Regional Manager London (Fixed term contract until April 2022)

PAPYRUS is the national UK charity dedicated to the prevention of suicide and the promotion of positive mental health and emotional wellbeing in young people.

PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide is the national charity for the prevention of young suicide, founded in 1997. We have grown very successfully since then and currently have bases in Warrington, Birmingham, London, Cardiff and Belfast.

We are looking to recruit a Regional Manager in London to represent the organisation, delivering high quality services, developing partnerships and managing the effective delivery of our charitable objectives.  This will be temporary contract to cover maternity leave.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Previous successful experience in a lead role in the community, voluntary, or statutory sector
• Experience of building and managing a team including volunteers, supporting their development and managing their performance.
• Experience of identifying and progressing new opportunities, creating a plan to deliver and managing its effective implementation.
• Experience of managing projects with a positive impact on social change.
• A degree level or equivalent professional qualification in Community Work, Education, Social Work, Youth Work, Counselling, Public Health or a related discipline.

Salary: NJC Scale SCP 29-32 (£32,910 - £35,745) plus London Weighting Allowance

Please visit our website to review the full job description and person specification for the role. To apply for the position please complete the application form on our website detailing how you meet the criteria for the role. Please return your completed application to HR department email or to HR, PAPYRUS, Unit 1 Bankside, Warrington, WA1 1UP.

Closing date: 28th March 2021 Interview date: w/c 5th April 2021

PAPYRUS is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in employment and its employment policies for recruitment are designed to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender re-assignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

PAPYRUS is committed to safeguarding all children, young people and adults at risk that interact with the organisation. The organisation recognises its responsibility to safeguard the welfare of these vulnerable groups by a commitment to procedures to protect them. The group expects all staff and volunteers to fully support and promote these commitments.

We are looking for an experienced and committed individual to join us as Senior Business Development Manager, playing a key role in our Business Development team in leading the design process and bid development for our largest, most exciting and most complex international development and humanitarian funding opportunities with Institutional funders. You will have a particular focus on World Bank RFPs, FCDO commercial contracts, and other competitive funding opportunities.

In providing leadership in identifying, developing and winning bids you'll enable Save the Children to resource its global strategies by securing programmes which deliver impact at scale for children. Working in close collaboration with the country offices and our technical teams, you will:

• Collaborate to identify potential funding opportunities in priority countries which are in line with country strategic plans and thematic priorities.
• Lead the identification of suitable consortium partners, negotiating business and management arrangements and associated legal agreements.
• Lead the production and writing of high quality and fully complaint standard selection questionnaires/expressions of interest and technical and commercial proposals, ensuring they are submitted to donors on time.
• On successful bids, work with the Programme Management function to coordinate contract mobilisation activities.

To be successful you will ideally have track record in coordinating, writing and securing large and/or complex tenders or grants with a values in excess £10m. Experience of negotiating business and management arrangements for bids with partner organisations is also important, as is excellent written and verbal communication skills. In addition, you'll:

• Be experienced in setting the commercial strategy for winning bids: Overseeing budget building, taking into account cost recovery requirements, ensuring the appropriate balance of technical depth and breadth, assessing competitor bidders and setting the right price point.

• Have a good understanding of key technical areas, relevant to our work, such as health, education, child protection, gender and livelihoods.
• Be familiar with donor bidding and management processes.

• Have impeccable organisational skills.

At Save the Children we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure.

Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. If you share our mission, are passionate about making it happen and strongly believe you can contribute then join us and we'll give you every opportunity to succeed. We look forward to hearing from you.

Closing date: 14th March 2021

Please note - whilst this role is advertised as office based, Save The Children UK will remain a remote-working organisation until at least 30 June 2021.

We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities, Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, LGBT+ and from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as these are underrepresented at Save the Children UK.

We are looking for a New Business Development Manager to develop new streams of income to allow us to support our patients and their loved ones.

Ashgate Hospicecare is an independent registered charity that provides specialist care and support for adults and their families in North Derbyshire.  We’re passionate about all our people which is why nearly 90% of our staff and volunteers would recommend us as a place to work. As a valued member of the team, you will also have a wide range of training and development available to support your own personal, professional development, opening doors to new career pathways.

The post of New Business Development Manager (NBDM)  will be responsible for the research, planning, management, delivery and evaluation of new income generating initiatives across any area of the Hospice. The NBDM will work with a range of senior personnel across the organisation to identify potential new sources of income. This will be followed by the execution of a range of project management disciplines designed to prioritise, research and analyse potential projects working closely with relevant managers. Once such analysis has been completed the NBDM will work with a narrower field of candidate projects and will identify roll out resources required. Once funding, internal or external, is secured the NBDM will work to help develop the project to full delivery. 

The successful candidate will be an experienced project manager with:

• A proven and successful track record of setting-up and delivering complicated projects.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to use resources and people to meet deadlines.
• Strong relationship and interpersonal skills to motivate in leading the delivery of this work.
• A passion and commitment to working in co-production with all the project stakeholders and to supporting the patients of Ashgate Hospicecare

The demand for Ashgate Hospicecare’s services has never been greater and the organisation is seeking to increase the level of support it can deliver to its community. To do this it needs to develop new streams of income which will allow it a secure and stable financial future and this role will play a pivotal role in the delivery of such an outcome.

Please visit our website and social media accounts or listen to our podcast “The Life and Death Podcast” to get a feel for what it is like to be part of the Ashgate team and gain an understanding of the people we support.

Any candidate who identifies themselves as disabled, will be shortlisted if they meet the essential criteria for the role.  Essential criteria can be found in the Job Description & Person Specification for the role

If you are shortlisted for interview you will usually receive an invitation a minimum of 48 hours before the day of the interview.  If you have received no response within 2 weeks of the closing date, your application will have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

If successful you will be required to have a DBS check of the appropriate level carried as part of the conditional pre employment checks. For more information please refer to the Candidate Assist notes.

Bids and Contracts Coordinator

Our client is a highly respected independent charity, which together with its subsidiary works across England and Wales to develop and deliver a range of innovative services, providing practical and emotional support to prisoners’ children and families, to prisoners, and to ex-prisoners. The role of Bid and Contracts Coordinator is a key organisational support role within the group, requiring a high level of discretion.

Location: Central Office or Home Based with regular travel to London (Working from home while lockdown/social distancing rules apply)
Job type: Part Time, Permanent
Hours: 30 Hours per week
Salary: £24,000 pro rata (FTE £30,000 per annum)

Closing date for applications: 12th March 2021
Interview date: 22nd March 2021

About the Role:

You will work with the Deputy Chief Executive and Head of Business Development to co-ordinate our client’s bidding, monitoring and compliance systems and processes from bid identification, reporting and closure. You will provide support to the Head of Business Development in developing and collating bid documentation and work with the Senior Leadership Team and other departments to review contracts and draft policies and procedures, undertaking legal assistant type support. You will also act as the Secretariat for the Board.

About you:

The successful candidate will a high level of literacy and numeracy and is likely to have a legal qualification. They will have experience of working in a legal, bid development, contracting, funding or procurement team. Excellent communication skills are a must, as is the ability to produce detailed and accurate work, work to tight deadlines and quickly process large amounts of complex information.

Our client welcomes all applications including those with previous criminal convictions, (appointment to post will be subject to a risk assessment).

What they offer:

Our client offers a range of benefits including a free advice, information and counselling service, contributory pension, corporate eye care scheme, cycle to work scheme and generous holiday entitlement. You will have the opportunity to attend training events to further develop yourself as a professional training and interventions worker. You will undergo a thorough induction process and be supported by a friendly and enthusiastic team.

You may have experience of the following: Bid and Contracts Coordinator, Charity, Legal, Social Enterprise, Third Sector, Funding, Business Development, Criminal Justice Services, Bid Coordinator, Contract Coordinator, Bid Administrator, Contacts Administrator, etc.

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An exciting opportunity has arisen at World Child Cancer and we are now recruiting a Corporate Development Manager.

We currently raise just over £2m each year and have ambitions to grow to £5m by 2025 and corporate fundraising is one of the key drivers of this growth. This role will have a direct impact on the number of children with cancer we are able to support in the future, so we need someone passionate about World Child Cancer’s vision, who is excited to grow income further.

The successful applicant will lead on new business and account management and so you will need to be versatile and innovative in your approach. As Corporate Development Manager you will identify and approach prospective companies as well as building on the current prospect pipeline and will look forward to taking ownership of corporate accounts and bringing their personality, creativity and professionalism to the charity.

We have a number of strong partnerships with other promising opportunities in our pipeline. In the past we have won partnerships with Deutsche Bank and the FT and a number of other smaller companies, which shows the potential of our cause.

Although it would be advantageous to have charity experience, it is not vital. We will look for comparable experience to the criteria outlined below and you will be able to demonstrate your understanding of the charity, health and international development sectors and explain how your skills could translate into this role.

If you are excited by this opportunity and have the ambition and drive to help us achieve our goals, we would love to hear from you.

Interim Recruitment Consultant - HR or Finance

London/Home based

Pro were founded on the belief that by making us the best organisation to work for for our own talent, business success would follow. 14 years later that ethos still remains.

We are a fun, supportive, professional and kind organisation who over above market competitive base salaries, commission of up to 40 percent of your own billings, flexi working, and all the back office support and tools available to much larger players in the market. The majority of our own talent have been with us for over 5 years. We also are proud of our enviable client base which includes Big 4 professional service firms, international not for profits and third sector organisations, FTSE top 100 and a wide range of other well known names. Our brands are Finance, HR, Marketing and Tax and within those NFP, C & I, Search and PP.

We are now expanding our interim division and are looking for experienced recruiters to join us with a special interest in anyone with HR or finance recruitment experience.

What we offer -

• Highly competitive basic salaries
• Up to 40% commission on your billings
• Flexi working and WFH
• Incentives such as Ski trips, lunches at some of the best restaurants in the UK, and lots of other incentives and competitions
• Healthy work/life balance
• Fun, supportive and un-KPI driven environment
• Full back office support such as a dedicated marketing team, finance, full linkedin recruiter licences and so on
• Generous holiday allowance, long service awards and a mortgage fund

If you are an experienced recruitment consultant, who is keen to explore the next stage in your career do get in touch. We would love to hear from you

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As an employer, we are committed to ensuring representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.

If you know anyone looking for a new role, your referral could earn you £250

The consists of five distinct brands: , , , and . If you or anyone you know is looking to join our growing recruitment team, speak to us today. £250 is on offer for any referrals we successfully hire.

Do you have a head for business combined with a heart for charity work? Are you looking for a new challenge and interested in helping one of the UK’s leading dementia charities drive forward quality improvement through the management of existing contracts?

Dementia UK is looking to appoint a Regional Account Manager in the Midllands to join its assiduous Business Development Team. As a new member of the team, you will work closely with the Area Business Development Manager and Regional Development Lead to manage existing accounts, improve quality and harness key opportunities to increase the number of Admiral Nurses.

Admiral Nurses are specialist dementia nurses who provide vital support to families affected by dementia. The nurses are supported by Dementia UK, which works with partners in various health and social care settings to provide gold standard clinical and emotional support, practical advice, and therapeutic interventions to help families along the dementia journey.

As part of the Business Development Team, the Regional Account Manager will manage existing business, ensuring quality is maintained and services remain sustainable, helping Dementia UK meet the goals within its ambitious Strategic Plan 2020 - 2025. Most importantly, the role will ensure Admiral Nurse services are delivering the values of the charity, ensuring that all times the message given keeps families living with dementia at the heart of our work.

This position will be home-based, with travel and could include some trips to Dementia UK headquarters in London.

We are looking for an energetic, excellent communicator with business experience and a proven track record in relationship management, project management and service development. Experience working with people living with dementia and their carers is a plus.

Please note only applications including a CV and answers to the application questions will be considered.

We anticipate interviews will take place w/c 29th March.

This is an exciting opportunity for a person with experience of growing and developing business to work as part of this innovative young people’s health charity, working alongside the CEO to develop new contracts and services, and support the existing ones, to ensure the sustainability of the charity.

.The charity has been in existence for nearly 30 years, and in recent years has transformed from a grant dependant organisation to an organisation that has a large range of contracts with local school and statutory providers, and is in a position to increase this and expand further.

We are looking for an experienced Business Development and Relationship Manager who will join our small team responsible for generating new business and fostering long term relationships with our employer members and corporate clients.

Contract type: Permanent, part-time 

Working pattern: 22.5 hours/week. We are happy to talk flexible working!

Reports to: Head of Employer Services

Start date: April 2021

About the organisation

Working Families is the UK’s work-life balance organisation. Our mission is to remove the barriers that people with caring responsibilities face in the workplace and work with employers and policy makers to achieve that end.

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Business Development and Relationship Manager who will join our small team responsible for generating new business and fostering long term relationships with our employer members and corporate clients.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Identify new business opportunities and markets

• Create and convert a strong pipeline of new business opportunities ensuring sales targets and KPIs are met

• Establish and maintain strong relationships with organisations in order to ensure client retention and further business opportunities

• Provide excellent customer service and manage the delivery of membership and client services

• Keep abreast of industry developments and market trends

• Participate in running a programme of virtual and face-to-face Working Families corporate events

• Present, participate & network at external virtual and face-to-face events

General Responsibilities:

• Participate, as appropriate, in staff forums and meetings

• Adhere to Working Families’ policies and procedures

• Carry out reasonable requests that are within the broad remit of the role

• Help promote and maintain Working Families profile

Essential experience / skills /knowledge

• At least 5 years’ experience working with businesses/organisations

• A proven track record of success in business to business sales

• Passionate about excellent client service with proactive, customer-centric attitude

• Ability to cope with conflicting demands and prioritise tasks to meet strict KPIs

• Commercially aware with good business acumen and financial awareness

• Engaging and succinct writing skills, excellent oral communication, interpersonal skills and experience of using a CRM.

• Proven experience of establishing rapport, credibility, and collaborative relationships with business customers, partners, and stakeholders

• Success in working independently and as part of a team

• Commitment to Working Families Objectives and Values (Collaborative, Practical, Inclusive, Driven)

Desirable qualifications and experience

• Educated to degree level or with relevant experience in a new business development role

• Good understanding of HR and equality, diversity and inclusion issues

Right to Work

Working Families is unable to sponsor work permits or visas. All candidates must have the right to work in the UK. 

Diversity

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce.

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Want to use your skills in fundraising to play a vital role in making clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone everywhere?

Join WaterAid as our Business Development Manager to change normal for millions of people so they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty and change their lives for good. On top of that you'll be joining a 2020 Great Place to Work® award-winning organisation.

The WaterAid Corporate Partnerships team develops high value, high impact, strategic partnerships.

As our dynamic and driven Business Development Manager you will develop ambitious, strategic and innovative partnership propositions for the private sector.

This is an 11-month, fixed contract, full time role and will initially be home-based due to restrictions on office numbers.

In this role, you will drive business development from a range of key sectors such as, apparel, beauty and sports (subject to change) and secure annual and multi-year partnerships for WaterAid, each with a target value of a minimum of £100,000 per year. This is likely to cover a broad spectrum of partnership types including corporate donations from corporate social responsibility and sustainability teams, cause-related marketing partnerships, sponsorship, pro bono, employee engagement etc.

You'll also:

• Develop and manage the pipeline of potential high value, multi-year new business opportunities to ensure there is active movement and sufficient lead generation to deliver against planned growth and income.
• Attend networking events and conferences (currently virtually) to build a network of contacts amongst potential partner companies and actively cultivate this network.
• Identify and research target companies to provide an informed approach.
• Develop and deliver tailored and compelling proposals and pitches. This will often involve drawing on the skills and knowledge of colleagues from around the organisation to create innovative and exciting proposals.

To be successful, you'll need:

• An externally focused and proactive attitude, with the energy and passion to engage people and excite them about WaterAid
• Great presentation skills and excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proven experience of generating 5 and 6 figure new business contracts in corporate fundraising in the charity sector or in a commercial setting and proven ability to meet and exceed personal targets
• Experience in handling objections and negotiating successful mutually beneficial outcomes for internal and external relationships
• To be a confident networker, able to represent WaterAid at external events

Salary: £32,900 - £36,500 (subject to experience) with excellent benefits

WaterAid benefits include:

• 36 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
• Option to buy an extra 5 days annual leave
• We offer a generous pension plan with employer contribution of up to 10%
• Wide range of flexible and agile-working arrangements
• Season Ticket Loan
• Free annual eye tests
• Pay as You Give charitable giving scheme
• Enhanced Maternity and Adoption/Surrogacy pay, Shared Parental Leave and Paternity Leave.
• Sabbaticals
• Volunteer Day

How to Apply:
To see the full job pack, please click 'Apply'. Please apply by submitting your CV and a cover letter into the same document in either Word Document or PDF format.

Applications will close 23:59 on 10 March 2021. Please note shortlisting and interviews will take place on a rolling basis and the application process will close if a suitable candidate is found prior to the advertised closing date. Early application is strongly encouraged.

Additional Information:
WaterAid is currently located at Canary Wharf, London and this will be your location and contract base. Due to current restrictions on office capacity the majority of our staff are working from home. All aspects of this including how we are supporting homeworking and the office transition will be discussed at the interview stage with you.

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this post. In order to apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK.

WaterAid is committed to ensuring that wherever we work in the world there is no tolerance for the abuse of power, privilege or trust. WaterAid reinforces a culture of zero tolerance towards any form of inappropriate behaviour, abuse, harassment, or exploitation of any kind. The safeguarding of our beneficiaries, staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf, is our top priority and we take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All staff and volunteers are required to share in this commitment through our Global Code of Conduct. We will conduct the most appropriate pre-employment references and checks to ensure high standards are maintained.

WaterAid is an equal opportunities, disability-confident employer and committed to achieving the highest standards of diversity, fairness and equality. Should you have a disability and require any additional support, please contact us.

The Operations Manager will lead, direct and manage services and business operations across Age UK Hammersmith and Fulham. The post holder will work with external partners/funders and be responsible for all aspects of service operations ensuring delivery of services in line with contract and funder requirements achieving high quality and positive outcomes for service users. This is a new, senior role within the charity.

The post holder will have wide ranging responsibilities for the performance and development of internal services and operations. The post offers significant opportunities for innovation, development and growth of existing services, working closely with the Service Development Manager/Fund raiser.

The post holder will also work with the Chief Executive, as part of a Senior Management Team, and will be the Deputy Chief Executive and be responsible for implementing the strategic plans and overall management of Age UK Hammersmith and Fulham ensuring the successful strategic development of the organisation, including business planning, internal policies, procedures and quality standards, cross-departmental working and external relations. The Operations Manager will be required to represent the organisation at a senior level both internally and externally.

The post holder will require business and financial acumen to ensure that current and future operations continue a sustainable and viable basis and can evidence positive outcomes and value in the market we are operating in.

Marketing Executive -Business Development (0.6 FTC)

Salary: London - £16,800 (FTE £28,200 per annum) + Excellent Benefits National £14,340(FTE £23,900 per annum) + Excellent Benefits

Location: London, Bristol or Manchester

Hours: 21 per week

Contract: Permanent

The National Housing Federation (NHF) is the voice of housing associations in England. We are the trade body to almost 600 housing associations, who have grown from philanthropic roots to provide 2.6 million homes to around 6 million people.

Housing associations are social landlords, and are the largest providers of homes for social rents in the country. We and our members, believe that everyone should be able to live in a great quality home that they can afford.

Many housing associations are also developers in their own right, building around a quarter of new homes every year, and build almost all new social housing. Our sector is not-for-profit, investing its revenues into the people and communities we serve.

We’re recruiting for a Marketing Executive (Business Development) to plan and deliver successful marketing campaigns to promote our partner products and services to members.

About you

You’ll be creative and innovative, able to write effective copy and possess strong communication skills.

If you have a commercial mindset and an eye for spotting opportunities that could benefit our members, this is a role where you will be able to make your mark in an organization performing a critical role as the voice of housing associations in England.

About the role

You will work with the Marketing Manager and the Business Development team to create marketing plans that support our partnerships, deliver on the Federation’s income targets and support our wider organizational messaging and strategy.

Key responsibilities include:

Creating marketing materials – commissioning and managing design work, copywriting and proofreading, creating web and social media content, sending email campaigns and supporting the exhibition stand at Federation events.

Analysis and reporting – Monitoring, evaluating and reporting on marketing communication performance both internally and to business development partners.

Campaigns – Effective planning and execution of marketing campaigns, including tracking promotional spend, event budgets and raising POs.

Partnerships and relationships – Building effective working relationships with key internal colleagues and external stakeholders, including business development partners.

Continuous improvement - Responsible for identifying and proactively improving marketing activities and collateral wherever possible.

The NHF has recently published its equality, diversity and inclusion strategy, which was co-created with staff.  We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and we value the contribution each individual makes to our work.  The NHF is committed to ensuring our workforce reflects the diversity of the society in which we live and encourage applications from people of all different backgrounds, regardless of all protected characteristics or social background.

We are a disability confident employer and if you are a disabled person who demonstrates you meet the skills and experience we consider essential for the role, we will offer you an interview.

Closing date for applications: Monday 8 March 2021

Interview date: Thursday 11 or Friday 12 March 2021

Please note: if we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the advert, before the closing date

Reading Mencap has a vacancy for a new post of Head of Business Development

£40,000 FTE pro rate for 30 hours per week

Initially home based during the pandemic and subsequently based at our main building in Alexandra Road, Reading, the role will lead on developing and implementing Reading Mencap’s income generation strategy and development of new business opportunities in the town.

Please send completed application forms  by the closing date of 10th March 2021

Title: Investment Manager

Salary: £48,700 per annum

Reporting to: Investment Director

Team: Investment

Contract: Permanent

Working hours: Full time (37.5 hours per week)

Location:Initially remote working with office arrangements for 2021 TBC (within Central London).         Attendance will be required in Central London for meetings.

Starting date: ASAP

Deadline: 9am Monday 22 March 2021

About Impetus

Impetus transforms the lives of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds by ensuring they get the right support to succeed in school, in work and in life.

We find, fund and build the most promising charities working with these young people, providing core funding and working shoulder-to-shoulder with their leaders to help them become stronger organisations.

In partnership with other funders we help our charities expand and we influence policy and decision makers so that all young people get the support they need.

About this role

The Investment Manager (IM) works as a part of the Investment Team to support charities to deepen their impact and scale their outcomes. This role works closely with Investment Directors and includes both charity-facing support and internal support to the investment team.

The IM uses analytical rigor, project management and relationship skills, to support a portfolio of amazing organisations that, together, will help shift the life chances and outcomes of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Key responsibilities

Investment management

• Work closely with Investment Directors to support charity partners’ in areas of leadership, impact, and sustainability, working towards leading specific work streams on impact management.
• Build trust-based relationships with charity leaders including delivery staff and Programme / Impact leads, to become a valued advisor on practice improvement.
• Work closely with members of the Impact team at charity partners to develop and refine impact management practices; data collection, dashboard development, performance review meetings, programme design and evaluation - providing guidance and thought partnership.
• Support Investment Directors with design and delivery of Impact strategy workshops, analysing charity impact data, developing and analysing pre-workshop surveys, developing facilitation materials, and coordinating logistics, and synthesizing outputs.
• Supporting Impetus’ quarterly peer learning forums for our charity partners, in particular the Impact Forum. This includes relationship management with Head of Impact of charities, developing content for learning and discussion, facilitating forum meetings and all logistical support.
• Lead on benchmarking charity outcomes data against comparable external data. You will work closely with our Public Affairs teams to identify and secure external benchmarking data and lead on the analysis comparing it to charity partner performance.

Investment Team support

• Lead on key analytical projects internally including strategic modelling, analysis of financial and impact data. This includes distilling the insights from the analysis and developing a compelling narrative of the key findings and implications. 
• Support the annual cycle of identifying new investments - mapping the landscape of charities in thematic areas (e.g Apprenticeship and Skills), identifying high potential charities though analysis of key impact and financial data and reviewing the current evidence base.
• Play key role in due diligence of new charities, reviewing charity information (quantitative and qualitative) and drawing insights about their suitability for investment. This includes considering impact and scale potential, financial stability and developing a business case for investment including identifying risks.

• Developing knowledge and expertise in Education and Youth Employment staying up to date on relevant sector developments. This includes latest reports, evaluations, partnerships, awards, initiatives etc.
• Work closely with Public Affairs team and ensure teams are integrated in their thinking and approach. This includes ensuring charity work is informed by developments in the policy landscape and are positioned to benefit from them and that policy work is informed by the on the ground experience of our charities and their work with young people.

Cross team initiatives

• Support Impetus’ public affairs and philanthropy objectives through input into case studies, research and policy campaigns;
• Share the learning from our work across the team, across the organisation and externally;
• Work within Impetus strategy, policies and procedures.

Person specification

• A commitment to Impetus’ mission
• Highly analytical and numerate, with strong command of excel with modelling capabilities.
• Comfort with, and a talent for, strategic thinking; able to identify key strategic insights from a range of data outputs and translate into clear communication, including PowerPoint
• Previous experience working with charities. Could be in a previous role, pro-bono volunteer or Trustee capacity
• A strong interest in partnering closely with charities that are doing what it takes to get better
• Able to build productive, trust-based relationships internally and with external stakeholders including charity partners and co-investors
• Proven ability to work independently, and engage in substantive discourse
• Strong planning and time management, able to balance between priorities 
• Displays tenacity and initiative
• Growth mind-set; seeks out and acts on feedback
• A commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion

Desirable 

• Experience in consulting, or investment management.
• Experience in UK education and employability sectors
• Experience in charity impact management and/or evaluation
• Experience with scaling a venture/ project/ organisation

We believe that a diverse workforce leads to an organisation that is more open, creative and gets better results.

We want our team at Impetus to represent the diversity of the people and communities we serve. We also want our team to be one where different experiences, expertise and perspectives are valued, and where everyone is

encouraged to grow and develop.

We want to reach a diverse pool of candidates. We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that potential employees may need to in order to be successful.

We recognise the importance of a good work/life balance. We do everything we can to accommodate flexible working, including working from home, working part-time job shares and other arrangements.

Please just let us know in your application or at any stage throughout the process (and beyond) if these are options you’d like to explore.

How to apply

Please send your CV and a one-page cover letter telling us why you’re applying for this role by 9am Monday 22 March 2021:

In order to complete your application please also complete our equal opportunities monitoring form: 

You should also include the contact details of two referees, one of whom must be your current or most recent employer. Referees will only be approached with your express permission. You will also be required to provide proof of your eligibility to work in the UK. As part of our commitment to flexible working we will consider a range of options for the successful applicant. All options can be discussed at interview stage.

First round interviews will take place week commencing 5 April 2021

Second round interviews will take place on week commencing 12 April 2021

Due to the large number of applications we receive, it is not possible to write to you should you not be shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has not been successful on this occasion.

Your personal data will be shared for the purposes of the recruitment exercise. This includes our HR team, interviewers (who may include other partners in the project and independent advisors), relevant team managers and our IT service provider if access to the data is necessary for performance of their roles. We do not share your data with other third parties, unless your application for employment is successful and we make you an offer of employment. We will then share your data with former employers to obtain references for you. We do not transfer your data outside the European Economic Area.

Impetus is an equal opportunity employer and is determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, race, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, or marital status. We value diversity and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.