Contract manager jobs near Lewisham, Greater London

Healthwatch Brent, Westminster and Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea

Healthwatch was set up in 2013 to champion the rights of health and social care users, and hold the health and social care system to account for how well it engages with the public. Healthwatch Brent, Healthwatch Westminster and Healthwatch Kensington & Chelsea are three of 152 local Healthwatch organisations.

Healthwatch’s remit covers all publicly funded health and social care services for adults and children.

The Advocacy Project has been awarded the contracts for all three of these Healthwatch services. We will build on the important work that’s been done to date, while bringing new insights from the voices of seldom heard and hard to hear groups. You’ll have an opportunity to develop the service 
in line with our ambitious vision, making sure all views in the three 
boroughs, including the most marginalised, are at the heart of 
health and care and shape the services they need.

About the role

This role is to deliver our vision for Healthwatch over the next 3-5 years, as set out in our contract with the three councils.

Key outcomes

 Engaging and working with local diverse voluntary and community groups

 Working with local health and social care services (adults and children)

 Engaging with BAME communities and hard to reach groups

We’ll do this through a robust governance model incorporating:

 a board of trustees, overseeing compliance of statutory functions

 advisory boards in each borough, to set priorities and champion key Healthwatch functions 

 a grassroots listening network, to inform and influence Healthwatch priorities and connect with BAME and hard to reach communities 

 a network of independent experts, to provide specialist knowledge and intelligence to support understanding and develop insight.

We aim to embed user engagement and community development at the heart of the Healthwatch service model, empowering user voices and improving access to health services, with a particular focus on the most disadvantaged and hardest to reach groups.

Key responsibilities

 Make sure the work of HW Brent (HWB), HW Westminster (HWW) and HW Kensington & Chelsea (HWRBKC) conforms to all required principles, objectives and statutory obligations, and meets all contractual requirements between The Advocacy Project (as host organisation) and the borough councils.

 Provide strategic management for effective, inclusive and high quality local Healthwatch.

 Line management of lead officers in each borough. 

 Provide leadership to make sure the patient and public voice is heard across health, social care, children’s and other sectors in a continuously changing external environment.

 Working with lead officers in each borough, make sure HWB, HWW and HWRBKC involve the local community, particularly seldom heard groups and BAME groups, in influencing local and national policy and are responsive and sensitive to the needs of community groups with protected characteristics.

 Facilitate the ability of HWB, HWW and HWRBKC to improve health and social care underpinned by robust intelligence gathering arrangements.

 Represent HWB, HWW and HWRBKC at all strategic governance and external meetings with key stakeholders, liaising with nominated Board leads regularly.

 Support area leads to develop the services to respond to emerging trends and needs, keeping abreast of Healthwatch England best practice to continually enhance the quality of the service.

 Maintain the risk register for each Healthwatch.

 Monitor the service to make sure it delivers to time, budget and quality; provide reports evidencing this to key stakeholders, including commissioners, Advisory Boards, Health and Wellbeing Boards and Healthwatch England.

 Develop effective partnerships with key staff in health and social care services.

 Work with lead officers in each borough to ensure all projects are informed and influenced by, and planned, resourced, and communicated to key stakeholders.

 Work with the shared Insight and Outcomes Officer to make sure quality systems are effective and used to demonstrate the service is achieving outcomes and impact, and meeting key performance indicators.

 Work with the shared Communications Officer to make sure all relevant internal and external stakeholders receive relevant, timely and up-to-date communication about all Healthwatch projects.

 Work with key staff to ensure timely, accurate and high quality reports and presentations to commissioners and stakeholders. 

 Keep up to date with current trends in health policy, service provision, current practice and matters concerning people as citizens, by reading, attending courses and networking.

 Work with key staff to identify and secure new funding opportunities

General responsibilities

 Participate in team meetings, training and organisational development.

 Contribute to monitoring reports.

 Keep to our policies, including health & safety, safeguarding and risk regulations.

 Work to our mission, vision, and values.

 Work flexibly to meet the needs of the service, in line with the changing local and national landscape and carry out other projects and tasks as needed.

Person specification

Essential

 Excellent knowledge of and experience of working at a high strategic level with the health and social care system and the voluntary and community sector, in particular Healthwatch. 

 Thorough understanding of user engagement, community development, user involvement and co-production principles and practice.

 Extensive experience of working with diverse communities and tackling discrimination and inequality.

 Understanding of the public health challenges in Brent, Westminster and RBKC.

 Management experience including managing, developing and motivating a staff team.

 Experience of contract management and compliance.

 Excellent communications (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills. Effective in working with a wide variety of stakeholders ranging from trustees, commissioners, partners, colleagues and local residents.

 Able to interpret complex information and deal effectively with competing interests and challenging situations.

 Excellent organisational skills who can work on their own initiative and plan and prioritise your own workload.

 Experience of managing a budget.

 Commitment to working within The Advocacy Project and Healthwatch code of conduct, equality and safeguarding policies.

 Willingness to attend further training as appropriate and to adopt new procedures.

 Willingness to promote Healthwatch and The Advocacy Project in line with our mission, vision and values.

Desirable

 Evidence of ongoing personal development and training related to the role.

 Experience of working with senior managers in public sector bodies.

 Experience of developing a new service.

Benefits of working for us

We’re committed to providing an empowering, flexible and supportive working environment for all our staff.
Our employee benefits include 30 days annual leave (including up to 3 days between Christmas and New Year), participation in a pension scheme with 6% employer contribution, access to a free confidential counselling service, and an interest-free travel/bike loan.
All our staff are supported to learn and develop in a variety of ways, including a monthly lecture series where we invite sector experts to talk to our staff on topical issues.

BACKGROUND

The Royal Parks is a charity created in March 2017. We manage over 5,000 acres of diverse parkland, rare habitats and historic buildings and monuments in eight Royal Parks across London. These are: Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, The Green Park, St James’s Park, The Regent’s Park and Primrose Hill, Greenwich Park, Richmond Park and Bushy Park. We also manage other important public spaces including Brompton Cemetery and Victoria Tower Gardens. Our eight Royal Parks and other public spaces are among the most visited attractions in the UK with 77 million visits every year.

JOB PURPOSE

Working collaboratively within the Commercial Contracts team, this is an exciting opportunity to manage a number of our catering contracts as well as the recently re-tendered and awarded car parking contract.

We currently have 58 cafes, kiosks and mobiles across London’s eight Royal Parks and Brompton Cemetery, with eleven contracts and four caterers. You will manage several catering contracts and work in partnership with the concessions to ensure a quality dining experience is delivered consistently, enhancing the visitor experience. You will ensure continuous improvement to develop the catering offer, improve sustainability, and ensure financial targets are met. 

You will also have the opportunity to manage the car parking contracts which are currently in operation across Hyde, The Regent’s, and Greenwich Parks, but this could be extended to other parks in the future.

MAIN DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

Catering contract management

• Lead day-to-day contract management of a number of catering concessions, including due diligence and effective risk and issue management.
• Maintain a Contract Management Plan for each contract containing the key contract provisions - brief relevant colleagues, including on their responsibilities.
• Manage new contracts throughout the contract life cycle; from contract award and mobilisation, to ensuring contractual compliance, through to ongoing contract management and re-tender.
   

Catering development

• Work with Procurement to draft tender timelines and agree roles and responsibilities and participate in tenders as Project Manager and evaluator, working with the Catering Consultant and Procurement on the drafting, reviewing, issuing and evaluation of documents – much of which is templated.
• Work with lawyers and tender Senior Responsible Owner to ensure the catering contract template is developed over time and ensure version control and final engrossment of same.
• Lead tender mobilisation Project Boards, ensuring that tendered capital investment sums are spent in accordance with tender submissions.
• Be Project Manager for park specific catering strategies, drafted by the Catering Consultant – many of these are already in place.
• In close collaboration with the catering concessions and the Head of Commercial Contracts, explore opportunities for continuous improvement including: diversifying/refreshing menus; agreeing pricing strategies; and developing off-peak business.
• Work with the Brand Manager to implement the new brand strategy across catering concessions for which you have responsibility.
• Work with the Sustainability Manager to develop, implement and monitor compliance with the Catering Sustainability Policy and improve the sustainability of the outlets.
• Work with the H&S Manager to co-ordinate the delivery of Health & Safety, Food Safety and Environmental audits biennially, and monitor deliver follow up actions.
• Review monthly monitoring and analysis of quality performance metrics such as customer complaints and social media activity including TripAdvisor comments and ratings.
   

Catering governance, planning and administration:

• Coordinate and record lessons learnt for all tenders, and work with the Commercial Officer to maintain a tender risk register and action log.
• Work with Finance to ensure receipt of relevant financial information from caterers, to analyse same and provide regular performance reports.
• Coordinate requests for contract variations, in conjunction with Procurement.
• Ensure invoices are raised in a timely manner and costed accurately.
• Undertake some out of hours visits to catering outlets, to assess the service and quality of food during unannounced visits.
• Ensure effective risk and issue management of catering contracts.

• Maintain records, forecasts and other contract administration.
   

Car parking contract management:

• Lead day to day management of the car parking contract and develop a Contract Management Plan to ensure clarity about, and oversight of, respective contractual responsibilities and requirements.
• Work with Finance to ensure timely receipt of relevant information and payments to and from the contractor.
• Ensure effective record keeping and contract administration.
• Work with procurement to lead on future tender for next contract award (a five-year contract has just been awarded and is being mobilised). 
• Build and maintain relationships with key contract partners.

To apply

To apply for this role candidates should apply online on The Royal Parks Careers website.

Head Office in Hammersmith, London W6 7NL with opportunities for flexible working

Do you have a passion for meeting and exceeding customer, client or user needs and expectations? Do the levels of financial insecurity and injustice in the UK leave you seething and impatient to have a real impact on making things better? Turn2us is looking for a Contact Centre Manager to lead the relationship with the Turn2us Contact Centre to ensure that our most vulnerable customers have access to the information and programmes that Turn2us offers through the right channel at the right time.

Turn2us is a national charity tackling poverty and the structural causes of poverty. We work with co-producers and partners to provide people in financial crisis with the means and agency to get back on their feet, build resilience, move forward with their lives and thrive.

If you’re an experienced contact centre professional who wants work that will stretch your intelligence and creativity, who is willing to be led by the people you want to support, and who genuinely wants to have an outsized impact, we really want to meet you!

Turn2us is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from members of all communities. It is committed to equality of opportunity, inclusion and diversity. We encourage and welcome applications from all parts of the community regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Turn2us wants to enable an environment where everyone is kept safe from harm and can thrive. We are committed to safeguarding everyone involved in our charity and the work we do. You can read a safeguarding policy on the Turn2us website.

We offer flexible working patterns, both in terms of hours and remote working. Please note that all employees are contractually required to work from the office a minimum of 4 days a month. Some roles may be required to be in the office more often than this and this will be agreed with the hiring manager upon starting at Turn2us.

Closing date: 11:59pm, 2nd Sep 2022

Job Title: Contracting and Compliance Manager
Salary: £37,000 to £46,000 per annum (FTE)
Reporting to: Director of Finance and Operations
Contract: Part Time (0.6 FTE) - 21 hours per week, Permanent
Location: Lambeth, London

Who we are

Our vision is a world free of preventable disease, in which everyone everywhere can reach their full potential. We were founded in 2002 with a £20m grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and started life at Imperial College London as the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative.

The SCI Foundation consistently ranks globally as one of the most cost-effective non-profit initiatives, we have received significant funding from the UK Department of International Development, USAID, and philanthropic investors.

In 2019 we became an independent organisation, and the SCI Foundation now works across multiple sectors in numerous countries in Sub-Saharan Africa to deliver effective and robust health programmes that have a lasting impact.

What we do

Working in partnership with Governments, the SCI Foundation supports and facilitates public health programmes that reduce the impact of preventable diseases like schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis. We provide technical and financial support to Ministries of Health, in line with their own strategies and plans, to enhance sustainability and strengthen health systems within countries affected by these diseases. We work to scale up their government-implemented deworming programmes by providing advisory support and conducting research and analysis on the outcomes.

To date, our team has supported up to 60% of all global schistosomiasis treatments being delivered annually and we are broadening our reach to coordinate with health programmes for other preventable diseases, as well as supporting disease prevention measures such as water, sanitation and hygiene and the management of the impacts of these diseases on individuals.

It is an exciting time as SCI Foundation now looks to support the disease elimination targets set by the World Health Organization, while contributing to the strengthening of health systems and helping to improve health equity.

The Role

The purpose of this post is to effectively manage SCI Foundation contracting across the organisation.

The role will also act as SCI Foundation focal person for compliance with Safeguarding standards and duty of care to team members and partners and also compliance with GDPR regulations liaising with external experts as necessary.

This post is key to our success and financial performance and to preserve SCI Foundation’s reputation for excellent stewardship of resources to support our vision of a world free of preventable disease.

Closing date: 29th August 2022 (midnight)
Interview date: w/c 5th September 2022

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

No agencies please.

Prospectus is excited to be working with the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI) to recruit their new Bids & Contracts Manager. RUSI is a research-led institute, producing independent, practical and innovative analysis to address today's complex challenges and are the world's oldest independent defence and security think tank.

This role is offered on a permanent full-time basis paying up to £45,000 per annum to work in a hybrid model between home and their London Office.

We are reviewing applications on a rolling basis so please do submit your CV as soon as possible if you are interested.

As Bids and Contracts Manager, the post holder will prepare bids for a wide range of research funders including UK and foreign governments, corporates, grant-giving institutions and others. The post holder will work at times independently and at times alongside the Senior Bids Manager to prepare bid submissions, depending on the size and complexity of the bid, and would deputise for the Senior Bids Manager when she is absent. The person appointed will closely liaise with RUSI experts and teams, and RUSI's support teams in Finance, Publications, Events and Communications.

The successful candidate will be expected to be a self-starter with some previous knowledge of the requirements when submitting research funding bids, an ability to review/produce budgets and a basic understanding of contractual matters. The ideal candidate will have an intermediate skill level with Excel and have an interest in defence and security issues that RUSI research teams cover.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy/maternity. If you have any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the process then please contact Adam Allnutt at Prospectus.

If you feel you meet some of the criteria but not all, we really hope you'll enquire and learn more. Prospectus can advise and support on each part of the role and hopefully your application, so we look forward to hearing from you.

In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will arrange for a meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.

Contract Type: Fixed Term
Location: Home Worker (England, Wales and NI)
Salary: £43,477 - £48,852 per annum (depending on skills and experience) + London allowance of £3,600 (if applicable)
Working Hours: 35 per week

Closing Date: 24 August 2022
Interview Date: TBC (via Zoom or Teams)

Contract: This is a fixed term role for 6 months.

Please note the deadline for submitting applications for this vacancy is 23:59pm on the closing date.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

About Alzheimer\'s Society

Who we are

Alzheimer’s Society are a vital source of support and a powerful force for change for everyone affected by dementia.

What we want

We will not rest until people with dementia and their carers live more fulfilled and less fearful lives, free from stigma and inequality.

What we do

We support people affected by dementia through some of the hardest and most frightening times, to improve their lives and help to avoid crisis.
No matter whoever you are, whatever you’re going through, you can turn to Alzheimer’s Society/us for expert support through practical advice, emotional support, and guidance for the best next step
We join forces with people affected by dementia, leading scientists and policy makers, amplifying voices to push for cutting edge breakthroughs and societal change that’ll improve the lives of people affected by dementia, now and in the future

How we do it

We’re the friendly face of support, the warm voice at the end of the phone and the determined minds who will fight passionately for the cause of everyone affected by dementia.

About the role

This is an exciting time to join Procurement at the Society! We are part of a recently formed Risk and Compliance team, supporting one of the fastest growing large charities in the country.

This role will provide backfill support to the team resulting from a secondment to a project to implement a new finance system for the Society which includes purchase to pay functionality.

The role will primarily support our Information Technology and Data teams and wider Directorates across the Society where the purchase of software systems or IT solutions are required.

Support will also be required with the new finance system project.

In addition, you will work alongside the Senior Procurement Manager to develop and embed the policies and procedures that will ensure that every pound we raise is spent effectively.

About you

- Experience of supporting categories in IT systems, hardware, licenses, and professional services.
- Experience in developing and testing integrated finance and purchase to pay systems.
- Provide advice on best practice contract management techniques as well as SLA and KPI design and measurement.
- While responsibility for contract and supplier management will remain with the business areas, you will also build strong relationships with strategic suppliers.

Person Specification

- Ability to work in a fast-paced commercial environment
- Be creative and ambitious with excellent people management to motivate your team.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, being approachable and friendly.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Excellent IT skills and ability to use Microsoft packages confidently.
- Be enthusiastic and passionate with a can-do attitude.
- Be able to work collaboratively with other team members if/when required.

You may have experience of the following: Procurement Manager, Tender Management, Contract Manager, Project Manager, Purchasing Manager, Procurement Specialist, Buyer, Procurement Management, Contract Management, Project Management, etc.

Ref: 135 573

Job Title: Senior Contracts Officer

Contract Status: fixed term – 12-month ftc, full time (36 hours per week)

Salary:  £29,688- £34,926 per annum plus benefits

Location:  23 Portland Place, London and home based

We have a hybrid working approach which for most roles means a mix of office based and remote working

Working life doesn’t always have to be ‘nine to five’ and we support flexible working wherever possible. Please chat to our resourcing team about the flexibility we could offer for this role.

We are continuing to review our ways of working, and our return to our offices in the coming months will be gradual and considered, with the well-being of our teams as our primary focus as well as moving forward with incorporating remote working into our future.

About us

Our vision is safe, effective and kind nursing and midwifery that improves everyone’s health and wellbeing. As the professional regulator of more than 758,000 nursing and midwifery professionals, we have an important role to play in making this a reality.

Our core role is to regulate. First, we promote high professional standards for nurses and midwives across the UK, and nursing associates in England. Second, we maintain the register of professionals eligible to practise. Third, we investigate when nursing or midwifery care goes wrong – something that affects less than one percent of professionals each year.

To regulate well, we support our professions and the public. We create resources and guidance that are useful throughout people’s careers, helping them to deliver our standards in practice and address new challenges. We also support people involved in our investigations, and we’re increasing our visibility so people feel engaged and empowered to shape our work.

Regulating and supporting our professions allows us to influence health and social care. We share intelligence from our regulatory activities and work with our partners to support workforce planning and sector-wide decision making. We use our voice to speak up for a healthy and inclusive working environment for our professions. 

About the role

This is an exciting time to be joining the team responsible for managing the suppliers that design and deliver the test of competence, the clinical examination overseas Nurses, Midwives and Nursing Associates need to take before registering as a Nurse Or Midwife in the United Kingdom.

We are looking for someone who really enjoys a varied role, covering these main duties:

• Attending meetings, taking minutes, recording actions, and tracking progress
• Working alongside the contract manager to attend contract meetings with our suppliers
• Monitoring suppliers’ performance against a project or a contract and reporting performance against a range of key performance indicators
• Working with data, using excel, Microsoft word and PowerPoint to share key findings covering all aspects of our test

About you

If you have the following skills this could be a really exciting role for you and we would be really keen to hear further from you:

• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to communicate with confidence to a range of internal and external stakeholders  
• Experience of building strong and long-lasting relationships with those around you
• Experience of working with data, and sharing key findings in writing or at meetings when key groups get together
• Excellent attention to detail and experience analysing data and complex information

Why work for the NMC?

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. We aim to recruit the right people in the right places and we value the contribution they make to the success of our organisation. In return, we offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package. To find out further information, please look at our benefits page.

If you need to make an application in a different format due to a disability or health condition, please let the team know.

Closing date for completed applications: Tuesday 23 August at 23:59

Interview Date: w/c 5 September  

Please note, if we receive a high level of applications, we may choose to close this advert early. We encourage you to complete your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Interviews will be held in person and may include an assessment or you may be invited to speak on a topic which will be provided to you in advance. All details of this will be given to you if you are shortlisted for the role.

Your health and wellbeing is our top priority, so if you become unwell during the process we would appreciate receiving an update as soon as possible. You will also have the opportunity to make us aware of any reasonable adjustments needed for your interview upon receiving your interview invite from a member of the resourcing team.

Screening and Vetting

All of our roles are subject to pre-employment checks, we are in the process of introducing a vetting policy, and it is possible that this role may become subject to DBS and further vetting checks in future.

The NMC is an exciting organisation with the ambition to be the leading healthcare regulator. To achieve this, we are working in an agile way that offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds. We are committed to being an inclusive employer.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, pregnancy, maternity, disability, or gender identity and welcome applications from under-represented groups.

We are seeking a Project and Compliance Manager to join the Business Support Services team.  The purpose of the role is to provide support across the portfolio of research projects to ensure that funder, ISO and data requirements are met.  This will include providing standard material to support submission of bids, contract administration and project managing ISO and data management requirements.  This role will also be responsible for coordinating NIESR’s approach to ISO across the organisation.

The National Institute of Economic and Social Research is Britain’s oldest, and one of its most prestigious independent research institutes.  We specialise in applied social and economic research, combining high academic standards with relevance to policy making.  Our reputation for quality and independence, outstanding networks and unrivalled location at the heart of Westminster makes us the ideal base to build a national profile for academic or policy research that makes real impact. 

The essential requirements we are looking for in the successful candidate are:

Experience

1. Experience of managing projects and liaising with multiple stakeholders to achieve planned outcomes;
2. Researching, developing and implementing effective policies and practices;
3. Innovating in the development of processes, procedures and information systems to support the work of your team and maintaining these effectively.
4. Understanding of UK law with regards to contracts

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

1. A good understanding of the GDPR and the practical application of this, or a willingness to undertake training (both formal and self-guided);
2. A good understanding of process of ISO accreditation, or a willingness to undertake training (both formal and self-guided);
3. The ability to build strong relationships based on mutual respect, appreciating the needs of others and the challenges they face;
4. Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate policies, procedures and requirements so that others understand the importance and benefits of these;
5. The ability to adapt approach and communication style to suit different situations and needs;
6. Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage priorities and work to deadlines in a methodical and accurate fashion.
7. Implementation of UK law with regards to contracts

To apply for this role, please send full CV and a supporting statement of no more than 1500 words setting how you meet the essential requirements outlined above.  Please number each point and address these one at a time to ensure that we are able to fully consider how your experience, skills and abilities meet the needs of the post.  Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of the role.

The job of a Save the Children UK's Finance and Awards Manager (DEC Funding) is busy and varied.

• Do you have experience of managing award and financial aspects on large, complex donor awards and a strong understanding of the award (grant/contract) management processes from institutional donors?
• Are you experienced in partnerships management for Direct Spend awards, including proposal and budget development with partner agencies?
• Are you experienced of creating financial plans, budgets and reports with an understanding and experience of audit readiness/processes?
• Are you motivated by our vision of creating a world where every child doesn't just survive, but thrives, and can go on to change the world?

If the answers to these questions are yes, we would love to hear from you!

About Us

 The number of children requiring humanitarian assistance is rising as the climate crisis, entrenched conflict, and fragility, forced migration and infectious diseases all lead to an increase in the frequency, duration, and severity of catastrophic events. With needs continuing to grow and rapidly outpacing available resources, humanitarians around the world are once more forced to do more with less. Recognising the changing humanitarian risk landscape, the need to stay relevant, and to step up for greater impact, Save the Children has adopted a bold vision for the future of its humanitarian work and as part of this, there is an important role for SCUK to play in identifying and supporting next-generation collaborative initiatives that will ultimately deliver impact for disaster-affected children and their families.

The Humanitarian Leadership Academy (HLA) as part of SCUK's humanitarian department provides high-quality humanitarian capacity strengthening for the movement, as well as the wider sector, as part of our shifting the power agenda. The HLA's mission, as a team within the humanitarian department, is to enable people around the world to prepare for and respond to crises in their own countries, by providing quality learning opportunities.

The HLA's approach spans from focused needs-based learning in countries hit by crises to the huge international reach of our learning platform, Kaya.  They are a global team that has a full suite of in-house skills to provide and develop the offer; technical and learning experts, platform specialists, a digital and design studio, communications support and more.  The HLA enables SCUK to offer the most effective and impactful humanitarian capacity strengthening resource for both the Save the Children movement, the wider humanitarian sector and beyond. 

As part of Save the Children's regional response for Ukraine, HLA is leading SCUK's “Engine 2” response, funded through the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC). 

Job Purpose

The role will sit within the Operations team within the HLA, which is responsible for ensuring operational excellence and high performance.  The Finance & Awards Manager will work closely with the Head of Operations, Operations Lead and HLA Finance Business Partner with finance and awards management responsibilities as part of SCUK's DEC funded response to the Ukraine crisis.

The purpose of this role is to ensure both financial and awards management compliance for HLA's DEC funding alongside the rapid implementation of our Engine 2 programming – which includes supporting delivery of quality programme implementation in accordance with the agreed donor budget, knowledge management and maintenance of all documentation audit trails, and oversight staff costs recovery.  

The Finance and Awards Manager will ensure that SCUK standards and processes are followed across the teams and acting as the focal point for the finance and awards management and compliance activities of the team.  You will also liaise regularly and consistently with HLA's Operations Lead and Finance Business Partner, keeping up-to-date on all SCUK finance and awards management processes.

Main Accountabilities

The Finance and Awards Manager's key duties will be to:

General and Award Management

• Lead on financial and award management for HLA's Engine 2 DEC funding – throughout the project cycle ensuring at all stages that the control framework of the funding is consistent with the situation.
• Ensure robust award management systems are in place for the DEC award funding (e.g. procurement, contract amendments, income processing, and reporting) and that all donor compliance and SCUK quality requirements are met fully.
• Provide advice on donor relations strategy with the DEC, leveraging on funding opportunities, and managing donor expectations.
• Manage and process monthly HLA DEC staff salary recharges and maintain current recharge information on HLA's recharge tracker.
• Ensure that awards management information systems are up-to-date and global and internal processes are followed.
• Ensuring that award risk assessments are completed and periodically reviewed, taking timely actions to mitigate risk when needed
• HLA DEC lead for both internal and external audits.
• Periodically run award reviews to ensure that audit documentation is being adequately maintained and that all awards are compliant in case of audit.
• Liaise with HLA's Operations Lead to address complex or systemic issues, coordinate communications to DEC stakeholders, and ensure needs and are effectively prioritised.

Finance

• Consolidate financial data across multiple HLA and SCUK stakeholders, plus external partners to deliver timely and accurate reporting to the DEC.
• Manage highly attentive and detailed monitoring of the DEC funding's budget vs. actuals (BVA) data, including thoroughly explaining variances to the Finance Business Partner for the purposes of financial month-end commentary to the senior leadership team, and flagging all key issues in a timely fashion as they arise.
• Partner with the relevant HLA DEC programme managers (PMs), to provide consistent BVA information and spending planning
• Work with the HLA Finance Business Partner and HLA team to ensure that the DEC budget is effectively re-phased as needed at the time of the quarterly organisational (re)forecasting process
• Develop HLA and partner SCUK teams proposal budgets for future DEC programme funding.
• Provide high quality donor financial reports, and respond to donor financial report queries.
• Consolidate financial data from with various stakeholders across HLA, SCUK and external partners to deliver timely and accurate reporting to the DEC.
• Work closely with the HLA Finance Business Partner to ensure that the DEC funding is correctly processed at SCUK financial year-end.

Person Profile

Experience and Skills

• Experience of working with aid agencies'(such as the Disasters Emergency Committee) projects and funding
• Experience of managing award and financial aspects on £10m+ donor awards with multiple departments, stakeholders, and sub-grantees / financially managing a consortium of multiple partners
• Demonstrated partnerships management for Direct Spend awards, including proposal and budget development with partner agencies, compiling and reviewing Sub-grant Agreements, monitoring partners' activities and creating donor financial reports.
• Demonstrated competency with financial plans, budgets and reporting including construction and monitoring of budgets.
• Project management experience and skills, with a knowledge of governance tools and techniques and experience of managing complex cross-organisational projects with multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent understanding of audit readiness and experience of the audit process.
• Experience of managing award and financial aspects on a large donor award with multiple stakeholders

Abilities 

• Highly numerate with the ability to monitor and manage financial information.
• Excellent organisation and administration skills with the ability to plan and prioritise work for self and others.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify key points from complex material or information.
• Professional interpersonal and communication skills with ability to communicate to wide range of people at all levels of seniority from a variety of countries and backgrounds, partner organisations, donors and other external contacts.

Aptitude

• Strong understanding of the award (grant/contract) management including but not limited to institutional donors.
• Highly computer literate and confident with MS Office

Remote Working:

The majority of SCUK employees are currently working remotely within the UK in line with UK Government guidance. Commencing July 2021 we will transition to flexible and hybrid ways of working (i.e. a mixture of remote/home and office-based working) as social distancing restrictions ease.

We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: 

Save the Children UK is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. 

To see our full statement please visit our website. 

The job of a Save the Children UK's Senior Programme Manager is impactful and varied.

• Do you have extensive experience in project cycle and grant/contract management, with knowledge of institutional donor compliance requirements?
• Do you have extensive experience working with institutional donors such as FCDO, UN and multilateral agencies particularly on proposal development and report writing
• Do you have significant experience of working in the international aid sector, including in overseas roles, with practical experience and understanding of related contextual and operational issues?
• Are you motivated by our vision of creating a world where every child doesn't just survive, but thrives, and can go on to change the world?

If the answers to these questions are yes, we would love to hear from you!

About Us

Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.

Job Purpose

The Senior Programme Manager's(SPM) primary focus is to oversee the quality management of programmes and related awards (grants & contracts) that are part of a portfolio covering several COs or donors. The portfolio under the SPM's overall responsibility is a sub-set within a wider portfolio covering a geographical region (‘regional portfolio') or programmes funded by particular corporate and philanthropy donors (‘partnerships portfolio'). The composition of the portfolio under the SPM's remit will vary over time, in line with changes and demands in SCUK's overall international programmes funding portfolio.

This role involves both direct management of programmes and related awards implemented in specific country programmes or supported by particular corporate & philanthropy donor(s); and providing direction, support and technical advice to Programme Managers (PMs) working in the same portfolio sub-set. The SPM works with wide autonomy and decision-making capacity, both within their directly management portfolio as well as the portfolio sub-set, with regards to portfolio's risks, issues, and workload management.

Being responsible for several COs or corporate & philanthropy donor(s), the SPM plays a key role, and works very closely with the Programme Management Lead in the effective development and implementation of regional and partnership strategies; in identifying and addressing systemic risks and issues; in improving and creating new internal processes; and in ensuring the capacity building and professional development of PMs.

Please Note:  There are 3 x Senior Programme Manager roles available (1 x 18 months, 1 for 12 months and 1 for 11 months)

Main Accountabilities

The Senior Programme Manager's key duties will be to:

Support to quality programming in Country Offices

• Drive the COAC (Country Offices as Agent of Change) agenda across relevant teams in SCUK, by making the COs' priorities, analysis and decision-making the centre of SCUK support to Save the Children programming.
• Develop strong a knowledge of in-country context and current issues, as well as of Save the Children's key programmatic themes and priorities, for the countries or programmes under their directly managed portfolio. Provide input to the Programme Management Lead and influencing SCUK funding strategies for the countries or programmes under their portfolio.
• Act as the focal point within SCUK for any matter or question regarding the countries or programmes under their responsibility.
• Contribute to the growth of Country Office's funding portfolio and facilitate this is in line with their Country Strategic Plans (CSPs), Strengthen and build capacities of CO staff, particularly around quality programming and funding management and donor compliance.
• Develop a strong knowledge of donor's priorities and interests in the country(ies) under their responsibility.
• Develop and maintain relevant donor relationships, serving as the focal point for HQ-level donor staff, for the countries or programmes under their directly managed portfolio.
• Travel to Country Office's as required, in order to provide higher level strategic support.

Lead business development, award management and donor compliance assurance

• Monitor and oversight of all SCUK-supported programmes for the countries or programmes under their directly managed portfolio, including identifying related risks and managing issues.
• Grant and contract management, from point of contract negotiation and signature, to quality assurance during implementation, and working with other SCUK departments to support reporting. Ensure awards in the portfolio are compliant with donor requirements and SC quality standards
• Provide support to COs in meeting key programme deliverables, as well as other donor expectations.
• Act as key liaison point between programmes in their portfolio and Programme Management Team and PP senior management, ensuring they are fully briefed in order to make key major strategic decisions.
• Ensure relevant quality assurance processes are completed so that programmes are running effectively and on time.
• Identify new funding opportunities, as follow-on from existing awards and/or as part of the day-to-day interaction with donors. Provide input in or lead on bid management for SCUK institutional and non-institutional proposals

Funding portfolio sub-set oversight

• Provide oversight, support and prioritisation for the management of the portfolio sub-set under their responsibility, acting as first point of senior advice and decision-making on complex issues, involving medium to low risk, brought forward by the PMs working in the same portfolio sub-set.
• Monitor risks and issues developments within the portfolio sub-set, making sure that the Programme Management Lead and PP senior management are aware and fully briefed of issues requiring major strategic decisions.
• Approve and sign-off opportunities and documents, as per delegated authority, within the portfolio sub-set.
• Provide input to the Programme Management Lead and ROs in resource mobilisation strategies for COs and donors within the portfolio sub-set, making sure that agreed priorities are implemented by PMs, as well as other teams, working in the portfolio sub-set.
• Monitor KPIs and other data related to programme and funding management, providing analysis to relevant stakeholders based on information extracted from the databases and information systems managed by the team
• Ensure that input into risk management tools provide sufficient and accurate information to drive evidence-based and effective decision-making by senior leadership.
• Lead on monitoring internal processes and procedures, identifying areas of improvement and recommending changes

People management

• Provide effective support and manage workload for PMs working in the portfolio sub-set under the SPM's responsibility (‘work management'), as part of matrix management with the Programme Management
• Train, coach and strengthen the capacities and competencies of Programme Management Team members
• Ensure there is learning and sharing of experiences within the portfolio sub-set, as well as across the Programme Management Team

 Other accountabilities

• Deputise for the Programme Management Lead as necessary
• To carry out the responsibilities of the role in a way which reflects Save the Children's commitment to safeguarding children in accordance with the Child Safeguarding Policy.
• A commitment to Save the Children's vision, mission, values and approach.

Person Profile

Experience and Knowledge

• Extensive experience in project and grant/contract management, with knowledge of institutional donor compliance requirements
• Extensive experience working with institutional donors such as FCDO, UN and multilateral agencies (e.g. UNICEF, OCHA, World Bank), particularly on proposal development and report writing
• Significant experience of working in the international aid sector, including in overseas roles, with practical experience and understanding of related contextual and operational issues. Good working knowledge of one or more countries supported by SCUK
• Strong working knowledge of international development/humanitarian issues.
• Significant financial processes and reporting skills
• Experience of establishing strong working relationships with colleagues from different organisations, functions, and cultures, often remotely.

 Abilities

• A commitment to safeguarding, anti-racism, eradicating inequality and child rights in all aspects of your work.
• Ability to manage a complex and varied workload, in order to organise and prioritise multiple tasks efficiently, manage reactive and proactive work, and deliver tasks to tight deadlines.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills. Ability to identify and implement effective processes for achieving outcomes.
• A high degree of flexibility and adaptability to respond to changing needs and effectively address issueProven attention for detail and ability to effectively manage a high volume of data and information.
• Very strong team skills, with the ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships and collaborate both within and outside the team
• Strong communication skills, with good written and spoken English
• Willingness to travel

Ways of Working:

Remote First – The majority of our roles can be performed remotely, however you may work from the office as often as you wish. Whilst you will be predominantly  working from home,  we may require you to come to your contracted office up to 2-4 days per month or 6-8 days per quarter (Note: This will be agreed with your Line Manager and team) This is intended to be time spent on collaborating with colleagues and relationship building. 

On-site – There are certain roles that cannot be performed remotely and so your role will be based in an office location and you may occasionally be able to work from home.

Flexible Working - We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: 

Save the Children UK believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation where all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can be "Free to Be Me". We are mot looking for just one type of person - we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think. 

We are especially interested in people whose childhood experiences - of life on a low income, of migration, of being in a racialised community, of the care system, of being LGBT+ or in an LGBT+ family or living with (or with someone with) a disability - help us to see things we might otherwise miss. Whatever your story is we want to hear it because we know that different voices, ideas, perspectives and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of children around the world. This is the reason why we are all here. 

To see our full statement please visit our website.

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) is the nation’s largest funder of health and care research, awarding more than £1 billion a year of research funding from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). At the Grant Management Group, our 230+ staff based in Twickenham, SW London, manage over £550 million a year of research funds across NIHR research programmes, faculty and infrastructure, that accelerate and deliver world class research that transforms people’s lives.

We are expanding our team and are interested in speaking to Programme Managers interested in the translation of Medtech, digital health innovations and who are passionate about entrepreneurship.

The Role

You will play a key role in the Innovations team, supporting the day-to-day delivery of a translational funding programme. 

You will be involved in the commissioning of new competitions, and you will manage a portfolio of exciting projects led by small and medium enterprises, academia and NHS Trusts which are thriving to make an impact in the NHS and the UK economy.

You have a good understanding of the UK health innovation ecosystem and an appreciation of current and evolving technology developments and commercial exploitation routes and ideally you have some experience of working across industry, NHS and academia.

Key responsibilities

Programme operations and commissioning

• Supporting all aspects of translational funding, including scoping potential call themes, advising applicants, reviewing applications for funding and providing feedback to applicants 
• Supporting Programme Leads and the Assistant Director with the preparation of papers for Contract Management Board and /or Advisory Board meetings and strategic proposals for new initiatives
• Leading on continuous improvement activities across the team and drafting work instructions as appropriate

Due diligence, contracting and portfolio management 

• Undertaking due diligence of funding proposals, including reviewing the scientific, technical and clinical rationale, analysis of project budgets and value for money, evaluation of proposed intellectual property protection and freedom to operate positions and assessment of the proposed adoption and commercialisation strategies
• Negotiating funding agreements for projects recommended for funding, including the negotiation of milestones, financial arrangements and reporting requirements to enable successful project development
• Managing a portfolio of projects at various stages of development across different health tech sectors 
• Leading on portfolio analysis and collection of relevant metrics to support activities around programme promotion, business intelligence, impact and evaluation
• Contributing to the generation of case studies for programme promotion, customer reporting and shared learning 

Comms & engagement

• Supporting the delivery of communications and engagement activities or leading on elements thereof, including competition promotion and launch events, newsletters and annual reports
• Supporting engagement with small and medium enterprises, other funders and charities, the investment community, and other relevant stakeholders
• Planning and/or contributing to the delivery of key events and or initiatives such as alumni events
• Liaising regularly with internal and external stakeholders, including attending, organising and leading meetings, representing the funder’s perspective at project meetings to facilitate successful project development, and promoting and representing funding programmes at external events

Staff management

• Direct line management of Programme Managers
• Assisting with recruitment and conducting the annual performance and development review process with direct reports
• Mentoring and training of new and existing staff
• Championing equality, diversity and inclusion within the team and the organisation

Candidate specification

• Educated to MSc/PhD level in biomedical, health or engineering sciences
• Experience of working in research management, technology transfer environment, health tech accelerators, start-ups and/or organisations supporting innovation
• Experience of working within multiple areas of the health, social care and life sciences sector including industry, academia and the NHS with proven experience in commercially focused projects
• Experience in managing diverse internal and external relationships 
• Understanding of intellectual property and commercial aspects in relation to research commercialisation
• Committed team player 
• Excellent presentation and communications skills
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proven organisational and prioritisation skills with the ability to manage own time to meet demanding deadlines and excellent attention to detail

Role Details & Benefits

• Salary up to £46500 PA 
• Wide range of core benefits
• Hours: 0900 to 1730 Mon to Fri
• Location: Twickenham / Hybrid Remote

Interested in learning more about this exciting position with the GMG Group, part of the National Institute for Health and Care Research the UK's largest and most prestigious funder of research, please submit your CV and cover letter and one of the team will be in touch. 

Do you imagine yourself creating impact through grants fundraising for a leading human rights charity? Do you want to use your skills to secure transformational funding? Have you got experience of leading a target focused team, working collaboratively with programme leaders and writing to influence some of the biggest funding institutions in the UK and globally? If this is you, then apply to join us as Head of Grants at Stonewall.

Stonewall is a human rights charity. We stand for lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer, questioning and ace (LGBTQ+) people everywhere. We imagine a world where all LGBTQ+ people are free to be themselves and we can live our lives to the full.

Over the last 30 years, we have helped create transformative change in the lives of LGBTQ+ people in the UK. Our campaigns drive positive change in public attitudes and public policy. We ensure LGBTQ+ people can thrive throughout our lives by building deep, sustained change programmes with the institutions that have the biggest impact on us, whether we're learning, working, praying or playing sport.

As Head of Grants, you would be a key part of a team of driven, passionate people who are working together to deliver our Free to Be Strategy (2021-25). For this role we are looking for a funding specialist who;

• is a motivating and consultative team manager,
• works collaboratively with senior leaders in the organisation to carve out multi-year opportunities (often at the 7-figure mark) from a charity's projects and core work,
• can demonstrate that data management, monitoring and financial accuracy has been put at the heart of a team's processes and culture.

Our people make up a vibrant, dynamic community. Lots our staff have a personal investment in the work we do, and we come from a wide range of backgrounds. We're proud of this diversity, and of our support for one another – in our teams, our network groups, and our friendships.

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Location: London
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full time
Salary: £44,629 inside London or £43,129 outside London

Closing Date: 25 August 2022

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The organisation

A health charity

The role:

To oversee the brand activities and manage agencies and a cross-organisational group to ensure that content is delivered consistently and correctly.

To manage marketing campaigns and keep all stakeholders involved to an appropriate level.

To measure success and share insight with colleagues and use them for future learning.

The candidate:

Experience of project managing integrated cross-channel brand activities ideally within the charity sector

Experience of managing creative and media agencies to undertake significant marketing projects

Excellent relationship building and communication skills including in person, on the phone and written

Deadline: Friday 19th August 2022

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