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UNICEF ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.
This is a great opportunity to join the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) as a Senior Philanthropy Manager.
The successful candidate will join a team of philanthropy fundraisers in maximising income and support for UNICEF, by stewarding existing relationships and building new high value relationships. In addition, you will line manage a Philanthropy Manager and a Philanthropy Executive.
The successful candidate will have experience of securing significant donations of at least 5 figures, from individuals or family foundations and managing relationships with major supporters. They will also need to demonstrate how they have worked with senior staff and volunteers to achieve success. Line management experience would be desirable.
Closing date: 5pm, 15 July 2022.
Interview date: 9 and 10 August 2022 via video conferencing (MS Teams)
In return, we offer:
- excellent pay and benefits (including flexible working, generous annual leave and pension, big brand discounts and wellbeing tools).
- outstanding training and learning opportunities and the support to flourish in your role.
- impressive open plan office space and facilities on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
- an open culture and workplace with colleagues who share our values, enjoy their work and are motivated to do their utmost for children.
- the opportunity to work in a leading children’s organisation making a difference to children around the world.
We are gradually moving back to our offices on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, East London and we anticipate most colleagues will work one or two days a week in the office and the rest of the time from home. We will happily discuss other flexible options to suit your circumstances.
We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, disabled candidates, and from men, because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at this level at UNICEF UK. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for children.
UNICEF UK promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.
The successful candidate will be required to apply for a criminal records check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the role and the circumstances of your offences.
We only accept online applications as this saves us money, making more funds available for us to help ensure children’s rights.
If you require support in completing the online form or an application form in an alternative format, please contact the Supporter Care line during office hours.
If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note that we only provide feedback to shortlisted candidates.
Registered Charity Nos. 1072612 (England and Wales) SC043677 (Scotland)
Are you passionate about improving access to substance misuse services to migrants rough sleeping in London?
We are looking for a proactive and self-motivated person, with strong problem solving, influencing and negotiating skills, to join the Greater London Authority’s team working on supporting people rough sleeping in London.
Working closely with other relevant teams in the Greater London Authority, boroughs, relevant health partners and the voluntary sector, you will lead work on pan-London migrant rough sleeping and substance misuse. Your work will be part of a Pan London Drug and Alcohol programme for people who sleep rough. You will develop a programme of work which will include collating and promoting best practice and improving the awareness of migrants’ entitlements to substance misuse support and the services available to migrant rough sleepers. Your work will ensure the GLA is able to deliver on the Mayor’s Social Integration Strategy ‘All of Us’ and the Mayor’s Rough Sleeping Plan of Action.
You will have experience of building and maintaining effective working relationships and an understanding of the complex stakeholder landscape in London in the area of substance misuse support for rough sleepers. You will work closely with officials from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID), substance misuse commissioners and providers, ICS networks, homeless health, housing and public health leadership.
This post is funded by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) for 12 months and it is open to secondment options.
This role will be based at London Fire Brigade’s Head Office (Union Street SE1 0LL).GLA staff are hybrid working up to 3 days a week in our offices and remotely depending on their role. As part of this, you will need to split your time between home working and coming into the office.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We would welcome applications from candidates who are seeking part time work as this role is open to job share.
In addition to a good salary package, we offer an attractive range of benefits including 30 days’ annual leave, interest free season ticket loan, interest free bicycle loan and a career average pension scheme.
To apply, please visit our website.
Application closing date: Monday 25 July 2022 at 23:59 GMT.
Interviews will take place: Monday 15 and Tuesday 16 August 2022.
London's diversity is its biggest asset and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects London's diversity at all levels. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic candidates and disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce.
Do you want to help tackle UK poverty?
One in five people among us, over 14 million in total across the UK, are unable to thrive because of a lack of money. Turn2us exists to help people struggling to make ends meet. We do this by giving direct financial help through our own charitable grants; supporting people to increase their income through benefits, grants and other support; and by highlighting ways to reduce essential costs.
Safeguarding involves protecting personnel, children, adults, and service users from any harm or abuse arising from each other, themselves, our activities, or organisational failings whilst in contact with Turn2us. Our safeguarding approach at Turn2us covers our policies, the way we work, and our organisation’s culture. We want all of these to work together in order to prevent and respond to safeguarding issues in an effective way.
Turn2us is recruiting a consultant that will be responsible for assessing how effective our safeguarding framework is in considering approaches to equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging (EDIB).
We want to make sure a wide variety of voices are heard and that we're doing safeguarding that works for, and represents, the people we come into contact with. Turn2us is committed to building EDIB at every level, adopting an intersectional approach to tackling inequalities and exclusion in relation to all characteristics, and understanding how this relates to safeguarding. By acknowledging intersectionality and EDIB in our safeguarding work, we can better understand people’s varied experiences of harm, how Turn2us can best empower people to protect their rights, and how to ensure we do not discriminate in our safeguarding work.
The consultant will work to include Coproduction Partners who have lived experience of financial hardship, service users, and staff to gauge their opinions and understand what EDIB in safeguarding means to them, and how this relates to their experiences of safeguarding at Turn2us to date. By working in partnership and coproduction, Turn2us’s strategy, services, and outcomes will more fully reflect what people want and need. We particularly welcome applications from anyone who has their own lived experience of poverty, or financial hardship.
This is a key role for an ambitious charity and at an exciting time of change and growth. If you wish to be part of that, and to help improve the lives of people across the UK, we look forward to hearing from you.
The full Terms of Reference for this role and further information on the work of Turn2us can be found on this webpage.
Application documents must be submitted no later than 14 August 2022.
Turn2us is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from members of all communities.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced manager to join our Senior Management Team. The Director of Advice Services will support the delivery of Z2K’s strategy through effective leadership of the organisation’s advice and casework services. Principal Responsibilities:
- Management of Z2K’s advice and casework services, ensuring the highest quality in all aspects of service delivery.
- Lead and develop the advice and casework team and line manage assigned staff.
- Identify and implement strategies, services and projects that enable Z2K to increase the impact and reach of its work.
- As part of the Senior Management Team, actively contribute to Z2K’s fundraising, research, policy and campaigns work.
We are looking for someone who shares our passion for tackling poverty and injustice. You will be committed to working with communities who are highly disadvantaged and have a passion for helping people to overcome homelessness and poverty.
With at least three years’ experience managing social welfare advice and casework services, you will possess excellent organisational and interpersonal skills and have sound judgment and problem-solving skills.
You will understand Z2K’s position in the advice service landscape and the needs and experiences of advice service users from a range of backgrounds.
With a client-focused and holistic approach to advice and casework services you be committed to ensuring our clients voices and views are heard and listened to.
This is an exciting time to be joining Z2K with the opportunity to utilise your skills and talents to build on our successes as well as contribute to shaping our future direction.
We offer a range of employee benefits detailed in the Candidate Pack and are happy to discuss a range of flexible working arrangements.
Z2K is an equal opportunity employer. People with lived experience of poverty, from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQIA+ individuals and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. We welcome evidence of experience from both work and non-work settings such as volunteering and personal life.
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We are in the process of actively recruiting to a new role of Grants & Operations Manager. The role will be responsible for optimising SMCA’s funds and, developing additional income streams and the efficient and effective operation of the Community Centre.
South Mitcham Community Association is a small charity based on the Phipps Bridge Estate in the London Borough of Merton in Southwest London. As a small community centre, we provide activities and services to meet the diverse needs for leisure and learning opportunities.
The pandemic threw up many challenges and we now need to adapt to the changing landscape and borough priorities. One of our revised priorities is the need to recruit a New Grants and Operational Manager, to help us steer us through this new phase of development.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
UK Based - Hybrid or Remote
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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FareShare
Job Description –Senior Trusts and Grants Manager
Reporting to: Head of Fundraising
Location: Hybrid / Office Based
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 35 Hours
Salary: £45,000 - £50,000
About FareShare
FareShare is the UK’s national network of charitable food redistributors, made up of 18 independent organisations. Together, we take good quality surplus food from right across the food industry and get it to almost 10,000 frontline charities and community groups. During 2021, we redistributed 127 million meals, the equivalent of 4 meals every second through our FareShare Regional Centres and our retail surplus model FareShare Go, reaching over 1 million people.
FareShare exists because of two hugely important and highly topical issues.
As a consequence of supply and demand, huge volumes of food are grown or made in the UK and a percentage ends up as unwanted surplus with little commercial value.
At the same time, there are many thousands of frontline community groups and charities that are providing a vital safety net for the most vulnerable in our society. We seek to squeeze as much social good out of that uneconomic surplus by getting it to almost 10,000 such groups across the UK whilst they provide essential wraparound support services for their beneficiaries.
The Cost of Living Crisis and before it, the COVID-19 have shone a spotlight on the issue of food insecurity in the UK and with it, FareShare’s ability to get food to vulnerable communities nationwide.
It is estimated that over 4.7m UK households are now experiencing food insecurity and whilst the equivalent of 1.3bn meals of good surplus food occurs each year, FareShare believes that it is wrong for these two situations to co-exist.
To combat this, FareShare is moving into an ambitious 4 year programme to achieve
unparalleled growth in both our food volumes as well as our
fundraised income. We are driven by the opportunity to secure even more of the food available at farm gate, manufacturing and retail levels and to do this, we
need to maximise our new groundswell of public support to generate the funds needed to operate at this greater scale. There has never been a more
exciting time to join a relevant organisation which delivers both social and environmental impact, at such a crucial time.
By joining us you would be leading some of our most important work in helping us generate more support from Donors, Corporate Food and Fundraising Partners, Foundations and Volunteers as we strive in our ambition to meet the demand for food
to support the UK’s most vulnerable.
FareShare’s Strategy & Vision
Vision: We have the vision of a UK where “No good food goes to waste”.
Mission: To use surplus, fit for consumption, food to feed those who are vulnerable in the UK by supporting front line charitable organisations that tackle the cause and not just the symptoms of food poverty.
Our Purpose: We are doers. We are a community. We change lives.
Our Values: Passion – for our cause and the challenge that lies ahead
Ambition – to go the extra mile and drive the change that must happen
Respect – for ourselves, each other, our volunteers, our partners and our beneficiaries
Collaboration – it’s only by working with others that we can be stronger
Focus – on providing the best service possible so that we deliver and
achieve the most for our clients/customers.
The role
Reporting to the Head of Fundraising.
The key focus of the role will be:
- Managing and maximising key trusts and foundations, statutory and grant funders seeking to extend their support wherever possible with a focus on multi-year funding
- Ensuring a focus on new opportunities undertaking the necessary research to identify potential funders including those outside of the UK
- Developing a range of engaging proposals around key aspects of FareShare’s work
- Managing the Trusts & Foundation team, ensuring delivery of their objectives (currently two Trusts Managers who in turn manage two Trust Officers although we want the postholder to demonstrate the need for growth of this team)
The role is largely focused on leading the strategy, which ensures delivery of our trust, statutory and grant income programme as we extend the reach of our work over the coming years.
Main areas of responsibility
- Account Management
- New Business
- Communication
- Leadership
- Oversee the planning, delivery and monitoring for a portfolio of warm trusts and foundations, statutory and grant funders, maximising the income potential
- Relationship management for a number of key accounts providing relevant impact reports and associated benefits
- Developing innovative and persuasive proposals
- Maximising opportunities where possible to incorporate Regional Centres within national bids
- Regularly reviewing the plans and/or funding agreements managed by the Trusts team to ensure appropriate levels of stewardship and the potential for repeat or long-term support is maximised
- Managing associated admin and record keeping
- Overseeing the development and maintenance of an effective pipeline designed to undertake detailed prospecting and identify targets needed to deliver long term income
- Ensuring the rolling (monthly) programme is maintained
- Ensuring effective records of secured and projected income are maintained and that where appropriate this is shared with others across the organisation
- To investigate, initiate and develop activity to extend the opportunity for the support of trusts and foundations including EU and USA.
- To work effectively with the Finance team to obtain the necessary budget information to support applications
- Ensure detailed KPIs are uptodate, automated and reported on regularly including identifying variances to forecast and associated action plans
- To work effectively with departments and projects manager to obtain the necessary information around their development plans to create compelling bids
- To maintain the necessary levels of communications with the FareShare Network, including details of national funders where appropriate
- Work cross functionally (particularly with the UK food team), including the FareShare Network, to provide guidance and help identifying new funding opportunities.
- To work with trust and grant funders with a good understanding of the UK funding landscape
- Play an active role in the development of the wider fundraising strategy contributing to planning where required
- Provide line management support to the Trusts & Foundations team as detailed above, ensuring that they understand, and work towards their objectives
- Work towards individual performance standards and targets whilst setting and monitoring them for line managed staff, conducting the relevant annual reviews and identifying opportunities for development
- Conduct annual reviews of performance and actively take part in your own, identifying opportunities for development
As an employer committed to Equal Opportunities, we will assess applications in line with these criteria that we consider either as being essential or desirable in this role.
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
- Significant experience of working with trust and grant funders with a good understanding of the UK funding landscape
- A proven track record of meeting challenging targets, securing new multi-year business and increasing income from existing funders
- Experience of strategic planning, analysis and evaluation
- Strong financial skills with the ability to work with complex budgets and monitor them to produce associated grant reports
- Line management experience
- Proven ability to form good working relations, both internally and externally
- Ability to work on own initiative, meeting objectives and tight deadlines under pressure
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, particularly in writing proposals and presentations
- High level communication skills and ability to engage at all levels with diverse stakeholders
- Ability to collaborate with internal and external departments
- Build on long term partnerships with external stakeholders with the aim of achieving strategic goals
- Experience of working in a regulated environment and demonstrable risk assessment capabilities
- IT literacy, in particular of using Microsoft applications
- An understanding of and ability to promote equality and diversity
Desirable Criteria
- Experience of project management
- Experience of securing funding from EU and US sources
- A champion of Safeguarding principles and practice
- An interest in the impact of food waste on the environment
- An interest in food poverty and its causes
Competencies and behaviours
- Enthusiastic approach
- Desire for change and ability to adapt
- Flexibility and ability to work well as part of a team and alone
- A commitment to Equality and Diversity
- Curiosity and empathy with FareShare’s mission and strategy
Benefits
Salary £45,000 - £50,000
Hybrid / Flexible working, with regular UK travel
25 days’ annual leave + 8 bank holidays
Employers pension contribution
Employee Assistance Program
Interest free bicycle purchase loan scheme
Season ticket loan
Flexible working
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Please note, we are considering full time and part time applications for this role. This will be discussed at interview stage in more detail.
UK Youth wants all young people to be equipped to thrive and empowered to contribute at every stage of their lives. Youth work can be life changing (and even life saving). We have developed a strategy to unlock youth work so that every young person in the UK can benefit. We work with a movement that shares this ambition to build cross-sector understanding of youth work’s transformational potential, secure sufficient investment for sustainable provision, and help to embed effective solutions that will increase the quality as well as accessibility of youth work. Come and be part of this change.
This role sits in the newly formed Design and Delivery team, responsible for designing, developing and delivering provision that strengthens and supports youth work and outdoor learning. Taking a human-centred design approach, the department works to translate evidence and insight, into solutions that tackle the sector’s biggest problems. We lead on the co-creation of high quality youth development content, workforce support tools and grant distribution models, to ensure youth work becomes more appealing, accessible and impactful.
Reporting to the Assistant Director of Design, the Head of Design will create a positive impact on young people by managing the end to end design of solutions for the youth sector; working closely with Design Officer to support the creation of youth development content and workforce support tools. You will be part of a team that thinks through problems and builds inclusive, deliverable and effective solutions.
We are looking for candidates with experience in human-centred design, significant expertise in youth work and/or outdoor learning and experience of developing high quality initiatives for young people and/or the workforce that supports them. We are looking for creative thinkers, willing to challenge and disrupt the status quo, and confident with use of digital in development of solutions for the sector.
Who we are
UK Youth is a leading charity that exists to ensure all young people are equipped to thrive and empowered to contribute at every stage of their lives. We work with others to ensure that the youth sector is strengthened, supported and that provision is youth-led, evidence-informed and delivers high-quality outcomes.
UK Youth plays a unique role in addressing; the lack of investment in the youth sector, the lack of cross-sector understanding in how youth work makes a difference and the limited opportunities to embed effective solutions. These factors lead to mass inequality of access to youth services for young people. To find more about us and how we make an impact, please visit UK Youth Website.
Equal opportunities
UK Youth prides itself on being an Equal Opportunity employer. We value the differences that a diverse workforce brings and are committed to inclusivity and to employing and supporting a diverse workforce. Our selection procedures ensure that people are treated on the basis of their relevant merits, experience, skills and abilities and that no individual receives more or less favourable treatment.
We are are seeking applications from different backgrounds, cultures, age, experience and identity to bring a wide range of experience, ideas, views and insights to UK Youth. We welcome applications from groups currently under-represented in our organisation, including: Black, Asian, and other minority ethnic groups; people who identify as LGBTQ+; and disabled people.
What we can offer you
We offer a competitive range of benefits, good work/life balance, excellent learning and development opportunities and vibrant organisational culture.
· Flexible/Agile Working
· 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rated for PT and FTC employees)
· Pension scheme (currently UK Youth match employee contributions up to 5%)
· Membership of our life insurance scheme which would pay-out up to 4 times your salary
· Employee Assistance Programme to support employees both professionally and personally
· 20% discount off bookings at Avon Tyrrell, our New Forest Outdoor Centre, including camping, lodges and outdoor activities.
· CycleScheme and TechScheme
How to apply
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Please note, we are currently accepting application on an ongoing basis for this role. Please submit your application as soon as possible if you would like to be considered.
As this role involves working in a regulated environment with young people, any offer will be conditional to satisfactory background checks, which include criminal record check and employment references.
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The job of a Save the Children UK's Campaign Manager (Protecting Children in Conflict) is varied and creates change.
- Do you have experience creating impactful campaign strategies?
- Do you have experience and knowledge working with campaigning and organising techniques?
- Are you someone with an understanding of influencing public audiences to affect policy change?
- 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 – and of inspiring and leading others to do the same?
If the answers to these questions are yes, we would love to hear from you!
Note:
To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately once avacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
About Us
Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.
Job Purpose
Reporting directly to the Director of Campaigns and Organising, you will be responsible for designing and delivering campaigns and building our organising capability.
You will lead SCUK's campaigns and organising work on one priority area of our SCUK organisational strategy (including protecting children in conflict and child rights governance), leading on campaign strategy to ensure that our mission teams deliver impactful campaigns.
This role is part of the global leadership of campaigning for the Save the Children movement, contributing to and helping to lead international mobilisation moments on children's rights.
As a rights-based organisation, we are committed to anti-racism and actively opposed systemic oppression of any form. You will support our commitment to celebrate diversity, challenge inequality, and build an inclusive environment for every one of our employees so we can better represent the children we protect.
Main Accountabilities
The Campaign Manager's duties will be to:
- Lead Save the Children UK's campaign strategy on one priority area in our SCUK organisational strategy (including protecting children in conflict and child rights governance).
- Lead the development and implementation of campaigning and organising projects that are engaging, impactful and deliver our strategic objectives.
- Work closely with mission colleagues to ensure that their work represents campaigning and organising best practice and innovation, and with Fundraising & Marketing colleagues to deliver our Supporter Engagement strategy.
- Actively maintain positive working relationships outside of your role, across the organisation and with key regional and national staff.
- To support the development of strong relationships with key campaigning and organising partners and coalitions.
- To advise and support the planning and delivery of national campaign and advocacy strategies in key countries, as well as global campaigns.
- Develop an in-depth knowledge of relevant child rights issues sufficiently to deliver and represent relevant campaigns internally and externally and deputise as necessary for the Director of Campaigns & Organising.
- To support Save the Children countries and members to develop strong civil society engagement and the building of social movements for change at national level.
- Monitor and evaluate campaign activity and contribute to organisational and team evaluations, including commissioning, interpreting and sharing campaigns insight work.
Person Profile
Technical Skills:
- Experience of leading development and delivery of impactful campaign strategies, with knowledge and understanding of a range of campaigning and organising tactics, and a track record of success.
- Excellent understanding and experience of mobilising public audiences to affect policy change.
- In-depth knowledge of and experience of working with a wide range of campaigning and organising techniques and tactics and across diverse digital platforms.
- Knowledge of working with civil society actors to deliver change and ability to effectively manage and work within networks and coalitions.
- Understanding of target institution structures, processes and procedures.
- Understanding and experience of using a theory of change approach to shape campaign strategies.
- Demonstrable experience of successfully using insights into public behaviour and attitudes to shape campaigning and organising strategies.
- Knowledge of international development and / or conflict and humanitarian issues are desirable
- Experience in monitoring and evaluating campaigns and providing reports which track progress
Personal Skills:
- Demonstrably strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
- A willingness and ability to travel to countries outside of the UK.
- Good project management skills, with a proven ability to plan work and meet deadlines when working under pressure on a number of projects, across a complex organisation.
- Ability to operate within a predominantly self-servicing administrative environment.
- Ability to deliver projects to high standards with minimum support and adapt easily to change.
- Excellent communication skills, and experience building rapport and communicating effectively with a wide range of people at all levels and situations (on the phone, face to face and in writing), including in relation to highly confidential and sensitive material
- A strong understanding of the external campaigning landscape, including the political landscape
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.
Remote Working:
The majority of SCUK employees are currently working remotely within the UK in line with UK Government guidance. Commencing July 2021 we will transition to flexible and hybrid ways of working (i.e. a mixture of remote/home and office-based working) as social distancing restrictions ease.
We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.
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.
Jobs are positioned within the salary structure on the basis of evaluation. New employees would normally be appointed at the bottom of the grade, however the appointed salary may also take into account the relevant experience a candidate brings to a role. Save the Children is committed to paying staff in a fair and equitable way and will benchmark all salary offers in line with the pay of existing staff.
Save the Children UK has a comprehensive benefits package. To see our full offer please visit our website.
Interview expenses: Candidates should note that unfortunately it is not our policy to reimburse expenses accrued when attending interviews at Save the Children UK unless you are requested to attend an interview in an alternative location to where the role is based.
Pre-employment Checks: Any Employment with Save the Children UK will be subject to the following checks prior to your start date:
- a satisfactory police record check to include a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and/or an International Criminal Record Check (If applicable)
- receipt of satisfactory references
- proof of eligibility to work in the national location for this role
What we do
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The job of a Save the Children's UK Humanitarian Response Manager is varied and fulfilling.
- Do you have experience of working in humanitarian contexts, both in the field and at headquarters, and the ability to communicate and coordinate complex humanitarian issues?
- Have you got the ability to co-ordinate people to respond quickly both inside and outside the organisation, through effective collaborative working and influencing?
- Do you have a strong understanding of current humanitarian issues, such as application of humanitarian core principles and humanitarian quality frameworks?
- 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!
Please Note: To avoid disappointment, please do submit your application as soon as possible as we will review applications on a rolling basis and reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received.
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 One Humanitarian Team, and decentralising humanitarian response capability, resources and accountability closer to children.
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, is also accountable for the provision of high-quality humanitarian capacity building for the 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 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.
Job Purpose
As Humanitarian Response Manager you will support the Head of Response on galvanising corporate support across SCUK for prioritised emergencies through collaborating with teams across the organisation to raise funds, profile and engagement in the UK market to achieve the greatest impact and support the common humanitarian vision and ambition
You will also ensure appropriate and accountable management of emergency funding for CEF and appeals as well as championing the effective operationalisation of the OHT and ensure strong ways of working are established linking to the member support and the galvanising role in SCUK.
Main Accountabilities
Raising the profile of Emergency Response and Humanitarian Affairs
- Coordinating across the organisation to ensure proactive support to raise funds, profile and engagement for emergency responses – for both reactive and proactive engagement “keep the flame burning”
- Maintaining up to date information on socio-political and institutional context for ongoing and emerging humanitarian crisis in relevant countries and regions to support the timely mobilisation of resources, advocacy etc with key internal and external stakeholders within the UK market.
- Maintaining oversight on humanitarian crises and Save the Children's responses through facilitating and attending member calls, roundtable meetings and other relevant huddles/squads and identifying how SCUK can support and enhance the work of the OHT through the various functions across the SCUK Humanitarian Department (HD).
- Sharing relevant content and support sign off where required on materials to be used by other teams in SCUK.
- Managing the SCUK Children's Emergency Funds (CEF) and appeals, allocation, process, operations and providing reports on this as necessary.
- Maintaining up-to-date information resources about all emergency responses covered by the SC movement.
- Fact-checking corporate communication products, such as the Annual Report, with regards to the humanitarian data and providing impactful case studies of the work across the humanitarian department as required.
- Working closely with the Emergency Fundraising team to support fundraising for response specific appeals and the Children's Emergency Fund ensuring consistent, accurate and efficient management of funds raised
- Liaising with other SCUK and SCI donor-related and fundraising teams to address complex or systemic issues, provide support on fundraising activities coordinate messages, and ensure needs and funding gaps are effectively prioritised. Liaise with other Heads of Team across the HD to consider how the work of the different functions can reinforce and support wider team's work.
- Championing humanitarian priorities and raising the profile of work across the HD in both internal and external forums.
Coordinating with internal teams
- Building and maintaining strategic internal partnerships with other teams on humanitarian issues and identifying opportunities to collaborate so that mutual goals and targets can be achieved.
- Ensuring information and communication flow of humanitarian responses to raise profile. Direction on emerging issues and crises, and support P&P to inspire and build long-term relationships with a diverse group of emergency response partners.
- Supporting humanitarian fundraising with key UK government and SCUK home donors in the development of position papers etc.
- Supporting strategic donor engagement for specific humanitarian donors – DEC, Scottish DEC, Scottish HEF, Start Funds and Elrha (as recipients of these funds) and engagement with FCDO on Humanitarian specific funding opportunities
Person Profile
Skills and Experience
- Experience of working in humanitarian contexts, both in the field or at headquarters
- Proven ability to co-ordinate people to respond quickly both inside and outside the organisation, through effective collaborative working.
- Understanding of current humanitarian issues, such as application of humanitarian core principles and humanitarian quality frameworks (e.g. Sphere, CHS).
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Humanitarian field experience in different response environments
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to deal tactfully and sensitively with a wide range of people in a large and complex organisation, often at a distance.
- Self-motivated with good time-management skills, an ability to plan, manage and prioritise a varied workload and to take responsibility for issues through to resolution
- Good understanding of the award (grant/contract) management including but not limited to institutional donors.
Abilities
- Ability to translate complex information and context for different audiences, including the public, media, senior decision-makers etc
- Strong team skills, with the ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships and collaborate both within and outside the team.
- Ability to manage a complex and varied workload, to organise and prioritise multiple tasks efficiently, manage reactive and proactive work, and deliver tasks to tight deadlines
- Ability to challenge and influence assertively and cooperatively
- Proven attention for detail and ability to effectively manage a high volume of data and information.
Aptitude
- A high degree of flexibility and adaptability to respond to changing needs and priorities
- 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
Location: This role can be based anywhere in the UK or could be based outside of the UK provided it is in a country with an SC office from which you have the right to work-( Local salary structures would apply)
Remote Working:
The majority of SCUK employees are currently working remotely within the UK in line with UK Government guidance. Commencing July 2021 we will transition to flexible and hybrid ways of working (i.e. a mixture of remote/home and office-based working) as social distancing restrictions ease.
We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.
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.
To apply, please visit our website.
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Head of Operations & Building Projects – 24 Months Fixed Term Contract
Whitechapel Gallery is looking for a Head of Operations & Building Projects to play an essential role in the day to day running of the building and its facilities and manage the delivery of building projects, as well as supporting the delivery of our artistic programme.
The gallery contains eight unique exhibition spaces and an auditorium, historic archives, education resources, event spaces, a restaurant and bookshop, and is open 7 days a week all year round.
The Head of Operations & Building Projects is responsible for managing the Operations team and liaising with the external suppliers to deliver building projects.
This is an opportunity for an individual with experience of working in a public building, who possesses a range of technical, practical and problem-solving skills, who can communicate and thrive amongst a diverse workforce, and who is willing to learn and develop their skillset within an essential role.
Conditions of work
- Contract: 24 months Fixed Term
- Salary: Circa £40,000 gross per annum, depending on experience.
- Hours: Mon-Fri, 9.30am to 5.45pm or equivalent on a flexible basis according to the rota requirements (including 07:30-15:45 and 11:15-19:30 shifts), plus occasional weekend and evening work which will be compensated with time off in lieu.
For further information, please download the Job Description.
To apply
Please complete the application form and equality & diversity monitoring forms, available to download from the Gallery's wesbite and return to recruitment email by midnight on 26 June 2022.
Interviews: Week Commencing 27th June 2022
The Whitechapel Gallery strives to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian, ethnic minority, and/or disabled applicants as these groups are currently underrepresented in the Arts sector.
Charity number: 312162 Company number: 4093862
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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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Position: Social Policy Officer
Contract: Permanent and full-time
Reporting to: Senior Social Policy Specialist
Location of Work: Sidcup Office with part-time remote working, and international travel up to 3 months per year.
Salary: £24,500 to £27,500 (commensurate with experience) plus benefits.
About the position
The purpose of the position will be to strengthen our engagement in social policy – in particular social protection – supporting and engaging in project implementation, research, business development and communications.
The position will incorporate a strong component of professional development. The successful candidate will work closely with senior members of staff and be given opportunities to learn through active engagement in Pathways’ projects and research, as well as training opportunities.
While the successful candidate must be available to travel internationally for up to 3 months a year, there may be opportunities for longer-term deployments overseas.
Responsibilities
The successful candidate will have the following responsibilities:
- Support the delivery of social policy projects by providing, for example, background literature searches and reviews, desk-based research and data collection, analysis of qualitative and quantitative data, active participation in consultations on field missions and write-ups of reports, potentially leading small projects
- Support the development of funding proposals, including background research, and drafting of technical sections
- Engage in Pathways’ research on social policy, either in support of senior members of staff or by leading on specific areas
- Author blogs and other publications to influence international thinking on social policy and support the drafting and publication of materials authored by senior members of staff
- Lead in developing and maintaining core knowledge centres on Pathways’ website, enhancing its capacity to influence international social protection policy
- Collaborate with the communications team to develop communications products, such as the development of data visualisations and infographics or blogs, including the finalisation of publications
- Support the development and delivery of training programmes
- Engage in other areas as directed by your line manager.
Capacity Building
The successful candidate will be provided with the opportunity to build their capacity in a range of specialisms including in social protection policy and operations, qualitative and quantitative research, governance, human rights and gender. Staff are encouraged to shape the direction of their learning and to take advantage of the wide range of expertise that is within Pathways’ broader team. The successful candidate should show a willingness to learn to use research and analysis software and support further enhancement of the team’s capacity in conducting research projects.
Qualifications and Experience
- At least a Masters’ degree in a social science subject or other relevant discipline
- Good understanding of public policy analysis and research methods
- Capacity to undertake literature-based research and synthesis of information
- Commitment to inclusive social policy
- Ability to work under and commit to strict deadlines
- Ability to work in different country contexts and challenging environments, including working overseas for extended periods of time
- A commitment to being pro-active in their work
- Excellent drafting skills in English and good numeracy skills
- An additional language would be advantageous and
- Experience of working in international development would also be advantageous.
Terms of Employment and Benefits
Recruitment will be at the junior level and is a permanent and full-time post. Along with basic salary, the successful candidate would receive an attractive package of the following:
- Fulfilling work - work directly with end-users in some of the world’s most underserved communities.
- Flexible work - Development Pathways offers employees flexible work hours and part remote work options.
- Generous time off - recharge with 30-holiday entitlement plus standard bank holidays.
- Travel the World - we expect the successful candidate to travel overseas for work up to 3-months in a year (if COVID restrictions permit).
- Excellent health and well-being provision – access to the company private health care scheme (after the satisfactory completion of the probationary period), pension scheme and Employee Assistance Programme.
- Commitment to professional development opportunities - we encourage our staff to participate in professional learning and development.
- Provision of a company laptop and working at home benefit.
How to apply
We invite interested candidates to please apply for the post by including the following:
- A cover letter explaining why you are applying for this position, and how you would be a good fit for the post of Social Policy Officer
- A CV specifying your qualifications, education, and relevant work experience
- A piece of writing (a blog or essay or article that you have previously submitted).
Closing date for this post will be 13th July 2022.
Applications should be submitted to by email.
Applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and high quality candidates may be interviewed earlier than 13th July, and we retain the right to close this role without notice.
Due to the high number of applications expected, unfortunately only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Applicants, please note the Privacy Notice on our website.
Development Pathways is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate and support diversity and are committed to providing a work environment that is inclusive and free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on individual qualifications and abilities. without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, family or parental status, or disability status.
Please, also submit a piece of writing - can be a blog, report or essay you have already submitted.
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