Charity Support Officer Jobs in Westminster, Greater London
Stories and Media Officer
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced storyteller to show the impact of live music in healthcare through the voices of the charity’s diverse community. This could be people who have experienced the live music, their family members, health and care staff, musicians or other stakeholders.
The Stories and Media Officer will be skilled at telling stories in different ways for a variety of audiences and channels, including success with local or national PR campaigns. They will demonstrate human connection and the power of music to create special moments and memories.
This is a remote, part-time role, offering some amazing benefits!
Position: Stories and Media Officer
Location: Remote (UK Wide)
Hours: Part time, 22.5 to 26 hours per week
Salary: £26,000 - £28,000 pro rata, per annum
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: Tuesday 25 June
Interviews: Thursday 4 July via Zoom
The Role
You will build trust with people the charity is sharing a story on behalf of and foster lasting relationships. You will manage media contacts, seeking out relevant opportunities in the press and work with partners on features.
Main duties and responsibilities include:
- Lead on storytelling - writing effective and powerful stories to meet the needs of different functions, including fundraising materials, direct marketing, social media, sector reports and events, press opportunities, website features and publications.
- Attend live music experiences to conduct interviews and facilitate photography/filming etc
- Proactively identify and propose opportunities where stories can support and amplify the work of the charity, increasing awareness and supporting fundraising and impact reporting.
- Work within the communications team to facilitate social media and video content
- Manage a database of stories, case studies and quotes
About You
You will have experience of working across organisations to gather powerful and impactful stories and of building and maintaining relationships with different stakeholders. You will have a proven track record of successfully selling stories into local media and of managing stories in a database, including measuring and reporting on campaign performance.
Why join the team?
You will be offered on the job training and support for your development alongside other fantastic benefits:
- Opportunity to work your hours flexibly
- 35 days annual leave per year (pro rata) including the opportunity to take most bank holidays when you choose
- Employer pension contribution of up to 6%
- Employee assistance programme
- Enhanced Maternity Pay
- Budget for personal development and training
- Positive organisation culture with a firm understanding of supporting remote (hybrid) teams
- Opportunity to help share live music with people who may not otherwise get to experience it.
When applying for this role you will be asked to submit a CV and Covering letter of no more than 2 sides of A4.
About the Organisation
The charity seeks to share joy through live music with people receiving care or treatment in healthcare settings across the UK, including those who are vulnerable, the elderly, those with dementia and in critical care.
Skilled musicians are carefully selected through a process of audition. Sessions are tailored to the both the setting and the audience to ensure that they can reach and connect people, encourage communication and meaningful interactions and evoke emotions and memories to make people feel good one tune at a time.
The successful applicants will require a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) or equivalent check.
The charity is committed to becoming an organisation that reflects society and promotes diversity and inclusion, and would particularly welcome applications from people who are currently under-represented, including disabled people and those from Black, Asian and other minority ethnic communities.
You may have experience in areas such as Media, Stories, Content, Communications, Digital, Marketing, Marketing and Communications, Digital Marketing, Digital Communications, Media and Content, Content Creator, Media Officer, Stories Officer, Content Officer, Communications Officer, Digital Officer, Marketing Officer, Marketing and Communications Officer, Digital Marketing Officer, Digital Communications Officer, Fundraising, Media and Content Officer, Journalist.
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
Who: We are looking for an experienced, self-starting Finance Manager for the Central Foundation Schools of London, a charity supporting two state schools in London, with investments and endowments in the region of £40m.
Responsibilities: The Finance Manager will be responsible through the CEO to the Board, for day-to-day management of the charity’s accounts and all financial operations. They will manage the financial record keeping, payroll, pensions, banking and oversee the tracking of Foundation’s investments and income. The postholder will provide accurate financial management information, including quarterly cashflow forecasting and management accounts and co-ordinating the annual budget setting process. They will be responsible for preparing the annual accounts to the required standards and overseeing the annual audit process. They will also provide advice on a range of operational issues to ensure sound asset management, value for money and compliance with statutory requirements relevant to the charity’s financial operations. They will contribute to the shared leadership of the organisation including collaborating on the implementation of the Foundation’s strategy.
Our Work: For over 150 years, the Central Foundation Schools of London has supported two schools in inner London. Between them, the Girls’ School at Bow Road, Tower Hamlets and the Boys’ School is based in Cowper Street, Islington provide places to over 2,500 young people. Today, the Foundation continues to benefit students at these two schools while also supporting the schools to strengthen the opportunities, facilities and educational excellence for current and future students.
Our People: We are a small team with three part time staff managing the day to day work of the Foundation. A Board of 18 trustees/directors volunteer their time and skills and collaborate closely with the small staff team. In 2022 the Board started a process of transformation and modernisation of the charity’s operations and processes. In 2023, alongside refreshing our governance, supporting two major building programmes and updating our financial operations, we established our first strategy addressing how we can best support the Schools over the next decade and more.
The Role: To support the exciting opportunities presented by the new strategy, Central Foundation Schools for London are recruiting a permanent Finance Manager to provide professional management of the charity’s accounts, ensuring the charity’s operational effectiveness and efficiency, accurate financial management information and advice, preparation of the annual budget, management of our investment portfolio as well as compliance with statutory for the production of the Annual Statutory Accounts in compliance with latest SORP and legislation.
Experience: We are looking for a fully qualified accountant with good post-qualification experience with the ability to work independently and lead the charity’s financial operations.
Hours: Working 2 days a week, the appointed candidate will have the flexibility agree their working pattern with the chief executive. Ideally, the new Finance Manager would work Tuesday or Wednesday (or both) on site in the Foundation office when other staff members are also on site.
Our Offer: Salary £48,000 - £54,000 pro rata dependant on experience;b ased near Old Street, with flexibility in days/hours by agreement; enhanced employer pension with option to join from day 1; 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (pro-rata); taining and development support, including support for continuing professional development.
Through an exceptional Central Foundation education, every student learns, develops, and grows so they can reach their full potential.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
You don’t have to know about Down syndrome. You can learn about Down syndrome, but we need you to know how to nurture the heart of an organisation and its people.
Freelance/self-employed contract for 3 – 4 days per week
£30k - £40k p.a. depending on experience & hours – hours and fee are negotiable
Please see our video on our website (Meet the Team, Current Vacancies) for further details from our Chair, James.
Lead the 17-year-old charity into a brighter future
The role demands quality skills and experience in management, governance, building teams and communities, fundraising and finance – in person and online.
Can you simultaneously be creative, a problem solver, ideas person, developmental, positive leader, supporter, confidante, prudent and adventurous?
We are very keen to hear from you. Please send your CV and a 5 min video explaining who you are and why you suit the role and would like this work.
Please send your CV and a 5 min video explaining who you are and why you suit the role and would like this work.
Enabling children with Down syndrome to maximise their potential
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Location: Hybrid working between the Aldgate, London office and home.
A great opportunity has risen for an Individual Giving Officer to support our work to engage and grow our audience as part of our Supporter Giving and Legacies team.
Asthma + Lung UK is the only charity in the UK fighting for everyone with a lung condition, aiming for a world where everyone can breathe with healthy lungs. We fund cutting-edge research, provide advice and support for the 12 million people who will get a lung condition during their lifetime. We also campaign for clean air and for better NHS diagnosis and treatment.
You will be a key point of contact for the team, working across fundraising campaigns, liaising with agencies and managing stock for our online shop. Supporting across all aspects of our portfolio to ensure that our supporters receive the best possible experience.
You will have excellent communication skills in writing and verbal, strong IT skills and experience in a fundraising environment. You will be organised, target oriented and a team player.
As well as a competitive salary, you’ll enjoy a range of benefits including 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), membership of a health cash plan, employee assistance programme, cycle-to-work scheme, interest-free annual season Travelcard loan and pension scheme. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an organisation committed to being the driving force behind the transformation of lung health.
Interviews ongoing - Please apply as soon as possible.
Full Fact – Philanthropy Officer
Location: Remote working.
Salary: £30-£35,000 per annum
Contract: Permanent, full time hours.
Full Fact, the independent fact checking charity, is seeking a fundraising professional to grow their impact and safeguard their independence by raising funds from charitable trusts and high net worth individuals.
Full Fact is a team of independent fact checkers and campaigners who find, expose and counter the harm it does – a team which has seen firsthand how bad information promotes hate, damages people’s health and hurts democracy. Full Fact fights for the right information to reach the people who need it most, whether that’s individuals making decisions about their health or who to vote for; or politicians debating the future of our country.
The Philanthropy Officer will create and manage their own portfolio of existing and potential philanthropy donors and use relationship building skills to create strong links with both new and existing donors, including delivering high quality stewardship and reporting on Full Fact’s successes. The post-holder will create and update detailed and persuasive cases for support for new and existing Full Fact projects and deliver successful events that align with Full Fact’s mission and increase engagement. The role will also involve forecasting potential income from the portfolio, prepare updates for the Board and setting and meeting effective objectives and key results for Full Fact’s fundraising.
The ideal candidate for this role will have two years of fundraising experience, preferably in trusts and/or major donor fundraising. You will have experience of writing compelling fundraising appeals and inspiring reports, and of designing and managing engagement events, as well as possessing a good understanding of working with philanthropists and charitable trusts. Your persuasive communication skills will be combined with the ability to build internal and external relationships with integrity and empathy and you will have an organised and proactive approach to work. Finally, you will be committed to the political neutrality of the organisation’s work and an understanding of public debate in the UK and sensitivity to the political context they work in.
Please download our Candidate Pack for further information [PDF], which includes details on how to apply.
Closing date: 9am BST, Monday 1st July.
Job title: Grants Manager
Responsible to: Senior Grants Manager
Line Management: None currently
Location: Central London. We offer flexible and hybrid working but office-based work will be essential on a regular basis.
Salary: £43,000 per annum
Benefits: includes 25 days holiday (plus bank and public holidays) with length of service increments, contributory pension scheme, flexible working options, enhanced staff wellbeing package.
Main purpose of role: To manage the day-to-day running of our grant programmes to organisations and support the practical implementation of any new grant programmes from application process through to due diligence and record maintenance.
Main duties and responsibilities:
Grant management
- Act as the first point of contact for grants to organisations.
- Manage a portfolio of organisational grants that deliver our theory of change outcomes.
- Provide full grant management of our organisational grants, including: preparing grant deeds, keeping track of payments and reporting requirements, distilling learning, to grant renewal considerations.
- Organise and conduct regular meetings with funded organisations to learn alongside organisations and see the work in action.
- Implement grant making processes that reflect best practice and encourage learning through our grant making.
- Keep up-to-date with changes and developments in the external environment and work with colleagues to reflect this in strategy and practice.
Grant programme development
- Undertaking scoping and research for new grant programmes, and developing practical knowledge about new programme areas as required.
- Providing project management support for new grant programmes alongside the Senior Grants Manager.
- Taking a lead on the negotiation of new grant agreements.
- Managing the day-to-day processes required by any new grant programme from concept through to advertising the fund, assessing grant applications, due diligence, writing recommendation papers to trustees, to awarding funding and gathering and sharing learning.
Other activities
- Working with the Impact team to develop our monitoring and evaluation capabilities with funded organisations.
- Working with the Partnerships and Participation Manager and Policy and Best Practice Manager to ensure that our grant making processes are informed by the key stakeholders.
- Working with our fundraising and communication team to ensure we are communicating effectively with supporters about our work.
This is not an exhaustive description of the job. Aspects will change over time and the job holder is expected to contribute to its development and progression.
Person Specification
Experience
- Grant management.
- Monitoring and evaluation.
- Liaising with a range of stakeholders.
- Knowledge and understanding of the range of situations facing people experiencing homelessness.
Skills and abilities
Essential:
- Experience of managing multiple projects with competing priorities.
- Can demonstrate strong analytical skills to be able to interpret information and data.
- Experience of maintaining confidentiality in line with current GDPR legislation and company policy and procedures.
For more information on this role, please see the application pack attached.
How to apply
If you would like to join the St Martin-in-the-Fields Charity team as Grants Manager, please provide the following via our online jobs board:
- A current comprehensive CV (no longer than two A4 pages) outlining your key achievements in previous and current roles with details of two referees (who will not be contacted without your prior consent)
- A covering statement (no longer than two A4 pages) supporting how you believe your skills and experience match the requirements of the job description and role specification
Closing date: Sunday 30th June 2024, 23.59pm
Interviews will be held in person at St Martin-in-the-Fields in the week beginning 15 July 2024.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
As a Marketing and Communications Officer, you'll leverage your creativity and proficiency in copywriting and editing across a variety of digital platforms. Your mission will be to enhance our brand's digital presence and convey our social purpose, with a focus on our brand-new website and multiple newsletters. With a keen eye for detail, you'll also create high-quality insight reports that demonstrate our impact and identify areas for improvement.
Your role extends to supporting PR tasks and collaborating with the Insights Team to maintain high data quality, to enhance newsletter targeting and distribution.
You'll report directly to the Digital Marketing Manager and collaborate closely with the Digital Content Officer, ensuring that the right content reaches the right audiences and our digital channels achieve optimal engagement and growth.
About you
You are a creative and analytical Marketing and Communications Officer, skilled at using digital marketing to build brand engagement and grow audience reach.
You have experience curating engaging content for websites and newsletters and developing and implementing digital marketing campaigns in collaboration with others.
Your understanding of user journeys and SEO will ensure that Youth Music’s new website is impactful, current and audience focused. Tasked with supporting projects from concept to completion, your organisational skills and ability to meet deadlines will be critical to your success.
You also excel in liaising with agencies and partners, and your analytical skills enable you to create reports and use data to inform marketing plans.
Key responsibilities
- Maintain a regular flow of engaging content for our websites and newsletters, ensuring consistency and audience engagement.
- Write copy for the website, newsletters, and occasionally for social media. Ensure all copy is engaging, informative, and tailored to the intended audience.
- Regularly update and maintain the company website. Liaise with internal partners to ensure all content is current and relevant.
- Support the development and implementation of digital marketing campaigns in collaboration with the Digital Content Officer (DCO) and the Digital Marketing Manager (DMM).
- Coordinate closely with website, content, and Google Ads Grant agencies to ensure seamless alignment with Youth Music’s digital marketing strategy.
- Work with the DMM and DCO to create detailed monthly and ad-hoc reports. Analyse data to gauge the effectiveness of marketing plans and identify areas for improvement.
- Implement SEO strategies to improve the visibility and ranking of the company’s website. Stay updated with SEO best practices and adjust website content accordingly.
- Provide support to the Head of Marketing and Communications with PR tasks.
- Collaborate with the Insights team to interpret data collected from marketing campaigns, the grants programme and audience research. And optimise our use of databases, ensuring the highest quality of data is maintained on Mailchimp for more effective newsletter targeting and distribution.
General
- Carrying out all such additional duties as are reasonably commensurate with the role.
- This job description is not necessarily an exhaustive list of duties but is intended to reflect a range of duties the post-holder will perform.
Person specification
Essential
- At least one year’s continuous experience working in a similar role.
- Experience writing and editing compelling and accessible copy for various platforms such as websites, newsletters and social media.
- Knowledge of SEO strategies and best practices to improve website visibility and ranking.
- Proficiency in updating and maintaining website content to ensure it remains current and relevant.
- An understanding of the principles of data protection.
- Experience using data and insights to inform digital marketing plans.
- Skills in database management, particularly in using databases like Mailchimp for targeted marketing efforts.
- Proven creative thinker, with ability to generate new, forward-thinking, and relevant ideas
- Strong communication skills to liaise effectively with agencies, internal partners, and team members.
- Knowledge of and commitment to inclusion, diversity, equality and accessibility.
Desirable
- Experience in a charity, agency, youth or music organisation.
- Experience overseeing a Google Ad Grant account.
- Experience using Drupal.
- Understanding of the music education and / or music industries landscape.
- Passion for music and interest in its benefits for individuals and society.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you an experienced Payroll Project Manager looking for an exciting opportunity to make a real impact in a reputable charity organisation? If you have a hands-on approach and a passion for payroll, we want to hear from you!
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee the selection and migration of a new payroll system from the current Sage setup.
- Assist the Finance Manager in monthly payroll operations, including data submission and using Sage.
- Ensure payroll accuracy before final sign-off by the Finance Director.
- Verify P32 agreements with payroll journals and manage pension deductions.
- Provide technical support to the Finance Manager and cover their duties during absences.
Ideal Candidate Skills:
Essential:
- 3-4 years of strong payroll experience.
- Proven expertise in payroll reconciliations.
- Experience in payroll system migration.
- Hands-on approach with excellent technical skills.
- Good communication skills.
Desired:
- Experience with Sage.
- Experience implementing People Planner as a time sheet system.
- Background in transitioning payroll from an outsourced provider to in-house.
- CIPP qualified.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary
- Opportunity to work with a respected charity
- Professional development opportunities
- Collaborative and supportive work environment
Applications are under constant review so please apply as soon as possible to avoid missing out!
In our company values we aim for equity at all stages of the recruitment process, please let us know if we can do anything to make the process more accessible to you.
About us
We’re Breast Cancer Now, the research and support charity. We’re the place to turn to for anything and everything to do with breast cancer. However you’re experiencing breast cancer, we’re here.
The brightest minds in breast cancer research are here. Making life-saving research happen in labs across the UK and Ireland. Support services, trustworthy breast cancer information and specialist nurses are here. Ready to support you whenever you need it. Dedicated campaigners are here. Fighting for the best possible treatment, services and care for anyone affected by breast cancer.
About the role
At Breast Cancer Now, we’re seeking a Senior Press & PR Officer to join our ambitious press, PR & celebrity team for 12 months. The role is focused primarily on the charity’s Fundraising portfolio, including our corporate partnerships and high-value fundraising events, all of which raise vital funds that help the charity to deliver world-class research and provide life-changing support for anyone affected by breast cancer.
About you
As an excellent communicator, you’ll be great at building trusted and influential relationships across a range of stakeholders including colleagues, journalists, external partners and advocates and ambassadors of Breast Cancer Now. This will help you bring our work to life, working collaboratively and effectively and at pace.
With significant experience in developing and delivering impactful PR campaigns, either in-house or in an agency, you’ll tell powerful stories around our fundraising activity to achieve cut-through in the media and drive further engagement and support (including financial) from our key audiences.
Always putting the patient voice at the heart of our work, you’ll be innovative and creative in your approach to secure maximum profile for annual events and campaigns, building on previous years’ successes and bringing fresh angles to this work to maximise engagement with the media and key audiences.
With strong written skills and an instinct for what makes a good news story, you’ll thrive in a fast-paced press office, and always consider how content can be integrated and delivered across communications channels for greatest impact.
The successful candidate will be excited to be part of an ambitious, focused and supportive wider Fundraising, Communications and Engagement Directorate, which has a remit to reach and engage more people with our work than ever before, and to develop our fundraising to become a sustainable organisation for the future.
Job description and benefits
Please download the job description and our attractive benefits package.
Primary location of role and hybrid working
This role is primarily based in our London office. Our hybrid working model allows you to work up to 3 days per week at home.
When applying
We hope you choose to apply for this role. To support your application, you’ll be asked to submit your anonymised CV and a supporting statement. Please refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as you can with examples, to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria. If you’ve any immediate questions please contact us.
Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
We’re committed to promoting equity, valuing diversity and creating an inclusive environment – for everyone who works for us, works with us, supports us and who we support.
We will be assessing applications on a rolling basis and may shortlist and invite candidates to interview before the closing date, therefore, this role may close before the advertised closing date.
Closing date 9am on Friday 28 June 2024
Interview date Week commencing 8 July 2024
About Women in Prison
Women in Prison is a national, women-led, feminist organisation. We deliver front line support to women harmed by the criminal justice system, through our work in prisons, in the community and ‘through the prison gate’ as they resettle back into their communities. We also campaign for systems change that addresses the root causes of offending, reduces the harmful impact of prison, and creates workable, community-based alternatives to imprisonment.
Job Purpose:
You will be joining Women in Prison’s new fundraising team which secures funding from a range of sources including individual donors, corporate supporters, and charitable trusts and foundations. We are looking for someone who can work flexibly to support the administrative and operational needs across different areas in the team including major donor giving, individual giving, trusts and foundations and legacy giving.
Day to day tasks will include managing the fundraising team’s administration function, carrying out prospect research, thanking donors and donation tracking, and providing support for various fundraising activities such as supporter/cultivation events. You will also build productive relationships with individual supporters and organisations through the delivery of exceptional supporter care.
Key Responsibility Areas:
- Provide support across the Fundraising team
- Stewardship
- Information Management
- Financial
- General
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About ADI
ADI is the worldwide federation of Alzheimer associations which support people with dementia and their families. ADI was founded in 1984 and registered as a non-profit organisation in the USA. Based in London, ADI has been in official relations with the World Health Organization since 1996.
ADI’s vision is risk reduction, timely diagnosis, care and inclusion today, and cure tomorrow. ADI works by empowering Alzheimer associations to promote and offer care and support for people with dementia and their family carers, while working globally to focus attention on dementia and campaign for policy change from governments. ADI produces global socioeconomic information on dementia and publishes the World Alzheimer Report as well as a host of other publications.
ADI holds official status with the World Health Organization and routinely works with the OCED, UN, G7, G20 and other multilateral and regional bodies, plus directly with government ministries and key stakeholders
Each of our members is a non-profit Alzheimer association supporting people with dementia and their care partners. We can only achieve our aims if we work closely together with our members and other non–governmental organisations.
Our values
- Respect: treating all people affected by dementia with respect and ensuring their rights are protected.
- Integrity: transparency in our relationships with each other and our external stakeholders.
- Inclusiveness: reaching out and enabling all stakeholders to be represented and heard equally without prejudice or discrimination while celebrating and leveraging our diversity.
- Accountability: being transparent and accountable, as well as fiscally responsible and effectively governed, with a commitment to excellence in all our work.
- Cooperation: developing mutually beneficial working relationships and partnerships.
Job description
This position is full-time, permanent, and based in the ADI office in London. Some international travel for several days at a time will be required. Remote or international applicants may be considered for this role depending on circumstances.
Salary £26,000-£29,000 p.a. (London based)
ADI offers flexible working, an 8% employer contribution to a contributory pension scheme, employer-sponsored pension guidance, and a cycle to work scheme.
Main purpose of the role
- Policy: Assisting and strengthening ADI’s policy & advocacy work, supporting campaigns and engagement with multilateral bodies, including the World Health Organization and United Nations, and supporting member associations in national level advocacy work with government and key stakeholders
- Communications: Supporting the delivery of ADI’s communications, particularly where this intersects with policy.
- Advocacy: Supporting ADI’s campaigning and advocacy work, including the annual World Alzheimer’s Month campaign, as well as other ad-hoc initiatives.
Key tasks
- Work with the Policy & Communications Manager to deliver ADI’s policy and advocacy output at multilateral, regional and national level
- Support policy strategy including the writing of briefing and position papers, official statements at World Health Organization, United Nations etc. Liaison with key organisations (World Health Organization, United Nations etc.) including setting up of meetings, agendas, report notes and managing action points.
- Preparation of presentation slides and speeches, predominantly for CEO, Deputy CEO and key Board members.
- Help build and maintain relationships with external stakeholders relevant to ADI’s policy portfolio, deputising for the Policy & Communications Manager, Deputy CEO or CEO in meetings where relevant.
- Assist ADI’s communication with national Governments, multilateral bodies and civil society partners including the drafting of official letters and meeting preparation.
- Assist in the development or press releases and other media engagement opportunities, working with the Policy & Communications Manager and ADI’s media agencies.
- Monitor and report on ADI’s coverage in the media.
- Work with ADI’s Digital Lead to translate and align ADI’s policy and advocacy work to its communication portfolio, through the development of blogs, emails, news items, social media posts or other relevant communication medium.
- Support policy event participation and policy event logistics, including the managing and briefing of speakers, participants and volunteers. Plus representing and presenting on ADI’s behalf.
- Support ADI’s campaigns, including ADI’s annual World Alzheimer’s Month campaign. Generate content to support ADI’s publications portfolio as required.
- Any other reasonable task commensurate with this post as required by the Policy & Communications Manager, Deputy CEO or CEO.
Person specification
Skills knowledge and experience
Essential:
- Experience in policy and advocacy, including helping develop evidence-based policy positions and recommendations.
- Experience in preparing for and supporting stakeholder meetings. Fluency in English with an ability to analyse and write clearly and concisely about complex issues and to varying audiences.
- Strong project management skills, and an organised approach to work, with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Experience in communications, including the development of content for diverse audiences on social media, webpages and blogs, newsletters and other forms of dissemination. Experience working with the media.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Windows, Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint, ideally with proven experience of developing quality presentations for diverse audiences.
- Experience of building constructive relationships with stakeholders across multiple organisations.
- Ability to communicate clearly, sensitively, and persuasively.
- Ability to work on own initiative without supervision, manage a diverse workload, prioritise tasks and work under pressure to meet tight deadlines.
- Ability to work well within a team.
- Ability and willingness to travel independently for several days at a time including internationally.
- Empathy with ADI’s aims and values.
Desirable:
- Experience working internationally with multilateral bodies
- A second major world language.
- Experience of working with elderly or other community organisations
- Experience of working for a charity or NGO
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
We need an events manager who is adept at managing projects and events, working with our fundraisers and encouraging our supporters to get involved in our events such as our annual trek, the prestigious Care Sector Ball, and all the other events we’re involved in. The right person will have the confidence and persistence it takes to persuade, cajole, prod and encourage fundraisers to do as much as they can to raise funds for us. You need to be proficient at managing the admin that goes with events, including using fundraising platforms such as Just Giving and Enthuse to engage with fundraisers and provide regular reports on the income raised. We will also need you to organize hotel, travel, conference arrangements for the team.
You must be based in England, to help us keep travel costs down as much as possible. The role is home based, with travel to fundraising events, conferences and network meetings, and with travel every 10 weeks or so to central London for team meetings.
You must be a determined self-reliant professional though also a team player, to effectively coordinate and execute events and other activities, and be passionate about events management and fundraising to enable us to raise as much money as possible for the charity.
Skills & Qualifications:
- Determination and a ‘can do’ attitude
- Well developed interpersonal skills, particularly around negotiation, persuasion, motivational and collaborative attributes
- Experience of managing fundraising platforms such as Just Giving and Enthuse
- Excellent organisation and planning skills
- A high level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Good IT skills particularly MS Office packages
- Ability to produce reports and information based on income received through fundraising and other platforms
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work under pressure
- Must be able work in a fast-paced environment
- Work well in a team but also be self-motivated
To be successful in this role you must have:
- Experience in event management, preferably in the charity sector, and be able to demonstrate a strong track record in fundraising and achieving financial targets.
- Creativity and confidence with a strong sense of determination willing to persevere to engage and encourage potential fundraisers.
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The ability to build professional relationships, tell the charities story in order to engage supporters and remain upbeat and positive when in challenging situations.
The willingness to get stuck in, to attend events to cheer our fundraisers to the finishing line and to encourage others to take part.
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Salary: £27-30K
Length of Contract: Permanent, Full time
Start date: August
Location: Remote, with occasional travel to events and face-to-face meetings
Reporting to: In2research Programme Manager
Direct reports: Programme Intern - at variable points in the year
About us:
In2scienceUK’s aim is to promote social mobility and diversity in science, technology, engineering and maths. We do this by leveraging the skills and passion of researchers and STEM professionals to support young people from low socio-economic backgrounds to achieve their potential and progress to careers in STEM.
We are in a pivotal moment of our development. With a new CEO joining in 2021, six new Trustees on our Board and a new five-year strategy launching in 2022, we are set to grow in size and profile. The team is dedicated, passionate and enthusiastic about empowering young people.
Designed in partnership with UCL, In2research is a year-long programme that aims to improve access to postgraduate research degrees and careers for people from low-socioeconomic and underrepresented backgrounds. Through workshops, mentoring, professional development days and an eight-week research placement, participants receive the development opportunities and insight they need to progress onto postgraduate research degrees and careers in STEM, Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities subjects.
What we are looking for:
We are looking for an In2research Programme Officer to help expand our high-quality programme by supporting all stages of the programme including: planning; delivery; recruitment; stakeholder management and evaluation.
With multiple internal and external stakeholders involved in the continual success of In2research, excellent communication and project delivery skills will be key in this role. You will be an organised and motivated self-starter who thrives in the face of change, enjoys creative problem solving, working in a team and can achieve deadlines on a tight timescale.
You will also have an understanding of the barriers facing people from low socio-economic backgrounds in accessing postgraduate research degrees and be passionate about diversity and the importance of representation in academia.
We want to hear from people who can passionately represent the interests of the diverse young people that we serve. We are not asking for particular qualifications. We care about your character, your skills and potential. If you can turn strategic aims into impactful programmes and can see yourself making an impact in our organisation, we want to hear from you.
This role is a career accelerator. At In2scienceUK we are champions of people and we are here to support you to achieve your career goals - however ambitious they may be.
Duties and responsibilities:
The purpose of the Programme Officer role is to support the successful delivery of the In2research Programme.
Your specific duties will include:
Programme Delivery
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Manage participants and volunteers from application stage to successful completion of the programme, including recruitment, matching, onboarding, troubleshooting throughout the programme and evaluation.
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Maintain excellent working relationships with funders and delivery partners and other external stakeholders to further the delivery of our work. This will include working and communicating with academic and professional services staff at universities, consultants, placement supervisors, mentors and workshop leads
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Create and develop engaging communication materials about the programme including programme guides, presentations, posters/flyers, case studies and website text and images.
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Work with delivery partners to design and deliver programme’s online and in-person activities, including recruiting and training speakers for: workshops; careers panels; mentoring sessions; placements and large scale away days and celebration events
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Track project performance, manage risk assessments and ensure projects are delivered on time and to a high standard
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Ensure the highest standard of record keeping, maintaining accurate, complete, and up to date records in accordance with data protection policy
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Support the collection and creation of case studies, working closely with the fundraising team to ensure funder requirements are met.
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Evaluate programme processes/systems to recommend and implement improvements to support the delivery of a high quality programme experience for participants and volunteers.
As duties and responsibilities change, the job description will be reviewed and amended in consultation with the post holder. The postholder will carry out any other duties that are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the job as requested by the line manager.
Person specification:
Essential:
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Excellent organisational skills, able to multitask and manage a varied workload while paying attention to the tiny details
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Experience delivering programmes and/or projects within the education, career development and/or employability sector
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An understanding of the social and economic barriers that prevent some people from progressing into postgraduate research and an ability to recognise the importance of diversity and inclusion in postgraduate research
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Experience working with one or more of the following groups: young people, people from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, volunteers, universities or STEM professionals/employers.
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Experience developing and maintaining strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders at various levels.
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Experience designing and delivering large-scale events, both online and in-person, such as training sessions, away days and workshops
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong presentation skills and an ability to adapt to a range of audiences.
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Flexible and adaptable, with an ability to pick up new tasks quickly, showing resilience when faced with challenges.
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Knowledge, understanding or experience of programme or project evaluation.
Desirable:
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Experience of working with universities and academic institutions, knowledge and understanding of the postgraduate application process
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Experience of student or volunteer recruitment
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Knowledge or an understanding of safeguarding practices.
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Excellent IT skills including experience of Gmail, Google Workspace (or Word, Excel and Powerpoint)
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Experience working with databases.
Benefits:
At In2scienceUK we practise what we preach by giving all staff opportunities to progress in their careers. You will have the opportunity to develop your career with your line manager to get you to the next level from day one.
Although we take our career development seriously we also value work-life balance. You will have the opportunity to work flexibly from home, balancing your caring responsibilities, volunteer commitments, hobbies and anything else that makes you happy.
In2scienceUK is a remote based organisation, that requires occasional travel across the UK for events and staff co-working days.
You will have 28 days of annual leave per annum, plus bank holidays.
Commitment to Safeguarding:
In2scienceUK is committed to our responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults as outlined in Working Together to Safeguard Children. We are committed to recruiting candidates who share this commitment to safeguarding, and therefore we apply robust recruitment and selection procedures to ensure that the people selected are right for the job, and that all candidates are appropriately screened prior to appointment.
The following pre-employment checks will be undertaken as applicable:
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References
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DBS check and/or Overseas criminal records check where applicable
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Self-Disclosure
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Identity check
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Right to work in the UK
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Evidence of qualifications applicable to the role
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Confirmation of registration with applicable registered body where applicable
Many of our roles involve working with children and we will therefore take up references prior to your appointment. You should provide details of referees including your current and previous employers, covering the last 5 years. Your current or previous employer will be asked about disciplinary offences relating to children, if the role involved working with children, including any in which the penalty is time expired. We will also ask if you have been the subject of any child protection concerns and if so, the outcome of any enquiry or disciplinary procedure.
Application procedure:
Please apply via Charity Job by uploading your CV (2 pages maximum) and a supporting statement (2 pages maximum). Please use your supporting statement to demonstrate and evidence how you meet each one of the competencies outlined in the person specification above.
For more information on the work we do please visit our website. For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Rebecca Jelbert, our In2research Programme Manager by email (you can find the email in the job description attached)
The deadline for applications is 11:30pm on 7 July
Interviews will take place the week commencing 15 July.
In2scienceUK exists to unlock the potential of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds and boost diversity and inclusion in the STEM sector.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Programme Officer
Are you an experienced Programme Officer? Can you keep a programme up to date supporting programme managers to deliver excellent outcomes for Children? Are you resourceful and able to work across multiple programmes keeping them up to date and providing accurate and on time reporting?
We are looking for someone with demonstrable experience support across multiple programmes to join a national charity. They launched an ambitious ten-year strategy in 2021 and this role is pivotal in bringing that strategy to fruition.
Position: Programme Officer
Salary: £26,388 - £29,986, plus £3,366 inner London allowance or £500 home working allowance.
Location: United Kingdom - Remote or Flexible location
Vacancy Type: 6 month fixed term contract
Working Hours Per Week: Full time (35 hours)
Closing Date: 30th June 2024
The Role:
As Programme Officer you will be pivotal in supporting the programmes from scoping to completion, providing expert support to Programme Managers in keeping programme plans, RAID logs and programme documentation up to date. You will provide reporting to the PMO and Programme Delivery Board and work with a wide range of stakeholders.
About you:
You will be a thoughtful collaborator with experience of supporting complex change programmes, monitoring, and reporting in a large organisation. You will be supported by a skilled, fun and friendly team within the Corporate PMO in the Strategy and Knowledge Directorate.
We are looking for someone with experience of:
- Successfully supporting multiple work-streamed programmes, including budgets, planning, risk, stakeholders, and benefits management to achieve stated outcomes.
- Supporting benefits mapping and reporting.
- Supporting dependency management, updating programme plans, updating PIDs and supporting programme managers in Programme Boards.
- Strong interpersonal and administrative skills with the ability to engage and work as a team to deliver high quality outcomes.
Every childhood is worth fighting for. This is the charity’s belief. It is what drives them. It motivates their Strategy and Knowledge Directorate to maintain their position as an influential, informed and forceful voice at every level. Join the team as Programme Officer and be part of progress that means more.
In Return
We know that the main reward is making a difference to children’s lives, but you will also be rewarded with a variety of rewards and benefits including: generous annual leave, employee benefits and assistance programme, pension and life assurance schemes.
Join this amazing organisation and you’ll become part of a team that cares about the work they do and the people they work with. You’ll discover opportunities to grow, along with challenges and a shared purpose that’ll bring the best out in you. And you’ll get to find your own way to make a difference that means more, and that impacts millions of young lives.
Other roles you may have experience of could include: Programmes Officer, Programme Manager, Programmes and Impact, Programme Coordinator, Impact Manager, Programme Lead, etc #INDNFP
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
Neighbourhood Watch is the largest volunteer led crime prevention and community development charity in the UK. We are expanding our small paid Central Support Team as we have increased our funding through grants and sponsorship. The Project Coordinator role offers an exciting opportunity to play a fundamental role in a range of impactful projects that drive positive change in communities. Collaborating with a dynamic and diverse team, you'll be at the heart of shaping and streamlining transformative projects, amplifying your skills in project management, stakeholder engagement, and problem-solving. This role is perfect for someone looking to work towards building a just and community focused world.
The Project Coordinator role is responsible for the smooth running of our projects and programmes. Working closely with our Heads of Department, the Chief Executive and our Administrator, ensuring that our projects are delivered to a high standard, and that our partners have a positive experience working with us.
Applicants must submit a CV AND a supporting letter detailing how they meet the job criteria
Our mission is to support and enable individuals and communities to be connected, active and safe, which increases wellbeing and minimises crime.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.