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Job Purpose:
Assuming the role of Executive Assistant, you will provide comprehensive support to Executive Director, the executives of the orginisation and the Hope Together shop. The primary responsibilities of this position will include serving as an Executive PA to Executive Director, administrative assistance to Ops manager, managing customer correspondence, managing online shop orders, upkeep and analytics reporting, as well as other general project administration.
Who We Are:
Join our vision to help everyone, everywhere know Jesus. We offer creative ideas, high-quality and great-value resources, cutting-edge research and well-produced courses to help local churches, leaders, youth workers and everyday disciples reach out in loving action and speak about the powerful message of Jesus Christ.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage Customer service (Phones, Office Email, and Admin email) ensuring prompt and accurate responses to inquiries, complaints, and requests for information.
- Funder and partner relational correspondence and maintenance.
- Provide general administrative support for the Hope office team including, but not limited to, record keeping, filing, meeting hosting, and monthly prayer emails.
- Organizing and managing weekly team prayer-parti
- Executive assistant work to Executive Director including, managing schedule, organising appointments and meetings, and arranging travel.
- Team, partner, and board meeting management, including keeping minutes, arranging meetings, and actions point.
- Office management assistance including supply ordering and credit card expense tracking.
- Ownership of online shop management including preparing regular reports, inventory management, order processing, and ensuring timely and accurate product listings.
- Gathering monthly websites and social media analytics.
- Undertaking any other duties necessary to support the smooth operation of the executives' and the overall success of Hope within the scope of the Employee's abilities and qualifications.
Skills, knowledge and experience:
- Commitment to the vision of Hope Together
- Dynamic, energetic, positive, enthusiastic
- Excellent communication skills - especially telephone
- Basic writing and correspondence skills
- Ability to multitask and self-start
- Flexible and proactive approach to work
- Google Drive, Analytics and Sheets (Google suite knowledge preferred)
- Word and Excel (Overall Microsoft suite knowledge preferred)
- Some website development knowledge (WordPress, SquareSpace, Wix, ect.)
- Previous experience using project managagement platforms like ASANA or Mondays is preffered
We are currently accepting applications. The application end date is May 1, 2024. Perspective interview date is May 16th.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
PA to Executive Director of International Programmes
Contract: 13 Months Fixed-term contract, Full Time, Maternity cover
Salary: £39,358 - £41,325 with excellent benefits
Location: London, UK
Hybrid Working: A minimum of 40% of working time is spent face to face, either in London office, or as a result of external engagement or travel for WaterAid. WaterAid is located at Canary Wharf, London and this will be your location and contract base.
About WaterAid:
Join WaterAid as PA to Executive Director of International Programmes to change normal for millions of people so they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty and change their lives for good. We need passionate, creative and dedicated people. In return, you will be encouraged and empowered to be yourself at your very best. Together, we will make a bigger difference.
About the Team:
The International Programmes Department is made up of four regions: West Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, and South Asia; and three support teams: Programme Support and Knowledge team, the Programme Funding and Partnerships Team and the Programme Operations Team; the International Programmes Department delivers our work effectively across Africa and South Asia focusing on quality programming; accountability and effectiveness; research, learning and documentation.
About the Role:
The purpose of this role is to provide proactive and professional support to the Executive Director of International Programmes, with some general administrative support to the Programme Operations Director and the International Programmes Senior Management Team.
The role will be split 80/20 with a majority focus on executive support for the Executive Director, ensuring they are well organised and briefed and supported to maximise her capacity to lead WaterAid effectively. The minority focus will be on general administrative support to the Programme Operations Director and to the International Programmes Senior Management Team. The role will also be instrumental in running operations in the department, including supporting the organisation with key high profile programme events, line managing the administrator to ensure the department is working effectively and efficiently within itself and the wider organisation.
In this role, you'll:
A) Provide professional, timely and proactive support to the Executive Director of International Programmes, including:
- Diary and meeting support
- Support internal processes, communications and prioritisation Support internal communications with the directorate and wider organisation so these are timely, strategic and engaging;
- General administrative support
B) Operations for the department
- Oversee departmental operations to ensure compliance with wider WaterAid processes as well as championing, innovating, or streamlining the department's process and procedure.
- Maintain effective filing systems ensuring archive material is safe and can be retrieved in line with Data Protection Regulations.
- Organise and lead logistical planning for any departmental events that take place in either the UK or Country Programme locations, as necessary.
- Work as part of a wider team of PAs and Administrators across the organisation, ensuring mutual support and good communication between teams.
About You:
- Proven successful track record of being a Senior Administrator or Personal Assistant in a global organisation, including exceptional diary management;
- Effective time-management, organisation and prioritisation skills, including ability to manage multiple projects and priorities and to keep track of high volumes of information within a busy environment;
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal), including ability to assimilate information quickly and produce accurate minutes, clear PowerPoint presentations and written briefings;
- Integrity and the ability to act with discretion and respect confidentiality.
- Digitally literate with excellent IT skills, particularly for setting up virtual meetings and effectively using Microsoft Office tools, with extensive experience of using PowerPoint and creating simple and compelling presentations;
- Numerical accuracy and experience of managing and processing invoices and expenses. Ability to co-ordinate / track project budget.
- Team player who is motivated by the desire to support others to be effective and efficient in their work, proactive, with confidence to take initiative and solve problems;
- Willingness to travel in the UK and internationally, if required, for the proper performance and delivery of the role;
Closing date: Applications will close at 23:59 on 12th May 2024. Availability for test and interview is required the week commencing 27th May 2024 and 3rd June 2024.
How to Apply: To see the full job pack, please click 'Apply'. Please apply by submitting your CV and a cover letter into one document in either Word Document or PDF format.
Pre-employment screening: To apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK. All our vacancies require a basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check to comply with our Safer Recruitment policy.
Our Commitment
Our People Promise:
We will work with passion and focus to ensure safe and sustainable water, toilets and hygiene are available to everyone, everywhere. WaterAid is a place of purpose - where people have a real commitment and shared responsibility for the impact we have. We are a global community with diverse backgrounds and perspectives, motivated by inspiring, stimulating work. We are determined to put the wellbeing of our people first, to be a place where people feel safe and able to contribute their voice and truly live our values.
Equal opportunities:
We are an equal opportunity, disability-confident employer and are dedicated to achieving the highest standards of diversity, equity and inclusion. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, beliefs, customs, traditions and ways of life. This includes, but is not limited to, race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, national or social origin, health status, and economic or social situation.
Safeguarding:
We are also committed to protecting everyone we come into contact with. We have a zero-tolerance approach to abuse of power, privilege or trust across our global work, and any form of inappropriate behaviour, discrimination, abuse, bullying, harassment, or exploitation. Safeguarding the people and communities we work with, our staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf is our top priority, and we take our responsibilities extremely seriously.
Are you an experienced Personal Assistant and passionate to make an impact?
We’re working with a fantastic charity who are looking for an experienced Personal Assistant to join their high performing team. You’ll provide high quality personal and administrative assistance to the Director. You’ll manage the Director’s diaries and appointments, as well as preparing and drafting correspondence as required.
You’ll oversee coordination and collation of reports for Board meetings as well as supporting the Director to ensure departmental deadlines are met for governance activities. You’ll also organise internal and external meetings/conferences, arranging venues, refreshments and minute taking, whilst also preparing agendas. This is an amazing role withgreat perks including working closely with a supportive team.
You will need:
- Experience of organising and providing administrative assistance in an office environment
- Experience of diary management, arranging meetings and preparing papers
- Ability to write succinct, clear and professional communications for senior audiences
- Highly proficient using MS Office
Contract- Permanent- full time
Salary: £28,000 - £30,000
Deadline: ASAP
If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call Chloe on 02030 062787 or email [email protected].
Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable roles. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically, supporting people to find their perfect role within the not-for-profit sector.
We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here. We proactively welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates.
If enough applications are received the charity reserve the right to end the application period sooner.
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This is an exciting new post which will aim to provide support as The Maypole Project develops as a charity and service provider to children with complex medical needs and their families.
What you will do:
- Provide administrative and technical support to the team
- Scheduling appointments both internal and external
- Travel management, preparation of travel itineraries
- Preparing equipment and materials for client meetings
- Manage and support with ad hoc projects
- Gatekeeping calls
- Creation of content and presentations
- Assisting with reports and evaluations
- Collation of data
- Attending fundraising and support events and activities when required
- Ad hoc administrative duties, such as office stocks and supplies
- Assisting on website, newsletter and social media management
This role description does not provide an exhaustive list of tasks but gives an indication of the main areas of work. It is not a definitive document and may be reviewed in conjunction with the post holder in the light of organisational change. This role should be undertaken within the philosophies, values, policies, and protocols of the organisation. All employees are responsible for keeping their knowledge updated as changes are made.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Are you interested in working for a Global Charity that works on peace and safety, gender justice and building self-reliance among women and families. Mothers' Union is a global Christian movement working with people of all faiths and none to develop communities, strengthen families and advocate for change. Our members are active in 83 countries and work tirelessly to serve their communities to build a future where everyone thrives.
We are a diverse and inclusive movement who also welcomes friends and supporters from within and outside of the church structure, together with a host of active volunteers all championing the work we do.
The Role:
This role will cover a wider area of executive support including governance, meeting management, senior leadership team support, managing on-line gatherings, travel management, diary management, correspondence management and relationship management.
The post-holder will be key in supporting the WWP in this, and also, with both WWP and CEO, in mapping out the key events and activities over a 6 year cycle, so that there is a clear structure for the new WWP (and ultimately successor to CEO ) to come into and work with. They will also assist the CEO in “standard agenda planning” for the board, for example, the induction of the new Board in early 2025.
Whilst the role is for 3 days per week, ideally this would be flexible, with the individual working more days at certain times (for example during the Board week) and less at quieter times.
MU is a small team, (about 25) and there is an expectation that all will show flexibility in helping out on areas not explicit in their role descriptions, when time and their expertise and ongoing workload allow
Who we are looking for
The ideal candidate should be proficient in handling the Microsoft suite, zoom, familiarity with handling databases and finance systems. They should be confident in taking minutes in board meetings, experienced in acting as a project manager, able to use a project tool to facilitate planning of schedules for SLT, Board and committees throughout the year, and possess excellent relationship skills, confident to liaise with board members and provincial presidents from around the Globe.
Benefits
- 25 days of annual leave (full time) plus up to 4 days of leave (full time) given at the discretion of Mothers’ Union
- Employer pension contribution of 7%
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
- Two volunteering days and one away day per calendar year
- Enhanced sick pay
- Bereavement leave & Compassionate leave
- Season ticket loan
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee assistance programme.
- Eye care voucher and an allowance towards glasses.
For more information about the role: please refer to the attached job description
Work Location
This role will be based at our Head Office in central London. Mothers’ Union operates a hybrid working model. Staff are required to work an aggregate minimum of 90 days per calendar year (pro rata for part timers) at our Head Office, Mary Sumner House in central London. Tuesdays are our anchor days where every staff member is expected to be at the office. The 90 days includes anchor Tuesdays.
How to Apply
If you are interested in this position, please apply by sending your CV and a Cover Letter via Charity Job. The Cover Letter should clearly outline how your skills match the main responsibilities of the role.
Application Deadline
The closing date for applications is 21 April 2024. Due to the number of applications we receive, we may not be able to individually respond to each applicant. If we do not get in touch with you within 4 weeks from the application deadline, then unfortunately you have not been shortlisted for this position. We aim to get in touch with the shortlisted candidates after the application deadline.
Equal Opportunity
Mothers’ Union is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to create an inclusive environment for all employees.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO?
We are the UK’s student mental health charity. We challenge the higher education sector, health sector, and government to work with students when making decisions that impact them, and make them accountable for prioritising student mental health. In collaboration with students, we show sector professionals what effective student mental health looks like, and bridge the gap between students and the communities around them to ensure their voices are always heard.
By creating and curating resources, stories and tools, we empower students to build their own mental health toolkit to support themselves and their peers through university life and beyond. We want to empower and inspire students to use their voice to share their stories and advocate for themselves.
ROLE PURPOSE
As our Executive Assistant (Maternity Cover, 0.8 FTE, Fixed term for 12 months), you will play a crucial role in developing and supporting our charity and strengthening our administration and governance. You will be providing flexible assistance primarily to our CEO, in the planning and delivery of their workload. You will also provide administrative support to the Senior Leadership Team, Trustee Board and other structured groups which shape the charity’s strategy and activities, for example our Clinical Advisory Group. As such, you will have the opportunity to work with the entire Student Minds team and a variety of stakeholders across the health and higher education sectors.
Key responsibilities:
Chief Executive Officer assistance
- Email and calendar management: helping to prioritise demands, responding to correspondence on behalf of the CEO and following up with contacts post-meetings.
- Arrange meetings and itineraries and coordinate travel as required.
- Stakeholder management support: utilising CRM to maintain updated databases for organisational contacts; support with the completion of contracts and registering purchase orders with suppliers,where the CEO is the lead contact.
Meeting management
- Plan and coordinate relevant meetings to ensure they are purposeful and relevant. These will include Board meetings, Senior Leadership Team Meetings, Leadership Group meetings and any other general committee meetings.
- Provide logistical and administrative support for all meetings, arranging suitable meeting premises or software, preparing and circulating agendas and meeting papers in consultation with the relevant participants (e.g. Chair of the Board, CEO and Senior Leadership Team).
- Coordinate catering requirements and liaise with the finance team to make purchases.
- Take high-quality and accurate meeting minutes and circulate them for appropriate approval and sign-off.
- Ensure prompt follow-up with agreed action points and follow through with ongoing delivery of commitments.
Governance support
- Provide administrative support where applicable to meet the charity’s requirements with
- Companies House and the Charity Commission.
- Support with Trustee recruitment, induction and training.
- Support the charity’s continuous improvement and compliance using tools such as the Governance
- Code.
Senior Leadership Team coordination
- Support with coordinating multi-stakeholder meetings, and liaising with internal and external stakeholders.
- Support members of the Senior Leadership Team or their guests with the use of our core systems and software (Google Workspace, Google Meet, Slack, Mural, Zoom).
- Process any travel expenses for the Senior Leadership Team.
- Manage charity records: provide historical reference by supporting procedures for the retention and disposal of records.
- Welcome guests and provide tours of facilities or support guests to use online meeting software where required.
Other duties
- Such other duties as may be reasonably prescribed by the organisation, appropriate to the grade and responsibilities of this post.
- Provide cover for other team members as necessary to ensure seamless operations and support across the organisation.
- Work to agreed charity and personal targets.
- Attend regular team meetings with Student Minds colleagues.
- Ensure compliance with Student Minds’ internal procedures and all external legal requirements.
- Ensure equality and inclusion responsibilities for your area of work.
- Undertake training and attend conferences as appropriate.
- Engage with and provide feedback on projects and strategic reports developed by other members of the team.
- Work flexibly and undertake tasks to support Student Minds colleagues as required.
BENEFITS
- Generous annual leave allowance - 25 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays, plus a 2-week winter closure
- Flexible working - we encourage all employees to reflect on when and where they work best and how they need to fit work around caring or other commitments.
- Wellbeing is at the heart of what we do - we support staff to implement Wellness Action Plans and offer 10% of weekly working hours for you to invest in your wellbeing.
- Access to Employee Assistance Programme - we also offer wellbeing support through an Employee Assistance Programme which provides a wide range of resources as well as confidential counselling.
Work setting: Hybrid
Salary: £60,000 to £65,000 per annum
Hours: Permanent, Full-time (35 hours per week)
Location: London
Are you a confident Personal Assistant used to providing support to Senior Leadership Teams? Do you have experience in line managing a team of PA's, driving continuous improvement and fostering a culture of excellence?
TPP are recruiting an Executive Office Lead and Personal Assistant on behalf of our client, a non-profit organisation focused on promoting research and academia.
The Role:
As the Executive Office Lead and Personal Assistant, you will contribute to the management and coordination of the President, Officers, and Executive Director, ensuring the seamless delivery of administrative services within the organisation. You will also be responsible for managing a team of up to four other Personal Assistants providing direct administration and diary support to five Officers and the Executive Director.
Main responsibilities:
- Team Leadership: Lead and manage a team of personal assistants, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and ensuring the delivery of exceptional service.
- Executive Support: Provide proactive support to the President, managing diary commitments, correspondence, travel arrangements, and expenses.
- Strategic Oversight: Anticipate forthcoming issues and ensure the leadership team is well-briefed, coordinating with colleagues to maintain strong relationships and diplomatic communication.
- Correspondence Management: Oversee incoming correspondence, preparing responses for action or signature by senior leaders, and maintaining effective systems for tracking treatment and replies.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a primary point of contact within the organisation, maintaining its reputation and ensuring accessibility to internal and external stakeholders.
- Project Management: Manage and deliver ad-hoc cross-organisational projects as directed by the Executive Director.
- Secretariat Provision: Attend and take minutes of sensitive meetings, arrange meetings of the Advisory Board, and provide effective leadership and line management of the Executive Services team.
Requirements:
- Strong experience in line managing and motivating a team.
- Excellent spoken and written communication skills.
- Ability to handle sensitive information confidentially.
- Solid time management and organisational skills.
- Ability to build personal networks at all levels.
- Flexibility to respond quickly to urgent issues and develop new systems to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
- Experience in a senior Personal Assistant role combined with solid line management experience.
If this sounds like the role for you, then we would love to hear back. We are reviewing CVs as and when we are receiving them so, if you are keen to apply, then please do so today!
TPP are always keen to speak with candidates looking to work in the sector so if this role isn't quite right for you, please do check out our website and pop your CV over to us!
We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.
We are recruiting for an enthusiastic and proactive individual to join our Finance Team in the role of Finance Assistant.
The Finance Assistant supports all aspects of the Hallé’s work at the Bridgewater Hall, the Hallé Venues and concert halls across the UK.
The Finance Assistant works in a department currently comprising Finance Director, Finance Manager, Assistant Finance Manager and Finance Assistant.
The department is responsible for all aspects of the financial affairs of the Society and its related trusts. The Finance Assistant is responsible to the Assistant Finance Manager.
They take responsibility for processing the day-to-day transactions of the company across purchase ledger, sales ledger and the cash book, and ensure the smooth operation of the office. They will also need to work collaboratively with colleagues across the wider Hallé as well as with external customers and suppliers.
The post is full-time permanent based on a 36.25-hour week. Our core office hours are 09.00-17:15, from Monday to Friday. There is an option to work up to 50% of hours from home.
Consideration will be given to applicants wanting to work part-time at an appropriate level to meet the requirements of the role.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
- You will be very confident and competent with (Word, Excel, Teams/Sharepoint), Zoom and using a database and finance system.
- You will be confident in minute taking in Board meetings and writing the draft minutes.
- You will be a confident project manager, able to use a project tool to facilitate planning of schedules for SLT, Board and committees throughout the year.
- You will have excellent telationship skills, confident to liaise with board members and provincial presidents from around the Globe, to arrange travel, answer routine queries, and organise meetings
- You will be confident to work with colleagues across the organisation.
- You will have strong and highly accurate administrative skills.
- Mothers’ Union is a Christian organisation, and empathy with the Christian faith with be important, although it is not an occupational requirement to be a practicing Christian
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We are recruiting for a Fundraising Assistant who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients
We are an ambitious Hospital charity with an exciting opportunity to join us on our team as a Fundraising Assistant, initially on a three month contract with potential to extend.
We currently raise between £1-2m a year for East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust which has four sites local to Hertfordshire, including the Lister Hospital (Stevenage) and Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (North London). We are proud to raise funds to enhance the care provided by our wonderful clinical colleagues and to contribute to a positive patient experience. We also support a number of wellbeing initiatives to support our staff. Working for the NHS offers a fantastic benefits package, including a generous pension, agenda for change pay progression, 27 days leave plus bank holidays and flexible working.
About you
Ideally you will already have experience in an administration or customer service role and looking to start a career in fundraising. You will be looking for 20-37.5 hours a week and can work flexibly including some evenings and weekends to support at fundraising events.
Main duties of the job
- Provide support to the department on a range of administrative tasks including, dealing with enquiries (postal, telephone, email, face to face), opening and sorting post.
- Work to build excellent relationships with donors to provide a high standard of customer care.
- Process one-off and regular donations ensuring procedures are followed and information is recorded correctly onto the database and thank you letters are sent.
- Work with cancer centre volunteers to support the team with administration tasks.
- To undertake specific fundraising projects and attend events as necessary or as required to support the department’s fundraising.
- To assist the fundraisers with administration of staff lottery, raffles and prize led promotion and fundraising as required.
- Support all fundraising activity and represent the charity at internal and external events.
- Manage ‘Gift in Kind’ donations and our ‘Gift in Kind’ Campaigns.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
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Job Description: Fellowship Programme Assistant – Enquiries
Line Manager: Team Leader (Enquiries)
Objective: The programme assistant receives and assesses applications for support from at-risk academics.
Experience: Bachelors’ degree or comparable experience
Duration: For an initial period of 12 months, subject to review.
Hours: Full-time. Eight hours each day Monday – Friday, with flexible working by arrangement around core hours of 10am – 4pm
Location: Hybrid working - in London office in Elephant and Castle SE1 (2/3 set days per week) and working from home on the remaining days.
Start: 1 May 2024 or shortly thereafter.
Salary: £29,160.
Number of posts: One.
Application deadline: 25/04/2024.
Organisational Background
The Council for At-Risk Academics is a UK-registered charity founded in 1933 under the leadership of William Beveridge, to rescue academics suffering persecution under the rise of Nazism and facilitate their continued work in safety. Sixteen Cara Fellows from the 1930s and 1940s became Nobel Laureates, and many more innovators in their fields, including, Nikolaus Pevsner, Lise Meitner and Karl Popper. A number of Cara’s founders and Council members also personally provided places and/or funds to help individual academics; and Cara, known in the 1930s as the AAC, later the SPSL, was closely involved in the successful effort in 1933 to bring to London the Warburg Institute art library, which had been prohibited by the Nazis, and six of its staff. The Fellowship Programme is the continuation of the rescue mission operation started in 1933.
Cara has been a lifeline to academics at risk for just over 90 years, as and when world events have placed them in the line of fire: Hungarian Uprising, Cold War, Apartheid South Africa, Iran, Latin American Juntas, Vietnam, Kosovo, DRC, Rwanda, Sudan, Zimbabwe etc. and, more recently Iraq, Turkey, Yemen, Palestine, Syria, Afghanistan and Ukraine. Cara support is typically framed as temporary sanctuary offered at times of heightened risk.
Cara Objectives ‘To assist academics who have been, or are, or are at risk of being, subject to discrimination, persecution, suffering or violence on account of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, to relieve needs among them and their dependants and ensure that their specialist knowledge and abilities can continue to be used for the benefit of the public.’
‘To advance education by supporting academics and their educational institutions in countries where their continuing work is at risk or compromised, to ensure that such academics and institutions can continue to fulfil their critical role as educators for the public benefit.’
This is a critical time to join our dedicated and friendly Fellowship Programme team as we expand our capacity to support at-risk academics from the Middle East, Sudan, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Ukraine and Russia and many other countries.
Fellowship Programme Officer Role & Responsibilities
Casework
- Receiving and processing applications for support
- Working directly with academics facing immediate risk in their home countries to carry out due diligence
- Preparing cases for eligibility review, including arranging calls to speak with applicants, booking English language tests, and gathering all relevant documentation
- Identifying funding opportunities
- Researching potential hosts for academic placements and liaising with external stakeholders in relation to applicants
- Attend weekly case review meetings with the team
Administration
- Provide general administrative and logistical support, including answering telephones
- Answer general queries about the enquiries’ process and the Programme
- Provide support to the drafting of reports to funders
- Present and collect data
- Ensure safekeeping of confidential information
- Maintain excellent detailed records of correspondence, documents, and activities
Managerial Support
- Contributing to Fellowship Programme policy changes and decision-making
- Provide advice and guidance to colleagues
Responsibilities also include related activities that might arise in relation to the Fellowship Programme
as required by the Executive Director or Deputy Director/Fellowship Programme Manager.
Benefits of Role
· Challenging but rewarding work, always life-changing, sometimes life-saving
· Competitive salary
· Team and individual training opportunities
· Weekly case review meetings with line manager, plus quarterly 1-1 sessions with manager to discuss role and to plan individual professional development
· Hybrid working, home and office (usually 2 days each week in the office)
· Eight hours each day Monday – Friday, with flexible working by arrangement around core hours of 10am – 4pm
· 25 days plus Bank Holidays annual leave entitlement
· 8% employer pension contribution
· Convenient office location at Elephant and Castle, close to Tube (Bakerloo and Northern lines) and bus routes
Person Specification
Essential
- Bachelor's degree
- Proactive with a willingness to learn
- Great communication skills – internal and external stakeholders
- Ability to manage workload in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent record keeping and attention to detail
- Keen team player who is ready to support and help colleagues
- Ability to work independently and in a team
- Good time management with ability to prioritise and independently work to deadlines, and shift priorities when required
- Understanding of issues of confidentiality
- Interest in and commitment to the work of Cara
- Confident user of Microsoft package
- Ability to have difficult conversations
Desirable
- Arabic language skills are desirable. Other foreign languages (such as Farsi/Dari, Pashto, Ukrainian and Russian) will also be considered.
- Confident user of Salesforce
- Experience in a supporting role with people with lived experience of forced migration
Cara provides help to academics in immediate danger, those forced into exile, and those who remain and work in their home countries despite the risks.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Job Description: Fellowship Programme Assistant – Active Fellows
Line Manager: Team Leader (Active Fellows)
Objective: The programme assistant provides individualised support to Fellows and facilitates placements/extensions.
Experience: Bachelors’ degree or comparable experience
Duration: For an initial period of 12 months, subject to review.
Hours: Full-time. Eight hours each day Monday – Friday, with flexible working by arrangement around core hours of 10am – 4pm.
Location: Hybrid working - in London office in Elephant and Castle SE1 (2/3 set days per week) and working from home on the remaining days.
Start: 1 May 2024 or shortly thereafter.
Salary: £29,160.
Number of posts: One.
Application deadline: 25/04/2024.
Organisational Background
The Council for At-Risk Academics is a UK-registered charity founded in 1933 under the leadership of William Beveridge, to rescue academics suffering persecution under the rise of Nazism and facilitate their continued work in safety. Sixteen Cara Fellows from the 1930s and 1940s became Nobel Laureates, and many more innovators in their fields, including, Nikolaus Pevsner, Lise Meitner and Karl Popper. A number of Cara’s founders and Council members also personally provided places and/or funds to help individual academics; and Cara, known in the 1930s as the AAC, later the SPSL, was closely involved in the successful effort in 1933 to bring to London the Warburg Institute art library, which had been prohibited by the Nazis, and six of its staff. The Fellowship Programme is the continuation of the rescue mission operation started in 1933.
Cara has been a lifeline to academics at risk for just over 90 years, as and when world events have placed them in the line of fire: Hungarian Uprising, Cold War, Apartheid South Africa, Iran, Latin American Juntas, Vietnam, Kosovo, DRC, Rwanda, Sudan, Zimbabwe etc. and, more recently Iraq, Turkey, Yemen, Palestine, Syria, Afghanistan and Ukraine. Cara support is typically framed as temporary sanctuary offered at times of heightened risk.
Cara Objectives ‘To assist academics who have been, or are, or are at risk of being, subject to discrimination, persecution, suffering or violence on account of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, to relieve needs among them and their dependants and ensure that their specialist knowledge and abilities can continue to be used for the benefit of the public.’
‘To advance education by supporting academics and their educational institutions in countries where their continuing work is at risk or compromised, to ensure that such academics and institutions can continue to fulfil their critical role as educators for the public benefit.’
This is a critical time to join our dedicated and friendly Fellowship Programme team as we expand our capacity to support at-risk academics from the Middle East, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Ukraine and Russia and many other countries.
Fellowship Programme Officer Role & Responsibilities
Casework
- Provide support for a caseload of at-risk academics (Cara Fellows) carrying out research placements at UK or international universities
- Assess Fellows’ suitability for academic placements/extensions
- Assess, arrange or signpost additional support for Fellows
- Develop relationships with universities and other partner organisations
- Secure fee waivers, bursaries & in-kind support from universities, research institutes and other funding bodies.
- Provide logistical support for visa processes, travel, etc.
- Write and send official documents to Fellows
- Request relevant invoices and produce documentation needed to make payments
- Attend weekly case meetings with the team
Administration
- Provide support to the drafting of reports to funders
- Present and collect data
- Ensure Fellows have submitted their quarterly reports
- Ensure safekeeping of confidential information
- Maintain excellent detailed records of correspondence, documents, and activities
Managerial Support
- Contributing to Fellowship Programme policy changes and decision-making
- Provide advice and guidance to colleagues
Responsibilities also include related activities that might arise in relation to the Fellowship Programme
as required by the Executive Director or Deputy Director/Fellowship Programme Manager.
Benefits of Role
· Challenging but rewarding work, always life-changing, sometimes life-saving
· Competitive salary
· Team and individual training opportunities
· Weekly case review meetings with line manager, plus quarterly 1-1 sessions with manager to discuss role and to plan individual professional development
· Hybrid working, home and office (usually 2 days each week in the office)
· Eight hours each day Monday – Friday, with flexible working by arrangement around core hours of 10am – 4pm
· 25 days plus Bank Holidays annual leave entitlement
· 8% employer pension contribution
· Convenient office location at Elephant and Castle, close to Tube (Bakerloo and Northern lines) and bus routes
Person Specification
Essential
- Bachelor's degree
- Proactive with a willingness to learn
- Great communication skills – internal and external stakeholders
- Ability to manage workload in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent record keeping and attention to detail
- Keen team player who is ready to support and help colleagues
- Ability to work independently and in a team
- Good time management with ability to prioritise and independently work to deadlines, and shift priorities when required
- Understanding of issues of confidentiality
- Interest in and commitment to the work of Cara
- Confident user of Microsoft package
- Ability to have difficult conversations
Desirable
- Confident user of Salesforce
- Experience in a supporting role with people with lived experience of forced migration
-Arabic language skills are desirable. Other foreign languages (such as Farsi/Dari, Pashto, Ukrainian and Russian) will also be considered.
Cara provides help to academics in immediate danger, those forced into exile, and those who remain and work in their home countries despite the risks.
We are looking for someone to run our helpline and perform general administration office duties from our Birmingham office. A large part of this role is to provide emotional support to traumatically bereaved members when required.
Candidates must have a history of providing emotional support to emontionally distressed or vulnerable people.
The Office Assistant will be accountable to the Office Co-ordinator, and they must be able to fulfil a variety of administration and digital tasks. They will also assist staff and trustees in the delivery of the charity’s projects and possess good digital and face to face communication skills.
Please read full Job Description (attached( before applying
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Job Description: Fellowship Programme Assistant (part-time)
Line Manager: Team Leader (Active Fellows)
Objective: Assisting in the maintenance of financial processes
Experience:Bachelor’s degree (2:1 or above).
Start Date: 1 May 2024 or shortly thereafter.
Duration: For an initial period of 12 months, subject to review. 2 day per week contract.
Hours: Part-time. Eight hours each day, with flexible working by arrangement around core hours of 10am – 4pm
Location: 1 day in our Elephant and Castle SE1 office and 1 day working from home.
Salary: £29,160 pro-rata
Number of positions available: One
Application Deadline: 25/04/2024
Organisational Background
The Council for At-Risk Academics is a UK-registered charity founded in 1933 under the leadership of William Beveridge, to rescue academics suffering persecution under the rise of Nazism and facilitate their continued work in safety. Sixteen Cara Fellows from the 1930s and 1940s became Nobel Laureates, and many more innovators in their fields, including, Nikolaus Pevsner, Lise Meitner and Karl Popper. A number of Cara’s founders and Council members also personally provided places and/or funds to help individual academics; and Cara, known in the 1930s as the AAC, later the SPSL, was closely involved in the successful effort in 1933 to bring to London the Warburg Institute art library, which had been prohibited by the Nazis, and six of its staff. The Fellowship Programme is the continuation of the rescue mission operation started in 1933.
Cara has been a lifeline to academics at risk for just over 90 years, as and when world events have placed them in the line of fire: Hungarian Uprising, Cold War, Apartheid South Africa, Iran, Latin American Juntas, Vietnam, Kosovo, DRC, Rwanda, Sudan, Zimbabwe etc. and, more recently Iraq, Turkey, Yemen, Palestine, Syria, Afghanistan and Ukraine. Cara support is typically framed as temporary sanctuary offered at times of heightened risk.
Cara Objectives ‘To assist academics who have been, or are, or are at risk of being, subject to discrimination, persecution, suffering or violence on account of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, to relieve needs among them and their dependants and ensure that their specialist knowledge and abilities can continue to be used for the benefit of the public.’
‘To advance education by supporting academics and their educational institutions in countries where their continuing work is at risk or compromised, to ensure that such academics and institutions can continue to fulfil their critical role as educators for the public benefit.’
This is a critical time to join our dedicated and friendly Fellowship Programme team as we expand our capacity to support at-risk academics from the Middle East, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Ukraine and Russia and many other countries.
Part-time Fellowship Programme Assistant Role & Responsibilities
· Produce a weekly list of payments.
· Produce financial paperwork.
· Schedule Fellows’ placement disbursements on SalesForce (SF) – those having simple funding allocations and support the schedule of more complex funding requests when needed.
· Update disbursement details once paid on a weekly basis.
· Input payments made via our Pleo card to SF and link allocations.
· Update details for new grant requests (funding request status, disbursement details, and relevant allocations) and ongoing requests when needed.
· Support management of Fellowship-related grants (English, hardship, mentoring, small grants).
· Create payments and allocations for opportunities on SF once an award letter has been issued.
· Track invoice status and notify colleagues to initiate the invoicing process.
· Send invoice requests to our bookkeeper and update the relevant opportunities and payments on SF.
· Draft invoices when needed.
· Update opportunities and payments on SF for invoice paid/funding received.
· Analyse data for reporting to stakeholders and donors.
· Assist during the yearly audit.
Responsibilities also include related activities that might arise in relation to the Fellowship Programme as required by the Executive Director or Deputy Director/Fellowship Programme Manager.
Benefits of Role
· Challenging but rewarding work, always life-changing, sometimes life-saving
· Competitive salary
· Team and individual training opportunities
· Weekly case review meetings with line manager, plus quarterly 1-1 sessions with manager to discuss role and to plan individual professional development
· Hybrid working, home and office
· Eight hours each day, with flexible working by arrangement around core hours of 10am – 4pm
· 25 days plus Bank Holidays annual leave entitlement
· 8% employer pension contribution
· Convenient office location at Elephant and Castle, close to Tube (Bakerloo and Northern lines) and bus routes
Person Specification
Essential
· Bachelor’s degree (2:1 or above)
· Fluent English (spoken and written)
· Proactive with a willingness to learn
· Great communication skills – internal and external stakeholders
· Ability to manage workload in a fast-paced environment
· Excellent record keeping and attention to detail
· Keen team player who is ready to support and help colleagues
· Ability to work independently and in a team
· Good time management – with ability to prioritise independently work to deadlines
· Understanding of issues of confidentiality
· Interest in and commitment to the work of Cara
· Confident use of Microsoft package
· Confident use of Salesforce or other CRM platforms
Desirable
· Bookkeeping qualifications
· Previous experience in a finance support role
Cara provides help to academics in immediate danger, those forced into exile, and those who remain and work in their home countries despite the risks.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you an outstanding individual interested in a unique and varied maternity cover role as Executive Assistant to EIA UK’s Executive Director? If you possess excellent multitasking and organisational skills, and are passionate about the environment, you won’t want to miss this rare opportunity to make a difference.
The role:
This role will work closely with the Executive Director and proactively work to support the strategy of the organisation along with providing a first-class administration and coordination service. The role will ensure that activities taken forward are aligned to organisational culture, especially where they are cross-organisational to nurture a sense of wider team.
About you:
You will have extensive experience in a similar role and it is key to be able to work on your own initiative and be proactive in your approach. You will need experience of effectively supporting the delivery of strategy as well as outstanding communication, interpersonal and administrative skills. Having a commitment to EIA’s work is also important.
What we offer:
This is a full-time role for a 12-month maternity cover.
The salary is £40,000 - £45,000 depending upon experience. Benefits include 25 days holiday with additional days off between Christmas and New Year, as well as flexible and hybrid working arrangements and a mental health and wellbeing support programme.
Please refer to the job description for further details of how to apply.
We investigate and campaign against environmental crime and abuse.
Our undercover investigations expose transnational wildlife crime, with a focus on elephants and tigers, and forest crimes such as illegal logging and deforestation for cash crops like palm oil. We work to safeguard global marine ecosystems by addressing the threats posed by plastic pollution, bycatch and commercial exploitation of whales, dolphins and porpoises. Finally, we reduce the impact of climate change by campaigning to eliminate powerful refrigerant greenhouse gases, exposing related illicit trade and improving energy efficiency in the cooling sector.
Closing date 29-04-2024
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