Associate director of data and impact jobs

Project Associate - Competition Policy
London/Hybrid
£49288

• Do you hold an Economics degree (or similar)?

• Do you have prior experience of regulation, including an understanding of the UK competition policy/regulation landscape?

• Do you understand the issues relating to quality and competition? If you have some understanding of the UK audit market it would be beneficial, although not essential?

A regulator are seeking this key hire to be proactive and influential in the development of policy proposals, and establish the body with a full set of policy tools to achieve this. Over time, the expansion of the Competition team provides for succession planning, and builds a base for the effective implementation of policy

The role -

To contribute to the development of the competition policy thinking and provide support to the competition Project Directors to ensure the body get to the right outcome in responding to the CMA report, and building capacity, competition and resilience in the market for statutory audit services. Over time, the role will transition from policy development to delivery of the new regulator's competition objective, and monitoring and reporting against that.

Duties -

• Reporting to the Acting Director, UK Auditing Standards and Competition, and Competition Project Directors on the development and results of projects.
• Supporting the development of the scope and methodology for projects to be delivered as part of the competition policy workstream.
• As part of the competition team, engagement with UK regulatory authorities, audit stakeholders and other government bodies to develop competition policy for the UK statutory audit services market;
• Assist in the development of policy options to deliver competition in the statutory audit services market through concurrent regulation;
• Support the provision of policy advice on the development of an competition objective and mechanisms to assess and report against that objective periodically;
• Enhance the reputation of the organisation supporting the delivery of competition-related Kingman milestones;
• Helping the competition leads to build relationships with other Divisions, including Governance and Legal, Supervision and Enforcement.

Essential criteria -

• Educated to degree-level or equivalent experience.
• Experience of project management and client/external stakeholder relationship coordination.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills including experience of drafting technical and/or policy proposals.
• Determination and self-motivation to pursue matters, and make robust assessments.
• Track record of research in policy and technical matters (including data collection, analysis and presentation).

Desirable -

• A background or experience in an economics related discipline
• Prior experience of regulation, including an understanding of the UK competition policy/regulation landscape.
• Knowledge of current issues impacting audit quality, and of the interactions between quality and competition.

You would be joining this organisation at an exciting time in their development as they transform into a new body and will be a key part of shaping competition policy moving forward. This is a supportive, diverse and "family-feel" culture who offer excellent benefits including a very strong work/life balance

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As an employer, we are committed to ensuring the representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.

Voluntary Action Rotherham (VAR) is the lead body for supporting, developing and promoting the voluntary and community sector (VCS) in the Rotherham Borough. Our role is to facilitate effective action to bring about positive change in the lives of individuals and communities in the local area.

We are looking to recruit a key member of the senior management team to help drive forward the organisation to deliver the strongest possible impact for the communities and individuals we serve.

The Director of Services (Infrastructure) will be responsible for leading on the Single Infrastructure Grant (SIG) and related areas of work, VAR’s core services and key networks and consortia of Rotherham’s Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) organisations.

The successful candidate will have:

• Previous experience of leading at a senior level within a voluntary or public sector organisation;
• Demonstrable record of developing strong and effective stakeholder and partner relationships within a complex environment;
• Proven track record of building, leading and managing diverse teams across a number of business areas and specialisms;
• Experience of developing services and contributing towards funding, income generation and business planning.

As well as having the ability to lead the team through an inclusive and empowering leadership style, the successful candidate must have the ability to influence at a high level across a range of services, stakeholders, commissioners and organisations.

The role will require regular attendance at meetings outside of normal working hours, therefore, the successful candidate must be willing to work flexible hours when required to meet work demands.

Interviews for this role are likely to take place on Friday 22nd July 2022 at The Spectrum.

Job Description

• Responsible for the development, implementation and monitoring of organisational safeguarding policies and practice, ensuring that Catch22 adheres to statutory safeguarding practices across all the local authorities that it operates in.

• Responsible for the development and setting of strategic direction for Safeguarding, responsible for the implementation of the organisational Safeguarding strategy.

• Produce an annual safeguarding strategy and regularly report to the Board on progress.

• Be the subject matter expert on Safeguarding:

• • Use specialist knowledge to inform and advise the directors and others to understand, lead and deliver the Safeguarding strategy.
  • Enable teams across Catch22 to work to safeguarding objectives in line with overarching strategic objectives.
  • Inform business decision around bids, acquisitions, and service developments from a safeguarding perspective

• Create a risk based approach to safeguarding, considering legal, regulatory, policy and external best practice, escalating risks and updating existing policies where needed.

• Work with wider Catch22 Departments to create organisational safeguarding projects and initiatives that deliver the strategy, supporting appropriate business cases and budgets for effective implementation.

• Provide guidance and support to the People team and directors in relation to case management, ensuring procedures for reporting are followed and acting as Catch22 representative in the reporting of incidents to other agencies/external bodies.

• Acting as the Catch22 Safeguarding point of contact for external bodies such as the Charities Commission, LADO, Prevent and DBS, attending meetings and updating on procedural changes and compliance audits as required.

• Develop, implement, and monitor the organisational safeguarding risk register and develop a set of metrics to measure the effectiveness of safeguarding practice. Work alongside the Data and Insights Team to analyse this information to create insights that inform the future direction of safeguarding at Catch22.
• Develop and maintain external networks and contacts to enable organisational benchmarking and ensure development of best practice.

• Manage stakeholder relationships including the Chair of the Trustees, nominated Trustee for Safeguarding, Chief Executive, Senior Leadership Team, HR Business Partners, coaching on safeguarding leadership and reporting on progress against strategy and performance as required.
• Ensure appropriate governance arrangements are in place to ensure the golden thread of effective safeguarding practice flows from front line work to the role of the Board of Trustees.
• Leadership and line management of the safeguarding team and effective joint working with other corporate and operational teams.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level

• A relevant professional qualification in safeguarding field

Additional information

Contract: Permanent 

Hours: Full Time, 37 Hours per week

Salary: £50,000.00 - £52,000.00 per annum

Place of work: Home Working – Nationwide

Reports to: Director of Young People and Families

Level of screening: Enhanced DBS

Catch22 is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and other third parties to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practice will be followed and pre-employment background checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Unless otherwise stated, interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, so early application is strongly advised.

At Catch22 we value equality, diversity and inclusion. We are wholeheartedly committed to the principle of equality of opportunity, both as an employer and as a provider of services. Diversity and Inclusion is part of what we do every day, working to deliver our vision to build a strong society where everyone has good people around them, a purpose, and a good place to live.

The Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI)'s mission is to secure a future where countries rich in oil, gas and minerals achieve sustainable, inclusive development - one where people receive lasting benefits from extractives, and the negative impacts associated with the sector are minimized. Intelligent data, capacity building, policy analysis and advice are the key tools we use to achieve impact.Our international team of more than 90 country and issue experts, lawyers, economists and governance specialists contribute evidence-based knowledge, advocacy, and technical expertise to make gains for the public good.

Director of Human Resources

London or New York City

£90,000 (London), $149,000 (New York City)

People are the heart and mind of our organization. They are the source of our credibility, our profile and our impact. We have been incredibly fortunate to attract and retain a phenomenal global team spanning over 30 nationalities and speaking 11 languages.

We are currently pivoting our strategy to ensure that we are relevant and responsive, and to meet the growing demand for our contributions. Excellent human resource leadership will be critical to our ongoing impact and success.

The role is challenging and unique. NRGI is at once a small organization - with a budget of $13m and 90 staff around the world - yet, also with levels of complexity that accompany a truly global organization with a presence across 20 countries. We are therefore seeking someone with significant international human resources leadership and people management experience, and who enjoys being both strategic and hands on in their work.

As an ambitious, forward thinking Director of Human Resources you will have the chance to shape NRGI in ways that advance diversity and inclusion, our staff's success and wellbeing, and help achieve a more just, equitable and sustainable world.

Closing date: Wednesday 27 July

Prospectus interviews: 8-12 August

NRGI interviews: Late August/early September

NRGI is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical​​​ condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or ​expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

To learn more about this unique opportunity, and to find out how to apply, please read the full appointment brief, on the Prospectus website, which can be reached by clicking on the “Apply on Website” Button.

Marketing Brand Director (known internally as Chief Brand Officer)

Circa £70k – £80k per annum

Loughborough/hybrid working

The Youth Sport Trust believes in a future where every child enjoys the life changing benefits of play and sport. We are passionate about building a brighter future where our children are happier and healthier because we know when children are happy and healthy they learn, and if children learn we have a society fit for the future.

Over 25 years we have developed a unique way of maximising the power of sport to grow young people, schools and communities through the development of physical and mental health, fostering inclusion and building character and leadership skills.  We have been fortunate enough to work closely with government to influence policy and deliver national strategy, as well as in delivering and co-creating projects for a range of Trusts, Foundations, Lottery distributors and Corporates. 

Our new strategy recognises that to make greater change we need more Changemakers to help us, new audiences we haven’t previously spoken to.  This is a key driver for the creation of this new and exciting role.

We are now seeking a Chief Brand Officer to sit alongside the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer to design and implement our Brand Strategy. This will include scoping objectives, executing activities, and setting measurements of success. You will lead the development of an annual Marketing & Communications Plan and support the development and achievement of annual commercial and fundraising targets. Collaborating with senior level colleagues you will develop our digital ecosystem, by making sure we harness available technology to maximise the customer experience.

You will have an extensive background in either marketing or brand leadership at senior level. Used to building brand profiles, reach and leverage, you will have experience in nurturing brand, media and corporate partnerships. You will have knowledge of delivering commercial, fundraising or income targets too. You will also understand the importance of the customer journey and the infrastructure needed to deliver this.

Skilled at presenting and influencing others, you will be an excellent communicator who is able to build relationships quickly. An effective project manager, you will be good at managing budgets, stakeholder communications and meeting deadlines. Critically, you will have a track record of inspiring and developing high performing teams.

Important in this senior level role, will be the ability to coach and build a values-led, mission driven team.

In return you will get to join a dynamic and energetic charity passionate about improving children’s lives where all staff are given the opportunity to engage in the leadership and direction of the organisation. Our values underpin everything we do, and we pride ourselves on a work culture which fosters innovation, creativity and personal passion. Benefits include generous annual leave entitlement, health cash plan, employee assistance programme and volunteering days. In 2022 we were ranked one of the best Mid-Sized Companies to work for in the UK.

If you have the expertise to maintain the public image of the Youth Sport Trust as a young people centred, values-led and mission driven charity, we would love to hear from you. Please go to our jobs page and complete an online application.

The Youth Sport Trust believes that diversity drives excellence, and that representation is important. The Youth Sport Trust therefore positively welcomes and seeks to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment. We encourage applications from all candidates regardless of age, race, sex, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or nationality. 

Please note that this position is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Closing date: 11.59pm on 4 July 2022.

Interviews planned for 15 July 2022 in Loughborough.

Registered charity number: 1086915

Senior Finance Director

About Internews

Internews is an international non-profit organisation whose mission is to empower local media worldwide to give people the news and information they need, the ability to connect and the means to make their voices heard.

Internews provides communities the resources to produce local news and information with integrity and independence. With global expertise and reach, Internews trains both media professionals and citizen journalists, introduces innovative media solutions, increases coverage of vital issues and helps establish policies needed for open access to information.

Internews programs create platforms for dialogue and enable informed debate, which bring about social and economic progress.

Internews operates internationally, with administrative centres in California, Washington DC, and London, as well as regional hubs in Bangkok and Nairobi. Formed in 1982, Internews has worked in more than 90 countries, and currently has offices in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and North America.

About the role

We are seeking a highly skilled finance professional to perform this essential senior leadership financial strategy and management position for our London headquarters. The approximate annual income for Internews Europe and its subsidiaries, of which the post-holder has oversight, is c. £18m.

The post-holder will report directly to the CEO for Internews Europe with a functional reporting line to the Vice President for Finance and Accounting based in California, USA. The post-holder will be a leader on matters of corporate financial strategy, budget management, inter-organisational financial transactions and overall accounting operations.

This is an exciting opportunity to drive systems and process improvements in corporate financial management and planning, whilst also ensuring the smooth running of the financial service centre of the organisation.

S/he forms a central part of the Senior Management Team (SMT) in London, in addition to the wider Corporate Management Group and other international management units.

The main areas of responsibility of the role will include:

• Day-to-day Corporate Finance oversight including banking, cash-flow planning and foreign exchange management
• Provide leadership, mentoring and staff development to the IEU finance team
• Annual budgeting, planning, reforecasting, monitoring and reporting
• Oversight of reporting functions including Board, Management, and Statutory reporting;
• Establish and ensure strong financial controls
• Develop and strengthen financial analysis including regular reporting on KPIs
• Audit preparation and management;
• Represent IEU finance operational and strategic concerns to global Internews Sr Staff team
• Close collaboration with other members of business operations Senior Staff team for optimisation of business policies and processes

Financial Management & Strategy

Advising the IEU executive management team and global senior staff team, leading where appropriate, this post will contribute to ensuring the efficient management of Internews Europe’s financial resources overall.  Reporting topics to include use of resources, internally and externally; ensuring that appropriate financial control systems are in place and effective; effective monitoring of budget to actual.

Specific duties will include the following:

• Co-ordination of the annual organisational budget preparation process;
• Collaboration with the global Internews Financial Planning and Analysis, and Strategic planning functions to develop and ensure effective budget oversight and management.
• Collaboration with project and department managers regarding actual results compared against budget, including leading periodic budget adjustments
• Treasury management to minimise organisational risk and negative foreign exchange valuations;
• Budget compliance monitoring for both direct project spending and indirect department spending.
• Delivery of timely statutory, financial and management accounts;
• Reporting and presenting to the trustee board on all of the above;
• Ensuring professional and compliant delivery of all Internews Europe financial processes, to drive improvements in processes and ensure all staff members understand and adopt such processes
• Reporting on Internews Europe’s cash-flow, with particular focus on ensuring external reporting deadlines are met for prompt drawdown of grant tranches

Finance Department operations

The post will be responsible for the efficient performance of the day-to-day functions of the corporate finance department, both personally and through delegated accounting staff.

Specific duties will include the following:

• Oversight of accounting team, including managing managers , for effective leadership, staff development and strategy formation
• Oversight of international banking processes (GBP and foreign currency, income and payments);
• Banking relationship management, including monitoring banking arrangements in international offices
• Identify and implement opportunities for procedure enhancements, with an emphasis on simplicity and consistency for non-accounting global Internews staff
• Headquarters payroll process (through payroll bureau)
• Oversight of core accounting processes including cash-flow management and planning, purchase ledger processes, accounts receivable processes, including personal data entry into the accounting system of select transactions
• Oversight of accounting for IEU subsidiaries, including ensuring subsidiary financials are sufficiently reconciled for both stand-alone and consolidated reporting.
• Oversight of accounting treatment for collaboration and resource sharing between Internews Network to facilitate combined management/programmatic reporting when required, while ensuring sufficient financial controls to ensure distinct financial reporting and protection of separate legal entity status.
• Ad-hoc trouble-shooting on financial processes, transactions and issues.

Oversight of subsidiary financial processes

Currently Internews Europe has two subsidiaries, Internews International (II) based in France and Internews Media Development based in Ireland, currently dormant.

• Oversight of financial processes including relevant controls, policies and procedures
• Oversight of financial reporting in accordance with relevant GAAP and regulatory requirements.
• Monitor local regulatory requirements and ensure compliance with relevant tax and reporting requirements
• Liaison with auditors, preparation and management of audit work
• Advise SMT of ramifications of strategic decision, including finance, tax and other regulatory impacts
• Significant participant in strategy development regarding appropriate utilization of subsidiaries.

Compliance, both with the UK regulatory regime and with the requirements of our principal funders and supporters

• Lead responsibility for ensuring the maintenance and regular review of all statutory and best practice policies and procedures, staff training and update programmes
• Liaison with auditors, preparation and management of audit work [1]
• Ensuring that all aspects of the Internews Europe annual report are compliant with regulatory requirements and best practice for UK registered charities and companies limited by guarantee
• Assisting the Programme Support team, in interpretation of donor compliance requirements, their translation into Internews Europe operational and/or financial procedures, and their effective implementation

Participation in global business operations leadership

• Collaborate with other members of the global senior leadership team for efficient operations and execution of the mission
• Collaboration with Information Technology and solution for effective implementation of software and other technology solutions, providing information and expertise and support for appropriate budgeting and expense allocation.
• Collaboration with Enterprise Risk Management and Security team regarding identification and mitigation of financial and other risks, as well as preparing policy and reports in accordance with Charity Commission guidelines
• Collaboration with People and Culture team to ensure appropriate labour regulations, Internews policy, procedures and financial controls are adhered to in the processing of payroll and other benefits; includes oversight and development of payments to employees and consultants working outside of the UK on Internews projects.

Other ad hoc tasks, as directed by senior management

This summary of responsibilities is not exhaustive, and the post holder may be expected to take on additional responsibilities consistent with the role. These may include for example support to the executive team in relation to strategic planning, preparation and implementation of accounting software and technology solutions and similar tasks.

Line management and Team leadership responsibilities

The post supervises:

• Senior Programme Finance & Accounting Manager
• Corporate Finance Associates & Bookkeepers

Person Specification

The criteria below are the minimum necessary for effective performance in the post.  The applicant must demonstrate how they meet each of them through the application form and, when necessary, through job-specific tasks and at interview.

• Experience of managing financial and management accounts processes, including annual accounts, audits and external reporting
• Experience in a management capacity within an organisation of at least similar size and complexity to Internews Europe
• Experience of liaising with and advising non-financial managers and  staff
• Experience of line management and leadership
• Experience of managing external professional and service provider relationships
• Experience of HR and facilities responsibilities
• Experience of major multi-lateral and bi-lateral donor requirements
• Experience of managing the external reporting and/or compliance functions of a comparable size of organisation
• Experience of working in, or dealing with, developing countries and fragile states
• Good understanding of charity finance regulations and systems
• Professional qualification, or qualification by experience, in finance or accounting
• Knowledge of UK SORP
• High degree of proficiency in Excel
• A willingness and ability to adopt a hands on approach to your work
• A contemporary, supportive and transparent approach to management and leadership
• Be comfortable working in a collaborative, highly-diverse and mutually accountable environment
• Strong communication, liaison and interpersonal skills to work effectively with people at all levels, and represent the organisation
• Strong analytical, problem solving and creative thinking skills
• Deadline: position open until filled, please apply as early as possible
• First Round Interviews: starting June 20th
• Start Date: Negotiable, asap

Would you like to be part of an innovative, friendly & dynamic team committed to making a difference? Yellow Door services are seeking highly motivated practitioner who share our values and passion for delivering the very best in Domestic & Sexual Abuse prevention and response.

Diversity & Inclusion Independent Sexual Violence Advisor (ISVA)

We are looking for an individual to provide proactive advocacy and support services to people who have experienced sexual violence/abuse and/ or harmful practices. Examples of Harmful Practices include practices such as Female Genital Mutilation, Forced Marriage, Honour Based Abuse and Breast Flattening. You will actively engage with local diverse communities by responding to their needs and working together to raise awareness of these issues. Delivering sessions to adults in the community and young people in education/ youth settings. You will use your excellent interpersonal skills to work collaboratively with local partners including education, police, community groups and health professionals to ensure that key messages around are shared.

Salary: £23,415 - £28,887 Full time equivalent

Hours:37.5 hours per week

1 year fixed term contract (possible extensions, subject to further funding)

Please note there is no closing date for this post, we will keep the vacancy open until we have successfully appointed to the roles. Once your application has been reviewed we will contact you to let you know if you have been shortlisted for an interview.

Applications are via BreatheHR, please state the role you are interested in on your application form:

Yellow Door works across Southampton & Hampshire and is based near central Southampton with free staff parking and opportunities for professional development. Working hours negotiable but some early evening hours may be required. We are an equal opportunities employer and operate a TOIL system to support flexible working.

Finance and Governance Manager 

Dated: June 2022

Contract: Full time, permanent

Salary: £35,000-£38,000 per annum 

Start date: Immediate

Location: Home based with potential access to desk space in central London if required; travel across the UK may be required from time to time as part of role (subject to covid guidance) 

Reporting to: Operations Lead

Direct reports: None at this time

Annual leave: 25 days per year plus bank holidays

About the role

The Finance and Governance Manager is a new and critical role, created to provide a robust and well-managed finance and governance function for the organisation as we grow. The postholder will be responsible for day-to-day finance operations complying with all statutory and regulatory requirements as well as supporting project managers across the team to manage income and expenditure across their programmes of work. The postholder will also work alongside our external qualified accountant, currently acting as Finance Director and Company Secretary for the organisation, to support annual audit and reporting. 

The College’s portfolio of work is made up of a diverse range of projects, supported by grant agreements, contracts and SLAs. The postholder will manage the organisation’s ‘contract office’ function:oversight of all contracts (including sub-contracts and contract with Associates), grants agreements and SLAs, the invoicing arrangements, payment schedules, data protection and safeguarding clauses, as well as reporting requirements. Working with the Operations Lead, the Finance and Governance Manager will monitor team capacity, and develop our use of time-tracking software to enable accurate salary allocations on a monthly basis, supporting high quality project delivery. 

The postholder will have the opportunity to design, develop and implement new and improved ways of working across the finance and governance functions, and work with our accountant to meet monthly deadlines for management accounts, prepare for our annual audit and manage our cash and reserves.

What are we looking for? 

We are looking for an outstanding candidate with a strong financial background and knowledge of charity governance processes. You will need to have experience of working with unrestricted funds and the management of restricted income from trusts, foundations, and Government. You will have experience of using accounting software and developing financial systems and controls that will support our growing team to deliver their work with excellence and achieve our organisational strategy.

You will need to be thoughtful and proactive, committed to building strong relationships across the team and with our pool of Associates. Our ideal candidate would be happy working autonomously and have experience of supporting a busy and fast-paced team managing multiple different work streams. We are looking for someone who is patient, imaginative and solution focused, with great attention to detail. You’ll need to be helpful and enthusiastic in your approach to work, flexible and a strong communicator.

Please follow the link to our website for the full JD and person specification.

New role, new area of focus – new opportunity!

We are at the start of our impact journey. There’s plenty of space to make big waves in a small organisation. We are starting from scratch in building our impact measurement framework that will enable us to gather robust and dynamic insight. From this insight we will be able to draw conclusions and make informed decisions about the impact that we have as we move forward as an organisation.

We’re looking for someone with experience of working across a range of impact measurement and evaluation techniques. You will have experience in developing and communicating compelling insights based on robust methodologies and a fresh approach to data collection.

You’ll need to have an analytical and solutions focused mindset as well as tenacity, resilience, some epic organisation skills, curiosity, an openness to change. Sense of humour. The love of a good supporter story, a connection to the families that we support and the referrers that help to make it all happen.

Role Purpose

You will be responsible for:

• Leading the development and implementation of robust frameworks and tools to evaluate whether we are delivering our mission and where we could improve our service to families and stakeholders
• Working with the wider team and agencies to manage our insight gathering and evaluation. Ensure that all methods are reviewed on a regular basis and that practical implementation of techniques and processes is used.
• To produce high quality impact reports for donors and stakeholders. Create an on-going impact narrative for the charity and run dissemination meetings as needed.
• To promote a culture of evidence-based practice and use insights to shape and influence programmes and inform decision making. Monitor results and work with the team to ensure we are operationally pro-active and reactive to responding to insight.  
• To empower the team to quickly investigate service delivery issues and challenges as they arise, via real-time data and evaluation.

In this role, your accountabilities and responsibilities are:

• To provide expertise on the principles, metrics and application of impact measurement, and the application of grant-making data to inform decision making across the organisation.
• Establish and implement a framework of outputs, outcomes and impact for our activities and put in place the mechanisms to gather the right data and track and analyse performance, building a cycle of impact practice which supports continuous improvement.
• To lead the commissioning and management of any external evaluation work – working with the Experiences and Impact Director to identify the need, scope the brief, select the supplier and finalise the project design – managing the projects from end to end inclusive of fieldwork, analysis and reporting. Distilling the resultant learning into key insights to inform future activity and funding bids.
• Play a key part in the set up and delivery of all programmes and projects, taking ownership of relevant tasks and helping to lead the team to successful outcomes throughout the planning and implementation stages. From both an operational perspective as well as income generation and potential funding opportunities.
• Monitoring and advising team on data quality issues and associated measures required to ensure that any data produced, and analysis is fit-for-purpose. Both lead and support on implementation of resolutions and ensure solutions are forward thinking for future needs and data gathering.
• Collaborate with the income and engagement team to establish mechanisms which give families opportunities to share stories about their breaks and what they mean to them, building this into the post break customer journey and recognising its role in achieving individual outcomes, whilst understanding the value for supporter engagement.

Essential Experience

• 3+ years, recent experience in the field of monitoring and evaluation
• Experience in designing, planning and implementing evaluation and research projects both internally and with external agencies
• Experience and knowledge of theory-based evaluation approaches, including the theory of change and the development of logic models
• Experience of conducting evaluations on the impact and effectiveness of services and knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research methods
• Experience of delivering evaluation training and coaching
• Experience in implementing learnings into service delivery
• Experience of team management and demonstrable ability to provide effective leadership and development
• Experience of managing budgets

Please click on the role profile and job pack for further information about what's involved!

If you have experience in impact measuring, evaluation methodologies and a solution focused mind set then we’d love to hear more. Join us?

MORE ABOUT THE CHARITY

We help families get time away together, often for the first time ever.

We're here for children living near the coast, who've never seen the sea. For teenagers who can't remember when they last saw mum smile. For parents having to choose between a day out and a new pair of school shoes. For young carers, and families facing illness, isolation, or bereavement.

Holidays open up new possibilities. There’s time to reconnect, to try new things, and to make happy memories together. Time for running, playing, climbing trees and flying kites, time for picnics and bare feet. There’s time enough to share a laugh and watch the tide come in - for buckets and spades and sandy sandwiches.

Once we find out what each family needs, we take care of all the details. That way families can take care of the most important thing - each other.

HOW TO APPLY

See below for the role profile and the candidate pack click on the apply button to upload,

(1) your CV and
(2) a covering letter detailing why you're interested in the role

SAFER RECRUITMENT

As part of our commitment to safeguarding the families we’re here to help, we follow safer recruitment practices. This means we will ask you to share details of any convictions you may have had, and we may ask you to complete other pre-employment checks. You may be required to complete a DBS check (at the charity’s expense). We also run basic searches on social media and through search engines as part of our checking process.

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Scientific Content Officer

Central London • £26,000 - £29,000 + Benefits

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About Us 

The Microbiology Society is a membership charity for scientists interested in microbes, their effects, and their practical uses. It is one of the largest microbiology societies in Europe with a worldwide membership based in universities, industry, hospitals, research institutes, and schools.

Our principal goal is to develop, expand and strengthen the networks available to our members so that they can generate new knowledge about microbes and ensure that it is shared with other communities. The impacts of this will drive us towards a world in which the science of microbiology provides maximum benefit to society.

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About You

As Scientific Content Officer, you will play a critical role in engaging our community, the public, and the media with microbiology research to maximise its impact. You will be able to identify great science stories from across the membership and translate those to a range of audiences, to promote the Society’s work and that of our members.

The successful candidate will source and write content from exciting research activities within our membership and across our journals content. Your storytelling skills will help us explain important microbiology research to a range of audiences through digital channels. Your compelling content will generate increased public interest in the work of our members.

You will work closely with our expert members to develop press packs in order to deliver accurate, accessible microbiological information on aspects of microbiology that are expected to significantly impact society now and in the future.

Our generous benefits package includes; 

• Flexible working hours
• Highly competitive salaries with an annual cost of living increase
• 23 days holiday + eight bank holidays and three additional days over the Christmas break
• 10% employer pension contribution
• Life insurance including free (health and wellbeing) employee support services
• Enhanced maternity pay to include 26 weeks of fully paid maternity leave and 13 weeks of statutory maternity pay
• Enhanced Adoption pay to include 26 weeks of fully paid adoption leave and 13 weeks of statutory adoption pay
• Season Ticket Loan Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• £50 contribution towards eye care

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To Apply 

Please send in your CV and Cover Letter

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Closing date: 14th July 2022

It is important that you DO NOT include your Personal Information i.e. name and contact details in your CV or Cover Letter. This is because the Microbiology Society is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age. We value, promote, and seek diversity.​

The Society also takes the security of your data seriously. It has internal policies and controls in place to ensure that your data is not lost, accidentally destroyed, misused, or disclosed, and is not accessed except by our employees in the proper performance of their duties.

Please note that due to limited resources it is not possible for the Society to acknowledge receipt of applications. If you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

“We are interested in every candidate who is eligible to work in the United Kingdom. However, we are not able to sponsor visas.”

Are you passionate about improving outcomes for vulnerable children and young people?

The Early Intervention Foundation (EIF) is young charity established to champion and support the use of effective early intervention to improve the lives of children and young people at risk of experiencing poor outcomes.

As a member of the What Works Network, we have a pivotal role as the go-to source for evidence and advice on early intervention for children and young people.  Our work spans social policy and service areas, including health, education, families and policing.  We seek to communicate evidence in a way that is robust and transparent and that is also relevant and accessible for national and local audiences, including policymakers, public service commissioners and managers, frontline practitioners and service providers.

We are creating a new team to drive our impact and evaluation work, playing a key active role in identifying promising early intervention programmes and advising on, conducting or commissioning high quality evaluation of these. We are looking for a Senior Adviser, Impact and Evaluation who will play a key role in supporting the evaluation of programmes, practices or system changes in local areas.  This will include supporting EIF’s work to conduct feasibility and pilot studies across a range of areas including domestic abuse and early help, as well as supporting the commissioning of impact studies such as QEDs and RCTs.

We are looking for people who understand the local context for family support services and have experience of conducting and/or commissioning evaluations in complex ‘real world’ settings, from feasibility or pilot studies to impact studies such as QEDs and RCTs.  You will also have strong stakeholder management skills, able to build and maintain strong relationships with Whitehall, sector bodies, national charities and local public services. 

To be successful in the role, you will be a confident communicator, with excellent collaboration and stakeholder management skills as well technical know-how.  Above all, you will be passionate and committed to improving the lives of vulnerable children and families, flexible, and a strong team-player.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do at EIF.  It’s vital that our workforce reflects the diversity of our stakeholders and the wider society in the UK, so we’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and we actively seek candidates from diverse backgrounds and communities.  We also recognise the importance of a good work life balance, so we do everything we can to accommodate flexible working, including part-time and job shares for our roles.  We will consider applicants from any part of England who wish to be home based providing they are willing to travel across England as required, and able to participate in meetings in London either virtually or physically.  We operate a hybrid working approach.

Closing date: 6 July 2022 12:00pm

Virtual Interview: 14 July 2022

Fixed Term 1 year Maternity Cover (Secondment opportunity)

GreaterSport is the Greater Manchester charity committed to changing lives by inspiring a healthier future in Greater Manchester through moving more, sport and physical activity. We play a strategic leadership role in support of GM Moving, the Greater Manchester wide movement, for movement.

We are seeking to recruit an individual with purpose, passion and integrity to lead the organisation’s marketing and communications to the public, partners and funders. Leading and working with the Marketing and Communications team you will work with partners and media to ensure physical activity has a voice in Greater Manchester and beyond, that it is on the appropriate agendas and makes visible the benefits of active lives for all.

To meet this challenge, you will be a strategic leader, be driven by making a difference to the lives of Greater Manchester’s population, have highly developed interpersonal skills and the ability to motivate, manage and lead others to work effectively.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a high performing Active Partnership team working with a network committed to making a positive difference to the lives of Greater Manchester residents.

GreaterSport is committed to providing equal opportunities and promoting diversity, irrespective of ethnicity, age, gender, sexuality, disability, religion or personal circumstance. We aspire to being a diverse, inclusive and responsible organisation. Our aim is to have a workforce that reflects and understands the communities we work alongside.

Closing date for applications: Thursday 7th July 2022, 5pm

Interview date: Friday 15th July 2022

Head of Education and Training

Dated: June 2022

Contract: Full time, permanent

Salary: £48,000-50,000 per annum 

Start date: Immediate

Location: Home based with potential access to desk space in central London, if required; travel across the UK may be required from time to time as part of role (subject to covid guidance) 

Reporting to: Director of Strategy and Learning

Direct reports: None at this time

Annual leave: 25 days per year plus bank holidays

About the role

The Head of Education and Training is a new and critical role, created as part of our merger with YMCA George Williams College. By bringing together the College’s teaching legacy (including extensive course materials and associated learning platform) with the Centre’s research and insight, we hope to re-establish an education and training function that supports quality relational practice within the YMCA movement and beyond. As such, we have created a dedicated post to lead, design and develop our education and training offer and approach, including the partnerships and relationships that will support it. 

Training and capacity building has long been part of the Centre for Youth Impact’s work, but this has historically focused more on skills for evaluation and learning rather than quality practice in informal and non-formal learning. Our merger with the College creates an exciting opportunity to broaden our education and training activity in response to our learning about quality and impact over the past eight years. It also creates new potential for international learning partnerships to advance and extend our collective understanding. 

The Head of Education and Training will be responsible for designing, developing and implementing a new education strategy, working closely with the Director of Strategy and Learning. This strategy will include the education and training ‘offer’, the partnerships and relationships that support it, a solid understanding of the context/need/demand, and a robust approach to quality assurance.

 We want our education and training offer to encompass a range of modalities, including training courses, programmes of study, modules (that could stand alone or be incorporated into partners’ training offers), workshops, webinars and self-study resources. We would like to explore the role of and potential for accreditation, and for our offer to reflect our range of expertise. This includes:

• The ‘impact to improvement journey’: the design, delivery, and improvement of informal and non-formal provision to ensure that evaluation informs organisational learning;
• A ‘leading for impact’ programme: leadership, team development, collaborative working and shared learning across organisations to facilitate impact; 
• A continuous quality improvement offer focused on the core ‘mechanisms of change’ that evidence suggest support positive outcomes for young people; and 
• Our socio-emotional learning framework that supports practitioners and volunteers to create safe and supportive environments, role model socio-emotional skills, and offer engaging opportunities for young people. 

The Head of Education and Training will play a strong role in supporting income generation, and will work closely with colleagues across the organisation to embed insights from our research and evaluation activity into our education and training offer, alongside communicating with and reaching out to our networks.

What are we looking for? 

We are looking for an outstanding candidate with a deep understanding of relational practice, and how adults and young people learn and develop, social and emotionally. You will need to be imaginative and proactive, with strong interest and high-level skills in building alliances and collaborations. You will need well-developed skills in designing learning content and associated resources, alongside being an exceptional facilitator, trainer and coach. You will need to understand the world of further and higher education, and continuing professional development for youth workers in particular. You will also need to be comfortable bringing those skills into a fast-paced charity setting. An interest in and solid understanding of evaluation would be a distinct plus, as would an awareness of youth-focused public policy and system dynamics. 

You will have the ability to engage with humility and authenticity with a wide range of people and organisations working to support young people and their communities. You will be able to spot and make connections between relationships and areas of work and be alive to changes and patterns in the external policy and practice context and the opportunities they present for our charity. 

Finally, you will also need to be a strong and confident project manager and a compelling and confident writer and presenter who can communicate the breadth of our work. You will be comfortable representing us externally, and acting as a ‘thought leader’: openly reflecting the evolution of your ideas and thinking, and generously sharing your learning with others. 

Please follow the link to our website for the full job description and person spec.

Head of Partnerships 

Dated: June 2022

Contract: Full time, permanent

Salary: £48,000-50,000 per annum 

Start date: Immediate

Location: Home based with potential access to desk space in central London, if required; travel across the UK may be required from time to time as part of role (subject to covid guidance) 

Reporting to: Director of Strategy and Learning

Direct reports: None at this time

Annual leave: 25 days per year plus bank holidays

About the role

The Head of Partnerships is a new and critical role, created as part of our merger with the YMCA George Williams College. We hope the merger will see our quality improvement and training work grow, alongside extending our communities of practice and our offer to them. As such, we created a dedicated post to hold, nurture and grow our approach to working with and through networks, and to oversee our partnership projects. 
 

Networks have long been at the heart of the Centre for Youth Impact’s approach. Built over the last eight years, we deeply value our relationships with our Regional Impact Networks across England, and are excited by the emergence of new relationships in Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland – and indeed internationally, particularly building on the legacy of the College. There is now the opportunity to revisit our approach to working with and through networks, particularly in developing a more responsive and ‘tiered’ offer that reflects and responds to the needs, ambitions, and experiences of our different stakeholders. 

The Head of Partnerships will be responsible for implementing a new network strategy, strengthening these relationships (including transitioning existing network leads to potentially new ways of working), and framing the support that we offer to network ‘members’ across the UK (further details on our existing networks can be found here). This will include scoping, defining and implementing our approach to supporting/collaborating with members of the YMCA Federation in England and Wales alongside building relationships with the Federations in Scotland and the island of Ireland, as part of the merger with YMCA George Williams College. There is also the potential to work closely with the Director of Strategy and Learning to consider new international learning partnerships.

Over the past few years in particular, the Centre has been increasing its partnership projects: significant programmes of work with one major partner or funder, including cohort-level evaluation, capacity building and learning partnerships.The Head of Partnerships will also manage a range of partnership projects, working alongside other members of the team to initiate, design, and deliver cutting-edge programmes of work. The post-holder will work closely with the Director of Programmes and Director of Strategy and Learning to ensure that we are integrating our learning from our networks into our wider strategy and programmes of work focused on research, evaluation, and organisational learning. 

The Head of Partnerships will play a strong role in supporting income generation, particularly for our network support activities. The post holder will also contribute significantly to our communications activities, amplifying the work and voices of our networks, and offering our platform in contribution to greater collective impact.

What are we looking for? 

We are looking for an outstanding candidate who is imaginative and responsive, with strong interest and high-level skills in building alliances and collaborations, alongside capacity building for social sector organisations. You will need to have an appetite for understanding and navigating complexity, with an inquisitive mind and interest in youth-focused public policy and system dynamics. An interest and solid understanding of evaluation would be a distinct plus. You will also need to be a strong and confident project manager, with exceptional relationship skills. We take a coaching approach to all of our work, so skills and experience in this area will be a distinct advantage. 

You will have the ability to engage with humility and authenticity with a wide range of people and organisations working to support young people. You will be able to spot and make connections between relationships and areas of work and be alive to changes and patterns in the external policy and practice context and the opportunities they present for our charity. 

Finally, you will be a skilled facilitator, experienced in both designing and delivering workshops and training. You will also be a compelling and confident writer and presenter who can communicate the breadth of our work. You will be comfortable representing us externally and acting as a ‘thought leader’: openly reflecting the evolution of your ideas and thinking, and generously sharing your learning with others.

Please follow the link to our website for the full JD and person specification.