Position: Senior Trusts and Philanthropy Officer, Scotland
Type: Full-time (35 hours per week), permanent
Location: Remote working available (with occasional requirement to travel to the Edinburgh office)
Salary: £33,605 - £38,217 per annum plus excellent benefits
Salary Band: Band E2
Department: Trusts and Philanthropy team

At the MS Society, we make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.

Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.

Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive environment where you will make a difference.

About this job

Are you a confident and proactive fundraiser with experience raising funds from both Trusts and Philanthropists in Scotland? Are you looking for a fantastic opportunity to use and build upon your fundraising skills whilst being part of a supportive and passionate team and community?

As the post-holder, you will focus on delivering excellent stewardship to our existing donors in Scotland, whilst also expanding our reach to engage new Trusts and Philanthropists in the region. Working with the Trusts and Philanthropy fundraising teams based in London, colleagues in Scotland, and autonomously you will be expected to secure donations from low, mid and high value donors. These funds will not only facilitate support and information services for people living with MS in Scotland, but will also advance our pioneering research programme.

We’re keen to appoint someone with excellent written and verbal communication skills, as well as exceptional relationship-management skills. We’re looking for a self-motivated individual with a proven track record of securing substantial donations who is keen to develop within a dynamic fundraising team.

We offer 35 days annual leave (pro rata for part time employees) including bank holidays, travel loan and various other benefits such as supported developmental opportunities.

The MS Society is in the midst of an exciting, transformational, period which builds on our great history and will drive us towards achieving our mission and vision as we embark on our Every MS Story strategy.

Closing date: 9am on Monday 7 February 2022

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We’re a Disability Confident Employer. We’re committed to promoting equality and diversity.  We’d be grateful if you could complete the equality and diversity monitoring form attached and submit it with your application. 

We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and/or from ethnic minority backgrounds, where we’re looking to build stronger and better representation among our staff.

The successful candidate must have the right to work in the UK. If we do offer you employment, you’ll be required to provide documentation to show that you’re eligible to be employed in the UK before starting employment. 

The full list of UK visas and permits that grant you the right to work in the UK can be found on the UK government website. We currently don’t have a Sponsor Licence agreement with the Home Office and will not be in a position to support you with any visa applications you may make. 

No agencies please.

Are you an experienced relationship or account manager with a passion for creating excellent customer experiences?  If you’re a natural communicator looking for a new opportunity to use your skills and ingenuity, then this could be the perfect job for you. 

Thirtyone:eight, the UK’s leading Independent Christian Safeguarding charity is looking for an experienced and passionate Membership Engagement Manager to lead on growing our membership, developing relationships with prospective leads and networks, and ensuring our members continue to receive a high-level of customer service. 

As part of an ongoing programme of investment in our infrastructure, and as we look to further develop the support we offer our members, we need someone with strong management skills and experience in a membership or professional associations setting and of working with faith communities and charities to help us achieve our ambitious plans for growth. 

Managing our newly formed membership team and working closely with colleagues from across the organisation, this new role will take the lead on delivering the charity’s membership strategy and working to develop our member offer to ensure it remains competitive and relevant to the needs of current and potential members. 

With a strong background in sales and marketing, along with experience of embedding processes within an organisation, you will need a good working knowledge of churches, Christian faith organisations and charities. In return you’ll get to work in a dynamic and rewarding environment and the opportunity to use your contacts and influencing skills to help more organisations get the help they need to create places that are safer for all. 

Who are you

You have a passion for all things digital, are self-motivated and keen to get stuck in. You are confident in taking ownership of projects, coming up with new ideas, and you always pay meticulous attention to detail. You also excel at producing engaging content and storytelling across multiple digital channels.

You will be an integral part of the Head Office team. Working on digital campaigns and initiatives, you will be comfortable in a stand-alone post, taking on the role of internal expert on all things digital.

You are enthusiastic and energetic, proactive and driven and are eager to flourish in a small-team, hands-on environment.

This is an exciting new role to create and drive our digital strategy, ensuring it generates impact and expands the reach of Pets As Therapy. You already have experience in digital marketing and are looking for a role where you can make a difference.

Who are Pets As Therapy

Pets As Therapy (PAT) is a national charity founded in 1983 by Lesley Scott-Ordish, a passionate volunteer and dog lover. Lesley’s life’s work was investigating and writing about the bond between humans and animals. She founded Pro Dogs in 1976 and went on to start PAT after witnessing the deep levels of trauma experienced by the elderly, entering long-term care and being forced to give up their much-loved pets. Volunteer visits to help alleviate isolation remain a cornerstone of PAT’s work today.

Pets As Therapy volunteers are dedicated pet owners who give up their spare time to help others. Along with their dog or cat, volunteers visit all types of establishments including residential care homes, hospitals, hospices and both special needs and mainstream schools.

Our volunteers and their pets bring comfort and companionship to people living in residential care who may feel isolated, confused and lonely. We support schools to help young people improve their literacy skills and encourage confidence and concentration in the classroom. Our hospital visits can aid a patient’s recovery and rehabilitation and help improve mental health and wellbeing.

We are developing our support for organisations who are delivering mental health awareness programmes, supporting people living with mental health challenges and organisations providing staff wellbeing initiatives.

In a typical year around 1 million people will be impacted by PAT team visits.

Therapeutic pet visits have been proven to make a significant, long-term difference to the lives of people with myriad, often hard to define problems. What’s more, conservative measures indicate that pet ownership in the UK saves the NHS £2.45bn per year. Those who share a home with a dog or cat make 15% fewer visits to their GP, and often live longer, happier lives – volunteers tell us they also benefit from visits. So much more can be done to harness the power of companion animals to change lives for the better.

Launched in October 2021, our new vision statement encapsulates what we do, “our pets and people enriching lives, one visit at a time”.

How to apply

Send over your CV and an accompanying supporting statement (no more than 2 sides of A4, minimum size 11 font) telling us why you are suited to the role and what you will bring to the PAT team.

We want to hear how you will be successful in carrying out the role as well as examples of your recent work.

Timetable

Your application needs to get to us by Friday 4th February 2022

We will be shortlisting w/c 7th February 2022

Interviews will take place Wednesday 16th February 2022

Blue Smile's mission is to transform the mental health and life chances of Cambridgeshire children through arts-based therapies.  We help over 200 children a week to be happier and have brighter futures. We work with schools in Cambridge and the region providing children with one-to-one therapy.  We also support the community around the child with services for parents, carers and school staff. 

The charity has over 70 clinical experts working with us, with essential management and administrative support provided by our office team.   

We are looking for an innovative and proactive Data and Impact Officer to continue to develop our approach to data, evaluation, outcomes, and impact.  You will have excellent data management skills and will work closely with our clinical teams to analyse, evaluate, and report on Blue’s Smiles clinical outcomes and performance indicators.

You will have excellent communication skills which will enable you to collate, analyse and disseminate internal and external evidence to a range of stakeholders. In addition, you will play a key role in supporting our fundraising team – building our case for support, supporting individual funding applications, and providing evaluation data for funders. 

This is an exciting time for Blue Smile, as we implement and embed a new data management system. You will be key in managing this system and developing Blue Smile’s data s processes to ensure organisational effectiveness. 

Blue Smile can offer you a competitive salary, with a commitment to the Real Living Wage. We are committed to flexible working with a focus on wellbeing and a positive work/life balance. 

Safeguarding is central to all Blue Smile activities, and we recognise that the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk, is paramount and that all have equal rights of protection. We have a duty of care when they are in our charge, and we will do everything we can to provide a safe and caring environment whilst they attend our activities. The role is subject to a basic DBS check.

Development Officer - Scholarships

The Alumni and Development team at the University of Strathclyde seeks to appoint an experienced fundraiser to the post of Development Officer (Scholarships).  This is a 12-month maternity cover contract where you will be responsible for an exciting and popular student scholarships programme.  You will be heavily involved in account managing student scholarship support from our alumni, trusts and company supporters.  This is an opportunity to progress your fundraising career in a Higher Education environment and to develop your fundraising skills. 

Strathclyde is a socially progressive university and has a vision to widen access to university for talented students from all backgrounds, including those in financial need. If you are passionate about helping students, then you would have the opportunity to support our vision, by delivering a fundraising programme to increase the number of scholarships available to low income students.

Your day to day responsibilities include face-to-face fundraising meetings with donors and potential donors; organising cultivation events to develop relationships and working across the University with students, staff and our alumni and donors

The successful candidate will have some face to face fundraising experience and will be looking to take the next step in their career as a fundraising professional.

Job Description

• Establish and deliver a programme of fundraising and donor engagement to raise philanthropic support for the University scholarship programme (gifts of £5,000+)
• Identify, build and develop relationships with potential donors through a series of face-to-face meetings and by organising fundraising events.
• Raise c£300k in scholarship funds over the year’s contract
• Prepare and develop complex and detailed funding proposals for potential supporters. This could include alumni, corporate donors and trusts & foundations 
• Secure and close funding opportunities by working closely with donors and colleagues. 
• Prepare reports and steward existing donors to ensure ongoing engagement and support.
• Support the development of scholarship fundraising strategy and work with the Individual Giving Manager in this goal.

• Manage relationships with major scholarship partners. This includes creating funding proposals, producing reports, organising events, working with senior business figures and colleagues.
• Develop fundraising materials and collateral by producing engaging copy and case for support.

Main Activities/Responsibilities:

1. Actively progress relationships with current and potential scholarship donors by managing a pool of 100+ contacts and reporting progress to the Individual Giving Manager.

2. Conduct face-to-face meetings with alumni and other potential donors which result in ’asks’ for gifts to the University at 5 and 6 figure gift levels (raising c£300k) from alumni, trusts and foundations, and corporate organisations.  

3. Support the development of the scholarship fundraising strategy and work closely with the Individual Giving Manager to deliver agreed goals and targets.

4. Organise events (small dinners and meetings) to involve alumni and potential donors and to promote scholarship and widening access projects. 

5. Develop engaging copy, cases for support and promotional materials to support fundraising projects, liaising with A&D colleagues and the University’s Communications team.

6. Negotiate formal gift agreements between the University and major donors, ensuring donors’ wishes can be met and the University’s responsibilities are clearly defined and adhered to.

7. Provide high quality stewardship to existing scholarship donors by preparing reports on the impact of their giving, and supporting opportunities to develop the relationship further.

8. Manage partnerships with existing strategic corporate funders to support the delivery and development of the relationship.

9. Represent the A&D Office and the University in a professional manner, both externally, and internally. Participating in the department, directorate and in the University, attending team meetings and contributing to planning.

10. Any other duties as may be required and which are appropriate to the grade and role of the post holder.

Full job description and person specification can be found in the attached document.

The role

Crohn’s & Colitis UK raised over £6 million this year. Our Supporter Engagement Team provides exemplary customer care to every donor, fundraiser, member and supporter, ensuring that they feel valued and are thanked in an innovative, tailored and appropriate way. As we continue to grow our income our customer care processes will become increasingly important. Stewardship of our growing community will be vital to our success as we keep donors, fundraisers and members engaged in our work and motivated to continue to support us.

Your role will be to engage and inspire through the provision of the highest-quality supporter journeys. You will be creative and innovative in delivering tailored stewardship to encourage repeat support and commitment from members of our community. Your supporter engagement activities are integral to achieving our strategic Income Generation priorities, including raising funds from supporters through exceptional standards of customer care, using high quality information, continuous learning and the development of our supporter care services. As a team manager, you will develop and implement excellent internal processes to ensure supporter stewardship and donor management is robust, consistent and of the highest quality.

About you

You will: 

• be a talented, experienced supporter care professional, adept at building strong relationships fast.
• have the ability to multi-task, be organised, diplomatic, and value collaboration with colleagues and connection with supporters.
• be an experienced manager with the ability to mentor and coach your team.
• be familiar with developing motivational communications via letter, email, social media and telephone in order to inspire and engage audiences.
• have experience of implementing highly impactful stewardship techniques.   

If you like the sound of this position and think you have what we are looking for then it would be great to hear from you.

The future

The charity is at a really exciting point. We are in excellent financial health and moving to a new strategy which will give you the chance to put a personal stamp on the actions we are taking to improve the quality of life for people with Crohn’s and Colitis. 

Home Based within the Norfolk region

Temporary (up to 12 months)

About us

Our vision is to save every one. It may take us a long time to get there, but drowning is preventable, and we believe that even one drowning is one too many. We are all lifesavers. We are all fundraisers. This is our watch.

We’re looking for the best of the best to be part of our RNLI crew in the Norfolk region. This is an exciting new role that is people focused, making sure our engagement volunteers and supporters feel part of the RNLI family, and are appreciated and supported in everything they do. You will be helping us brave the storm and empowering our volunteers in their engagement activities, from raising money, creating visitor experiences, developing our retail offering as well as looking for new audiences and opportunities. This role covers primarily Norfolk.

Some of the benefits

• A vehicle will be made available to carry out your duties
• Flexible working
• 26 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Outstanding pension scheme (contributions of up to 16% of basic salary)
• Life assurance Health and dental cash plan

Your Role

As a Community Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Being connected to the RNLI community in your area and the primary point of contact for all things engagement (fundraising, retail and visitor experience)
• Empowering volunteer engagement crew to do what they do best, engaging the public, sharing our RNLI vision and growing support for our cause
• Supporting volunteer engagement crew to achieve key income, footfall and contact goals and seeking ways to engage new audiences
• Being part of an amazing regional team, working collaboratively to shape the future of RNLI engagement and provide an outstanding level of care to staff, volunteers and supporters

About You

You’ll be:

• A people person, that can interact with a wide number of different volunteers, branches, groups, individuals and businesses, inspiring and empower engagement activity in your area, tackling challenging goals
• Able to work as part of a high performing team, but equally confident working independently, out and about in your area
• Passionate about making a real difference for our volunteers and supporters and growing support for our cause

To be considered as the Community Manager, you will need:

• Significant experience of engaging supporters, volunteers and the general public
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• People leadership experience, ideally in leading volunteers in a collaborative environment
• Experience of seeking out and implementing new opportunities for improved performance

Please note this role requires a significant level of travel within the designated region but will also require occasional travel to other RNLI assets including our regional office in Ipswich and our support centre in Poole.

This post requires a valid driving licence.

For more information and to apply, please visit the RNLI recruitment site.

Closing date: 6 February 2022.

Would you like to play a key role in enabling a new generation of Medical Doctors to be trained in Cheshire, no matter what their background? Do you have experience of writing compelling funding proposals  and applications to Grant-Making Trusts and Foundations? If so, the role of Development Manager could be for you.

We are at a key moment at the University of Chester, having gained approval from the General Medical Council to deliver the first qualifying course of study for Medicine in the county. We want to provide scholarships so that background is no barrier to joining the Medical profession, training in Chester, and this role will play a key role in achieving this.

This is a full-time, fixed-term contract (0.8fte considered) until September 2023, when our first scholars will be joining us.  The successful candidate will be responsible for cultivating and nurturing the relationships with Trusts & Foundations and associated supporters, bidding for significant financial donations and grants to the University of Chester. The position is available immediately, and joins the team at an exciting time. There is scope for the role to become permanent after this initial campaign.

The focus will be on new relationships with Trusts and Foundations leading to financial support, and we are looking for someone who can be proactive about seeking out and forging this, collaborating closely with members of academic faculty and the Senior Executive Team, who are fully onboard to support this initiative.

You will be educated to Degree standard or equivalent level qualification and you will have a proven track record of fundraising, with a wide understanding of philanthropy, and why people and organisations give. The successful candidate will be a results driven, strategic thinker with the ability to build and nurture transformative internal and external relationships. You will be an exceptional written and verbal communicator and passionate about your work, and the difference higher education can make in our communities and society.

The post is normally based in Chester, however the Directorate is currently working remotely, and homeworking either fully or partially is available.

For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Helena Astbury, Head of Development and Alumni Relations on +44 (0)1244 511005.

We encourage applications from a diverse range of applicants.

Candidates may download further details from our website.

Closing date: 15th February 2022.

Are you an ambitious fundraiser looking for the next step in your career? Would you like to make a positive difference to the lives of people with learning disabilities? We need a proactive community and events fundraiser to develop and deliver a sustainable plan to engage our local community.

Share is a registered charity and a centre for training and wellbeing. We provide a range of programmes helping adults with learning disabilities, autism and other support needs become more happy, healthy, and independent. Our vision is a world where disabled people are fully included in society, living the life they choose, and we need talented people to help us make that happen.

Main responsibilities:

• You’ll seek out opportunities and build vital relationships with local groups, organisations, businesses, schools, and individuals to grow our income
• You’ll create, plan, and deliver a range of income streams through different activities, campaigns, and events
• As well as growing our supporter base, you’ll make sure their journey and overall experience is first-class, providing a high level of engagement and support

This is a new and exciting position at Share, ideal for an enthusiastic and creative self-starter to make income generation an important part of our future. You’ll have great flexibility to carry out the role, with hybrid working from home and on-site, and flexible hours to suit your schedule. You’ll have the added support of a specialist fundraising consultant who’ll mentor and coach you for the first six months to help you settle into the role.

The role would be performed on a minimum of 3 days a week (21 hours per week). We are flexible and understand the potential to grow this role with more time. We would also look to appoint at 4 days (28 hours) or 5 days (35hours) a week, depending on the candidate.

About you:

• You’ve worked in community or events fundraising in the voluntary sector so you understand the importance of building relationships and maintaining high levels of supporter stewardship
• You’re an excellent, persuasive communicator and you know how to create engaging and compelling arguments, both written and in person, to encourage donations
• You’re very organised, with meticulous planning and excellent time management skills
• Ideally, you’re comfortable working with numbers and budgets but help with this will be given if needed
• Most importantly, you share our strong commitment to the inclusion of disabled people in society, you believe in equality for all

Full job description and person specification can be found at the vacancy page of our website and attached here.

Why work for us?

Share is committed to empowering disabled people. You’ll make a difference every day, helping people to live as independently as possible.

Our values drive us forward. They provide the framework for everything we do, including who we hire. We believe everyone has something to offer others, and we build on people's individual talents, interests, and abilities. We think happy employees are successful employees.

We won employer of the year at the Wandsworth Business Awards in 2019 and we hold gold Investors in People accreditation. This means we truly understand the value of people: we focus on what people can do, not what holds them back. And we have robust policies in place so that every single person working at Share takes ownership for making our programmes come to life.

We’ve been praised for our thorough induction process and supportive working environment where everyone has a voice and is valued. You’ll be surrounded by people who support you, challenge you, and inspire you.

How to apply

This post is initially offered as a temporary contract for 18 months.

We positively welcome applications from all parts of the community and from people with diverse cultural backgrounds and lived experience. 

Please submit your CV and a personal statement addressing the criteria listed in the Job Description/Person Specification, and the equal opportunities form available to download at the bottom of this page.

If you would like to have chat about the role or visit us prior to applying, please contact us.

This job is subject to two satisfactory references, evidence of qualifications, an enhanced DBS check and providing evidence of the right to work in the UK. If you are disabled and would like to discuss other ways of submitting your application, please get in touch.

We look forward to receiving your application.

It is said that “money makes the world go around” but the global financial system in its current form is in danger of making our world a very inhospitable place indeed for future generations.

Though it has lifted many out of poverty, today the global financial system has an oversized impact on many of the existential challenges we face. Biodiversity loss is such an example, as is climate change and the growing gap between rich and poor in terms of both income and health. Investment, lending and insuring decisions can enable destructive and exploitative industries or they can support a transition to a more sustainable way of living and use of precious resources. The latter approach is known as responsible or ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) investment.

ShareAction’s vision is of a world where the financial system serves our planet and its people. Our mission is to define the highest standards of responsible investment and to drive change until these standards are adopted worldwide. We work towards our mission by:

• advocating for change in the investment industry using our research and rankings
• campaigning with allies to strengthen investor stewardship and change corporate behaviour
• pushing for public policy reform to transform the financial system

Position

You will be joining us at an exciting time, when there is rising interest in how banks are addressing climate change risks and fostering the transition to a fairer, cleaner and safer world. This is a rapidly evolving field, and we are looking for someone with excellent relationship skills and a passion to make a difference to join our team.

You will be responsible for supporting ShareAction’s banking work with high-quality engagement with banks and other stakeholders (such as investors, NGOs, high-net worth individuals, and policy-makers), and contributing to the raising of standards in the banking industry on climate change and biodiversity.

Key responsibilities: ​

• You will be responsible for building and maintaining relationships with the following, ensuring quality records are kept of interactions (meetings, calls and email) through our CRM system:
• Junior and senior contacts at European banks;
• Junior and senior contacts at asset managers and asset owners;
• Experts and partner organisations to advance the aims of ShareAction’s banking programme;
• Other stakeholders including policy-makers, high-net worth individuals, and NGO partners.
• You will expand the network of investors that the banking team actively works with, convincing them to support relevant engagement opportunities;
• You will mobilise and support high-net worth individuals, foundations and higher education endowments engaging with their banks on climate change;
• You will organise meetings with and present the findings of ShareAction’s biannual surveys and leading practice reports to the banks surveyed. See for example the 2020 Banking on Climate Change survey we published in April 2020 and the Leading Practice report we published in September 2021;
• You will present the findings of our research pieces to banks and investors;
• You will represent the team at internal meetings such as our monthly company engagement meeting and ensure smooth coordination with other teams and contributing to team activities, including project management, monitoring and evaluation, and publication of research.
• You will support team activities such as filing shareholder resolutions and drafting AGM questions;
• You will contribute to the development of our survey methodologies, which will be led by the Financial Sector Research team & members of the Banking Standards team. On an occasional basis, contribute to other pieces of research related to the banking programme;
• You will organise events aimed at presenting our research reports to banks and other important stakeholders, together with others in the team, as well as represent ShareAction in appropriate external forums to amplify impact.

Please note that this list is not exhaustive and the role might change slightly from time to time.

Requirements

We are looking for a passionate, determined individual, with the following experience and skills:

Essential

• At least two years of work experience in or with the banking sector, ideally focused on sustainable banking;
• Experience of managing stakeholder relationships across diverse groups, such as banks, investors, partner organisations, high-net worth individuals, and funders;
• Strong planning, co-ordination and organisational skills including note taking, meeting planning, coordinating collaborative engagement and record keeping;
• Persuasive communication skills (verbal and written) and desire to seek out speaking and networking opportunities;
• Excellent analytical skills – the ability to quickly get to grips with new and complex subject areas, assimilate information, pull out the relevant points and communicate them to internal and external audiences, even when you have not undertaken the research yourself;
• Good presentation skills and confidence speaking to large audiences;
• Great team player, who is happy to take advice and direction from colleagues working in other work programmes, such as supporter network/grassroots organising;
• Excellent organisational, project and time management skills with the ability to work under pressure, plan and prioritise work effectively and meet deadlines;
• Can do attitude, willing to help support projects for the banking campaign, such as the filing of resolutions, and drafting of investor letters and AGM questions (if needed);
• Knowledge and interest of climate change;
• Experience of working with CRM systems, ideally Salesforce.

Desirable

• Knowledge of banks’s financing of the fossil fuel industry and/or how to interpret banks’s coal and/or fossil fuel policies
• Fluent in Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian and/or Spanish. Other languages are also a plus;
• Experience of working with Microsoft Office 365, particularly SharePoint;
• Knowledge and interest in biodiversity;
• Basic knowledge of data protection regulations / GDPR.

Closing date: Monday 7 February (9am)

ShareAction values and respects all differences in people (seen and unseen) and welcome applications from all backgrounds, communities and industries. We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities and so if you are not 100 per cent sure that you meet all the requirements but believe you could excel in this role, we encourage you to apply and use the application questions to tell us about your experience and what you hope to bring to this role.

We also actively encourage staff to work in ways that best suit their needs and our flexible working policy outlines many of the options available- such as part-time and term-time working, job sharing, home working and working compressed hours. Please talk to us at the interview about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.

ShareAction’s London office is based in vibrant Bermondsey and a short walk from London Bridge underground and national rail. Remote working will remain the norm for many ShareAction staff as we continue to face the Covid-19 pandemic, with office space available in London for those who wish to use it.

Please note that to be considered for this post you must be legally eligible to work in the UK. Due to current restrictions we are unable to hire anyone that isn’t already living in the UK.
Due to our size we are unable to sponsor visas.

The Abbey Community Association is a charity operating out of a large community centre and hub in the heart of south Westminster, bringing together local people and organisations to address local community needs. We are currently recruiting for a part-time Employment Support Officer, as part of our Women Off to Work (WOW) programme funded by The National Lottery Community Fund.

This is a holistic training and “into-work” programme for women in south Westminster and neighbouring areas, particularly those of Muslim and Arabic-speaking backgrounds. It includes life and vocational skills training, wellbeing and general employability support through work experience placements, internships, job brokerage, and practical advice on employment and self-employment.

The successful candidate will provide tailored support to women to help them into work or self-employment, including developing plans, CV writing, mock interviews, and advice on becoming self-employed.

ShareAction and the global system of finance

It is said that “money makes the world go around” but the global financial system in its current form is in danger of making our world a very inhospitable place indeed for future generations.

Though it has lifted many out of poverty, today the global financial system has an oversized impact on many of the existential challenges we face. Biodiversity loss is such an example, as is climate change and the growing gap between rich and poor in terms of both income and health. Investment, lending and insuring decisions can enable destructive and exploitative industries or they can support a transition to a more sustainable way of living and use of precious resources. The latter approach is known as responsible or ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) investment.

ShareAction’s vision is of a world where the financial system serves our planet and its people. Our mission is to define the highest standards of responsible investment and to drive change until these standards are adopted worldwide. We work towards our mission by:

• advocating for change in the investment industry using our research and rankings
• campaigning with allies to strengthen investor stewardship and change corporate behaviour
• pushing for public policy reform to transform the financial system

Position

Established in 2016, the Workforce Disclosure Initiative (WDI)’s ambition is to transform the quantity and quality of available data on the workforce practices of the world’s largest public companies. It is built around an annual survey of companies (1,000 companies received the WDI questionnaire this year). The data is analysed by WDI and shared with signatory investors. WDI facilitates engagement between investors and companies to drive disclosure and improved performance.

WDI’s ultimate purpose is to improve the lives of working people across the world.

The Investor Engagement Manager will be responsible for recruiting, engaging and retaining institutional investors as WDI signatories.

Key responsibilities:

• You will recruit new institutional investors to join WDI as signatories;

• You will manage relationships with existing investor signatories to ensure programme is meeting investors’ needs and expectations;
• You support investor signatories to participate fully in the WDI’s annual work programme, including helping drive company responses to the annual survey, speaking at WDI-hosted events and webinars, promoting WDI in external media, and ensuring the content of the annual survey aligns with investor priorities;
• You will establish, maintain and expand a network of relationships with institutional investors, particularly those with a focus on workforce and related “social” issues;
• You will represent the WDI and its thought leadership in appropriate external forums, particularly those attended by responsible investors;
• You will work with the WDI team and external partners to write articles, reports, blogs and other publications which draw on or relate to WDI’s survey findings, and contribute to and participating in, WDI webinars aimed at educating and informing investors and companies on key workforce-related topics;

• You will contribute to WDI team activities including project management, monitoring and evaluation.

Please note this list is not exhaustive. The role will involve frequent collaboration and ‘pitching in’ alongside a small team, and the role may evolve as the programme evolves and expands.

Requirements

We are looking for a passionate, determined individual, with the following experience and skills:

Essential

• Have a good understanding of responsible investment and corporate governance;
• Experience of relationship management, account management or business development in the context or a membership- or subscription-based organisation;
• Experience setting and delivering on targets, for example member recruitment and retention;
• Experience of managing stakeholder relationships across diverse groups, including investors, companies and charitable partners;
• Excellent communications skills, comfortable communicating and influencing at a senior level, and able to flex communication style accordingly;

• Ability to build and maintain a network of institutional investor contacts;
• A team player with strong commitment to collaborative working and ShareAction’s values of courage, independence, persistence, respect and inclusivity;
• Good working knowledge of MS Office applications, particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Desirable

• Subject matter expertise on salient workforce issues, such as gender diversity, health and safety, and supply chain management;
• Experience in campaigning and making change happen in a corporate environment;
• Experience of using Salesforce as a CRM.

Other information

Hours: Full-time, but with some flexibility possible

Contract type: Full time, permanent.

Salary: £33,000 - £38,000 plus 8 per cent pension (non-contributory) and benefits including a healthcare scheme

Deadline for applications: 9am, Monday 7 February

ShareAction values and respects all differences in people (seen and unseen) and welcome applications from all backgrounds, communities and industries. We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities and so if you are not 100 per cent sure that you meet all the requirements but believe you could excel in this role, we encourage you to apply and use the application questions to tell us about your experience and what you hope to bring to this role.

We also actively encourage staff to work in ways that best suit their needs and our flexible working policy outlines many of the options available- such as part-time and term-time working, job sharing, home working and working compressed hours. Please talk to us at the interview about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.

ShareAction’s London office is based in vibrant Bermondsey and a short walk from London Bridge underground and national rail. Remote working will remain the norm for many ShareAction staff as we continue to face the Covid-19 pandemic, with office space available in London for those who wish to use it.

Please note that to be considered for this post you must be legally eligible to work in the UK. Due to current restrictions we are unable to hire anyone that isn’t already living in the UK.
Due to our size we are unable to sponsor visas.

We are recruiting for this exciting position and are looking for someone with experience and a passion for community fundraising to join our small and dynamic team.

The key focus of this role is to develop relationships, organise events and maximise fundraising opportunities with community groups and clubs, schools, small businesses, individual fundraisers and volunteers from the local community

You will need to be hands-on, with an understanding that the role is diverse in nature, and you must be flexible to best meet the needs of the organisation.

White Lodge is a special place and you will have the opportunity to connect closely with the services, the staff and service users as the fundraising offices are on site - it makes every day every immensley rewarding.

It’s also an exciting time to join the charity as in 2022 White Lodge will be celebrating its 60th Anniversary of serving the community in Surrey and the surrounding areas.

If you have the drive, skills and experience required. We would love to hear from you.

About EngineeringUK

EngineeringUK is a not-for-profit organisation, which works in partnership with the engineering community to inform and inspire young people and grow the number and diversity of tomorrow’s engineers. We work locally, regionally and nationally with a wide range of organisations across business and industry, education, professional institutions and the third sector to develop and promote effective initiatives and programmes to inspire young people to consider a career in engineering. Everyone who works at EngineeringUK is committed to inspiring and informing young people about engineering. We are looking for someone who has similar levels of commitment to join our organisation at such an exciting time.

We are guided by a series of values that we apply to all our activity.

We are insightful and open and honest with our insight so that everything we to inspire young people into engineering is based on clear and up-to-date evidence, gained by listening to and learning from our community.

We are courageous and dynamic in the development, piloting and promotion of ideas and activities which can help us all to inspire tomorrow’s engineers and increase the talent pipeline for engineering.

We are passionate about inspiring a new generation on engineers and a positive difference to young people’s lives.

We are inclusive, with partnership and collaboration at the heart of what we do. We are determined to reach those people who are under-represented in modern engineering.

About the role

The role will work across two vital projects for EngineeringUK; the Tomorrow’s Engineers Code and Energy Quest. Both projects are integral to EngineeringUK’s five-year strategy and will have impacts across both the engineering sector and 1000s of young people in the UK.

Tomorrow’s Engineers Code

Launched in October 2020 the Tomorrow’s Engineers Code (The Code) provides a powerful opportunity to grow the collective impact of engineering engagement, making a positive difference to young people’s lives and securing the engineering workforce the UK needs to thrive.

With over 180 organisations already signed up (including corporates, Government departments and charitable organisations), you will be the operational lead for The Code, building and managing relationships, developing and implementing a recruitment strategy for Signatories, delivering a communications plan, managing the digital presence for The Code including writing and uploading content, and being responsible for data input and analysis.

We believe that the Code has huge potential to shift the dial in engineering engagement and this important project has support at a Government level. Alongside this, working with the Code’s Thinking Group and Advisory Board, will give you the opportunity to learn from high-level representatives across government and the engineering sector.

Energy Quest

Reaching over 200,000 young people over the past six years; Energy Quest is one of the largest engineering schools programme in the UK; changing young people’s perceptions on engineering.

This UK wide programme works with 11-14-year olds in secondary schools helping them find out about sustainable energy through interactive activities, encountering engineering role models from local engineering industries and being inspired about engineering careers. You will be the operational lead for Energy Quest, working with partners across the UK to set up and deliver the refreshed version of Energy Quest for the next three years. You will report to the Head of Engagement Projects and work closely with the Senior Code Manager.

Role responsibilities

• Be the first point of contact for potential Signatories of The Code, helping them to understand why it matters, motivating them to sign-up and managing them through the onboarding process
• Build and implement a recruitment plan for Signatories including monitoring sign-up and identifying gaps
• Manage The Code’s digital presence including writing and uploading content to the microsite and developing ideas for how the digital space can support the Signatories
• Design and develop new promotional materials and other assets to support the Code Community along with delivering the communications plan
• As required, develop and deliver webinars for the Code Community
• Provide Secretariat support for the Advisory Board
• Develop and manage processes for the data management associated with The Code and EQ
• Lead on the day-to-day delivery of EQ ensuring we are achieving the programme’s objectives and KPIs
• Manage EQ Delivery Partners to support programme delivery, monitor performance against deliverables and identify and mitigate risks across all aspects of the programme
• Monitor the iteration of EQ to continually improve the programme and increase its impact upon young people, particularly girls and others from under-represented groups
• Produce reports for funders and EngineeringUK’s internal project management
• Arrange Delivery Partner meetings including arranging dates, tracking attendees, organising papers and taking minutes

Other duties

This job description sets out the requirements of the role at the time it was drawn up and may change over time. The Engagement Projects Manager will be expected to undertake other tasks or duties as required.

Person specification

Essential experience and attributes

• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship building skills with the confidence to interact with others in very senior roles
• Ability to support colleagues with a diverse range of responsibilities and across numerous departments
• Can use social skills to interact with colleagues and other stakeholders, to motivate, inspire and persuade
• Ability to efficiently produce written content for a range of audiences and purposes (e.g., project reports, recruitment materials, email updates)
• Experience of project management
• Ability to think creatively and innovatively whilst working under pressure
• Ability to work independently and flexibly within a rapidly changing environment
• Initiative to continually review and improve working processes

Desirable experiences and attributes

• Experience of working on programmes designed for schools
• Experience/knowledge of the engineering sector

Education / level of experience

·2 years proven experience within a similar role

Applying for this role

Please send a CV and cover letter (no longer than 2 sides) in support of your application explaining how you fulfil the key criteria for the role. Please also tell us where you saw the job advertised in your email as we are currently tracking our applications.

The deadline for applications is before 5pm on Friday 28 January.

Interviews

Applications will be assessed against the requirements for the post as set out in the Role Profile and  Person Specification.

EngineeringUK are working hard to be a disability confident employer. Please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make for you during this recruitment process and beyond.

We aim to notify candidates who have been shortlisted on Wednesday 2 February. If you have not heard from us  after this date, please assume that you have not been successful.

First interviews will be held virtually between Tuesday 8 – Wednesday 9 February.

Second interviews for successful candidates will be held virtually between Tuesday 15 – Wednesday 16 February.  
 

EngineeringUK is an inclusive organisation; we welcome everyone with all skills, experiences, and backgrounds.

Each applicant will be individually assed regardless of gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, ethnicity, colour, or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.

We are an equal opportunities employer and are open to flexible working, including job share.

Benefits / Perks

• 28 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays and 3 days at Christmas)
• Competitive pension
• Annual bonus
• Flexible working
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Life Assurance
• Permanent Health Insurance
• Access to office gym with employee discount
• Yearly flu jabs