Charity events manager jobs

We develop highly agile, resilient and skilled young professionals who represent and compete as Team UK in the WorldSkills Competition. WorldSkills is the global hub for skills excellence and we use the knowledge gained from our participation and engagement to drive the greatest skills education from across the world into UK practice.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a good grasp of organisational and management skills with a track record of managing multi-stakeholder projects with experience in relationship and partnership building. The successful applicant will also have a passion for developing high-impact skills development programmes that accelerate the growth of young people’s skills.

WorldSkills UK is an independent charity and a partnership between employers, education and governments. We’re a leading member of WorldSkills, a global movement in over 85 countries.

Together, we use international best practice in skills development to raise standards in apprenticeships and technical education so more young people and employers succeed.

We are working to develop a world-leading UK skills economy by:

• supporting young people, from all backgrounds, to become world-class in skillset and mindset through national and international competitions-based training programmes and careers advocacy;
• improving training quality to world-class standards by mainstreaming international best practice in policy and practice across UK
• helping boost economic productivity and investment potential by providing intelligence on world-class skills to employers.

As an organisation that is continually striving to ensure it is both diverse and inclusive in all areas of its recruitment and employment processes, we would like to collect some additional details from you. On this basis all applicants are asked to complete an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Monitoring Questionnaire. Please refer to the application pack for the questionnaire.

This information is classed as sensitive data and you are not obliged to give it to us. You will not be disadvantaged in any way should you choose not to.

The information you supply is not used to process your application, nor does anyone directly responsible for the selection process ever have access to it. The data is pseudonymised and used to understand how best to meet our equity, diversity, and inclusivity targets.

Careers & Employability Delivery Manager (Sheffield)

Contract: 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

Hours: 35 hour per week

Location: Home based with travel in Sheffield

Salary: Circa £27,000 per annum

Benefits: Hybrid working opportunities, Flexible hours, 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays, Private Health Care, Employee Assistance Programme from Hospitality Action, Employee benefits scheme including lots of discounts, Access to learning & Development Platform FLOW, Career progression

Our client is recruiting for a Careers & Employability Delivery Manager to join their team.

The Company

Our client futureproofs the talent pipeline for hospitality by helping people to get sustained employment through their specialist careers advice and guidance, skills training, tailored employability support, dedicated after care and access to work placements, which launch people into future careers in the hospitality, leisure and tourism industries.

Our client inspires younger people to explore careers in hospitality, giving them knowledge and skills, through their education programmes in schools, colleges and universities.

This charity champions and strengthens the hospitality industry, promoting it as a rewarding and worthwhile career path, collaborating with their business partners to attract and retain talent and equip hospitality businesses with hard-working, motivated and enthusiastic staff now and in the future.

The Role

As a Careers & Employability Delivery Manager you will carry out a multitude of activity to plan, manage and deliver the Charity’s careers, education, and employability programmes. The programmes help young people and unemployed adults – particularly those with multiple barriers - into work in hospitality, tourism and leisure.

Your work will include facilitating the Charity’s education programmes in schools, colleges and universities; deliver Ambassador training; as well as delivering their employability programmes. You will also help to improve the appeal of the industry through campaign activity and supporting Business Partners. You will contribute to the targets of getting people into work in the sector and work directly with employers, referral partners, education bodies, and beneficiaries. You will be responsible for data collection and report writing and have a portfolio of business partners to look after.

A day & month in the life of the Careers & Employability Delivery Manager ….

· Recruit, plan, outreach for, and deliver employability courses/support, secure work placement and job opportunities from employers, mentor caseload to exit point

· Plan, organise and manage interactive and appealing careers events & activities – such as skills challenges, showcase days, taster events, takeover days & careers campaigns

· Plan, organise and facilitate education programme activity including the national FutureChef competition, and facilitate employer engagement in schools, colleges and universities

· Deliver the Charity’s Ambassador training

· Contribute to on-going development of programmes & activities

· Manage, build and nurture relationships with industry, business partners, education, organisations, government – including active networking activity

· Carry out regular reporting on all activity on CRM system for impact tracking

· Closely collaborate & communicate with colleague’s cross departments to ensure efficient and productive working

This job is for you if you have…

· A proven track record in delivering a range of careers, education & employability activities

· Training/teaching and careers guidance experience/qualifications

· A good understanding of HLT careers and the needs of Industry

· The ability to multi-task and prioritise with brilliant organisation and time management skills

· Experience in managing and building key relationships

· Strong IT systems skills and social media ‘know how’

Ideally you will….

· Be passionate about helping people improve their lives

· Excited about supporting the HLT industry

· Be flexible and proactive

· Be data driven and solutions focussed

· Be someone who shares their core values.

‘INSPIRE’ ‘MAKE A DIFFERENCE’ ’CUSTOMER FOCUS’ ’LISTEN’ ’INCLUSIVE’ ’DO’ ’HONEST’

hr inspire Ltd is an equal opportunities business consultancy and employment agency that is serious about its compliance with legislation and GDPR. hr inspire Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this role.

Please note: By submitting your details in relation to this role you are giving us permission to both submit your application to the employer and retain your details on our database of job seeking professionals for future reference.

Supporting people with sight loss to live the life they choose is at the heart of what we do. The Fundraising Manager role, known at Guide Dogs as a Committed Giving Campaign Manager Retention, is an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic Individual Giving team which plays a vital role in raising funds to support our life-changing services.

The role-holder will be responsible for developing customer journeys across all of Guide Dogs’ regular giving program which includes Sponsor a Puppy and the Lucky Lottery, as well leading a team to deliver the Committed Giving Retention marketing plan to maximise donor income and life-time value by giving our donors the best supporter experience.

This hybrid role is 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week. The role-holder will work a minimum of 2 days in the office and the remaining 3 days from home.

We wouldn’t be able to change lives without our employees. That’s why it’s important for us to create a working environment that looks after our wellbeing. We offer a wide range of benefits for our staff which include:

• A 35-hour working week
• 26 days holiday plus bank holidays (rising to 28 days after three years service)
• Generous pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave
• Flexible benefits package, discounts, and cashback scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme

More details about this role, the Organisation and the recruitment process can be found in the attached candidate pack and job description.

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.

Essential

• A proven track record and experience in a results-driven direct marketing environment, managing budgets and a variety of projects to delivery simultaneously.
• Experience of working across different marketing channels, including print, digital and social media.
• Be data-driven and be able to interpret a wide range of data from different sources.
• Demonstrable experience of managing external suppliers.
• Ability to manage individual and team performance to deliver results.
• Ability to create a team environment which promotes wellbeing and maximises personal effectiveness.

Desirable

• A professional marketing qualification.
• Previous experience working within the charity sector.
• Proven experience of managing a team in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrable understanding of GDPR, Fundraising Code of Practice, Gambling Commission legislation, Gift Aid and developing customer journeys.
   

For the complete list of essential and desirable criteria please see the Job Description below.
 

If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role.
 

How to apply
Applications need to be made using the online application form, accessed using the ‘apply’ button above. Please note the system has a one-hour time limit.
 

Guide Dogs follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the vulnerable people we work with. As part of this, we require a full work history with any gaps accounted for & a minimum of 2 professional referee details fully covering the past 5 years. If there is not enough space in your application form to provide this information, please ensure you upload additional documentation containing the additional detail.
 

Diversity
Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality. We encourage applications from people with disabilities as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invitation to interview for all applicants with disabilities who demonstrate, within their application form, sufficient evidence to meet the essential criteria for the job.
 

Safeguarding
Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.

New opportunity not to be missed! Centrepoint, the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity, is looking for a Challenge Events Officer to join our Mass Participation & Events team based in London. In return, you will receive a competitive salary plus excellent benefits.

We help vulnerable young people by giving them the practical and emotional support they need to find a job and live independently. Together with our partners, we support thousands of homeless young people each year.

It is a truly exciting time to be joining Centrepoint, as we head into year two of our new five year strategy ‘Change The Story: Ending Youth Homelessness All Together’ towards our vision to end youth homelessness by 2037.

The Challenge Events Officer will be a key member of the Mass Participation and Events team, where you will be responsible for supporting challenge event participants with their fundraising efforts in aid of Centrepoint. The post holder will also support the marketing and logistical planning of our portfolio of third-party challenge events.

The ideal candidate will have proven experience of working in a supporter or customer-facing role, with excellent communication and relationship building skills. They will be confident in communicating with varied audiences as well as possessing excellent copy-writing skills for supporter communications. Excellent organisation and multi-tasking skills are vital, as well as the commitment to giving supporters exceptional stewardship.

Main responsibilities include:

• Engaging and stewarding challenge event participants, supporting them with their fundraising activities and building strong relationships that encourage loyalty and maximise fundraising potential.
• Supporting the delivery of marketing plans and Race Day logistics
• Managing admin processes, including thanking fundraisers, processing income, updating the Raiser’s Edge database, stock checking and sending out resources
• Managing the development of fundraising resources needed for event participants
• Working collaboratively with the Mass Participation and Events team to support one another to collectively reach the team target.

In return for your efforts you’ll receive a competitive salary, excellent training and development, and a host of staff benefits including:

- 25 days of annual leave per year, rising by one day per year to a maximum of 27 days

- Excellent training package to ensure you have the skills and knowledge to build a new career

- Employer pension contributions of 4%

- Clear career progressions, linked to portfolio work that enables movement up the pay scale

- Access to Cycle 2 Work loan scheme

- An interest-free travel loan

At Centrepoint we challenge the discrimination within society that contributes to youth homelessness, and we are just as committed to fairness and equality within Centrepoint itself. We are passionate about ensuring all of our colleagues are made to feel included in the work we do and that we value the rich diversity within the organization.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, belief in any religion and none, gender identity, ethnic origin, class, sexuality, nationality, appearance, unrelated criminal activities, disability, responsibility for dependents, part time or shift workers, being HIV positive or living with AIDS, lived experience of homelessness or using young people’s services and any other matter which causes a person to be treated with injustice.

Centrepoint’s policy is to recruit, employ and promote people on the basis of their suitability for the work to be performed, and to this end, our aim is to ensure that all applicants, employees and volunteers receive equal treatment.

This is a full-time opportunity with a closing date of 30th August 2022.

Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to join our team as a Challenge Events Officer. Click ‘Apply’ now!

Care4Calais are recruiting for a Policy and Advocacy Manager with experience of asylum and human rights to develop and deliver our advocacy strategy and campaigns during a critical time for the refugee sector.

This year will be incredibly important for the future of refugee rights in the UK, and the fast paced and high-profile nature of the sector can be challenging.  We’re looking for an experienced policy and advocacy manager who is analytical, clear sighted and is a natural communicator. If you are ready to oppose the clear and present danger of the Nationality and Borders Act we’d love to hear from you.

As an expanding charity working in complex and politicised environment, the work can be highly pressured, so a calm resilience is important.

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to

• Produce evidence-based thought leadership on the impact of asylum policy of the lives of refugees, asylum seekers and communities in the UK and France
• Influence policymakers by representing the voices of refugees and asylum seekers.
• Effect changes in Government practices and policies that positively impact the lives of refugees
• Draft quick responses to media issues that are underpinned by organisational policy and messaging into account the most up to date political and policy information
• Build and maintain relationships with key media, policy and political stakeholders to increase the charity’s reputation, profile and influence

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a fearless team of game changers dedicated to positively changing the lives of refugees.

The role

This is a new role to support the CEO to deliver Care4Calais’ brave and bold policy work and to increase its impact.

Care4Calais’ policy work is based on our unique position working with refugees both in Northern France before they come to the UK and across Britain as they start to rebuild their lives. The core focus of this role is to create real change for refugees in the UK and to work at the interface of policy and communications to influence both the public and policy makers.

Essential

• Experience of writing clear, accurate and insightful documents to advise, critique, and influence Government, policy makers and the public.
• Experience of crafting engaging and compelling campaign asks that have influenced policy, practice or behaviours.
• Experience of interpreting complex ideas in technical language into engaging material for non-technical or non-policy audiences.
• An informed, critical thinker who can identify insights and trends, and is keen to debate and develop opinions.
• Knowledge of the UK Government’s refugee and asylum policy
• Knowledge of international human rights law and asylum law

Please provide a covering letter that explains why you are suitable for this role and why you want to work with Care4Calais - we will only consider applications that are accompanied by a covering letter.

Additionally, applicants should supply:

• Links to two policy engagement campaigns that they have worked on.
• Links to two blog or other pieces of writing they have written.

Tower Hamlets Education Partnership (THE Partnership) is a young charity with a big mission: to support all our schools to deliver the very best education to improve outcomes for their pupils.
If you are driven by social purpose and want to work with a dynamic and growing charity supporting the children and young people in Tower Hamlets to achieve their best possible outcomes, we want to hear from you.
We are looking for an experienced and committed Operations Manager to manage our operations team in delivering high quality services to our member schools. You will be well organised and customer focused, with strong change management skills. You will be practical and focused in developing operations systems and processes, willing to do what it takes to get a job done.

• To ensure continuous improvement in the efficiency and effectiveness of all operations support services.
• To manage the following operational areas: Finance, HR, Member Services, Communications, Events, THEP Connect, ICT, Premises, General Administration.
• To develop the operations systems and processes of THE Partnership to ensure their ongoing fitness for purpose.
• To support the Director of Operations in the leadership and management of THE Partnership’s operations support services.

Senior Partnership Manager - Corporate Partnerships
3 x Contracts Available - 2 x Permanent Contract and 1 x Fixed Term contract (6 months) 
Full time, 34.5 hours, we are open to a conversation about how you work these hours
London Office based or Home-based 

Salary Range - National: £36,000 - £41,000 London: £39,500 - £44,500

We have a fantastic opportunity for three Senior Partnership Managers to join the Corporate Partnerships team at Macmillan Cancer Support. These positions offer exciting opportunities to lead on some of our strategic partnerships. You will build, develop and manage our award-winning partnerships at Macmillan Cancer Support and to join one of the leading teams in the sector. 
 

Looking to put your partnership building skills to good use and support people living with cancer? This could be the role for you.

About the Role

In this role, your accountabilities and responsibilities are…

• Ensure partnerships in portfolio are delivered to plan and meet targets
• Lead on strategy and proposition development to support your portfolio, securing the maximum value for Macmillan through income generation, service development and influencing in line with Macmillan’s agreed organisational strategy and objectives
• Manage the team to deliver on targets, meet agreed partnership KPIs and personal development objectives
• Support on partnership growth opportunities across your team and partnerships
• Inspire, motivate and build capability and capacity within the team through effective training, coaching and mentoring as well as sharing best practice
• Identify, manage, influence and steward key decision makers in your portfolio of partners to enable long-term commitments across the portfolio
• Resolve conflict to facilitate the future development of our corporate partnerships
• Oversee partnership renewal liaising with the New Business team and other Macmillan departments where appropriate
• Work with teams across Macmillan to plan best allocation of resources across your portfolio to maintain efficient and considered servicing of partnerships
• Support on development of New Business propositions, proposals and pitches and allocate resourcing for new partnerships
• Maintain expert knowledge of market and competitor activity and liaise with Research and Insight to maximise benefits
• Contribute to the development of the Corporate Partnerships and Relationship Fundraising strategies seeking opportunities to develop new products where necessary
• Be familiar with and adhere to all relevant Macmillan policies and procedures at all times

Any other duties as reasonably required in line with skills, knowledge, and experience to contribute to Macmillan’s wider success.
 

About you

• Experience of managing client relationships in corporate fundraising (preferably) or commercial sector
• Evidence of successful account management experience, dealing with high value accounts and delivering to targets and objectives
• Full understanding of Gift Aid regulations and tax efficient charitable giving
• Good knowledge of relevant charity law
• Proven track record in effective leadership and development of direct reports, including evidence of the ability to coach and develop staff
• Influencing and negotiating skills
• Experience of budget planning and forecasting
• Evidence of working with board level stakeholders at large organisations
• Experience in delivering impactful presentations and public speaking – confidence addressing small groups, large meetings or individual VIPs

About us
Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions. We strive to build a more diverse organisation, where everyone feels empowered to be their best self to work.

We welcome applications from everyone who meets the criteria and strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another ethnic minority background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Macmillan. Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our internal employee representation body, ‘Our Voice’ and 8 Employee Network groups help us promote fairness and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.

So we can support you to be your best during the application or interview process, please contact Macmillan People Services Team for advice and recruitment adjustments. In your application, please feel free to note which pronouns you use (for example, she/her/hers, he/him/his, they/them/theirs).

Recruitment Process
The application deadline is 11 August 2022, with virtual interviews taking place between 25th August - 1st September 2022.
We are interested in hearing from candidates with experience in a range of sectors and if anyone would like an informal chat, please do get in touch.

In order to ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all of our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed so that shortlisting is based solely upon the suitability of the candidate’s experience.

Cycling Projects trading as Wheels for All is a National Inclusive Cycling Charity, working to make cycling accessible to every person on their own terms. Through our growing number of inclusive cycling hubs across England and Wales, Pedal Away and Bike Buddy initiatives, we have enabled many people to enjoy the benefits of cycling so far and are on a journey to upscale our delivery to reach many more.

We couldn’t do what we do without our volunteers. Volunteers are the lifeblood of our charity. With a variety of roles offered, we attract a diverse range of enthusiastic individuals who help us deliver our services in their local area.

You will ensure we are delivering a high-quality, consistent, and enjoyable service whilst maintaining a rewarding and fulfilling relationship with those who join our volunteer journey in an engaging, effective, and efficient way.

Wheels For All is committed to achieving equity for all current and prospective employees. We do not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We believe that an inclusive workplace, where people of different backgrounds work together, ensures better outcomes for all employees and the organisation as a whole. We therefore strongly encourage suitably experienced people from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.
 

Key skills needed for this exciting role: You will be a strong communicator with excellent and adaptable interpersonal skills in person, virtually, and in typed context. You will have significant experience of volunteer management (ideally on a large scale) and leading successful recruitment drives and delivery of high-quality volunteer support, training and management.

A key element of this role will include working with the team to capture & monitor the impact of our volunteer services.  You will work with our HQ and Regional Staff to deliver the volunteer strategy for 2022/23 which encompasses coordination and support of existing volunteers, recruitment and succession planning, and be involved in the delivery of improved two way communications from HQ and within the regions.

You should be competent on all Microsoft software, with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail when processing data ensuring compliance with the GDPR at all times.

Experience of managing databases, writing e-newsletters, managing mailing lists, coordinating, and facilitating online meetings (with help from our team) is desirable. Training will be provided for the right candidate. In return we offer a competitive salary with 24 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) and pension.

You don’t need to be a cyclist to apply for this role, but you do need to share our passion to deliver our services and enjoy making a difference to people’s lives.

Closing date for applications: 25th August with interviews being held week commencing 29th August 2022.

Wheels for All

11 / 13 Wilson Patten Street, Warrington, WA1 1PG

Company limited by guarantee Reg no. 2618968 Charity No. 100330

Job title:Senior Relationship Manager

Location: Home/office based assigned to an office in Launceston, Bristol, London, Manchester

Reporting To: Head of Developing Communities

Contract: FTC to 31 March 2025

Salary:£48,000-£55,000

Date Closes: 4th September 2022

Role Purpose:

Reporting to the Head of Developing Communities this role plays an important part in the provision of capital grants to our charity and social enterprise customers working in the youth sector as part of the Youth Investment Fund (YIF).

We are looking for someone who has previous experience of funding of property / real estate / asset acquisition or redevelopment (which could be in the form of capital grants or lending) and managing a team of funding managers.  This is a great opportunity for someone to be involved in making a difference to young people.

The Youth Investment Fund (YIF) is a £368 million fund created by the UK government to create, expand and improve youth facilities and services in England to drive positive outcomes for young people.

YIF is being delivered by a partnership between Social Investment Business, The Key Fund, National Youth Agency and Resonance.

Together, we aim to deliver grants for up to 300 facilities in selected eligible areas across England by 2025 that represent positive value for money, are environmentally sustainable and enable positive activities for young people aged 11–18 (up to 25 for young people with SEND).

This funding will drive value-for-money facilities that youth organisations can afford to sustain. Using innovative construction techniques, as well as supporting redevelopment projects that expand youth service provision, the YIF will achieve savings on facility running costs, so that resources can focus on activities that enrich young people’s lives.

It will support projects to level up youth provision, assessing and distributing grants so that local youth facilities and services can be the best they can be. 

This role will be employed by Resonance Ltd, a leader in social impact investing and a growing company, so you’ll need to enjoy working in a fast-paced work environment with a friendly and supportive team.

Our values are:

• We are a bridge, not an institution
• We believe there is always a solution
• We build trusting and transparent relationships, one investment at a time
• When we strive for mutual profit, all of society benefits

Key Responsibilities:

1. Responsible for managing a team of up to four Relationship Managers at Resonance who are assessing and managing capital grant investments as part of the Youth Investment Fund (YIF) and oversight of the grants under management of the team expected to be c. £90m+
2. Support Relationship Managers and make decisions on grant execution that fall outside of the procedures/standardised grant and security documentation, drawing on legal counsel support as required.
3. Ensure approval decisions and funding conditions are clearly communicated to the Relationship Managers.
4. Ensure that the funding assessments by Relationship Managers are completed to a high quality across the ‘three pillars’ of the YIF: organisational resilience, construction/redevelopment project viability and supported activities for young people. This may include coordinating support from experts and the wider YIF partnership.
5. Provide input and proposals to the Director of Investments and the Head of the Youth Investment Fund that help contribute to the ongoing improvement and development of the funding programme.
6. Authorise funding drawdowns, reviewing that the Relationship Managers have undertaken all the required checks and that approval conditions have been met.
7. Sign off facility letters and security (where applicable).
8. Ensure that the Relationship Managers are undertaking robust monitoring of grant and grants are being draw to schedule.
9. Discuss potential variations to the terms of funding with the Relationship Managers (including challenging situations where the organisation is not able to bring the capital project in on time and on budget or is otherwise in financial distress) and approve variations in line with delegated authorities or recommend for approval to the grants committee as required.
10. Relationship Managers (RMs) will be undertaking grant assessments and due diligence in conjunction with NYA and Construction consultants, and the assessment panels and grant committees will make all grant award decisions. This role oversees the production of assessment reports by RMs and co-ordinates with the senior member of the RM teams across SIB, Key Fund and Resonance, who are managing RMs at their organisations.
11. Support and/or lead on relevant YIF projects as and when required.
12. Support Head of Developing Communities on other projects as required.
13. To work within Resonance’s mission, vision, values, and processes to achieve operational excellence.
14. To adopt our continuous improvement and learning ethos.
15. To support and embed equality, diversity and inclusion (ED&I) into day-to-day behaviours and activities within your role as well as contributing more widely across Resonance’s commitment to ED&I.
16. To support and contribute to the implementation and delivery of Resonance’s strategy.

Skills and Experience:

Core competencies

• Commitment to quality, equality, diversity & inclusion, and customers.
• Team player with the ability to work independently.
• Experience of construction, real estate or property funding (capital grants or lending).
• Experience of managing a team of funding relationship managers or assessors, and excellent leadership skills.
• Commercial lending or social investment – Significant experience of subjective funding – social investment or commercial funding to include significant experience of transaction management and execution.
• Credit cycle: Experience of working in commercial lending or social investment through at least one previous credit cycle.
• Working at pace: Ability to work to deploy funding at a fast pace, whilst retaining control and oversight.
• Commercial awareness and numeracy skills – experience of talking to and understanding businesses and organisations.
• Strong attention to detail – experience of reviewing detailed information and picking up key details.
• Problem solving – experience of finding problems and assessing why problems occur. Adaptability and flexibility to changing needs and ability to deliver results under pressure.
• Communication – strong interpersonal and influencing skills and the confidence to effectively communicate at all levels.
• Organisation/time management – experience of managing a large amount of data and delivering results within specified timescales to a high standard.
• Strong IT skills.
• A passion to help financially viable charities and social enterprises access funding

Desirable competencies

Knowledge of the voluntary, community, and social enterprise sector, particularly the youth sector.

Essential Event Management is pioneering in the Christian events arena, enabling Christian charities as well as corporate clients to deliver their Christian ministry and commercial goals, with innovative and cutting-edge physical and online event solutions.

As we enter an exciting season of growth and development, we are looking for a highly capable events manager to come and lead our project delivery team. With proven experience in project and people management, you will lead a small team of project coordinators in implementing a strategy that delivers high-quality physical and online events and brings revenue growth and brand recognition to EEM and our clients. You will be able to demonstrate knowledge of writing event plans, conducting health & safety risk assessments, drafting tenders and contracts, and understanding and adding value to the Christian ministry and commercial goals of our clients.

Due to the nature and context of this role, there is an Occupational Requirement that the post-holder be a practising and committed Christian, seeking to grow in their discipleship, and an active and regular worshipping member of a Christian church.

If you love to work with people, possess a ‘can do’ attitude, have management experience in an events environment, and a desire to be part of a fast-paced and pioneering organisation, then we want to hear from you.

Overview: 

The Student Community Action manager will oversee the day-to-day running of the organisation, whilst contributing to the strategic direction along with the elected executive committee.

Main Duties:

• Ensuring the development of Student Community Action’s community based projects.

• Investigate and project manage SCA’s development in light of possible options for expansion and collaborative working.

• Monitoring, analysing and reporting on all current and projected SCA projects and activity

• Managing all financial and administrative procedures including raising funds each year as forecast budget dictates

• Supervising the recruitment of all volunteers and the maintenance of the volunteer and client databases

• Responsibility for SCA’s income generating DBS Service

• Maintaining good communication levels between all members of SCA

• Managing all procedure and policies within SCA and developing new ones as appropriate, especially 

• Taking responsibility for staff and volunteers training as necessary, and line managing as appropriate

• Meeting regularly with line manager to target priorities

• Attending SCA committee meetings as directed.

• Dealing with external projects and internal project leaders regarding volunteers or any issues that arise

• Completing other tasks necessary for the day-to-day running of the organisation as required.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential: We would consider candidates who can demonstrate a substantial number of the following:

Committed to the values of SCA

Previous office and voluntary sector experience 

Experience of managing budgets and fundraising experience

Knowledge of Disclosure and Barring services

Able to work well with student volunteers and clients

Able to work on own initiative with minimal supervision

Good organisation, time management and communication skills.

Non-judgemental attitude

Flexible attitude to work

Able to work under pressure

No relevant convictions

Willing to undertake appropriate training

Desirable:

Driver with clean licence

Knowledge of Health & Safety legislation

Background

The RSPCA is about to undergo the most fundamental transformation journey in its near 200 years. Despite serious financial pressures across the charity sector, the RSPCA is looking forward to the next stage of its long history.

We are looking to transform our service offerings, how we engage with customers, government bodies and partners across the animal welfare sector, as part of a new vision to ensure we are here for another 200 years. This is not just about bringing the RSPCA into the present, but re-establishing it as the forward-looking leader for animal welfare. 

Programme Aim

To produce a sustainable operating model that allows the Society to continue to help all animals most in need, those who have tragically experienced cruelty, neglect and abuse, whilst using a partnership model to ensure wider animal welfare is still serviced.

• Develop a sustainable & compliant model that delivers improved & evidenced animal welfare outcomes.
• Deploy our resources more effectively, reducing inefficiency & duplication.
• Work more collaboratively with others, internally and externally.
• Take a leading role in building capacity and standardisation among animal welfare networks.
• Transform our culture from inward-facing to outward-facing - we listen & we learn. 
• Adopt evidence-based innovation & best practice.
• Value, understand and promote our expertise & specialist knowledge. 
• Become role models for high-quality, focused animal welfare provision

Please note that these roles are being offered as 24 month fixed term contracts. 

Purpose of Senior Programme Manager for Animal Journey Programme:   

To manage the scoping, planning and delivery of a transformational change programme to remodel the front line animal welfare service provision to the public to ensure that the RSPCA is focussed on supporting the animals most in need. 

To manage senior stakeholder engagement and change management and to oversee the projects and to hold them, and other business leads, to account for delivery and to align with the broader change programme.

• Facilitate challenging conversations and creative commissioning / service design discussions 
• Build excitement around the vision for the programme
• Manage the programme plan, communications plan and RAID
• Working with the Partnerships team to develop a partnership building capability with other charities and government agencies to help deliver the necessary animal welfare services
• Revised processes & practises for animal centers, hospitals, wildlife centers and Inspectorate to support the partnership working
• Review and improvements in private animal boarding establishment use and private vet processes and practices
• Establishing a national networking, rehoming and fostering practice
• Establish appropriate welfare oversight and auditing
• Recommendations on improvements to MI/KPI tracking
• Recommendations on supporting systems & roadmap

Knowledge, skill and experience for Senior Programme Manager for Animal Journey Programme:

• Experience of running commissioning / service design programmes
• Experience of drafting commissioning documents and presentations
• Experience of having to lead creative thinking
• Experience of working and communicating at a strategic level with key stakeholders in order to build successful relationships and navigate top level politics, with evidence of managing by influence to achieve successful outcomes to complex business problems and proven experience of ensuring that projects remain viable and aligned to scope and strategy
• Experience of establishing strong governance structures and good reporting lines
• Experience of running projects for multiple business functions
• Extensive experience of stakeholder management, identifying, addressing and resolving differences between individuals and/or interest groups
• Experience of using project management tools to manage development activity
• Extensive experience creating Gantt charts, including resource leveling, dependency chains and critical paths
• Experience in controlling, reconciling and reporting on projects
• Experience of analysing complex data to produce useful management information
• Experience of using work package

Purpose of Senior Project Managers -Animal Journeys:

As one of our Senior Project Managers (PMs), you will play a key role within the project delivery processes at the RSPCA.

As a Senior PM, you will deliver complex projects using the RSPCA's Project Management Framework, successfully delivering the benefits and outputs of those projects to deliver business change across the organisation.

You will manage and create proactive, enthusiastic and delivery oriented project teams within a matrix reporting structure and you will be expected to actively build & sustain key stakeholder relationships, take ownership of project delivery and assess business satisfaction with delivered results.

You will control and report on program /project deliverables, progress against milestones, budget, resources, risks & issues in accordance with project governance framework already in place and seek to continuously work towards delivery excellence.

Knowledge and Skills Required for Senior Project Managers - Animal Journeys:

• Degree level or equivalent professional experience 
• Certification in an industry standard project management methodology
• Proven successful delivery of complex enterprise wide change management projects
• Experience of running projects for multiple business functions
• Extensive experience of stakeholder management, identifying, addressing and resolving differences between individuals and/or interest groups
• Proven experience leading a project team through matrix management
• Experience of using project management tools to manage development activity
• Extensive experience creating Gantt charts, including resource leveling, dependency chains and critical paths.

Behaviours required for all roles:

Delivering results  - Achieving impact and value for the customer through great performance management and empowerment
Communicating and influencing - Delivering inspiring and courageous communications and influencing others to achieve
Acting as one team - Creating a one team culture and achieving impact for our customers through our collective efforts across and outside of RSPCA
 

Enabling change - Building an adaptive, resilient organisation, managing change well to set ourselves up as a stronger organisation for the future
Engaging people - Building trust based relationships with a personal, honest and caring approach to one another
The roles will be hybrid; working from our London Hub in Blackfriars with a high focus on remote working. Trips to our hub will be for core collaboration.

Please note that these roles are being offered as 24 month fixed term contracts. 

Challenge Events Manager, Interim or 'Temp to Permanent' option available, joining a Health Research Charity, based in London. Offering Hybrid Working; 2 days office and 3 days working from home. Starting ASAP. Circa 3 months +

Experienced Challenge Events Fundraisers, available immediately? Looking for an interim or a temp to permanent position?

As the Challenge Events Manager, you will lead on the development and delivery of an existing and growing challenge events programme, including various marathons and sporting events. You will ensure all participants are supported and remain engaged with the cause, and the team has the tools to recruit supporters and continue to build its supporter base.

• Manage and develop the annual programme of challenge, sports and outdoor events
• Set targets for each participant and monitor and manage their participation to maximise return on investment
• Maximise the use of marketing channels to effectively promote events and to increase engagement
• Manage external agencies and suppliers to promote event opportunities and deliver a high-quality supporter experience.
• Contribute to business planning and budgets for challenge, sporting events.
• The role will have the opportunity to manage a Supporter Engagement Officer.

We are looking for an experienced Challenge Events Fundraiser who has a strong track record of success managing sports and challenge fundraising events. Proven ability to create and implement marketing plans (online and offline) for events-related activity to increase participants. With excellent communication skills to build and develop relationships with suppliers and colleagues across the wider team.

TPP's Fundraising and Development team is supporting a fantastic East-Midlands-based Hospice with the search for a Events Relationships Manager - Challenge Events. In this role, you will serve as the "go-to" person for all who want to support the charity by taking part in running and challenge events (e.g. London Marathon, Great North Swim etc.). This is a part-time role (21 hours - 3 days), and is hybrid office (1 day per week) and home-base. There is flexibility in relation to your work pattern - you can adapt and refine in line with the business need and also your own personal commitments.

The Fundraising team has been through a period of change, and this role forms part of a new structure. This role looks after in-house mass participation events, managing every element from health and safety to volunteer briefings. You'll encourage hundreds of people to sign up and get sponsored.

The Hospice offers generous annual leave allowances, health insurance, a up to 5% pension contribution and a firm commitment to staff development.

To be considered for this role you will be passionate about Challenge Events - that may be demonstrated through direct experience of working for a charity in this area, or interest in challenge events on a personal level (and experience of delivering events in another capacity). You will have a proven track record of charity fundraising and of delivering results against set targets. You will also possess a full driving license and have access to your own vehicle.

To apply, please send through an updated CV in response to this advert in the first instance - a member of the TPP Fundraising team will then be in touch with next steps. Alternatively, contact Frederick Hillinger via [email protected] or 0207 198 6040.

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.