Executive Director

NCW is a dynamic literature house for contemporary writing. Our home is a Grade One-listed medieval building consisting of a 120-seat venue for live events, workshop spaces, a two-bedroom cottage for writers and translators and modern open plan offices. Dragon Hall is located on the historic King St on the banks of the Wensum River in the heart of Norwich, England’s first UNESCO City of Literature.

NCW launched in summer 2018 but dates back to the early 2000s. Growing from just three staff in 2006, then under the name Writers’ Centre Norwich (WCN), the organisation has grown consistently under the leadership of CEO Chris Gribble. We are a friendly, hard-working team, passionate about working with a whole range of people and communities, supporting people to own and share their own stories.

The Executive Director (ED) works collaboratively with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to deliver NCW’s vision and strategic ambition. The position’s focus is internal strategic development, promoting an organisational culture which achieves the highest standards of inclusive artistic and community outcomes.

The ED leads on business planning and works closely with the CEO to deliver strategic expectations to stakeholders, partners and audiences. They lead a senior team responsible for programmes, communications, development, HR, operations, venue management and commercial hires. With the CEO and Finance Director they ensure robust financial performance and monitoring is maintained, and act as Deputy CEO as required.

Islington Giving is seeking an experienced Digital Communications Manager and it is an exciting time to join us! The next few years promise to be pivotal in taking Islington Giving and the place-based giving movement even further. The current post holder has made a significant contribution to the development and leadership of fundraising for Islington Giving, including over the challenging pandemic period, and the new post holder will inherit a strong development and communications baseline.

This role is varied and interesting, calling upon a broad range of digital skills.  No day is ever the same, and the opportunities to test, learn and innovate are at the heart of what Islington Giving is all about.

Islington Giving’s growing fundraising programme involves inspiring the local community to support local projects. We engage trusts, foundations local businesses and residents. As a result, we have raised over £8m since 2010. We raised and distributed over £1.1m in 2020 alone, including through our Islington Giving Crisis Fund focused on support throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Islington Giving is an ambitious initiative which has attracted widespread local and national interest. London’s Giving, inspired by Islington Giving, was launched in October 2014 and there are now 20 similar ‘Giving’ schemes across London.

We are seeking an experienced Digital Communications Manager to build on a recent rebrand and some super successful digital marketing campaigns over the last 18 months. So, if you

• have a proven track record in designing and delivering digital engagement strategies to raise funds?
• thrive in small teams where you can work with colleagues on a variety of projects and campaigns?
• are you passionate, as we are, about addressing issues around poverty and inequality?

Then you might be just the person we are looking for to join our small and ambitious team, so please do download the application pack and apply for this exciting role.

Starting salary: £28,988 - £35,199 + London Weighting

Earning potential: Up to £41,411 + London Weighting

This is a fantastic opportunity to join the charity Guide Dogs as a Policy, Public Affairs and Campaigns Advisor known to Guide Dogs as a Policy, Public Affairs and Campaigns Officer.

Our award-winning team campaigns to break down barriers and end discrimination against people with sight loss. Our consistent campaigning has led to a shift in Government thinking and policy on a number of key issues, and we are consistently rated as one of the top 5 most effective influencing charities by MPs.

In this role you will have the opportunity to shape and develop evidenced-based policy positions, lobby key politicians and officials; draft consultation responses and policy briefings; monitor and respond to parliamentary activity; support the development and implementation of the public affairs strategy; shape campaign plans and mobilise the public and our campaigns supporters and volunteers.

This role is 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year.

We recognise that the world looks a little bit different since the pandemic. Therefore, we’re committed to enabling our staff to work where best suits the needs of the individual, their team and the organisation. For this role, there will be opportunities to work from home as well as the office. We want our staff to flourish and work in environments which maximises their potential and best serves our stakeholders.

We offer a generous pension scheme, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people.

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

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

Diversity

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

Safeguarding

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

Candidate requirements

To be able to fulfil this role, and provide help to those with sight loss, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include;

Essential

• Experience in policy, public affairs or campaigns work with a track record of working effectively with a wide range of partners and stakeholders.
• Detailed knowledge of the UK political framework and environment and current public affairs and campaigning techniques.
• Knowledge of advocacy-based campaigning.
• Knowledge of event organisation and how to communicate with a range of political audiences.

For the complete list of essential and desirable criteria necessary to be successful in this role please see the Person Specification within the Job Description below. The candidate pack contains more information about this role & the recruitment process at Guide Dogs.

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact our Recruitment Team.

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

How to apply

If you have any accessibility issues, please contact our Recruitment Team.

Applications need to be made using the online application form, accessed using the ‘apply’ button above.

As part of your application ensure you provide evidence and examples of how your skills & experience meet the criteria as set out in the attached job description.

The system has a one-hour time limit. We would advise you to prepare your answers separately and then copy and paste into the online form once finalised.

If any mandatory fields are missed, a pop-up box will appear at the top of the page advising which sections require completion.

Please note that you’ll have to upload a CV as this is a mandatory requirement as part of our Safer Recruitment Policy.

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

Please contact our Recruitment Team if you require any support with your application.

We are looking for a meticulous and motivated individual to join our team, with proven experience of maintaining accurate records and handling confidential information.

The successful candidate will provide administrative and financial support to the organisation, ensure the smooth running of the office, provide a ‘1st contact’ service to carers calling the helpline and administrate key events.

As the Office Administrator you must be:

• Available to work flexibly between Monday to Friday, including occasional evening and weekend activities.
• Have a passion for helping support carers living in the Southend-on-Sea area.
• Experienced in finance and administration.
• Willing to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Closing date for applications: Friday 29th October 2021 – 5pm

Interview will take place online: To be confirmed

To apply for this position, please visit our website and complete the relevant forms.

Please do not send links, CVs, covering letters or additional documents, as they will not be considered.

If you have any queries about the role, that are not answered in the Job Description or Person Specification, please contact Southend Carers.

Southend Carers is committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity amongst our workforce. Our objective is to create a working environment in which there is no unlawful discrimination, offers equity and reflects the community we support.

We are looking for an admin assistant to support our Directors and the Legal and Policy & Advocacy teams.

The post holder will be expected to carry out the role via a combination of working from home and work in MRG’s office in London. Initially the work could be done largely from home but there may be periods when work responsibilities require work in the London office.

The job mainly involves:

• Collate presentable Council and Committee papers (4-5 per year), make travel arrangements (when we have physical meetings)
• Maintain records of Council and Committee membership, personal details
• Update Charity Commission and Companies House annually (in liaison with Director of Finance and Administration)
• Collate and supply evidence of MRG policies, systems and procedures to support due diligence processes when new statutory donors give for the first time
• Liaise with staff to ensure that MRG’s central bank of policies, guidelines and forms is maintained and updated regularly.
• Support periodic non-financial reviews of MRG performance or compliance (e.g. SIDA evaluation or Finnish systems review etc)
• Update MRG’s contact relationship management software with contacts and mailings, producing mailing lists (either using CRM or occasionally manually)
• Support the legal team with internal document management systems and related tasks.
• Support with the organisation of (online and offline) events: organising venues, equipment, invitations, mailing lists.
• Support for training events: organising selection, organising trainers / tutors (contracts, payments), organising venue, flight bookings, visa letters and other support, arranging translators/signers
• Adapt existing in-house materials and materials submitted by MRG correspondents globally for use on the website or social media
• Support the production of professional documents and legal submissions (PDF, Powerpoint, photo montages, and video and audio clips, including in electronic and hard copy format) for presentations, training, court submissions etc.
• Support staff to capture and present monitoring and evaluation data (including on log frames/flow charts)
• Support staff to generate contracts for suppliers, individuals and partners and process financial transactions and maintain complete in-house records of all activities, results and expenditure
• Supporting staff to quality control budgets and reports, liaison with finance team re auditor’s queries or to input into financial reports to donors
• Supporting staff to create accurate budgets for new project designs
• Take notes of external/internal meetings

If you are fluent in English and speak good French please read the job description attached.

Contract type: Fixed term until 28 January 2022 (with potential for extension)

Working hours: Negotiable but minimum 21 hours per week (Full-time = 35 hours per week)

Salary Grade: £27,000 per annum (pro rata for part-time hours)

Location: 28 Commercial Street, London E1 6LS

Deadline: 24 October 2021 (4.00pm)

Interview: 2 November 2021

We are looking for a skilled and proactive Fundraising Executive to lead our individual giving programme, supporting the development of new investment and diversification of funding.

The role will form part of a dynamic and supportive Development and Communications team of five where you will have the opportunity to apply your skills across a broad range of fundraising and communications activities, while focusing on individual giving.

The key aspects of this role include:

1. Developing and delivering our individual giving programme and annual appeals to grow the number of people supporting Toynbee Hall and ensure that supporters feel valued.

2. Managing and developing the fundraising communications on our website and social media, including regular donor communications.

3. Overseeing the administration systems of the Development & Communications team, including management of our database, Raiser’s Edge.

To provide high quality support for student group leaders and empower the 80+ Student Groups and volunteer initiatives at Greenwich SU to develop and grow their membership and deliver high quality activities and experiences. This role will enhance participation, identify and minimise barriers for the diverse student population at Greenwich, and deliver effective co-curricular engagement opportunities across the Greenwich campus and connect with their communities.

Reports to: Campus Engagement & Opportunities Manager

Responsible for: Temporary PT Student Staff and Volunteers

Department/Service: Membership Services

1 Duties and key responsibilities

Societies:

• Directly support societies to grow in number and membership by providing advice, resources, support, and specialist knowledge
• Act as a first point of contact for students interested in setting up or joining societies
• Undertake relevant administrative tasks to provide support to student groups, including processing room bookings, activity proposal forms, and student group finance forms in line with procedures, and maintaining records
• Coordinate communication, including drop-in sessions, to ensure society leaders are able to access the knowledge and resources to effectively lead their groups and are following procedures and policies
• Develop support resources and training for student groups in conjunction with other staff, with this role focusing on the needs for society leaders and encouraging them to diversify and develop their activities
• Provide support for student group events, activities and trips, ensuring relevant H&S practices and procedures are followed
• Ensure policies and procedures are followed, including ensuring external speaker checks are completed as per procedures and reports produced as required.
• Support the Campus Engagement and Opportunities Manager to ensure that financial controls are maintained, providing reports and information as required
• Work with relevant staff to support recognition and reward programmes for student groups, including annual awards events
• Work with relevant staff to ensure delivery of the Welcome programme of activity and other New Arrivals activities and events, ensuring that societies are engaging with the programmes of activity as appropriate
• Support the societies to utilise the Students’ Union spaces for events and work together with the Commercial team to ensure the success and quality of these events 

Volunteering

• Help develop the provision for students to set up and run student groups focused on delivering voluntary activities in the local community
• Support the Campus Engagement and Opportunities Manager and other relevant staff and officers in developing policies and procedures to enable student groups to safely deliver voluntary activities in the local community
• Develop appropriate support resources and training for student groups delivering voluntary activities in the local community to provide quality experiences for student volunteers and stakeholders
• Undertake relevant administrative tasks to provide support to student group volunteering projects, including processing room bookings, activity proposal forms, and student group finance forms in line with procedures
• Work with relevant staff to curate a programme of one-off volunteering opportunities designed to encourage growth of student group volunteering projects
• Coordinate the reward and recognition of volunteers by continuing to develop the Volunteering Toolkit  

Student Media

• Work alongside relevant staff to support and develop the student-led Student Media groups.
• Act as a first point of contact for Student Media group leaders for queries relating to their activities, and acting as liaison with the relevant Communications staff as needed to ensure their specialist activities are supported effectively
• Support the Campus Engagement and Opportunities Manager and other relevant staff and officers in developing Student Media, including support for developing relevant policies and procedures and administrative support as required

Events

• To deliver an effective co-curricular events programme, focusing on hard to reach groups inc. international, commuting and mature students
• To remove barriers for participation with non-committal, turn up and give-it-a-go style events
• Stimulate students to create societies by using student feedback to create events & activity, that may turn into a student group

Supporting Representatives

• Support GSU officer societies lead with administration relating to the representative meetings for societies, and other student group representative functions as appropriate
• Administratively support the Activities Committee to achieve their function and objectives

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Ensure data relating to groups is collected, analysed and reported on
• Ensure evaluation mechanisms are embedded in activity and that findings are shared and used to implement learnings with the goal of improving services
• Support Officers by preparing information, statistics and trends about key services to be shared within the University committee cycle
• Monitor and report on targets and metrics relating to groups
• Contribute to the annual Membership operational planning with a particular focus on Sports and groups
• Prepare and submit nominations for various awards relating to student activities

Budget and Financial Management

• Contribute to the budgetary planning of the groups budgets, ensuring effective spend of budgeted sums
• Being responsible for delivery within the allocated budget and ensuring funds are effectively managed
• Together with the Engagement and Opportunities Manager and Finance team, ensure suitable financial procedures are in place when dealing with student finances
• Process invoices or equivalent, relating to the aforementioned budgets, where care, accuracy and security are important

Stakeholder management

• Collaborate with GSU colleagues, particularly the Front of House (reception), Advice, and Communications teams to ensure we have a consistent approach to how we work with and support students
• To champion the work of Activity groups, gaining wider recognition for their successes, utilising social media, case studies and comms channels
• Identify and develop new partnership opportunities to enable more students and groups to deliver increased student–led activities
• To ensure effective relationships with activities leaders, ensuring communication channels are maintained efficiently to provide effective service and ensure student consultation
• Develop and manage relationships with key relevant external stakeholders, bodies, partners and funders to influence and improve student-led projects and service provision
• Work with elected Officers and students through our representative structures and forums to ensure students can shape their student experience and ensure they are ‘life ready’
• Support students from all demographics, and particularly those from under-represented groups to develop and grow their own activities and communities
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with relevant UoG staff and departments including Student Academic Services, ILS, FM and external organisations, as well as our partners

2 General Responsibilities

• Represent and be an ambassador for GSU
• Be flexible and carry out other associated duties as may arise, develop, or be assigned in line with the broad remit of the position 
• Maintain and improve competencies through continuous professional development. 
• Abide by organisational policies, codes of conduct and practices 
• Support and promote liberation, diversity and equality of opportunity in the workplace 

• Treat with confidentiality any personal, private, or sensitive information about individual organisations and or clients or staff and project data 
• Actively seek better ways to assist GSU in its effort to become a more sustainable workplace 
• Any other duties commensurate with the accountabilities of the post 

Person Specification- Engagement and Opportunities Coordinator – Greenwich

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE

• Relevant experience working/volunteering in a students’ union or a similar organisation
• Planning, delivering and evaluating training
• Coordination of a range of successful events
• Develop and maintain effective systems for collecting, collating and reporting information
• Experience of working with or coordinating diverse groups, and encouraging traditionally hard-to-reach groups

ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Clear communication skills face to face and on the phone or email
• Ability to troubleshoot difficult situations, and deal with them calmly, efficiently and effectively
• Writing skills – produce reports and ability to write succinct documents on complex areas
• IT skills at a level that supports report writing, email, internet and database
• Time management and organisational skills
• Ability to engage and motivate others
• Self-motivated with the confidence to work alone but can also work co-operatively and flexibly as part of a team
• Ability to stay focused and efficient in the face on changing priorities

DESIRABLE KNOWLEDGE

• Knowledge and understanding of issues facing today’s students
• Knowledge of requirements for supporting volunteering projects e.g. safeguarding and DBS checks

EDUCATION/TRAINING

• No one specific qualification is required, but evidence of recent continuing professional development in a professional area relevant to the post is required. For example, time management and organisation, effective administration, delivering training, reporting methods

Other

• Able to travel within the borough and region
• Able to work some evenings and weekends and stay overnight where necessary
• Works well in a team with a flexible approach to work
• Commitment to anti-discriminatory practice and equal opportunities. An ability to apply awareness of diversity issues to all areas of work 
• Commitment to the values and ethos of the organisation

JOB OPPORTUNITY

Prevention Program Project Manager

1 Year Fixed Term Contract

Full-time (40 hours per week inc breaks)

£26,854 per annum (inc. London Allowance)

STOP THE TRAFFIK is a groundbreaking charity established in 2006, working with communities, businesses and people across the world to prevent human trafficking & exploitation.

STOP THE TRAFFIK has been at the forefront of developing and delivering an intelligence-led approach to human trafficking prevention.  Our working model brings together high-level organisations, cutting edge technology and the drive and determination of teams of people passionate about the work they do.

We are now seeking an experienced Prevention Program Project Manager to join our dynamic team based at our office conveniently situated in Central London. The successful candidate will deliver our proven methodology that has already reached 10 million globally and will play an integral role in preventing the exploitation of those most vulnerable to human trafficking.

This is a newly created full-time position.  Some of the activities the postholder will do include:

• Coordinating data and working with analytical and intelligence staff to help turn data into program delivery.
• Launching digital geo-targeted prevention programs alongside technology partners
• Safeguarding individuals who have been exploited or at high risk of exploitation without support
• Making effective trusted partnerships, sharing our preventative model
• Engaging with funders and varied audiences, creating tailored bespoke accessible programs

To be successful in this role you will have proven experience in roles relevant to the JPDS such as, but not limited to:

• Project management
• Community change programs
• Digital expertise
• Effective relationship management Excellent time-management and communication skills

In return you will be rewarded by working with a truly supportive and friendly team, working on an interesting high profile, global issue.  Further details about STOP THE TRAFFIK can be found on the STOP THE TRAFFIK (STT) website.

If you are keen to work in a pioneering and fast-paced environment, please send in your CV and Covering Letter via the Oasis Website. For further information please contact STOP THE TRAFFIK.

We actively encourage applications from people of all ethnic backgrounds and minority and underrepresented groups.  Applicants must be able to prove their right to work in the UK.

This role will close on 26th of October 2021. Interviews will be held in person, in London, on the morning of 5th November 2021.

The National Corporate Partnerships Manager helps people with sight loss to live the life they choose by leading the growth of the National Corporate Partnerships fundraising income and ‘in-kind’ services to meet the overall income targets and Key Performance Indicator’s for The Guide Dogs Family to ensure high incomes are generated to deliver services to visually impaired people.

This role is 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year.

We recognise that the world looks a little bit different since the pandemic. Therefore, we’re committed to enabling our staff to work where best suits the needs of the individual, their team and the organisation. For this role, there will be opportunities to work from home as well as the office. We want our staff to flourish and work in environments which maximises their potential and best serves our stakeholders.

We offer a generous pension scheme, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people.

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

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

Diversity

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

Safeguarding

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

Candidate profile

To be able to fulfil this role, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include;

Essential

· Institute of Fundraising or other fundraising Membership/Qualifications.

· Proven effective leadership & management experience of a nationally dispersed business development and account management team

· Legislation and Codes of Conduct relevant to Corporate Fundraising.

· Legislation and protocols with regards to commercial agreements.

· Must be able to demonstrate a proven track record of developing and implementing effective and successful corporate fundraising strategies within the charity sector.

Desirable

· People Management qualifications

· Knowledge and understanding of fundraising databases.

· The ability to initiate and manage creative briefs and proposition development.

For the complete list of essential and desirable criteria necessary to be successful in this role please see the Person Specification within the Job Description below. The candidate pack contains more information about this role & the recruitment process at Guide Dogs.

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

PHASE Worldwide is seeking an outstanding candidate to succeed its current Director. The new Director will lead the organisation, in partnership with the Board of Trustees, through the next exciting stage of organisational development.

Over the past  15  years,  PHASE Worldwide has matured from a volunteer led  charity  to a recognised international development organisation with funding from well-known institutions, individuals, and businesses. Every year, with this support, we change the lives of over 50,000 people. Today our work is focused on Nepal, but we plan to expand our support into other countries too.

The perfect candidate should be an inspirational leader with experience of management within the charity or private sector. They should be driven, resilient, and entrepreneurial. They should bring a strong track record of fundraising and securing both unrestricted and restricted funding. This is a rare hands-on opportunity to grow a small charity that has huge impact in our next strategic period.

The successful applicant will lead a staff team that consists of a Partnerships Manager, Communications and Digital Officer, and Trust and Foundations Officer (part-time). The Board of Trustees will require the Director to support them to fulfil governance and regulatory requirements and lead on future strategic direction in line with mission and vision. The Director will ensure that PHASE Worldwide meets its strategic and financial objectives and responds to and identifies current and future challenges.

Specific responsibilies: fundraising and communications, governance and strategy, partnerships, finance, and management. 

Knowledge and Experience

• Experience of managing a small team
• Proven track record of income generation from unrestricted, restricted, or commercial sources in particular corporate partnerships and public appeals
• Experience of governance and working with a Board of Trustees at a strategic level, including developing and implementing strategies and policies
• Experience of financial management and use of Quickbooks

Skills and Abilities 

• Good ability to motivate yourself and others
• A good strategic thinker who can convert vision into implementation
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Well organised and able to manage a fast paced and varied workload

Other 

• The ability to build relationships with different stakeholders
• Good understanding of Microsoft Word, Excel, CRM Databases, and Microsoft Teams
• A commitment to our work and values, particularly empowerment
• Ability to travel across the UK and overseas
• Ability to work flexibly as required

Location 

Our office is in Bristol, BS2, but we are currently working in a hybrid model. We are happy to discuss flexible working requests further with applicants. Ability to travel to the Bristol office and to Nepal is required. 

Arachne is a registered charity and company by guarantee and has over 35 years’ experience in providing a range of free, accessible support and services. The main aim is to improve and sustain the quality of life and resilience of an ethnically diverse range of women and their families who are disadvantaged by physical/mental health problems, language barriers, difficulties accessing mainstream services or are 'hard-to-reach'.

Our three main areas of work are: welfare advice, health promotion, training/education.  In addition, we work in partnership/network and liaise with a diverse range of statutory and non-statutory organisations.

As part of our new project bid to The National Lottery Community Fund, we have secured funding for a new post of Chief Executive to lead Arachne through an important stage in its future development towards sustainability.

The aim of this post is to empower Arachne and strengthen its capacity.  In addition, to lead the review, development and implementation of the strategic plan to address community need and the impact of the local and national policy agenda, underpinned by robust financial management, good governance and general management. The post holder will work closely with the Board of Trustees and lead a small staff team.

We are looking for an experienced, energetic, creative, dynamic and determined female to lead Arachne and inspire, manage and develop the team. The successful candidate needs to have an excellent track record of fundraising, meeting financial targets, have outstanding communication skills, an innovative and creative approach, the ability to develop strong and positive relationships with internal and external audiences and able to balance and respond to a large and varied workload.  Underlining this they will need to have an excellent understanding of the challenges that face grassroots organisations in the current financial climate. Candidates should be able to demonstrate excellent understanding of the needs and experiences of migrants in the UK, and a clear understanding of and commitment to equal opportunities and safeguarding.

This role is focused on the cultivation and stewardship of Tree Aid's Corporate Partners and Major Donors.

You will be responsible for communicating with many of our major donors, via Zooms, calls, emails and some in-person events, in order to maintain long-lasting, positive relationships and secure high value donations of £2,000-10,000 each.

You will be account managing our existing corporate partners, delivering impactful communications every month, in order to maintain and grow each partnership. You will also be the first point of call for securing new partnerships with potential corporate prospects who contact Tree Aid, who are capable of giving over £5,000 per annum.

Eden Brown is excited to be partnering with a national charity for art in London on their Legal and Compliance Advisor role. This is a part-time position for 21 hours per week and is a mix of home and office based work.

The Legal and Compliance Advisor will provide proactive and high quality legal advice, guidance and representation in relation to charity's activities. You will also manage the charity's Compliance Committee and risk register, coordinating, recording, prioritising and monitoring actions arising from the compliance owners to ensure the risk to which the charity is exposed is minimised.

Some of the key accountabilities include:

Legal
* Draft, review and advise on the preparation of contracts and licenses across its various areas of charitable, commercial and operational activity.
* Work closely with existing external counsel and where appropriate, appoint, brief and manage other legal advisors.
* Work with internal stakeholders to increase awareness and skills in relation to contract management and legal risk.
* Review existing contract management processes and implement improved systems and procedures in relation to the initial briefing, negotiation, operation and ultimate archiving of legal agreements.
* Partner with key individuals within the business to identify potential legal issues as they arise. Provide pragmatic advice to internal clients that enable the organisation to minimise down-side risk and maximise opportunity.
* Manage periodic trademark registration and relationship with third party trademark monitoring provider.
* Manage the legal budget, approving expenditure and highlighting where there's a risk of exceeding budget.

Risk & compliance
* Ensure the effective functioning of the internal Compliance Committee, bringing legal expertise and commercial experience to bear as the group looks to deliver a robust compliance strategy.
* In collaboration with Compliance Committee colleagues, monitor and provide updates on incoming legislation and regulation within the organisation, reporting to the Senior Management Team as appropriate.
* Oversee the ongoing management of the charity's corporate risk register, ensuring this is regularly reviewed and updated by the risk owners.
* Summarise key risks for presentation to trustees at each Finance & General Purposes committee.
* Advise business users on compliance with applicable laws and internal policies and ensure procedures are in place to meet those requirements.
* Identify key internal trends risks and develop processes, policies to mitigate org risk
* Follow-up on internal audits of existing procedures agreed at Compliance Committee meetings.

This role would suit someone with a recognised UK legal qualification, experience of charity law and commercial law as well as experience of legacies and bequests.

Eden Brown is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.

At a pivotal moment in United World Schools’ history, join us to take our fundraising to the next level. We are developing our bold 2030  strategy to reach more children than ever over the next decade and you can help to make it possible. 

The corporate partnerships team is in an exciting stage of growth. This role will be key to delivering ambitious targets, shaping and implementing the new business strategy to secure new long term mid-high value corporate partnerships - both commercial and strategic. This role will take the lead on strategy development and the delivery of prospect research. 

We are seeking an energetic, passionate and proactive corporate partnerships expert who is an excellent relationship manager, able to lead the stewardship of mid value partnerships. The ability to communicate complex messages to a wide ranging audience and to create, and deliver, high quality, innovate proposals are essential for success in this role. 

The successful postholder will be an integral member of the Funding and Communications team at a time of increased investment to deliver our ambitious next steps for the organisation’s growth. 

Join us and you could soon be sat at the forefront of our growth in corporate income and be a key driving force behind those transformational partnerships we aim to attain.

Person Specification

Essential

• Educated to degree level or equivalent. 

• Passion for education and international development. 

• At least 4 years experience in partnership fundraising, or other relevant fundraising experience. 

• Demonstrable experience of corporate prospecting and building a pipeline from its infancy. 

• Experience identifying and securing partnerships of 5 and 6 figure value. 

• Strong writing skills for fundraising proposals, strategic partnerships, and the ability to build multi-year charity partnership applications. 

• A strong relationship manager with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, evidenced by successful relationships with donors and senior stakeholders within partnerships.

• Confident self-starter who is able to work alongside our Senior Leadership Team to research and identify key opportunities and drive forward the approach, owning some big wins as you go.

• Entrepreneurial fundraiser looking for an exciting new challenge. This role presents the opportunity to grow with us and will offer huge developmental scope.

• Determined, persuasive ambitious, flexible and a proactive team player which means you commit and deliver for the cause.

Desirable

• Experience of senior stakeholder management

• Experience of managing and developing staff. 

• Experience working for an international development NGO.

UWS is committed to the safeguarding of children and ensuring we recruit safely is central to this commitment. All applicants will be required to undertake a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check as a condition of employment.

Closing date: Monday 18th October 5pm 

Interviews will be held on w/c: Monday 25th October 

Due to the urgency of the role, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. To avoid disappointment, apply as soon as possible.