We are looking for a talented Content Manager to join our Marketing and Communications team. Working to the Head of Marketing and Communications, you will be responsible for creating marketing and communications content across all our channels to enhance engagement with our key audiences and stakeholders, ensure brand consistency, bring Youth Futures Foundation’s work to life and transform our influence and impact. 

You will be equally at ease with translating complex research into engaging, digestible copy as sensitively telling young people’s stories. Your copy will promote and amplify Youth Futures’ short-term and long-term objectives for our activities including grant giving, research and evaluation, partnerships and youth voice.

USE YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF TECHNOLOGY AND YOUR ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS TO HELP AMAZING CHARITIES AND NONPROFITS CHANGE THE WORLD.

**Please note we will be interviewing for this role on an ongoing basis, so please fill out the short form below as soon as you can if you are interested in the position.**

We are The Developer Society, a fully not for profit co-op digital agency based in the UK, working exclusively with charities, NGOs and mission driven organisations. We exist to bring our expertise and experience across development, design, project management, and strategy to the groups making the biggest impact in the world. This includes some of the biggest and most innovative changemakers in the UK and around the world such as: Samaritans, Macmillan Cancer Care, Oxfam International, War Child, Help Refugees, Mercy Corps, 38 Degrees, and many more.

We have a busy end of 2020 coming up and we are looking for someone to join our team who can help us run our projects in a smooth and calm way. You’ll work directly with our partners and our team to align project scope and features, and ensure that everyone has what they need to get the job done. You’ll be planning and writing project documentation, running kickoffs and facilitating sprints, meetings, and key project milestones. You’ll help keep our projects focused, on track, and delivering brilliant results for some of the most important orgs in the world.

THE ROLE INVOLVES...

• Being flexible and responding to changes in projects as they arise
• Playing an active role in scheduling and leading all meetings including kickoffs
• Planning projects so that they are completed within defined time and budget
• Monitoring progress of projects to make sure they meet targets and partner expectations
• Supporting teams and working to reduce their stress levels through problem solving and communication
• Producing clear read outs of activities, milestones, costs, and risks at all times
• Checking in with teammates to ensure they are not over-scheduled on project tasks and have everything they need to work effectively and efficiently
• Collaborating and communicating regularly with internal team leads on project resourcing, progress, and challenges
• Providing regular status updates to partners

WE ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO IS...

• Comfortable with all things tech and digital (you don’t have to able to write the code but you know the difference between your HTML and your APIs) REQUIRED
• Familiar with project management methodologies and approaches to software development REQUIRED
• Big hearted and keen to make the world a better place REQUIRED
• Organised and self-motivated REQUIRED
• Keen to share skills and learning with the team REQUIRED
• A great communicator REQUIRED
• A PM process expert (to help us improve our internal ways of working) REQUIRE
• Upbeat, friendly, and a positive addition to the team REQUIRED
• Available to start immediately (or very soon after an offer is made) REQUIRED
• Experienced working with charities and nonprofits NICE TO HAVE BUT NOT REQUIRED
• A tech expert NICE TO HAVE BUT NOT REQUIRED

If that sounds like you, then we’d love to hear from you!

CONTRACT DETAILS

Start date: as soon as available

Salary: £32,000 - £45,000 depending on experience

DEADLINE

We will reach out to candidates on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.* If you’re interested please complete the short application form (it really is short!) as soon as possible.*

Content and Publications Officer

We’re looking for an experienced editor.

Position: Content and Publications Officer

Location: Homebased, Nationwide

Hours: 35 hours per week

Salary: Circa £27,000 per annum (Inner London weighting £3,299 per annum or Outer London weighting £1,755 per annum may be applied in accordance to where you live)

Contract: Fixed term maternity cover role for 12 months

Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, season ticket loan, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.

Closing Date: 8th March 2021

Interview Date: To be held week commencing 15 March 2021

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic interviews may be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application

The Role

You’ll be responsible for the production of our magazine, Stroke News, our Annual Report, and a wide range of other print and digital materials. Liaising with external agencies and suppliers where applicable.

You’re comfortable with all that comes with scheduling a magazine; working with colleagues across the charity to commission and create editorial content. You’ll be researching, writing, proofing and editing articles, as well as sourcing images.

You’re a great communicator, able to develop strong relationships with colleagues at all levels to ensure we deliver a coherent brand experience through all our communications and activities.

Please note that this is a home based role with a requirement to work in one of our Stroke Association hubs on ad hoc base.

In return…

This is an exciting opportunity to work with stroke survivors and their families to support them following stroke and to raise stroke awareness in the local population. We offer a host of amazing benefits and flexible working options, with opportunities to progress your career.

About the Organisation

Stroke Association. Rebuilding lives after stroke.

We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there. We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives. Every five minutes, stroke destroys lives. Help us rebuild them and join our team.

You may also have experience in areas such as Content, Content and Publications, Publications, Editor, Digital Content, Digital, Brand, Publishing, Editing, Copy Writing, Copy, Content Writing, Content Writer.

You can be based from any of our UK Trust offices, not just the locations advertised.

The Prince’s Trust is seeking a talented and enthusiastic person to be our Safeguarding Training Manager. Passionate and knowledgeable about safeguarding children and young people with a proven track record in designing and developing engaging and insightful safeguarding training, you will be working with a range of stakeholders at the Trust to ensure everyone who works, volunteers or delivers our programmes knows how we safeguard and protect every child and young person we engage with.  

Sitting within the National Safeguarding Team and working closely with our colleagues in our Learning Team to deliver consistent, high-quality safeguarding training at scale, you will benefit from a range of benefits outlined below. 

We anticipate the role will need to provide support to colleagues based in delivery centres across the UK, so being able to commit to UK wide travel (when restrictions ease) and potential weekend work, is a must.

For more information, please go to the job description. To apply, click on apply now and you will be directed to our website.

We are expecting a high level of interest in this role, so would encourage you to include all of your relevant experience, alongside your motivation to help young people and interest in the Trust, in your supporting statement.

Why we need Safeguarding Training Managers:

Last year, we helped more than 70,000 young people, with three in four young people on our programmes, move into work, education or training. 

The young people we help face a range of challenges, such as unemployment, mental health issues or some who have been in trouble with the law. Our job is to inspire and support young people, to help them reach their potential so that they can thrive and society can prosper.

We believe all young people should have the chance to succeed, and that young people are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

Perks for working at The Trust:

• Great holiday package! 30 days of annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays. Office closure the days between Christmas and New Year
• Fantastic Family leave! Receive 13 weeks full pay and 13 weeks half pay for maternity and adoption leave. Receive 8 weeks full pay for paternity leave.
• Flexible working! Where operationally possible, you can work hours to fit in with, school hours or care arrangements for example and you can also work from home.
• Interest-free season ticket loans
• Benefits platform! Everything from health and financial wellbeing support to discounts on your favourite restaurants, shops and cinemas
• In-house learning platform! Develop your skills for your career and your role
• The Trust will contribute 5% of your salary to the Trust Pension Scheme
• You can volunteer for and/or attend events – music festivals, The Prince’s Trust Awards, active events etc.
• Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary)

Here at The Prince's Trust, we're committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to be an organisation that's representative of the communities we serve, which is why we strive for diversity of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity and perspective. More importantly, creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can be themselves and do the best work of their lives is the right thing to do.

We’re a Stonewall Diversity Champion and we are an employer that is Disability Confident. Our staff, volunteers and young people are supported by PT CAN (our Cultural Awareness Network), PT NOW (Network of Women), PT DAWN (Disability & Wellbeing Network) and Pulse (LGBT Network). For more information, click here.

The Prince's Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment, we undertake basic disclosure checks in accordance with the Codes of Practice for all roles within the Trust, and for our roles working directly with young people, at an enhanced level. Having a criminal record will not automatically exclude applicants.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES:

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

Req ID: 686 

Are you experienced in engaging citizens in practical social change and looking for your next challenge?

Are you interested in working for a progressive and constantly evolving organisation?

Are you excited by the opportunity to work with RSA Fellows to help design, develop and promote Fellowship engagement in our programmes of work?

Do you relish the opportunity to help develop Fellows ideas and initiatives, providing practical project development skills and ensuring wider synergy with the RSA?

We’re looking for an Area Manager to help us deliver an impactful, stimulating and inclusive programme of opportunities (including peer to peer) for RSA Fellows in the Midlands and East of England.

We’re looking for someone who has demonstrable knowledge of and interest in participatory engagement. You will be a creative problem solver, experienced at helping turn people's ideas into action, managing diverse networks and be passionate about engaging citizens in the process of change. You will be a self-starter with the ability to develop collaborative working relationships with people from a diverse range of backgrounds, professions and interests. The ideal candidate will have a keen interest in the RSA’s key research programmes.

To find out more about this role, please visit our website.

About Us

We are the RSA.  The royal society for arts, manufactures and commerce.  We’re committed to a future that works for everyone, a future where we all can participate in its creation. With over 250 years of heritage in making significant social impact, we bring together, our rigorous research, proven change process, influential ideas platforms and our global community of over 30,000 problem solvers united in a desire to deliver solutions for lasting change.

To achieve this, we ask everyone – our staff, our Fellowship, our collaborators, our partners and wider society – to commit to our values and world view, and strive to achieve genuine positive impact in our lives. This isn’t something we can achieve overnight. But we are asking you to join us all on this journey. The commitment you make now, is a commitment to be with us, to shape us, to challenge us, and to stimulate us all, to find better ways of thinking, acting and delivering change.

It represents the pact you sign when you join us. A pact that represents everything we do, every decision we make, and every action we take.

And it represents how we act. In a way that represents out values, with rigour and proven processes. A relentless spirit. Open minds, and an open door.

We bring to life out Commit to Impact brand idea through every organisational touchpoint, so we can ask everyone who interacts with us: will you?

We invite you to be part of this change. Join our community. Together, we’ll unite people and ideas to resolve the challenges of our time.

We offer great benefits, including 29 days holiday (plus bank holidays), additional wellbeing allowance, free fellowship throughout employment and lots more!

Apply

In order to apply, please click ‘apply for this job’ on our recruitment page and submit your CV. You will also be required to answer a series of questions. You do not need to submit a cover letter.

Please submit your application through the RSA website. We cannot accept applications via email. All applications will receive an automated response.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 9am 8 March 2021. Interviews will be in the week commencing 15 March. A second interview will follow in the week commencing 22 March if you are successful in these initial stages, to be arranged on a 1:1 basis.

Please note that we cannot accept late, incomplete applications, and we can only consider candidates who apply through the online application process.

Job reference: 000941

Job posted date: 23/02/2021

Department: Witness Service - National

Interview date: 15th March 2021

Locations: Birmingham Magistrates Court & Birmingham Nightingale Court sites 

Do you have experience of working as or alongside volunteers?

Are you looking to develop your management skills or for a new challenge?

We are looking for someone who is a great motivator who thrives on leading teams to deliver positive outcomes.

The Role

As the Deputy Team Leader (Court Services), working alongside Team Leaders you will be responsible for the delivery of the Witness Service within your court/s. 

You will share responsibility for the effective coordination and development of volunteers who support witnesses in their journey through the criminal justice system.

You will  be responsible for general service administrative tasks within the courts, as well as inputting service data.

Who we are looking for

We are looking for someone with excellent communication skills, who can adapt to and manage change. Someone who has administrative skills and is computer literate to a high standard.

We welcome applications from diverse candidates who can demonstrate transferable skills.

This post is subject to enhanced vetting and barring check.
You will love working with us because:

• We value diversity and equity
• You will be a part of a fantastic team who works collaboratively and inclusively, using cutting edge IT solutions to help us work better together
• You will be making a positive difference in people’s lives
• Your health and wellbeing is important to us, we have a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, including access to counselling sessions, both online and on the phone support.
• Your future financial health is helped by a generous pension scheme
• You can further your career with training and development tailored to you
• You will have access to an online employee support networks and forums
• Generous annual leave allowance starting at 26 days plus bank holidays with an additional 4 days off at the end of the year
• Opportunity to buy additional annual leave
• Generous maternity pay and shared parental leave
• 3 days paid volunteering each year
• Discount scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Inhouse mentoring scheme

About us: 

The Citizens Advice Witness Service provides a vital service offering free and independent support for witnesses in every criminal court across England and Wales.

The Witness Service has over 260 staff and 3000 volunteers and offers free, independent, impartial and confidential support and information to 15,000 witnesses each month to give evidence in every criminal court in England and Wales.

Last year, Citizens Advice helped 2.6 million people face-to-face, by phone, email and webchat, and we received 25 million visits to our digital advice content. We solve 7 in 10 clients' problems, and 4 in 5 tell us that advice improved their lives.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non binary candidates. 

We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profiles.

We look for people to help us improve and transform our organisation. We can offer you the opportunity to make a genuine impact and create lasting change within an organisation that makes a difference in the lives of millions of people every year.

This role will initally be home-based - but will then be based in one of our offices. 

Prince’s Trust International has been supporting young people worldwide since 2015. Founded by HRH The Prince of Wales, we work with partners around the world to deliver education, employment and enterprise programmes that empower young people to learn, work and thrive.

The HR People Partner focus is as a trusted advisor and support to Prince’s Trust International’s CEO and senior leadership team, with diversity and inclusion at its heart, focusing on employee engagement and wellbeing and ensuring systems and processes are fit for purpose in the international arena.

You will be responsible for developing and delivering a coherent HR strategy to align with the new Prince’s Trust International strategic direction. You will lead initiatives to support organisational growth, talent and succession planning, and developing in-region recruitment and reward systems. You will refresh development strategies to support remote learning opportunities and ensure our commitment to diversity and inclusion is embedded in all we do.

We are seeking an HR People Partner who will think globally, with a strong grasp of international HR issues, be collaborative, role models inclusivity, is solutions-focused and have excellent coaching skills. The role also requires a doer, who is capable of rolling up their sleeves and delivering operational solutions.

PTI is committed to ensuring our workforce is reflective of our diverse communities and is committed to increasing representation of staff of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds across all roles and at all levels.

RFEA are looking for a highly motivated Salesforce Administrator to lead the ongoing development of a Salesforce Non Profit Success Pack (NPSP) deployment across our Veteran's services. This role is part technical, part project manager, part administrator and part Salesforce analyst responsible for executing the day-to-day configuration, support, maintenance and improvement of our Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform.

The successful candidate will have a record of success in adopting, maintaining and improving new information technology platforms and processes and will work closely with our Management Team and subject matter experts to identify, develop and deploy our new business processes including: Operations, Compliance, Business Development and Communications.

The Salesforce Administrator is expected to comply with all RFEA Data Protection Procedures, Privacy Framework, Policies including Safeguarding, Health and Safety as well as Operational Procedures Work Instructions.

The position is initially for 12 Months with possible options to extend.

Salary is between £30,000 and £35,000 depending upon experience. The appointment will be based in either Birmingham or London.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Serve as primary system administrator for the Salesforce environment
• Handle all basic administrative functions including user account maintenance, reports and dashboards, workflows and other routine tasks
• Complete regular internal system audits and prepare for upgrades
• Manage Salesforce integrations
• Ensure all changes are adopted and embedded by clearly communicating and documenting the changes with/ for all relevant users
• Coordinate the evaluation, scope and completion of new development requests
• Work with the Compliance Manager to establish suitable processes to support administrative, development, and change management activities
• Able to deliver end-to-end configuration and change management of the system when improvements are implemented
• Manage delivery of work products by external contractors for large-scale implementations of new functionality
• Assist in training of new users and grow the Salesforce skill set across the charity
• Spearhead all saleforce training across the charity.

Key Skills Required:

• Excellent project management skills and a positive attitude
• Ability to meet deadlines, handle and prioritise simultaneous requests, and manage laterally and upwards
• Creative and analytical thinker with strong problem-solving skills
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the charity
• Ability to critically evaluate information and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs of the charity
• Ability to assess the impact of new requirements on Salesforce and all upstream and downstream applications, systems and processes

PERSON SPECIFICATION

RFEA Values

• Expert – We are always professional and knowledgeable, delivering the highest quality support.
• Supportive – We are respectful, helpful and empathetic to the needs of others.
• Passionate – We have a genuine belief in out cause and a powerful desire to support our clients.
• Open and honest – We trust each other, are open and candid, and take ownership of our actions.
• Resilient – We are flexible and adaptable to change, encouraging innovation and creativity.
• Collaborative – We thrive on new challenges, and building relationships and partnerships.

Essential Competencies

• Salesforce Admin ADM201 certified.
• Proven ability to design and implement new processes and facilitate user adoption
• Strong understanding of the platform, with the ability to build custom apps and objects, formula fields, workflows, custom views, and other content of intermediate complexity
• Motivated self-starter with ability to work cooperatively within an integrated team dedicated to achieving successful outcomes
• Strong understanding of Salesforce best practices and functionality
• Strong data management abilities
• A documented history of successfully driving projects to completion
• A demonstrated ability to understand and articulate complex requirements

To apply, please submit your CV and a personal statement. It is important that you include evidence of your Salesforce TrailBlazer profile within your application.

The closing date is 1st March 2021. Interviews will take place mid-March with the successful applicant starting In March/April.

The successful candidate will be required to undertake Ministry of Defence security clearance which requires applicants to have been resident in the UK for over 5 years. An Enhanced DBS disclosure will also be required.

Can you help award-winning organisations in sport, education and the third sector secure new income from trusts, foundations and institutions?

Here at Oaks, we help socially-minded organisations raise their game. Formed in 2008, our journey has seen us work with organisations of all shapes and sizes right across the sport, voluntary and education sectors: empowering socially-minded organisations to expand their work, support more vulnerable people, and ultimately change lives across the UK.

Borne out of sport, our work now spans five core sectors:

• Sport: We help organisations using sport as a tool for development to grow and sustain their activity
• Education: We help schools and academies to think differently about their income generation potential
• Third sector: We help charities and social enterprises to build their fundraising capabilities and improve capacity
• Social housing: We help housing associations to invest effectively in their communities and make their resources go further
• Corporates: We help businesses to develop, activate and evaluate their social responsibility commitments

Our clients include global sport-for-development charities such as the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation; prominent sporting institutions such as UEFA, Sport England and the LTA, some of the UK’s largest multi-academy trusts and over 40 other award-winning community organisations. Our work with these organisations has received its own plaudits too – with Oaks shortlisted as provider of the year at the Football Business Awards and Sports Business Awards in 2019.

The opportunity

We are now looking for a talented bid-writer and fundraiser to join our growing team – supporting our income generation work with several high-profile clients.

Successful candidates will focus primarily on helping to secure grants from trusts and foundations for our diverse clients so that these organisations can continue to enhance their life-changing work.

It’s a unique opportunity to hone your bid-writing skills in a variety of not-for-profit contexts – working with schools and academy trusts, national governing bodies, sport-related charities and regional and international development organisations to secure their long-term futures and deliver genuine social impact.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing hands-on fundraising advice and support to a number of organisations in the education, housing, sport and not-for-profit sectors
• Identifying new grant opportunities from trusts, foundations and other institutions that are suitable for our clients and their award-winning community activities
• Securing these grant opportunities through responding to requests for proposals, drafting formal cases for support and applications, and nurturing new relationships with funders
• Developing and managing successful relationships with our clients that deliver exceptional client satisfaction levels and provide a significant return on their investment in Oaks
• Training and developing individuals within our team to be able to provide high-quality consultancy support

Core Skills and Experiences

We are looking for individuals who would be a natural addition to our energetic, purpose-driven team: independent and innovative thinkers who enjoy identifying new opportunities, developing high quality and persuasive prose, and who are naturally ambitious.

We are looking for:

• Experience of securing four or five-figure grants from trusts, foundations, lottery funders or other institutions
• High quality writing, with the ability to compose compelling content and adapt this to suit different audiences and different funder guidelines
• Excellent account management skills and confidence in developing relationships with a range of stakeholders
• Preferable experience in education, sport for development or the wider not-for-profit sector
• Efficiency – the ability to multitask and produce work to tight deadlines – and ability to independently prioritise between tasks with overlapping deadlines
• Excellent communications skills at all levels and the ability to give information clearly
• Experience in supporting the implementation of fundraising strategies, plans, projects and budgets
• Project management skills to support the wider consultancy work of Oaks

Who we are

We are a team united by our commitment to:

• Constantly challenging ourselves and our clients
• Having fun whilst we work
• Trusting and valuing each other
• Not taking ourselves too seriously
• Being agile and flexible in our approach

Individuals who join us on our journey will:

• Be rewarded for their efforts
• Continue to progress through the business and develop their skills
• Have a clear pathway for progression, being provided with the appropriate training and development
• Be continuously challenged
• Be given diverse and exciting opportunities and experiences
• Develop and hone skills that lead to great careers

At Ronald McDonald House Charities UK we build and run Houses that provide a ‘home away from home’ for families who have a sick child in hospital. To do this, we recognise the importance of having strong support in our House teams.

We are excited to be able to offer a position within our Finance, Data and Technology department at Ronald McDonald House Charities. We are looking for an IT Support Analyst who is self-motivated and able to work independently to support our operations. You will have a proven track record of working in IT Service Delivery and will be responsible for ensuring the highest level of IT Support across our UK estate, including our 12 Houses.

Working with the Systems and Technology Manager, you will strive to create a technology-focused environment, ensuring technology is used as an enabler for our internal teams, at a time of growth in the Charity when there is more focus on technology than ever before. You will act as first response through providing support by phone, email and our ticket management systems, and gather common problem information to reduce incidents. The role is field based and may require frequent travel within the UK.

The Candidate Pack will provide you with more information about the role, remuneration and how to apply. Closing date for applications is midnight on Sunday 7th March 2021.