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Regional Communications Officer- South and South East of UK

About Emmaus

Emmaus is a homelessness charity helping formerly homeless people to rebuild their lives and regain lost self-esteem by providing them with a safe place to call home and meaningful work in one of our social enterprises. We understand that a home is more than just a roof over your head; it’s somewhere to belong, where you feel part of a community, and that’s what Emmaus offers.

About the role

The Regional Communications Officer role is an exciting, varied position working with Emmaus communities in the south and South East of the UK to increase their regional profile.

You will work closely with our communities to identify their communications needs and find creative ways to meet them. As part of a wider team, you will also share ideas with your colleagues and draw on one another’s experiences to maximise PR and communications opportunities.

The role is flexible so we are open to applications between 22.5 and 37.5 hours per week (Monday – Friday). You could be based at home or in your nearest Emmaus community, and frequent travel to communities in the region will be required (around one community each week dependent on requirements). Travel to our team meetings in Birmingham and other locations will be required on occasion.

Who are we looking for?

Your role will be to support Emmaus communities with communications activities that help them to achieve their ambitions. You will have strong skills in communications, public relations and marketing with at least two years’ experience of working in a busy communications role. Although not essential, knowledge and understanding of the charity sector would also be an advantage, and creativity and passion are a must.

If you have great communication skills, plenty of creative ideas, a positive “can do” attitude and a passion for what you do, we want to hear from you.

What we offer

• Starting salary - £26,058 to £28,276 per annum dependent on skills and experience (pro rata for part time)
• Working hours – 3 to 5 days (22.5 – 37.5 hours) per week Monday - Friday
• Flexible working – Options available, subject to the requirements of the role

• Annual leave – 25 days per annum plus eight bank holidays (pro rata for part time) and discretional shutdown between Christmas and New Year
• Pension – Stakeholder pension with an employer contribution of 5%
• Life assurance – a death in service lump sum of 3 x salary
• Training & development – Individually tailored induction, training and development 

• Employee assistance – a 24/7 employee assistance scheme is available

To apply

To apply for this role, please complete our application form and equal opportunities monitoring form and email us by 9am on Monday 18 July. CVs will not be accepted.

Interviews will be held w/c Monday 25 July.

Job Summary:

• To be responsible for all Community Fundraisers raising money for NRAS.
• To work towards achieving the overall community fundraising target year on year.
• To ensure all community fundraiser records are entered on the database, kept up-to-date and maintained.
• To be active with all Community Fundraisers on their journey with NRAS and offering help, advice and support on fundraising.
• To ensure all supporters are fully equipped with the best fundraising tools, and to help them to fundraise to their maximum potential.
• To retain and engage with all warm supporters and to help move them to repeating an event the following year or moving them over to one of our other activities.
• To raise awareness of the charity, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA).
• Oversea promotion of community events via digital means, including sourcing imagery and writing copy for that medium.
• Manage the Christmas Cards process from selection and promotion utilising other internal team members and an external fulfilment house.
• Proactive engagement with the community both locally and nationally, seeking opportunities from new supporters to engage with and support NRAS.

Key Responsibilities:

• To assist Fundraising and Events Manager with NRAS’ 21st Anniversary Gala Dinner celebration, Wear Purple for JIA and any other mass events in the future.
• Support Fundraising and Events Manager with overseeing of merchandise orders (including sourcing new items) and undertaking a full stock take periodically.
• Proactive engagement with the local and national community.
• Ensure donor/supporter records are accurately updated and maintained on Salesforce.
• To make initial contact, welcoming and thanking fundraisers for choosing to fundraise for NRAS or JIA, then following a stewardship plan to make sure the fundraiser feels supported during every step of their journey with NRAS.
• Visit fundraisers online sponsorship pages (JustGiving, Enthuse or GoFundMe) and check all information they’re posting is accurate and advise them on how to get the best from their fundraising to ensure maximum donations.
• To offer all fundraisers our various fundraising accessories such as running vest/t-shirt/t-shirt/sponsorship forms, collection boxes, fundraising guides etc.
• To suggest other ways to collect donations or sponsorship such as Matched Funding.
• To cross reference the online fundraising platform payments into our NRAS bank account and to ensure all are coded to the correct income stream.
• To respond appropriately to any Community Event fundraisers enquiries in the Fundraising inbox.
• To keep NRAS Events and JIA Wear Purple Facebook pages and other social media platform pages up to date.
• Creation of email copy to promote community activities to our existing supporters and members.
• To share any engaging PR stories (approved by the fundraiser) to the Marketing & Communication team/s.
• To thank all fundraisers after their event with a personal card.
• Support the Fundraising and Events Manager and our fundraisers by attending NRAS events.
• To assist with securing venues for NRAS’ own events.
• Write articles for NRAS magazine and contribute to the members and non-member email newsletter.
• Attend and participate actively in all Fundraising team meetings.
• Supporting with merchandise mail-outs (keeping the Shop inbox up-to-date).
• Helping to support any of the NRAS groups who need fundraising materials.
• To research and develop new community initiatives and fundraising ideas.

Other duties:

• Some travel (UK based) with occasional overnight stays.
• Occasional out of hours working, including weekends.
• General Fundraising and Event administration.
• Partake in training and development if/when required

Skills and experience required:

• Basic understanding and use of Salesforce preferred but not essential
• An understanding of JustGiving, GoFundMe or Enthuse platforms
• Great administrative and organisational skills
• Strong communication and stewardship skills

Qualifications 

GCSE/A-level - GCSE or equivalent in English and Maths

Professional qualification/training in administrative support desirable
 

Experience 

At least 2 years’ experience in a busy office environment 

Ability to manage own time with a variety of competing tasks and responsibilities 

Previous experience of working/volunteering for a charity 

Previous experience of working within a healthcare or charity industry, or fundraising

Experience in producing detailed proposals for fundraising campaigns

Knowledge  

Understanding of the administrative and communications needs and their application in a busy working environment 

Understanding of RA and/or JIA and treatments

Understanding of the charitable and health environments 

Understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion and its application in the workplace
 

Skills and abilities 

Excellent written and oral communication skills 

Excellent computer skills, previous use of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and databases 

Experience using Zoom, Teams and Facebook platforms

A caring disposition 

Ability to work independently as well as part of a team 

Demonstrable ability to prioritise workload, maintain quality and deliver effectively to tight deadlines. 

Organised and efficient 

Proactive, can-do positive attitude 

Flexible and enthusiastic 

Experience of community fundraising and events

Personal circumstances and attributes 

Willingness to occasionally work outside of 9-5 office hours for the facilitation of ad-hoc events

Car owner and confident driver with a clean driving licence 

Reporting to: Fundraising and Events Manager

Location: Unit 4, Switchback Office Park, Maidenhead

Contract: Full time (35 hours, 5 days per week Maidenhead, Berkshire  (with remote/hybrid working to include a minimum of 40% contracted hours in office)

Rate of Pay: £24,000pa

An exciting opportunity has arisen at the SVP as a Supporter Relations Officer to support and grow its national fundraising work. This is a great opportunity to join a busy, ambitious, and friendly team for your next career move in individual giving.  Perhaps you are an Executive wishing to move up to a more senior role or an experienced Officer in a small charity wanting experience at a national charity.

Using the experience and skills you have already gained in the charity sector, in individual giving, you will work closely with the Fundraising & Comms team, and working with the Supporter Relationship Manager, you will be responsible for the operational delivery of the Individual Giving strategy, using proven fundraising techniques working to bring in new donors and maximise the money we raise from our existing donors. 

You will be responsible for delivering a variety of acquisition and retention activities – including cash appeals (direct mail and email), stewardship (creating supporter journeys and production of e-newsletters), as well as supporting on supporter acquisition across digital (paid social and search)

The Supporter Relations Officer should be someone with some experience in Marketing, Individual Giving or Fundraising across a variety of channels, both online and offline. Also have experience in project management of marketing or fundraising campaigns, have a strong attention to detail and be able to manage multiple projects at the same time. In return you will work with the team to deliver an excellent supporter experience and play a vital and active role in shaping our supporter journey to aid the SVP in building long term relationships and encourage continued support.

Working Hours = Part time - You will be contracted to work 30 hours per week

Location = The role can be remote or hybrid depending on location (with the option to work in our London or Bradford office)

Contract = Permanent

Salary = £26,501 per annum pro-rata plus London Weighting if applicable

Benefits Package = 33 days holiday (pro rata) per year inclusive of bank holidays, a competitive pension scheme, employee assistance programme, retail discounts, birthday day off, buy / sell holiday scheme, enhanced paid leave, cycle to work scheme, free will writing service and lots more.

YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

• To support the Supporter Relationships Manager in growing the donor base and increasing individual giving at national level from individual donors in line with agreed income targets.
• To support the development and growth of the Friends Scheme and increase levels of regular giving at national level.
• To project manage national fundraising appeals, campaigns, and individual giving products such as the SVP raffle, lottery, alternative Christmas gifts and other new fundraising initiatives where appropriate.
• To track income from individual donors, liaise with Finance on income reports and provide monthly income reports on progress against income targets and KPIs.
• To act as a source of specialist knowledge for the Society in supporter acquisition, individual giving and digital fundraising.

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE, YOU’LL NEED:

• Demonstrable experience in coordinating and implementing fundraising appeals and/or acquisition marketing campaigns and/or projects to time scale and within budget
• Demonstrable experience working in the field of direct marketing, donor acquisition and retention
• Demonstrable experience in growing levels of regular giving across digital and offline campaigns
• Experience in working and maintaining successful relationships with agencies and suppliers to deliver targets
• Knowledge of donor acquisition, individual and regular giving

It is desirable that the candidate can demonstrate the following –

• Experience within a charity setting
• Experience in digital and online fundraising
• Experience in delivering fundraising lotteries and raffles
• Experience in delivering Friends Schemes or other similar donor loyalty programmes
• Knowledge and understanding of fundraising regulation and legislation
• Knowledge and understanding of the principles of supporter care and stewardship

In return we’ll provide you with the opportunity to work for a welcoming organisation that offers support, guidance, training, and development.

HOW TO APPLY:

If you feel you have the relevant skills and experience to fulfil this role successfully, please apply in the first instance with your CV. 

Closing Date = Wednesday 20th July 2022

Deadline for Application Packs = Monday 25th July 2022

Interviews = 2nd August 2022

Previous candidates need not apply. Unfortunately, if you have not received a response within four weeks of your application, you have not been successful on this occasion.

Whilst we ask that staff have sympathy with the Christian values, religion is not considered in recruitment as we value people of all faiths or none.

ABOUT THE SVP:

The St Vincent de Paul Society is an international Christian voluntary organisation dedicated to tackling poverty and disadvantage in all its forms by providing practical assistance to people in need.

Our work is based on person-to-person contact and spending time with people is our greatest gift. Motivated by their faith, our 10,000 volunteer members in England and Wales are committed to meaningful and long-term befriending in their local communities. They visit people in their homes, hospital, prison, and care homes on a regular basis and offer sincere friendship and practical support such as food, furniture or financial help where needed and they organise trips and events for older and isolated people. We offer help to anyone regardless of faith, ethnicity, status, or sexual orientation.

Who we are 
Element is a youth arts charity that produces creative projects with children in care, care leavers and at-risk students. We think the young people who have completed projects with us are the best at explaining our work - check out their videos explaining our projects and our creative network. For more information on how we work and who we work with, have a look at our website. 

What we’re looking for 
We are looking for an Finance Officer to lead on Element’s everyday financial management, as well as to contribute towards Element’s wider financial strategy and development.  As such, the Finance Officer will take responsibility for both “on the ground” financial responsibilities such as bookkeeping and project budgets; as well as collaborating on higher-level organisational duties, such as crafting and seeing through fundraising applications; and using financial management systems to support with growth planning. The Finance Officer will be working closely with Element’s CEO in this strategic work; as well as having a connected and collaborative working relationship with the rest of the Element core team. This role will begin as 1 day/week, with the aim of it becoming a 2 day/week position in Element’s next financial year (2023-4).
 

Main responsibilities 
Bookkeeping - Using Xero (and its extension HubDoc) software to organise receipts and invoices paid by the Element project team; using organisational tags to label items appropriately; creating monthly reports on organisational expenditure as well as expenditure through specific projects and grants. Through Xero, submitting payroll information, paying Element staff and managing Element pension payments via the Nest pensions system

Forecasting and budgeting - Using Xero to create budgets and forecasts for whole organisation as well as specific projects; leading on reports of variance and working with the team to track and tag accordingly; creating various forecasting models to help inform organisational planning and strategy 

Invoices - Approving, paying and sending invoices; managing expenses claim forms; keeping track of paid and unpaid invoices on Xero.

Fundraising support - Identifying appropriate grant funding opportunities for Element and collaborating with the CEO on applications. Post-grant, writing funding reports using impact and evaluation from projects and expenditure tracking. Looking for fundraising priorities to align with organisational growth

Supporting the Element team - Element is a small, collaborative and dynamic organisation. As such, the Finance Officer may support in other areas of our work and our growth plan from time to time, and in support of the interests of the person in role. 

Person Specification
Essential
> 1 to 2 years of experience in financial management and operations
> Demonstrable financial acumen and proficiency using Microsoft tools
> Commitment to youth social justice
> Ability to work independently as well as alongside a team to contribute towards organizational aims
 

Desirable 
> Knowledge of Xero and its extensions (HubDoc)
> Knowledge of HMRC PAYE tools and Nest pension systems
> Experience working in the charity sector
> Experience being a part of successful fundraising applications
> To reflect the demographic and experiences of the young people we work with, we strongly encourage applications from professionals from diverse backgrounds including backgrounds in the care system. 

How you’d fit 
You will be part of a small team with ambitious goals. You’ll be an integral part of ensuring that Element can continue to deliver its projects to young people across London; and develop in its growth plan. Check out our website for more info on our team. Within this creative web, you’ll be holding responsibility for Element’s operational finances, and collaborating on financial strategic goals. 

In addition to our core team, we have a Board of Trustees with heaps of cross-sector expertise. We also work with Element alumni who support us on a paid, freelance basis across various roles. Finally, we collaborate with creative and cultural organisations who provide opportunities for Element Young Creatives; as well as with Guest Artists who run individual sessions for Element.

Why you should apply 
Salary: 1 day/week, 35k pro rata. 25 days of holiday (pro rata), with bank holidays and the days in between Christmas and New Year as paid, additional days off. Opt-in pension scheme. Robust TOIL procedure. Individual budget for professional training.

Scope: You’d be a fundamental part of the Element team, helping to deliver our charity’s aims of  working creatively and compassionately with vulnerable young people, and taking us into our next phase of growth. You’d be working with a team that has achieved organisational stability, proving our value year on year with secured, repeat commissions and funding.

Social justice: You’d be part of a charity creatively supporting care-experienced young people and at-risk students. These groups are some of the most vulnerable young people in our society. At Element, we believe that these young people are full of creativity, imagination and talent - and this is not celebrated enough. We’re proud to work with young people and support them in their creative journey. 

How you should apply 
Please email a record of your professional experience (this may be a CV document, or another format of your choice), along with a video explaining what has motivated you to apply to work with Element, making clear what past professional experience of yours makes you a good candidate for the level of financial operations and management we are looking for at Element (no more than 2 minutes).

At interview, you will be asked to provide examples of systems that you have worked with previously that have supported you in the financial management of a project /work stream.

Deadline for submitting application: 22 July

Interviews will likely be w/c 1 August

Element is a GDPR compliant Charitable Incorporated Organisation. Our Registered Charity Number is 1190189. 
As an organisation working with vulnerable young people, Element is committed to safer recruitment practices. If you are offered the Finance Officer role you will be asked to provide two references, one of which must be from your most recent employer. You will also be asked to undertake an enhanced DBS check before you can commence your employment.

We are open to applicants who would like to work remotely in the UK on a permanent basis.

Applications received for this role are reviewed on a daily basis and interviews are also held weekly. To be successful in your application you must meet the essential criteria for this role and complete the set tasks which are part of the selection criteria. Without completion of the tasks your application cannot be considered.

What's the role?
 

As a Campaign Technologist at 38 Degrees, you will design and build software that helps our supporters and our colleagues campaign to create a fairer and more respectful country and a more sustainable world. You would be expected and must be willing to learn new languages in support of our Tech strategy. 

In the last few years we've built dozens of new tools, including:

• A custom CRM that holds data on the millions of members who take part in our campaigns

• A second CRM that holds data on MPs and other politicians

• A website that helped hundreds of our members organise their own local picnics and fundraising events to support their local parks

• A tool that guides people through the process of calling their MP to discuss a forthcoming Parliamentary vote

Together with our campaigning staff, we're always working on ideas for what to build next.  You'll need to communicate and collaborate with people across the whole organisation, and across our sister organisations in other countries around the world, to imagine, design, and build new features and new tools swiftly enough to take advantage of fast-moving political opportunities.

New projects are developed in a Typescript/Express/React stack, and our existing apps are written in Ruby (mostly Rails), use Postgres hosted on AWS RDS for most of our databases, and use Heroku to host most of our web applications.  If your previous experience is with a different tech stack but you'd enjoy learning ours next, then we're still interested in talking to you.

About us 

38 Degrees is one of the UK's biggest campaigning communities, involving over 2 million supporters who campaign to make the UK a better place. We’re united by a shared vision to create a fairer and more respectful UK and a more sustainable world.
 

In the space of a week, millions of supporters could be campaigning on anything from protecting our NHS and stopping cuts to Universal Credit, to saving local green spaces and protecting our democracy.
 

38 Degrees is fiercely independent. We don’t take donations from political parties, or big donors. We’re run on hundreds of thousands of small donations from the public. This independence means we never have to hold ourselves back from taking on those with power and can truly listen to our supporters.

Why you’ll want to work here 

The 38 Degrees culture is honest, kind, supportive, courageous, and respectful. We move fast, and frequently change plans to respond to events. We work hard but we also have fun. We regularly enjoy team away days and social hours. 

Benefits include: 

27 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays); Office closure between Christmas and New year; 9-day fortnight (office closed every other Friday); 4pm closure on the alternate Friday; Flexibility to work 90 days per tax year (30 day maximum per travel in any location as per approval process); one month paid sabbatical leave after 5 years of service; 

Employer pension contribution; 24 hour employee assistance programme; Enhanced family leave policies; Cycle to work scheme; employer paid annual flu vaccination; Rental deposit loan; Contribution to eye tests/glasses; Learning and development budget
 

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

We’re especially keen to hear from people who’ll bring lived experience of the issues we work

on and who’ll make our team more diverse as a result. So if you’re Black, Asian or from any

other minority ethnic group, if you’re disabled, LGBTQIA+, or if you’re from a working class

home, your application will be especially welcome. And thanks to our flexible home working

approach and network of offices, we have a staff team that is increasingly based across the

UK. We’re keen to continue diversifying geographically, so that we’re rooted in our supporters’

communities.
 

To make sure that we are able to reach our goal of a diverse team we have equal

opportunities monitoring requirements. Your application will not be complete without the

equal opportunities monitoring form.

38 Degrees is committed to inclusive working practises, so during the application process we commit to:

• Paying for childcare whilst you’re at 38 Degrees interviews or tasks

• Paying for your travel costs to the office and back – and for overnight accommodation if you’re travelling from a long distance for an interview although at present the majority of interviews are held online using zoom. 

• Making any reasonable adjustments – for example ensuring we have a BSL interpreters organised in advance if you’d need one

• If there anything else you’re concerned about or think we could provide, please let us know. 

The successful candidate must have the right to work in the UK at the time of appointment.
 

Application process

To apply for this role you need to:

• Send in your CV 

• Complete the two tasks below and send this to us with your application - it shouldn't take you more than 30 minutes in total 

1. Programming exercise (should take 10-15 minutes at most):

Please write a TypeScript and/or Ruby programme which will print the numbers 1 to 100 on separate lines, except for if the number is divisible by 3, in which case it should print 'People', or if it is divisible by 5, in which case it should print 'Power'.  If the number is divisible by both 3 and 5 then it should print 'People Power'.

1. Replies to the following should be somewhere between 1 or 2 sentences and 1 or 2 paragraphs:

1. Of the projects you've previously worked on, which was your favourite, which was your least favourite, and (in each case) why?

2. What are the key skills and lessons you've learned from them that would help you in this job?

3. Describe to a non-technical person what an API does

4. What does the proverb "Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good" mean to you in the context of software development?

5. What do you think are the key ethical responsibilities of a software developer?

Regional Communications Officer- North of UK

About Emmaus

Emmaus is a homelessness charity helping formerly homeless people to rebuild their lives and regain lost self-esteem by providing them with a safe place to call home and meaningful work in one of our social enterprises. We understand that a home is more than just a roof over your head; it’s somewhere to belong, where you feel part of a community, and that’s what Emmaus offers.

About the role

The Regional Communications Officer role is an exciting, varied position working with Emmaus communities in the North of the UK to increase their regional profile.

You will work closely with our communities to identify their communications needs and find creative ways to meet them. As part of a wider team, you will also share ideas with your colleagues and draw on one another’s experiences to maximise PR and communications opportunities.

The role is flexible so we are open to applications between 22.5 and 37.5 hours per week (Monday – Friday). Communities currently covered by the role include North East, Leeds, Bradford and Hull, although this is subject to review. You could be based at home or in your nearest Emmaus community, and frequent travel to communities will be required (around one community each week dependent on requirements). Travel to our team meetings in Birmingham and other locations will be required on occasion.

Who are we looking for?

Your role will be to support Emmaus communities with communications activities that help them to achieve their ambitions. You will have strong skills in communications, public relations and marketing with at least two years’ experience of working in a busy communications role. Although not essential, knowledge and understanding of the charity sector would also be an advantage, and creativity and passion are a must.

If you have great communication skills, plenty of creative ideas, a positive “can do” attitude and a passion for what you do, we want to hear from you.

What we offer

• Starting salary - £26,058 to £28,276 per annum dependent on skills and experience (pro rata for part time)
• Working hours – 3 to 5 days (22.5 – 37.5 hours) per week Monday - Friday
• Flexible working – Options available, subject to the requirements of the role

• Annual leave – 25 days per annum, plus eight bank holidays and discretional days between Christmas and New Year (pro rata for part time)
• Pension – Stakeholder pension with an employer contribution of 5%
• Life assurance – a death in service lump sum of 3 x salary
• Training & development – Individually tailored induction, training and development 

• Employee assistance – a 24/7 employee assistance scheme is available

To apply

To apply for this role, please complete our application form and equal opportunities monitoring form and email us.

 CVs will not be accepted.

Interviews will be held w/c Monday 18 July.

We are the national children’s charity dedicated to using the power of play to make the experience of illness and treatment better for children and their families.

At Starlight, we are passionate about protecting this time of play, championing its importance and defending every child’s right to it. Our passion takes us to the bedsides of the some of the most poorly children in the UK who are in hospital, often without hope of leaving. We use the power of play to create a sense of escape from the difficult reality in which these children find themselves. To delight and distract, entertain and enlighten them. But, most of all, to restore a smile to their faces, making moments of light when the day is at its darkest.

We now work with over 800 hospitals and hospices to provide play, distraction and entertainment services which help to improve mental, physical, social and emotional wellbeing, even in the most challenging circumstances. We also run programmes of events and experiences, which create opportunities for children and their families to build social connections. Through the work we do and the people we work with, we listen, learn, and share knowledge, working with others towards systemic change in the provision of play in hospitals.

Our Children’s Services Administrator role

This role is part time; 22.5 hrs, the salary band is per annum so therefore the salary with be prorata to reflect the part time hours, we are open to discussion on the working pattern.

As part of our new strategy, we have created a dedicated Service Delivery Team, working alongside our Insight and Impact team as part of the wider Children’s Services department. The team is focussed on ensuring the effective running and delivery of all of our services, whether it’s providing our growing number of hospitals and hospices with our Boost, Distraction and Special Edition boxes of toys and activities, facilitating Hospital Pantomime and Storytelling tours (physical and virtual), engaging with health professionals, especially Health Play Specialists, via our Ambassador Programme or helping children and families build social connections via our special events, experiences and group trips. We now have the opportunity to recruit a Children’s Services Administrator, to support the Children’s Services Team in running and maintaining the systems and processes vital to ensuring the Services we provide run efficiently and effectively.

Main purpose of the job

The main purpose of this role is to support the Children’s Services Team, to ensure that the application data we hold is reviewed, organised and stored in line with our systems and processes, our CRM data is up to date and accurate, and to provide general administrative support as outlined below.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Provide overall administrative support to the Children’s Services Team, including setting up meetings, taking minutes etc.
• Review and ‘clean’ Escapes and Experiences application data, checking applicant eligibility for the services we provide, inputting resultant data into tracker spreadsheets and updating the CRM system as appropriate
• Support the logistics, planning and delivery of our Escapes and Experiences Services, including contacting families, post event record keeping etc.
• Prepare spreadsheets with the delivery information of our eligible recipients to send over to our distributors and suppliers
• Monitor the Team’s mailboxes and collate, signpost and/or escalate issues/requests of the Children’s Services Team
• Take telephone calls for the Children’s Services Team in a polite and friendly manner, fielding general enquiries as well as escalating when appropriate
• Support the communication and evaluation activities relating to our services, including sending out application forms, feedback surveys, updates etc.
• Work with the fundraising and marketing teams at Starlight to provide supporting information for fundraising and marketing activity
• Maintain effective working relationships with internal colleagues and a range of external contacts including health professionals, suppliers, volunteers, sponsors, supporters, trustees as appropriate for the delivery of our work.
• Work as ‘one team’ across Starlight, actively participating in any company wide projects and assisting team and Starlight colleagues as appropriate

Do you have experience of working with disabled people, their families and professionals? Are you passionate about demonstrating real impact in the delivery of services?

If so, Back Up could offer you an inspiring and fulfilling role making a significant difference to the lives of people with spinal cord injuries.

About the role:

This is a new and exciting role to lead, develop and grow Back Up’s Outreach and Engagement function.

You will use proven project management methodologies to deliver an engagement strategy that ensures Back Up is there for everyone affected by spinal cord injury.

Whilst providing leadership and line management to the team of regional coordinators, you will drive initiatives to ensure Back Up’s ongoing sustainability, developing a clear pathway of support for people who would benefit from Back Up’s services - or who would otherwise support our objectives through volunteering, fundraising and/or partnerships.

You will be a natural communicator who thrives on building relationships with a range of professionals, supporters and service users. You will have in-depth knowledge and understanding of the issues affecting disabled people and their families. Most important though is your commitment to supporting those affected by spinal cord injury to thrive.

About us:

At Back Up, we have big ambitions. Over the next few years, we’re going to be transforming the lives of even more people affected by spinal cord injury.

Together we’ll be working hard to make sure everyone affected by spinal cord injury has access to the support they deserve.

Back Up has been voted one of the top ten charities to work for (Third Sector Best Charities 2020). The enthusiastic, inclusive and supportive spirit of our very skilled staff ensure excellence in the services we deliver.

Company Description

Hope for Justice exists to bring an end to modern slavery by preventing exploitation, rescuing victims, restoring lives and reforming society. Around the world, we are growing a movement of abolitionists who believe freedom is worth the fight. Our team works from more than 30 locations across five continents. If you’re looking to make a difference, this is the place for the you.

Hope for Justice is committed to the principles of diversity, equality and inclusion. If you feel that your skills and experience fit one of our roles then we would welcome your application regardless of your background.

Position

Hope for Justice is looking for an experienced and highly motivated Marketing and Campaigns Specialist to join our dynamic global Digital and Communications team.

As Marketing and Campaigns specialist you will use your strong visionary and organisation skills to deliver powerful and engaging multi-channel campaigns which will raise awareness about modern day slavery supporting Hope for Justice's database and donor acquisition strategy. In this role, you will also have the opportunity to utilise your broad range of creative skills to develop and bring important campaigns to life working alongside the creative writers, graphic designers, and film producers who are part of our cross functional team.

To be successful in this role, you will need outstanding organisational and communication skills as you will work closely with multiple stakeholders. You will have the ability to present and pitch ideas and concepts while working under pressure to meet deadlines. Experience in a range of digital communication platforms is needed in addition to an understanding of the law and regulations relating to in-person and digital fundraising.

This is a unique opportunity to join a growing, global non-profit organisation with a well-respected reputation for changing lives and fighting for freedom for those affected by modern day slavery and human trafficking.

For more information, please download the Role profile at the bottom of the advert.

Requirements

• Create and develop dynamic marketing content for campaigns, marcomms and events
• Create and maintain a long-term calendar of campaign activity, adapted around key dates (and dates to avoid), capacity, and organizational requirements.
• Assist with the optimization of our marketing automation and donor journey processes
• Collaborate with designers, film makers and external influencers to produce marketing ideas and strategies for campaigns and events
• Convince key stakeholders of your creative ideas
• Keep wider department updated on latest marketing trends and technological platforms
• Present internally and externally to promote the story of a campaign or communication
• Collaborate and manage relationships with external partners, influencers and agencies
• Work at all times in line with organisational policies and procedures and the wider strategy, culture and ethos of Hope for Justice.
• Understand and uphold the standards outlined in the Hope for Justice Safeguarding policies, acting with due care and attention to safeguard the wellbeing of anyone that comes into contact with our work and reporting concerns if they do arise.

Benefits of working at Hope for Justice

Hope for Justice is committed to supporting our staff’s wellbeing and offers competitive salaries and a range of additional benefits to our staff. This includes generous annual leave entitlement, pension scheme contributions, company sick pay, enhanced maternity and paternity pay and access to the Employee Assistance Programme for staff and their family. As well as operating both Flexible and Hybrid working policies for our UK employees.

Salary: Up to £35,000, depending on experience.

Closing date: 7th July 2022, the vacancy may close early as applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis

Location: Flexible, (Travel to the Manchester head office will be occasionally required)

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which include criminal records checks, in line with our Global background checks policy. Hope for Justice participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme, as part of the referencing process we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Just Treatment is a growing patient-led campaign fighting to ensure everyone gets the healthcare they need by demanding the government acts to put patients before corporate profits. We believe the only way we can win this is by building a movement of those directly affected by the problem to challenge the power of the pharmaceutical and health industries. We're looking for a Head of Organising & Campaigns to oversee our work taking on big pharma and fighting for an effective, public NHS. You'll know how to oversee the creation of a brilliant, collaborative campaign strategy, and understand how to get volunteers and staff to put it into action. You'll have a deep understanding of organising. And you'll be committed to taking on David Vs Goliath battles to win health justice.

Admin Support Coordinator

Are you our next Admin Support Coordinator? Are you passionate about sales administrative procedures and supporting a successful team where you can take on new responsibilities and grow within the sales field in our UK Team?

Common Purpose is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1989 that develops leaders who can cross boundaries. This enables them to solve complex problems both in organizations and in cities. We deliver face-to-face and online leadership courses for multiple generations of leaders: from students in universities to senior leaders in organizations and society.

We are currently looking for a dynamic and ambitious professional who shares our values and is equally passionate about systems and process efficiencies within organizations. You will be responsible for supporting our UK team with an emphasis on financial and business development support.

This role is a full time permanent home based role in the UK (Offices in: London, Bristol or and Bradford). We are willing to consider part time employment for suitable candidates. 

As our Admin Support Coordinator you will:

Financial support:

• Support on financial processes with a particular emphasis on invoicing customers
• Working closely with the central Finance team to meet their deadlines
• Work closely with the UK team to ensure their income targets are met via invoicing and cash management

Business Development Support:

• Support our sales team with both business development and growth activities where needed
• Produce weekly/monthly sales analysis & reports for the sales team meetings
• Work with business development leads to ensure all relevant information is added and updated in our internal CRM system
• Work with clients and sponsors to gather information for new work proposals and support contracting

Administrative & Operational support:

• Produce management data on sales and outreach activities
• Coordinate the schedules of our Development Directors and Managing Director
• Provide support to the wider team where needed

You will bring the following experience with you: 

• Strong numeracy skills
• Ability to manage and coordinate multiple tasks
• Excellent organizational skills
• Able to create and maintain effective office management systems
• Meticulous attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong customer management skills
• A collaborative team-player, while also able to work well independently
• Strong proficiency in MS Office, particularly Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Publisher and Outlook
• Excellent written English, oral communication, and interpersonal skills

What we offer in return

• A salary range of £23,000 - £26,000 per annum dependent on experience
• 25 days of annual leave per annum, plus bank holidays & Christmas Shutdown (25/12-1/1)
• Flexible working environment
• Fast-paced environment – which will continue to test and develop you
• Growth – you will be continually developing key skills and capabilities for your future through the role and our internal training and development programmes
• Impact – you will see the impact of your work as you work with teams across the organization
• Purpose – the chance to work with a diverse range of colleagues across the globe driven by the same mission
• Responsibility – you will take responsibility from day one and be given real accountability and ownership in your role
• EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) – if and when needed

Sound interesting? Please send us your CV and cover letter telling us why you think you’re a great fit for us and this role!

Common Purpose is willing to consider candidates from any background provided they can demonstrate the relevance of their skills and experience. 

Bid Officer

Home Based

Job reference: 69

Contract type: Permanent

Full time: 37 hours, 5 days per week working Monday to Friday 9am-5pm

(part-time working would be considered)

Salary: £23,150 to £24,805 per annum (dependent on experience)

Benefits:

- 25 days annual leave

- Cash Wellbeing Healthcare Plan Cover

- Death in service benefit

- Option to buy up to 5 days annual leave

- Discretionary shut down days at Christmas

- 1 Community Leave Day per annum

- Bike to work scheme

We have an exciting opportunity for a Bid Officer, working within our support services, to provide administrative and bid support to the Service Design and Development (SDD) team. The successful candidate will support the team to submit high quality bids to retain and expand our services.

The Bid Officer will act in a supportive capacity, independently coordinating administrative functions as well as tracking new opportunities and supporting with competitor/market analysis and assisting with managing and tracking of contracts.

As part of POhWER’s Bid team you will support the Bid Manager and Grants and Partnership Manager throughout the tender/application process; monitoring tender trackers and identifying and scoping potential tender opportunities. This role includes completing SSQs (standard selection questionnaires) for tenders and attending market engagement events (virtually or occasionally in person).

We are looking for someone who has excellent administrative, organisational and time management skills with the ability to work accurately, with attention to detail. The successful candidate will have knowledge and understanding of working in a Business Development team including good knowledge of the tender process.

We are looking for someone with good IT skills with knowledge of standard Microsoft packages a good standard of English and maths and confident written and verbal communication skills with a commitment to a high level of confidentiality.

The successful candidate will have a confident and positive attitude as well as a strong team player with a flexible approach to meet needs of the team/business. You will have the ability to work confidently and independently with staff at all levels in the organisation and have knowledge and understanding of production of reports in a variety of formats.

Key Requirements:

To provide administration support for the team including:

· First point of contact for all communications to the Business Development inbox

· Implementing efficient filing systems for the SDD team and contracts including updating tracker systems

· Supporting the Bid Manager and Grants and Partnership Manager throughout the tender/application process

· Monitoring tender trackers and identifying and scoping potential tender opportunities

· Completing SSQs (standard selection questionnaires) for tenders

· Attending market engagement events (virtually or occasionally in person)

· Managing use of tender portals including expressions of interest, submitting clarifications and downloading and sharing clarification responses

· Carrying out research for bid submissions

· Submitting tenders via the portals, ensuring all formatting and time frame requirements are met

· Producing manager’s briefings for new services

· Liaising with commissioners, coordinating the contract signing process and chasing any outstanding paperwork

· Developing and maintaining strong working relationships with staff at all levels of the organisation - from the Senior Leadership Team to frontline support staff

· Sending regular updates including preparing and circulating weekly bid updates

· Managing the bid library

· Compiling reports and statistics as required

· Undertaking analysis of competitors.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

As a minimum you should have:

· Excellent administrative, organisational and time management skills with the ability to work accurately, with attention to detail

· Knowledge and understanding of working in a Business Development team including good knowledge of the tender process

· Good IT skills with knowledge of standard Microsoft packages

· Good standard of English and maths

· Good confident written and verbal communication skills

· Commitment to a high level of confidentiality

· An energetic, confident and positive attitude with a high drive to learn new skills

· A strong team player with a flexible approach to meet needs of the team/business

· Ability to work confidently and independently with staff at all levels in the organisation

· Knowledge and understanding of production of reports in a variety of formats.

· Commitment to your own professional development

Ideally you will also have:

· Experience of using design software packages e.g. PowerPoint and Visio, to design visuals for tenders

Special Requirements:

· Occasional travel to POhWER’s offices

· A DBS check may be required.

· You should be able to work outside normal hours occasionally when required.

How to apply

We’re keen to get someone started in this role. If you think this sounds like the ideal job for you, please apply as soon as possible as we may close this job advert early if we receive a high number of applications.

Please submit your CV and cover letter (cover letter no longer than 1 side of A4) before the application deadline. In your cover letter please include your reasons for applying for the role, how you meet the person specification criteria, and your notice period.

Please submit your CV and cover letter quoting reference 69.

Closing date: 30th June 2022

Interviews: 13th & 14th July 2022

For an informal discussion please contact Sarah O’Raw, Bid Manager.

We are looking to recruit people who share our core values and can demonstrate that they apply and live those values in their daily working practice.

A DBS check will be required for this post.

POhWER is an equal opportunities employer, holder of the Investors in People Silver award and a member of the MINDFUL EMPLOYER scheme. We are a member of the Positive about Disability scheme and disabled applicants who meet all the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.