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The job of SCUK’s Humanitarian Transformation Lead is strategic and rewarding.
- Do you have experience of designing and leading collaborative humanitarian initiatives?
- Do you have a strong understanding of the of UK humanitarian sector, including current dynamics and initiatives across INGOs, DFID and the private sector?
- Are you entrepreneurial with strong project management and partnership brokering skills?
- Are you motivated by our vision of creating a world where every child doesn't just survive, but thrives, and can go on to change the world?
If the answers to these questions are yes, we would love to hear from you!
About Us
The number of children requiring humanitarian assistance is rising as the climate crisis, entrenched conflict, and fragility, forced migration and infectious diseases all lead to an increase in the frequency, duration, and severity of catastrophic events. With needs continuing to grow and rapidly outpacing available resources, humanitarians around the world are once more forced to do more with less. Recognising the changing humanitarian risk landscape, the need to stay relevant, and to step up for greater impact, Save the Children has adopted a bold vision for the future of its humanitarian work.
This vision includes bringing together emergency response funding and expertise under a new One Humanitarian Team, and decentralising humanitarian response capability, resources, and accountability closer to children.
The Humanitarian Department Purpose
Save the Children UK now has a critical role to play in the success of the One Humanitarian Team, mobilising resources and influence from the UK Government, UK Public and other key partners including multi-laterals, academia, corporates, and philanthropists. SCUK, as host to the Humanitarian Leadership Academy (HLA), is also accountable for the provision of high-quality humanitarian capacity building for the Save the Children movement and the wider sector, as part of our shifting the power agenda.
Building on SCUK’s strong track record of innovation and partnership in the humanitarian sector, including incubating Elrha, the Start Network, the Collaborative Cash Delivery (CCD) platform, and other cross-sector global good initiatives, there is an important role for SCUK to play in identifying and supporting next-generation collaborative initiatives that will ultimately deliver impact for disaster-affected children and their families.
How we work
We foster a working culture of collaboration and agility. Individuals will come together to work in a multi-disciplinary fashion with internal and external partners to generate innovative projects that deliver impact for children.
Job Purpose:
As the Humanitarian Transformation Lead you will be responsible for collaborating with internal partners and external organisations to identify, develop and incubate new and innovative initiatives that address the challenges in the humanitarian sector. You will also support the evolution of the established entities (such as Elrha, Start Network, HLA etc.), identifying opportunities for collaboration in line with SCUK’s humanitarian priorities.
You will identify strategic opportunities for collaboration and development with Elrha, Start Network, HLA, to further SCUK’s humanitarian priorities and collectively address the challenges in the humanitarian sphere. You’ll also drive forward the thinking on a reimagined humanitarian sector focussing on issues such as decolonisation, localisation, and climate change.
Key Accountabilities:
New initiatives and Collaborations
- Lead the identification, scoping, design and delivery of projects and initiatives in line with SCUK Humanitarian priorities
- Identify and develop strategic and business development opportunities and initiatives for future areas of work, in line with the humanitarian strategy and vision
- Engage in active external relationship building to foster strong relationships with other entities for collaborative action
- Develop new ideas and ways of thinking that contribute to the debates taking place about the future of the aid system
- Identify opportunities and take a proactive and influential role in global policy debates and discussions on collaboration, innovation and positively disrupting the humanitarian eco-system with UN, donor policy makers and other critical partners
- Where appropriate provide support to the evolution and ongoing work of the SC Movement innovation architecture including the Global Centre of Excellence for Innovation and in SCUK the Innovation bubble
- Keep abreast of and anticipated future social, political, economic, and technological changes that are likely to impact the humanitarian sector, to be able to use this understanding to translate systemic challenges into workable solutions through collaboration and agreement with others.
- Incubate pipeline initiatives and collaborations leading to project sustainability
- Lead the delivery and development of sector existing initiatives (e.g CCD, HIVE, CC Alliance)
- Provide business and financial modelling expertise to ensure the sustainability and viability of new initiatives
- Collaborate with colleagues in PAC, F&M and others to identify and drive priority strategic partnerships with diverse local, national and global actors
- Drive and contribute to the humanitarian departmental approach to ‘Innovating with Impact’ under the 2022-24 strategy
Existing entities and partnerships
- Provide advice and expertise to movement-wide initiatives that promote greater innovation in humanitarian practice, such as the Global Centre of Excellence for Innovation
- Manage strategic opportunities for collaboration and development of existing entities – Elrha, Start Network and HLA
- Develop and strengthen our brand through our humanitarian innovation work, sharing information about the work of the team across relevant internal and external forums
Person Profile
Experience
- Excellent knowledge of the global humanitarian eco-system and current humanitarian debates.
- Previous experience of designing and leading/supporting ambitious collaborative humanitarian initiatives
- Demonstrable partnership brokering skills and experience.
- Excellent project management experience and skills.
- Experience of distance management, network development and working with a virtual team.
- Experience of preparing research reports, briefing papers or discussion documents.
- Experience in a relevant discipline - Organisational development, disaster management/preparedness, Environmental/social change.
Abilities
- Business Modelling skills with the ability to write strong business cases, which satisfy both strategic and business needs
- Excellent interpersonal skills, able to communicate with colleagues at all levels across different cultural and professional environments
- Excellent analytical skills with the ability to identify key points from complex material or information.
- Excellent networking skills and able to build rapport and trust quickly.
- Excellent negotiation skills – quickly able to identify common ground and solutions.
Aptitude
- Strong understanding of the of UK humanitarian sector, including current dynamics and initiatives across INGOs, DFID and the private sector.
- Good understanding of financial plans, budgets, and reporting
- Passion and energy to play a leading role in developing the next generation of humanitarian collaborations and innovations.
- A strong commitment to collaborative working across agencies
- A demonstrable commitment to the principles of diversity and inclusion and their practical application and integration in the work environment
- A commitment to Save the Children UK's aims and core values of accountability, ambition, collaboration, creativity, and integrity
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Save the Children UK is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds.
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Strategic Professional Engagement Manager
Permanent
Full time (34.5 hours) or Part time opportunities as per region below.
Salary: £56,500 – 62,500 (London) or £53,000 – 59,000 (National)
We welcome a conversation with you about the flexible working options available at Macmillan. Home-based with frequent travel across the Geographic location in which the role is based and across the UK. You must either live in or live close to the geography that you are applying for as frequent travel is required. We anticipate this to be approximately 3 days per week. Successful candidates will receive a car allowance.
Geographic locations are:
Scotland and Northern Ireland (Full time)
North & North West England (Full time)
Midlands (Full Time)
London and South East (Full time)
South West (3 days)
Wales (3 days)
Are you an inspiring values led leader who is passionate about delivering and developing dynamic networks, best practice forums and communities of practice so that our Macmillan Professionals are supported to deliver high quality Macmillan experiences for people living with cancer? Do you have experience of bringing teams together and fostering a culture of change and continuous improvement?
If so, this could be the role for you!
We are striving to do everything that we can to ensure that our 11,000 valued Macmillan Professionals receive the absolute best professional engagement offer to support them to support the people living with cancer they care for.
We want our professional engagement offer to be best in class and to ensure that our Macmillan Professionals are engaged champions and have opportunities to develop in dynamic ways through forward-thinking communities, networks, and best practice forums.
About the role
This is an exciting new role that will join the Geographic Senior Leadership Team to support the advancement of the dynamic professional engagement strategy and the priorities of the geography.
Macmillan Professionals are central to our organisational and geographic aims. They provide vital information, emotional support, and personalised care and as we seek to deliver more for people living with cancer in increasingly challenging times, working through our professionals and partners in the most effective and impactful way is essential.
The post-holder will create and deliver communities of practice, professional forums, peer support activities and best practice events across a geographical area by working collaboratively with the Senior Geographical Leadership team, Head of Professional Engagement and Head of Professional Development and Knowledge. They will determine local priorities and identify audiences in collaboration with the geographical senior leadership team.
These dynamic communities will be a catalyst for change, creativity and best practice and will leave participants inspired, confident and supported to deliver the absolute best person-centred care for people living with cancer.
About you
You will have exceptional people and leadership skills and bring a wealth of experience of leading change, facilitation, continuous quality improvement and co-creation.
You will have a deep commitment to our purpose of improving the lives of people living with cancer through our Macmillan Professionals. You will be an inspiring collaborator, be able to work in a matrix environment and communicate and influence to deliver our quality improvement aspirations and our person-centred care agendas through multiple professionals, teams, and systems.
You will understand the complex environments in which our Macmillan Professionals operate and understand the issues and challenges that they face.
It would be a major asset if applicants brought a strong understanding of the health and social care landscape from a similar background.
We are striving to build a more diverse representational organisation, and we have noted that we are under-represented when it comes to those that identify as disabled, have an impairment or health condition and also those who identify as Black, Asian or another minority ethnic group. We are also under represented with those who identify as LGBTQ+.
We welcome applications from everyone who meets the criteria, but would also strongly encourage applications from individuals from groups where we are currently under-represented to help us move forward in achieving our aim of building a more diverse organisation so that we can better serve all People Living with Cancer. We have in place an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and we have Organisational Values (see attached) which promote fairness and belonging for all. We also have a successful internal employee representation body; Our Voice and also 8 Employee Network groups to help us achieve a more engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.
You must hold a UK drivers' licence to undertake this role and have access to your own vehicle.
About us
At Macmillan, we support millions of people living with cancer in the UK to live life as fully as they can by providing emotional, practical, and financial support. Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do. We commit to actively developing you and our benefits include private medical insurance, life assurance, pension, generous leave, interest free loans for season tickets and gym memberships and much more.
We want to create a workforce that is representative of the people we support, and who support us. We advocate for being an inclusive organisation, where everyone can feel that. We offer flexibility in our working locations, working hours and benefits so we can support you in your life and your career, and we welcome a conversation about how these options can best support you.
We offer a range of flexible working patterns, such as compressed hours, e.g., 34.5 hours in 4 days instead of 5, flexibility to work earlier or later around our core working hours of 10am-4pm and more options.
Recruitment Process
To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed so that shortlisting is based solely upon the suitability of the candidate’s experience.
Applications close at 23:59pm on Sunday 10th July 2022
For any support during the application or interview process please do speak to People Services where we are able to offer advice and/or recruitment adjustments.
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Role Summary:
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Provide a comprehensive and efficient administrative service for our NPQ Assessments, ensuring the process runs smoothly from start to finish
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Ensuring participant progress data is accurately recorded for reporting purposes
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Support the day to day administration of the Teacher Development Trust and its programmes.
Location
TDT’s offices are based in London. However, this role lends itself to home-working from elsewhere in the UK with occasional visits to our main office.
Hours per week
37.5
Contract basis
Full time
Contract type
Permanent
Salary
£26,000 - £28,000 per annum
Benefits
8% employer pension contribution; opportunities for flexible and remote working; wide-ranging opportunities for personal and professional development
Reports to
Head of Operations
The Teacher Development Trust (TDT) is an established and fast-growing charity based in London that is dedicated to improving the educational outcomes for children by raising the quality of teachers’ professional development.
To meet the needs of a range of school leadership programmes we are now seeking an Assessment and Data Officer to coordinate and ensure the success of our NPQ Assessments, whilst also supporting the administration of the Teacher Development Trust and its programmes.
This is an exciting opportunity in a fast-growing and influential education charity. We're looking for a proactive, confident communicator with an understanding of the education landscape to join our team in supporting our existing services and programmes. We have an excellent track record of staff developing within the charity, as well as staff who have developed their careers into schools, other charities, and the public sector.
Key responsibilities
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Liaise with TDT’s Delivery Partners to ensure all eligible NPQ participants submit an assessment within the required timeframe
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Support participants and assessors through the assessment process, ensuring queries are responded to promptly and effectively
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Ensure submitted assessments are received in the correct format
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Upload assessments to markers and moderators, ensuring conflict of interest rules are adhered to
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Be the main contact for our marking and plagiarism partners
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Ensure marks are received back in a timely manner
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Ensure marks are sent back to participants within the required timeframe
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Ensure assessment marks and participant retention information is sent to and received by the Department for Education
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Troubleshoot queries and/or non-standard assessments (e.g. dealing with accessibility issues)
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To manage deferrals, appeals, resit requests and complaints relating to assessment.
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Work with the Department for Education nominated external moderator (Tribal)
Required skills
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A very high level of spoken and written literacy
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High organisational skills and attention to detail
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Data handling: expertise using Microsoft Excel to collate, manipulate and present data
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Familiarity with Salesforce CRM system and/or project management platforms e.g. Asana
Desired skills
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Understanding of the current NPQ programme
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Experience of working with assessment/exam system
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Experience of working in, or understanding of schools and the wider education sector
Other Information
We particularly welcome applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans including non-binary (LGBTQ+) candidates, and candidates from low income families. These groups are currently underrepresented at TDT and we are committed to increasing representation and diversity at the charity.
Interested candidates should apply by 5.00pm on Thursday 7th July 2022
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Cover Letter – please explain why you want to work as the Assessment Officer for the Teacher Development Trust and how your skills, knowledge and experience are relevant to this role. Please also state where you saw this job role advertised.
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CV
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The names of 2 referees, one of whom should be your current or most recent employer (references will not be taken up until after interview)
Shortlisted applicants will be invited to interview. Interviews are scheduled to take place in the week commencing 18 July 2022 and will be held virtually. Due to the anticipated volume of applications we are unfortunately unable to provide detailed feedback.
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