Young Women’s Trust is looking for a highly motivated and experienced communication and campaigns professional to lead on all our internal and external communications to increase our impact and profile.

This includes overseeing our research function, the development of our policy lines and compelling campaigns, the management of our media and wider stakeholder relationships and our brand. 

This role is ideal for someone who relishes the challenge of translating research and the voices of young women into focused policy priorities and influential campaigns, and is happy to be hands on, as well as lead a team and contribute to organisational strategy. We are looking for someone with experience of working across multiple communications channels who can support the charity in its next phase of development.

At Young Women’s Trust we value and celebrate diversity, and welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation or gender identity. We particularly encourage applications from communities under-represented in our sector including individuals from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities, and those from low socio-economic backgrounds.

You’ll be joining a team that will embrace your ideas and support and encourage you to bring your whole self to work.

Calibre Audio is the only national charity in the UK to provide a completely free for life audiobook service to everyone who has a disability that makes reading print difficult. We exist to connect our members to the books they love; to provide stimulation, companionship, inclusion, learning and escape. We need skilled, motivated and brilliant people to join us in our vision of an inclusive society where everyone with a reading disability can enjoy free and accessible books.

We currently have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and enthusiastic individual to join our team as Director of Philanthropy. This is a key role in the CEO’s leadership team, responsible for planning, implementing and growing a successful philanthropy programme for the organisation. Our charity is in the middle of an exciting period of development, and the successful candidate will be joining us at a fantastic time.

To fulfil the role, you will need to show a passion for philanthropy and an understanding of the importance of fundraising within the challenging world of a not-for profit organisation. You will ideally hold a certificate/diploma in Fundraising (IOF) but a background in a similar position and a demonstrable understanding of fundraising to a high level will also be considered. You will be ambitious and creative, with outstanding written communication, presentation and interpersonal skills. You will also have the ability to build lasting relationships with donors and hold exceptional stewardship skills.

Based in our offices in Buckinghamshire (we are also happy to discuss flexible working options) you will receive a salary of £50,000 plus benefits and work with a small but dynamic leadership team.  The post holder will also be required to manage a team of four experienced fundraisers including Small to Medium Trusts and Foundations, Legacy and In Memoriam, Individual Giving and Prospect Research so the ability to manage others and to recognise and nurture potential is also required.

As a member of the Executive Management Team, you ensure collective leadership and development of Calibre Audio as a customer centric business and contribute to making the organisation a fantastic place to work. So, if you think that this exciting role could be for you, please send in your application via charity jobs; we look forward to hearing from you.

We're looking for an exceptional and experienced operations manager to join our small team, delivering immersive and horizon-broadening residential projects, and follow-on support, for particularly vulnerable children. You'll lead on all the nuts, bolts, systems and processes that make our projects happen, being the first person staff turn to when a problem needs solving or a solution creating, as well as directly leading at least 7 of our residential projects a year in this exciting but challenging dual role. 

You'll work right alongside the charity's founders, deputising for them at times, and playing an integral role in developing this young and vibrant charity.

You'll hold lead responsibility for the year round processes that make residential projects for vulnerable children tick. With a real eye for detail and a love of fast paced problem solving in complex situations, you'll ensure effective systems are in place around logistics, children and their data, health and safety, residential venues, food, vehicles and equipment. Increasingly, you'll take on much of the day to day 'doing' of running the organisation from the CEOs, freeing up their time to focus on development and growth.

Our offer to the right candidate:

Salary: £33,000 - £37,250 dependent on experience. 

Hours: Fulltime: 37.5 hours per week. Attendance on at least 7 residential projects a year.

Leave: 46 days annually, inclusive of bank holidays and pre-set reward days. (Yes, we know how generous this is - but we ask a lot in return. See recruitment pack.)

Other benefits: 4% employer pension contribution paid on full base salary; flexible working (outside core hours); employee benefit scheme including employee health plan and reward scheme offering reduced cinema tickets, and entry to days out/attractions.

Based: Our offices near Waterloo, Lambeth, with flexibility to work from home up to 2 days a week after successful completion of probation.

To start: W/c 21st March 2022. Fixed term contract until March 2024 with strong likelihood of extension to permanence for the right candidate

What we’re looking for:

Ultimately, we’re looking for someone with a rare blend of fast paced problem solving skills, and a real eye for detail and rigour. The description is deliberately broad as we're interested in meeting interesting people, and in exploring who’s out there to help take us to the next level. But as a minimum you will need at least 4 years experience of management of systems, processes, risks and people within fast paced frontline settings supporting children or other vulnerable groups. 

All children referred to Free to Be come from complex backgrounds and as a result children can display complex behaviour - we’re looking for someone who is passionate about the rights of these children, loves working with them, and is able to throw their heart and soul into making a real difference on their behalf. You’ll need experience of responding to complex behaviour in prior roles, as well as energy, vibrancy and resilience to create solutions and keep going with humour and leadership when the going gets tough.

Attendance on our residential projects, totalling at least 48 days and nights each year, is a requirement of the role - you’ll need the flexibility to make this fit, and the confidence to take on leadership roles on these projects. Our projects use natural settings, work with animals and adventurous activities to capture young people's imaginations, so a love of nature and the outdoors, an ease with camping, and a willingness to 'rough it' a little are also important. (Although you don’t need to be Bear Grylls – our projects are about introducing young people to the outdoors and helping them experience freedom and space, rather than a focus on adrenaline pumping activities.)

This role would suit you if you’re dynamic yet empathetic, detailed yet flexible, and know that working with vulnerable young people is ‘your thing’. We are also keen to encourage applications from those who can help us represent the lived experiences of our children through their own lived experience or background. If you have the experience, drive and passion needed for this role, download our recruitment pack or visit our website to apply.

About Free to Be Kids:

Free to Be is a children’s emotional health and adventure charity, delivering therapeutically structured outdoor based breaks targeted solely to particularly disadvantaged young people aged 8-15. Using nature, the outdoors, adventure and inclusion, projects are carefully designed to help the most vulnerable young people experience feeling brave, powerful, talented and successful – often for the first time in a long time. The powerful relationships with hard to reach children forged round the campfire then form the basis of longer term support throughout the year for those most in need.

Job Title: Director FNF Global 

Accountable to: Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Direct Reports:Head of Global Partnerships & FNF Global Assistant 

Additional Support: Director FNF Academy, Deputy Director FNF Academy                 

Location: London with home working 

Pension: National Employment Savings Trust (NEST)

Term: 2 years initially after a satisfactory 6-month probation period, to be reviewed after 2 years.  Secondments will be considered.

Job Purpose

FNF is looking for a Director FNF Global to join our innovative team. 

The Director FNF Global will contribute to the organisation’s strategy, goals and plans, as well as drive both evolutionary and transformational change. The FNF Global Strategy has recently been approved by the FNF Global Committee and was ratified by the Board of Directors in December 2021

As part of the Florence Nightingale Foundation Executive team the Director will support the charity to achieve ambitious global growth to meet its strategic objectives.

The post holder will work collaboratively with Head of Global Partnerships and the FNF Academy team to ensure the successful delivery of global programmes and projects. 

The post holder will work with the Director of Income Generation to provide a creative and dynamic external focus to identify and develop a range of income generation initiatives to support the FNF Global work. This will include project-specific information to support new funding bids and opportunities. 

Keep up to date with developments in with relevant global issues for nurses and midwives, with special focus on current affairs and policy developments in target countries especially in relation to potential opportunities to develop or enhance FNF’s Global programmes and projects. 

Oversee and provide assurance to the Board of Directors that all activities meet regulatory compliance and records are accurate.

As a member of the Executive Team the post holder will contribute at the highest corporate level influencing key discussions and decisions.

Key Responsibilities

FNF Global 

• Lead and deliver the FNF Global strategy providing stretching but achievable goals.

General duties

• Ensure all activities are aligned to the overall strategic direction of the Foundation.
• Serve as a fully active member of the FNF Executive Team, supporting the CEO indelivering theorganisational strategic objectives.
• Provide strategic leadership to drive innovation across the Foundation with the aim of securing long term sustainability of income, testing new concepts, and commercial viability in partnership with the Director of Income Generation
•  Working as part of the Executive Team, develop, maintain, monitor, and report on financial performance,budgets and forecasts and KPIs.
• Encourage teams to embrace business intelligence and feedback to drive improvements.
• Ensure all risks are identified, communicated, and managed.
• Increase understanding and awareness across the Foundation regarding FNF Global activities.
• Produce reports, proposals, presentations, and associated documents for internaland external (national and global) audiences and Trustees.
• Manage external stakeholders, attend events, and give presentations to drive awareness andsupportfor the Foundation.
• Oversee the use of the CRM to record contacts and activity. 
• Ensure all activities are carried out in a manner which meets statutory and regulatory requirements.
• As a director, chair or investigate employee relations cases.
• Ensure FNF commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion is embedded in all areas of responsibility.
• Act as a champion for equality, diversity and inclusion, challenging poor or inappropriate practice in all areas of FNF delivery of service.

​People Management

• Lead and coach the teams in the areas of responsibility to achieve their personal targets andpersonaldevelopment objectives, empowering them to achieve their potential.
• Ensure all team members are appropriately trained to complete their roles, including legal compliance andall online mandatory training is complete.
• Ensure team members understand and adhere to FNF Policies and Procedures.

Competencies

• The ability to recognise opportunities for new services and products and to act accordingly, taking measured risks into account.
• The ability to develop and maintain relations, alliances, and coalitions within and outside the organisation and to use them to obtain information, support and cooperation.
• The ability to step back from one’s daily routine, explore ideas for the future, regard the facts from a distance and see them in a broader context or in the longer term.
• The ability to change one’s behavioural style and/or views to attain a set goal.
• The ability and willingness to understand, accept and carry out decisions and measures from managers.
• The ambition to win over other people for one’s views and ideas and to generate support.
• The ability to determine goals and priorities and to assess the actions, time and resources needed to achieve those goals.

Person Specification

Required knowledge, skills, and experience 

Essential

Education / Qualifications

• Post-graduate level academic or professional management qualification or evidence of equivalent experience.
• Evidence of continuing personal and professional development

Essential

Knowledge / Experience

• Experience in working with global nursing/midwifery partners
• Experience of fostering collaborative working relationships with multinational partners across the world
• Experience of managing multinational educational projects from inception to completion 
• Track record of measuring and disseminating the impact of projects through a range of media including peer review publication 
• Understanding of country specific healthcare systems, educational practices, and political influences
• Evidence of securing global funding for an organisation and/or individual projects and report writing
• Evidence of building strong internal and external (national and global) relationships
• Extensive proven Senior Management experience in a commercial or charity environment at multi-million-pound level
• Significant experience of successfully leading, motivating, and developing staff in high performing teams
• Evidence of strategic development
• Proven expertise in advocacy, and ability to develop relationships with decision-makers at the highest level
• A passion for, and understanding of, the value of leadership development in furthering global nursing development
• Experience of working in or with non-governmental organisations 
• Proven ability to plan successfully and manage a range of competing pressures
• Experience of public outreach, such as speaking engagements and media engagements
• Experience of charity governance and financial management

Skills / personal attributes

• Excellent communicator
• Excellent networker
• Team player, willing to support wider Foundation operational requirements
• Committed to the work of the Foundation and driven to support service development
• Excellent numerate and analytical skills
• Able to be creative and identify income or business development opportunities
• Full driving licence and access to own vehicle for work

A large Arts organisation in Central London is looking for a Management Accountant to join the team as their new Finance Manager

Client Details

A large Arts organisation in Central London

Description

• Full Monthly Management Accounts
• Accruals and prepayments
• Finance Business Partnering - working on forecasts to get them under control
• Work on process improvements for reporting
• Work on the role out of Charging Costs with complex union rules - run testing and controls

Profile

At least Partly Qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA or equivalent)

Demonstrable experience in a similar role

Experience of financial planning and budget setting

Experience partnering with directorates and budget holders to understand the operational and strategic priorities of the business.

Job Offer

£37,000 - £38,000

Community Fundraising Manager

37.5 hours per week

Permanent Contract

Based -  Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Wirral, with regular visits to other CCC sites (A mix of office / home working also considered, depending on candidate)

Please note: This post is Agenda for Change, Band 5 and appointments are usually made at the bottom of the salary scale

The Role
The focus of this role will be to generate income and profile for The Clatterbridge Cancer Charity through the development of an effective Community Fundraising Programme in the Cheshire West, Chester and Warrington areas.

This will involve:

• Working with community groups and local organisations

• Recruiting and managing volunteer fundraising groups across the area

• Working with high street corporates & independent businesses

• Working with schools

• Proactively recruiting new supporters and providing them with excellent donor care.

• Representing the charity within the local community

• Managing volunteer fundraisers

The Successful candidate will be self-motivating, and have a natural ability to inspire others to achieve the best possible fundraising outcome for the charity. You will devise and implement a robust action plan for your dedicated area which draws upon your own experience and abilities, in partnership with team members and based on our current fundraising strategy, to ensure success within your own income stream.

The ideal candidate will have significant experience in community fundraising or appropriate transferable skills. You will thrive on the challenge of developing new and diverse methods of attracting support for the charity, with an ability to adapt to social and economic trends in giving. Your drive, commitment and personality will allow you to grow income through excellent relationships with supporters and potential partners.

The Clatterbridge Cancer Charity

The Clatterbridge Cancer Charity is the only charity dedicated to supporting patients and research at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre – one of the UK’s leading cancer hospitals.

It’s thanks to our supporters that we can achieve so much for people with cancer across Cheshire and Merseyside, which may not be possible through NHS funding alone.

Our charity raises the vital funds needed to invest in leading technology, fund life-saving research, enhance the patient environment and enable innovations in care for the 32,000 people we see each year at our cancer centres across the region.

In line with our plans for the coming years, we have an opportunity for an experienced Community Fundraising Manager to join our Team.  This role will not only be instrumental in raising vital funds to support people with cancer across Cheshire and Merseyside, but is also key to the charity's future growth.

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s leading providers of non-surgical cancer treatment, caring for a population of 2.4 million people across Cheshire & Merseyside, North Wales, the Isle of Man and parts of Lancashire.

Our flagship specialist cancer hospital in Liverpool opened in June 2020, supported by our hospital on the Clatterbridge Health Park in Wirral providing outpatient cancer treatment and supportive care, and our radiotherapy treatment centre on the Aintree Hospital site.

Together, working across three sites and operating specialist chemotherapy clinics in four of Merseyside’s district hospitals, we are able to deliver a comprehensive range of inpatient care, advanced radiotherapy, chemotherapy and other systemic anti-cancer therapies including gene therapies and immunotherapies. We also deliver a pioneering Treatment at Home and Work service; are the only facility in the UK providing low-energy proton beam therapy to treat rare eye cancers and host the region’s Teenage and Young Adult Unit.

Working with leading experts from The University of Liverpool and the Cancer Research UK Liverpool Cancer Trials Unit we strive to stay at the forefront of novel treatments and techniques to deliver more effective and personalised treatments than ever before.

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We take an active responsibility for ensuring systems, policies and processes are in place to safeguard children, young people and adults. We support the national and local safeguarding agenda, including local arrangements for the protection of children young person and adults at risk.

This job is unlikely to attract a Tier 2 Certificate of Sponsorship (formerly a work permit). Applications from candidates who require Tier 2 immigration status to work in the UK may not be considered if there are a sufficient number of other suitable candidates. To apply for a Tier 2

For 33 years, the London's Air Ambulance Charity have been at the forefront of saving the lives of those in London severely impacted by trauma. The Fundraising and Marketing Team are tasked with raising £11million per year and in addition this in 2024, will need to raise £15million to replace the existing helicopter fleet. The team are now looking for an exceptional Director of Fundraising and Marketing to join and lead a motivated and inspired team through the coming years.

London's Air Ambulance Charity

Director of Fundraising and Marketing

Permanent

Flexible location, travel to London required

£85,000-£90,000

The new Director of Fundraising and Marketing will be responsible for the development and delivery of London's Air Ambulance Charity's fundraising and marketing strategy. Reporting to the CEO, the postholder will manage a fantastic team of over 40 people through five direct reports and provide strategic leadership and direction for the Charity. A key objective for this role will be to deliver the £15m Up Against Time Appeal, publicly launching in September 2022, and subsequent delivery. You will achieve the required income growth to fund the improvements the organisation plans and will ensure the team are building special, inspiring relationships with the people of London.

The successful candidate will be a proven Fundraising, Marketing, or Communications professional at a senior level with demonstrable track record involving a broad and complex range of stakeholders. You will be a proven leader and will enjoy motivating and mentoring staff to achieve exceptional results. You will be able to manage a heavy work programme, setting priorities and achieving targets with your team and will have experiencing of delving major fundraising growth, ideally within an appeal setting.

Application information

Closing date for completed applications: 15th February 2022.

First stage interview with London's Air Ambulance Charity: w/c 21st February 2022

Second stage interviews with London's Air Ambulance Charity: w/c 28th February 2022

To apply

If you have any disability and would like assistance with completing an application then please contact Ryan Burdock at Prospectus.

If you feel you meet some of the criteria but not all, we really hope you'll enquire and learn more. Prospectus can advise and support on each part of the role and hopefully your application, so we look forward to hearing from you.

We welcome candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds. In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will arrange for a meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.

Fashion Revolution is a small but impactful organisation with global reach and influence to citizens, industry and policy makers. We are proud of what we have achieved, both as a UK based Community Interest Company and Registered Charity, and as a global network in over 90 countries and we are now at a pivotal moment as we approach the 10th anniversary of the Rana Plaza factory collapse in 2023, the disaster which led to the founding of Fashion Revolution.

Ten years on Fashion Revolution is also growing and changing, to date, we have worked in teams with four directors taking responsibility for different areas of the organisation. We have outgrown this format and need to have one point of contact for cohesion across the organisation, is this you?

Please note you must be a UK resident with the right to work in the UK to be eligible for this role.

CHARITY OPERATIONS MANAGER

Employer: Sheffield Hospitals Charity

Department: Business Operations

Location: Office based role with some regional travel as required.

Office: Wycliffe House, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield

Salary: £26,500 Dependent on experience.

Full Time: 37.5 hours per week

Reporting to: Charity CEO / Charity Finance Director

Job overview:

We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic Charity Operations Manager to drive and maintain the day to day operations of Sheffield Hospitals Charity.

The Charity Operations Manager will oversee the day to day operational running of the office, including operations, HR and its wider Governance. Reporting directly to the charity CEO and Director of Finance.

Main duties of the job:

Manage and maintain administrative systems and procedures to ensure the team works efficiently. Maintain the relevant paperwork - guidance documents, compliance and governance requirements in hard copy and or e-filing.

Act as staff team liaison with the Senior Management Team and co-ordinate charity wide activities and discussions such as team meetings and well being activities. Support the team to balance home and “in office” working effectively.

Facilitate Trustee and other important meetings to ensure smooth running of the charity. This may include setting up video links or rooms to book, liaising with guests etc…

Responsibility to maintain minutes from all charity related meetings, ensuring they are accurately and correctly recorded.

Responsibility for managing all IT requests and equipment ensuring secure ways of working. Liaising with the external wider NHS IT Support function and support the team to train in the use of equipment.

Lead on the organisations data protection practices to ensure full compliance with GDPR.

Ensure staff compliance with the updating of records in the CRM   system and to offer advise in relation to best practice as and when required.

Facilitate Trustee Board meetings and Annual General Meetings and sub-committees. This includes managing the meetings schedule, agendas, papers, minutes and follow up actions.

This job description covers the main requirements of the post holder. Other reasonable requirements may be stipulated by the Charity CEO. The job description will be reviewed annually and may be subject to change.

Person specification:

EXPERIENCE:

Significant experience in office management and operations - Essential

Strong written and oral communications skills - Essential

Strong IT Skills, comfortable navigating through a range of software - Essential

Experience of developing office systems and procedures, to comply with GDPR, Health and Safety and Fire Procedures - Essential 

Understanding of charity governance, familiarity with supporting charity Senior Management teams and trustees - Desirable 

Understanding of human resources best practices, including remote working and or recruitment - Desirabl

ABILITIES AND PERSONAL QUALITIES:

Good time management, able to prioritise own tasks - Essential

Confident self-starter - Essential

Be Professional, with a sound understanding of the need to be discreet  confidential where appropriate - Essential           

A people person, who is good at interacting with colleagues, but able to work autonomously when required -  Essential

 CLOSING DATE: 27TH January (Reserve the right to extend if required)

SHORTLISTING: 28th January

FIRST INTERVIEWS: Week Commencing 31st January

There is a director-shaped hole at Southall Black Sisters. Will you be the one to fill it?

Southall Black Sisters is looking for an exceptional woman with that mix of political vision and management & people skills which will ensure that the organisation retains and grows its iconic place in anti-racist, anti-fundamentalist, feminist politics, and provides an exemplary advocacy service to Black and minoritised women.

Originally set up in 1979, Southall Black Sisters has become a household name. Based in West London but with a national reach and reputation for its landmark legal interventions, its contributions to changes in policy through targeted campaigns and its unique approach to casework and advocacy have brought hope and freedom to countless women who have walked through its doors.

In 1983, we set up a not-for-profit advice, campaigning, resource, and advocacy centre for Black and minoritised women, defending women’s rights and freedoms, with a particular focus on challenging all forms of violence against women, especially in relation to South Asian women. We have been in the forefront of the fight to support migrant women whose escape from domestic violence is complicated by harsh immigration rules and the absence of state benefits.

Be prepared to challenge the state, community leaders, and all patriarchal and racist institutions in support of the women who come to our centre. You should bring substantial experience in a management role, including 5 years at a senior level. You should be committed to our values and have the experience and confidence to present our case to a range of external bodies, including the media and government. You should be able to demonstrate evidence of strategic leadership, and an ability to manage change, and inspire staff teams.

Due to the nature of our work the post is open to women only (exempt under the Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9, Part 1). We particularly welcome applications from Black and minoritised women.

Help transform the way we work to accelerate our vision of a world without barriers for every deaf child.

We are the National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS), the leading charity for deaf children. We’re here for every deaf child who needs us – no matter what their level or type of deafness or how they communicate. Our vision is a world without barriers for every deaf child. Together we overcome the social and educational barriers that hold deaf children back.

We’ve come a long way in our journey to be more digitally focussed with regards to how we work with deaf children, young people and their families. The onset of the pandemic showed how we could pivot to “do” digital to deliver services to more people than ever online. We’ve never reached so many people as we do now. Around four times more people are accessing our online services than before the pandemic, all thanks to the effort and drive of everyone working together to create new, innovative ways to deliver our services.

If we’re going to achieve our vision of no deaf child left behind by 2030, we need to be doing even more. We can't just 'do' digital we need to ‘be’ digital.

The newly created Interim Executive Director of Services will join us on a 12mth FTC to deliver services to deaf children, young people and their families, with 70% of these through digital channels.

We are also creating a new customer impact and transformation hub which aims to put customer experience at the heart of all our delivery. Through an enterprise leadership approach, you will play a pivotal role in supporting this organisation wide transformation programme, bringing your staff and teams on this journey.

We seek someone with extensive experience and a proven track record of successfully delivering high quality services through digital channels and the use of digital tools, to promote service excellence and monitor and evidence the impact of service delivery interventions. You will have led significant operational and cultural change programmes at a senior level and have extensive experience of operating successfully in an enterprise leadership culture – connecting, inspiring and encouraging collaboration across your teams to enhance performance.

You will have the ability to analyse internal and external trends that have the potential to impact on the organisation and a commitment to the vision, mission and values of the NDCS. Ultimately, we seek someone with a high level of professional credibility, who is self-motivated, emotionally resilient and able to cope successfully in challenging and stressful situations.

You may need to work out of hours on occasions, including weekends and evenings and undertake travel within the UK, as appropriate.

We encourage applications from all backgrounds and are committed to creating an organisation that is made up staff with diverse skills, experiences and abilities.

Closing date for formal applications: By 9am, Monday 7th February 2022

Please click ‘Apply via website’ to be directed to the Peridot Partners website and to contact the advising consultants to discuss this role in more detail.

Sustrans Director, London

£57,697 per annum plus a London Weighting allowance of £3,995 pa

(Ref: SUS3438)

Up to 37.5 hours per week – happy to talk flexible working

Base: London – WFH 

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join us, as a Director for London, a role where you can influence real change across the city. 

Our vision has never been more relevant, join us and play a pivotal role, working with partners, to make London a happier healthier city for everyone.

About the role

As the Director for London, you will be accountable to the Executive Director, England for the overall strategic direction of the charity in London, contributing to Sustrans-wide strategic development, as a member of Sustrans’ team of directors. 

Managing seven direct reports from multi-disciplinary teams across the city, you will manage resources, providing effective, positive leadership to the heads of teams, in order to deliver Sustrans’ strategy and business plan priorities and initiatives across London. 

Strengthening our strategic relationships with key organisations and people, such as Transport for London (TfL), local authorities, the Mayor’s Office and politicians, you will positively influence decision-makers in the field of sustainable transport.

You will be responsible for income generation through business development, identifying new areas of funding, guiding your teams to do the same. You will build and manage relationships with key funding bodies and partners in order to secure funds for project delivery and implementation and to help catalyse change in London. You will assess the structure of the team, identifying the best way forward to deliver our vision and necessary change.

This role will require travel and work at locations as necessary to undertake projects on behalf of Sustrans. Candidates should be based within the South geographical area with regular travel expected to London.

Sustrans adds value to every project it supports, through the meaningful partnerships forged with local authorities and community groups, and as an independent charity stakeholder with expertise in community engagement, behaviour change and design. 

About you

You will have set strategic direction previously; and should evidence a collaborative working approach, enabling you to effectively engage with external stakeholders and influence key decision makers. Leading change internally, your strategy and clear direction will gain confidence from your team, enthusing them and creating a space where they generate innovative ideas, creating a high performing team. As an experienced senior leader you will be able to evidence motivating and managing multi-disciplinary teams.

A skilled communicator, you will be experienced in negotiations; with the ability to chair complex meetings and deliver presentations that are engaging to a range of stakeholders, such as politicians, funding bodies and local authorities.

We are looking for someone who is values driven and passionate about advocating for sustainable transport. Our ideal candidate will have significant experience of working with TfL and/or local government in London in sustainable transport, urban development or an associated industry.

Additional information

Closing date for the receipt of applications is 23:59, 26th January 2022. 

Interviews will take place via MS Teams 16th February 2022

To apply, please attach a supporting statement and up to date CV.

What we offer

In return we can offer ongoing working from home (or a nearby Sustrans office when it’s safe to do so) and a truly flexible, supportive and rewarding working environment. 

Wellbeing

• 26 days’ leave per annum plus bank holidays for full-time working
• Ability to buy an extra week of annual leave (pro-rata for part-time staff)
• Staff volunteer days
• 24/7 free, impartial and confidential support service
• We are members of the Green Commute Initiative and Cycle Scheme who both offer cycle to work schemes

Financial

• Group Personal Pension scheme with a 4% or 5% of basic salary contribution being matched by Sustrans
• Bike, computer and season ticket loans
• Discount benefits

Family Friendly

• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Flexible Working practices (full time hours are 37.5 per week, Monday - Friday)

About Sustrans

Sustrans is the charity making it easier for people to walk and cycle. We connect people and places, create liveable neighbourhoods, transform the school run and deliver a happier, healthier commute. 

Our vision and mission have never been more relevant. Across the UK, governments are pledging investment and action on walking and cycling. 

We are working together to make a real difference - creating places where everyone can live and travel happily and healthily, and where nobody is excluded.

Our work wouldn’t be possible without the commitment and dedication of our colleagues.

We are proud of our employee net promoter score, being in the top 20% of all employers across all sectors in the UK, due to our energised, friendly and motivated workforce.

Join Sustrans today and help us get things done, together!

Marketing Manager – Global’s Make Some Noise (Charity)

Reporting of the Role
This role reports to Director of Fundraising and Marketing, Global’s Make Some Noise.

Overview of job

• Make Some Noise supports small charities across the UK. As the official charity of Global, the media and entertainment company, we use its platforms as well as our own to raise money and awareness of our brilliant projects. This is an incredibly exciting opportunity to take our marketing and communication to the next level!

• You will craft our annual fundraising campaign as well as develop engaging content throughout the year.

• Finding concise and powerful ways to tell our story and highlighting the difference we make is at the heart of the role.

• You will use insight and creative thinking to develop our communication strategy and lead content creation showcasing the charities we help.

• With support from direct report(s), you will also oversee our 'Make Some Noise' website, our social platforms and CRM.

3 best things about the job

• Making a real difference to small charities as part of a great team

• Seeing your work on some of the UK’s biggest media brands, including Heart, Capital, Classic FM, Smooth, Radio X and LBC!

• A real hands-on opportunity to get creative and put your stamp on our output.

Measures of success – In the first few months, you would have:

• Understood our audiences and our fundraising potential.

• Found out about the charities we support.

• Evaluated what we currently do well and what you can build upon.

• Set some insight-led objectives to shape our comms strategy for this year’s appeal.

• Put names to faces and built relationships with your counterparts at Global.

• Developed marketing solutions across the wider Make Some Noise team, contributing to our events, partnerships, grants and community initiatives.

Responsibilities of the role

• Use insight to develop simple and effective ways to tell Make Some Noise’s story and our impact across multiple channels.

• Define the overall creative tone of our campaigns, products and the wider Make Some Noise brand.

• Project manage content creation, including video and audio, ensuring it furthers our objectives across all platforms.

• Oversee the production of design assets, marketing tools and branding.

• Set up processes to handle inventory implementation and carry out regular reporting and evaluation.

• Engage and encourage Global teams including PR, Marketing, Talent and Digital.

• Write platform-appropriate copy, ensuring content is engaging and relevant.

• Manage a tight budget with a focus on ROI and driving fundraising. Attend monthly forecasting meetings.

• Coordinate content and tools for our website, social platforms and CRM.

• Keep up to date with, and adhere to, Make Some Noise’s & industry rules and regulations.

• Ensure all communications reflect our values around diversity and inclusivity.

• Steer Make Some Noise’s internal comms across Global.

• Motivate and develop your hardworking direct report(s), ensuring their output is to a high standard.

What you will need

The ideal candidate will be proactive and willing to develop and implement innovative solutions, capable of the following:

• At least 2 years as a manager or equivalent in a marketing/comms environment. Experience in the charity sector is an advantage.

• A proven instinct for marketing strategy, knowing what makes excellent content and engages audiences.

• Excellent copywriting skills, an eye for compelling content and a strong understanding of tone of voice for different platforms.

• Creativity and the ability to step back and see the bigger picture.

• A keen awareness of trends and how they might benefit the charity.

• Resilience and able to shine in a high-expectation, performance-based, fast-paced environment.

• Brilliance at planning and highly organised with very strong attention to detail.

• A high level of literacy and numeracy as well as confidence in your analytical abilities.

* Please attach a cover letter in addition to your CV (detailing the reasons/interest in working for Global's Make Some Noise)*

Everyone is welcome at Global

Just like our media and entertainment platforms are for everyone, so are our workplaces. We know that we can’t possibly serve our diverse audiences without first nurturing and celebrating it in our people and that’s why we work hard to create an inclusive culture for everyone. We believe that different will set us apart, so no matter what you look like, where you come from or what your favourite radio station is, we want to hear from you.

Although we cannot make guarantees, we welcome conversations about flexible working for all roles at Global 

Director of Finance

Part time (21 hours - can be worked flexibly)

Permanent contract

Home or office based (offices in London, Bristol, Birmingham, Cardiff, and Glasgow)

The Big Issue mission is to dismantle poverty by creating opportunity through self-help, social trading and business solutions – a “hand up, not a hand out” We provide an “access to all’ means for people to earn a legitimate source of income, to raise their self-esteem and to take control of their lives. One of the ways we do this is through supporting vendors to sell The Big Issue magazine.

Our vendors are traders, retailers on the High Street. Since The Big Issue was launched in 1991 and its Foundation in 1995, we’ve supported hundreds of thousands of people to work their way out of poverty. Over the past two decades the magazine has become synonymous with challenging, independent journalism. It currently circulates around 100,000 copies every week.

Vendors are allocated a pitch and issued with five free copies of the magazine to get them started. From that point, vendors invest in additional magazines at £1.50 and sell them on at £3.00 retaining the profit. Last year alone, we put more than £5million in the pockets of our vendors, releasing them from a dependence on hand-outs, building confidence, gaining respect, and providing a connection and in some cases a lifeline to their communities.

The Big Issue Foundation supports Vendors (and increasingly others) with “wrap around support`’ - (health, housing, debt, addiction, mental health and employability). We do this by connecting vendors with the vital support services, personal solutions, Big Issue programmes and employment pathways that enable them to rebuild their lives and determine their own routes to a better and more sustainable future.

Managing and shaping the business model, risk and financials of any business, is one of the most critical functions of an organisation. It is the engine that provides information from which all key business decisions are made.

Like many charities, 2020 was a challenging year. However, out of crisis often comes innovation, urgency and improvement. Being a small, agile organisation, we were able to pivot our income generation and our service provision to provide support to for whom we are exist, and to ensure we remain a growing, sustainable organisation of circa £2m income and with a healthy level of reserves.

It is a tremendously exciting time to join us as our new Director of Finance. With a new operating structure in place, we are developing our plans for investment and extending our growth across the UK.

You will be a strategic and commercially minded Director of Finance that welcomes a ‘hands-on ‘role with one direct report and a number of services delivered by third party organisations. You will work closely alongside the CEO to shape the business model, improve our effectiveness and will have significant opportunity to influence across the whole organisation, including at Board level.

You will have experience of and enjoy driving improvements and efficiencies, shaping and implementing new systems, processes and financial models. You will have a flair for and enjoy presenting information in numeric and visual formats, which are accessible for non-financial managers.

As Director of Finance you will be responsible for the management of the charity’s finance in compliance with regulation and will ensure that the organisation is meticulous in meeting its statutory duties. You will be responsible for leading on and delivering the annual return to the Charity Commission. You will ensure that our resources are utilised to best effect and that risk is sensibly managed in pursuit of our charitable objectives.

You’ll join us in promoting a culture of openness, collaboration, flexibility and ambition and ensure the Foundation remains true to its core values as we grow. Our culture is important to us. You’ll enjoy collaborating to develop and deliver strategies and plans that enhance both employee wellbeing and business performance.

The successful candidate is likely to be a qualified accountant who brings senior financial management experience within the charity sector, or acting as a charity finance trustee and/or as a Treasurer in a voluntary or non-executive capacity.

How to apply

Application is by way of a CV and a Supporting Statement of no more than 2 sides of A4 which highlights your motivations for applying and how your experience and knowledge fit the criteria of the Person Specification.

Closing date: 10.00am Thursday 27th January 2022

Selection and timescales:

There is a two-stage selection process.

First Interviews:               Wednesday 2nd February 2022

Second interviews: Wednesday 9th February 2022

The format of the interviews will be determined by the COVID-19 guidelines and restrictions that apply at the time.

If you would like an informal and confidential discussion about the role before you formally apply, please contact our recruitment partner: Carroll Lloyd, Director, NFP Consulting