Catch22 is hiring a Senior Development Manager (Public Sector), who will be a central member of the Catch22 Development Team, while also sitting on the Community Links Senior Management Team (SMT).

You will be integral to both Community Links’ and Catch22’s work with public sector commissioners: you will build new public service delivery propositions using your relationship building and sales skills. This role is central to Catch22’s Development Team’s ambitious plans for finding large-scale public sector opportunities that align to our reform mission and our goal to build resilience and aspiration in people and communities.

A Corporate Partnerships Manager, focused on Community Links fundraising, will report to you and aid with proposal writing and account management.

· Full-time, permanent contract

· £45,000 per annum depending on experience

· London based role with some flexible working arrangements available

Summary of main duties & accountabilities

· Lead the way in securing significant public sector opportunities for Catch22, with a focus on public sector opportunities that would benefit Community Links

· Build a pipeline of public sector opportunities

· Design innovative delivery programmes and write persuasive proposals

· Nurture relationships and look for opportunities to build in existing accounts

· Grow your internal relationships and take Catch22 forward

What does good look like for this role?

You will be working in Business Development and with the wider Development Team to hit our income targets. You’ll be generating new leads, developing strong relationships, designing new services and, once funding is secured, handing over to operations.

Summary of essential criteria

•Knowledge of one or more of Catch22’s Policy interest areas (health, youth/children’s services, employment, debt advice/financial capability and community services)

•Understanding of public sector government funding

• Understanding of business development/fundraising cycle – generating leads, pipeline development and conversion

•Experience of business development

•Experience of building complex partnerships with multiple external partners

•Management of full life cycle of a project

•Experience of managing multiple projects at once and skillfully balancing priorities under time pressures

• Experience of securing funding above six figures

•Strong interpersonal skills – good relationship builder

•Financial planning, reporting and forecasting (budgeting and interpreting management accounts)

•Project management skills – ability to manage a project from beginning to end, from the earliest idea of what a new service will be, all the way through to signing contract/ grant agreement with partners

•Excellent written and verbal communication skills – ability to write compelling proposals and present engagingly

•Research skills, to understand potential funders and their priorities

•Strategic thinking around marketplaces, audiences, organisations and stakeholders to effectively engage with commissioners

The Skills Builder Partnership is an award-winning social enterprise. Our mission is to ensure that one day, everyone builds the essential skills to succeed – beyond just a set of qualifications.

We are leading the Skills Builder Partnership, which includes over 450 schools and colleges, 130 skills-building organisations and 100 top employers including hospitals, airports and leading international companies.

Our approach is scaling rapidly as we work towards system change, with backing from sector leading organisations including the CBI and the Careers & Enterprise Company. More than 75% of secondary schools and colleges now have a touchpoint with the Skills Builder approach – and our reach is rapidly growing in other settings too.

To deliver against our mission, we are looking for self-starters with a collaborative, entrepreneurial approach; comfortable influencing stakeholders to make positive change, and with a passion for social impact.

In this role, you will be securing and maintaining the relationships and funding that make our mission possible. You will work with employers and infrastructure organisations to enable them to champion consistent essential skills development within their programmes and generate income through partnership development and wider fundraising activities. You will play a key role in achieving system change, harnessing the collective impact of the partnership by identifying key opportunities for us to scale our impact and reach.

You will be able to speak and write persuasively and be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment. To deliver on this, you’ll be highly organised, managing varied workflows to hit deadlines.

We have big ambitions and your scope to grow, learn and achieve matches that. If you want to benefit from working with an inspiring team, with huge potential for learning, growth and development, we want to hear from you.

I'm excited about the new 3-year strategy and the opportunities this will bring to the organisation and to personal development.

My line manager has been brilliant in making sure that our one-to-one sessions are mainly about me and my professional development. This has made me feel even more valued than I already feel as part of the company as a whole.

It’s always an absolute delight for me to work with just about any member of the team.

I'm proud to work for Skills Builder, the impact we have and am privileged to be able to work with such brilliant colleagues.

What it’s like working for Skills Builder – quotes from our Team Survey:

"I'm proud to work for Skills Builder, the impact we have and am privileged to be able to work with such brilliant colleagues."

"My line manager has been brilliant in making sure that our one-to-one sessions are mainly about me and my professional development. This has made me feel even more valued than I already feel as part of the company as a whole."

"I'm excited about the new 3-year strategy and the opportunities this will bring to the organisation and to personal development."

Key Responsibilities

(1) Managing existing partnerships

Maintaining and developing relationships with our existing partners by:

• Acting as the account manager for key relationships with employers, infrastructure bodies (Local Authorities, sector bodies, membership organisations), trusts and foundations.
• Communicating effectively with partners and evolving their engagement with us.
• Reporting to partners on the impact of their work with us and providing stewardship activities to connect them with the impact.

(2) Developing new partnerships

• Creating new partnerships with employers, sector bodies, trusts and foundations, enabling us to work together to further essential skills development.

• Creating bespoke partnership proposals to support partners in embedding the Skills Builder Framework and approach within their internal and external activities.
• Working closely with the Director of Development and Employer Manager to ensure the delivery of partnership activities and bespoke support to each key partner.
• Using systems and processes with precision to manage relationships across the team.

(3) Fundraising

• Having strategic responsibility for the ‘Innovation Fund’: the income pipeline relating to innovation projects and core organisational costs.
• Reviewing, updating and managing the Innovation Fund pipeline and accurately communicating progress.
• Working with the Director of Development and the wider team to scope out new and existing projects to be developed.
• Identifying realistic targets for fundraising proposals and developing relationships towards proposal stage.
• Writing and submitting proposals to potential funders.
• Sharing responsibility with the Director of Development and Head of Growth Fund for achieving financial targets across all income streams.

(4) Supporting the Development team

• Collaborating with the rest of the Development Team to ensure that we achieves our overall goals.

Technical Skills and Experience

• You have demonstrable experience creating and delivering strategic partnerships with a variety of stakeholders.
• Prior experience of providing consultancy or advisory support to employers would be beneficial.

Benefits

Salary: £36,000 - £40,000 subject to review in 12 months

Start Date: As soon as possible

Working hours: Flexible but ideally 40 hours per week. Due to working with partners across England, occasional early starts and evening work will be needed.

Holidays: 25 days per year, plus bank holidays

Location: Primarily London based, with some remote working available. The role will involve some travel to visit partners across the country.

Application Process

Applications should be made via our online form - on completion of the online application please also send your CV by email. This round of applications ends at 9am on Wednesday 17th March 2021 with interviews taking place on weeks commencing 29th March and 5th April. 

Skills Builder Partnership is a Top 100 Employer. We champion equal opportunities, and actively encourage applications from all qualified individuals.

Strategy & Development Manager 

Full Time, 37.5 hours per week 

London, Birmingham or Manchester

£32,000 per annum (plus £3,000 London Weighting if applicable) 

Who We Are Looking For

This is an exciting time to be part of Strategy & Development at Ambition Institute and we are currently looking for a motivated and talented professional to join the team as a Strategy & Development Manager on a permanent contract.

The role is responsible for supporting the business development function so that Ambition thoughtfully evaluates and successfully pursues tender opportunities that are aligned to our strategy and mission, and are commercially viable, as well as efficiently and effectively supporting strategy development and implementation across the organisation. 

To be successful in this role you will support organisation-wide implementation of our current strategic plan; conduct market research and analyse data to present insights and make recommendations to the Strategy & Development team and Senior Leadership Team. You will need to effectively build, foster and maintain relationships with teams across the organisation, and work flexibly across the Business Development and Strategy Functions and take on and complete tasks when needed.

For this role we are looking for someone who can support and occasionally lead on the development of new bids, including bid writing, financial modelling, and stakeholder management, as well as support the monitoring, evaluation and reporting of business development opportunities, including pipeline reporting to the Board of Trustees and Committees.

The role can be based in either our London, Manchester and Birmingham office and will report to the Associate Director, Strategy & Development. The role does not have direct reports at this time but may do so in the future. 

Who are Ambition Institute? 

Ambition Institute has one purpose: to help educators serving children from disadvantaged backgrounds to keep getting better. With our new organisation, and more than ten years of collective experience in working with educators at all levels, we believe that exciting opportunities lie ahead. We are a graduate school for educators, and we apply academic rigour to our learning design, drawing on frontline insights from schools into what works in practice. Our programmes leverage the latest evidence from international experts, which means we think carefully about what is taught, how, and in what sequence. We work collaboratively to enable school improvement for the benefit of pupils, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Our Offer 

We are happy to announce that we will be able to offer you: 

• Flexibility on how you work – agreed between you and your line manager 
• A competitive annual leave entitlement of 25 days, plus bank holidays 
• 2 additional annual leave days for 1 day booked during December over the festive period 
• A generous employer pension contribution of 11% (10% pension plus 1% NI rebate) 
• Competitive salary rates
• Access to an interest free season ticket and bike loans, as well as eyecare vouchers 
• An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which provides confidential support for employees on personal or work-related matters. 
• A robust learning and development offer that ensures your continuous professional development 

How to Apply 

All applications must be received by the closing date, midnight on Sunday, 14th March 2021. Interviews will be held in the week beginning 15th March 2021. 

To apply for this role, or any of our other vacancies or for any questions or queries please visit our website. 

Equality and diversity matter to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality. 

An opportunity for an energetic, creative and meticulous individual to join the team responsible for National Poetry Day and the Forward Prizes for Poetry as Development Manager. This is a new role with significant responsibility and scope for growth in a lively and enterprising literary charity. We seek someone with proven fundraising skills to lead on funding applications, individual giving and sponsorship bids. The role will also work with the programme managers to highlight our impact and vision in communications with key stakeholders and potential supporters.

While we are looking for someone full time, for the right candidate we would consider a part time engagement of 4 days (28 hours) per week at a pro-rata salary.

Salary: £33,000 per annum (pro rata for part-time appointment)

Closing date: midnight, 28 March 2021

Interview date: 6 April 2021. Should you not be available on this date, we will attempt to find a suitable alternative.

ABOUT FORWARD ARTS FOUNDATION

Forward Arts Foundation is the national charity that promotes knowledge and enjoyment of poetry. We strive toward a society where everyone regardless of cultural, background, gender, sexual identity of physical ability can develop creativity and agency by making, experiencing and sharing new poetry.

As a national poetry organisation, we champion excellence in new poetry and create opportunities for all to develop our creativity and agency. Through this, we aim to build a society where anyone’s voice can open new ways of navigating into our collective future.

We do this through partnerships and collaborations with our network of poets, educators, young people, broadcasters, funders, communities and cultural institutions. By bringing together our professional and lived experiences, we will create a vital nerve system for poetry that is relevant and representative.

Our flagship initiatives are National Poetry Day – a mass celebration on the first Thursday of October – and the annual Forward Prizes for Poetry, with associated anthology and education programmes. The Prizes mark their 30th anniversary in October 2021.

Forward Arts Foundation has a highly motivated Board of Trustees and a small staff team based in London and Manchester. We are a National Portfolio Organisation funded by Arts Council England.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Reporting to: Executive Director

Key responsibilities:

● Strengthening and adapting as needed the case for support for the Forward Arts Foundation and ensuring consistency of messaging around donations and support across all our key stakeholder portals

● Developing a strategy to deploy Forward Arts Foundation’s wealth of content to ensure the work developed with leading poets and poetry lovers clearly communicates poetry’s impact to existing and potential supporters

● Taking the lead on preparing applications to trusts, statutory funders and corporate supporters, as well as preparing evaluation reports for current funders

● Stewarding a portfolio of key stakeholders, including donors and high-profile champions, and ensuring their effective cultivation and stewardship

● Working with the Trustees, staff and advisers to activate fundraising networks and identify new prospects

● Implementing and maintaining a system to record and manage fundraising relationships and pipeline complying with UK data protection law

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential:

● In-depth knowledge of charitable fundraising practice in the UK with a proven track record of securing funds

● The ability to work collaboratively in a small team with an engaged board of trustees, being flexible to changing demands and supporting colleagues in delivering the overall strategy

● A clear understanding of how to communicate impact and vision to key stakeholders and funders

● Exceptional communication skills and a demonstrable track record of tailoring content for multiple audiences

● Excellent time-management and forward-planning skills, with proven ability to manage own workload, be productive under pressure, and deliver work to deadlines

● Excellent administration and IT skills

Desirable:

● Good understanding of the poetry and literature sectors and a passion for our work

● Knowledge and experience of the UK arts sector

● Familiarity with Salesforce

TERMS

Hours: Full-time 35 hours a week, 10am-6pm Monday to Friday

Location: From home until further notice, but regular place of work is Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 1LA.

Salary: £33,000 per annum (pro rata for part-time appointment)

Holiday entitlement: 25 days per annum, pro rata (plus bank holidays)

Pension: Provided by NEST

Contract: One year, fixed-term with potential to renew

HOW TO APPLY

Please submit your CV with an accompanying personal statement, setting out your reasons for applying for this post and drawing attention to particularly relevant qualifications that match the profile and skills specification. Please do not include identifiable details such as your name, email or home address on your personal statement as applications will be reviewed anonymously.

Two referees’ names should be included but references will only be taken up in the event of your being selected for the post. Please say how you found out about this job. 

Applications should be addressed to Natalie Charles. You should receive an email confirming receipt of your email application within 2 working days. 

Closing date: midnight, 28 March 2021

Interview date: 6 April 2021. Should you not be available on this date, we will attempt to find a suitable alternative.

Second Step is a leading mental health charity in the South West offering housing, support and hope to thousands of people with mental health and other problems. Our goal is to inspire hope and deliver change for everybody and every community we work with.

Partnerships Manager

Hours per week: 37 (Monday-Friday)

Contract: 12 months fixed-term 

Salary: £30,947 – £33,814 per annum

Location: Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire

The Partnership Manager role is a new and exciting opportunity at Second Step. The role is in response to our growing mental health offer in primary care and the national development of the Community Mental Health Framework; where partnership working and collaboration is at the heart of community mental health.

This role includes both service management and business development elements. We are looking for someone who enjoys building relationships and is a natural collaborator with experience of managing and growing services/projects. The core functions include:

• Oversee our small, but growing, primary care mental health projects across BNSSG
• Understand the diverse communities we work with and ensure service delivery is culturally appropriate
• Ensure good working relationships with existing partners

• Develop relationships with key stakeholders in a trusting, open and transparent way.
• Key stakeholders including (not exclusive): GPs, Primary Care Networks, Community Anchor organisations, social prescribers, AWP NHS Trust, VCSE, CCG and Local Authorities
• Advocate for, and develop stakeholder understanding of, psycho-social mental health approaches in communities
• Working collaboratively with the Business Development team, you will support the growth of our primary care mental health offer and support the team to secure funding and increase impact and influence 
• Ability to pick out project ‘critical success factors’
• Lead projects from inception, working to timeframes
• Understand the wider health and social care landscape changes

Closing date: Sunday 14th March 2021

Interview date: Monday 22nd March 2021

What we can offer you;

• Flexi-time working
• Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• 26 days holiday
• An extra days holiday for each year of service up to 5 years

Second Step is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community and from people who have personal experience of living with long term mental health needs and using mental health services.

The Role
We  are  seeking  a  full-time  independent  contractor  (remote)  to  represent  Synergos  and
the  Global Philanthropists Circle in Europe.  Engagement will run for a period of one year subject 
for renewal.

You will be working with the GPC at a unique moment in time. We continue to conduct activities 
virtually until at least fall 2021. Our activities and individual member engagement are all focused 
on helping the community take on the world’s most urgent challenges through transformative actions. 
This year also marks our 20ᵗʰ anniversary.

Moreover, this is a crucial moment for the field of philanthropy as a whole. With climate 
emergency, political  and  cultural  polarization,  and  social  justice  uprisings,
philanthropists  at  all  levels  are  being challenged to step up and adapt to the demands and 
growing needs this moment imposes on each of us. The GPC is committed to supporting philanthropist 
in the evolution of their practices and counts on its team to help lead and drive these important 
discussions about the future of philanthropic action. You will have an important leadership role in 
driving transformation in the European region and helping the GPC team meet its global goal of 
supporting a community of philanthropist that are truly creating a more just, loving and 
regenerative world.

Deliverables

•     Serve as primary relationship manager for approx. 20 GPC member families 
(currently), as well as UK-based Board members and donors.
•     Develop and execute yearly engagement plans and projects for each family, designed 
to support their learning, collaboration, connectivity, and overall growth as givers.
•      Extend relationship management support for Circle members to connect them with 
ideas, opportunities, partners and other resources.

•     With team support, engage, identify and recruit European philanthropists and social 
investors to be GPC members.
•     Collaborating with the global GPC team, design and implement programs and events 
(digital or in-person) for members that advance the Synergos mission vis a vis the GPC platform and 
community, with a specific focus on Europe.
•     Build stronger visibility of Synergos and the GPC in Europe by representing the 
network at external philanthropy meetings and cultivating relationships and partnerships in the 
space.
•     Stay abreast of current philanthropy and social change practices and trends.
•     Support and contribute to activities throughout the organization, as needed.

Qualifications

Candidates for this position must have the following:
•     At least 6 years of progressive experience
•     Experience in senior level relationship cultivation and management
•     Experience working in the field of philanthropy and clear understanding and 
perspective on current challenges in the field.
•     Experience in program management and design
•     Speak English fluently in addition to a second language.
•     Responsive in communication, quick to action
•     Excellent written and verbal communication
•     Attentive to detail and unafraid to take on all tasks, big and small.
•     Comfort working on a matrixed and distributed team.
•     Desire and comfort working at a multiracial organization committed to Diversity, 
Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
•     Self-driven and accountable to project deliverables and outcomes
•     Openness to learn and/or use new and multiple technology platforms (such as Teams)

School Partnerships Manager (South Central & South East) 

Full Time, 37.5 hours per week 

London

£31,000 per annum (including £3,000 London Weighting) 

Who we are looking for

We are looking for a motivated and talented candidate with sales and stakeholder engagement experience to join our School Partnerships team as a School Partnerships Manager (South Central & South East) on a permanent basis.

The role is responsible for pursuing and converting sales opportunities, owning relationships with accounts of varying size and designing and delivering a strategy for programme recruitment and sales in the South Central and South East region.

In this role you will build highly effective relationships with schools, system leaders and other stakeholders and influencers across the education landscape. The School Partnership Manager will raise Ambition Institute’s profile and reputation to help us achieve our mission.

Based in our London office and reporting to the regional Area Director, South Central and South East, you will have the ability to build highly effective relationships with all levels of external stakeholders, whilst being highly organised and demonstrating the ability to thrive in a target-driven environment.

This exciting role is varied and complex, and will require an excellent communicator, ideally with experience of working in the UK education sector. It is essential that you have excellent presentation skills, and are able to use a range of strategies to impact and influence.

Who are Ambition Institute? 

Ambition Institute has one purpose: to help educators serving children from disadvantaged backgrounds to keep getting better. With our new organisation, and more than ten years of collective experience in working with educators at all levels, we believe that exciting opportunities lie ahead. We are a graduate school for educators, and we apply academic rigour to our learning design, drawing on frontline insights from schools into what works in practice. Our programmes leverage the latest evidence from international experts, which means we think carefully about what is taught, how, and in what sequence. We work collaboratively to enable school improvement for the benefit of pupils, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Our offer 

We are happy to announce that we will be able to offer you: 

• Flexibility on how you work – agreed between you and your line manager 
• A competitive annual leave entitlement of 25 days, plus bank holidays 
• 2 additional annual leave days for 1 day booked during December over the festive period 
• A generous employer pension contribution of 11% (10% pension plus 1% NI rebate) 
• Competitive salary rates
• Access to an interest free season ticket and bike loans, as well as eyecare vouchers 
• An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which provides confidential support for employees on personal or work-related matters. 
• A robust learning and development offer that ensures your continuous professional development 

How to apply 

All applications must be received by the closing date, midnight on Sunday, 7th March 2021.
Interviews will be held on 11th and 12th March 2021. 

To apply for this role, or any of our other vacancies or for any questions or queries please visit our website. 

Equality and diversity matter to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality. 

Flexible remote working with regular travel to our London Bridge office (currently closed due to Covid-19 restrictions)

What the job involves

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated Direct Marketing professional to join our Individual Giving Team. This new role, focusing on our mid-value programme, will assist with the production and development of campaigns aimed specifically for this mid-value audience.

Direct Marketing plays an important role in the Charity’s fundraising and overall corporate strategy, and we are looking for a confident and proactive fundraiser to take responsibility for the delivery and development of this new audience focus. You will use a range of channel content to reach and meet the needs of your audience.

You will deliver timely, targeted, relevant communications to both cold and warm mid-value audiences to engage them wider with the work of Prostate Cancer UK with the overall aim to increase their life-time value.

With internal and external stakeholders, you will project manage direct marketing campaigns in the form of seasonal appeals, digital adverts, newsletters and occasional stewardship events. You will consistently analyse KPIs and make evidence-based decisions to help assist with growing the programme and delivering our overall financial target.

What we want from you

Aside from excellent knowledge and experience of working in a direct marketing environment, which includes developing and implementing direct marketing campaigns, you will also be able to demonstrate your knowledge and/or experience of stewarding donors by understanding the importance of meeting their needs.

You will possess first class communication skills; a strong team ethic and you will be at ease working with key internal and external stakeholders at all levels. The ability to manage budgets and projects is also essential, along with proven knowledge of data protection and sector compliance. Knowledge of direct marking and fundraising law would be advantageous.

Why work for us?

We’re here to stop prostate cancer killing men and damaging bodies and lives. We unite the brightest minds in science and healthcare and the most passionate and caring people to help men live long and live well. As the number of men diagnosed with prostate cancer continues to rise, we continue to make advances in research to focus on radical improvements in diagnosis, treatment and support so that we can build a future where lives are not limited by prostate cancer.

Work with us and you’ll see your efforts pay off as we fight for a better future for men.

What we offer

Join our team and you’ll be working at an award-winning charity that will support you to develop your skills and expertise. We’re particularly proud of our agile working arrangements which allow (as appropriate to the role) for flexibility around where and when we carry out our work to ensure we can achieve the best results for the charity, at the same time as balancing our working lives with life’s other commitments!

We also offer a competitive benefits package including generous leave entitlements, season ticket loans, a cycle to work scheme, an enhanced contributory pension scheme, life insurance and group income protection as well as free advice and support on pretty much anything via our Employee Assistance Programme.

Closing date: 14th March 2021 - applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, so please do apply early if you're interested in the role.

Interviews: w/c 22nd March 2021.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Prostate Cancer UK is a registered charity in England and Wales (1005541) and in Scotland (SC039332). Registered company number 02653887.

A note for recruitment agencies

We prefer to hire people directly and if we do need support, we partner with agencies on our PSL.

Right to Succeed brings the community together to transform outcomes for children because we believe every child deserves the right to succeed, no matter where they live.

Right to Succeed is a fast-growing charity making the transition from start-up to a sustainable, impactful organisation. It was founded in March 2015, and takes a collective approach to creating positive change for children, working to generate place-based change in the most left-behind communities nationally. Everyone who works with and for our charity is dedicated to trying to solve the challenges and overcoming the barriers, bringing together local and national partners to overcome the barriers that are preventing children living in poverty doing well at school and beyond.

Trustee

London with travel across the UK or virtual

Unremunerated

At this exciting time, as we are continuing to grow and scale our work, we are looking to recruit a Trustee with senior fundraising experience, in the broadest sense. This individual will support the Board's knowledge of fundraising and advise the executive in devising fundraising strategies. The board are seeking someone with knowledge of fundraising among one or more of the following; High-Net-Worth Individuals, Trusts/Foundations, Major Donors, Philanthropy. This individual will bring leadership experience and the ability to Chair the Development Committee.

Right to Succeed believes passionately that truly inclusive organisations lead to increased social impact. It is committed to achieving greater diversity in its board, and actively encourages applications from people from Black, Asian, and minoritised ethnic backgrounds, and disabled people.

We are also keen to encourage applications from those with lived experience of overcoming one or more of the issues our programmes seek to address, as we understand the extra value that this brings to understanding our programmes. Right to Succeed is committed to supporting individuals who have not previously been Trustees, and will provide suitable training for such individuals.

For more information about the organisation and this rewarding opportunity, and to find out how to apply, please find the appointment brief below.

For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Lottie Wihl or Camille Revuelta at Prospectus via email.

Deadline for applications: Monday 8th March

Final Panel with Right to Succeed: w/c 22nd March / w/c 29th March

Associate Director, Strategy 

Full Time/ Part Time 37.5 hours per week 

London, Birmingham or Manchester

£56,000 per annum (plus £3,000 London Weighting if applicable) 

Who we are looking for 

We are looking for a motivated and experienced Strategy professional to join our Strategy & Development team in this exciting time as an Associate Director, Strategy.

The role is responsible for providing senior leadership of strategy development and implementation across the organisation, and for providing leadership in the business development function, especially with regards to senior oversight of financial modelling. 

The successful candidate will have a demonstrable track record of leading complex strategy formulation and bring experience of strategy development in a range of settings  to join the team in this senior position. You will be responsible for leading the organisation-wide process to develop its long-term strategy and launching two critical new cross-organisation projects. 

The Associate Director, Strategy can be based in our London, Manchester or Birmingham office and will report to the Interim Senior Director, Strategy & Development. This role does not currently have any direct reports but may do so in the future. 

Who are Ambition Institute? 

Ambition Institute has one purpose: to help educators serving children from disadvantaged backgrounds to keep getting better. With our new organisation, and more than ten years of collective experience in working with educators at all levels, we believe that exciting opportunities lie ahead. We are a graduate school for educators, and we apply academic rigour to our learning design, drawing on frontline insights from schools into what works in practice. Our programmes leverage the latest evidence from international experts, which means we think carefully about what is taught, how, and in what sequence. We work collaboratively to enable school improvement for the benefit of pupils, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Our offer 

We are happy to announce that we will be able to offer you: 

• Flexibility on how you work – agreed between you and your line manager 

• A competitive annual leave entitlement of 25 days, plus bank holidays 

• 2 additional annual leave days for 1 day booked during December over the festive period 

• A generous employer pension contribution of 11% (10% pension plus 1% NI rebate) 

• Competitive salary rates

• Access to an interest free season ticket and bike loans, as well as eyecare vouchers 

• An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which provides confidential support for employees on personal or work-related matters. 

• A robust learning and development offer that ensures your continuous professional development 

How to apply 

All applications must be received by the closing date, midnight on Sunday, 28th March 2021. Interviews will be held on a rolling basis.

To apply for this role, or any of our other vacancies or for any questions or queries please visit our website. 

Equality and diversity matter to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality. 

Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse (STADA) are looking for a Domestic Abuse Court Coordinator to support the Specialist Domestic Abuse Courts (SDAC) coordinated by STADA and the wider Criminal and Civil Justice work at STADA, including the national Mentor Court Project.

STADA coordinates the ground-breaking Coordinated Community Response to domestic abuse in West London and the SDACs are part of a multi-agency partnership approach to domestic abuse in the Criminal Justice System. 

The position will require you to work closely with our Criminal Justice Programme Managers, Project Officer and other members of the team and our partner agencies including Police, CPS, HMCTS and domestic abuse support agencies.

A working understanding of the Criminal Justice System and how cases of domestic abuse progress through the system, including the key measures available to protect victims and hold defendants to account is essential for this post.

You will need to be highly organised with strong written and verbal presentation skills, including an ability to produce project resources, reports and briefing papers.  The position requires highly proficient I.T skills in Word, Excel and database recording systems as well as experience of coordinating and facilitating meetings and events.

Work Location: 

 A combination of:

· Remote working

· STADA office at Hammersmith

· Westminster Magistrates Court

· Area West Met Police Public Protection Unit (as required)

We welcome and encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates.

Company Description

Catch22 exists to help build a society where everyone has a good place to live, good people around them, and a fulfilling purpose. We call these our '3Ps'.

We achieve this in two ways. First we improve lives on the frontline through delivery of public services. Secondly, we use our knowledge to change 'the system', to fix the complex web that can trap and disempower those it was set up to help. With the heart of a charity and the mindset of a business, we are uniquely placed to deliver on this challenging agenda.

Job Description

As Development Coordinator you will play a foundation role in the Catch22 Development Team. You will support the Senior Development Managers in the Business Development and Partnerships units, creating a platform for them to drive growth and development through relationship-building, proposal-writing and high-impact pitching. Your excellent research, drafting, publishing and project management skills will be critical to keeping the show on the road. You will enable the whole Development Team to work through a large volume of opportunities, as we seek to achieve our development goals.

You will be joining an entrepreneurial, energetic and passionate unit with a fun but hardworking culture, all relentlessly committed to Catch22’s core mission and purpose. You will be someone with excellent organisational and administrative skills, an eye for detail, and a passion for social impact. Your research and development skills, ‘self-starter’ mentality, and raw energy will be instrumental to your and the Team’s success.  

There will be many opportunities to develop and specialise, but it is crucial that you are curious and hungry for success. You will be supported and supervised by the Senior Development Manager, but there may also be times where you will be expected to work autonomously, while ensuring that bids and development projects are running to quality and time expectations. You will carry out much of the groundwork for successful bids including market and prospect research, bid qualification, meeting and workshop coordination as well as drafting and publishing documents using a suite of tools. You will have the opportunity to shadow senior management at key meetings and over time may even build your own portfolio.

The Development Team as a whole is the engine room of Catch22’s mission and business plan. Collectively it seeks to grow Catch22’s reach, influence, impact and secure funds that allow us to change peoples’ lives for the better. If you are energetic and motivated, and feel you have the skills, please read on.

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified to degree level, or proven experience in relevant field.

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of statutory and voluntary funding mechanisms and the external funding environment
• An understanding of how market research and analysis can contribute to strong product development, bids, tenders and proposals and how these interlink to generate income.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of developing, promoting and selling products to commissioners through external meetings, presentations and pitches
• Experience of utilising project management and coordination techniques
• Experience of writing bids / tenders/proposals
• Experience of coordinating bid plans and preparing bid templates
• Experience of communicating with partner organisations.