• An understanding of arts funding networks
• Enthusiasm for working in the arts

We are open to applications from freelancers.

Hours: 16 hours per week - flexible for the right candidate

Place of work: Ropetackle Arts Centre

Salary: £22,000 per annum, pro-rata

Art Fund is looking for a Marketing Automation Campaigns & Data Coordinator to play a key role in evolving how we communicate with National Art Pass members, donors and wider audiences.

Marketing Automation Campaigns and Data Coordinator
Location: King’s Cross, London
Salary: £26,000 per annum

Art Fund is the national fundraising charity for art. We believe that art can make you see, think and feel differently, and through our work we help make art more accessible to as many visitors as possible, wherever they are. We give grants to help museums and galleries acquire works of art for their collections, share them with wide audiences, and support the training and professional development of curators. We are supported by our growing membership of 131,000 through the National Art Pass, as well as the generosity of many trusts, foundations and other individuals.

In this new position, you'll support colleagues in the Marketing team by building, delivering and optimising consumer journeys across the supporter lifecycle. You'll facilitate advanced queries and data manipulation to enable automated marketing flows. You’ll help stakeholders execute effective campaigns, working collaboratively to understand objectives, develop plans and share actionable insights to improve performance. 

Reporting to the Senior Marketing Manager, National Art Pass, you will be a self-starter who can thrive working both independently and collaboratively to answer questions, solve problems and ultimately deliver effective campaigns for Art Fund’s “culture seeking” consumer audiences. 

This role is located at our King’s Cross office (2 Granary Square, London N1C 4BH) although staff are currently remote working. Following the anticipated change to government advice, a hybrid working trial will commence from September. This trial period requires staff to attend the office 6-8 days per fortnight, pro-rata’d for part time employees.

Closing date: 5pm Friday 13th August 2021

If you would like to apply for this position, please click the apply button and attach your CV and covering letter, it will be sent automatically to us.

​To assist Art Fund in our commitment to recruiting applicants from a diverse pool.

This post is UK-based. Non-UK nationals will require current and valid permission to work in the UK.

No agencies please.

An exciting opportunity for a dynamic and successful Head of Development to be a key member of the Senior Management Team and lead the fundraising and development strategy at Sir John Soane’s Pitzhanger Manor and its contemporary art Gallery.

Reporting to the Director, and working closely with Pitzhanger’s entrepreneurial team, you will play a crucial role in building on Pitzhanger’s past successes and existing valuable relationships to create new fundraising opportunities. You will bring demonstrable fundraising skills and experience, spanning trusts, corporates and individuals, and a proven track record of initiating and securing major gifts.  You will have the talent to design and implement successful fundraising initiatives and events to attract, engage and retain a wide range of supporters.  You will be responsible for developing and maintaining excellent relationships with funders and prospects.

You will be inspired by the opportunity to work in a small team and on a young venture where your input can have real impact; you will be flexible and entrepreneurial, and motivated by the opportunity to help shape and develop the Pitzhanger team. As a member of the Senior Management Team you will have excellent communication skills, a keen attention to detail and an ability to build collaborative relationships both within the organisation and with supporters.

Headway East London is currently looking for an Art Studio Co-ordinator to join our team, working with survivors in the Art Studio.

All of the roles and skills at Headway East London contribute to our success. If you are interested in the role and you think you don’t have all the desirable experience but are passionate and care for our community and have skills you think will be beneficial to Headway East London we would still love to receive an application from you.

Closing date for applications is 9.00am 30th July 2021. Interviews will take place on the week commencing 9th August 2021.

The Director of International Partnerships role at London College of Fashion will shape the College’s strategic approach to international partnerships and enhance our global collaborations. The post-holder will have experience of successfully delivering international engagement plans and robust place-based partnerships that offer opportunities for mutual learning and development, innovation and knowledge sharing, and social and economic impacts.

Reporting to the Head of College, liaising with colleagues across London College of Fashion, and working with external stakeholders, the Director of International Partnerships will ensure work is strategically aligned across the College and University. The post-holder will develop and lead a dedicated international partnerships team to deliver a successful strategy and mobility schemes. Outputs will include, but are not limited to: funded collaborations across teaching and learning, research and knowledge exchange, consultancy agreements, transnational education, student and staff mobility, and international student recruitment.

As a College, we have a global reputation for responding to changes in fashion education, research, and knowledge exchange, in the context of global challenges, including social purpose and environmental stewardship. Joining our Executive Group, the Director of International Partnerships will need to embrace change and thrive on the challenge to deliver continuous improvements at College and University level. The post-holder will drive forward the LCF and UAL strategic vision, sustainably growing our reach and impact.

Why choose us? 

University of the Arts London is a vibrant world centre for innovation, drawing together six Colleges with international reputations in art, design, fashion, communication, and performing arts. We have bold plans for the future, which include the implementation of the UAL Anti-Racism Action Plan, the completion of one of the most ambitious programmes of infrastructure investment in the sector, a new Academic Strategy, and a dynamic People Strategy.

London College of Fashion is extremely proud to be a global leader in fashion education, research and consultancy. This is a significant time to join London College of Fashion as we are undertaking an unprecedented programme of change. In 2023 we will be consolidating our existing six sites into a new purpose-built campus as part of a new education and cultural district on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. We pride ourselves on being both a multi-cultural and international university and we want to improve the experience of all our students by ensuring our workforce is as diverse as our study body and the city around us. We know that students and staff learn from each other while they are studying with us, and by sharing new experiences, backgrounds, and personalities we increase the opportunities for collaboration and new thinking. As such, we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Your profile

The ideal candidate will have senior level experience of international partnership development in public service, creative, or HE sectors with business development and project management expertise. They will have a good understanding of the creative sector and confidence in inter-cultural communication and language. The post-holder will need experience of developing and delivering successful collaborative projects with a robust understanding of the evolving model of responsible internationalisation. A supportive manager, the post-holder will use diplomacy and proactivity to develop effective team processes and build solutions-focused relationships across LCF’s varied departments and audiences.

For further details and to apply please click the apply button.

Closing date: 16 August 2021 23:55.

UAL is committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments for all staff and students to work and learn – a university where we can be ourselves and reach our full potential. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and Staff Support Networks. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, including race, disability, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, and caring responsibility.

Who we are

Part business, part charity, part membership body – students’ unions are all seriously fun places to work. They are organisations in their own right. Professionally run, but different. Professional teams support elected student leaders to make change, improve lives and fulfil potential; we help make it happen.

About the role

Arts SU has recently undergone both a democracy review and a staffing restructure with a sight to realigning our purpose and strengthening our commitment to improving the students’ academic experience at UAL. We are excited about the introduction of this new role with the successful candidate playing an integral part in bringing together the policy, advocacy, representation, and campaigning elements of our work to ensure we remain focused and ever evolving. This role will not only bring together our work in these key areas strategically but will also foster strong working relationships with key stakeholders within UAL, identifying where we can have the greatest impact as a students’ union. They will also lead on the union’s responses to sector-wide consultations on changes to policies affecting students and build strong relationships with the student officer team to empower them to deliver on the outcomes they wish to see for students.  We believe this is an exciting opportunity to feed into the wider work of UAL, the sector and drive the policy, representation, and advocacy work of the students’ union through supporting development of our new 3–5-year strategy.

Who we are looking for?

We are seeking a dynamic, inspirational and collaborative person to support our on-going journey to becoming the best students’ union possible for students at UAL. You may already be in a management role within a students’ union, but we are also interested in candidates from different vol­untary and third sectors who bring transferable skills and are motivated to lead a team that has the potential to make a significant impact in students’ lives.

You may have leadership experience in a membership/stakeholder focused organisation(s) with demonstrable experience of delivering effective services and of managing a variety of competing priorities and stakeholder perspectives. You should be a true people person, with a leadership style which both engages, coaches and empowers elected Student Officers, staff and stu­dent volunteers. With a collaborative approach, you will be able to build trust quickly and communicate credibly with a wide range of people.

The Higher Education sector, and by association the students’ union sector moves quickly. Students’ unions must be adaptable, flexible and responsive to members. Our ideal candidates will therefore have experience working in a dynamic environment with an unwavering commitment to seeking out, listening to and changing with stakeholder views.

We are committed to learning and development and work/life balance and would consider flexible working patterns for the right candidate(s).

Why apply?

Because you’re excited by the challenge! The exact opposite of corporate, we’re progressive, daring and creative individuals working to make a difference in unconventional workplaces.

Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. However, there's no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate. Arts SU is a place where everyone can grow. We are committed to learning and development and work/life balance through professional qualifications, mentoring and flexible working patterns for the right candidate. We particularly welcome applications from the BAME, disabled, LGBT+ communities and are happy to discuss any requirements that you might have for the role or the application/interview process. So, however, you identify and whatever background you bring with you, please apply if this is a role that would make you excited to come into work every day.

Benefits and Perks

In return for your passion and experience we offer:

• 25 days holidays per year
• Additional closure periods at Christmas and Easter
• Cycle to Work scheme enabling significant savings on bicycle purchase
• Access to UAL staff training courses
• Ability to purchase TOTUM (NUS) card giving wide range of discounts
• Flexibility for work-life balance
• Interest free Travel loan

How we recruit

We want to ensure all systems, policies and processes are free from bias or discrimination and are fair and accessible, therefore we ask that all candidates complete our Application Process in two stages:

Part 1 (Application Form) is all about you telling us about your suitability for the role and will be used to determine if you are shortlisted for interview.

Part 2 (Equal Opportunities Monitoring and Contact Form) is personal information – so we can contact you if you are shortlisted for the interview. It also helps us gather and analyse demographic information about our applicants. This part will only be seen by HR and will not have any impact on shortlisting.

Application forms are formatted to ensure the equality monitoring data is removed before applications are seen by the shortlisting panel. This process allows us to ensure that the shortlisting is done in a fair and consistent manner and all applicants are given the same opportunity to demonstrate their abilities.

Want to apply?

To apply please complete our online application which can be found on the 'Work with Us' section of our Arts SU website.

Job application timeline

Closing date: 10 am, 3rd August 2021

Intended Interview date: 9th August 2021

Life-changing community-led social action initiatives have been key to providing essential support and mutual resource to residents and neighbours across Hackney throughout COVID. Residents have shown their commitment to providing neighbourly assistance and to utilising their skills and experience to support others. This may have been through established community groups, or new initiatives, but all focused on providing creative solutions to local needs. All such efforts - whether delivering food, social support, or even a new community activity - have helped save people's lives.

We, at Volunteer Centre Hackney, have been providing support and guidance to many of these initiatives, and want to help these projects grow. We are committed to supporting local people to recognise their skills, ideas, and their experience and how they can use these to help others. Over the years, we have supported residents to host their own neighbourhood walking groups, a guerrilla gardening club, community meals, street parties, online wellbeing workshops, and an after-school club. We have linked residents to community organisations such as local youth clubs, to deliver coding workshops, or a theatre club or most recently, a digital buddy project.

In January we launched a new programme - Together Better - to engage local people to come together to volunteer, to share their skills, to develop new project ideas and to build strong long communities. Patients have led their own outdoor exercise classes, art groups, a Qigong class, yoga and even life coaching sessions.They provide a new resource to practices, helping them to reduce non-attendances, helping staff with their workload; while patients themselves have made new friendships, increased confidence and health and well-being. “This project has given me a new lease of life!”, ‘It’s given me purpose each week – I look forward to the activities and seeing my new friends!’

You will need to be passionate about working with local people, able to work independently and on your own initiative and resilient and confident to keep breaking through barriers, and making things happen.

You will be joining a nationally recognised award winning project, with funding from the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and The National Lottery Community Fund as well as from City and Hackney Clinical Commissioning Group. 

Bletchley Park is a place of exceptional historical importance, open to visitors daily. It is the home of British codebreaking and a birthplace of modern information technology. It played a major role in World War Two, producing secret intelligence which had a direct and profound influence on the outcome of the conflict. Over the past thirty years Bletchley Park has become an internationally renowned site, visited by people from around the world. It is an accredited museum dedicated to telling the story of what was achieved at Bletchley Park, the people who worked there during World War Two, and how what happened at was instrumental in shaping the digital age of today and tomorrow.

It is owned and managed by The Bletchley Park Trust Ltd., a charity that relies on the support of its visitors, donors, other supporters, and its commercial activities. It continues to pursue a strategy of progressively opening and bringing back into heritage use more of the site and engaging an increasing global audience, onsite and online, in understanding the Bletchley Park story and its continuing relevance.

Bletchley Park Trust is seeking to recruit a new Director of Development to support the delivery of the Trust’s ambitious growth by securing income from a wide variety of sources, building on a successful fundraising track record over the last few years.  You will be responsible for maintaining positive relationships with donors and driving forward new opportunities. 

We are looking for an experienced, creative and talented individual with attention to detail and excellent written and verbal presentation skills, as well the ability to lead in the production of complex applications and bids.  You must be a team player who understands the demands of a heritage attraction and museum, and how funds raised assist in their development.

Closing date for applications: Friday 6th August 2021

Looking for a new challenge in an exciting role that will contribute to new housing solutions for the West Midlands? In this role as our lead officer, you’ll lead a small organisation and influence change across the region that helps communities to create the homes they want and need. 

About our organisation: West Midlands Urban Community Homes (wMUCH) is a hub for knowledge and expertise that exists to inspire and support a new wave of community led housing the West Midlands. We do this by providing advice and support to community groups, established community organisations, housing associations, developers and local authorities who want to create community led homes. We also work collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders to help unlock the land, finance and people needed to enable community led housing.

About the role: 

We are looking for a Development Manager to lead our organisation and help us to deliver on our ambitious objectives over the next couple of years. This person will be our Lead Officer, part of a two person staff team and overseeing a pool of associate Community Led Housing Advisers. They will play a vital role in continuing to establish our advice service and wMUCH as the go-to hub for community led housing support, nurturing and building our network and securing a sustainable future for the organisation. 

This is a diverse role, leading a small, young and ambitious organisation. This work would suit an enterprising, adaptable and resilient candidate with a proactive and can-do approach to their work. 

Responsibilities will include: 

• Service delivery and development - support our Service Manager, who manages our advice services day-to-day, to ensure that they are meeting the needs of our clients and that our advisers have the tools and resources they need to deliver a quality service. 

• Policy development – influence policy makers to better enable community led housing by improving access to the key ingredients needed to make it happen: people, land and finance 

• Engagement and advocacy – build awareness of community led housing, demonstrate the art of the possible, inspiring and influencing others to get involved in or enable community led housing 

• Diversity, equality and inclusion - ensure that we are ambitious and proactive in supporting DEI in the community led housing movement, through implementation of our DEI strategy and action plan 

• People - line manage our part time Service Manager and oversee our pool of associate advisers who are contractors of wMUCH and deliver much of our advice service to community groups and organisations 

• Governance and financial management - liaise with our Board of Directors and Members and ensure effective governance of our organisation 

• Business plan implementation and development - testing the assumptions in our business plan and winning new business, as a new social business looking to generate trading income 

• Income generation – working with our Service Manager to secure paid contracts with clients to deliver our advice and consultancy services.

• Grant management – managing grant spend, ensuring progress against deliverables and reporting to our grant funders 

Salary: £40,600 

Contract: This is a full time role, but we are keen to consider a range of options that might work for great candidates, which could include part time, job share and secondment opportunities. The role will be on a fixed term basis to December 2022 initially, with a possibility of extension.

Location: wMUCH works on a home working/ agile working basis. There may be opportunities to spend some time working at office locations of our founding members in Birmingham. We work primarily across Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, Wolverhampton and can also work in the surrounding areas. Staff should be flexible to travel to different locations across our areas of operation and the ideal candidate will have knowledge these areas. 

Apply: Application is by cover letter and CV. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, ages and identities. Full details of the role and the application process can be found on our website.

Closing Date: There is not a set deadline for applications, but please don’t wait to submit yours. We are sifting and interviewing candidates on a weekly basis, so we will close the opportunity when we find a great candidate.