We are looking to recruit an experienced Mental Health Development Manager

The Mental Health Development Manager will lead the development of Centre 33’s Mental Health offer for young people, maintaining the existing services and growing and diversifying this offer further.

You will be an experienced leader, with a strong background working with young people and mental health services for young people.  

You will work from one of our hubs in Cambridgeshire, preferably Peterborough. There could be some capacity to work from home and in other hubs if preferred. Some travel around the county will be required.

As the Union Development Manager, you will lead on the development and implementation of our next strategic plan, driving success in our culture, people, and finances to ensure that effective processes are in place to meet and monitor our objectives. You will also have an eye on the wider Student Experience, ensuring our elected Student Officers are supported to influence the University and wider partners to deliver and enhance the best possible student experience. 

You may already be in a leadership role within a Students' Union, but we are also interested in candidates from different sectors who bring transferable skills and are motivated to lead in an organisation that has the potential to make a significant impact on students' lives.

Job: National Programme Officer

Reports to:  Programme Manager

Location: Flexible, can be based anywhere in the UK

Salary: Starting from £32,542- £ 33,518 pro rata (depending on skills and

experience) + 5% pension

Hours:  28 hours/week

Contract: Fixed term 6 months, with the possibility to extend

Do you have an interest in social entrepreneurship and social impact? Are you looking for a role coordinating high quality programmes?

The School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE) is looking for a Programme Officer to support the management and development of programmes for social entrepreneurs.

You will lead on programme coordination and student recruitment and gain experience with programme development. You will work closely with internal colleagues and some external partners to ensure high quality delivery and an excellent experience for everyone involved.

This role will suit you if you are highly organised with strong multi-tasking abilities, have excellent communications skills and thrive in an autonomous work environment.

School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE) is a charity that supports people using entrepreneurial approaches to tackle complex social problems. We run practical learning programmes and courses to support people from all backgrounds to realise their potential and bring about lasting social and environmental change.

Our commitment to inclusion

Diversity is a fact of life. Inclusion is a choice and a practice – for organisations and individuals. At the School for Social Entrepreneurs, our aim is to drive inclusion into every area and activity of what we do: from access to programmes, to grant investment, to board, staff and partnerships.

However you identify, we would like to hear from you. In our commitment to continue to diversify our teams, freelance staff and programmes, we are particularly keen to hear from those who identify as: being from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds; LGBTQ+; and those with disabilities.

This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and enthusiastic programme officer to join our friendly team to support projects globally, focusing on social and economic policy challenges!

Position: Programme Officer

Reporting to: Senior Programmes Manager

Location: Orpington, Greater London

Contract Type: Permanent and full-time

Salary: £23,000 to £25,000 per annum

Purpose

The Programme Officer will be part of our growing Programme Management and Administration Team. You will be responsible for providing day-to-day project administrative support for projects within our UK office

Main Responsibilities and Duties

The responsibilities of the Programme Officer will cover all aspects of project administration, including contracting, financial and logistical processes, with responsibilities growing as his/her capacity develops:

Project Administration

• Supporting implementation of individual projects to help ensure timely delivery of high-quality project deliverables
• Lead on project tracking, including on team input days, deliverable deadlines, invoicing schedules, finances, etc.
• Maintaining and updating project folders and management documents, spreadsheets and databases, ensuring that all relevant information is saved in a clear and accessible manner;
• Contributing to the improvement of project management processes, policies and procedures;
• Assisting with training staff and consultants on project management policies and procedures;
• Reviewing, drafting and managing client and consultant contracts;
• Communicating and building strong relationships with consultants and clients;
• Supporting Programme Managers in ensuring the development and implementation of systems for project management and other tasks as required.

Project and Finance Management

• Financial support of projects to ensure that spending is in line with contracts while managing any variances;
• Monitoring and ensuring compliance with the client contract and invoicing schedule;
• Reviewing consultant and staff invoices and expense claims;
• Preparing and raising client invoices promptly;
• Keeping project-related financial documentation up to date.

Logistics

• Planning and coordinating project field missions with staff and consultants;
• Identifying services required for field missions and adhering to agreed budgets;
• Facilitating travel arrangements for staff and consultants, e.g. accommodation, visas and flights.

Terms of Employment and Benefits

Recruitment will be at the junior level and is a permanent and full-time post. Along with basic salary, the successful candidate would receive an attractive package of the following:

· Fulfilling work - work directly with end-users in some of the world’s most underserved communities.

• Flexible work - Development Pathways offers employees flexible work hours and remote work options.
• Generous time off - recharge with 30-holiday entitlement plus standard bank holidays.
• Travel the World- we are committed to seeing our work in action, all around the world up to 4 weeks in a year.
• Excellent health  and well-being provision – access to the company private health care scheme (after the satisfactory completion of the probationary period, pension scheme and Employee Assistance Programme.
• Commitment to professional development opportunities - we encourage our staff to participate in professional learning and development.
• Provision of a company laptop and working at home benefit.

Person Specification

Required:

• A university degree or project management experience;
• Excellent organisational skills with the capacity to work with minimal supervision; 
• Time management skills, with the ability to work under pressure, manage own workload and prioritise tasks;
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate appropriately and professionally with people at all levels and from diverse backgrounds;
• A high-level of attention to detail;
• Technologically knowledgeable and comfortable with Microsoft Office programmes;
• Professional fluency in written and spoken English; 
• Excellent numeracy skills and proficiency with excel;
• A commitment to social justice, gender equality and women’s empowerment.

Desirable

• A university degree in a relevant area, e.g. international development or international relations or project management;
• Previous experience in project management;
• A Master’s degree;
• Proficiency in another language.
• PRINCE2 or equivalent qualification.

How to apply

We invite interested candidates to please send:

• Your CV and cover letter explaining why you would be a good fit for the post of Programme Officer and how you meet the above criteria.
• Applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK.
• Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and we retain the right to close this role without notice.
• Due to the high number of applications expected, unfortunately only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
• Closing date for this post will be 26th July 2020.

Development Pathways is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate and support diversity and are committed to providing a work environment that is inclusive and free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on individual qualifications without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, family or parental status, or disability status.

Network Development Manager

£27,255 per annum

(Ref SUS2936)

37.5 hours per week – based in North East and Cumbria

Our Network Development Manager roles are truly unique developing accessible walking and cycling routes for everyone. These roles are at the centre of delivering our Paths for Everyone vision for the National Cycle Network which aims to improve the number and quality of traffic-free paths across the UK.

We currently have a vacancy in the beautiful North East and Cumbria region. As part of this role you will be out and about on the National Cycle Network, meeting partners and communities to influence and inspire the upgrade and improvement of routes in the urban and rural environment.

We engage with a diverse range of stakeholders and so we are looking for someone who excels in building and maintaining successful relationships and who can write excellent reports. The role will involve working with design and engineering colleagues to develop and progress feasibility studies and designs, seek consents, secure funding and ultimately take projects into delivery - this is a role where you will see your projects through from start to finish.

We are looking for someone with direct or transferable experience in transport planning, project management, business development and stakeholder engagement. If you are passionate about sustainability, like the idea of working in a small team where you can make a big impact, this the role for you.

Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9am Monday 20 July 2020.  Interviews will take place via MS Teams during week beginning Monday 27 July 2020.

Sustrans is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion. We welcome applications from people with the appropriate skills from all parts of the community.

The Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust is dedicated to improving the lives of young people and communities from disadvantaged and under-represented backgrounds.

Through our portfolio of high-impact programmes and partnerships we:

• Work with young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, aged 13 to 30 to inspire and enable them to succeed in the career of their choice.
• Empower individuals and communities to create better places for people to live and work.
• Support people to create a fairer, inclusive society in which everyone can flourish.

Job purpose:

To assist the CEO in achieving the Trust’s aims and objectives; and provide a comprehensive support service for the CEO & Trustees, maintaining the highest possible standards of communication at all times. Whether you are an experienced EA or an individual who wishes to take their career to the next stage, this role provides development and growth opportunities within an ambitious and expanding charity. You will enjoy the challenges of staying ahead of change and keeping the CEO and Board of Trustees well informed.

Principal Responsibilities:

• To undertake research, prepare reports, responses and statistical information as required
• Draft speeches and presentations for CEO for external partner meetings
• Prepare, proofread and revise draft documents (including legal), correspondence, trustee papers, external presentations to corporates and partners
• Coordinate projects/initiatives delegated by the Chief Executive
• Provide secretarial support: taking minutes, agenda drafting, collating papers in advance, coordinating meetings
• Manage complex and conflicting diary pressures, and manage travel logistics
• Act as the first point of contact for all matters within the responsibilities of the Chief Executive
• Meeting arrangements and support for the CEO, including scheduling, invitations, refreshements, AV needs, conference and videoconference calls and on-the-day assistance
• Meeting arrangements and support for the senior management team, including scheduling, invitations, minute taking, preparation of materials, and on-the-day assistance

Board of Trustees

• Preparation of agenda to incorporate relevant reports and actions from previous minutes in consultation with the Chief Executive, Chair and other senior leaders
• Progressing actions on minutes, including ensuring prompt circulation to Board
• Liaise with those preparing papers for meetings to ensure they are available for distribution and distribute the agenda and papers prior to the meeting.
• To maintain confidentiality of information in line with Data protection legislation and safeguarding requirements.
• Support the delivery of the annual report.
• Working with the wider SLCT to achieve the trusts aims and objectives.

To be the successful candidate you must demonstrate your track record against the following criteria and competencies in your application:

• 2 years + experience in relavent role
• Strong communicator with the ability to work with all levels
• Taking ownership to drive desired outcomes
• Excellent stakeholder management skills
• Exceptional organisational skills
• Track record of excellent written and verbal communications skills including the preparation of board papers
• Ability to prioritise changing requirements
• Getting results in tight timescales
• Ability to filter information

General

• To attend supervisions, team meetings and other meetings, as and when required.
• To attend internal and external training courses, as agreed with your line manager.
• To represent the organization at internal and external events including networking events, fundraising events and launch activities, as and when required, occasionally on evenings and weekends.
• To undertake any other duties that may be reasonably required.

Diversity Policy:

The Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust is keen to encourage applications from individuals from a diverse range of applicants. We are particularly proud of our commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Please complete a 1-page covering letter statement attached to your CV demonstrating your capabilities in relation to each of the essential and personal qualities listed above, addressing each point in the order shown.

Where relevant use your answers to illustrate how your competences have helped you achieve positive results.  This will give you the best possible chance of being short listed.

Please note, we will interview suitable candidates before the closing date.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Full time Branch Development Manager to join the team at RSPCA Cornwall. The RSPCA is dedicated to finding unwanted, mistreated and abused animals loving permanent homes. This is a newly created senior role, responsible for all staff and volunteers within the branch, our fostering and outreach programmes, plus retail and other income generation activities. We are looking for an outstanding leader with senior management experience, ideally gained in a variety of roles. You will share our passion to promote animal welfare, and drive changes to our operation that build financial sustainability whilst improving the services we provide to the community and to animals, and developing our people.

Main duties include:

• Working closely with the trustees to provide the strategic leadership and delivery necessary to ensure a sustainable future for the charity.
• Providing leadership to the staff and volunteer team to motivate, energise and enthuse, to seek continual improvement in service delivery and individual personal development.
• Overall responsibility for the Animal Centre, retail units, income generation, fostering and outreach.
• Ensuring compliance with RSPCA standards & policies, relevant legislation and best practice in the provision of branch animal welfare services
• Ensuring that appropriate policies and procedures are developed, implemented and adhered to in compliance with the relevant legislation seeking guidance from Society staff as required.
• Preparing in conjunction with the Trustees, the annual branch budget and report; monitoring progress against branch objectives, ensuring that expenditure is within agreed limits and that income generation targets are achieved.

You will be based at the RSPCA Cornwall Animal Centre, but with regular travel throughout the branch area.

We would like to hear from candidates who can offer the following skills and experience:

Experience:

Essential:

• At least 3 year’s experience working at a senior management level
• Experience of managing budgets
• Experience of fundraising
• Extensive experience of managing teams of people
• Experience of leading team meetings
• At least 2 year’s experience of conducting annual appraisals and performance reviews

Desirable:

• Management experience at a senior level
• Ability to interpret financial statements
• Awareness of fundraising techniques
• Experience of managing teams of people
• Experience of actively contributing to meetings

Education and Training

Essential

• Level 4 or equivalent qualification in Business or Management
• GCSEs in English and Maths

Desirable:

• Ability to demonstrate knowledge and skills appropriate to a Level 4 Business or Management qualification

Special Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Excellent communication skills at all levels using a range of different communication media
• Proven ability to write reports suitable for the target audience
• Ability to analyse data and draw conclusions
• Excellent IT skills at user level

Desirable

• Ability to interpret data
• Knowledge and understanding of health and safety
• Experience of working in the Charity sector

Personal qualities

Essential

• Good business acumen
• Creative thinker
• Honest, trustworthy and reliable
• Able to work under pressure

Desirable

• Understanding of the aims of the RSPCA
• A passion for animal welfare
• Ability to network with others
• Keen to learn and further develop

Other

• Possession of a full UK driving licence

Salary £35,000

Please contact for an application form and job description.

Closing date: Friday 10th July 2020

Do you have the drive, skills and experience to make a difference for seriously ill children and their families by being part of the Programmes delivery team at Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity?

We provide specialist nurses and support to seriously ill children living with complex, lifelong conditions.

The role of the Programmes Support Officer is to work with the Head of Programmes in delivering our charitable activities, focused around the seed-funding of Roald Dahl Specialist Nurse posts in partnership with NHS Trusts and Health Boards across the UK.

The main duties of the role are:

• supporting our Roald Dahl Specialist Nurses
• organising the Roald Dahl nursing conference, workshops and induction days
• providing administrative support to the Programmes Department
• volunteer management
• co-ordination of safeguarding at the charity
• working with the team on evaluation and impact measurement of charitable activities

To apply, please email your CV along with a covering letter explaining your interest and suitability for the role and how your experience addresses its requirements as per the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Please note that applications without a covering letter will not be accepted.

Please also note that due to the expected volume of applications, it may not be possible to acknowledge and respond to all applicants.

The closing date for applications is Friday, 24th July 2020. We will notify shortlisted applicants by Friday, 31st July and hold interviews during the first two weeks of August. 

Senior Development and Performance Specialist

Salary: £49,646 Gross per annum
Location: UK
Level: HR
Deadline: 19/07/2020 23:59
Hours: 35.00
Benefits: UK benefits
Job Type: Indefinite

Malaria Consortium is recruiting for a Senior Development and Performance Specialist to join our team in London, UK.

The Senior Development and Performance Specialist is responsible for the development and implementation of a learning and development strategy. This strategy supports the development of competences and capabilities of all employees with the view of strengthening work related performance and enhancing quality of work across the organisation.

The successful candidate will have:

- A degree level qualification with full CIPD qualification or specialist training qualification
- Substantial experience of developing and implementing a learning & development strategy and plans
- Extensive experience of successful training design, delivery, and evaluation to meet organisational requirements
- Extensive experience of the evaluation of learning and development needs across a multi-site organisation
- Strong experience in HR project implementation in multi-site organisations of at least 200 employees
- Significant experience of working with employment laws and practices in countries where Malaria Consortium operates (in Europe, Africa and Asia)
- Experience of delivering coaching and training
- Experience of working as the system administrator of an LMS, preferably Totara
- Experience of a flexible approach to managing and prioritising a high workload and multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines
- Experience of proactively identifying and addressing issues
- Good IT skills – MS Office, Outlook and Internet
- Right to work in the UK

We reserve the right to close the position early if we receive a high number of applications, therefore we encourage you to apply as soon as possible, to avoid disappointment.

We need to keep beneficiaries safe, so our selection process reflects our commitment to safeguarding. Please find our Code of Conduct, Safeguarding Policy and Privacy Notice here.

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This form should be used for all applications under these Rules. Retrospective applications will not normally be accepted.

Please Note: In accordance with the DfID Code, all applicants shortlisted for recruitment to commercial contracts will be asked to declare any conflict of interest.

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Other organisations may call this role Personnel Development Specialist, HR Business Partner, HRBP, Human Resources Business Partner, People Performance Specialist, Learning Manager Officer, or Learning Development Manager.

We are recruiting an Advocacy Officer for the Action for Global Health Network (AfGH), which represents over 60 of the UK’s leading NGOs, research institutions and health experts working to promote and improve global health.

AfGH believes that the UK Government should play a leading role in realising the right to health for all globally and works on a broad range of health issues with a focus on the quantity and quality of UK development assistance for health. The network provides a unique co-ordination and convening role mobilising UK global health advocates working towards a common strategy to hold UK government and global health institutions and stakeholders accountable, as well as providing a vital platform for dialogue between UK and global civil society and the UK Government.

The Advocacy Officer works with the Coordinator to develop and implement the organisation’s advocacy strategy, focused on ensuring that global health is integrated within policy and funding priorities in the UK and internationally.

Our goal at Make-A-Wish is quite simple – the grant the wishes of seriously ill children.  The communications officer; digital is a key role in the team as they will help us engage with audiences across a range of channels.  The work of this role will help us to gain more supporters, more income and be able to grant more wishes as a result. 

In this role you’ll develop content for social media, email and web that supports our campaigns and objectives, and which engages our audiences. 

You’ll craft creative content to capture the attention of these audiences and which tells our story consistently.

You’ll oversee the development of these channels making sure we are using all the tools and tricks to build our audiences in each channel – so for social, knowing Stories, Creator Studio, Facebook Fundraisers, what Twitter is up to and You Tube will really help.  SEO won’t phase you and you’ll know how to integrate your work with wider plans around Paid Search marketing (that a colleague will look after). And you’ll know how to build lists and create copy for email too.

As we widen our work with networks and communities, you’ll support our volunteers to achieve their goals via social media and help them to build email lists that support us to engage and retain those they come into contact with along the way.

You’ll be working as part of a newly formed Income and Engagement team and will need to work with a wide range of individuals to ensure we’re successful.

To be shortlisted for this role you will need to demonstrate experience of working with social media in a charity setting, be able to demonstrate fundraising copywriting for the relevant channels for the role and be able to showcase building relationships and communities with online audiences. 

Your KPIs will be based around campaigns for acquisition and retention and you’ll be key to helping us find the triggers that help us convert in a range of different situations.  You’ll be able to read briefs and understand what you need to deliver as part of a joined up, multi-disciplinary team.  You will need an eye for detail.

It’s a busy role but it’s a unique opportunity to be part of a dynamic team at an exciting time of embracing new ways of working, and with a team fully committed to our mission. 

You’ll be calm under pressure and as some of our stories are emotional you will need a high degree of emotional resilience.

No agencies.

We are working with an international justice organisation to recruiting for a Development Manager, this organisation has been really successful with fundraising throughout the COVID-19 crisis and are investing in the long-term growth of their fundraising. The role will focus heavily on trusts, foundations and statutory funders, managing existing relationships and securing new funders. Alongside this there will also be some work with corporates, as the organisations looks at diversifying their funding sources.

The other really exciting part of this role is the opportunity to build and working with a development board, who will be actively involved in supporting fundraising.

You will have:

· Strong experience in trust and statutory fundraising, ideally with experience of securing high-value, multi-year funding

· Demonstrable experience of working creatively and with an entrepreneurial flair

• Gravitas and confidence, you will be working with senior stakeholders, internally and externally and will need to influence this individuals

Closing date: ASAP

Salary: £33,000 - £35,000

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call me on 020 30 062787or email [email protected].

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we are experts in charity recruitment and excel at matching fundraisers to charity jobs. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically and supporting people to find their perfect fundraising jobs.

We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here.

The National Lottery Community Fund has awarded Oxfordshire Youth funding for three years to continue Oxfordshire Youth’s core work of supporting young people in communities. The Development Coordinator will be responsible for connecting, equipping and inspiring good youth work practice across the county. Working closely with the Partnerships Manager, Youth Participation Coordinator and other members of Oxfordshire Youth staff.

The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with brain injury and neurodisability. We deliver rehabilitation, education and community services through our national specialist centre and The Children’s Trust School, based in Tadworth.  We also offer support more widely through our community services for children and young people across the UK and via our online Brain Injury Hub. Established for over 30 years, we have a team comprising 560 staff and over 1,100 volunteers who together are dedicated to providing children with brain injury and neuro-disability to have the opportunity to live the best life possible.

We recognise that our people and how we develop them is critical to us continuing to grow and progress our charitable and commercial aims, while retaining our outstanding ratings with our regulators. We have therefore created the new role of Head of Organisational Development which will play a key part in leading, scoping and delivering a progressive Organisational Development Agenda. This will ensure we realise the full potential of all of our staff and ultimately enable us to continue to provide support for even more children and young people with brain injury and neuro-disability.

We are looking for a collaborative, proactive and can-do organisational development professional; someone who will work effectively across all key stakeholders within our organisation, working alongside and with others to define, develop and embed our new OD strategy. We expect this will encompass amongst other areas:  developing our leadership development programme, our diversity and inclusion approach, a review of our culture and values and supporting the development of our clinical and education teams.

Operating as a key member of the People Team, you will bring a high degree of ambition, resilience, and pragmatism, be comfortable in problem solving and finding solutions, offering constructive challenge and with a proven track record of shaping and delivering impactful OD strategies.

If you would like to discuss the role please contact The Children's Trust directly, and the People Operations Team will be more than happy to assist you.

Closing date - Monday 3rd August 2020.