About us

The King's Fund is a charity working to improve health and care in England. We have a high profile and strong reputation for influencing health and care policy, providing leadership development and producing excellent communications.

About the role

The Communications Assistant role is an opportunity to gain a wide range of experience working in our dynamic and fast-paced team, covering issues at the top of the news agenda. Amongst other things, you will work with the media, support us to build relationships with key contacts, analyse our impact, and get involved with our website and social media work.

We are looking for applicants who are proactive, can use their own initiative, and are eager to grab the opportunities this job provides. Our ideal candidate will have strong planning and communication skills, a good knowledge of news and current affairs, and some experience of working in a communications team. You will also need to demonstrate a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion. In return, we are offering the opportunity to work on some of the biggest issues facing the country, working alongside leading experts in a friendly and supportive organisation.

At The King’s Fund we actively encourage applicants from underrepresented backgrounds, people from Black and ethnic minority backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBT+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge as we recognise that diversity makes us stronger.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, you may initially need to work remotely. Once our offices in central London fully reopen, you will be expected to spend some of your time working in the office.

This is a really exciting role in a small, focused charity which will provide the successful candidate with a range of powerful, challenging and rewarding opportunities. The position is central to our core goals and includes working with young people, children and their families, much-admired corporate partners and providing innovative campaigns across traditional and social media channels. Fundamental to the role is placing moving and inspirational stories in the press about the impact of a child’s cancer diagnosis on both the child and family, helping to raise awareness thereby driving early diagnosis and ensuring the charity has a strong digital and social media presence.

We are looking for a talented, experienced, highly motivated professional to continue to develop our communications ensuring the effectiveness of all our engagement with supporters, stakeholders, healthcare professionals and the general public.

Full details including a Job Description and Person Specification are contained in the Recruitment Pack attached below.

The deadline for applications is 30th May 2021, however we will be calling the strongest candidates for interview as soon as possible so please do not delay your application.

Do you believe that great communications can improve the lives of families with eczema? We know it can. If you do too, this job could be your next challenge, as part as our dynamic and growing UK-wide charity.

As our new Member Communications Lead, you will deliver impactful communications to our existing and future members by co-ordinating, creating and publishing original content via social media, email, and other platforms. Working closely with our Media Officer and delivery team, you will promote our support activities to members,support fundraising from individuals, create and publish engaging information on eczema and EOS on social media and help run awareness campaigns.

If you have a minimum of two years’ experience in a communications role, are excellent at social media content creation and analytics, and want to help families with eczema feel more supported, connected and confident, we want to hear from you.

Position Member Communications Lead

Line Manager Head of Finance and Administration

Hours 17.5 hours per week, worked flexibly

Place of work Home or Office based (Linlithgow, West Lothian)

Salary £26,010 p.a. pro-rata

Length 12 months

Leave 28 days pro-rata

Pension Employer’s contribution: 4%, employee’s contribution: 3.2%

We are looking for a talented Marketing and Communications Executive to join our Policy, Impact and Communications Team.

The Policy, Impact and Communications team showcases the value of design across all our work, influencing its use across the UK and beyond. We do this by understanding our audiences, and by creating content that influences attitudes, changes behaviour and builds movements at scale. The Marketing and Communications Executive will help deliver this important and inspiring work.

You will support the Senior Communications Manager in developing and delivering our communications strategy and managing our content planning across the short to long term. You will also manage a range of marketing and communication projects, working across different channels including social media. This could include engaging stakeholders in our Design Economy 2021 research project, determining how to attract new funders as part of our business development, or marketing and communicating some of our flagship design programmes.

You will have experience of working across organisations to deliver marketing and communication strategies. You will have a good understanding of business objectives, audience needs, brand identity and tactics to create relevant content.  You will also bring excellent copywriting, creative writing and proof-reading skills and experience of planning content across campaigns and projects that have achieved measurable impact.

We value inclusion, equality and diversity and we know that we can only design better for all, when we bring together people from different backgrounds and perspectives.  Therefore, we are actively recruiting for a diversity of candidates that reflects the ‘all’ of the society we are designing with and for. We can offer options to work from home, flexible working, compressed hours or other adjustments. 

To apply for this role, please send a CV and cover letter outllining your suitability for this role no later than the 23 May 2021.  Please download the Job Description for further information.

This exciting part-time role is new, and we are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, self-motivated and proactive Fundraising and Communications Officer who can demonstrate a real passion for fundraising, and who can make a tangible contribution to increasing the Charity’s funding position. We require someone who understands the nature of what we do, and can emphathise with the vulnerable men we support.

The role

Fundraising is an integral focus of income generation for the Charity and this post will contribute towards delivering the Fundraising Strategy for the Charity.

Communications is a key component of this role as the successful applicant will contribute towards delivering the Charity’s Communications Strategy, including its social media profile, publications and contribute towards the production of its promotional materials.

• To take responsibility for producing The Nehemiah Project’s external communications
• Raise awareness of The Nehemiah Project’s brand, services and reputation
• Contribute towards fundraising targets

Experience of fundraising, database and website management is essential. 

Communications

• To manage and prepare copay forThe Nehemiah Project website and social media sites
• To produce case studies about Nehemiah Residents for the website, media use and fundraising
• Maintaining a database of photo, case studies and research/evidence to promote our work
• Write and distribute press releases to print, radio and television and respond to media enquiries
• To send quarterly update newsletters to all external stakeholders
• Run Communications campaigns to raise awareness of our services
• Represent the charity in a range of settings including presentations / talks, exhibitions and events

Fundraising

• To contribute towards the delivery of the Charity’s Fundraising Strategy
• Raise funds for our cause and regularly meet or surpass fundraising targets
• Prepare materials for charitable events, such as fundraising envelopes/bid sheets/gift bags
• Research and identify potential donors/corporate sponsorship 
• Develop and maintain a database of supporter, donors and potential funders
• To forge long-term mutually beneficial relationships with individual, trust and church supporters and raise funds towards the ongoing work of the Charity
• Develop a stewardship journey for corporates and individual donors 
• Coordinate, prepare and submit small grant/trust applications for funding 
• In the case of grant funding ensure that monitoring and evaluation processes are embedded across the organisation, ensuring that all grant conditions are met.
• support the Development Director with project evaluation and end of project reports
• Respond to enquiries from the public including responding to requests for information and material

The Administrative Assistant supports the day to day running of the Link Age Southwark offices. This includes answering the telephone, sorting and sending the post, assisting with the [email protected] and [email protected] inboxes as well as working with colleagues to answer the door and deal with deliveries. The Administrative Assistant will work with the Operations Coordinator to ensure that stationery supplies are kept stocked up and will assist with processing invoices and payments. The role will also provide some administrative support to the volunteer team and the Director. This role is office based. We are looking to recruit someone who can work 4/5 mornings a week to provide office cover. There is some flexibility on timings.

Link Age Southwark is a vibrant local charity which works to ensure that older people and people living with dementia can thrive in later life. We work with our dedicated volunteers to provide the support people need to live happy, healthy lives. We support around 700 older people and people with dementia each year, and with the support of over 400 volunteers, help them stay connected with their communities, alleviating loneliness, improving health and wellbeing and making communities stronger through volunteering.  

PURPOSE OF ROLE

Working directly with the Director of Fundraising to deliver Premier’s Major Donor fundraising strategy.

This is a key income generation role for Premier, the UK’s leading Christian Media charity and will involve; relationship building with a wide range of supporters and stakeholders to secure long-term financial support for the charity.

This role will work within a small but dynamic fundraising team to build Premier’s Major Donor supporter base. Identifying and cultivating potential supporters of Premier through our expansive network of relationships, bringing supporters into committed giving programmes and raising funds for Premier’s Leap of Faith special campaign which will raise funds to establish the first ever Centre of Digital Excellence for Christian Media in the UK. 

A unique opportunity for a talented fundraiser, to expand their experience in an exciting media environment which will involve relationship building with high net worth individuals and through prestige events, working with audiences of brands such as Premier Christian Radio, Christianity magazine and Unbelievable? 

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Prospect/Donor Engagement:

• Be an engaging, empathetic and effective ambassador for Premier 

• Contribute to the development of effective cases for support and wider fundraising materials to ensure integration of core messaging and strategic objectives Implement agreed Major Donor fundraising strategies

• Manage a portfolio of donors & prospects, in order to generate major gifts and multi-year pledges, through a mix of face-to-face and desk-based (phone) relationship building

• Establishing a pipeline of opportunity and delivering all aspects of the donor journey including research, cultivation, briefing, ask and stewardship phases for each prospect either in person or by the CEO, other senior colleagues, Board members or volunteer ambassadors

• Achieve donation targets by growing support from existing Major Donors, as well as identifying and securing new Major Donors, bringing them into a closer relationship with Premier

• Help organise and manage regular cultivation events for prospective donors

• Participate in cultivation events e.g. online events such as webinars and Zoom conferences, as well as in person events which could include parliamentary networking events, music events such as the Premier Gospel Awards, community awards ceremonies and a wide variety of conferencing events throughout the UK, with the aim of leveraging the events programme and content production to build a strong portfolio of relationships and/or in support of the wider fundraising programme

Reporting and Pipeline Development:

• Conduct ongoing desk-based research to qualify existing contacts, maximising on Premier’s extensive existing database

• Maintain a diary of prospect cultivation meetings

• Maintain accurate records of interactions with donors and volunteer leaders and regularly update a tracking system

• Deliver responsible fundraising as per the IOF Code of Practice, demonstrating a genuine duty of care for Premier’s supporter base.

To undertake any other reasonable tasks as required by the Director Of Fundraising.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Degree educated

• At least 4 years’ experience working in face to face donor cultivation which could be within Community, Corporate or Major Donor fundraising roles

• Good demonstrable experience in target driven roles

• Proven success in relationship building and creativity in approach, taking a prospect through to Major Donor status 

• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills

• Institute of Fundraising accreditation (desirable but not essential)

• Familiarity with Raisers Edge (desirable but not essential)

ABILITIES & SKILLS

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills – spoken, written & face-to-face

• Confident in relationship building with a natural ability to adapt appropriately to different audiences

• Highly developed organisational, administrative skills and the competency to manage multiple tasks simultaneously

• Proficient IT skills and related software packages 

• Results driven but a team player 

• Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends

• Regional travel may be required so an ability & enthusiasm for travel is essential

PERSONAL QUALITIES

• Ambitious and pro-active nature

• The post-holder will work within a Christian environment and therefore it will be necessary for the post-holder to have sympathy and understanding for the Christian faith

By joining Buxton Civic Association (BCA) you will be part of a team that runs a major tourist attraction in Buxton including one of the most successful show caves in the region, that along with our locally famous café and country park, attract 70,000 visitors a year. 

 BCA is a registered charity established in 1967 to preserve the fine architecture of Buxton and its natural and formal landscapes, for the local community and all our visitors. Over the years, we have acquired 160 acres of woodland in and around the town that we manage for the benefit of locals and visitors, and in the seventies, we reopened Poole’s Cavern to the public.

The post involves the responsibilities of running the accounting function up to Trial Balance and various administrative duties including the membership function.

Successful applicants must be diligent, conscientious, and be able to work under their own initiative. It is essential that they must have experience in Sage 50, Word, and Excel.

Administrative duties include telephone answering, opening the post, managing daily correspondence (including e-mail), and dealing with the public.

Also dealing with filing and general organisation.

Providing support to management and maintaining the smooth running of the organisation.

• Accounting duties will include the whole of the accounting function up to Trial Balance
• Reconciliation of various nominal ledger accounts, banking, collating information 
• Preparing payroll for weekly and monthly employees, preparing VAT and other government returns
• Dealing with the auto-enrolment pension scheme.
• Providing information and assistance with preparation of grant submissions.

Interviews will be taking place on 25th and 26th May 2021.

In addition to your CV, you need to complete and return the application form. 

Interviews: 10th June

The Legacy Administration Officer (known to the business as Legacy Case Officer) helps people with sight loss to live the life they choose by providing an accurate and efficient service to process legacies in line with legislation, policy and best practice contributing to a high-income source for the organisation.

This role is 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year. As a charity, we’re always keen to support flexible working as best we can. 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.

Candidate requirements

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

Essential
• Proven experience of complex administrative work including managing casework.
• Basic understanding or demonstrable ability to learn and understand law pertaining to Wills, Taxation, Probate, Trusts, Property, Charities, the rules governing contentious and non-contentious Probate law and the IOF Code of Practice.
• High degree of sensitivity and emotional intelligence required to interact appropriately with those who have recently been bereaved.
• Strong analytical, problem solving and investigation skills.
• Ability to assess risk against benefit to reach a well-rounded conclusion.
• High organisational skills with the ability to maintain a number of projects simultaneously.

Desirable
• Previous experience working as a Legacy Case Officer or working within a Legal environment as a paralegal or qualified lawyer.

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.

How to apply

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

As part of your application ensure you provide to 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 complete your answers separately and 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.

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.

About the Foundation

We believe every child deserves the chance to thrive, regardless of their background. Royal National Children’s SpringBoard Foundation (“Royal SpringBoard”) is a social mobility charity working with more than 100 of the UK’s leading boarding and independent schools to harness the power of fully-funded bursaries and access to ‘outreach’ opportunities for children facing challenging circumstances. Our vision is to transform the lives of children and young people facing disadvantage or vulnerability by providing them with access to a great education.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity for a new graduate to develop a broad set of skills in charity management and communications and make a difference in lifting the life chances of some of the UK’s most disadvantaged and vulnerable children. The Team Communications & Support Officer’s role is to provide communications, operational and administrative support across the charity’s programmes and fundraising activities. The role includes responsibility for external communications (social media, website, e-newsletters); as well as for all communications with the charity’s main stakeholders (children and young people, their families, schools and partner organisations). Joining a small team, you will have significant opportunities to gain insights into a wide range of charity roles, as you provide exemplary administrative support to the fundraising, programmes and CEO roles.

Key Responsibilities:

• work closely with all staff in the charity to provide communications, operational and administrative support across all programmes.
• have full regard to Royal SpringBoard’s policies and procedures and uphold Royal SpringBoard’s reputation, aims and values

Communications support

• Create and manage a communications schedule/planner to ensure coherence in the charity’s communications with schools, families and partner organisations
• Day-to-day management of the charity’s web and social media presence, including drafting, editing and publishing content, and driving and responding to engagement
• Plan and oversee the creation of engaging multi-media communications materials, including videos and photos that support fundraising and marketing efforts
• Provide creative and operational support for communications projects, including annual reports, publications, toolkits, newsletters and other materials in line with brand guidelines
• Support the development, promotion and organisation of charity events and training days

Operational support

• Support the Programmes team to ensure efficient and effective communication, administration and tracking of all documents relating to pupils’ applications for a bursary place, and the documents that govern relationships between the charity, schools, partners and families
• Provide general administrative support to the Programmes team, to ensure that the database is used effectively and all pupil, donor and other reports are received on time.
• Provide support to the Fundraising Director and CEO in key events planning and organisation

What you can expect in return:

• You will be part of a small, friendly and committed team. Although we are based in London, we are a flexible employer with many staff working remotely at certain times. Standard office hours are 9.30am – 5.30pm with an hour for lunch but the role is open to those seeking other, flexible hours.
• Annual Leave: 6 weeks (30 days) excluding public holidays.
• Probationary period: 6 months.
• DBS: This post is subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure.
• Pension: If the post holder is over 21, they will be auto-enrolled into the NEST pension scheme but may request to opt out.

Making an application

Please apply using the standard charityjob processes, ensuring that you demonstrate how your skills and experience meet the person specification and reflect Royal SpringBoard’s values.

Applications should be returned by 5pm on Thursday 20th May 2021. 

Diverse Communications Assistant role working within the Fundraising Department for an established animal rescue and rehoming centre in rural Leicestershire.

This is a varied and exciting opportunity to combine a love of animals with a passion for online fundraising and event co-ordination. We are looking for someone with enthusiasm for the charity sector and ideas on how we can continue to grow our supporter base. There is some flexibility with hours of work and there is potential for the right candidate to start or continue on the path towards an interesting and rewarding career in charity fundraising.

Candidates looking for career changes from the fields of marketing, copywriting, digital marketing, administration, communications or events management may find this a good fit. However, we are open-minded about candidates’ backgrounds. The role is office-based and while there are annual events to attend and some ‘hands-on’ work, good administrative skills and attention to detail are more important.

Role purpose

To generate and maintain support for Voice 21 by strengthening our marketing, communications, events and outreach activities.

As Communications & Engagement Coordinator, you will work within the External Relations team to help generate school and supporter interest through high-quality marketing, digital communications and events. You will be the first point of contact for new enquiries, building strong relationships from the outset and communicating in a personal and purposeful way.

You’ll be responsible for the day to day activity on our website and social media channels, regularly spotting and securing new opportunities beneficial to our mission, creating compelling content to improve our engagement with target audiences and overseeing digital analytics.

You’ll support Voice 21’s external-facing communications, provide end-to-end oversight of External Relations events and engage with a range of stakeholders - students, school leaders and sector influencers.

Key responsibilities

• Marketing, business development and events

  • ​Be the first point of call for schools and supporters enquiring about our work

  • Create new and compelling content for marketing and awareness raising aims

  • Support the organisation of public-facing events

  • Spot new opportunities, events and relationships and flag to the wider team.

• Digital engagement & communications

  • Create and maintain a strong social media and online presence for Voice 21 by:

    • Suggesting new ways to attract schools and supporters

    • Developing an optimal posting schedule, considering web traffic and customer engagement metrics

    • Reporting on online feedback and insights

    • Facilitating online conversations and responding to queries

    • Supporting team members to use social media in a cohesive and beneficial way

    • Designing posts to sustain readers’ curiosity and create buzz around events, activities and opportunities

    • Developing engaging text, image and video content for our website and social media platforms

    • Researching audience preferences and discovering current trends

    • Support the success of our monthly newsletter by writing articles and posts and commissioning content from across the organisation and externally where necessary.

    • Monitor education media for press coverage of oracy or related subjects, and spot and suggest additional press opportunities for Voice 21

    • Coordinate our [email protected] inbox, tracking email types, adding new contacts to our database (Salesforce) and responding in a timely and consistent manner.

• Administrative support

  • ​Apply experience of CRM systems to help manage and update our database on a regular basis; spotting issues and reporting these in a timely manner

  • Ensuring the data we collect on external contacts is accurate and appropriate, updating and monitoring our form collection, database and mass mailout systems as required

  • Support Director of External Relations in coordinating our team’s work plan.

• Be an invaluable part of the ER team, demonstrating our values of trust and integrity and contributing ideas, energy, proactivity & drive.

Essential knowledge and skills

• Excellent verbal, written & interpersonal skills
• Experience of managing social media platforms/creating multimedia content and/or experience of multi-channel marketing and/or experience of events and stakeholder management
• Strong time management and organisational skills
• Knowledge about what it takes to deliver high-quality communications
• Experience of using design software, ideally InDesign and Illustrator (desirable)
• Experience of using a CRM, ideally Salesforce (desirable)
• Previous work experience within education, a membership organisation or not for profit (desirable). 

You’ll love this job if...

• You are a confident, compelling and empathetic communicator, both in written and verbal contexts

• You enjoy developing relationships, making new connections and building communities

• You enjoy working across and with a wide range of digital communication tools and approaches

• You are proactive in spotting new opportunities and prioritising forward-planning to enable the most successful outcomes

• You are reflective and will constantly reevaluate how Voice 21 are communicating with our schools and how this can be improved

• You want to look for ways to improve our work and take ownership and accountability for doing so

• You enjoy working as part of a fast-paced, fast-growing team with big ambitions and are excited to use your initiative to help us achieve these.

Location: London, EC4 (currently remote working)

Salary: £28,750 - £32,500 (depending on experience) 

Responsible to:  Administrative Support Manager

Contract type: Permanent, full-time (open to flexible working or job-share options)

Overall Purpose of the Role

We are looking for a talented Administrative Support Officer to provide broad administrative, diary management and project support across Big Society Capital. This is a highly varied role that requires a logical and thoughtful approach to ensure tasks are completed with rigour and purpose in a timely and professional manner.

You will assist the Investment Group (3 days per week) and Engagement Group (2 days per week), in organising schedules, managing administrative processes, producing accurate and timely information for internal and external stakeholders and supporting across projects.

Key Responsibilities

Administrative and Team support

• Create and maintain accurate and efficient administrative processes within the team
• Diary management for Executive Committee members - organise and schedule meetings and appointments with internal and external stakeholders; co-ordinating diaries within and outside the team
• Providing supporting information and documents in a timely manner and where necessary taking meeting minutes and supporting the team in the follow up of actions
• Work with investment leads to support investment onboarding through scheduling referencing calls and ad hoc support
• Event and travel organisation and co-ordination of team training and external facing activities
• Respond to enquiries, referring eligible and non-eligible applicants to the appropriate person or resource
• Provide admin coordination for Investor Engagement events
• Ad-hoc diary management and project support across Investment and Engagement Groups where needed

Social Investment Induction Administration

• Work with Induction Lead to plan, schedule and coordinate a short induction training course for new joiners to BSC and the wider social investment sector (bi-annual)
• Compile agenda and book in speakers and session facilitators
• Collaborate with wider BSC staff to create attendee invitation list and complete associated event registration admin
• Facilitate surveys using SurveyMonkey, providing regular feedback to Induction Lead and presenters throughout the course
• Ad hoc event coordination as needed

Other administrative support

• Support the team in recruitment and the induction process for new joiners, coordinating interviews and onboarding
• Work closely with the wider team of administrators across BSC, sharing best practice and providing support and cover when needed

We are a lean and nimble organisation, and the appointed Administrative Support Officer is encouraged to build a role for themselves and shape our team and approach.

Personal specification

Experience (essential)

• A strong background in Administration support roles
• Experience of working in a varied role with conflicting workload and priorities
• Working as part of a team, building relationships with key stakeholders and providing support
• Experience in using IT (e.g. software and cloud applications including MS Office and video-conferencing facilities) to improve administrative processes

Experience (desirable)

• A background in the charitable or social sector
• An interest in the work of impact investment, not for profit or public sectors
• Experience of Salesforce CRM,

Skills, abilities and attributes

• Excellent attention to detail, time management and organisational skills
• Proactive and creative in your approach to work
• Prioritise effectively and take ownership of tasks
• Works logically and thoughtfully when dealing with change
• Thrives in a varied role
• A confident and effective communicator
• Flexible and willing to take on additional tasks to support the team
• Works with integrity and discretion
• Hunger to learn and develop

Salary and terms of employment

• This is a full-time permanent role – open to flexible working or job-share options
• Salary of £28,750 - £32,500 (depending on experience)

Big Society Capital is committed to being a diverse organisation that is truly representative of the communities we serve. We are an equal opportunities employer with an inclusive environment where all employees can contribute to their fullest potential.

We want every colleague to be able to deliver their work with dignity, equality, comfort and independence. Our office is fully accessible with step-free access and an open-plan set up. We are open to accommodation requests regarding assistive technologies, accessibility tools, flexible working or any other reasonable adjustments that will make working or visiting here more accessible for you. If you have a disability and require any support to assist you through the recruitment process, please get in touch with Ruth Davidson, HR Manager.

Applications

• Please apply through BeApplied by midday on Monday 7th June 2021 
• Interviews will be held in mid-late June 2021
• All Big Society Capital staff are currently working from home. We will be as flexible as possible in light of any COVID-19 priorities and challenges which you may be facing

2021 and beyond will be an exciting time to work with us here at All Nations Christian College as we expand our deployment of innovative technology-enhanced learning to connect staff and students worldwide effectively. ICT is therefore at the centre of this strategic aim of the College, and you will play an important part in providing excellent service delivery and support to College staff and students.  

We are looking for an experienced, skilled and motivated System Administrator to support the ICT Manager in ensuring smooth and effective day to day running and maintenance of the College’s ICT infrastructure and systems. This is a ‘hands-on’ role, and requires someone experienced, with proven technical problem solving and system administration skills, who is resourceful and highly self-motivated. The job would ideally suit someone who considers this role as a form of practical ministry.

The primary purpose of this role is to support the provision and maintenance of reliable, effective, secure and responsive ICT and AV (audio visual) systems and solutions to College staff and students.

Main responsibilities will involve:

1. Providing effective and timely ICT support to staff and students enabling them to achieve their goals within the agreed aims of the College
2. Managing user administration, security and permissions within various ICT management systems (e.g. AD, O365, VMWare etc.)
3. Implementing and managing a new ICT service desk system
4. Monitoring and managing ICT service delivery on a day to day basis, including the setting and delivery of targets
5. Clearly recording and documenting systems and processes, including change management
6. Developing new skills which support the development and maintenance of our ICT infrastructure and AV solutions
7. Researching, piloting and proposing new innovative and efficient methods of service delivery within a highly cost sensitive environment
8. Deputising for the ICT Manager as required
9. As far as time allows, participation in College activities and life as a member of the All Nations community

As a college equipping students to prepare for Christian work, it is important that anyone joining us, whether employed or volunteering, feels comfortable working in such an environment. All Nations is a place that people love to work or study because there is a good sense of community and a great diversity of ages and nationalities.

This role may involve working evenings and weekends.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.