Business Partner
Length of contract: Permanent
Salary: £27,950 per annuum pro rata 3.5 days a week (24½ hours a week £19,565) plus contributory pension 4% - 5%
Responsible to: Head of Business Operations
Responsible for: Junior support staff when needed.
Working with: All members of staff, board members, partners, associates and suppliers
ABOUT HACT
HACT works with social housing providers, driving change within their businesses through our platform of products, services and consultancy. Simultaneously, we identify new opportunities, broker relationships, and engage with futures-oriented partners to create new projects and services that transform the social housing sector.
Our external focus since January 2020 has been around six areas:
• The role of community investment within communities • The use of data within social housing organisations • The response of social housing to the Covid-19 pandemic • The connection between housing and health • The future of social value in social housing • The business capability and design of social housing
We’re a deeply committed team of 16, working with individuals and organisations who share our vision for social housing.
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Business Partner (BP) will be a key member of the team at HACT, with responsibility for supporting good financial and HR practice throughout HACT.
We utilise professional external services for accounting, audit and HR functions and a key element of this role will be to manage both internal and external stakeholders.
You will be a part of the creation and maintenance of a supportive, reliable and creative environment, which enables maximum business impact through strong internal and external relationships.
You will also play a key role in supporting project development and delivery to ensure HACT can deliver on its mission.
Understanding our financial performance is key to our success and you’ll create and maintain performance dashboards to support commercial delivery and future strategy.
You will assist with governance and day-to-day management of internal supply contracts and IT systems.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
Reporting to the Head of Business Operations your key responsibilities are:
Finance & Performance
• Provide analysis and deliver insight that links financial and performance reports to business strategies • Improve the use of financial reporting on business performance • Support effective commercial procedures, or initiate change, to ensure key operational, commercial, and financial targets are delivered through close working with colleagues • Build partnerships and maintain strong relationships with all senior managers and their teams • Record keeping of financial transactions including the processing of expenditure and income. Play a key role in delivering HACTs credit control systems. • Management of effective external relationship and the interfacing internal systems with external partners
Maintain systems and support governance
• Deputise for the Head of Business Operations in their absence, under the supervision of the Managing Director. • Some general administrative tasks such as dealing with correspondence, keeping databases up to date and answering the phone • Manage and monitor HACT’s internal CRM system and tools. • Provide governance support to the Board and senior management team, including supporting Board meetings and ensuring that HACT and its subsidiaries are meeting their regulatory requirements as a charity and company.
• You’ll assist HACT partners (who are not office based) to maximise the use of established systems and assist in ensuring that work is carried out in a healthy and safe way. HR • Proactively support delivery of HR Processes consistently through the organisation • Builds strong business relationships with colleagues and key HR and finance partners • Actively supports the recruitment of talented individuals • Support leaders to develop individuals to perform at their best
ABOUT YOU
You will be able to evidence skills in the areas outlined above and will possess strong interpersonal skills. This post will suit a candidate who is motivated, curious and driven, with the capacity to work independently to ensure aims and objectives are achieved.
You’re not afraid of working hard in pursuit of a big vision. In summary you will have:
ESSENTIAL
3+ years’ experience in a multi-disciplined business support function.
Excellent stakeholder management skills with both internal and external audiences
Excellent numerical and analytical skills and the ability to provide support for financial administration.
Experience of using and maintaining a CRM system.
Strong autodidactic tendencies.
Highly organised and able to take the initiative to solving problems and making the most of opportunities to improve.
Ability to manage, adapt and refine systems, to meet changing business needs.
Good level of presentation skills across different types of media and excellent MS Excel skills, including the use of macro’s
Adaptability and agility in managing multiple deadlines whilst maintaining quality.
Resilient, reliable, confident and enthusiastic.
Ability to take initiative and problem solve.
Experience of coordinating and servicing meetings, including minute taking.
Manage own workload to drive tasks through to completion with minimal supervision.
NICE TO HAVES
Ability to write internal policies and procedures
Having worked in a small charity or voluntary sector organisation previously.
Experience of managing and developing people, which could include interns, temporary staff and volunteers
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Would you like to make a difference to the lives of older people in Bolton? Age UK Bolton is looking to recruit a Home Services Manager for its relatively young but successful Home Services business.
Working directly to the charity’s Commercial Services Director, you will co-ordinate and support a small team of Home Services Assistants delivering cleaning, shopping and home support primarily to older people in their homes.
You will ensure the smooth running of the service including: the highest standards of professionalism and customer care; effective communication; staff wellbeing and sound financial and operational performance
This is an exciting opportunity to help develop and grow this vital paid for service within our charity, providing valuable support for those for whom day to day living has become increasingly challenging.
If you believe you have the skills along with a desire to be part of a caring and dynamic organisation then please submit your application to or call Pat Kitchen, Commercial Services Director.
Full details of the job description, person specification and application form are available on our website
Part-time hours: 25 per week
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Salary: £24,111.00 per year
COVID-19 considerations:
Our central office has protective measures in place with risk assessments, handwash stations, social distancing and PPE.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
MY001 – Area Manager - Homeless Services (South)
London – Various Locations
£38,200 per annum +£3,800 location allowance
37 hours per week – Permanent
Closing Date – 2nd November 2020
(LOCATION WILL BE BASED IN LONDON BUT WILL COVER A GEOGRAPHIC AREA UP TO OUR PROVISION IN NORTHAMPTON. WE HAVE PROVISION IN WESTMINSTER AND PROVISION IN NORTHAMPTON AND THEREFORE AGILE WORKING CAN BE CONSIDERED)
About you
Do you have specific experience of working in Homelessness or a related area?
Do you have experience of working in a management role within a challenging environment?
Are you empathetic and able to act in a non-judgemental manner towards Service Users whom may have multiple needs?
Do you have the ability to work autonomously and as part of a wider team and be able to build rapport, and develop positive relationships with key stakeholders, internally and externally?
If so, the role of Area Manager, may be the role for you.
You will be committed to ongoing personal, and professional development and have the ability to be flexible and adapt to the needs of the service.
About us
Changing Lives is a national charity that supports over 17,000 people each year. We are a well-respected, growing organisation dedicated to supporting the most vulnerable people across the UK.
We began as a soup run supporting people who were homeless in the North East over 45 years ago, and are proud to still have our main base and central office in the North East. Since 1970, our services have grown and developed to support people experiencing a wide range of personal challenges, including addiction and recovery programmes, employment guidance, help for people in prison or on probation, and support for people experiencing sexual exploitation or domestic abuse.
We’re looking for committed and compassionate professionals who share our enthusiasm for changing lives.
About the job
The Area Manager plays a pivotal role in Changing Lives, strategically leading multiple projects within the Operational business, which may range in size, complexity and locality within the thematic area.
You will be responsible for the delivery of frontline homeless services, focusing on enabling the delivery of high quality services for people experiencing challenging times. The role requires excellent relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders and a commitment to involving the people who use our services.
The role provides strategic leadership to support operational delivery of a range of supported accommodation and Personal Transition Services (PTS). The role will also focus on identifying and developing new opportunities within the geographical area.
The post-holder will oversee the work of Service Managers and be accountable to a Head of Service, ensuring that the projects are ran to a high standard, committed to the overall organisational strategic objectives
Apply for the job
If you would like to apply, submit a current CV setting out qualifications, skills, experience and employment history. Please send your CV, including a covering letter outlining why you feel you would be suitable for the role based on the job description and why you would like to work for Changing Lives.
We are passionate about creating a diverse workforce and positively encourage applications from under-represented communities.
Recruiting for an Executive Director of Business Development to join our Head Office in Westminster!
GBP 110,000 per annum plus 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more. This role is working for 35 hours per week.
Job Overview:
The Executive Director of Business Development has a key target to deliver the annual business development growth target for Look Ahead. Building and retaining key external contacts and networks across central / local government, social care, health and other commissioners and external contacts is critical to the role.
This role will support a culture that inspires service excellence, Innovation and maximises all opportunities to sell the services that Look Ahead can over in Health, Support and Housing. The role will work strategically in collaboration with the Executive team in Operations and Property to deliver the future offer and drive the focus of the core customer groups. This role is also accountable for the delivery of the work programme in relation to fundraising and partnerships.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain a culture that allows for service improvement while role modelling Look Ahead's values and behaviours
- Provide effective visible leadership to the team and organisation ensuring challenging objectives are set within a performance and quality focused environment
- Develop external relationships and networks to ensure Look Ahead is fully appraised and prepared for any future developments within area of responsibility
- Maintain effective communication with the wider Executive team and Chief Executive Officer to ensure they are appraised of any changes and developments
- Ensure that all resources are utilised effectively and deliver best value when overseeing work in your area of responsibility
- Perform any other duties as reasonably requested by your employer
- To set and deliver the Business Development pipeline for the organisation to meet the business plan growth in priority areas
- To have excellent networks and develop the profile for Look Ahead in target areas for service development and business development opportunities
- To be responsible for developing and implementing effective strategies. Governance, risk management and processes for the Business Development function at Look Ahead
- To ensure the property and operational teams work in an integrated way with the Business Development team to deliver a streamlined offer
- The role will work collaboratively with the leadership team and be responsible for delivering innovative services supported by Look Aheads business transformation programme and corporate services
- To be accountable for providing excellent customer service and value for money for at all services in remit
Person Specification:
- Exceptional leadership qualities
- Excellent communication, networking and inter-personal skills
- Able to think creatively
- Able to deal confidently with a diverse range of people
- Persistent and able to work on own initiative and under pressure
- A believer in teamwork and skilled in building and maintaining unity
- A high level of self-motivation with a driven and proactive approach; Look Ahead is looking for someone to make a difference to its organisation, not just to maintain the status quo
- A clear empathy for the vision, mission and values of Look Ahead
Skills, Knowledge and Experience:
Essential:
- Exceptional leadership management skills with the ability to build and motivate a team
- Enables people to see a potential future outcome and provide clear direction
- Able to put ideas into action; establishing processes and systems that deliver cost effective, customer focused results
- Able to gain internal and external stakeholders approval
- Highly developed influencing and negotiation skills
- A first class communicator with gravitas and ability to communicate effectively externally with potential strategic partners, the Regulator, suppliers and Government ministers
- Able to set and monitor performance targets for individuals and teams
- Able to form and maintain productive working relationships
- Ability to manage change in an environment of rapid activity with complex stakeholders
For the full job description, please visit the Look Ahead website.
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Do you have a flair for direct marketing that inspires and want to work at one of the top 100 best not for profit organisations to work for?*
Based in the beautiful village of Bartestree, approximately 5 miles east of Hereford city, St Michael’s Hospice has been providing the highest quality care, free of charge, to the local community for over 35 years. This care is made possible by supporters taking part in fundraising events and activities, playing our lottery, shopping at our retail outlets, making charitable grants and donations, leaving gifts in their wills or giving freely of their time to volunteer.
We know that data is the key to doing more and doing it better and we believe that St Michael’s Hospice supporters deserve the very best experience with us. That’s why we’ve created the brand-new Individual Giving Development Manager role – part of the Income Generation Team – to keep this at the core of what we do – and is vital to the ongoing success of the Charity.
The Individual Giving Development Manager is a new and varied role and will be responsible for identifying and maximising income through targeted communications and stewardship, with potential and existing donors, regular givers and Lottery members. This will role will also include development of mid-level donors, legacy marketing and in memory fundraising programmes.
To be successful in the Individual Giving Development Manager role, you need to have an in-depth knowledge of Raisers Edge or similar CRM system, excellent relationship management skills, knowledge of individual giving income channels and impeccable attention to detail. But you also have to bring enthusiasm and drive and ensure our procedures and processes maximise our fundraising.
You’ve got a successful proven track-record of retention and acquisition from direct marketing (both on and offline), digital products and regular giving. You’re creative and innovative in approach; someone with their finger on the pulse when it comes to advances in individual giving and new opportunities for your supporters. You’ve got a nuanced understanding of the supporter journey and how to engage donors effectively for long-term relationships.
As an enthusiastic self-starter with a hands-on approach, in taking on the Individual Giving Development Manager role you will be capable of working independently or as part of a multi-disciplined team. You will be an inspirational leader and provide direct line management to the Lottery Manager.
As well as joining an enthusiastic friendly and committed team, our location is hard to beat – nestled in the stunning Herefordshire countryside, in a state-of-the-art facility with free on-site parking, discounted delicious meals snacks and drinks. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package including 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, (rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years), a Hospice pension, discounts with local suppliers, generous study leave and support for ongoing personal development. Flexible home working will be considered.
If the Individual Giving Development Manager role sounds like the role for you and you want to work at one of the top 100 best not for profit organisations to work for*, then we’d love to hear from you. Click now and help St Michael’s Hospice continue caring to make a difference to patients living with a terminal illness and their families across Herefordshire and beyond.
* The Sundays Times Best 100 Not for Profit Organisations to work for 2020
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Have you been successful in establishing B2B partnerships and are looking for a new challenge in the world of international development? We are looking for someone who has the skills to identify, negotiate and secure high value corporate partnerships – recruiting new supporters and boosting the support from our current partners . You will have established track record in sales or have already worked in corporate fundraising with another cause.
2 year fixed term contract with potential to extend
Flexible locations across West Sussex with homeworking opportunities
We have an exciting opportunity to join our thriving team as a Business Development Manager, to support us to grow with new opportunities and working with others.
We have ambitious plans to deliver high quality services, to make an impact and improve the lives of our service users and the community they live in.This newly created role will be an important part of the Senior Management Team, reporting directly to our new CEO. You will build and oversee a team of fundraising volunteers and help us shape and deliver our future strategy.
You will have experience of stakeholder relationships and building partnerships, including CCGs, statutory and local authorities. You’ll understand the charity fundraising landscape and have proven success in bid writing, securing new and existing services – and you’ll have a passion for making a difference.
Benefits:
- Paid annual leave (+ bank holidays)
- Company Sick Pay (Qualifying period required)
- Company pension scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Flexible employer sensitive to the needs of today’s workforce
- Commitment to continued professional development
- Working for a locally focused charity dedicated to assisting and empowering the community, and helping influence changes to government policy
How to Apply
For more information please take a look at the Role Description within the Job Pack, available on our website via the Apply button.
Closing date: 9am on 11 November 2020
Interview date: 16 or 20 November 2020
Citizens Advice in West Sussex reserve the right to close early or extend this vacancy.
The Candidate
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- At least 2 years’ experience of working in successful partnership or business development role
- Excellent knowledge of stakeholder management and developing relationships
- Experience of working effectively with a range of commissioners and funders and other stakeholders
- Demonstrable experience of successful fundraising and business development
- Experience of successful project and service development and implementation
- Proven knowledge of the third/voluntary sector fundraising environment
The Charity
Citizens Advice in West Sussex (North, South, East) (CAWS) is a registered charity and part of the national Citizens Advice Network. We operate with the twin aims of the Citizens Advice service; providing advice people need for the problems they face, and working to improve the policies and practices that affect people’s lives. The service we provide is free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities. We value diversity, promote equality and challenge discrimination.
This is a part-time position, 17.5 hrs (3.5 hrs Wed, 7 hrs Thurs & Fri) hours per week
Summary
Are you an experienced and confident HR professional who is customer focused and practical in their approach? At Versus Arthritis we are committed to developing and supporting our people and to enable us to do this we are moving to an HR business partnering approach. We are a new team which is looking for the final person to make us complete. It is an exciting time to join as we develop our offer and build our key relationships. You will support and advise on all aspects of the HR offer, accessing expertise from other teams within the People and Organisational Development Directorate.
About the role
This newly created role will push back against arthritis by working with organisation leaders to develop and deliver the people agenda in your area of responsibility, improving organisational performance.
The HR Business Partner will work closely with key stakeholders across all directorates to provide advice, support and guidance to enable the organsiation to develop a workforce which can deliver the charity's strategic goals.
- It's about effective workforce planning
- It's about influencing, coaching and advising
- It's about learning, evaluating and improving
Key requirements
We are looking for someone who gets excited about their role working with people and what they can contribute to the success of the organisation's ambitions. They must like a challenge and embrace opportunities, have patience and enthusiasm.
We are looking for the following skills, knowledge and experience:
- Qualified to CIPD level 5 or equivalent experience
- Experience of supporting organizational change
- Significant generalist HR experience, including managing complex employee relations cases
- Strong and effective communicator, with the ability to engage stakeholders
- A flexible, pragmatic and creative approach, redefining problems in light of information gathered or changes in context
- Evidence of effectively working with uncertainty and ambiguity and comfortable working at pace
- Strong advising and coaching skills enabling managers to develop their knowledge, confidence and capability in managing people to get the best out of their teams whilst ensuring a balanced approach to risk and reputation
How to apply
To apply you MUST submit:
- a concise, up-to-date CV
- along with a completed supporting statement demonstrating how you meet the key requirements set out in the job description and person specification
- Please include where you've seen this role advertised
Email your completed application by midnight 2 November
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Alzheimer's Society is the UK's leading dementia charity. We provide information and support, improve care, fund research, and create lasting change for people affected by dementia.
Technical Business Analyst Responsibilities:
A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join the Business Engagement team within IT during a period of organisational transformation and change. The successful candidate will have strong communication and presentation skills to work collaboratively with the business and project teams at all levels and demonstrate excellent facilitation and influencing skills to produce high quality documentation.
Technical Business Analyst Requirements:
We are looking to recruit an experienced Technical Business Analyst, who can gather and develop requirements that are clear, concise and easy-to-understand for the business, while sufficiently comprehensive, structured and technically-oriented to be translated into technical solutions by the development team. These outputs and decisions will be used throughout the requirements lifecycle, from initial capture through various stages of refinement and through to testing and implementation
The right person will be able to act as a bridge between different teams and projects, leveraging existing expertise and knowledge to validate solution definitions and specifications. The ability to build and maintain excellent relationships with business stakeholders and gain trust in order guide and influence them will be key.
To achieve this, you will collaborate with product specialists and various application delivery teams to help develop solutions that fully integrate with existing IT systems and solve complex business problems.
About Alzheimer’s Society:
Alzheimer’s Society embraces diversity, inclusion and accessibility for all of our people. We are committed to building a diverse organisation that represents the communities we serve and ensuring inclusion in everything we do.
Position: Technical Business Analyst
Location: Home Worker - England and Wales
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week
Salary: £31,982 - £34,925 - actual per annum (depending on skills and experience)
Closing Date: 29 October 2020
Interview Date: TBC
You may have experience of the following: Business Analyst, BA, IT Project Manager, Technical Project Manager, Data Analyst, Business Analysis, Data Analysis, Project Manager, Analytics, Project Management, Business Process Analyst, Digital Analyst, Digital Business Analyst, IT Manager, etc.
Senior HR Business Partner – Cambridge Assessment English
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £58,000 to £65,000 per annum
Location: Cambridge
Start Date: As soon as available
Are you an experienced HR Business Partner looking to step up into a more senior and challenging role? Do you have experience or exposure working internationally?
Cambridge Assessment is a leading expert in education and assessment. A part of the University of Cambridge, we have unrivalled depth of experience in national education systems, international education and English language learning. We exist to help people learn, achieve and prove their true potential.
About the role
As Senior HR Business Partner for Cambridge Assessment English (a business unit of Cambridge Assessment), you will lead and develop a small dedicated partnering team with a focus on activities that enable the strategic aims of the unit to be met, including change management, and people development, as well as the provision of day to day operational support. You’ll also be working closely with the partnering team in the Cambridge Assessment International Education business unit to develop cohesive partnering services across our shared international network that includes Europe, the Americas and Asia, for which occasional travel will be necessary.
As a member of the wider Cambridge Assessment HR senior management team, which includes centres of expertise across Organisational Development, Reward, Change and Health, Safety & Wellbeing, you will also be actively involved in and contribute to the ongoing development of our Single Strategy across Cambridge Assessment and Cambridge University Press.
No two days will be the same and life will be busy, varied and interesting.
A bit about you
The sectors you’ve worked in previously are less important to us than your tangible experience. You will have managed change in a large matrix organisation and will have demonstrable business partnering experience as well as being commercially minded and possessing a strong understanding of the value of HR. You will have international experience, as well as having line managed in previous roles.
Educated to degree level or equivalent, difficult conversations don’t ruffle you, and you enjoy the complexity that comes with working in a fast-paced environment. Adept at building strong senior stakeholder relationships, you manage expectations and problem-solving with diplomacy and expertise.
A CIPD qualification is desirable but not essential.
Who we are
Cambridge Assessment is Europe's largest assessment group, incorporating three major awarding bodies. It plays a leading role in researching, developing and delivering assessment to eight million candidates in 170 countries every year. The Group is a department of the University of Cambridge and a not-for-profit organisation.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a market leader and be rewarded with valuable learning opportunities, a competitive salary and benefits.
We wish you all the very best with your application.
We know that diversity of thinking, backgrounds and approaches lead to innovation and create an atmosphere where everyone’s contribution is valued. As well as wanting to create diverse teams, we also value diversity in the way our people approach their work. Work/life balance is important to us at Cambridge Assessment and we offer our colleagues a range of flexible working options according to the needs of the business and the individual, so please let us know of any flexible working requirements when applying and we can see how we can support you.
The closing date for receipt of applications is Wednesday 28th October and interviews are planned to held virtually on Wednesday 4th November. Please note, we will however be reviewing applications on a rolling basis.
Please upload your CV and covering letter, where you will also find a detailed job description.
If you’re successful at interview stage we will ask you to undergo background screening (carried out by Credence Background Screening Ltd), to ensure that all information provided to us is accurate. We wish you all the very best with your application.
CAMBRIDGE ASSESSMENT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER
We are looking for a conscientious and professional individual to take on the new role of Business Manager for our domestic abuse service.
The successful candidate will have proven experience of working in a senior management/leadership role in the charity or service sector with a strong background in analytical work and excellent interpersonal skills. The role will require the postholder to be both self-directed and to regularly interact with a range of other professionals.
Citizens Advice Waverley is a local independent charity providing free, impartial, confidential advice to people across the borough of Waverley and more widely. It runs advice offices in Godalming, Cranleigh, Farnham and Haslemere.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Senior Business Disability Partner
We are Business Disability Forum (BDF). We believe the 26 million people in the UK and over 1 billion people worldwide with disabilities and long-term conditions enhance the social and economic health of our societies. We help remove barriers in business structures and Government that prevent disabled people from thriving and making their contribution to the world.
We are unique. There are many great disability charities and disabled persons’ organisations. Our niche is our expertise in disability as it affects business.
The role
To engage with and develop productive working relationships with the BDF membership helping to further their disability agenda over time using our knowledge, member services and paid for products where appropriate. Senior Member Business Partners have direct responsibility for their assigned Partners.
The requirement
- Experience of providing business support/coaching to experienced professionals.
- Experience of providing consultancy, training and advice on disability related issues
- Experience of working in or with business (private sector).
- Able to build and maintain networks, strong interpersonal skills.
- Knowledge of disability legislation and application in the workplace.
For the full job description and person specification of this role and instructions on how to apply please visit our website below via the button below:
How to apply
Applications should be by CV and a supporting statement, of up to 400 words, detailing why you think you would be suitable for the role. If you require any adjustments to the application process please contact Barnaby Powell as set out below. Applications should be addressed to Barnaby Powell, HR & Office Manager, Business Disability Forum, Nutmeg House, 60 Gainsford Street, London SE1 2NY. If you are submitting your application by email please do so to barnabyp @ businessdisabilityforum .org .uk
- Closing date for applications: 1 November 2020
- First interviews are planned for the week commencing 2 November 2020
- Second interviews are likely to take place in the week commencing 9 November 2020
Business Disability Forum is committed to ensuring that all its information, products and services are as accessible as possible to everyone.
If you wish to discuss anything in regards to accessibility or if you require alternative formats please contact Barnaby Powell by email at barnabyp @ businessdisabilityforum .org .uk or by telephone on 020-7403-3020.
For further information on Business Disability Forum please refer to our website via the button below
Equal opportunities
We are committed to becoming disability-smart and an employer of choice irrespective of race (which includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins), sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, age, disability, or pregnancy and maternity. The ethical and business case of ensuring that our workforce is representative of wider society is at the heart of what we do. When we are recruiting, disabled candidates who meet all of the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.
Job Title: Manager
Salary: £53,500 FTE
Hours of work: 3-days a week / part-time
Location: Home-based
We are working in partnership with The Maritime Charities Group, an organisation that fosters collaboration across the maritime charity sector to achieve the greatest impact for seafarers and their families. It does this by sharing information, commissioning research, supporting the education and welfare of seafarers and their families and by the promotion of best practice within the maritime charity sector.
The charity is now seeking to appoint an experienced Manager to assist the Chairman and group members in facilitating research and development activities for the maritime welfare sector. The post holder will also coordinate all MCG members’ meetings and activities, as well as act as an ambassador for the MCG within the maritime and ex Service welfare sectors and with the wider Third Sector. Reporting directly to the Chairman, you will support the charity in achieving its vision and mission.
The successful individual will have strong experience in the following:
- Building and maintaining constructive partnerships and effective relationships with senior external stakeholders
- Developing and delivering strategy
- Research Coordination, as well as monitoring and evaluation
- Excellent written and verbal communications at all levels and forms, both internally and externally
- Administration and budgeting
We are seeking a confident communicator, who is experienced in liaising with stakeholders and external organisations, who has strong organisational skills, and an ability to manage conflicting priorities.
To apply for this role, please e-mail your CV and Supporting Statement to Adam Stacey, Associate Director, Charisma Charity Recruitment, quoting our reference JO2786.
Closing date for applications: 15 November 2020
Interview date: w/c 30 November
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- Remain conscious of the financial position of the College and be able to articulate how Development activity impacts the work of the institution now and into the future.
- Design, implement and coordinate a comprehensive donor relation and stewardship programme that promotes interaction with, and recognition of, donors at all levels in an appropriate and consistent way.
- Implement a strategic and visionary stewardship plan that will assist in the continuation of all donations from small regular donors to existing major donors.
- Assume key prospect management responsibilities to ensure that all current and prospective donors are stewarded appropriately to maximise their lifetime giving.
- Take responsibility for identifying and subsequent stewardship of Trusts and Foundations to solicit funds.
- Procure and oversee the effective delivery of an income of c. £500k plus per annum.
- Establish short- and long-term goals for development efforts, including fundraising strategies and building the case for support.
- Review, develop and implement the College’s fundraising plan.
- Work with the communications and alumni teams to ensure that a holistic communications strategy is agreed, funded and delivered annually for alumni development.
- Work with the alumni team to develop a plan to secure funds from alumni and through alumni relationships.
- Oversee and develop all development/fundraising/stewardship related content of print literature and digital communications over time.
- Identify and implement a plan to secure a £20m endowment.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Reports to: CEO
Responsible for: Head of Development, Strategy and Development Manager, Project Development Officer
Start date: January 2021
Term: The first 16-months will be maternity cover, but there is potential for the successful candidate to join DMI permanently at the end of this term, subject to mutual agreement.
Based in: London (N1), UK (currently remote working due to C19 – as and when DMI returns to office working the successful candidate will need to be able to attend the office in person)
Salary: £90,000 per annum, plus 5% pension contribution and private health insurance
Application deadline: We are running an open recruitment process with no formal closing date and will move to interview as soon as suitable applications are received
About DMI
Development Media International (DMI) creates evidence-based behaviour change campaigns to improve health and save lives. We deliver at scale to maximise impact and cost-effectiveness. We are the first organisation to scientifically demonstrate that mass media can increase life-saving behaviours. In 2018 DMI published the results of its 5-year, £7m randomised controlled trial (RCT) in West Africa which showed that 56% more children were taken for treatment for malaria, 73% more for diarrhoea and 39% more for pneumonia following exposure to our campaign. Modelling indicates that over 3000 lives were saved during the campaign and that our approach is one of the most cost-effective ways of saving children’s lives. We have subsequently undertaken a second RCT which showed that the modern contraceptive prevalence rate was 20% higher in areas exposed to DMI’s messaging compared to areas that were not.
DMI has two priorities: first, to continue to generate ground-breaking research, second, to take our proven strategies to scale, saving as many lives as possible and improving health. We work across a range of health issues, including child survival, reproductive health, nutrition, hygiene, and early childhood development. DMI works in close partnership with leading experts in health, including WHO, UNICEF and LSHTM and has been funded by some of the world’s most prestigious organisations including the Wellcome Trust, DFID, Comic Relief, the Global Innovation Fund, Unorthodox Philanthropy and the Mulago Foundation.
We are an innovative and rapidly growing organisation, working at the nexus between science and creativity. DMI has demonstrated that knowledge is not only a human right but is also the key to saving lives in a cost-effective way. Our intellectual rigour, enthusiasm, and willingness to learn from both our successes and mistakes, makes us distinct. Our ethos is non-hierarchical: all our staff are intellectually high-powered, and we have a “best idea wins” culture. By working at DMI you will have a genuine, measurable impact on improving lives in low-income countries.
DMI has a permanent presence in Burkina Faso, Mozambique and Tanzania and has recently expanded to Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Malawi, Uganda, and Zambia. Our headquarters overlooks the Regents Canal in Hoxton, London and provides the strategic direction for the whole organisation.
DMI is ranked as one of the most cost-effective non-profit organisations in the world by GiveWell and was the first organisation to receive the maximum rating from Impact Matters. It is also endorsed by the Centre for Effective Altruism, Giving What We Can and The Life You Can Save.
Find out more on our website.
Job description
DMI is looking for an exceptional individual to be our Director of Business Development and part of our senior management team. Your primary responsibility will be to secure funding for new DMI projects, which you will help to design. We have enjoyed significant fundraising success over recent years, securing more than £20m in new funding since 2017. This has enabled DMI to expand rapidly, both geographically and in terms of the themes of our campaigns. To continue this trend, we are aiming to raise an additional £15m by the end of 2022. This funding will allow us to consolidate our project portfolio in existing countries of operation and allow us to expand our work in West Africa. You will also have responsibility for overseeing DMI’s external communications, developing and maintaining relationships with prospective partners and donors, and representing DMI within the international development community.
More specifically, the Director of Business Development role will include the following responsibilities:
- Securing significant long-term funding for DMI, through a combination of follow-on funding from existing donors and new income. Over 2021-2022, DMI’s fundraising target is to raise an additional £15m
- Overseeing, and contributing to, the process of proposal preparation. This will include identifying opportunities, developing, writing, and submitting proposals. These may be unsolicited proposals, or they may be responses to tender opportunities offered by institutional donors such as USAID or FCDO
- Contributing to the design of projects, bringing together staff, resources and DMI’s operating methods in a form that represents the most cost-effective approach to a given problem
- Maintaining and developing strong relationships with prospective donors and potential partners (NGOs and other organisations) in advance of funding opportunities
- Representing DMI within the international development community, including with key donors, clients, partners, and others as required
- Keeping aware of international development trends, particularly in the health and SBC sectors, and ensuring that the CEO, the Senior Management Team (of which you will be a part), and other key staff are updated on these trends
- Providing dynamic and inspirational management to the strategy and development team in the UK (currently 3 people), and liaising successfully with relevant staff in DMI’s country offices about business development opportunities
- Overseeing DMI’s external communications, ensuring that websites, annual reports, and other materials are on-brand, of the highest quality, and contribute to the achievement of DMI’s objectives
- Other tasks as required by DMI
The role will be offered on a permanent contract from the outset. However, for the first 16 months (which includes provision for sufficient hand over at each end) the successful candidate will act as maternity cover for DMI’s Director of Strategy and Development. At the end of this term, and subject to mutual agreement between you and DMI, there is potential for the successful candidate to join DMI on a permanent basis.
Person specification
Required knowledge, skills and experience
- Demonstrable, and substantial, success at securing significant (commensurate with the £15m fundraising target) and resilient funding from a variety of sources such as trusts/foundations, corporate donors, high net worth individuals, and institutional funders
- Deep experience of proposal writing, and managing business development systems and processes, including developing and maintaining a funding pipeline. Experience of writing funding proposals for DFID and USAID would be highly desirable, but we will consider outstanding individuals whose primary experience is in the private sector
- Very strong intellectual ability, as evidenced by a good degree or similar qualifications and performance at interview. The scientific elements of DMI’s work are intellectually demanding; the successful candidate must be able to demonstrate that they are capable of understanding, describing, and designing projects that have a scientific basis
- Substantial knowledge of the international development field. The ideal candidate will have worked directly for an NGO/implementing organisation or funding agency, but we will consider outstanding candidates from the private sector or consultancy fields who can demonstrate a familiarity with international development and its objectives
- Outstanding writing skills in English. The successful candidate must be able to communicate concisely, clearly, and with flair
- The ability to work in a team environment with technical and non-technical staff, based in the UK and overseas
- Self-motivated and dynamic, with a high capacity for work, and the ability to be flexible, resilient, and good humoured under pressure
- Permission to live and work in the UK
Desirable knowledge, skills and experience
- Experience of working in developing countries
- Language skills in French, Portuguese, Swahili, or other major African language
- Knowledge and experience working within the global health and/or media sectors
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