Communications And Media Officer Jobs in Camden, Greater London

Neighbourhood Watch Network (NWN) is the representative charity for the Neighbourhood Watch movement across England and Wales with over 2.3M members and 60,000 volunteers. We are the largest volunteer led crime prevention and community development charity in the UK. Neighbourhood Watch Network supports and represents the successful grass roots, volunteer led group of organisations under the Neighbourhood Watch brand. We are funded by the Home Office, charitable trusts and foundations, donations and sponsor organisations in the private sector.

Neighbourhood Watch was founded on the premise of bringing people together as neighbours and communities to help prevent crime and all the evidence suggests that the need for this today is as great as it has ever been.

We have received funding to start several new projects, and now need a Finance Officer to join the Finance Manager in a small finance team to support the growing organisation. The Finance Officer will also support the wider team with expenses, reviewing their spending verses their budgets, and will help manage the online shop.

We are SANE - a leading, independent mental health charity that aims to raise awareness and remove stigma, fight to improve services, provide emotional support and host cutting edge research.

We have been working tirelessly to improve the quality of life of anyone affected by mental health illness for over 35 years and provide emotional support by phone, email and text, 365 days a year.

Will you join us?

SANE is now looking to recruit a Call Back and Data Officer to join our Services Team.

SANE would love to hear from anyone with experience and enthusiasm for administration and working with data. The Call Back and Data Officer is key to all of the services that we deliver to people affected by mental illness, including daily planning of calls to people facing crisis and distress, and working with data to produce research, reports and case studies.

We are looking for an individual with at least 2 years’ experience of being an administrator, data officer or in an associated role. Experience within a mental health related working environment, relevant volunteering, or strong interest in mental health is also desirable. We are hoping you can bring your interest and your experience of high-quality administrative support to empower our team as we strive to expand and improve our emotional support work.

At SANE we strive to create an environment that promotes inclusion, values diversity and provides every staff member with a sense of belonging. So, if you are looking to build a rewarding career, with opportunities for growth and development, within an established, non-for-profit organisation, come and join our friendly team.
 

Closing date:  Midday on Wednesday 19th June 2024

To apply: Please complete your application before the closing date, addressing all areas of the Person specification (downloadable below) and tell us why you want to work for SANE. Applications without a supporting statement will not be considered.

Please note: This role may close early if a suitable candidate is found, please do not delay in submitting your application as interviews are taking place on an ongoing basis.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

A fantastic opportunity to work in a busy, high-performing public relations team at the UK’s largest dog welfare charity. We’re looking for a brilliant, pro-active PR manager who is enthusiastic about managing a small team and generating amazing media coverage for the charity.

About the Job:

As a PR manager you will:

• Work with the Head of Public Relations and alongside one other PR Manager to manage and oversee the public relations function, with line management responsibility for a one PR Officer and the PR Assistant
• Lead on stand-alone PR stories and be a PR lead for integrated campaigns,
• Manage the press office function and media relations. Ensuring we respond to media in a timely, helpful fashion.
• Create a media contact programme framework to which the whole team will contribute and ensure team members are taking ownership and responsibility for their own areas of it.
• Measure our impact, learn from every project, and contribute to our culture of continuous improvement.

About You:

We’re looking for a confident manager who has experience of motivating a team. You’ll have significant experience of leading successful PR-driven stories, projects and campaigns, as well as experience of managing a press office function and media relations programme. The role requires excellent written and verbal communication skills, and proven ability to be highly organised, managing your own workload and that of the team.

We’re looking for strong stakeholder management experience, as well as experience of managing budgets and agencies. You will be creative, flexible, passionate about the cause and about delivering exciting, impactful work.

About Dogs Trust:

We love dogs. That’s why we do whatever we can to make sure every four-legged friend gets the love they deserve. We’ll never put a healthy dog down, so our work is focused on helping dogs in need, supporting owners every step of the walk, and creating a better world for dogs in the future. It’s what we’ve been doing since 1891 and how we’ve grown to become the UK’s leading dog charity, helping 12,000 loyal friends find their forever homes every year.

About the team:

The PR team sits within the Comms and Digital directorate. Communications and Digital plays a central role at Dogs Trust. We help people to know, love and understand the charity and take action to support the charity’s work. We use our understanding of Dogs Trust and audience need to produce impactful and creative on-brand communications, liaising with the media and celebrities, and engaging directly with our supporters. We also play a crucial role in evolving the digital supporter experience and use our internal communications expertise to communicate key messages to employees across Dogs Trust.   

Please note that the role closes on 16th June.

SANE is a UK-wide mental health charity working to improve the quality of life of anyone affected by mental illness. It aims to raise awareness and understanding of all mental health conditions; fight to improve frontline mental health services for individuals and carers; provide support, information and guidance through its helpline, email and text support and Online Forum; and promote and host research into causes, treatments and therapies.

About the role:

We are now looking for people interested in providing compassionate support to those affected by mental health problems, in particular people with severe mental illness, and carers, families and friends. You will provide support by telephone, email and text, as well as forming a close team with our skilled volunteers, who you will help to oversee through their development.

SANEline Support Officers provide support to callers with a wide range of mental health problems, via our confidential crisis line, SANEline that is open 365 days a year.

Working on SANEline requires empathy and resilience and we take pride in providing a nurturing environment and unwavering support to our teams.

Starting Salary: £26 - 28k per annum depending on experience

About you:

- You must have experience of working in mental health field

- You are personable, highly compassionate, and genuinely interested in supporting people from all walks of life

- You are a warm and confident communicator

- You can work collaboratively with your team and volunteers to ensure delivery of a high-quality service on SANEline

We are also keen to hear from people interested in different hours, or bank work, in particular those with counselling, psychology or therapy qualifications - email us through our website.
 

What can you expect?

To work within SANE framework, including regular check-ins, debriefs, and weekly team meetings.

To receive the full SANEline training and a further online training opportunities within specific areas.

To become part of an established and diverse team.

To gain exposure to a wide range of mental health problems.

To gain a valuable practical experience in providing emotional support to vulnerable people.

A culture where team members support and learn from each other.

A warm supportive and encouraging environment.
 

Requirements: 

• Ideally 1 year mental health experience 
• To undergo an enhanced DBS check
• Expected start date – July/August 2024
   

Please note: This role may close early if a suitable candidate is found, please do not delay in submitting your application as interviews are taking place on an ongoing basis

Closing date: Midday 19th June 2024

To apply: Please complete your application before the closing date, addressing all areas on the person specification (downloadable below) and tell us why you want to work for SANE. Applications without a supporting statement will not be considered.

Results UK Job Description: Parliamentary Advocacy Coordinator (Education)

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Key terms and conditions

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​Salary: £27,770

Contract type: 1 year

Hours: Full time - 35 hours per week

Holidays: 25 days plus bank holidays. Staff additionally get a day off on their birthday and our office is closed between Christmas and New Year.

Pension: Employee contributions to pension are matched 1:1 by Results up to a maximum of 5% of gross salary.

Benefits: Cycle scheme, interest free travel card loan and Employee Access Programme

Line Manager: Senior Policy & Parliamentary Advocacy Officer (Education)

Location: Results UK works hybridly with most staff coming into the office 2 days a week but other working patterns are possible. Our office is in Millbank Tower, London, SW1P 4QP.

Starting date: This role is available from 1st July 2024.

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About Results UK

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Results’ mission is to work with others to create the public and political will to end poverty, by enabling people to exercise their personal and political power for change.​

Internationally, we work with Results organisations in the US, Canada, Australia and Japan, and in education we work with partners through the Global Campaign for Education, the Foundational Learning Hub, and the Privatisation in Education and Human Rights Consortium. Results UK believes the building blocks of the end of poverty can be most simply articulated as “health, education, economic opportunities, and citizen voice”. These are the things that all people, wherever they live, need and have a right to.

Across all our issues, our aims are to mobilise resources, change policy, and create the public and political will that will bring about change.

About the International Parliamentary Network for Education

The International Parliamentary Network for Education (IPNEd) helps mobilise the political leadership necessary to accelerate quality education for all.

The Network consists of parliamentarians from around the world who are committed to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 - Quality Education - through increasing the funding, access and equity of education globally.

At IPNEd, we support parliamentarians to work individually and in partnership with other members of parliament to accelerate the achievement of SDG 4..

The IPNEd Secretariat is hosted by Results UK.

The Secretariat acts independently and reports to the Network’s Global Executive Committee, all of whom are parliamentarians.

Role description

The Parliamentary Advocacy Coordinator (Education) will work with both organisations, providing crucial support to the Results UK Education and IPNEd Teams. We are looking for someone who will be proactive, efficient and flexible in supporting our parliamentary advocacy work both in the UK and globally. Having a can-do attitude that includes the more administrative aspects of the role is essential. This post will provide good opportunities for developing project management and advocacy skills; an understanding of key international development issues; and experience of working with Parliaments and parliamentarians in the UK and globally.

We are looking for candidates with an interest in and passion for international development and education to address poverty, inequality and oppression.

Key responsibilities

Supporting the work of the Results UK education and IPNEd teams​

• Providing administrative support to the Results UK Education and IPNEd Teams and ensuring the smooth-running of internal processes that support the teams’ work, for example: contributing to the maintenance of the contact management systems and databases; supporting monitoring, learning and evaluation processes; tracking and communicating impact; engaging with external providers (e.g. report designers); managing procurement of translation services for events and meetings.
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• Supporting political analysis for Results UK and IPNEd education teams to identify parliamentarians to work with as members of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Global Education in the UK and the IPNEd global network.
• Assisting with advocacy strategy  planning and implementation, for example: attending coalition meetings and identifying key opportunities to influence decision-makers.

• Assisting with organisation of virtual and in-person parliamentary events, including leading on logistical details and assisting in developing project plans and schedules.

• Project assistance and development, for example: assisting with briefings or delegation planning.

• Keeping up to date with current affairs that relate to Results UK and IPNEd’s work. In terms of Results UK, keeping up to date with UK politics and parliamentary affairs with a focus on global education. In terms of IPNEd, keeping up to date with international affairs relating to global education, with a focus on the role of parliamentarians in these issues. Identify parliamentary opportunities including parliamentary questions, debates and other advocacy opportunities.

Communications and media

• Support Results UK communications and contribute to activity and contribute content to Results UK’s website, blog and social media to help achieve our organisational objectives and strengthen our brand presence.

• Managing the APPG on Global Education Twitter Page and supporting APPG newsletters.

• Creating and sharing communications content for IPNEd including: social media content for  Twitter and LinkedIn; contributing to the IPNEd website; sending out communications to the network and writing content for the monthly IPNEd newsletter.

Working across the whole of Results UK

• Working with the Grassroots and Communications Team to ensure maximum impact between the relationships our grassroots campaigners build with their local MPs, and the Education Team’s advocacy work.

• Representing Results UK and/or IPNEd as required at meetings with coalitions or partner organisations.

Person specification

Essential criteria
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Skills and experience
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• Experience of working with parliamentarians, public affairs, campaigning or advocacy work in either a paid or voluntary environment.

• Strong interpersonal skills, an ability to quickly strike a rapport with people from diverse backgrounds.

• Experience providing logistical/administrative support to organise and operate meetings and events.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Excellent organisational skills with strong attention to detail.

• Computer literacy.

• Willingness and flexibility to work across a range of tasks and activities as needed by the Results UK Education and IPNED teams.

• Experience of using social media and producing communications materials in a professional context, either in a paid or voluntary environment.

• A willingness to pick up the phone, both to contact others and to be the first point of contact with callers.

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Personal attributes

• Passion for politics, international development, and/or education.

• Self-starting, highly organised, and able to manage multiple tasks.

• Ability to respond flexibly to changing priorities, and to both set and work to deadlines.

• A good team worker who enjoys supporting other members of a team and working together for common objectives.

• Good written and spoken English.

• Willingness to work across the political spectrum  as part of a politically neutral organisation and to engage enthusiastically with parliamentarians from all political parties.

• Confident and willing to initiate contact and discussion with parliamentarians and their supporting staff.

• Willingness and ability to travel outside the UK.

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Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of the workings of the Parliaments, in particular the UK Parliaments and experience working in international development.

• Knowledge of the key issues facing education in a global context.

• Knowledge of Salesforce or other content management systems.

• Ability to speak a second UN language: French, Spanish, Arabic, Russian, Mandarin.​

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Personal attributes​

• A self-starter, who is highly organised with strong attention to detail and comfortable working with a high degree of autonomy.

• A commitment to anti-oppression and challenging your own thinking and biases.

• An ability to respond flexibly to changing priorities, and to stick to deadlines.

• A team player who enjoys supporting other team members towards common objectives.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

• Strong attention to detail.

• Willingness and ability to travel within and outside the UK, as required.

• An interest in working collaboratively with global partners and learning from their experiences as well as sharing your own.​

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Why work for Results and IPNEd​

Like you, we're passionate about ending poverty. We’re a small, collaborative organisation that has a big impact. We just do advocacy - we don’t run programmes. The experience you gain with us sets you up for a career in international development. Below are a few of the benefits of joining us, in addition to the salary, pension and annual leave outlines at the top of this document.

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Work-life balance​

• We offer flexible working so you can manage work around your own needs.

• Hybrid working means you don’t have to be trapped in a long commute every day and don’t have to be London based.

• Staff members have their birthdays off as a bonus day of leave and we close the office between Christmas and new year so you don’t need to take leave.

• We subscribe to the Bupa employee advice line – free confidential access to financial and legal advisors as well as telephone and online counselling sessions.

• In addition we run training on mental health at work and have named mental health first aiders who can be contacted in confidence if you would like help finding support.

• All staff have the opportunity to join working groups outside of their work areas according to their interests and are encouraged to pursue professional development opportunities.

• Our staff wellbeing team explores how we can improve our staff wellbeing  - most recently publishing a comprehensive guide - and reviews what we have done to date.

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Anti-oppression​

• We offer half a day’s anti-oppression learning leave each year

• As well as making reasonable adjustments, we support our staff in making applications to the Access to Work scheme to get additional equipment where needed.

• We offer disability leave for disabled colleagues to manage specific needs they may have without having to give up their holidays.

• We have a staff working group on anti-oppression which helps to develop our work on anti-oppression and identify gaps in our current work.

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Partnerships​

• Results UK hosts three other organisations, including IPNEd, working on specific aspects of global health and education, so you benefit from other perspectives and get an in-depth understanding of other work going on in the sector.

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Equality, Diversity and Inclusion​

At Results UK, we believe in equality, diversity and inclusion, and that these should be the norm. As well as this being an issue of equality and fairness, we recognise that diverse and inclusive organisations are some of the most productive and impactful.

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As an organisation, we are aware of the under-representation of certain groups and communities in the international development sector that are often closest to the issues we work on. These include - but are certainly not limited to - people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, refugees, people with disabilities and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.​

We want to change this and are committed to playing our part as an organisation. As a committed equal opportunities employer, we actively welcome applications from people of a wide range of backgrounds, skills and abilities, recognising the value that these different perspectives bring to our organisation.

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How to apply​

To apply for this job please submit a CV demonstrating your previous experience and answer the questions outlined below via our online application system. 

Deadline for applications is midnight on Wednesday 26th July 2024.

Interviews will be held on Friday 28th June/Monday 1st July 2024 .

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All candidates must have the right to live and work in the UK. If you are made an offer of employment, this will be subject to verifying that you are eligible to work in the UK before you start work.​

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Shortlisting questions

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You will be asked to answer the following questions as part of the application process.

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What motivates you about this role, and working on international development and global education in particular?

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Working collaboratively is an essential part of this role. What do you think are the most important things for building and maintaining successful relationships with colleagues?

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If you were briefing a member of parliament on a key issue in global education, how would you ensure your communication was clear and persuasive?

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What does the term anti-oppression mean to you? Feel free to reflect on your personal experiences of anti-oppression if you would like to do so.

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Key terms and conditions

Salary: £31,605

Contract type: 12 months with the possibility of extension

Hours: Full time - 35 hours per week

Holidays: 25 days plus bank holidays. Staff additionally get a day off on their birthday and our office is closed between Christmas and New Year.

Pension: Employee contributions to pension are matched 1:1 by Results up to a maximum of 5% of gross salary.

Benefits: Cycle scheme, interest free travel card loan and Employee Access Programme

Line Manager: Head of Parliamentary Advocacy

Location: Results UK works hybridly with most staff coming into the office 2 days a week but other working patterns are possible. Our office is in Millbank Tower, London, SW1P 4QP.

Starting date: This role is available immediately.

About Results UK

Results’ mission is to work with others to create the public and political will to end poverty, by enabling people to exercise their personal and political power for change.​

Internationally, we work with Results organisations around the world, and in health we also work with partners in India, Kenya, Zambia and elsewhere through the international ACTION Global Health Advocacy Partnership. Results UK believes the building blocks of the end of poverty can be most simply articulated as “health, education, economic opportunities, and citizen voice”. These are the things that all people, wherever they live, need and have a right to.

Within these areas, we prioritise a small number of specific issues where we can have the most influence to achieve much needed development progress. Across all our issues, our aims are to mobilise resources, change policy, and create the public and political will that will bring about change.

Role description

Results has a long and successful history of engaging with UK parliamentarians around international development issues and providing them with the briefings and questions they need to raise these issues in parliament. As the Parliamentary Advocacy Officer for Education, you will lead our parliamentary work on education issues in line with our new strategy and commitment to equity. You will have a good understanding of how the UK Parliament works and how to engage parliamentarians in our issues. 

You will lead relationships with UK parliamentarians around global education, including providing the Secretariat for the APPG Global Education.

Key responsibilities

Parliamentary advocacy

● Working with the Head of Parliamentary Advocacy and others in the organisation to develop and implement a high impact and politically astute advocacy strategy for global education.

● Alongside the specific global education strategy, contribute to the development of Results’ overarching parliamentary advocacy strategy, working closely with the Head of Parliamentary Advocacy and other members of the team.

● Lead on the parliamentary work on global education for Results UK, by building and strengthening relationships with MPs and Peers that result in their championing the end of poverty, specifically the importance of global education, and building support for the key elements of strong national education systems.

● Provide the secretariat function to the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Global Education. The APPG secretariat/coordinator function includes guiding the Group’s work programme and activities, arranging meetings and events, corresponding with the APPG Officers and Members, briefing MPs and Peers to ask questions or speak in parliamentary debates and representing the Group externally, for example with the FCDO, Global Partnership for Education, Education Cannot Wait and others.

● Lead the planning, delivery and evaluation of Parliamentary Delegations to other countries and advocacy tours to the UK, working with the relevant Policy Advocacy Officer and others in the Parliamentary Team.

● Work closely with the Grassroots Advocacy Team to ensure parliamentary and grassroots campaigning activity is coordinated and the greatest impact is achieved between the relationships our grassroots campaigners build with their local MPs, and the work led from the office to support MPs in Parliament.

● Ensure our parliamentary advocacy and relationships always remain non-partisan and cross-party, in line with our charitable aims and objectives.

Partners and coalitions

● Liaise with other global Results organisations, to coordinate our parliamentary advocacy at a global level.

● Work closely with civil society and other partner organisations and allies in the UK to coordinate parliamentary advocacy in the UK.

● Represent Results UK in global coalitions and consortia, such as Send My Friend to School (SMF), the FLN (Functional Literacy and Numeracy) Hub and others as agreed with the Head of Parliamentary Advocacy.

● Identify and develop new partnerships in line with our new strategy and our focus on equity.

Communications and media

● Where capacity allows, identify media opportunities and support media activity (including traditional and social media) related to global education.

● Contribute content to Results UK’s website, blog and social media to help achieve our organisational objectives and strengthen our brand presence.

● Publicise the APPG's activities, primarily through its website and twitter account.

● Represent Results at external meetings and events in relation to global education advocacy.

Organisational Development

● Carry out effective monitoring, evaluation and learning of your work, recording activity and outcomes that enables Results UK to measure its success, in addition to measuring the impact of your activities towards these outcomes.

● Be a key part of Results UK’s organisational development by participating in strategic discussions, evaluations, sharing your experience and ideas, and working flexibly to support other staff as required.

● Actively develop and support funding ideas to help appropriately expand Results UK’s portfolio in close collaboration with the Head of Parliamentary Advocacy and the Operations team.

● Build new and strengthen existing relationships with donors, external partners, and our advocacy targets.

● Together with the Senior Policy and Parliamentary Advocacy Officer for Education, be responsible for regular reporting to grant funders.

● Be flexible and undertake other tasks as required.

Person specification

This role is ideal for someone with public affairs or political advocacy experience, preferably in the UK, who understands the way that political decisions impact global poverty and wants to influence these decisions. A strong understanding of and passion for global education. Equally important is a proven ability to quickly gain an understanding of a complex new area and translate it into succinct, clear, achievable recommendations.

This post will provide excellent opportunities for leading parliamentary advocacy to deliver real change in funding and policy outcomes on global education and other issues; for building and deploying a strong understanding of key international development issues; and experience of working directly with UK parliamentarians and other actors across the international development sector.

Essential criteria

• At least one year of experience in a substantial parliamentary or public affairs role with demonstrable success in managing relationships with parliamentarians from different parties.
• Understanding of the UK Parliament (including the roles of MPs and Peers; the range of activity parliamentarians can undertake in parliament to influence Government policy; the role of APPGs; Select Committees).
• A good understanding of international development issues and in particular, the need for approaches based in equity and partnership.
• An ability to learn quickly about new development issues and clearly convey this information to others.
• An ability to write clearly and succinctly, for a range of audiences, from lengthy formal submissions to short articles or blogs.
• Experience in representing organisations, networking, and working in coalitions.
• Experience of event organisation.
• Excellent English writing skills with an ability to write clearly and succinctly for a range of audiences.
• Strong interpersonal skills, able to build rapport with people from different backgrounds and cultures.
• Good understanding of carrying out effective Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL), for advocacy work.

Desirable

• Experience working in international development.
• Experience of working with campaigners and advocates.
• Experience of working with the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).
• Experience of managing activity budgets.
• Experience of planning and hosting online and in person advocacy events.
• Experience of media work.

Personal attributes

• A self-starter, who is highly organised with strong attention to detail and comfortable working with a high degree of autonomy.
• A commitment to anti-oppression and challenging your own thinking and biases.
• An ability to respond flexibly to changing priorities, and to stick to deadlines.
• A team player who enjoys supporting other team members towards common objectives.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Willingness and ability to travel within and outside the UK, as required.
• An interest in working collaboratively with global partners and learning from their experiences as well as sharing your own.

Why work for Results?

Like you, we're passionate about ending poverty. We’re a small, collaborative organisation that has a big impact. We just do advocacy - we don’t run programmes. The experience you gain with us sets you up for a career in international development. Here are a few of the benefits of joining us, in addition to the salary, pension and annual leave outlines at the top of this document.

Work-life balance

• We offer flexible working so you can manage work around your own needs.
• Hybrid working means you don’t have to be trapped in a long commute every day and don’t have to be London based.
• Staff members have their birthdays off as a bonus day of leave and we close the office between Christmas and new year so you don’t need to take leave.
• We subscribe to the Bupa employee advice line – free confidential access to financial and legal advisors as well as telephone and online counselling sessions.
• In addition we run training on mental health at work and have named mental health first aiders who can be contacted in confidence if you would like help finding support.
• All staff have the opportunity to join working groups outside of their work areas according to their interests. Our staff wellbeing team explores how we can improve our staff wellbeing  - most recently publishing a comprehensive guide - and reviews what we have done to date.

Anti-oppression

• We offer half a day’s anti-oppression learning leave each year
• As well as making reasonable adjustments, we support our staff in making applications to the Access to Work scheme to get additional equipment where needed.
• We offer disability leave for disabled colleagues to manage specific needs they may have without having to give up their holidays.
• We have a staff working group on anti-oppression which helps to develop our work on anti-oppression and identify gaps in our current work.

Partnerships

• Results UK hosts three other organisations working on specific aspects of global health and education, so you benefit from other perspectives and get an in-depth understanding of other work going on in the sector.
• We are part of the ACTION global health partnership which brings together CSOs from around the world to share learning and coordinate advocacy.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

At Results UK, we believe in equality, diversity and inclusion, and that it should be the norm. As well as this being an issue of equality and fairness, we recognise that diverse and inclusive organisations are some of the most productive and impactful.

As an organisation, we are aware of the underrepresentation of certain groups and communities in our sector. These include - but are certainly not limited to - people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, refugees, people with disabilities and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.

We want to change this and are committed to playing our part as an organisation. As a committed equal opportunities employer, we actively welcome applications from people of a wide range of backgrounds, skills and abilities, recognising the value that these different perspectives bring to our organisation.

How to apply

To apply for this job please submit a CV demonstrating your previous experience and answer the questions outlined below via our online application system. If you would like an informal discussion about the role or have any questions, please contact the hiring manager, Lucy Drescher.

Deadline for applications is midnight on Monday 1st July.

Interviews will be held during the week starting 8th July.

Shortlisting questions

You will be asked to answer the following questions as part of the application process:

• What motivates you about this role and working on global education?
• Working collaboratively is an essential part of this role. What do you think are the most important things for building and maintaining successful relationships with external colleagues?
• You are planning an event for the APPG Global Education. Describe the process you would go through to decide on the topic of the event and then set up the event with the members of the group.

All candidates must have the right to live and work in the UK. If you are made an offer of employment, this will be subject to verifying that you are eligible to work in the UK before you start work.

About us

We’re Breast Cancer Now, the research and support charity. We’re the place to turn to for anything and everything to do with breast cancer. However you’re experiencing breast cancer, we’re here. 

The brightest minds in breast cancer research are here. Making life-saving research happen in labs across the UK and Ireland. Support services, trustworthy breast cancer information and specialist nurses are here. Ready to support you whenever you need it. Dedicated campaigners are here. Fighting for the best possible treatment, services and care for anyone affected by breast cancer.

About the role

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a lively, dynamic and driven fundraising events team. Over the last decade, Breast Cancer Now has built up a strong events function community fundraising and events currently accounting for nearly a quarter of the charity’s overall voluntary income.

We’re now looking for an events officer to play a key role within the team. You’ll lead on the delivery of a range of events including runs, triathlons, cycles, treks and overseas challenges, with a focus on growing income and engagement. Your role will also help to drive us forward as the go-to charity for challenge events by providing an excellent supporter experience.

About you 

We’re looking for someone with a real drive and a passion for charity events fundraising. You’ll be delivering your own portfolio of events including recruitment of participants, development of supporter journeys and stewardship communications to meet net income and supporter retention targets.

We’re a dedicated team with our supporters at the heart of what we do. If you have experience and interest in delivering events and building relationships with supporters, then this could be the role for you.

Job description and benefits

The job description and our attractive benefits package are available for you to download.

Primary location of role and hybrid working

This role is primarily based in our London or Glasgow office. However, our hybrid working model allows full-time staff members to work up to 3 days per week at home. 

When applying

We hope you choose to apply for this role. In support of your application, you’ll be asked to submit your anonymised CV and a supporting statement. When applying please ensure you refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as possible with examples to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria. If you’ve any questions regarding this role please contact The Breast Cancer Now Recruitment Team in the first instance.

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

We’re committed to promoting equity, valuing diversity and creating an inclusive environment – for everyone who works for us, works with us, supports us and who we support.

Closing date 9am on Friday 21 June 2024 

Interview date Week commencing 1 July 2024 

I’m looking to speak to a passionate digital marketing expert, who enjoys working with marketing tools and growing social media channels and followers, ready for an exciting new challenge working for an animal equality charity in the UK. The role is remote based, with monthly travel to London.

As Digital Marketing Officer you will grow the organisation’s online audience. You will engage new and existing donor, prospect and fan bases, using effective and innovative digital marketing strategies. Your role will see you create, manage, and optimise paid campaigns: run ads on Meta, YouTube and other relevant platforms to secure high-quality supporters at the most cost-effective rate possible. Manage their Google Ads grant, maximising the return on investment.

Your experience:

Essential:

- Hands-on experience with varying social media platforms and scheduling tools such as Hootsuite, with a keen interest in digital trends and developments

- Working knowledge of Google Analytics, Wordpress, and SEO techniques such as keyword research

- Strong data analysis experience

- Basic understanding of HTML

- Able to handle confidential matters

- Adherence to a vegan diet

Due to the values of this organisation this vacancy is open to practicing Vegans only (exempt under the Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9, Part 1).

I’d love to hear from individuals from a range of sectors with amazing digital marketing skills, especially those coming from charity, agency or commercial sectors. This organisation will definitely consider people switching from the private sector.

- Salary £25,000 - £26,500, plus great benefits, and strong values

- Full-time, permanent. Flexible core working hours.

Application- In the first instance, please send your CV to Hannah.

Closing date: ROLLING, please get in touch now to avoid disappointment.

As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.

Join the award winning Independent Society of Musicians

Central London  - Knowledge Hub & Resources Manager

Part Time (4 days per week) and Permanent – Circa £38K pro rata

The award-winning ISM is the dynamic, change making professional membership body for musicians. With a current membership of over 11,000 the ISM is known for its campaigning work as well as services to musicians ranging from legal support and representation to counselling and professional development.

The ISM is now looking for a Knowledge Hub & Resources Manager who will create, manage and deliver the ISM Group’s resources and professional development offering across a range of platforms including digital and print. This is a key part of what the ISM offers to its members and the wider music sector and it is vital that resources are relevant and of the highest quality. You will be an excellent writer and a brilliant communicator of sometimes complex information with a lively interest in all things which affect the lives of musicians. You will have a positive attitude, a keen attention to detail and the ability to handle competing deadlines.

You will be joining a professional staff team who are based in Bayswater, London. The role is four days per week of which at least two will be in the office.

For a full job description for this role please visit the ISM website and vacancies section

To apply please send a CV and covering letter saying why you are right the person for the job.

Closing date is Tuesday 25 June at 9.30am. Interviews will take place face-to-face and applications generated by AI will not be considered.

The Cleft Lip and Palate Association (CLAPA) is the national charity for people affected by cleft lip and palate in the United Kingdom.

CLAPA supports people affected by cleft to take control of their journey, connect with others, and use their voices to impact the future of care. Our vision is that no one affected by cleft lip and palate in the United Kingdom will go through their journey alone.

We are looking for a Content Coordinator to join our small but dynamic communications team.

As CLAPA’s Content Coordinator, you’ll be responsible for publishing a steady stream of stories, blogs and other engaging content on our website and other platforms.

The UK cleft community is full of fantastic stories waiting to be told, and you’ll be there to sensitively support people of all backgrounds to share these stories with your insightful questions and top-notch editing abilities. You’ll be comfortable talking to everyone from school-age children to NHS cleft surgeons to get the kind of content that will inspire and engage our community.

You’ll be our go-to writer when a new resource needs to be drafted or edited, and you’ll enjoy the challenge of adapting your writing to different briefs and communicating complex ideas to people of all ages and abilities. This is a brand new role to meet rising demand within the team, so you will have a real opportunity to make the role ‘yours’. You’ll have the freedom to try new things, share ideas, learn from feedback, and work with others to solve problems. While you’re expected to be proactive in fulfilling key tasks, you’ll be fully trained and supported in every aspect of your work by the Head of Impact.

Our ideal candidate is a creative and confident writer who shares our values and our staff team’s dedication to supporting the UK cleft community.

Our outgoing Communications Officer in March 2024 had this to say about their role:

“CLAPA is hugely encouraging to new ideas and brings out the best of your strengths whilst providing the support to develop and grow. I have never worked for such a friendly, caring, hardworking team that is incredibly proud to deliver our services to the cleft community. […] Do not hesitate to apply if you want to feel part of a positive and supportive charity filled with dedicated and talented colleagues!”

How to Apply

Please complete the Application Form linked in the Recruitment Pack. For safeguarding reasons, we are not able to accept CVs.

Applications close: Monday 1st July at 9 am
Interviews: Wednesday 10th July (via Zoom)
Start date: ASAP

At Bexley Voluntary Service Council (BVSC), you will find a team who are absolutely committed to supporting a strong, sustainable, and influential voluntary and community sector that can make a positive impact on people’s lives in Bexley.

We work hard, we help each other and go out of way to help others and find solutions rather than focusing on problems. We are positive and proactive and, although absolutely focused on our areas of expertise, we work as a team so that BVSC is the best it can be. Above all, everything we do is to strengthen our local Voluntary and Community Sector.

We are looking for a dynamic individual to take on the day-to-day administration of BVSC. This is a key role at BVSC – a varied, interesting, creative role that requires a solid background in IT, database management, website maintenance, administration and supporting a large team.

Key Duties:

• Reviewing, refining and managing our database and website
• Ensuring the Community Directory is up to date, ‘live’ and reviewed regularly, with organisations supported to update and amend their own directory entries
• Providing administrative support to the CEO and HR & Governance Manager in their day to day work
• Supporting the Office Manager with induction and provide general support to the staff team with IT
• Being a key member of the social media and communications team
• Managing room bookings, events and CEO diary
• Supporting the Office Manager to manage the office service contracts

Planning Reviewing and Organising

• Overseeing the day-to-day BVSC administrative processes which include booking rooms, diary management, receiving phone calls, managing a general email inbox, updating our website and database, helping problem solve if occasional IT issues occur.
• Processing and recording Community Lottery applications.
• Team members are responsible for their own administration; however you will provide admin support to the organisation eg booking training courses, managing room bookings, offering support to staff that are facilitating Teams meetings/training events.
• Maintaining levels of stationery and office supplies as appropriate.
• Ensure all electronic and paper record systems which contain sensitive or person identifiable records are stored in compliance with the Data Protection Action and our Information Governance standards.
• To actively plan, support, and administer BVSC’s networks, internal and  public meetings – taking minutes when required.
• To review current electronic filing systems, keeping folders organised, up to date and using archive appropriately.
• To be a key member of the communications team that manage the BVSC Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts keeping them current and relevant by scheduling content created by the team.
• Raising and processing Purchase Orders to buy equipment and services for the organisation.

Communication

• Respond to general enquiries, answer the BVSC phone and being the first point of contact in the office, ensure delegation of this responsibility in your absence
• Communicating with all partners via email, letter and over the phone
• Being the key point of contact for all suppliers and support contracts

Research, Support & Development

• The post holder will help produce regular impact reports for senior staff
• Contribute comprehensively to the annual workplan, updating and completing actions as they arise
• Support BVSC and our member groups to meet quality standards as needed
• Research local and national events, training and funding opportunities to publicise for the charity sector
• To undertake any other duties which the CEO, line managers or Trustees may reasonably require.

Person Specification

Essential 

• Experienced office administrator with excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• The ability to work as part of a team and provide efficient and professional administrative support to other office members
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft 365 suite including Word, Excel, Outlook, and a range of 365 apps e.g. Teams, Forms, SharePoint – these are used daily
• Excellent IT skills and experience of maintenance and input to CRM database systems
• Experience of working within a framework of confidentiality and with access to sensitive personal data
• Knowledge of website management and maintenance (WordPress and Drupal)
• Experience of using various design, communication, or project planning platforms e.g. Canva, Sway
• A creative problem solver and able to prioritise a varied workload, managing conflicting priorities to meet deadlines
• Ability to develop and maintain relationships with colleagues, professionals, and voluntary sector providers across the borough
• Enthusiasm, flexibility and a positive ‘can do’ attitude
• Ability to prioritise your own workload and effectively manage several tasks at any given time
• Strong organisation and planning skills and the ability to work with initiative and with limited supervision
• The personality and temperament to deliver in a sometimes fast changing and busy environment

Desirable 

• Existing knowledge of local voluntary services and resources
• Must have access to own transport (car, motorbike, bicycle) and able to travel efficiently across the borough
• Ability to contribute own ideas and solutions to the team
• A good level of written and spoken English and grammar, numeracy, attention to detail with high level of accuracy
• Alignment to our organisational values

About Home-Start:

We are a community-based charity with 30 years’ experience of supporting local families with children under the age of 5. We offer our combination of home-visiting, counselling and group support to families across Watford, Three Rivers and Hertsmere districts. By offering parents the support and guidance they need when their children are young, we can prevent crisis and ensure children have the best possible start in life. We tailor support to the needs of each family, supporting them to identify and tackle their most pressing needs. Our practical support ensures children have a safer, more stable home environment; our ethos of building family resilience ensures parents are better equipped to cope with adverse circumstances; and our focus on promoting a more secure parent-child attachment ensures parents can identify the kind of support their children need to thrive.
 

Working closely with colleagues from across the organisation and our contacts within the community, the successful applicant will support the external communications of the charity, helping to extend the reach of the charity. Raising awareness, developing donor and supporter relationships, working with the Directors to identify and develop funding streams.

The role:
As a Community Engagement and Fundraising Officer, you will play a vital role in helping our charity manage and develop relationships with our donors, supporters and our existing key relationships, whilst identifying and creating new relationships in our local areas to garner support and promote our services.

• You will be responsible for delivering activity to maximise fundraising from our community, including schools, individuals, local businesses and community groups. You will proactively recruit, grow and nurture supporters, empowering them to manage their own fundraising activities.
• You will manage our annual challenge event programme from supporter engagement, assisting fundraisers journey and utilising tools to maximise supporter’s impact.
• Crucial to your role will be building strong and lasting relationships with supporters, colleagues and volunteers, positively engaging with members of the public and maximising all fundraising opportunities.

What you’ll do:Principle duties and responsibilities

• Take responsibility for the delivery of effective Community Engagement and Fundraising.
• Actively promote all aspects of Home-Start Watford, Three Rivers and Hertsmere to local businesses, schools, community organisations, volunteer groups, and individuals.
• Motivate and influence supporters to independently manage their own fundraising activities, with your support, being the main contact for supporters.
• Work closely the Business Support Officer to manage and create social media content to promote fundraising activities, relationships with supporters and the relationships you build in the community.
• Prepare and deliver individualised communications, presentations and assemblies for a diverse range of audiences.
• Attend and run activities at a variety of community events when required, to ensure a strong presence from Home-Start Watford, Three Rivers and Hertsmere in the communities where we support.
• Identify and implement new fundraising opportunities and initiatives.
• Work closely with the other Community engagement and fundraisers, building on local knowledge, sharing best practice and creating a peer circle of support, including peers from HSUK our parent company.
• Act as an advocate within the community. Uphold our values, and communicate with enthusiasm, credibility, conviction and knowledge.
• This role will require occasional weekend and evening working.
• Keep up to date with all fundraising legal implications.
• You will be responsible for creating our quarterly newsletter, working with the rest of the team, to engage with our supporters.
• Create Bi-monthly board reports on the growth of community engagement, communications and fundraising, which will go directly to the trustee board. Occasional attendance at board, building a relationship with a trustee identified to manage fundraising.
• Annually, you will lead on the creation of the annual report and social impact reporting working across the team.
• Creating strong relationships with local magazines and identifying and managing news tools to ensure that we are sharing our successes and informing our audiences of our services. Occasionally creating press releases for campaigns and building a network of people to help share our news as far and wide as possible.
• You will also be involved in the updating of our website, working with the Business Support Officer and volunteers to ensure our website remains the best tool to advertise what we do.
• Creating and nurturing a small group of fundraising support volunteers to help facilitate events and share our story in the community.

What you’ll bring:Experience

• Preferable, fundraising experience of 1 year, in a community engagement or fundraising role in the charity sector.
• Demonstrable experience in building relationships within the community and with fundraisers.
• Demonstrable experience in managing your own income budget and monitoring expenditure against agreed targets. Analysis of income data, identifying trends, evaluating activity and ROI, and ensuring key learnings and insight are fed into planning and budgeting of future activity as appropriate.
• Demonstrated success in coordinating events, campaigns and initiatives.
• Familiarity with donor databases, CRM systems, and fundraising software.
• Able to provide direction, energy and capability to lead fundraising volunteers at community events.
• Understanding of fundraising principles, best practices, and ethical standards.
• Knowledge of Community Engagement and different fundraising channels.
• Awareness of current trends and innovations in fundraising.

Skills

• A motivated, articulate and confident communicator.
• A passion for making a difference to families and young children.
• An ability to analyse data.
• Understanding of risk management.

• Experience of client relationship management databases.
• Understanding of content creation systems such as Mail Chimp and Canva.
• Strong organisational and administrative skills including excellent attention to detail and effective time management.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with a varied group of stakeholders.

Personal Attributes

• Passion for the vision of Home-Start Watford and Three Rivers and alignment with their values for supporting families.
• Proactive and self-motivated with a positive and can-do attitude.
• Creative approach to a limited marketing budget and working within a small team.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information with discretion.
• Willingness to work occasional evenings or weekends for events and campaigns.
• Ability to represent the organisation professionally and ethically.
• Strong client facing aptitude and communication skills both written and verbal.
• Calm and patient when dealing with a range of internal and external stakeholders at all levels
• Team Player: working collaboratively and flexibly to achieve outcomes and keen to add value to the organisation’s culture and ethos.

What you’ll get

• Working with a small, friendly, supportive team, who are supported by a proactive trustee board.
• Flexible working.
• Generous holiday allowance.
• Job satisfaction, changing families lives and enabling children to have the childhood they deserve.
• Working in the charity hub, based near Leavesden film studios, in a modern office space, sitting amongst other charities and the local CVS, W3RT, within a collaborative and supportive workspace.
• Café and dining facilities, including outside space.
• Free onsite parking.

Closing date is July 11th at 5pm 2024, interviews are likely to take place w.c. 22nd July, in person, at our offices in Leavesden, Watford, Hertfordshire.

At The Bridge, a London women’s charity, we need an impactful, pro-active, bold, ambitious, enterprising, strategic, and resilient leader who shares our passion to make a difference to be our next CEO. You’ll bring inspiring leadership to extend our profile, reach and impact.

The Bridge is a dynamic and impactful charity dedicated to supporting women's health and wellbeing in the heart of Southwark, London. We believe that everyone deserves access to good health, regardless of their background or circumstances. Unfortunately, health inequalities persist, exacerbated by recent global challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis.

Our vision is a society where equity is the norm, where all women’s voices are heard, and where their health and wellbeing rights are respected and met.

We work to get there by:

• co-creating spaces and opportunities for women to share their life experiences, where everyone’s voices are welcomed and heard;
• co-designing and running women-led transformative projects, connecting communities and dismantling individual and structural barriers to health and wellbeing;
• collaborating with like-minded organisations to amplify women’s voices to create change;
• providing services and facilities to support women’s health and wellbeing.

From our own building in Southwark, we operate a women-only gym and a vegetarian cafe, providing a supportive environment for women to prioritise their health and wellbeing. Our gym offers a range of fitness classes and personalised training, while our cafe serves delicious, nourishing food and drinks, with all profits supporting our charitable work. We also lease offices and meeting rooms as an additional source of income. We benefit from a highly committed  staff team. We live our values, and uphold a strong commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI).

As our new CEO, you will lead The Bridge, overseeing the implementation of new, innovative and impactful programmes and ensuring our building remains both a community and business asset. You will build new, effective partnerships with other organisations, and internally, build upon and further develop our existing strong culture. In the longer term, you will build a range of sustainable funding streams, and significantly grow the scope and impact of our range of programmes and services, while ensuring The Bridge always remains true to our mission and values.

key details:

role: Chief Executive Officer – The Bridge

location: Southwark, London – opportunities for flexible working

salary: circa £70,000

contract: Permanent, full time

as well as passion about women's health and wellbeing and our mission, you will:

• have a track record of success as a CEO or senior leader, reporting at Board level, ideally within a purpose-driven organisation.
• have a track record in developing a clear strategic vision – setting values, ethos, vision, mission, strategic objectives and strategic priorities and executing accordingly and ensuring that business, operational and annual plans to underpin the strategic plan are developed, agreed and implemented. Ultimately, you set and achieve challenging organisational goals.
• have simultaneously managed and led a multiplicity of diverse teams and activities.
• have experience of managing change and can take tough decisions when necessary.
• have strong financial acumen, demonstrated by a track record of successful budget management, and business development/income generation skills.
• be a leader with the ability to inspire, motivate, and empower staff and volunteers, fostering an inclusive culture that promotes continuous learning and collaboration.
• be a confident networker, speaker, and communicator, capable of creating and sustaining relationships with partners, funders, businesses, the media, programme participants and other stakeholders to promote the work of the Bridge. You will have a proven track record of influencing and persuading people, with tangible benefits delivered to the organisation.
• have knowledge of Charity Law and compliance issues related to charity operations and business, understanding the charity sector and the issues affecting service users.

If you would like to receive an Information Pack for this CEO role with full details, including how to apply, please send an expression of interest and (optional but appreciated) a CV or professional profile in confidence to our consultant, Jenny Hills at Harris Hill, via the apply button. For an informal and confidential conversation about this position, please contact Jenny via the apply button with suitable times to talk.

closing date for applications: 9am Monday, 17th June 2024.

As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.

Contract: FTC (12 months), Part-time (18.75 hours per week)

Salary: £19,050 - £22,275 per annum (London) or £17,050 – 20,275 per annum (Outside London)

Closing Date: 17th June 2024

Interviews will be held w/c 24th June 2024

Centrepoint, the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity, is looking for Partnerships Grant Giving Officer to join our Partnership team. This role is offered on a hybrid-working basis with home working combined with 2 days per week on average in our London, Manchester or Birmingham office (TBC on application).

We help vulnerable young people by giving them the practical and emotional support they need to find a job and live independently. Centrepoint provides homeless young people with accommodation; health support and life skills in order to get them back into education, training and employment. We want to end youth homelessness by 2037. Together with our partners, we support over 16,000 young people each year. It is a truly exciting time to be joining Centrepoint, as we work towards our vision to end youth homelessness by 2037.

About the role

The Grant Officer post will help Centrepoint to develop a grant-giving project as a part of a wider externally funded programme called More Than a Roof. The More Than a Roof programme that is supported by a large corporate partner, is projected to launch in the Autumn 2024 and will last for three years.

At Centrepoint and through the partners we work with, we see vulnerable young people arriving at supported living hostels following periods of rough sleeping, family relationship breakdowns, and a myriad of other traumatic experiences. Initially, Centrepoint wants to transform hostels around the country into homely and safe environments where young people can overcome trauma and receive the specialist support they need to give them a starting point for a happier life. We want to enable our 100 plus partner charities to access funding to implement the More Than a Roof philosophy, through a new grant-giving scheme. Youth homelessness charities would have the opportunity to apply for grants to make the living spaces of young people escaping homelessness, more like homes. This new programme will be the first time that Centrepoint has provided grants to other organisations. It will be an innovation for Centrepoint and one that we will learn from, as we provide vital additional funding for small to medium organisations working with homeless young people across the sector.

What you'll be doing: 

• oversee the whole grant-giving process from the launch to communications and outreach; application and selection
• putting forward applications to the Grant Allocations board for approval
• organise the awards and distribute the funding in accordance to policies ensuring it is dispensed to a diversity of organisations across the UK and delivers impactful change for homeless young people
• maintain a grants management system and manage data in line with GDPR and other relevant policies
• establish and build strong relationships with strategic stakeholders and grantees
• monitor and evaluate the impact and success of each grant given by getting grantees to complete required monitoring forms,
• ensure all activity achieves the intended outputs and outcomes on time and within budget.

Why join Centrepoint?

In return for your efforts, the post holder will receive a competitive salary, excellent training and development opportunities, and a host of staff benefits including:

• 25 days of annual leave per year, rising by one day per year to a maximum of 27 days
• Healthcare cash plan (Cover the costs of a wide range of medical treatment including Dental, Optical, Complementary and Alternative therapies).
• Private Medical insurance
• Income protection
• Employer pension contributions of 5%
• Access to Cycle 2 Work loan scheme
• An interest-free travel loan

Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to join our team as a Partnerships Grant Giving Officer click ‘Apply’ now!