Salary - £35,635 - £40,248 + £2,500 or £5,000 accountancy allowance (Dependant on qualification status) with offices in Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester.

The Government Property Agency (GPA) was launched as an Executive Agency of the Cabinet Office in 2018. The GPA represents a step change in the way that Government property estate and assets are managed efficiently, by providing innovative and flexible solutions across the Government estate. Our core service is to support departments in business change and workforce transformation. The GPA is the place to be for UK's leading professionals in estates, commercial, project management and beyond.

The Government Property Agency is expected to grow exponentially over the first few years of its existence; this equates to transferring hundreds of assets (worth billions of pounds) onto its balance sheet from Government Departments, as well as gaining responsibility for the running of a large part of the central government office estate.

The In-Year Planning and Reporting Manager will contribute to GPA developing a culture of strong financial management. The role requires the post holder to lead a team of three in delivering a function informed by analysis, underpinned by robust data and supported by analytics and visualisation tools. Further growth will be required as GPA expands its client and property base.

The responsibilities of the In-Year Planning and Reporting Manager will include

• Lead the preparation of Supply Estimates, reflecting the annual budget settlement with HM Treasury.
• Production of the monthly GPA and budget holder management accounts to tight deadlines.
• Lead the Management Accounts Team in analysing financial performance to identify variances and ensuring robustness of data.
• Support the identification and management of trends, risks and opportunities in the financial performance data.
• Lead the production of business intelligent financial data to support effective decision making.
• Provide technical advice on the public sector budgeting system.
• Drive continuous process efficiencies and improvements across the function, delivering maximum value for the GPA and ensuring robust controls are in place.
• Seek out opportunities to lead/contribute to cross-government and cross-finance initiatives outside of own role.
• Build relationships with key staff across Finance and the business in order to maintain effectiveness and relevance during change.
• Ensure Record to Report principles are embedded within the GPA.

The post holder may be required to undertake additional responsibilities as expected in relation to the role and grade.

Key Skills & Experience

• CCAB, or equivalent, qualified or part-qualified (or with sufficient financial/ commercial experience and/or the ability to gain formal CCAB qualifications within a reasonable time.)
• Good experience of financial reporting, ideally in a public sector context.
• Good experience of financial risk management.
• Good experience of using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.
• Proficient using Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to seek and analyse significant amounts of financial data to inform decisions.
• Ability to put customer needs at the heart of delivery and communicate complex ideas to a non-financial audience.
• Ability to lead a geographically dispersed team.
• Ability to plan and prepare to maximise time and productivity.

We're looking for someone to lead our fundraising and communications team and activities who has a real passion for fundraising strategy design and development, plus experience of embedding a fundraising culture and focus at an organisational level. You'll be asked to accelerate the growth of our fundraising across a diversified range of streams and donors to achieve long term, sustainable income growth.

To excel in the role you'll need to bring experience of fundraising strategy, legacy programme development, trust fundraising, individual donor programme design and management, alongside your broader communications and marketing skills. The role will include managing a team of six so experience of team management, skills development and taking a team through change will also be needed.

If you're looking for an opportunity where you'll be drawing on your expertise in order to create and deliver a dynamic fundraising strategy focused on growth and inspiring our supporters with the outcomes their gifts deliver, then we'd love to hear from you. Please read through the application pack for more details.

Location: The post is based at the CPAS office at Sovereign Court One (Unit 3), Sir William Lyons Road, University of Warwick Science Park, Coventry, CV4 7EZ.

Salary: £43,593 per annum

Contract: This is a permanent, full time appointment of 37 hours per week. A flexi-time system operates for this post.

Closing date: Noon on Wednesday 8 April 2020
Interview date: Tuesday 28 April 2020

Hopefully our application pack tells you everything you need to know to decide if this is the role for you, but if you would like an informal discussion about any aspects of the role or the details in the pack please contact Jude Palmer (Head of Operations).

We have a new exciting opportunity, not to be missed! At DEBRA we are currently looking for an Area Manager to join our team covering the Midlands.  This is a field based role.

About the Area Manager role

You will assist the Regional Manager in ensuring that the retail outlets operate legally, effectively and efficiently.

Key Responsibilities of our Area Manager will include:

- To ensure full compliance with all health and safety legislation, trading standards, and all other legal and statutory requirements.

- To ensure that shops operate to their full potential and that shop managers are equipped and able to meet specified sales targets.

- To manage shop staff and volunteers, providing support and leadership.

What we’re looking for in our Area Manager:

Essential skills

- Commercial Focus

- Achievement Oriented

- Excellent Communication Skills

- Good Interpersonal Skills

- Adaptable

- Full, Clean Driving License – Own Car

Desirable skills

- Expertise in the charity retail sector

- Basic computer skills

DEBRA is the national charity that supports individuals and families affected by Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) – a painful genetic skin blistering condition which, in the worst cases, can be fatal.

Our vision:

We have a vision of a world where no one suffers from the painful genetic skin condition EB.

Until that day, DEBRA focuses its work in two areas:

- We fund pioneering research to find effective treatments and, ultimately, a cure for EB.

- We provide care and support to individuals and families living with EB.

We couldn’t do any of this without raising substantial funds, which is why you will be so integral to our success.

If you are enthusiastic about the contribution you could make and would like to join our team as our new Area Manager please click ‘apply’ today – don’t miss out, we’d love to hear from you!

To help us achieve our mission, we are recruiting qualified social workers with direct experience of working with children and families and knowledge and experience of supporting social work students. We are looking for candidates who can lead the delivery of teaching across the year, support participants in their local authority units and supervise participants during the 2nd year of the Frontline programme.

Practice Tutors (PTs) work closely as a peer group to share effective ways of working across participant units, local authorities and regions. They play a key role within the development and delivery of our social work curriculum, contributing knowledge and expertise to create a culture that promotes outstanding social work education and that enables teams to do their best work in order to achieve our mission to transform the lives of vulnerable children and families.

PTs are responsible for teaching and developing participants at the five-week summer institute, regional recall days and, in the participant units within local authorities. PTs support a number of participant units, based within statutory children’s social care services. Each unit is led by a Consultant Social Worker (CSW).  Core to the Practice Tutor role is the ability to provide support, challenge and guidance to participants and CSWs to ensure a high quality practice learning experience.

Applicants need a good understanding of the social work role and have the ability to make links with adults’ and children’s services. To apply you need excellent social work practice skills, experience of developing others and a commitment to educating a new generation of social workers. This role provides the opportunity to genuinely align practice and theory. In doing so you to be a committed to evidence informed practice models and have an appetite to exploring different and innovative approaches to teaching these models. PTs are supported to gain fellowship status with the HEA if not already held.

Who we are looking for

We are looking for a motivated and talented financial professional to join our Finance team as a Management Accountant. The role is responsible for efficiently and effectively managing a variety of financial reports on behalf of the Finance department. You will also handle a number of financial processes which will work cross-departmentally, supporting the wider Ambition Institute Team with their understanding of the role of finance across the organisation. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop financial process and reporting within the team and take ownership of financial knowledge across the wider organization through business partnering.

Based in one of our three UK offices (London, Birmingham or Manchester), you’ll proactively ensure that Ambition Institute is financially compliant across all processes, support on financial system projects, and ensure that all monthly processes, such as payroll, are managed competently. The Management Accountant will report to the Finance & Operations Director and will manage a small team of Finance Associates.

You will have previous experience of working within a similar role, managing the whole internal reporting process, including communicating financial information to none financial staff. You will be committed to Ambition Institute’s mission of improving the education and outcomes of children from disadvantaged backgrounds.  You will be an excellent communicator and be able to build relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders, as well as having excellent numeracy and literacy skills and a commitment to the development of staff. 

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

To apply for any of our vacancies or for any questions or queries please click the link to visit our website.

Equality and diversity matters 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.

Locality Care Supervisor (Domiciliary Care)

Salary: £20,750 per annum

Perton & Penkridge locality x 1

Essington & Cannock locality x 2

37.5 hours, Permanent

Our client are looking for committed and motivated Locality Care Supervisors to provide exceptional domiciliary care services to their customers

This is an exciting opportunity within domiciliary care for experienced care supervisors. Within this role your daily tasks will include assisting with the recruitment of care and support workers, inducting and monitoring staff to ensure high quality care is delivered to their customers every day by offering support and guidance to the care team. You will also oversee the service for the assigned location outside of normal office hours, Please note that this role does not include on-call.

Job requirements:

• To be a role model in the direct delivery of personal care and support to customers

• Responsible for producing staff rotas

• Line management responsibilities for care and support workers

• Ensuring services are delivered according to agreed care plans

• Ensuring all clients needs and risks associated with provided care are properly assessed

• Maintaining accurate, informative and timely records for service users and care workers
   

What they’re looking for:

• NVQ or equivalent in Care

• A commitment to and understanding of good customer service within domiciliary care

• Previous experience of providing a care service for people

• Knowledge and understanding of email and Internet

• The ability to prioritise tasks to ensure the safety and wellbeing of their customers are maintained
   

Our client offer benefits such as contributory pension, employee assistance programme including staff perks and eye care vouchers. Further to this you can expect a comprehensive induction programme and excellent ongoing training. A uniform will also be provided.

About our client

Our client are a leading care and support services provider in South Staffordshire and Shropshire. They deliver domiciliary care tailored specifically to individuals living in their own home that require care and support to enable them to live independent and fulfilling lives. They also offer wellbeing support services to help people get more out of life when living independently within their schemes. Their benchmark for success is whether they have made a difference to their customers’ lives.

An enhanced level disclosure and barring service check is required as is a full clean driving licence and access to a vehicle.

Closing date: Friday 27 March 2020

Interview date: W/c 30 March 2020

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Director of Asset Management & Safety

Solihull Parkway, Birmingham 

Salary: £94,029 per annum

Type: Permanent

Basis: Full Time

37 hours per week

Work pattern:  Monday - Friday

Our client has an exciting opportunity for a Director of Asset Management and Safety. You will be responsible for shaping and delivering the Asset Management and Safety strategy to meet their strategic and commercial objectives. You will also ensure they meet the requirements of the new regulatory environment arising from the Grenfell Inquiry. 

Providing quality homes that meet the highest standards of sustainability and safety are at the forefront of what they do, therefore they are looking for a Director who will be adept at creating customer service focused cultures. 

You will also have strategic skills to help us maximise the use of their portfolio and enhance both financial and customer value, ensuring their investment programmes are delivered on time and to budget. In addition to the above, you will embrace the culture of collaboration and you will also be a strong communicator. 

You will be responsible for effectively leading the Asset and Safety Directorate to ensure the value and condition of their primary and secondary assets are optimised, and that the organisation fully complies with health and safety legislation and regulation.   

The Director of Asset Management and Safety is a key position within their Senior Leadership Team, therefore demonstrable experience advising and reporting on Asset Management at board level as well as the skills to work with a diverse range of stakeholders is of paramount importance.

In return, they offer a competitive salary of £94,029 per annum including contributory pension matched up to 10%, private healthcare, health benefits cash scheme and 32 days holiday plus bank holidays.

Prior to completing your application, please review the attached Job Description and Person specification to better understand the role and key responsibilities. It is important that your application highlights supporting evidence of how your previous experience and skills relate to the criteria outlined in the recruitment pack. 

You will need to state if you are related to a board member, an existing employee or resident, and if you have any financial interest in the organisation. They also request that you complete the Equality & Diversity Monitoring Form. If you are invited for an interview, you will be asked to bring along evidence of your professional qualifications as described on your application. 

This post is subject to a Basic DBS check (Disclosure and Barring Service).

The Role

nasen is looking to recruit an experienced Website Administrator to administer nasen’s website and CRM systems. If you have a high level of programming and analytical skills, excellent technical understanding, with the proven ability to handle pressure whilst meeting tight deadlines then we would love to hear from you.

Who We Are

nasen (National Association for Special Educational Needs) is a membership charity organisation that supports all education practitioners. We provide: Continuing Professional Development (CPD), resources, advice, information and much more to enable all staff to meet the needs of all their pupils.

Role Objectives

• To ensure nasen’s websites and the CRM system are operating effectively and meeting the needs of the organisation.
• To support users of nasen’s IT systems and to be the main point of contact with the relevant external support services.
• To be responsible for familiarising users with the website and CRM and making sure it functions smoothly and efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Oversight of the support and maintenance of nasen’s websites and CRM.
• Coordination of support requests with external providers and leading on staff technical support and nasen membership technical customer support as required.
• Designing and delivering nasen’s website and CRM infrastructure in consultation the Head of Operations and the Head of Sales and Marketing.
• Exploring and developing new capabilities to support the growth and development of nasen.
• Communication of plans and strategies across the team and with senior staff as required.
• Provide support and added features for a technology loaded web space.
• Ensure the compatibility of the website with the full breadth of user interfaces.
• Managing the accessing rights of different users to the website and CRM.
• Management of the settings of the website, including site navigation.
• Analysing website traffic and responding to feedback on the website and/or CRM.
• Overseeing website functionality and performance.
• Responsible for the overall security of the website under the guidance of the Head of Operations.
Other
• To undertake relevant training and development, as required.
• To undertake other duties and responsibilities as required, appropriate to the grade of the post, as agreed with the Head of Sales and Marketing.

Person Specification

Please see attached.

How To Apply

To submit an application, please select 'Apply Online' and submit your CV and covering letter addressed to the Chief Executive, Professor Adam Boddison.

The first round of interviews will be conducted electronically.

Current Benefits

• 25.5 Days annual leave excluding public holidays (plus one additional day at Christmas and Easter)
• Flexible hours (to be agreed)
• 8% Employer Pension contribution
• Enhanced parental leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Supported professional development
• 10% London weighting
• Friendly and relaxed atmosphere
• Dog-friendly workplace

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Re-engage organises free social gatherings - tea parties and other gatherings and outings - for people aged over 75 who live alone and experience loneliness. Groups meet monthly and friendships are formed. As the population ages, the need for our service will grow significantly.

About the role  

We are looking for leaders who will work together across the UK in a role that will be part of shaping the culture and work of Re-engage to eradicate loneliness and isolation for older people and deliver a first class volunteer experience. You will be responsible for planning, coordinating, delivering, and evaluating our services which are mostly volunteer- led. You will achieve this by inspiring and coaching your regional teams to forge funding and development partnerships in their local settings that will ensure our local programmes are funded and delivering the greatest impact for the people we serve.

 About you   
You will need excellent team leadership/management and effective communication and interpersonal skills to manage the service in a large area and oversee the development of our work for the future.  You will also have:   

• Knowledge of the region and national, regional, and local referral partners and funders. 

• Demonstrable experience of managing operational matters at senior level in line with excellent knowledge of best practice, budget management, and strategic planning.

• Excellent people management, able to drive the best performance from teams and individuals

• The ability to manage processes in a timely and effective manner, negotiating strong outcomes, problem solving and developing excellent working relationships

• The ability to plan effectively and in a timely fashion, prioritising where to spend time and resources so that deadlines and targets can be met

• The ability to determine effective and persuasive strategies, in daily work, as well as in contributing to the wider direction of the charity

• Strong problem solving and decision-making skills, able to analyse situations and focus on achieving solutions or ways forward

• The capability to collect, analyse and use data to drive and improve services 

• A demonstrable ability to communicate effectively at all levels both internally and externally

• Proven ability to prioritise, work on own initiative, and deliver desired results

• Ability to deal well with deadlines and conflicting priorities

• Use of own car (insured for business use) and a clean driving license are required.

• This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service/Protecting Vulnerable Groups check. 

This role is home-based, but we expect our Head of Engagement to be based in or within a reasonable commute of a major population centre  

You will be part of our UK-wide management team of four, currently led by the Chief Executive. 

This is a permanent role after satisfactory completion of probationary period 

Start April/May 2020 but we are happy to be flexible for the right candidate. 

Salary: from £33,000

Holidays 26 days per year plus public holidays pro rata. 

Head of Faith and Beliefs Engagement

£44,606 - £50,819 pa – Inner London HCA for Tooting base

Location: Tooting or Birmingham

Ref: 918-MX5297

Engage and Enhance

At NHS Blood and Transplant, we have a simple but uniquely vital mission: to save and enhance lives. Taking responsibility for blood, organs, tissues, stem cells and more, we do everything in our power to do our amazing donors justice and give a lifeline to thousands of people every year.  As we move towards an opt-out system for organ donation in 2020, we need a passionate leader to get the word out to faith and beliefs organisations about organ and blood donation.

This is a challenge that few can match.

The role

As part of our busy NHS Blood and Transplant team, you will develop and lead on the implementation of our faith and beliefs engagement strategy. 

In this varied role you will build trust with key faith and belief organisations so that you work together to educate and problem solve around the key issues of the opt-out system and the necessity for increased engagement of BAME audiences on organ donation, and black donors for blood donation.

Each day will be different. One day you’ll be developing strategy, presenting to stakeholders and creating content − and the next, meeting faith leaders or working closely with nursing or other donor experience colleagues.

Based ideally in Tooting, with the option of working in Birmingham, you will report to the Head of Organ Donation Marketing, whilst line managing the BAME Marketing Manager.

About You

Passionate and inclusive, you will be a strong people manager with a proven track record of community engagement.

With exceptional communication skills – both written and verbal − you will be capable of building collaborative relationships and solving complex issues.

You’ll have had experience of project management and you’ll also be able to develop and manage multi channel campaigns.

As you work with numerous groups, you’ll also instil integrity and true diversity across our organisation, respecting others and expecting the same in return.

You will have demonstrable experience to Masters level in management or marketing or educated to Masters level in these areas.

What we offer

By joining this dynamic team, you will be taking on an essential role which will directly contribute to saving and improving people’s lives.

So join us, and put your passion and expertise to the test in a challenging, interesting and deeply rewarding role – and in turn, we will support you with access to a competitive pension scheme, generous annual leave and the possibility of part-time working.

Please note that this is a fixed term vacancy until 31st March 2021.

Closing date: 25th March 2020.

The interviews will take place in Tooting on Wednesday 8th April.

We are looking for a motivated and experienced person to join our England Volunteering Development team.

Volunteering Development Officer
Reference number: A5900220
Location: Flexible - Birmingham Office preferred
Salary starting at: Salary Range currently £19,602 to £21,236 per annum increasing to £21,718 to £24,293 with effect from 1st April 2020
Hours: Full time
Contract: Permanent

Volunteering is pivotal for the success of the RSPB, we simply could not save nature without volunteers. With over 12,000 volunteers giving their time and talents regularly, it is so important that we ensure our large workforce are being well supported so they are having a quality volunteering experience, gaining enjoyment and satisfaction from what they do.

We are looking for someone with experience working with volunteers, preferably in a leadership role. You will enjoy working with people and seeing how you can have a positive impact on our activities on the ground. This role covers a large geographical area, so you will be organised and work consistently so that you are visible to the teams you support, even if you can't be everywhere in person. You will have excellent communication skills and feel comfortable talking to teams at all levels

As a Volunteering Development Officer, you will join a small development team to advise volunteer line managers on excellent volunteering management, policy and best practice. You will also be a champion for change, looking for ways of doing things better. This role is about influencing and inspiring others so they are driven to work with more volunteers and in innovative ways. For the organisation to grow and ultimately save nature, we must mobilise and develop volunteers across all areas of the business, it is the role of the Volunteering Development Officer to give the energy and expertise needed to realise that change.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Closing date: 5 April 2020
Interview date: 15 April 2020

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the Apply button to be directed to our website, where you can download the role profile and application details.

Our job information pack and accompanying role profile on our website, tells you all about the key result areas and the skills and experience needed for the role. Please make sure you include reference number A5900220 on your application.

No agencies please.  

The Role

nasen is looking to recruit an experienced Fundraiser/Bid Writer to raise significant funding in line with nasen’s charitable objectives. If you have a passion for and experience in fundraising or bid writing in the third sector, have the ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders and display outstanding verbal and written communication skills then we would love to hear from you.

Who We Are

nasen (National Association for Special Educational Needs) is a membership charity organisation that supports all education practitioners. We provide: Continuing Professional Development (CPD), resources, advice, information and much more to enable all staff to meet the needs of all their pupils.

Role Objectives

To horizon-scan, write bids and raise significant funding in line with nasen’s charitable objects and strategic objectives.

Responsibilities

• Developing and strengthening relationships with key charitable funders to grow philanthropic income.
• Working to agreed financial and non-financial targets.
• Maintaining detailed records of all actions taken and adding relevant information to the CRM database.
• Being familiar with methods of tax-efficient giving in the UK and overseas and understanding the relevant charity, Freedom of Information, and Data Protection legislation.
• Working with key colleagues to scope new charitable project areas by identifying potential funders and developing a project outline to generate significant income.
• Writing bids to secure income from a variety of sources, including Trusts and Foundations, the public sector, the private sector, research councils, etc, in line with nasen’s charitable objects and strategic objectives.
• Building close working relationships with key nasen staff to find the information needed to write clear and compelling proposals for income generation.
• Building effective working relationships with key external stakeholders.
• Working with diplomacy and tact with stakeholders of all levels at nasen and externally.
Other
• To undertake relevant training and development, as required.
• To undertake other duties and responsibilities as required, appropriate to the grade of the post, as agreed with the Head of Contracts.

Person Specification

Please see attached.

How To Apply

To submit an application, please select 'Apply Online' and submit your CV and covering letter addressed to the Chief Executive, Professor Adam Boddison.

The first round of interviews will be conducted electronically.

Current Benefits

• 25.5 Days annual leave excluding public holidays (plus one additional day at Christmas and Easter)
• Flexible hours (to be agreed)
• 8% Employer Pension contribution
• Enhanced parental leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Supported professional development
• 10% London weighting
• Friendly and relaxed atmosphere
• Dog-friendly workplace

Privacy Notice

Please visit our website.

Islamic Relief Worldwide is an independent humanitarian and development organisation, serving humanity for over 36 years. With an active presence in over 40 countries, we strive to make the world a better and fairer place for those affected by poverty, conflicts and natural disasters.

Our Head office based in Birmingham, UK, is currently recruiting for the position of ‘Executive Assistant (Director of External Relations and Advocacy)’. The division’s responsibilities include brand protection and reputation management; international media relations and advocacy; IRW’s website, publications and social media platforms; internal communications; and staff training.

In close cooperation with the other divisions of the organisation and the direct line reports of the Director of External Relations and Advocacy (ERA), the Executive Assistant will help the ERA Director achieve the Division’s agreed strategic aims and objectives.

The successful candidate must have or be:

• Ideally degree educated, and particularly useful if this is in a relevant discipline (such as international development, NGO management, policy development, communications/marketing)
• Significant previous experience of providing senior executive support
• Some knowledge of the social media landscape, coupled with some experience in creating social media content
• Previous experience of analysis and research
• Good knowledge and sound understanding of the needs, sensitivities and professional discipline of public communications and external relations
• Skilled in exercising discretion and sound judgement when dealing with unexpected issues
• Willingness to travel and work outside normal office hours

Islamic Relief promotes equality and meritocracy, and seeks individuals who are sympathetic to the IR values of Sincerity, Excellence, Compassion, Social Justice and Custodianship – together with our policy standards on Anti-Bribery and Child Protection and our extensive staff Code of Conduct. If you would like to be a part of an organisation striving to make a difference in the world and are looking for a meaningful career, we will be glad to hear from you.

Please Note: Interviews are expected to take place Mid-April 2020. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Pre-employment checks:

Any employment with Islamic Relief will be subject to the following checks:

• screening clearance
• proof of eligibility to live and work within the UK
• receipt of satisfactory references

For UK based roles, we are only able to accept applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK. We are unable to progress applications which would require sponsorship.

Islamic Relief is an equal opportunities employer

Director of Development

c.75K + Benefits

Birmingham Hippodrome, B5 4TB

We are looking for an experienced and influential individual to lead our ambitious development plans.

This is an exciting period in the Hippodrome’s history, having celebrated 120 years in 2019, and a with a renewed energy and focus around our role in a rapidly developing city. With increased artistic growth already being realised, we intend to grow our impact significantly in the coming years, with a major building project designed to position us as a cultural destination and creative campus. We now require a senior, confident, and well-connected Development specialist to boost investment, and drive our narrative. 

This senior leadership opportunity in one of the UK’s most successful cultural organisations will suit an ambitious individual with significant experience, excited about inspiring a highly skilled and equally ambitious team.

About the Role

The post-holder will oversee the Development, Corporate Development and Communications teams alongside developing and leading Birmingham Hippodrome’s Stakeholder Engagement strategy.  You will work closely with the Board of Directors and play a key role in the success of the Birmingham Hippodrome Development Board and the Capital Fundraising Committee to harness contacts and networks, and keep Trustees appraised of progress against ambitious targets.

Ideally you will be qualified in Fundraising and/or have high level relevant experience at a comparable scale within the charity sector. Experience in capital fundraising will be very highly regarded. 

You will have exemplary skills in stakeholder management and an understanding of all aspects of communications, including media relations and digital content. With a track-record of increasing engagement in arts, culture or entertainment, you will have demonstratable experience and a considerable understanding of stakeholder management at a senior level.  You will be an advocate and ambassador for our vision to create a world-class Birmingham cultural scene with the Hippodrome at centre stage.

Closing date 29 March 2020.  To apply, please visit our website via the link and apply online.

At Birmingham Hippodrome we are committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone.