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Check my CVWASTEAID - HEAD OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
Homebased within UK, with some preference for Scotland or Northern England (potential for limited international and national travel)
Line Manager: CEO
Direct reports: Office Manager
Key relationships: Head of Programmes and Impact, Circular Economy Network Director, Project Managers, Finance Trustee
Salary: Circa £42,500 (pro rata) for 3 days per week.
WasteAid
Our vision is a world with equal access to waste services for all.
Helping communities and governments manage their waste properly is vital if we are to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Waste management has a powerful and positive impact on people’s well-being.
Our mission – fighting poverty, pollution and climate change
Around 1 in 3 people globally don’t have decent waste management. Pollution caused by waste harms people’s health and the environment and damages the local economy. In contrast, an affordable waste management system is relatively simple to implement, improving the environment, creating jobs and protecting public health – particularly for children.
Plastic pollution in the marine environment is of major global concern, and WasteAid is helping tackle this global problem. We work with upstream and coastal communities to set up small recycling centres and help keep plastic out of rivers and the oceans. We also share skills in managing organic waste, helping people make the most with their resources.
Open dumping and burning of waste releases climate change emissions, contribute to both short-term and long-term impacts. Black soot from burning and methane from open dumping are of special concern. We offer communities a safe and sustainable alternative to dangerous dumpsites and toxic air pollution.
Our values
Our founding principles come from our origins in the waste management industry, which itself grew out of the public health movement in the UK in the late Victorian era. We believe in equality of access to decent public health for all people and advocate the role of good waste management to achieve this. We are inclusive and empowering of the communities in developing countries that we seek to serve and support. We believe in the power of appropriate technology transfer, training and skills development to create livelihoods and reduce pollution.
We are collaborative and work in a collegiate spirit with all partners and funders.
Our objectives are to:
Inspire and inform communities and individuals who want to improve how waste is managed in their communities and encourage them to act. Support and help communities use waste management to protect public health, reduce pollution and create sustainable livelihoods. Campaign to increase awareness of the problems caused by open dumping and burning and the urgent need for change.
We achieve these objectives by ensuring that we have:
Financial sustainability for our organisation and securing our ability to grow our impact.
Good governance for our charity which includes legal compliance, risk management, safeguarding, health & safety and robust oversight.
Strong capacity – continuous development of our people and securing greater breadth of experience within our team and strong engagement with associates and partners.
The Head of Finance and Compliance will be responsible for global oversight of finance and compliance functions for WasteAid’s UK business development activities and international programmes in Africa and Asia including day to day finance, financial reporting and planning financial governance and risk management and liaison with the UK Board.
The key responsibilities will be:
- Strategic oversight of financial systems and processes including but not limited to the production of relevant financial reports and maintaining up to date policies and procedures.
- Prepare monthly or quarterly management accounts and cash flow forecasts for the CEO and Board.
- Draft detailed annual budgets and consolidated cash flow statements for review by the CEO.
- Assist in the preparation of the annual year-end financial statements and liaise with auditors.
- Prepare financial project reports and ensure donor financial reports are submitted on time and in their specific reporting formats.
- Effective day to day control of accounting function including payroll, cash-flow management, invoicing and debt management.
- Assess suitability and effectiveness of financial controls and oversee a programme of continuous improvement.
- Develop and document financial processes to maintain and strengthen internal controls.
- Ensure that all financial transactions are properly recorded, filed and reported in a timely and accurate manor.
- Work with partner organisations to ensure that financial processes are followed and accurate reports are received.
- Undertake partner organisation financial and risk assessments including internal audits where necessary.
- Support programmes and fundraising staff to create accurate and equitable donor budgets.
- Assist budget holders in understanding their management accounts and provide training where necessary.
- Manage and supervise the duties of the Office Manager.
- Liaising with external auditors, insurance brokers, HMRC, bankers etc.
- Maintain all tax registrations and submissions.
- Co-ordinate the payroll function.
- Maintain up-to-date records of legal compliance across country programmes.
- Monitor and implement general statutory requirements (e.g. risk assessments, reserves policies etc).
- Assist the CEO and Board to ensure that all charity governance requirements are being met.
- File necessary documents with Charity Commission and Companies House.
- Work alongside the CEO and external HR advisors to manage HR issues.
- Ensure organisational IT systems are working well and maintain a good relationship with the IT outsourcing company to make sure necessary support is provided to all staff.
- Undertake any other reasonable duties that may be required from time to time. The duties may be changed and/or varied to meet changing circumstances at the discretion of management
The successful candidate will:
- Be a qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA, or equivalent).
- Have experience of managing financial systems, including setting and managing budgets, management accounts and cash flow, etc.
- Have charity experience, ideally within international development.
- Have experience of working with UKAID or other institutional/statutory funding body
- Have a strong knowledge of statutory and regulatory environment for UK charities.
- Have the experience of the long-term financial and business planning, strategic planning and development of an organisation.
- Have excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to motivate staff.
- Have a first-class ability to prepare year-end accounts and annual budgets.osition is UK based
- Position is UK based and candidates need to be eligible to work in the UK.
Application by Curriculum Vitae (not exceeding 3 pages) and Covering Letter (not exceeding 2 pages) outlining skills, motivation and demonstrating how candidates fit the person specification.
Applications to be received by midnight 16 March 2021. If you have any questions on this opportunity, please also send them to the same address and a member of staff will follow up with you.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Campaign Project Manager
Homeworking, international team, international travel
£45,000- £48,000 (depending on experience)
FOUR PAWS is the global animal welfare organisation for animals under direct human influence, which reveals suffering, rescues animals in need and protects them. Find out more about our sustainable campaigns and projects please visit our website.
The Project Manager will act as an anchor point and co-ordinator for a priority international campaign involving a cross organisational team of 15 people campaigning to end the dog and meat trade in Southeast Asia.
Duties will include:
- Co-ordinating a core team of international colleagues and external partners/suppliers to develop and successfully deliver a flagship international animal welfare campaign
- Facilitating the campaigns strategic development, ensuring strategic integration and implementation across FOUR PAWS international and national operations
- Monitoring and ensuring the project targets and objectives are met for the campaign
- Chairing the weekly team meeting, ensuring co-ordination and alignment of all the campaign activity areas, capturing and tracking delivery of actions
- Producing the annual campaign proposal with support from the team and ensuring project plans are in place for each area
- Undertaking project monitoring and producing the annual evaluation report for the campaign
- Preparing, submitting, and presenting regular programme status reports internally and promoting the programme externally
- Ensuring co-ordination, communication, and alignment across the different campaign areas/teams as well as acting as a central point for internal and external campaign information requests
- Providing guidance, producing team processes and mediating when required between teams to ensure smooth delivery of the campaign
- Working with Finance and Administration to manage the programme budget and budget reporting, as well as ensuring good financial controls and management across all areas of the budget
We seek a motivated individual with over 5 years international project/programme management experience ideally involving the co-ordination or management of cross organisational teams. Experience working within the not-for-profit sector particularly animal welfare is desirable but not essential. Key to success will be the ability to effectively co-ordinate, motivate and influence an international team, partners, and suppliers to work together to achieve the campaign objectives. Candidates need to be able to demonstrate strong project and organisational skills with the ability to multi-task across different functions, as well as the ability to motivate and enagage an international team. The candidate will also need to have excellent verbal and written communications skills including presentation skills.
The role will offer an interesting and varied workload, the potential for some travel, the opportunity to work for a leading international animal welfare charity and the chance to make a real difference for animals.
FOUR PAWS is committed to being an inclusive employer with a diverse workforce. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible diversity of backgrounds, cultures, and experiences - including people with disabilities and ethnic minority candidates. Our aim is that our employees will be representative of all sections of society and each person feels respected, is treated equitably and is able to give of their best.
Key responsibilities
Working with the Senior Leadership Team, the Project Officer will support the development, implementation and administrative needs of ongoing and new projects at the DPP.
Design and Implementation of projects
- Prepare concept notes, project proposals and budgets
- Develop and maintain project schedules and delivery plans
- Monitor project progress, identifying and managing or escalating any risks or issues which may arise
- Provide logistical support and organise project events (including conferences, workshops and training programmes)
- Support project communications work in relation to publication and dissemination of reports and the creation of communication tools
Technical and financial co-ordination
- Ensure regular co-ordination, liaise and follow-up with partners/co-applicants
- Produce narrative reports as required by the grant contracts and regularly reports to the Senior Leadership Team on the progress of ongoing projects
- Work with the Finance Officer on project finance administration, expenses, monitor project budgets and to prepare financial reports as required by the grant contracts
- Prepare and review memoranda of understanding/ letters of agreement with project partner
Knowledge, skills and experience
Essential
- Three or more years of experience in project co-ordination in non-profit and/or human rights sector
- Flexible approach to multi-partner projects and prioritising a high workload and multiple tasks with tight deadlines
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including demonstrable experience in producing project resources, tools and reports
- Ability to work in a self-servicing environment and working in a small team
- Commitment to and understanding of The Death Penalty Project’s broad objectives
- Permission to live and work in the UK
Desirable
- Knowledge and understanding of international human rights law/issues
- Experience in managing EU and FCDO projects
Closing date: 26 March 2021. We are looking for someone with an immediate start. Interviews will be held on a rolling basis.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Do you speak Church? Can you help build passion for mission across a wide range of church styles and traditions using your fundraising and/or marketing skills for a great cause? Do you have the gift of administration?
If so then come join our Church Relations team and play a key role in helping us build and maintain relationships with churches for the sake of God’s mission.
Since CMS believes that all of God’s people are called to mission, it is specifically the task and responsibility of the Church Relations team to engage the UK church in the cause of mission and foster relationships that inspire and challenge: to increase awareness and understanding of mission and foster fruitful partnership. CMS offers a range of ways for churches to engage with global mission, including opportunities to establish formal links with individual people in mission, to receive a CMS speaker, and through prayer and fundraising resources.
The role is responsible to the Church Relations Team Manager, and the CRO will work closely with and support the Church Relations Advisers (CRAs). S/he will also liaise regularly with the wider Fundraising team, Mission Partners, and other colleagues within CMS whose functions have a direct bearing on his/her responsibilities, particularly within the Church and Community Mission, International Mission and Finance directorates.
The Church Relations Officer is a fixed term, either full-time or part-time role 28 – 35 hours per week (4 or 5 days a week), with a starting salary of £27,775 (full-time; or £22,220 for 4 days a week), and a generous pension scheme contribution. The role will be based at home due to the current pandemic but the post holder will be expected to work from the CMS House, Oxford from time to time (occasionally) when the government’s regulation allows it as well as for key team meetings.
Currently CMS employees are working from home following government advice, and will continue to do so until the government allows office working. As this role is fixed-term, it is envisioned that the appointed person would be able to support the team working from home and equipment/ working tools will be provided.
The ideal candidate will be educated to A level, ideally degree level, and have experience of fundraising and/or marketing experience, awareness of broad differences in church styles, traditions and etiquettes and experience of building and maintaining excellent ‘customer’ relationships, as well as proven administrative and database skills. The post holder should also be a committed Christian, in agreement with the aims and values of CMS, which can be found on our website, and willing to attend evening or weekend meetings occasionally if required.
This post is fixed term because the Church Mission Society is currently undergoing a strategic review to ensure that our approach to mission is fit for the next generation. The outcome of this work will be clearer organisational alignment around an agreed strategic focus, and organisational clarity that will improve the sustainability of our work, financially and otherwise.
Further details can be found in the job description and person specification available to download.
Closing date for receipt of completed applications:
- Midnight on Sunday 07 March 2021
- Interviews will be held on Tuesday 16 March 2021 at CMS house, Oxford or Zoom depending on government guidance.
As an equal opportunities employer, we particularly welcome applications from individuals from minority groups as they are currently underrepresented within our organisation at this level. All appointments are made on merit of skill, experience and potential as laid down in the job description and person specification.
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This is an opportunity to join a growing team at the Global Distributors Collective (GDC). The GDC started in October 2018 and, since then, we have gone from strength to strength supporting our members – last mile distribution organisations – to sell life-changing products to low-income, remote or otherwise marginalised people across the world. Our ambition is to make last mile distribution the first priority.
Engaging with our members and partners sits at the core of everything we do; from delivering our innovation workstream and providing technical assistance directly to our members, to hosting learning and collaboration events and gathering/disseminating research and insights. In this role you will work closely with the Head of the GDC, GDC Project Manager and particularly the Communications and Impact Manager to help shape and deliver an ambitious agenda of communications activities, to support last mile distribution companies to save time, money and increase their impact at the last mile. You will also coordinate our member engagement work, providing you with an opportunity to liaise directly with, and learn about, socially-driven companies operating all across the world.
No two days working for the GDC are the same. We are a small, fun and fast-paced team looking forward to welcoming a new team member into the mix!
About you
You are an enthusiastic and motivated individual with a questioning mind and desire to learn. As a communications professional, you will have exceptional written and verbal communications skills and be comfortable liaising with a range of stakeholders. Your eye for design means you are creative with the ability to champion the GDC brand, ensuring that our external communications are always top quality. You will be familiar with working in a customer- or client-facing role; experience working or volunteering within a membership organisation would be an asset.
You are comfortable to work remotely and undertake tasks independently, often delivering work to time-pressured deadlines; while also being a keen team player and ready to chip in when necessary. While you may not have prior experience of working in the international development sector, you’ll have an interest in development issues and finding ways to improve the lives of marginalised people.
As our small international team works predominantly in English, it’s important that you are a fluent English speaker. Many of our members speak French as a first language, so French language skills would also be an asset!
Why join us?
The opportunity to work for an organisation that is making a positive difference to the lives of people worldwide, a friendly and supportive culture, working with values driven and highly engaged colleagues, work life balance and flexible working – these are just some of the reasons we think Practical Action is a great place to work.
Our other benefits include:
- Full time roles are contracted at 35 hours per week
- 26 days holiday rising with continuous service, in addition to public holidays.
- Pension scheme - employer contributes 10.5% of salary and the employee contributes 5%.
- Enhanced family friendly policies, including maternity, adoption, paternity and shared parental leave.
- Life assurance (3 x annual salary).
- Bike to Work scheme.
- Global Employee Assistance Programme
- Remote working / home working is possible with this role.
About us
Practical Action is an international development organisation putting ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.
We help people find solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. Challenges made worse by catastrophic climate change and persistent gender inequality. We work with communities to develop ingenious, lasting and locally owned solutions for agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience and clean energy. And we share what works with others, so answers that start small can grow big.
We’re a global change-making group. The group consists of a UK registered charity with community projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America, an independent development publishing company and a technical consulting service. We combine these specialisms to multiply our impact and help shape a world that works better for everyone.
Additional information
We treat all applications for employment on their merits and do not take into consideration any factors that are not relevant to the job such as disability, race, age, religion, gender, gender reassignment or sexual orientation.
Practical Action is committed to safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults and as such candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks including criminal checks and terrorist financing.
Closing date for applications: midnight GMT Friday 19th March
Tentative Interview date: week commencing 29th March
Please note that, should we recruit a suitable candidate before the closing date, we will close applications earlier than the specified date.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Working with partners across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, Feba is all about the creative use of radio and other audio media to inspire people to follow Jesus Christ. We have a particular focus on ‘closed countries’ and ‘hard-to-reach’ people groups, including places where Christians face persecution for their faith. We are looking for someone to join our team to assist with accounts.
Key responsibilities include:
• managing financial bookkeeping for all Feba’s day-to-day finances including posting, payment of invoices and other financial transactions within agreed limits;
• handling all automated and online supporter donations;
• reconciling bank accounts;
• preparing and submitting Feba’s Gift Aid claims;
• providing regular financial reports as required for the CEO, Board of Trustees, Auditors, Companies House and the Charity Commission;
• liaising with our Payroll provider;
• assisting in the preparation of budgets and in providing year end information for our Auditors.
You will have:
• a clear, demonstrable personal Christian faith and a genuine commitment to Feba’s ministry;
• a minimum of two years’ bookkeeping or other relevant experience. Financial qualifications are desirable but not essential.
• experience of extracting, interpreting and reporting financial information for senior management;
• the ability to work efficiently to high standards of accuracy, at both a detailed and ‘big picture’ level, to aid operational and strategic decision making;
• a high level of competence and confidence in the use of Excel, Word and Outlook;
• familiarity with a CRM system such as thankQ, and a browser-based accounting package such as QuickBooks;
• a good grasp of the particular requirements of charity sector finance.
The Feba team is small (currently less than 10 people), all of whom care passionately about what we do. We love to roll up our sleeves, try new ways of doing things and support each other so that we can achieve our goals. If that sounds like you, if you share our vision and values, and if you tick those bullets in the above lists then we’d love to hear from you!
Salary: Based on £21,000 - £23,000 per annum, pro rata
Hours: 30 hours per week (ideally spread over 5 days)
Location: The office is currently in Worthing but a move is likely, when we hope to relocate somewhere between Worthing and Chichester.
Please note that due to COVID-19, all staff are currently working from home.
Closing date: 8th March 2021
Panel interview: 12th March 2021
For more information and application details, please visit the website.
Please note: This post is subject to an Occupational Requirement that the post holder is a committed evangelical Christian under Part 1 of Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Global Canopy is data-drive think tank that targets the market forces destroying nature. Over the last two years, fires raging in the Amazon have focused global attention on this critical issue like never before. In response, 230 investors with USD $16.2 trillion in assets under management publicly demanded corporate action on deforestation in the Amazon and beyond. This project manager role is responsible for effective coordination of resources across the projects under our Corporate Performance and ESG programme, reporting directly to the programme lead.
This is an important and fast-growing area of work, responding to a growing need among companies, financial institutions and governments for the best possible information on how market actors are tackling their impacts on forests and nature. Our world-leading deforestation data (see, for example, Trase Finance and Forest 500) is used by the private sector and civil society to enable action and improve accountability. This work is now being integrated with data from partners worldwide, to produce aligned common metrics that can significantly improve mainstream ESG metrics in this area and ultimately drive finance away from destructive activities.
The project manager will support the programme lead to create project plans, manage tasks across teams, report to donors, and manage budgets. They will ensure any issues are escalated in a timely way, and that the projects can achieve their objectives on time and on budget. The project manager will also from time to time carry out research to support Global Canopy’s strategies and engagement.
Above all they will have a deep interest in environmental metrics, the determination and ambition to deliver with excellence, and the maturity and diplomatic skills to work effectively with different teams internally, and leading private, public and third sector partners worldwide.
To be successful in this role, these are the things that will matter the most:
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Experienced project manager delivering outcomes across a diverse team and multiple projects.
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Strong judgement and emotional intelligence in balancing and managing trade-offs, while bringing people with you.
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Relevant sector experience, a drive to contribute to our mission, and a deep understanding of environmental and ESG metrics and issues.
Purpose
Overseeing all aspects of HR for the charity, you will play an important role in ensuring this growth is underpinned by a well-supported staff team. The last staff survey showed 96% of colleagues have a good relationship with their managers and colleagues, and 89% approval rating for how the charity is responding to COVID-19 but are committed to doing even better. You will work as part of the six-person Finance and Operations Team but have regular contact with all staff and relevant external stakeholders. You will have line-management for the full-time HR and Operations Officer
Accountability and working relationships
This role reports to the Director of Finance and Operations but works very closely with the Senior Management Team, HR and Operations Officer, Country Directors, and Management Team in the UK.
Main responsibilities
1. To establish and develop a dialogue and relationship with the Country Directors and Team Managers in the UK, to understand key resource issues and associated requirements to meet both current and future organizational challenges.
2. To act as the lead advisor on all employee-related matters including contracts.
3. To identify and support the charity to successfully deliver credibly, customer-focused, cost-effective, and innovative recruitment solutions using a range of techniques.
4. To line-manage the full-time HR and Operations Officer.
5. In collaboration with the HR & Operations Officer develop a resourcing strategy and innovative, timely, and cost-effective best practice solutions to enable THET to meet its objectives.
6. To support the implementation and further improvement of Training and Development plans to support the achievement of organizational objectives and managing change.
7. To act as the lead HR Adviser for all Grievance, Disciplinary and Capability processes.
8. To provide operational advice, coaching, and guidance to line managers and staff to embed performance management against organizational objectives.
9. To provide operational delivery of customer focussed and cost-effective HR transactional services and associated administration.
10. To undertake project work that supports HR policy and processes development and implementation to ensure legal compliance and best practice.
Person specification
Essential
Qualifications
• Good standard degree
• MCIPD membership of CIPD (level 7)
• Sound understanding and knowledge of Employment law.
Experience
• Significant experience working as a resourcing specialist within an International or complex organization.
• Proven experience in resource planning at an organizational level.
• Experience and knowledge of talent management processes and best practice.
• Proven experience in negotiating agency fees for recruitment services.
• Proven experience of being a lead HR Adviser on complex disciplinary, grievance, capability cases, and managing change programs.
Skills & Knowledge
• Highly developed oral and written presentational skills, with the ability to be an effective advocate for THET.
• Ability to build partnerships, both inside and outside the organization.
• Ability to self-manage multiple projects and to prioritize effectively, especially in the face of competing demands.
• A creative thinker, able to bring new ideas in response to complex problems.
• Confident and resilient, with the ability to engage in a robust debate about HR best practices and priorities.
• Ability to coach and facilitate.
• Minimum intermediate-level skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. Able to manipulate data and create reports in an HR database.
Desirable
Others
Willingness to travel, as necessary
How to apply:
To apply for this role please send your CV and a cover letter no later than midnight Tuesday 9thMarch 2021.
THET is an equal opportunities employer.
This post is UK-based. Non-EC nationals will require current and valid permission to work in the UK.
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Home based - the role will require some travel across England (when not in lockdown) and a lease car can be provided
About Leonard Cheshire
As the UK’s largest voluntary sector provider of services to disabled people, we believe disabled people should have the freedom to live their lives the way they choose – with the opportunity and support to live independently, to contribute economically and to participate fully in society. There is possibility with disability, and we fight for disabled people to thrive.
With 5,000 staff and 10,000 volunteers supporting nearly 70,000 people in the UK and around the world, Leonard Cheshire provide support to 2,700 people in a variety of UK living services including supported living, nursing and day centre facilities. In 2019-20 we supported over 32,000 people with disabilities to find employment and engaged with almost 20,000 organisations and employees in the UK and internationally. Our Can Do programme supported 2,700 young people in the UK to build skills and confidence. Internationally, we are a specialist development NGO delivering inclusive education, youth leadership and access to livelihoods programmes to more than 50,000 people in 15 countries across Asia and Africa.
About the Role
This is a key and exciting opportunity to lead and manage a dispersed team of 8 L&D advisors ensuring consistency of delivery meeting both statutory and individual learning requirements via blended learning methods. You and your team will offer learning opportunities, support and advice to service managers and regional managers across England working in a variety of our care and support settings for people with disabilities.
Reporting to the Director of England (UK community services), you will be responsible for monitoring and reporting on KPI compliance and developing and implementing monitoring plans to address any areas of concern. You will lead your team to enable them to excel in the delivery of training and to our colleagues who are at the forefront of social care delivery to the people we support.
About You
With strong organisational and planning skills you will work closely across a range of teams including curriculum development and L&D admin, as well as our Services to ensure that the training is planned and organised to meet the training needs of our staff.
You must be able to work on your own initiative and have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Experience of using a range of learning approaches and technologies in the Health and Social Care sector as well as knowledge of the legal requirements for care services within England will be advantageous.
We seek candidates with a genuine commitment to the values and ethos of Leonard Cheshire who are excited by this opportunity to make a difference to the lives of people with a disability.
Leonard Cheshire Disability welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Several of these roles require the ability to drive in order to visit remote locations and we are willing to consider alternatives from those whose disability prevents them from meeting this requirement.
What we Offer
- A generous employer contribution to a company pension scheme with additional life cover
- Substantial annual leave, with the option to buy or sell leave
- Access to a cash health plan at favourable rates
- A Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
Closing date: 7 March 2021
Leonard Cheshire welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We actively encourage applications from people with a disability, supporting where possible, your requirements for reasonable adjustments.
A satisfactory disclosure check (PVG membership in Scotland) is required for this post.
Shortlisting for this role may take place as applications are received. We therefore reserve the right to close this vacancy once suitable candidates have been appointed.
* No agencies please *
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We are seeking an innovative, creative Learning Development and Training professional to join our Global People and Culture/Learning & Development team. Can you inspire, motivate others, and push boundaries? Are you curious and adaptable, with high cultural intelligence, and have a commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion? Are you passionate about learning and capacity building, do you have a growth mindset? If so this role could be for you.
About the role
The Global Learning & Development team was created to understand the organizations strategy and its future capability needs in order to identify learning priorities across the organization, and to create learning environments where staff can develop to be their best. Our team puts in place learning initiatives that enable the organization to constantly evolve and develop and create flexible learning interventions through the use of blended learning approaches to meet the diverse needs of the workforce.
This role will review current learning content/programs and pathways and look for ways to improve or further develop these. You work closely with our Global Learning & Development Manager and our knowledge experts to identify capacity gaps and co-create and co- facilitate learning programs that fill that need. You will use using blended learning solutions and digital tools that create flexible and innovative learning programs.
You will apply adult learning theories to ensure employees get the best out of their development and be involved in co-designing a range of learning interventions. This might include technical, behavioral, leadership and management programs, working collaboratively with our internal communications and staff engagement lead in advertising and engaging our staff in learning activities.
You will be a champion of driving a culture of continuous professional development and put learning at the core of what we do and monitor effectively how learning has been transferred.
This role offers amazing opportunities for someone who is interested in developing their career as an L&D professional within the international development sector.
Why join us?
The opportunity to work for an organisation that is making a positive difference to the lives of people worldwide, a friendly and supportive culture, working with values driven and highly engaged colleagues, work life balance and flexible working – these are just some of the reasons we think Practical Action is a great place to work.
This is a global role, and therefore for this role has the possibility of being based in the UK, Nepal and Kenya. The potholder will be required to have the relevant Right to Work for the country which they are applying and the terms of conditions of employment will be in accordance with that country.
Remote working / home working is possible with this role
About us
We are an international development organisation putting ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.
We help people find solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. Challenges made worse by catastrophic climate change and persistent gender inequality. We work with communities to develop ingenious, lasting and locally owned solutions for agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience and clean energy. And we share what works with others, so answers that start small can grow big.
We’re a global change-making group. The group consists of a UK registered charity with community projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America, an independent development publishing company and a technical consulting service. We combine these specialisms to multiply our impact and help shape a world that works better for everyone.
Additional information
We treat all applications for employment on their merits and do not take into consideration any factors that are not relevant to the job such as disability, race, age, religion, gender, gender reassignment or sexual orientation.
Practical Action is committed to safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults and as such candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks including criminal checks and terrorist financing.
Please note that should we recruit a suitable candidate before the closing date, we will close applications earlier than the specified date.
How to Apply
If you want to work for a charity with significant people ambitions, then we would like to hear from you. To apply go to Practic Action website and follow the links to submit a copy of your CV and a supporting statement that describes your suitability for the role. Please refer to the full recruitment pack.
Closing date for applications: Sunday 21st March
Tentative interview dates: week commencing 29th March
The interview will happen remotely in 3 stages:
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The development of a training session (submitted prior to interview and delivery day)
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The delivery of your live virtual training session (with 5 participants available to work with)
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A panel interview
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Global Canopy is a data-driven think tank that targets the market forces destroying nature. We do this by improving transparency and accountability. We provide innovative open-access data, clear metrics, and actionable insights to leading companies, financial institutions, governments and campaigning organisations worldwide.
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We enable leading companies, financial institutions and governments to identify and tackle impacts on nature in their supply chains and investments.
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We improve accountability by shining a light on powerful players that are failing to act on this critical issue.
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And we rank the performance of companies on deforestation and other social and environmental metrics, helping to improve ESG ratings on these issues.
This is a new role - Global Canopy is expanding its communications team in line with its 2021-2026 strategy. Our goal is to build a world class communications function with a strong emphasis on turning our unique data into insights that can drive uptake and impact among key audiences in companies, financial institutions, governments and civil society: designing compelling content is core to this.
We have recently undertaken a brand re-fresh and so you will be responsible for championing this throughout the organisation. In addition, you will work across several brands and visual design systems including those belonging to Trase, Forest 500, TFND and ENCORE.
Your role will be two-fold. Firstly, you will be the principal producer of Global Canopy’s design work, including dedicating considerable time to creating new content as well as working with external suppliers. Secondly, you will coordinate the design pipeline.
You will play a central role in Global Canopy’s communications team; you will be a highly proficient designer, bring creative flair, positivity and innovation, and thrive in a busy environment. You will report to the Communications Lead, Core Communications.
You will work in close collaboration with other departments and partner institutions.
You will have a strong appreciation of good design and be comfortable transforming research and data into eye catching outputs. You will be adaptable and solutions orientated in your approach. You will be comfortable working alongside senior leaders.
To find out more, please download the recruitment pack.