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Vehicles for Change (T/A RevoLOOtion) is a thriving charity founded in 2018 providing fully accessible mobile toilets to festivals, shows, outdoor events and sporting fixtures across the UK.
This is a vital support service for those with disabilities and serious health conditions to participate in events that would be difficult or impossible to attend otherwise.
The Chief Executive Officer will work to deliver the vision, mission and strategic goals of organisation alongside the Trustee Board.
We are searching for someone with proven experience of leading service organisations including business development, operations, finance and HR. Our key future priorities include expanding and modernising our mobile loo fleet, as well as building our off-season business offer.
This is an exciting opportunity for an individual with enthusiasm, drive and a desire to help change the world for the better.
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Are you an experienced marketing executive able to create and manage effective print and digital marketing assets that increase retail activity and sales?
Do you want to drive the retail marketing for the UK’s largest charity retailer?
If so you could be perfect as our Senior Marketing Executive.
About the role
As our Senior Marketing Executive – Retail, you’ll support the development and design of highly effective marketing campaigns for our extensive retail estate to attract more people to donate stock and support our cause.
From insight to campaign development through to execution and evaluation, you’ll develop, deliver, and evaluate integrated, multi-channel donor marketing campaigns to support British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) strategic objectives and drive stock generation donations.
In this role, you’ll also work closely alongside our colleagues in Retail as well as our Commercial Engagement team playing an active role in developing the donor experience and anticipating the next big things for stock generation & partnerships within the charity retail space.
Working arrangements
This a fixed term contract covering family leave until Oct 2025. We hope to start someone in the role by Aug 2024.
This is a blended role, where your work will be dual located between your home and our London Office.
At BHF we believe in the power of being together, so our colleagues on blended contracts can expect to spend some time in their office, at least one day each week, on average. The use of our office spaces is driven in part by your role and the activities you need to do. This may vary from time to time, so you will need to work in a flexible way to unlock your best work for our cause.
Need more help balancing your work and home life? Talk to us about what flexibility is available at the application or interview stage.
About you
With a background in retail, working within the charity sector or a large household brand, you bring a proven track record of delivering marketing activity through a range of channels and creative formats, including digital, social and in-store.
With high levels of numeracy, strong attention to detail, and excellent written and verbal communication skills, you bring project, and agency management experience, and a detailed knowledge of retail and marketing communications.
You have previous line management experience, as well as strong financial and budgetary skills, including experience managing expenditure budgets, monitoring, and reporting.
A confident self-starter, keen collaborator, and team player, you have strong influencing and negotiating skills, the ability to work with multiple teams and projects simultaneously, and an open and approachable working style.
About us
We value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, celebrate diversity, and make inclusion part of what we do every day.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy, Igniting Change, along with our internal EDI group, Kaleidoscope, and a growing number of employee network groups (our Affinity Groups), help us create an environment where all our colleagues and volunteers can succeed.
Interview process
Interviews will be held shortly after the closing date.
Benefits
To find out more about the benefits available at the BHF please download our benefits document at the bottom of the page.
Our vision is a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases.
overty is not part of God's plan. You are.
We're looking for a marketing professional passionate about inspiring new donors to join with Tearfund to help people living in extreme poverty fulfil their God-given potential. Is that you?
Our vision is to grow a global community of people who want to enter into a whole-life response to poverty with help from Tearfund. They will be invited to give, pray, campaign, volunteer and make lifestyle changes, according to how they feel challenged to respond. We have a ministry to inspire and help people to live generously – in every sense of the word.
This role will focus the majority of their time on church and community engagement. The team works on an agile basis and there is an expectation that the postholder will develop skills in our four key fundraising domains (acquisition marketing, retention marketing, church & community engagement, legacy & in memory fundraising) and support the execution of marketing campaigns and activities in each of these areas as required.
Key areas of focus in the Church & Community Engagement domain are:
- Engaging church audiences with the work of Tearfund through integrated campaigns using a range of direct marketing, digital marketing and event marketing channels
- Supporting Tearfund's presence at festivals and conferences
- Helping to achieve challenging annual targets for new church audiences in line with UK fundraising strategy
- Project managing new and existing initiatives to help recruit, train, manage and support DIY fundraisers and volunteers
Do you have the following experience?
- A marketing professional with an understanding of the charity sector
- Understanding of the UK Christian marketplace from a church and individual perspective
- Multi-channel marketing experience across a variety of media channels including direct mail, press and digital channels
Do you have the following skills?
- Strong project management skills, with the ability to plan and manage multiple projects
- Excellent oral and written communication skills with ability to write reports and creative briefs
- Good analytical skills and attention to detail
- Ability to collaborate effectively with a variety of stakeholders
If that's you, then we would love to hear from you!
This is a permanent role. This is a full time role 35 hours per week. Flexible working patterns can be considered.
We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and those from Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds (in our UK workforce) as these groups are currently under-represented at Tearfund.
This role is eligible for hybrid working and you will be required to work from a designated Tearfund office and from your home by agreement with the line manager
All applicants must be committed to Tearfund's Christian beliefs
The recruitment process will include specific checks related to safeguarding. In addition, personal identification information will be submitted against a Watchlist database to check against criminal convictions as a counter-terror measure.
About us
We’re Breast Cancer Now, the research and support charity. We’re the place to turn to for anything and everything to do with breast cancer. However you’re experiencing breast cancer, we’re here.
The brightest minds in breast cancer research are here. Making life-saving research happen in labs across the UK and Ireland.
Support services, trustworthy breast cancer information and specialist nurses are here. Ready to support you, whenever you need it.
About the role
As digital content officer, you’ll design, edit and optimise our web content to help our users feel empowered throughout their breast cancer experience.
From personal stories and blogs to landing pages and webforms, you’ll support teams across the charity and lead the content creation for some of our key projects and campaigns.
You’ll know content design, search engine optimisation (SEO), user experience (UX) and accessibility best practices like the back of your hand and be able to advise teams on the correct approach for their pages. And with support from our digital analytics manager, you’ll be able to advise teams on how to improve their content to drive conversions.
Not only will you be able to take the lead, but you’ll also be a team player. You’ll be able to take direction from the digital content manager on bigger projects and collaborate with other members of your team.
You’ll join the team at an exciting time as we’re amid our digital transformation project. You’ll play a key role in moving our content from the old to the new website. You’ll also help set the standard of content on the new website by training teams on new processes on the new CMS and coaching them on web best practices.
This role is a 12 month fixed-term contract.
About you
A successful candidate will have a strong background in digital and experience in creating web content that packs a punch. You’ll have a can-do attitude, a methodical approach to your work and enjoy creating content.
You’ll have a comprehensive understanding of content design, accessibility, SEO and UX principles. And know how to take this knowledge and use it to create engaging content that supports our user's and charity’s needs.
Job description and benefits
The job description and our attractive benefits package are available for you to download.
Primary location of role and hybrid working
This role can be based in our Cardiff, Glasgow, London or Sheffield office. However, our hybrid working model allows full-time staff members to work up to 3 days per week at home.
When applying
We hope you choose to apply for this role. In support of your application, you’ll be asked to submit your anonymised CV and a supporting statement. When applying please ensure you refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as possible with examples to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria. If you’ve any questions regarding this role please contact us in the first instance.
Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
We’re committed to promoting equity, valuing diversity and creating an inclusive environment – for everyone who works for us, works with us, supports us and who we support.
Closing date 9am on Friday 21 June 2024
Interview date Wednesday 26 and Thursday 27 June 2024
Back Up are looking for an outstanding Head of Communications and Marketing to join us during an exciting period of growth and change.
In April 2021, Back Up launched an ambitious strategy to be there for every single person affected by spinal cord injury – ensuring no one is left behind. We have delivered against many of our goals and are now looking to the future.
Who should apply?
Our ideal candidate is an ambitious and experienced communications and marketing professional who possesses highly effective leadership skills and has a proven track record of leading highly successful communications and marketing teams. You will be a proactive self-starter with an energetic approach and a passion for high quality, high impact communications and marketing.
What does the role involve?
This is an exciting time for the Charity during a period of sustained growth. Working with our CEO and the leadership team, you will play a key role in developing Back Up’s 2025-30 strategy.
You will ensure that the charity has the communications and marketing structures, systems and processes in place in order to help us reach even more people affected by spinal cord injury and increase our supporter base.
This is a truly fantastic opportunity to transform the capability of a vital national charity.
To apply, please send us a CV together with a supporting statement that addresses the person specification (maximum two pages of A4). You should give the names, positions, organisations and telephone contact numbers of two referees, relevant to this role.
References will only be taken once your express permission has been granted. Finally, please ensure that you have included mobile, work and home telephone numbers, as well as any times when you will not be available for interviews.
Applications should be made via email at recruitment @ backuptrust . org . uk
Everyone will be contacted by email or phone with regards to the success of your application at this stage. Shortlisted applicants will be invited to an interview at our offices
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Head of Fundraising & Communications
EDUCATION FOR ALL MOROCCO transforms the lives of marginalised girls, in the High Atlas mountains, enabling them to fulfil their potential, reducing social injustice and inequalities, improving the quality of life for women, and their communities.
Prior to the Al Haouz earthquake in September 2023 EFA funded six boarding houses, enabling young women to access senior school education. Five boarding houses were destroyed. Astonishingly, no girls or staff were in them at the time.
We are unashamedly ambitious to build on EFAs transformational work over the last two decades. Our Covid Recovery Strategy focussed on widening our impact, and the earthquake has just made us even more determined to deliver on our promise, because we have never been more relevant.
Due to the extraordinary generosity of donors, we have funding in place to support a major rebuilding programme. However we don't want to simply rebuild. Due to covid and the earthquake there is a lot of catching up to do.
As Head of Fundraising & Communications you will work with the trustees to deliver the strategic vision, by developing and implementing a successful fundraising and communications strategy. A new website is under construction and the successful applicant will play a leading role in determining its fundraising functionality, content, and messaging.
This job is for you if you are:
- Authentic in your desire to improve the lives of marginalised girls & young women.
- Self-motivated, flexible, proactive, and enjoy working independently.
- Analytical; can identifying aspects in our service impact, which can become new funding opportunities for donors.
- At ease with and understand the challenges inherent to a small organization.
If you have
- Really great communication skills (across a range of media, types of donors), and can do so with clarity, decision, focus.
- Developed successful fundraising and communication strategies before, or relevant strategies in other contexts.
- The character, personality and self-confidence to become the public face of EFA.
- A confident understanding of relevant compliance legislation, and financial and budgetary management experience.
In a typical month you’ll:
-Plan, execute, fundraising events and campaigns, attend conferences, develop compelling social media stories.
-Undertake research, identify new funding opportunities, write donor proposals, complete donor grant applications.
-Liaise with Moroccan partners, co-ordinate marketing, and fundraising activities.
-Work with donors, developing a range of benefits, events, and engagement opportunities.
-Working with trustees, prepare a monthly update report.
-Manage administrative and compliance tasks including a budget, logging donor communications into the database etc.
-Evaluate the impact and update policies and procedures.
Position: Head of Fundraising & Communications
Responsible: to Deputy Chair Finance Committee
Location: remote, withoccasional meetings in London. An annual strategy weekend in Marrakech in November.
Hours: 35 hrs per week (compressed).
Salary: £40,000 £42,000 per annum.
Annual leave and benefits:
28 days annual leave (not including bank holidays)
Pension Scheme with matched contributions of 6% after 3 months
How to apply
Click the Quick Apply button below. You’ll be asked to submit a CV and answer a few short screening questions about your relevant skills and motivations.
First-round interviews will take place in the week commencing 24th June. Final interviews will take place in London week commencing 1st July.
Closing date 19th June 2024.
EFA is committed to safeguarding children. We are looking for people that can bring different perspectives and experiences. We are unable to offer visa sponsorship to candidates living outside of the UK
We want to give girls from rural Morocco the chance of a secondary Education because we believe that everyone has the right to an education.
About us
Crisis is the national charity for people experiencing homelessness. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.
It’s an exciting time to join the Community & Events team as we grow our portfolio of community fundraising products, third party challenge events and flagship fundraising events.
Location: Based in our London office (you will be required to work from the London office once a week or twice a fortnight in line with Crisis’ Hybrid Working policy)
About the role
As Community & Events Team Coordinator, you will be the first point of contact for a range of community fundraisers and eventers, providing an exceptional supporter journey. Your role will include supporting the team on projects such as TCS London Marathon, London Landmarks Half Marathon and our flagship event, Icebreaker, gathering valuable supporter insight to grow our portfolio. You will work closely with the Data Imports and Finance team to coordinate income, event administration and reporting to ensure accurate and up to date records.
About you
To be successful in this role you will:
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Be organised and have a good eye for detail
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Have a good communication style and be able to gather insight from supporters
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Be able to manage multiple work streams with conflicting deadlines
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Be confident when working with external suppliers and internal stakeholders
You may have experience in; administration, coordinator roles, volunteer coordination, supporter care/service, assistant role
We believe diversity is a strength, and our aim is to make sure that Crisis truly reflects the communities we serve. We are actively working towards our organisation being a place where everyone can thrive and make their best contribution to our mission of ending homelessness for good. We know that the more perspectives, voices, and experiences we can bring to this work, the better. We particularly welcome applications from people who have lived experience of homelessness, and people from all marginalised groups, communities and backgrounds.
Working at Crisis
As a member of the team, you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:
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Interest free loans for travel season ticket, cycle to work, and deposit to secure a tenancy
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Pension scheme with an employer contribution of 8.5%
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28 days’ annual leave
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Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental, and adoption pay
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Flexible working around the core hours 10am-4pm
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And more! (Full list of benefits available on website)
Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.
When you join us, you will have the opportunity to join our staff diversity networks, which aim to champion issues across the organisation, enable staff to be their authentic and best selves and contribute to making Crisis a truly diverse organisation.
How to apply
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply for Job' button below.
Closing date: Sunday 30 June 2024 (at 23:59)
Interviews will be held on Thursday 11 July 2024 location TBC.
Accessibility
We want our recruitment process to be as accessible as possible. If you need us to make an adjustment or provide additional support as you apply for a role, please email our Talent Acquisition team to discuss how we can help.
Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We work across the UK and beyond to provide inclusive and impactful cricket programmes, empowering young people with disabilities and from disadvantaged communities to develop the knowledge, skills, capabilities and confidence required to overcome the challenges of inequality, raise their aspirations and reach their potential.
Role and Purpose
To support the development and delivery of the Major Donor and Special Events strategy. To provide a high standard of support to the Major Donor and Special Events team with the current and growing event portfolio and colleagues managing major donor relationships.
Responsibilities:
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Assisting the Head of Major Donors and Special Events and Special Events Manager in planning, marketing and delivery of our programme of Special Events
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Sourcing prizes and maintaining a ‘bank’ of prizes with full and accurate information that can be used across events, delivering prize fulfilment with great stewardship for prize winners and in-kind donors
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Supporting and nurturing strong event committees and senior volunteers providing exceptional volunteer engagement
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Liaise with suppliers and other stakeholders to ensure events run smoothly and to budget
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Supporting the delivery of the Major Donors strategy and associated programmes of activity, growing the income generated from Major Donors both via events and outside of them
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Supporting the development of a pipeline of prospects giving at a significant level, leading on prospect research of HNWIs
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Delivering a consistent and compelling approach to stewardship, identifying stewardship opportunities suitable for major donors, developing positive and lasting relationships with supporters, members and event attendees
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Preparing briefings and biographies for prospective donors attending events and in advance of meetings, supporting with follow up activity as requested
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Be the day to day contact for Special Events and Major Donor enquiries
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Coordinating the creation of materials and collateral for special event materials, major gift campaigns and approaches
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Undertaking a range of administrative tasks and support across Special Events and Major Donors
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Ensuring all supporter records for events and major donor development plans are kept up to date
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Ensuring GDPR compliant processes and systems are in place to manage, monitor and provide management information for Major Donor and Special Event activity
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Be an advocate for the Lord’s Taverners (LT), our programmes and the impact they have on children and young people
9th & 11th July - first round interviews (ONLINE)
15th & 19th July - second round interviews (IN PERSON)
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
- Must have access to Liverpool, Knowsley, Wirral and Sefton.
- Full time, 35 hours per week, flexible working considered.
- 10 months fixed term maternity cover.
- Home based.
- Access to and daily use of your own car and home broadband is essential.
Would you like to drive forward NSPCC's schools offer?
In 2021, the NSPCC announced a new 10+ year strategy to make the biggest impact we can to stop child abuse and neglect. Our Local Services teams are an essential part of how NSPCC's three main strategic goals will be delivered:
- Everyone plays their part to prevent child abuse.
- Every child is safe online.
- Children feel safe, listened to and supported.
Local Services brings together our work in schools, local campaigning, income generation and our direct services across 9 regions and nations. The Schools Service plays an integral part of our mission as it's responsible for delivering the wider schools offer.
Reporting to the Schools Manager, the Schools Coordinator will mainly be responsible for delivering the NSPCC and Schools Service offer to primary and secondary school settings. This includes (not an exhaustive list);
- being the single point contact for primary and secondary schools within the designated local educational authority areas, including non-mainstream settings;
- working to set targets, KPIs and reach plans as agreed by your Schools Manager;
- responsibility for booking a minimum number of schools to deliver our school-led Speak out Stay safe assemblies;
- overseeing the booking and delivery of NSPCC volunteer led workshops (to 6-7 and 9-11 year olds);
- actively engaging with and approaching secondary schools with our new RSE resources/frameworks and training;
- leading, supervising and supporting a team of high calibre Schools Service volunteers;
- carrying out quality assurance visits through direct observations of volunteer deliveries, giving constructive feedback;
- ensuring training and sign off plans are in place for new volunteers, which may include some co-delivery with a Schools Coordinator in schools for some areas;
- providing effective individual and group volunteer supervisions;
- planning and implementing volunteer recruitment/attraction strategies;
- building and maintaining internal and external relationships, attending events or actively stewarding our offer with stakeholders;
- following NSPCC Schools Service safeguarding procedures to the required standards;
- collaboration with internal colleagues across the organisation in region;
- being an active contributor to priority projects;
- commitment to continued professional development and practice sharing.
Do you have experience;
- delivering or arranging programmes and services in either educational or safeguarding/equivalent settings?
- working towards and meeting targets, key performance indicators and objectives?
- following safeguarding procedures, working in a child centred approach and understanding children's rights?
- in all aspects of volunteer recruitment, management, development and retention of volunteers?
- communicating effectively with a range of audiences, influencing key stakeholders?
- using IT systems and software?
- managing time effectively with excellent planning and organisation skills?
- understanding and committing to equality, diversity and inclusion in all aspects of life and practice?
- working well independently and as a team?
If so, we would love you to apply for the Schools Coordinator position. As a member of our team, our organisational values and behaviours would also be important to you.
Ready to apply?
Please apply by filling out the standard application form, including a full work history, a supporting statement that demonstrates how you meet all 10 points of the person specification by providing relevant examples/evidence. CVs are not accepted.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a first stage competency based interview. A second interview will be offered to successful candidates involving an NSPCC values-based interview and work-based task.
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Are you passionate about the role Christians and churches can play in bringing about an economy that works for people and planet? The JustMoney Movement is a small organisation with a big vision. We are looking for a Director of Movement Building to help us move towards a world where money shapes a fairer, greener future. You will lead our movement building approach, equipping individuals and congregations to understand how we are connected to the financial system and wider economy, and to act to bring about change. You will develop strategic collaborations with denominations and organisations to maximise impact. You will be an experienced leader, helping to shape the strategic direction of our work, overseeing staff and resources within our small team, and deputising for our Executive Director.
Director of Movement Building role description (0.8 FTE)
- Lead the organisation’s movement building approach, seeking long-term transformational change to our financial system and wider economy through building the power of individuals, churches and Christian networks, as part of a wider social movement for a more just and sustainable future.
- Design, implement, and lead strategic initiatives and projects for a more just use of money, especially developing individual and church learning and action on the financial system and wider economy, managing people and budgets.
- Identify and deliver learning and action opportunities, including around how individuals and churches use their own money and on tax justice. Conduct training and produce written resources in a variety of media for churches and individuals to understand the financial system and wider economy and to take tangible action.
- Develop and maintain a reasonable level of expertise in areas including ethical finance, an overview of the financial system, Christian ethics, and adult/ lay education.
- Along with the ED, be an external face of the organisation, positioning JustMoney Movement as a leading voice on issues of faith and finance, through speaking engagements, media interviews, and developing strategic collaborations to broaden reach and deepen engagement.
- Support the ED in helping to deliver JustMoney Movement’s strategy to see money shape a fairer, greener world, including managing risk, and safeguarding the culture and values of the organisation.
- Deputise for the ED as required in leading, supporting and empowering the JustMoney Movement staff team in the delivery of their work; manage staff, contractors and volunteers as appropriate.
- Contribute to a robust impact assessment framework for our activities, to enable a solid evidence base to measure impact and evolve as a result, contribute to strong relationships with funders, and meet reporting requirements.
- Support efforts to diversify income and ensure the financial sustainability of JustMoney Movement, taking a lead on developing our commercial consultancy offer and contributing to our grant fundraising as required.
- This role requires applicants to have the right to live and work in the UK and is subject to a basic DBS check.
Please submit a CV and cover letter (via CharityJob website) which should set out how you meet the Person Specification in the recruitment pack, by 9am on Wednesday 26 June. Interviews are provisionally scheduled for Monday 8 July (in-person).
We aim to be the go-to organisation for Christians and churches who want to connect faith, money and justice to seek a fairer, greener world.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This role will support the delivery of our ambitious policy influencing programme, helping to implement influencing plans to bring about the changes needed to reduce, prevent and eventually end the need for food banks in the UK. The Public Affairs Officer will be responsible for planning, delivering and monitoring public affairs activity with a particular focus on the UK Parliament. This will include a focus on engaging with parliamentarians and policy influencers who are part of Christian communities.
Role responsibilities
· Planning and delivering impactful public affairs activity: Supporting the development and delivery of public affairs plans for key projects, including high profile policy influencing campaigns, and planning and delivering engaging events in Parliament and at party conferences.
· Build support for the Trussell Trust’s policy influencing goals among UK parliamentarians and policy influencers who are part of Christian communities: Working closely with the Church Engagement team to identify opportunities to engage key audiences and effectively communicate our policy asks and strategic goal to end the need for food banks.
· Supporting a strategic approach to public affairs activity: Making effective use of public affairs systems and processes, including stakeholder mapping and horizon scanning for opportunities to engage, mobilise and work with key audiences, including UK Parliamentarians, UK Government Ministers and advisers, and assessing their impact.
· Building and managing strong relationships with key external stakeholders: Developing relationships, partnerships and networks to help raise the profile, credibility and influence of the Trussell Trust and our policy positions, particularly in the UK Parliament and with faith-based organisations.
· Working closely across the wider organisation to support our policy influencing aims: Supporting key stakeholders across the Trussell Trust to plan, deliver and participate in the Trussell Trust’s policy influencing work, including senior leaders, people with lived experience of poverty and food bank staff and volunteers.
· Building awareness of our public affairs activity and impact across the Trussell Trust: Providing accessible and engaging updates and insights from the UK Parliament and Government relating to key policy areas and helping ensure alignment with public affairs activity across the UK’s nations and regions.
Person Specification
Technical skills and minimum knowledge:
· Experience of working or volunteering in a political, public affairs or policy environment
· Knowledge of the machinery and structure of government and the UK Parliament including knowledge of faith-based structures and groupings within Parliament
· Experience of successfully delivering impactful public affairs or campaigns activity to engage UK Parliamentarians including those who are part of Christian communities
· An effective and confident communicator (written and verbal) with strong stakeholder relationship management skills
· Experience of delivering events and projects, using project management processes to meet agreed objectives and deadlines
· Self-sufficient use of I.T., including proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and cloud-based software, such as Salesforce.
Behaviours and competencies:
· Works collaboratively across teams and organisations, managing challenges in a constructive manner
· Balances competing priorities and work to tight deadlines
· Demonstrates a commitment to the values of the Trussell Trust
· Demonstrates empathy for people from disadvantaged, marginalised or socially- excluded backgrounds
· Role models inclusive behaviours, values and leadership
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Supporter Care Officer
Reports To: Individual Giving and Supporter Care Manager
Location: Remote (travel to Leicester Office & other locations where necessary)
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £28,160 per annum
Hours: Full-time (36 hours a week)
About Home-Start UK
Home-Start is a federated charity consisting of a central national office – Home-Start UK - and 178 geographically dispersed local Home-Start organisations, all working together under the same identity.
We recognise that being a parent has never been easy. Every Home-Start volunteer is trained to work alongside parents to overcome the challenges they are facing. We work with parents to build on their strengths and give them the support that they tell us they need. We offer no judgement – just compassionate, confidential help and expert support. This peer-to-peer support is key to the difference Home-Start makes and often our volunteers have lived experience of the challenges their families are facing themselves.
About The Role
This is an exciting new role within the marketing team. Reporting to the Individual Giving and Supporter Care Manager, you will enable effective communication with our supporters and build a strong connection with them by placing supporter care at the heart of our work, while also engaging potential new supporters.
You will work closely with colleagues to deliver engaging content that is relevant and resonates with the person receiving it. You will be responsible for the build, testing and sending of all supporter journeys and campaigns across different channels. You will combine the ability to manage the technical side of maintaining our CRM system to ensure records are up-to-date and correct, while also building automated supporter email journeys.
Closing date for applications: Wednesday 26th June at 5pm.
Interviews to be held virtually Wednesday 10th July.
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
Candidates will also be sent the interview questions ahead of their interview so that they may fully prepare, along with details of a short task to prepare ahead of time.
Home-Start UK is committed to Equality of Opportunity and Diversity. We wish to encourage applications from all parts of the community irrespective of gender, race, colour, age, sexual orientation or disability. Appointments will be based on merit, following an open and clear selection process.
As part of any recruitment process, Home-Start UK collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. You are under no statutory or contractual obligation to provide data to Home-Start UK during the recruitment process. However, if you do not provide the information, we may not be able to process your application properly or at all.
No agencies please.
Head of Policy and Public Affairs
AdviceUK
Home-based with regular travel and meetings in London
Permanent
Full time with part time and job share options considered (4 days/28 hours)
£64,943 - £68,230 plus Regional Weighting (up to £4,454 in London)
Benefits including 20 days of annual leave, increasing by a day each year (to a maximum of 25 days), 3 days leave between Christmas and New Year, home working allowance, 6% pension, 2 days volunteering, season ticket and bicycle loan
Charity People are delighted to be supporting AdviceUK, a small charity which improves the lives of people in need of advice through support to its members, to recruit a Head of Policy and Public Affairs.
AdviceUK makes a big impact. Its stakeholder, policy and advocacy work is across devolved nations as well as the UK. They support members, so it is easier for them to help their clients, and by directly influencing policy-makers, decision-makers and funders. There are currently 700 AdviceUK members and 1.7m people were offered free advice by members on a diverse range of issues including debt, housing, benefits and immigration problems.
This is an exciting time to join AdviceUK's growing team as they launch a new three-year strategy. The organisation will be making a significant investment in capacity, new support services and innovation to deliver the support and advice that members, the wider advice sector and their communities need.
The Head of Policy and Public Affairs will lead and have oversight of all policy and public affairs activities; developing the function; establishing policy positions; delivering evidence-driven campaigns and effective stakeholder engagement; to secure policy change and funding to benefit people seeking advice and the communities served by members.
Key responsibilities
- Strategic Leadership: Develop and implement effective strategies for policy and funder influence, ensuring alignment with AdviceUK's strategic objectives. Provide ongoing strategic oversight of political and sector trends to inform decision-making.
- Policy Development and Advocacy: Lead the creation and coordination of clear policy positions, identify influencing goals, and overseeing responses to government consultations. Represent AdviceUK at external events.
- Public Affairs Management: Oversee a proactive public affairs strategy, build relationships with key government contacts, manage stakeholder engagement, ensure effective public affairs leadership, and amplify influencing work.
- Campaign and Media Leadership: Oversee the development of effective campaigns, mobilising support and leveraging media opportunities to raise awareness and drive action on priority issues for AdviceUK.
- Research and Evidence: Oversee research and analysis to support policy and campaign objectives, ensuring evidence-based insights inform advocacy efforts.
- Leadership and Management: Provide effective leadership to the Policy and Public Affairs Department as well as other staff, line managing the department, ensuring strong performance and supporting learning and development.
- Funding and Financial Management: Foster funder relationships to secure income for AdviceUK, manage departmental finances, and ensure efficient programme management of grant-funded initiatives.
The Head of Policy and Public Affairs will have at least 3 years' experience of working in a similar role and experience and/or an understanding of the social welfare advice sector, the issues faced by advice providers and the communities they serve. The successful candidate will have developed and delivered impactful policy and public affairs strategies that have led to demonstrable change either directly or by working in coalitions and partnerships. You will have experience of acting as a spokesperson including to the media, at events, to select committees and other government or funder-led working groups. You will be a strategic leader with the ability to build strong working relationships and manage and motivate a team. You will have strong analytical, organisational and prioritisation skills.
This role is home-based. You will need to attend meetings and events in London as part of the role and quarterly SMT meetings and all staff meetings with some travel across the UK and overnight stays. There may be out of hours work for which TOIL is granted.
How to apply
The application process is CV and Supporting Statement. For more information and for the full Job Pack, please send a copy of your CV to Jen D'Souza at Charity People as the first step. The closing date is 9am on Tuesday 25 June. Interviews will take place Friday 6 July in person in London. Travel costs will be reimbursed.
Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion. We match charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.
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The Welfare Adviser will provide high quality specialist welfare benefits and housing advice, information and guidance to our service users, referring them internally and externally for additional advocacy and support as required, following organisational policies and procedures, and ensuring fulfilment of regulatory compliance with our Advice Quality Standard (AQS) accreditation, meeting the standards of quality in the delivery of advice services as required. The post-holder will work closely and collaboratively with other advisers, staff team members, interns, trainees, and volunteers as relevant, providing face-to-face advice, by telephone or other digital media.
Main accountabilities
- To provide LAH service users with high quality free specialist welfare benefits advice and guidance on income maximisation, that is accurate, effective, and tailored to their particular needs and circumstances.
- Manage an adequate caseload of enquiries from LAH service users in a condition of extreme financial need, including those who are homeless (or on the brink of homelessness).
- To contribute to the development of LAH Advice Programme, which aims to provide frontline, one-to-one advice and casework in key areas of need for the community, including welfare entitlements, housing, employment and immigration.
- Other accountabilities (Please refer to full job description document).
To apply please complete the application form attached to this post and the equal opportunities form and send it via email.
We offer legal and social advice in relation to benefits, housing, and employment law, as well as opportunities to acquire life-long skills
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you passionate about using people power to change the world? Do you believe in standing up for human rights alongside refugees and helping them to rebuild their lives in the UK?
We have an exciting opportunity for an Organiser to join Freedom from Torture in delivering our first ever big organising program, developing collective action to build a UK that is accessible and welcoming to people seeking sanctuary.
About the Role
These roles will focus on recruiting, training and managing volunteer teams to organise distributed actions that feed into a national campaign strategy. You will be developing volunteer teams and building their infrastructure online and remotely.
You will be based in the award-winning Digital & Campaigns Team at Freedom from Torture and working alongside partners at Asylum Reform Initiative & #TogetherWithRefugees.
This role is ideally London based but can also be remote, however you will regularly be expected to attend in person events in London and major UK cities, so good connections and a willingness to travel for work are required.
Due to the nature of working with volunteers, some evening and weekend work will be required with time off in lieu granted.
These roles have been funded through a grant which currently runs until 31.12.24. However, further funding is being sought to extend the project a further year, which would enable an extension of contract.
About You
We would love to hear from you if:
- You have a deep passion for the refugee rights movement.
- Relevant lived experience of being a torture survivor and seeking asylum in the UK or another country or experience being forcibly displaced from your country of birth or long-term residence
- Excellent communication skills, a people person, a person who is energised by connecting with people and has the ability to engage positively across differences in background and political opinion
- Experience working collaboratively with volunteers or grassroots groups members to organise, campaign or push for change
- Experience delivering information sessions, training sessions, or undertaking other public speaking engagements
About Freedom from Torture
In return, we offer a competitive package, with a generous 30-day annual leave entitlement, and 6% employer pension contribution (minimum 1% employee contribution).
Freedom from Torture is committed to showing the salary for all advertised roles and not negotiating salaries for roles, in light of evidence that this contributes to structural inequality.
To view the Job Description and Person Specification, please visit our website.
Please note a CV and a cover letter addressing the job description and person specification of the role are mandatory to be considered for the position.
Freedom from Torture is dedicated to healing and protecting people who have survived torture. We provide therapies to improve physical and mental health, we medically document torture, and we provide legal and welfare help. We expose torture globally, we fight to hold torturing states to account and we campaign for fairer treatment of torture survivors in the UK.
We campaign for national and global change, using evidence from our services and survivor voices to protect and promote survivors' rights and hold torturing states to account. We are proud to play a significant role in the global anti-torture movement. Survivors, active and empowered, are at the centre of all of our work.
Freedom from Torture is committed to its responsibilities under safeguarding, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure, as well as a need for full employment history and up to date employment references.
Freedom from Torture is an equal opportunity employer. People with lived experience of torture or asylum, from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQIA+ individuals and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.
No agencies please.