This is a unique opportunity to have an incredible impact, by joining our ambitious team at this exciting stage in the charity’s growth. 

Yes Futures was recently named one of the Escape 100: Best Companies to Escape to 2019.  We achieved one of the top 100 scores out of over 1500+ organisations, based on our workplace culture and employee satisfaction.

Some testimonials from our current employees:

• "Yes Futures is an extremely positive and supportive working environment. All employees are valued and encouraged to contribute across all areas of the charity. My team are so enthusiastic and passionate about the fundamental ethos -  helping to build a positive future for young people." 
• "As well as every day being different, and the work we do being so rewarding, we have a fantastic team of dedicated, intelligent, interesting, passionate people! It's wonderful to be part of it all!" 
• "I work with a supportive team with great passion and energy. We are all so different but share a passion for supporting young people. Our CEO is an inspiration and leads the way with her positivity, drive and enthusiasm."

Introduction

Yes Futures is a multi-award winning charity, established in 2012. Our successful programmes have made a proven difference to the lives of over 1500 young people, and we are rapidly expanding to more schools.

Thanks to this growth, we are looking for an enthusiastic and committed Programme Executive to join our existing Programme Team in February/March 2020. As a Programme Executive, you will be responsible for managing the Yes Futures programmes in a group of schools within the Greater London area.

You will have significant ownership over your work, enabling you to thrive and grow your talents in a supportive, collaborative environment.

Benefits to you

Yes Futures is a small, rapidly growing charity. By joining us at this critical stage in our development you will have a significant impact on our growth and future success. If you are enthusiastic, ambitious and open to challenging yourself by applying your talents to a dynamic, young charity… we need you!

The Programme Executive role is flexible, allowing you to work from home and balance your work around other responsibilities. You will develop a range of key skills and knowledge areas in this role, including:

• Youth engagement
• Event and trip planning
• Volunteer management and development
• Programme delivery and group facilitation
• Coaching and personal development
• Creativity and innovation in education
• Quality assurance
• Social enterprise strategy
• Impact evaluation and techniques
• Curriculum design

We provide full training in our programme content, coaching, behaviour management, safeguarding, mental health first aid and first aid.

Why should you apply for this role?

Yes Futures is one of the Escape 100: Best Companies to Escape to 2019.  We achieved one of the top 100 scores out of over 1500+ organisations, based on our workplace culture and employee satisfaction.

By joining our team of committed, hard-working, fun and friendly colleagues, you will: 

• Help us to make a life-changing difference to young people;
• Thrive in a role with a high degree of responsibility and flexibility;
• Enjoy working with other like-minded people, who care about doing an excellent job;
• Actively contribute to the development of our programmes, through regular and open feedback channels;
• Celebrate successes through our regular Team Days and social events;
• Enhance your skills through professional development opportunities, with our generous CPD allowance;
• Benefit from dedicated time and support given to your personal development.

Main responsibilities

As a Programme Executive, you will be integral to the running of the Yes Futures programmes and a vital link between the Yes Futures head office and our schools.

The role of the Programme Executive is to oversee and manage the programmes within a region of schools, which usually includes a mixture of primary and secondary schools. You will be joining an already strong and supportive team of four Programme Executives working across our four regions (the South East quarter of the UK).

Programme delivery

• Responsible for the care and wellbeing of all students in your schools on the programme;
• Communicating with parents where necessary during the programme, by letter, email and telephone;
• Planning and delivering whole-group workshops for students;
• Planning and delivering information and celebration events for students and parents;
• Delivering coaching sessions to students where required;
• Developing business and charity partnerships for day trips;
• Planning and delivering the day trips included in the programme;
• Supporting the planning and delivery of the Into the Wild residentials;
• Implementing discipline procedures, including reporting serious discipline issues to Head of Programmes;
• Implementing all necessary Health and Safety and Child Protection procedures, including recording and reporting any incidents to the Head of Programmes;
• Ongoing communication with the school and Yes Futures head office regarding student engagement and progress.

Organisation and administration

• School onboarding, including ensuring that dates are planned, students are recruited and parental agreements are returned;
• Planning and organising the logistical elements of the programme (timetables, activities, sessions plans etc) through liaising with Yes Futures head office, school staff, businesses, charitable organisations and the rest of the Coaching team;
• Creation of Risk Assessments, parent letters and programme-related documents for schools;
• Sourcing materials needed for programme sessions, including lunches for trips;
• Assisting with finance and petty cash where required.

Management of volunteer Yes Futures Coaches

• Managing and developing the skills of your Coaching teams (approximately 2-4 adults per cohort);
• Ongoing communication with your Coaching teams, to foster their enthusiasm and commitment;
• Supporting Coach recruitment for future programmes;
• Supporting the planning and delivery of training for Coaches;
• Maintaining accurate and secure records of Coaches’ personal information, absences, sickness and other relevant information.

Evaluation and reporting

• Facilitating the pre-, mid- and end of programme evaluations;
• Oversight and input of key student monitoring data and impact data;
• Debriefing and ongoing feedback collection from schools and Coaches;
• Ensure all work is carried out in an effective and timely manner to support continued high standards of the Yes Futures programmes.

Programme Executives will also be given the opportunity to support with other Head Office functions, including but not limited to:

• Assisting the Chief Executive with strategic planning;
• Supporting the marketing of Yes Futures to new schools and customers;
• Developing our fundraising strategy through bid writing and other fundraising tasks;
• Establishing relationships with key partner organisations;
• Strengthening our programme design and theory of change;
• Planning our future Ambassador offer and other pilot programmes;
• General programme-related tasks.

In addition, as part of our focus on employee development, you will be able to dedicate time to individual personal development opportunities and gain further professional growth through leading working groups in strategic areas in which you are interested.

For more information on the role, including the skills and experience we are looking for, please download and read the more detailed Role Description. You can download this at the bottom of this page, or on the 'Join Our Team' page of the Yes Futures website.

How to apply

So, are you interested in applying to be our next Programme Executive?

We’d love to hear from you!

If you would like to apply, please download and complete the application form, available at the top of this page or on the 'Join Our Team' page of the Yes Futures website.

Dates and recruitment timeline

Deadline for applications: Sunday 5th January 2020 at midnight.

Should your application be successful, you will be invited to an Assessment Centre at the Yes Futures head office in Bermondsey (London). This is expected to take place on Wednesday 22nd January 2020.

We look forward to hearing from you!

TITLE: Head of Development and Engagement
GRADE: £35,000 per annum
CONTRACT: 12 months
RESPONSIBLE TO: Chief Executive
RESPONSIBLE FOR: Development Officers, Policy and Partnership Officer and Engagement Officers

Community Southwark (CS) is the main provider of support to the voluntary and community sector in Southwark. We are looking for a Head of development and Engagement to play a leading role in providing strategic support to develop a resilient voluntary and community sector in Southwark and to develop and support relationships with the voluntary, public and private sector.

We are looking for a committed team player who will provide support and direction to the development and engagement teams and their associated projects and who, as part of the management team, will contribute to the development, implementation and review of the organisation’s strategic and operational plans.

PURPOSE OF JOB

• To provide strategic support to develop a resilient voluntary and community sector in Southwark
• To develop and support mutually beneficial relationships with the voluntary, public and private sector
• To provide support and direction to the development and engagement teams and their associated projects
• As part of the management team to contribute to the development, implementation and review of the organisation’s strategic and operational plans

MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Drive and support partnership working to build a resilient voluntary and community sector
o Generate and maintain effective partnerships with key stakeholders to ensure Community Southwark works strategically with the public sector (and others) to support and develop a resilient voluntary and community sector.
o Be the principal contact point and proactively seek out relationships with funders, public service providers and other appropriate agencies to secure funding opportunities for Community Southwark (CS) and the local voluntary and community sector.
o Oversee the development and delivery of Provider Led Groups and other means of voluntary and community sector representation.
o Oversee the development of the Southwark Food Action Alliance and work with Public Health to push forward progress activity on the Food Security Action Plan.
o Oversee the National Lottery Community Funded project bringing together Patient Participation Groups and Tenants and Residents Associations to improve their communities.
o Assist the Council/ Partnership Southwark in the development, review and implementation of borough wide policies, strategies and funding programmes designed to support the voluntary and community sector in Southwark.

Supporting the voluntary and community sector
o Lead on the development of the programmes that support the voluntary and community sector on organisational development issues.
o Lead on the engagement strategy to ensure CS expands its reach into the community and works with local active individuals, groups and networks to support community action in the borough.

Income generation
o Lead and manage all aspects of Community Southwark’s consultancy and bespoke training services to meet annual income generation targets.
o Work with the Office Coordinator to ensure invoices are raised and paid on time for consultancy services.
o Work with members of the team to design proposals in response to consultancy requests.
o Develop partnerships with key stakeholders, consultants and other agencies that would support collaborative funding or tender proposals, including across other local boroughs.
o Lead on and develop funding applications to charitable foundations and other funders in line with Community Southwark’s strategic priorities.
o Be the principle point of contact with City Bridge Trust and the National Lottery Community Fund, ensuring good quality monitoring reports are submitted on time.

Staff management and operational responsibilities
o To be the key strategic manager responsible for planning, organising and monitoring all aspects of Community Southwark’s development and engagement functions.
o Provide line management support, supervision and annual appraisals to the development and engagement teams and ensure that financial management systems are robust and adhered to.
o Support the Chief Executive in developing and producing strategic and business plans, and work with the team to contribute to a strategic and planned work programme for sustainability and development.
o Keep up to date with developments affecting your work, and maintain and improve personal competence through continuous professional development.
o To work within all of Community Southwark’s policies and in particular the Health and Safety, Equal Opportunities and Confidentiality policies, and help to ensure that diversity and equality of opportunity is integral to the organisation’s work.
o Work to administration and communication protocols efficiently to ensure that organisational systems and procedures are implemented.
o To undertake other tasks from time to time and as appropriate, that may be required by management in line with the goals of the organisation.
o To support Community Southwark’s mission, vision, values and strategic objectives.

PERSON SPECIFICATION
Knowledge, Skills and Experience Needed
1. A relevant professional/post graduate qualification (desirable)
2. Track record of developing, managing and delivering support services to the voluntary and community sector
3. Track record of developing and generating income through consultancy and bespoke training activities
4. Track record of securing both voluntary and earned income from a range of funders
5. Excellent presentation and communication skills both written and oral
6. Excellent knowledge of organisational development issues facing voluntary and community sector organisations
7. Ability to facilitate the writing of business plans and action plans and encourage the achievement of goals
8. Ability to motivate, manage and develop a team to ensure they achieve organisational objectives.
9. Good organisational and project management skills including financial planning, time management, project planning and monitoring and evaluation
10. Excellent partnership working skills and experience of working with local authorities, NHS and other sectors
Personal qualities
11. Strong team player, capable of leading and decision making whilst also considering wider issues and impact on individuals
12. Ability to prioritise and manage own workload/caseload
13. Ability to think and act strategically and develop innovative solutions
14. High level listening, influencing and negotiating skill; positive, flexible and proactive attitude
15. Strong networking and influencing skills
16. Reliability
17. A full commitment to equality of opportunity with practical ideas for its implementation within the scope of the post

Please see full Job Description for further details.

To apply:

Please send a covering letter covering all of the key points in the personal specification (no more than two-sides of A4), your CV and the equal opportunities form to our recruitment email address (listed on our website when you click on 'Apply'). 

• Closing date: Monday 13 January (5pm)

• Interviews: Tuesday 21 January (TBC)

Please note: we will be looking at applications on a rolling basis so we reserve the right to stop reviewing applications early. 

If you wish to have an informal conversation about the role please contact Deborah Hayman (contact information can be found on our website).

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Contract:Permanent

Hours:Full time - 35 hours a week

Location:London
 

A fantastic Senior Manager opportunity for an individual who is excited by managing a high performing team, to deliver our flagship fundraising product 'Million Makers' across the UK. If you enjoy innovating, being efficient and empowering others with the resources and support that they need to meet their targets, then this role is for you!

Our vision at The Prince's Trust's is that every young person should have the chance to succeed. Our mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills to live, learn and earn.

The Corporate Partnerships team sits within the wider Partnerships fundraising team and is responsible for developing sustainable and high value corporate partnerships. The main purpose of the role is to nationally oversee Million Makers, our largest fundraising product. The Senior Manager is responsible for overseeing recruitment of participants, their stewardship journey, financial reporting, resources and communication strategies. The role will also support the Head of Employee Fundraising on other related fundraising projects.

This role has specific responsibility for maximising income from and development of 'Million Makers'. You and your team play a significant role in the sustainability of Prince's Trust corporate partnerships. By engaging workforces on mass, you will also focus on ensuring employees from over 100 corporate partners have an excellent experience supporting The Prince's Trust whilst encouraging them to remain fundraisers for The Prince's Trust in the future.

To learn more about the role, please download the job description. 

About The Prince's Trust

We are a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome!

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years.Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world.We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

The Prince's Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince's Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please go to our website and complete the online application.To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to download a copy of the Prince's Trust Behavioural Framework.

 

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we'd like a helping hand. We'll be in touch if we need you.

A fantastic health charity are looking for a Senior Community and Events Fundraising Officer to join their successful fundraising team.

You will be helping develop and deliver a programme of growth for community and events fundraising with the Head of Fundraising and Communications. It is a perfect role for someone who wants the chance to shape a role and transform an organisations community and events fundraising programme to grow income, increase engagement and reach new audiences.

The Ideal Candidate will have:

* Demonstrable experience of community and/or events fundraising.
* Excellent experience growing a supporter base
* Demonstratable experience of increasing community and/or events income
* Experience managing events from start to finish

This role is based in London, is permanent and is offering a salary of £28-32,000 DOE.

To find out more about this exciting opportunity please email a copy of your CV [email protected] Get in touch today to avoid disappointment, application will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Please note only successful candidates will be contacted.

We are delighted to be working with a wonderful national charity who lead the way in supporting people with their mental health. Having placed a number of candidates within this organisation we are excited to have the opportunity to support them again to recruit a Senior Community & Events Fundraising Operations Officer.

You will lead on process improvement work which is aimed at achieving the best possible supporter experience, stewardship engagement and supporter retention in the medium and long term. 

You will also be responsible for overseeing the Community, Events & Fundraising Development Assistant Team.

Your demonstrable experience will be as follows;

• Experience of community & events fundraising including developing and delivering process improvement and innovation in stewardship journeys. 


• Experience of project management, including setting, monitoring and evaluating KPIs and preparing FAQs and process documents for internal use. 


• Experience of line management including objective setting, managing workloads and carrying out appraisal processes. 

This organisation has amazing benefits that we would be keen to share with you.

Closing date: asap

Salary: £30,000-£36,000

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call me on 020 30 062787 or email [email protected].

The Royal Air Force Museum is a national museum, a Government non-departmental public body (NDPB) and a registered charity, with two sister sites at London and Cosford. RAF Museum Enterprises Ltd is the trading arm of the RAF Museum with all profits gift-aided to the Museum to support its charitable activities. Our purpose is to share the RAF story, past, present and future - using the stories of its people and our collections in order to engage, inform and inspire everyone. Our overall vision is to inspire everyone with the RAF story – the people who shape it and its place in our lives.

We are looking for an experienced Digital Marketing Executive to join our new team to support on all aspects of digital marketing at the Royal Air Force Museum.

Based within our new Communications and Marketing function, the Digital Marketing Executive will support the engagement of a broad portfolio of audiences through all digital channels, as well as playing a supporting role in the development of new digital programmes, such as CRM and eCommerce. This is an exciting opportunity for someone to join a new team at an exciting time for the Museum, as we deliver on the exciting vision outlined in our Strategic Plan to 2030.

The post will be based at our London site.  Regular travel between the Museum sites will be required.

To apply:
• Please provide your current CV with a covering letter demonstrating how you meet the role specification. Please look our vacancies page on our website for details on how to apply. 

• Closing date for applications: 10 January 2020 at 10am

• Interviews will take place on:  24 January 2020

This is an exciting opportunity as a Community and Events Officer to develop, pilot, and implement the community and events fundraising income streams for an amazing environmental charity.

The Charity
Promotes and encourages the improvement and protection of the English countryside and its towns and villages.

The Role
Working with the Community and Events Manager to, support the community strategy (nationally and locally) that will engage, educate and inspire the target audiences, to maximise income growth opportunities.
Implement plans to grow a portfolio of mass participation events to meet desired engagement & income targets, and assist in the implementation and delivery of cross-organisational special events.
Take responsibility for building relationships with the local charities, volunteers, schools, local partners, and ambassadors, securing collaborative long- term support.
Supporting in fundraising product tools, stewardship plans and fundraising template creation.
Ensure the highest level of supporter and donor care is executed at all times.

The Candidate
Strong team & volunteer management skills.
Fundraising experience, in particular in community fundraising, including mass participation events.
Proven substantial ability to network and engage local audiences (from individuals and groups to organisations and businesses) to deliver increased community education and fundraising.

IMPORTANT NOTE

Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be held further but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.

We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.

Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.

Interim Events Project Manager - Start ASAP

Your new company
A extremely reputable membership body based in London

Your new role
We are looking for someone to manage the annual event. This person will kick off the annual event planning. The event theme and draft programme has now been agreed by the D&I Committee but additional support is required to support the successful delivery of this event on 28 January 2020. The event is live for booking but as yet speaker invitations have not yet gone out. The role will report to the Head of D&I and will support the delivery of the event including identifying speakers, drafting and sending speaker invitations, drafting speaker briefs, targeted invitation planning, and reviewing current registration to identify sectoral gaps to ensure an audience drawn from a range of sectors and sizes/types of organisations as well as hits our targets for new employer engagement and attendance. The project manager will work with teams across the Academy including the Development team as well as the D&I committee and others to identify potential attendees/speakers. The project manager will work with the events team and project officer in the team on the event logistics.

What you'll need to succeed
- Experience working with senior stakeholders (e.g. CEOs, government etc.)
- Events management including inviting and supporting event speakers
- Digital marketing and promotion experience - Some Knowledge around D&I would be advantageous
- Experience with onsite events management and delegate liaison
- Good time management experience
- Brilliant written and spoken English

What you'll get in return
A competitive salary with a reputable organisation.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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Travel Trade & Museum Events Executive
Permanent
Full-time
£25,500
London

The Royal Air Force Museum is a national museum, a Government non-departmental public body (NDPB) and a registered charity, with two sister sites at London and Cosford. RAF Museum Enterprises Ltd is the trading arm of the RAF Museum with all profits gift-aided to the Museum to support its charitable activities. Our purpose is to share the RAF story, past, present and future - using the stories of its people and our collections in order to engage, inform and inspire everyone. Our overall vision is to inspire everyone with the RAF story – the people who shape it and its place in our lives.

We are looking for an experienced executive to join our Events team to lead the development of our business with the travel trade and to support the delivery of commercial events at the Royal Air Force Museum. 

Based within our Events team in London, the Travel Trade and Museum Events Executive will help build stronger relationships with the travel trade industry in order to increase the number of organised groups visiting the Museum and also support the Head of Events in delivering a selected number of events in London. This is an exciting opportunity for someone to at an exciting time for the Museum as we deliver on the exciting vision outlined in our Strategic Plan to 2030.

The post will be based at our London site.  Regular travel between the Museum sites will be required.

To apply:
• Please provide your current CV with a covering letter demonstrating how you meet the role specification. Please look our vacancies page on our website for details on how to apply.

• Closing date for applications: 10 January 2019 at 10am

• Interviews will take place on:  27 January 2020

Funding Officer Ref 19/082

Location: Solent Area (covering all of Hampshire and Surrey)

Salary:  £21,688 - £24,786 per annum + generous benefits

37 hours per week  

Contract: Permanent

Are you a confident communicator who enjoys working with people?
Do you see the potential in ideas as well as the challenges?
Are you passionate about making a difference in your local community?

About Us

We are the largest community funder in the UK – we’re proud to award money raised by National Lottery players to communities across the UK. Last year alone we gave out over half a billion pounds (£508.5 million) of National Lottery funding to over 11,000 community projects across the UK, enabling even more people and communities to bring their ideas and ambitions to life.

At the heart of everything we do is the belief that when people are in the lead, communities thrive. National Lottery funding is open to everyone and we’re privileged to be able to work with the smallest of grassroots group’s right up to large UK-wide charities.

We are looking for diverse and talented people who share our values and are passionate about funding great ideas that matter to communities and make a difference to people’s lives.

About the role

Local Funding Officers are responsible for our grant-making activity in a geographical area, pre-application support, assessment, decision-making, grant management, gathering and sharing of learning/intelligence through report writing. You will ensure our funding responds to the local context and challenge yourself and colleagues to continually improve the way we work in supporting local communities.

You will build long term relationships with people and organisations in the area you cover. The area you will focus on will cover Surrey, Hampshire and Isle of Wight, part of the London, East & South East Regional Team.

You will be responsible for understanding how customers funding ideas align with our national/local funding priorities and making good judgements about when to take a funding idea further or when to signpost to other opportunities/funders.

You will combine local knowledge of communities and services, understanding of best practice and the experience of grant-holders to make informed recommendations about who and what we fund through concise report writing and effective decision-making structures.

You will represent The National Lottery Community Fund within your local area including at funding fairs, external meetings, events/conferences, and create opportunities for groups and people to come together through outreach and community engagement. You will share learning from your conversations, events, grant holder reports and evaluations with other colleagues across England so that we can maximise our impact and make meaningful change to the lives of people and communities who we support.

You’ll be part of the Solent team, led by a Funding Manager with the support of two other local Funding Officers.  Therefore, excellent team working skills are essential in this role.

The Person

We do not have a fixed idea about the type of background or experience someone will bring to this role and we value all experience, in particular lived experience. What matters to us is you share our mindset and values and want to help enable communities to thrive.

To be considered for this exciting role, you will need to demonstrate the following specialist knowledge, experience, skills and expertise:

• Strong written and verbal communication including report writing skills and confidence to operate in a wide range of environments

• Ability to build, maintain and strengthen excellent working relationships

• Ability to manage your own workload with minimal supervision

• Sound literacy/numerical skills

• Sound IT skills

• Confidence to use your own judgement, take initiative and challenge when appropriate

You will have a good understanding of the local areas including public/voluntary service provision. You will work from a number of locations, including your home and our offices with the expectation that you will be flexible in order to get the best outcomes for our customers. The role involves extensive travel around Hampshire and Surrey as well as regular travel into London Office, travel expenses will be paid.

In return, you’ll receive access to a wide range of generous benefits including company pension scheme, generous holidays, flexible working, childcare vouchers, season ticket and cycle to work loans and company health care cash plan.

How to apply

To apply online and further details about our application process, the National Lottery Community Fund’s work, and our range of excellent benefits, please visit our website.

Closing date:  Sunday, 15th December (23.59pm)

Interview date: 20th December in Winchester

(Westgate Chambers, Staple Gardens, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8SR)

We are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity.

We are committed to increasing employment opportunities for people with disabilities and will respond positively to meet individual needs throughout the recruitment process. Once in post, the National Lottery Community Fund will ensure that any appropriate reasonable adjustments to our workplace are made, in order to support colleagues with any form of disability.

Julie’s Bicycle is a charity founded by the music industry in 2007 and now working across the arts and cultural sector. Our vision is a creative community powering action on climate change and the environment. Our expertise combines research with industry-focused campaigns, training, consultancy, policy and international advocacy. We support more than 2,000 arts and cultural organisations in the UK and internationally, working across the ecology of the creative industries.

 Our clients and partners include Arts Council England, Universal Music, Curzon Cinema Group, National Theatre, Festival Republic, V&A, Somerset House and many others. Our greatest asset is the trust we have earned from the sector. 

We provide the creative community with the skills to act, using their creativity to influence one another, audiences and the wider movement. We run a rich programme of events, free resources and public speaking engagements, which contribute to national and international climate change policy development. This is an exciting opportunity to work in an ambitious international organisation working to raise the profile and impact of cultural leadership on climate change and environmental issues. 

We are looking for an exceptional person with ambition, love of the arts and culture, creative flair and commitment to environmental sustainability to join a thriving team at the heart of the cultural response to climate change.

Our new Office Coordinator & Executive Assistant will be highly organised and personable. They will provide skilled day-to-day support to a busy and inspiring team and will perform Executive Assistant responsibilities for the Director and Leadership Team as and when needed. This role is critical to the organisation and will be involved in developing, implementing and maintaining accurate and efficient processes for all administrative activity.

The deadline to apply is 5pm on Thursday 2nd January 2020.

Please note that we encourage earlier applications; if we find a suitable candidate before the deadline we reserve the right to close the application process early.

About Us:  

At Marie Stopes International we are unapologetically pro-choice. We believe that every woman has the right to make choices about her own body and her own future. As one of the world’s leading providers of contraception and safe abortion care, we give women the means to do so. Our team members, working across 37 countries, provide high quality, safe services to women, when and where they need them. Because when a woman can determine her own future, she can contribute to creating a better, more sustainable future for everyone.

The Role:

This role is a critical advisory role to the Senior Director, Global Programmes Unit, and oversees engagement with all private foundation-funded programmes, ensuring that MSI is positioned as a partner of choice.

This is a leadership role with accountability for performance and high-quality stewardship of MSI’s significant private foundation funding portfolio, and associated engagement and positioning. This includes direct line management of specialist teams and individuals overseeing all foundation funded projects, with a contract values in excess of £200m.

This role is accountable for ensuring that best practices and lessons learned from implementation are widely disseminated both internally and externally.

The Director brings a robust blend of implementation experience, strategic thinking, significant high-level relationship management, and deep technical understanding of MSI programming.

About you

To succeed in this role, you must have:

Skills

To perform this role, it is essential that you have the following skills:

• Proven ability to design and implement successful donor strategies that deliver strategic outcomes at multiple levels.
• Anticipation of market, competition, donor and client trends, interpreting these and reacting to changing environments and opportunities.
• Excellent relationship management and negotiation abilities with a broad range of stakeholders.
• High-quality operational management abilities, including stewardship of complex donor-funded and multi-country projects involving implementation of donor compliance systems and processes.
• Prioritisation that delivers value to clients, colleagues, donors and other stakeholders.
• Ability to anticipate resistance and prepare in advance to effectively influence others towards achievement of results.
• High-quality operational management abilities, including stewardship of complex donor-funded and multi-country projects involving implementation of donor compliance systems and processes.
• Exemplify MSI leadership behaviours, with demonstrated coaching skills and the ability to inspire those around you.
• Ability to embed clear roles and responsibilities, delegate authority and accountability appropriately, reward initiative and provide constructive development feedback.
• Anticipate workload demands on today and tomorrow’s talent requirements.
• Demonstrate integrity in decision-making and execution: balancing MSI and stakeholder interests, while advancing MSI short and long-term interests.
• Sensitivity to wider political and organisational issues.
• Commitment to implement corporate decisions with high-energy levels.
• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills, and ability to organise and present information in a compelling way.
• High-level of personal resilience and confidence.
• Demonstrated knowledge of sexual and reproductive health rights.

Experience

To perform this role, it is essential that you have the following experience:

• Demonstrated record of developing excellent relationships with a broad range of foundation funders and other stakeholders.
• Experience of working with a range of donors, including LAD, the Children’s Investment Fund, and the Gates Foundation amongst others.
• Demonstrated experience of successful strategy development.
• Demonstrated experience of implementing effective donor compliance systems and processes.
• Significant experience of leading complex international programmes and projects, including in- country operational experience at a senior level.
• Demonstrated experience launching, implementing and closing multi-country donor portfolios
• Demonstrated excellent portfolio and personnel leadership skills, and ability to develop, coach and motivate a high-performing team.

Personal Attributes:

MSI is dedicated to equal opportunity for all and recognises that every individual is unique. Whilst we always seek to embrace individual differences and celebrate the diversity of our workforce, we also want to ensure that every team member is suited to their role and that they are given the best opportunity to succeed.

The personal attributes described below have been developed in accordance with the job description and other contextual factors relating to the role and are considered essential.

For this role, we’re looking for an individual who has:

• A Leadership style which is inclusive and consultative. An active listener who can clearly communicate strategic priorities and inspire a team to deliver
• Results Driven: Identifies with - and strives to enable - MSI to deliver against its objectives and financial requirements. A solution-focused individual who thinks ‘outside the box’ and can diplomatically challenge the status quo whilst maintaining harmony.
• Entrepreneurial and resourceful: a self-starter and creative risk taker who is able to act decisively when unexpected events present opportunities for advancing MSI’s global mission.

In addition you will be pro choice on abortion

For more information about the role, please view the job framework on our website.

Salary: dependent on experience

Closing date: 26th December 2019 (midnight GMT). Interviews may take place before this date for exceptional candidates.

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and post holders to share this commitment.

Philanthropy Team Manager

Salary: £37,000 - £43,000 per annum, depending on experience + good range of benefits (plus £3,200 per annum London Weighting Allowance if London based)

Contract: Permanent – 36.5 hours per week

Based: Milton Keynes or London

World Vision is an international children’s charity working with children, their communities, and with supporters and partners, in almost 100 countries.

Through long-term development projects, emergency responses and advocacy we’ve helped bring lasting change to millions of children, over more than 60 years. And as a Christian organisation, everything we do is motivated by our faith as we strive to reflect God’s unconditional love.

Work for World Vision UK and you will be part of a truly global Partnership, building brighter futures for vulnerable children.

Job Purpose

World Vision UK is looking for a Philanthropy Manager to join our vibrant team. This is a rewarding role, offering the opportunity to play an integral part in transforming the lives of millions of vulnerable children and their communities through our UK funded work in almost 40 countries across 4 continents. 

You will be performance driven, working closely with senior management to develop a brand-new plan securing long-term, sustainable growth for the charity. Leading a team of six, we are looking for someone who is able to demonstrate a track record of fundraising from high net worth individuals so you will need to be a strong influencer and networker. You will develop compelling propositions that secure support for the charity, so your communication skills need to be second to none! With individual responsibility for philanthropy in this role, you’ll need the confidence and entrepreneurial spirit to own, build and grow philanthropic giving for the charity.

As an active Christian, this role offers you the opportunity to integrate your Christian faith and be sensitive to its various expressions across cultures and denominations.Sound like you? Would you like to know more?

We offer a salary as indicated + pension + generous holiday entitlement + flexible / home working and free parking (MK office only), and more importantly the freedom and flexibility to make this role your own.

Please click the link provided to view the full job description

Please upload your CV of full employment history explaining any gaps of employment and reasons for leaving your previous employer. This must be accompanied with a covering letter stating how you meet the essential criteria given in the Job Description.

Closing Date for applications: 31st December 2019

Interview Dates: 16th and 17th January 2020

World Vision UK is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in our workforce. We welcome applications from people representing all sections of the community. World Vision UK also operates flexible working policies and practices.

As a child focused organisation, World Vision UK is committed to the safeguarding of children, therefore any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of applicable background checks, including a criminal records check.

By submitting your application, you understand and accept that World Vision UK will process the data you provide for the purposes of your application and in accordance with the World Vision UK - Job Applicant Privacy Notice can be found on our website.

No agencies please.

Job title: Head of Supporter Services and Fundraising Compliance

Region: London Haig House

Directorate: Fundraising

Contract: Permanent, full time 35 hours per week

Salary: £54,452 per annum (£50,000 plus £4452 London Weighting)

About The Royal British Legion

The Legion is at the heart of a national network that supports our Armed Forces community through thick and thin – ensuring their unique contribution is never forgotten. We’ve been here since 1921 and we’ll be here as long as they need us.

Our Values and Behaviours

• A desire to provide a great customer service and support

• Enjoy and thrive in working in teams and with others

• Passionate about supporting the Armed Forces community and honouring their contribution

• Come to work each day to be the best you can and to learn and develop

• An encourager, eager to share your knowledge and experience to help others

If so then we would like to hear from you ….

The Role

We are looking for a fundraising professional to lead our established Supporter Services and Fundraising Compliance department. This is a pivotal role in our fundraising team, working across all areas of fundraising to deliver outstanding supporter care and support the Legion to raise vital funds in an ethical, sustainable and innovative way, fostering a culture of learning and responsibility for compliance across the directorate.

Who we’re looking for
 

Does the following describe you?

• People-focused, putting customers at the centre of everything you do

• A team player who thrives in collaborative environments

• Excited to do your best in a charity that invests in you
   

If so, then we want to hear from you.

How to Apply

Please apply by clicking ‘Apply Online’

Closing date for this role is: 29 December 2019

Interviews: w/c 6 January 2020