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.

This is a new role, combining our communications and development functions to best communicate our vision and activities to our audiences and stakeholders. You would be responsible for developing, leading, implementing and evaluating the organisation’s communications and development strategies as part of the organisation’s overall business plan. The role works across the organisation to drive innovation and creativity in order to increase reach, value, revenue and reputation. The Head of Communications and Development works closely with the Senior Management Team with the CEO, Executive Director, Head of Programmes and Head of Commercial and Operations) and manages a small Communications and Development Team.

At Sport England, we are working to help everyone, regardless of age, background or level of ability to feel able to engage in sport and physical activity.

We launched our 10-year strategy Uniting the Movement in January 2021 – a bold vision to transform lives and communities through sport and physical activity.

We’re looking for a brilliant individual to lead our Digital and Content team and help us play a vital role in promoting Sport England’s expertise and award-winning campaigns to help the nation get active.

We can’t do this alone and Uniting the Movement is our call-to-arms to a vast army of stakeholders – some within the sport and physical activity sector, and some in other industries like transport and health.

You will play a lead part in helping promote the strategy to stakeholders by ensuring that our digital channels are offering everyone the information they need to play their role in the movement.

You will have overall responsibility for all digital channels, including our websites, newsletters and reports (but not social). Leading a team of three, you’ll be writing and editing copy, whether it’s news stories, blogs, reports or strategy documents that explain Sport England’s vision. You’ll work with multiple internal and external stakeholders to deliver a range of audience appropriate messages.

You will be a brilliant writer and have a nose for news, with an ability to create compelling content out of sometimes complex issues.  

You’ll need plenty of digital expertise too as you will be leading the continual improvement of our channels using data and evaluation.

The Content team sits within a larger Digital, Marketing and Communications team and you will work closely with press, external affairs and social to ensure that our digital channels are one of a suite of channels we’re using effectively to communicate.

Sport England recognises the positive value of diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly where we are under-represented, currently, this includes disabled people and those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups.

Supporter Development Fundraiser
Children's Charity Central London (hybrid working, office and home based)
£27,000 - £30,000

Our client is a Children's Charity based in Central London who are currently looking to recruit a Supporter Development Fundraisier to come in and manage a range of exciting campaigns. This role sits within their Individual Giving department which is responsible for the largest single source of income for the Charity. You will be joining a high achieving and well established team who support and nurture talent. Within Fundraising, one of their priorities is to establish an excellent supporter experience which connects supporters to their cause - this creates loyalty and maximising ongoing income.

We are looking for someone to come in and be responsible for the development and implementation of effective Cash, Raffle and Legacy campaigns and specifically manage supporter development campaigns across a range of channels including direct mail, telephone and email. You will also work on budgeting and forecasting and post campaigns analysis.

This is a fantastic role for someone with experience in Marketing or Direct Marketing, having managed direct mail, email and telephone campaigns. You should have strong skills in the management of creative, monitoring results and great team player attributes. Ideally you'll currently be working for a Charity, though this is not essential; we are happy to take applications from commercial organisations and charity

Interested applicants should send their CV in the first instance.

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

Subscriptions Product Manager

We are looking for an experienced Subscriptions Product Manager to drive product growth and improve overall customer experience of a flagship digital product.

The charity has been working with schools for many years and is dedicated to improving life chances of every child and young person by promoting nurture across the whole education system and beyond.

Position: Subscriptions Product Manager

Location: Flexible as homeworking supported - office working available in London or Paisley

Salary: £30 - £36k dependent on experience

Hours: Full-time

Duration: 12 months Fixed Term Contract (becoming permanent if funding allows)

Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays and 5% Employer pension contribution

About the role:

As Subscriptions Product Manager you will drive product growth for the charity’s flagship product, the Boxall Profile® Online (BPO). This supports educational professionals to improve the social, emotional, mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in their care, and ensure that social, emotional and behavioural difficulties are identified early.

You will be responsible for establishing the vision and strategic direction of BPO, lead and work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to ensure continuous technical development of the product and its optimisation, as well as increasing its reach, achieve revenue targets and exceed customer satisfaction. Key responsibilities include:

• Strategic planning and revenue generation
• Product management and development
• Customer-centric service
• Market and audiences research and insights
• Marketing and communications
• Line management

About you:

This is an excellent opportunity for a forward thinking and passionate individual, with significant experience working in a Subscriptions/Product Manager role.

You will also have experience in all or most of the following areas:

• Sound experience and knowledge of product management and development of online subscription-based products
• Knowledge of customer-centric services
• Good experience of strategic planning
• Knowledge of financial planning and strategy
• Knowledge of lean product development and agile development methodologies
• Sufficient technical knowledge to critically engage with developers and understand the software the team is building
• Familiarity with business process improvement
• Familiarity with analytics tools and platforms, Salesforce CRM and project management and product development tools
• Acquisition and retention marketing experience
• Research and impact evaluation experience
• Proven ability to lead, set direction, coach, empower and inspire teams to deliver whilst driving through continuous improvement
• Experience of the education sector

Other roles you may have experience of could include: Product Manager - Digital Subscription, Product Manager - Cloud Subscriptions, Product Manager – SaaS Subscription, Product marketing Manager, Commercial Product Manager, Head of Product Management, SaaS Product Manager, Technical Product Manager, etc.

IPS EMPLOYMENT SPECIALIST

Salary:  Agenda for Change Band 5:  £25,655 - £31,534

Location:  The Wellbeing Hub, 73 Hounds Gate, NG1 

We are delighted to be recruiting to an exciting new opportunity for an IPS Employment Specialist as part of a new Individual Placement and Support (IPS) programme.

IPS is an evidenced-based employment approach that is internationally considered as the most effective approach to supporting people with mental health problems to find and keep the right work opportunity. 

The role will deliver supported employment to people in community treatment for substance use, who may be affected by other health conditions or disabilities, using the Individual Placement and Support approach (IPS).  Full training on the IPS model will be provided.

Key responsibilities: 

1. To manage a caseload of around 25 clients in structured treatment for substance use who are motivated to start/return to work

2. To initiate job search and contact with employers quickly – within 4 weeks – building relationships to the benefit of your clients

3. To provide individualised unlimited support to participants and their employer which may include,  but is not limited to, employer education and support, return to work strategies and negotiation around workplace adjustments to ensure job retention

4. To provide participants/clients with expert advice around welfare benefits to enable them to make informed decisions about work

5. To support the integration of the IPS approach into the substance misuse treatment service (NRN) to include attendance at clinical team meetings as an embedded IPS practitioner

About you: 

• We would like you to have some knowledge of the IPS model

• We would like you to have experience of talking to employers and helping people into work 

• We want great communication skills and the ability to build relationships with everyone from the frontline up to CEO level

• Negotiation skills and commercial acumen

• Drive, passion and commitment 

• Proven ability to build rapport with people and especially understanding issues for people with affected by substance misuse or similar conditions

• Boundless enthusiasm, excellent teamwork and the ability to work in a target driven environment

• Strong written skills/verbal/ organisational skills

Closing date:  24 October 2021

Interview Date: Week Commencing 01 November 2021 

What we offer: Life Assurance, Pension (up to 4% matched by FHA), Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Benefits, Additional Annual Leave Purchase Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Learning programmes tailored to suit different roles and services, Health Cash Plan.

Framework supports all employees to achieve a better work/life balance. Should you wish us to consider flexible working or job share as part of your application please state this on your application in the supporting statement section.

To protect the health & wellbeing of those receiving support from Framework, colleagues and the wider community, any job offer is conditional upon the prospective post-holder having been vaccinated against Covid-19, or agreeing to do so during the first six months in the post, except where such a requirement would be unreasonable in the circumstances.

98% of the workforce in a recent staff survey said they were proud to work for Framework.

Framework is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Registered charity No: 1060941.

As a Disability Confident employer we warmly encourage job applications from people with disabilities. Framework is committed to offering opportunities to people from diverse communities. If you have specific requirements or adjustments please let us know if there is anything we can do to support your application.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Do you want an incredible opportunity to join an NHS and a successful charity as it undergoes an ambitious and brave rebrand and new strategic direction? The Forever Friends Appeal helps the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust to do more and provide exceptional healthcare for everyone. We push the boundaries of healthcare through innovation, research, cutting-edge equipment, enhancing our spaces and supporting our people to be extraordinary.

Working under the direction of the Legacy & Tribute Manager and supporting the RUH’s staff wellbeing events and other members of the Forever Friends team you will provide effective legacy and project support. This role will help the RUH and Forever Friends appeal with developing and supporting a focused selection of staff wellbeing events to assist with the post pandemic recovery and support for our dedicated and passionate staff across the whole hospital.

This is a very varied role which involves a wide range of duties including support with administration around gifts in wills and the preparation of resource for the promotion of Will month, Dying Matters Week, legacy and tribute schemes internally and externally. Preparation of legacy and tribute packs and resources.You will need bags of initiative, be innovative, brave and positive about learning new ways of working.

A strong team player and able to work autonomously juggling multiple activities simultaneously. SMART objectives, both financial and non-financial, will be allocated, so the post holder must be ambitious and target driven.

Ideally the successful candidate has experience in fundraising and the desire to develop a career in the charity sector whilst being part of an ambitious team putting smiles on the faces of our patients, NHS staff and supporters.

An exciting opporunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, strategic leader to jo Nottinghamshire Hospice as our Director of Income Generation.

Nottinghamshire Hospice is a charity serving the local population of over 800,000 with a reliance on both statutory and charitable income streams in the region of £4 million in order to ensure the delivery of high quality services to our community.  As a pivotal role within the Senior Management team, the Director of Income Generation will contribute to shaping the future of the Hospice and in achieving our strategic objective of having a robust and sustainable business model in place to enable us to deliver end of life services throughout Nottinghamshire.

The post holder will lead, direct and manage the income generation teams (to include Retail, Fundraising, Marketing and Communications, Grants and Trusts) to ensure that income streams are maximised and expenditure controlled, managing and monitoring performance against agreed budgets. You will develop, implement and deliver on the Income Generation strategy, identifying and initiating new income streams and engage with a wide range of stakeholders.

The person in this role will be creative, innovative and dynamic with excellent networking and communication skills. They will demonstrate strategic leadership and be able to lead and support their teams in achieving ambitious goals.

Nottinghamshire Hospice is a truly inspiring place to work.  As a Charity we are able to be creative, fleet of foot in our approach to our services and how we work together. Our CARE values are embedded throughout the organisation – Care, Acceptance, Resilience and Empathy.The post holder will be an integral leader who will promote care and compassion to all who use the Hospice’s services. They will have a passion for leading and developing our fantastic clinical staff.

The successful applicant will be subject to an Standard DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK. Nottinghamshire Hospice is a non-smoking organisation.  Due to the volume of applications that we receive, if you have not heard from us within 3 weeks of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful.

Registered Charity no: 509759

Sixty Bricks are seeking an experienced Development Director who will be responsible for the programme of New Business and Delivery to hit their target of 4,000 new homes in the next 10 years. It is an exciting time to be joining Sixty Bricks executive team with a newly appointed Chief Executive and Finance and Resources Director. You will be tasked with leading the full development programme and continuing to grow Sixty Bricks presence across the market.

The Ideal candidate will come from a residential housing background, either from the Public or Private sector with a track record in leading teams and successfully delivering of a full cycle development programme. You will be an inspirational leader who can promote innovation throughout the team to build beautiful homes for the residents of Waltham Forest. You will be reporting directly to the Chief Executive and the Board which means you will have a genuine opportunity to impact change and organisational decisions.

Job Purpose

Provide strategic and operational leadership for the company's development portfolio and managerial leadership of the New Business and Delivery functions ensuring successful delivery of Sixty Brick's Mission and Business Plan priorities

• To be the net zero carbon developer of choice in Waltham Forest, maximising the social housing provided in a financially sustainable manner ensuring profits enable housing and community benefits in the Borough
• Delivering up to 4,000 new homes in the next 10 years - with annual investment of c£50m presently, with a planned increase to c£100m within 3 years
• National sector leader, working towards a net zero carbon development business and providing net zero carbon, environmentally positive, social housing schemes throughout the Borough.

Senior executive team lead for:

• Procurement
• Contract Management
• Delivery assurance

Key Responsibilities

Professional Delivery

• Lead the company's end to-end development portfolio from RIBA 0-7, ensuring agreed Business Plan objectives in relation to the delivery of financially sustainable net zero carbon social housing schemes.
• Plan, resource and deliver the company's house building development portfolio, overseeing the building of new homes, identification of sites, securing planning compliance.
• Successful construction delivery phase, practical completion, and successful handover arrangements.
• Ensure strong and effective client and commercial management of all multidisciplinary teams to deliver the Sixty Bricks development objectives re: design, cost, and programme milestones.
• Have Executive oversight of the delivery assurance arrangements for the development programme, including programme, and project management methodologies, risk management, governance.
• Work with the Chief Executive to develop the company's pipeline and growth strategy to ensure the development function is positioned to undertake effective appraisal and assessment of opportunities.
• Working with the Director of Finance and Resources to ensure the financial status forecasts and performance of the development portfolio

Experience

• A sustained track record as a senior housing development professional of leading the end-to-end RIBA 0-7 development cycle to secure tangible financial, environmental sustainability and social value benefits from mixed tenure developments.
• Experience and understanding of professional standards, strategies, and approaches to integrating zero carbon and environmental sustainability into the design and delivery of housing development portfolio, programmes, and schemes.
• Experience of identifying, tracking, and delivering social value contributions generated from housing development investment portfolio and programmes.
• A substantial and well-proven track record of leading the planning, procurement, contract management and successful completion of mixed tenure housing development portfolios and programmes.
• Experience of working as a senior professional with, and being accountable to company Boards, Client representatives, and external stakeholders.

Personal Attributes

• Act with integrity in all matters, and able to build high levels of trust and confidence underpinned by professional transparency with all staff, suppliers, and stakeholders.
• Professionally resilient and experienced in managing complex, multiple priorities and embodying high levels of personal drive and energy.
• Committed to the promotion and delivery of diversity and inclusion, particularly as it relates to staff and customers.
• A champion of innovation and proactively encourages creativity, ideas, and new approaches.
• Actively role models and champions company priorities and values in all
• aspects of job performance.
• Committed to making substantial impact on climate change and biodiversity through running a Net Zero carbon company and delivering a net zero carbon
• development programme.

Qualifications

• CIOB, RICS, RIBA or equivalent level qualification in related field (e.g. contract, programme, or project management)

Please reach out to Jamie Fitch or Henry Ivall for a discrete confidential conversation about the role.

Our Team & Job Summary
You will join a small and dynamic team comprising our Chief Executive (CE), Learning Programme Manager (LPM) and Events Sales Manager (ESM). Each position has a distinct area of responsibility within the organisation, and we are looking for an experienced and engaging Office Administrator to support us with the day-to-day operations of the charity and social enterprise.

The Office Administrator role is varied, with multiple areas of responsibility across the organisation. You’ll need to be a confident and independent worker with the drive to see all tasks through to completion. At BLS you’ll have the opportunity to put your stamp on the role with the freedom to propose projects and initiatives as you see fit.

Person Specification
You must have:

• At least 2 years of experience in a similar, administrative role.
• Excellent communication skills and a positive, can-do attitude.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage conflicting workloads and priorities.
• Passion for the charity’s purpose.
• Highly IT literate. Competent in MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook & Office 365.
• The ability to engage positively with others, build relationships and manage the expectations of multiple stakeholders.
• Sound, independent judgement and a willingness to speak your mind and share new ideas.

You might have:

• Experience in the non-profit and charity sector.
• Experience of other software including CRM, MailChimp, Canva, Photoshop etc.
• Experience in financial admin and using Sage Accounting software.
• Ability to identify system weaknesses and develop systems to improve efficiency.
• An interest in social media or digital marketing. Experience of social media management is even better.
• Experience of planning and coordinating meetings and events.

Role & Responsibilities
Administrative Support

• Act as the central point of contact for all telephone and email enquiries.
• Assist the Chief Executive with the coordination and facilitation of monthly Board Meetings. Send out meeting invites, create meeting agendas, share pre and post-meeting documents with attendees and take meeting minutes.
• Coordinate team meetings and share action points.
• Maintain a secure and accurate filing system for all documentation.
• Assist with the digitisation of paper records.
• Maintain accurate staff records and update as required. Ensure all necessary employment documentation is present and up to date. 
• Maintain training records for employees and boat contractors. Organise training refreshers when required.
• Assist with recruitment and new starter admin for BLS and the Board of Trustees.
• Assist with any other general administrative support as required by CE, LPM and ESM.

Financial Admin

• Create and send client invoices and ensure timely payment of invoices.
• Generate debtor analysis and work with LPM & ESM to maintain accurate debtor records and chase outstanding payments.
• Prepare and submit quarterly VAT return to HMRC.
• Cross-check monthly credit card expenditure against bank transactions and reconcile organisational bank accounts on a weekly and monthly basis.
• Manage all expense claims.
• Manage petty cash requests, record all outgoings and collate receipts.
• Set up weekly payment runs via online banking and process ad-hoc payments as directed by the Chief Executive.
• Manage the monthly payroll and pension payments to staff, HMRC and pension provider.
• Maintain accurate filing system for supplier invoices and credit card payments.
• Collate information for production of annual audited accounts.

Education/ Commercial Bookings

• Assist with commercial and learning programme enquiries for via email and phone.
• Assist in maintaining a record of all education and commercial hire of the barge.
• Manage the collection of pre-trip information for education & commercial trips. For example, client contact details, BAME monitoring forms, client set-up requirements, etc.
• Manage the collection and digitalisation of post-trip feedback.
• Assist with the creation of booking sheets/ event orders for all hires. Share completed booking sheets with the relevant crew members, teachers and skippers.

Office Management & Boat Operations

• Manage and schedule regular cleaning of the office and boat.
• Order office supplies as required.
• Liaise with suppliers of office equipment and boat maintenance. Assist with the scheduling of service and maintenance visits according to the annual calendar.
• Coordinate with IT support for fast resolution when issues are reported.
• Collect and drop-off paperwork to/from the boat on a weekly basis.
• Record boat defects and maintenance requirements as reported by Skippers and liaise with ESM to action these issues.
• Ensure all regulatory and governance inspections, reports, annual returns, etc. are scheduled and undertaken or submitted in the required timescales.

Social Media & Communications

• Assist with the development of content for the Electric Barge & Floating Classroom social media accounts (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook).
• Assist with scheduling social media posts when required.
• Assist with content creation for Electric Barge mailing list subscribers via MailChimp.
• Support in the maintenance and upkeep of websites (Squarespace).

Property

• Support the CE with the maintenance and upkeep of the BLS property on Harrow Road.
• Ensure compliance with Health & Safety requirements. 
• Issue invoices and collect service charge from top floor flat leaseholder.
• Maintain service contract for central heating and schedule biannual inspections of fire safety equipment.

Job purpose

• Development and delivery of a high-quality programme of annual events in Portsmouth Cathedral and its precincts, raising the profile of the Cathedral and generating increased income to support its mission.
• Management, support, recruitment, induction, and training of volunteers related to the planning and running of events (with support from the Visitor Experience and Volunteer Manager)
• The incumbent may be a Licensee for the Cathedral

Key internal relationships

• Strategic Tier
  • Dean
  • Chapter
  • Canon Chancellor
  • Canon Precentor
• Operational Tier
  • Visitor Experience and Volunteer Manager
  • Office Manager/Dean’s EA
  • Finance Officer
  • Shop Manager
  • Head of Fundraising and Events
  • Digital Marketing Manager
  • Head Verger and Assistant Verger
  • Cathedral volunteers including the Head Guide, Welcomers and Guides, and all other volunteers
  • Cathedral staff

Key responsibilities

• Develop and implement annual programme of events in the Cathedral and its precincts
• Be responsible for the end-to-end process of booking
• Be responsible for the management of the Cathedral and precincts diary
• Be responsible for the management of the weekly operations meeting
• Be responsible for setting up the Cathedral and its precincts for paid and non-paid events excluding religious events and the work led by the Visitor Experience and Volunteer Manager
• Be responsible for developing a marketing and communications plan to advertise the Cathedral and its precincts as a venue (marketing support will be provided by the Digital Marketing Manager)
• Develop and manage relationship with external suppliers including developing a roster of approved suppliers where appropriate (e.g. catering, sound, lighting, etc)
• Be responsible for developing on-line booking and automatic invoicing capability for the Cathedral (with the Digital Marketing Manager and Finance Officer, respectively)
• Monitor and report on KPIs including numbers per event, profit/loss
• Devise and deliver a system for receiving visitor feedback and implementing learnings
• Work with the Head of Fundraising and Events to increase visitor donations
• Work with the Shop Manager to increase sales in the Cathedral shop related to events
• Manage the Events budget with associated budgets per event and annual targets
• Be responsible for conducting Risk Assessments for any activities relating to events
• Support and feed into the work of the Visitor Experience and Volunteer Manager in creating, reviewing, and delivering an induction programme for volunteers and paid staff (contact and permanent) who work on events
• Work with the Visitor Experience and Volunteer Manager to create, review, and implement a programme of volunteer training in the area of events
• Be responsible for any staff, volunteer or agency rotas associated with events
• In collaboration with others, devise and prepare for the Cathedral’s centenary celebrations and projects in 2027
• Work with the Visitor Experience and Volunteer Manager to support the operational aspects of cultural (non-commercial) and volunteer-led events e.g. art exhibitions
• Work in co-operation with the Shop Manager on shop volunteers and opening times
• Be fully aware of the operational aspects of the Cathedral Shop including equipment
• Manage any future Events apprenticeships or work placements/experience at the Cathedral
• Work will include the delivery of events for children, families and vulnerable adults
• Undertake whatever other tasks the Chapter might reasonably expect

Person Specification

Essential experience and skills:

• Minimum three years’ experience in a events role
• Experience of managing volunteers
• Experience of delivering training
• Experience of team and partnership working
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent organisational skills
• Excellent IT skills

Desirable experience

• Working in the not-for-profit sector
• Familiarity with the Church of England
• Background in heritage interpretation
• Experience of managing budgets

Personal qualities:

• Excellent interpersonal skills, in particular warmth, tact, diplomacy, discretion, and imagination
• In sympathy with the ethos and aims of the Cathedral as a Christian organisation
• Highly collaborative
• Innovative
• Entrepreneurial
• Ability to lift and carry furniture, climb stairs, walk and stand unaided for significant periods of time.  A good head for heights
• At ease when working at a senior level and with the general public
• Committed to equal opportunities and inclusivity
• Committed to upholding the highest standards of safeguarding practice

Hours. This is a 36-month contracted post of 35 hours per week normally worked over five days Monday to Friday, but work will regularly include evenings, weekends, and public holidays to fulfil operational requirements.

Pension. Staff are eligible to join the Church Workers Pension Fund (contributory: employer 7.5%, employee 1% of gross salary).

Safeguarding. The Cathedral takes the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults very seriously, and practises Safer Recruitment for all roles (both paid and voluntary).  This role will require an enhanced DBS check and  face-to-face or online training as required.   

Digital Sales Executive

Full time permanent post  

Based in our Reading or London office, with flexible home working and UK travel

Salary in the range: £30,184 - £36,891 per annum

Parents And Children Together have an exciting new opportunity for a Digital Sales Executive to help us drive our ambitions forward.

Do you want to make a positive difference to the lives of children by helping them to find their forever family?  Do you want to support and empower women to make informed decisions and take control of their lives?  Do you want to keep families safe by supporting parents and children who have experienced domestic abuse? If so, this role could be for you.

What we do

PACT is a leading independent adoption charity in the UK, placing children with secure and loving families and supporting them with specialist therapeutic support. Our most recent Ofsted inspection rated our adoption service as “Outstanding”.

We are a well-established charity based in the Thames Valley with an office in Reading and second office in London. Our beneficiaries make up the wider PACT family and are supported through several community projects for children and adults facing multiple disadvantages including domestic abuse, homelessness, debt and victims or perpetrators of crime. Our current community projects include the Alana House women’s community programme and Bounce Back 4 Kids, a therapeutic domestic abuse recovery programme for families.

How you could add value

As an excellent ambassador for PACT, you would work with our Director of Business Development and others to achieve the income targets associated with our range of digital products and services, such as The Adopter Hub, in line with our business plan, objectives and values.  You would play a significant role in generating revenue for PACT by developing market potential through existing customers, new lead generation, qualification, and closing sales, and be integral in recommending new products and services following customer contact and competitor analysis.

We are looking for an experienced sales or account manager to join our inspirational organisation. If this is you and you want to make a real difference, please visit our website for more information, how to apply and the full job description.

Closing Date -  9am on Monday 25 October 2021.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Please do not submit your CV, only completed application forms will be accepted.  No agencies please.  We may close this advertisement earlier if we receive suitable applications in advance of our stated close date.

PACT is a supportive and respectful place where people are passionate about making a positive difference to the lives of women, children and families from many different backgrounds.  We continuously look to progress the ways in which we create families and bring people together and encourage applications from people across all communities.  We are committed to ensuring that our people and our services reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and applications from people from under-represented groups are particularly welcomed. Please note prospective employees will need to evidence they have the relevant permission to work in the UK.

The job of a Save the Children's UK Innovation Project Lead is exciting and rewarding.

• Are you an experienced innovator with solid commercial acumen?
• Are you confident in developing experiments utilizing your skills across a range of innovation methodologies?
• Are you an excellent communicator, who is excited to share learnings and engage stakeholders across SCUK, the wider movement and beyond?
• Are you motivated by our vision of creating a world where every child doesn't just survive, but thrives, and can go on to change the world?

If the answers to these questions are yes, we would love to hear from you!

 About Us

Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. Save the Children UK (SCUK) has a history steeped in innovative thinking and creative solutions, ambitious innovations which strive to change lives. Now, perhaps more than any other time in our last century, innovation has never been more important.

 Job Purpose

In 2021, SCUK set up a new, cross-organization innovation team (The Bubble), focused on developing and experimenting with solutions which have the potential to deliver both impact for children, and sustainable new business models. This role will drive forward the scoping, development, and testing of new commercial ventures at SCUK.

As an experienced innovator with solid commercial acumen, you'll be confident in developing experiments utilizing your skills across a range of innovation methodologies. An excellent communicator, you'll share learnings and engage stakeholders across SCUK, the wider movement and beyond.

This role is a unique and exciting opportunity to join a dynamic new team at Save the Children, committed to creating real, sustainable change for children.

Main Accountabilities

As the Innovation Project Lead, you will identify and develop long-term innovative opportunities to feed into the innovation portfolio of work, ensuring a sharp focus on commercial potential and rapid progress from inception to validation in market. The Key duties will focus on:

• Forging excellent relationships with key stakeholders including Executive Directors, to drive direction of travel and commitment to innovation.
• Utilizing specialist innovation expertise in developing and delivering future iterative solutions which create a step-change in impact and income
• Leading, mentoring, and coaching multi-disciplinary teams, from across the organization and including external experts to create, test and deliver new experiments.
• Leading the development and testing of new concepts, including consideration of; audience needs, market trends, competitive environment, SCUK benefits, capability requirements, go-to market strategy and risks & issues and commercial projections and judgements. 
• Role model an innovation culture, both within the core team and across the wider organization.
• Act as a catalyst to help create and embed a culture of innovation, bringing the outside in and establishing critical working practices to enable innovation to happen.

Person Profile

Essential Technical Skills:

• Strategic understanding of discontinuous innovation, different business models and innovation best practice
• Proven significant experience of transforming ideas, concepts and consumer insights into commercial opportunities and viable business ventures and of stretching the organization capability.
• Significant experience of creating digital experiences, and of taking new products and concepts to market, from inception to delivery
• Adept at leading and motivating of multi-disciplinary teams in high pressure situations, including leading sprints
• Proven ability to learn and adapt innovation methodologies and techniques in a variety of contexts

Personal Skills:

• Visionary – is passionate about innovation and can inspire, excite, and galvanize others
• Strong business acumen (across spectrum, from strategy to marketing to finance) and commercial mindset
• Ability to ‘sell' ideas to a variety of stakeholders
• Good communication, influencing, negotiation and relationship-building skills; ability to build consensus
• Entrepreneurial and innovative – ready to challenge status quo
• Ambitious; willing to set and meet high quality standards 

Remote Working:

The majority of SCUK employees are currently working remotely within the UK in line with UK Government guidance. Commencing July 2021 we will transition to flexible and hybrid ways of working (i.e. a mixture of remote/home and office-based working) as social distancing restrictions ease.

We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: 

Save the Children UK is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. 

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.

The National Church Institutions (NCIs) are national administrative bodies that work together to support the mission and ministry of the Church of England. Their activities are hugely varied, ranging from management of a multi-billion-pound investment fund, to a grant-giving charity, a housing service for retired clergy and the administration of four multi-employer pension schemes.

The Procurement Team is part of the Finance department, a shared services function working across the NCIs to provide a comprehensive, cost-effective finance service to each organisation. The NCI procurement function was established 3 years ago, and has developed into a key strategic partner for these organisations, driving value-for-money, promoting a best practice approach and upholding strong ethical procurement principles.

Introduction

As Procurement Category Manager, you will support the Head of Procurement to spearhead and be responsible for building out our support to the IT, Property & Facilities and Professional Services departments, developing strong working relationships across teams and promoting great procurement practice and truly effective contract management. This will include running competitive tenders, appointing and managing preferred suppliers, and providing procurement support for key projects.

This post is based in Westminster and requires the flexibility to travel to work at Lambeth Palace or regionally as required. Remote working will be available for 2-3 days per week, subject to requirements and agreement.

In return we offer a unique environment with opportunities for continuous learning, generous annual leave for work life balance and a range of benefits including discounted entry to attractions and what we feel is a market leading package when it comes to our pension scheme.