Currently fully homeworking, future home working will be reviewed dependant on government guidance, the company requirements and travel arrangements.

The Honeypot Children’s Charity is the National Young Carer Organisation which has been providing high quality, transformational support for young carers aged 5-12 for nearly 25 years. As the go-to organisation for referral organisations seeking support for young carers, including local authorities, Social Services, School Welfare Officers and GP’s, Honeypot supports over 3,000 children annually.

Now is the time to join us, if you are seeking to be an influencer in the way we approach vital campaigns in the coming year. We promote open thinking and creativity and as part of our amazing team you will be encouraged to challenge us using your previous wealth of digital experience and creativity.

Honeypot is at an exciting developmental stage of new digital services, plus the launch of highly impactful services for most disadvantaged and needy groups of young carers. These new services combine with Honeypot’s existing range of highly respected core services to create highly newsworthy and engaging Social Media content

2021 is Honeypot’s 25th Anniversary year from the date of its founding. This presents a rich opportunity for the Social Media Officer to make an outstanding contribution in helping to lead a year of celebrations and communications.

To apply please send a CV and covering letter that demonstrates your creativity, communication skills and why you believe you can offer us an exceptional campaign leader.

Department: Science and Innovation

We are seeking a pro-active, innovative individual to take on the role of Groups and Awards Officer within the Science and Innovation department.

The role

This is a rewarding, customer-facing role which has responsibility for organising professional networks for physicists and managing the IOP’s high profile Awards that celebrate excellence in researchers, educators, technicians, apprentices and businesses.

The role is ideal for a dynamic individual who has excellent administrative skills and is able to bring these skills to an organisation that is about making positive change for society in the big challenge areas which include climate, health, AI, energy and big data through the work of the physics community. So, if you’re enthusiastic with a ‘can-do’ attitude, whilst also being meticulous and efficient, then this role is for you.

The role is responsible for delivering a number of services for members and the wider physics community. Responsibilities will include:

• Manage specialist interest groups across physics disciplines, themes and industry sectors – with the aim of engaging and delivering value to all our members.
• Administer the IOP Awards and ensure high quality nominations that are inclusive [in terms of roles, gender, institution, geography, sector and discipline] in order to recognise and celebrate outstanding contributions to physics from across the breadth and diversity of our community.
• Ensure members serving on committees are well supported in order to deliver the aims of the committee and that they have a good and rewarding experience in that process.
• Produce briefing papers for senior management and committee chairs including collation and analysis of relevant data to inform discussions and debate.

Further tasks and responsibilities are detailed within the job description.

The Person

We are looking for a team player with prior experience in administration and customer facing roles. As a successful candidate, you will have strong communication and listening skills and have experience in taking minutes and accurately recording meetings. You will also have the flexibility to deal with a wide range of enquiries and the ability to prioritise. The role involves a significant level of contact with Institute members, which requires a high level of diplomacy and tact in order to be able to maintain a good relationship while ensuring that Institute policies and procedures are appropriately followed.

Why work with us?

The Institute of Physics (IOP) is the professional body and learned society for physics in the UK and Ireland, we seek to raise public awareness and understanding of physics and support the development of a diverse and inclusive physics community. As a charity, we’re here to ensure that physics delivers on its exceptional potential to benefit society.

We have an ambitious new corporate strategy and transformation of our digital estate is a high priority. Our newly expanded communications and marketing function will be central to delivering our strategy and plans. We are looking for a superb digital professional to join the team and help develop our digital estate to its full potential.

Working from our new flagship King’s Cross offices, at the heart of the exciting ‘Knowledge Quarter’ our communications and marketing teams will raise awareness and understanding of our ground-breaking education, diversity, science and innovation programmes and help spread the word about physics and its value with the public. This is an exciting time to join IOP.

In addition to a competitive salary and professional development opportunities, we offer employees a comprehensive benefits package including an excellent pension scheme, private medical insurance and generous annual leave. We also offer a range of other benefits including childcare vouchers, gym membership and interest free season ticket loans.

For further information on this role, you can download the job description below. 

To apply, please upload your CV via the link below. 

Closing date for applications: 11 June 2020
Interview date: 19 June 2020 (via GoToMeeting)

The Institute of Physics is an equal opportunities employer. We request no contact from agencies or media sales.

Healthwatch Lambeth is the independent health and social care champion for local people. We work to understand the needs, experiences and concerns of people who use health and social care services and to speak on their behalf.  We focus on ensuring that everyone in Lambeth can get the support they need to live well.

Healthwatch Lambeth is an award-winning charity funded by Lambeth Council, NHS Lambeth Clinical Commissioning Group and several charitable Foundations.  Our contract with the Council has been extended for the next two years and we are in the process of agreeing an ambitious strategy for 2019-21.

We work to get services right for the future and in Lambeth that means that we pay attention to the impact of inequalities on the health and care outcomes for our different communities.  We do this by creating a culture of collaboration and partnership. Partnerships hosted by Healthwatch Lambeth in 2019 are:

1. Lambeth Black Thrive:  this partnership started in 2017 and is funded until 2022.  It was set up to bring together everyone interested in addressing issues surrounding mental health for Black people to ensure that resources and programmes are well co-ordinated, complementary and most importantly reflect the wishes of people affected by mental health inequalities.

2. Lambeth Learning Disability Assembly:  The LLDA is a place for people with a learning disability and their carers to come together to talk about things that are affecting them – and what they want to see happen to make things better. 

3. Advance Care Planning Consortium:  a partnership with Compassion in Dying and other community organisations to raise awareness of advance care planning.

Overview of the role:

This role would suit an experienced impact and evaluation officer with preferably knowledge of monitoring and evaluation.  The ideal candidate will relish working proactively and flexibly as our organisation plans to grow over the next 4 years.  The postholder will have the interpersonal skills needed to work collaboratively with and across our delivery partnerships. 

Purpose of the job:

To ensure effective and efficient monitoring and evaluation of HWL’s engagement

work, including public participation, information giving, signposting, Enter & View

visits, community research and experience gathering, on the local care system and

the emerging SE London Integrated Care System by tracking whether the real care

needs and experiences of Lambeth residents are heard, understood, and met.

Responsibilities:

• To monitor and evaluate the impact of HWL recommendations with our both care providers and care commissioning teams.

• To develop and oversee HWL’s monitoring and evaluation system which includes but not limited to creating and implementing evaluation framework, supporting colleagues to create project M&E plans and reporting and sharing monitoring and evaluation data.

• To undertake formative and/or summative evaluation of the impact of HWL work.

• To write reports on HWL impact for publication and sharing with partners and the public.

Commitment to Equalities:

Our organisation values difference and recognises the value that the different backgrounds, skills, outlooks and experiences of our staff and volunteers bring to the organisation. We will not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, disability or impairment, age, race, creed, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, trade union activity, HIV or marital status, religion or belief or similar bases.

Support Healthwatch Lambeth’s wider aims and objectives

• Work as part of the engagement team and the wider HWL team, attending meetings and events as required. On occasion meetings and events may take place in the evening and at weekends.

• Work in support of other colleagues in the organisation as particular needs arise.

• Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and all employees are required to act in such a way that always safeguards the health and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults.  Familiarisation with, and adherence to, our organisational Safeguarding Policy and Procedures, and any associated guidance is an essential requirement of all Healthwatch representatives.

• We adhere to Data Protection procedures as informed by the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). We expect everyone to uphold confidentiality of all data and adherence to strict and lawful processing of data.

• Undertake additional duties as requested by the Engagement Manger which furthers the aims and objectives of our organisation.

The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within the organisation and the overall business objectives of the organisation.

Interviews will be taking place via Zoom, week commencing 06 July 2020.

Database Officer

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Database Officer who has previous fundraising CRM experience to join a leading charity based in Old Street London. This leading organisation are going through a sustained period of growth and change who are currently investing heavily into their database team and are now looking to add a new Database Officer to join their expanding department. The Database Officer will play a pivotal role importing all data onto their Raisers Edge CRM, carrying out reports for marketing campaigns and being the main point of contact for all things Raisers Edge.

As the Database Officer, you will receive full training on some of the newest data techniques and technologies. If you are looking for the next step in your career this is a great opportunity for an ambitious Database Officer to work closely with stakeholders and to build, test and run data extracts to ensure the organisations fundraising is at its most effective, while also having the opportunity to progress your career at a fantastic charity. If you are looking to work in an excellent environment where flexible working is encouraged, then this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Skills required for the Database Officer are-

- Experience working with fundraising CRM’s  

- Good communication skills, written and verbal to interact with the charity’s stakeholders

- Wants to work in an environment where you will be challenged and have the chance to learn new skills.

Database Officer / Data Executive / Fundraising CRM / Raisers Edge / Data Quality / Blackbaud / Thank Q

This is a brilliant chance for a Database Officer to take the next step in their career and really progress his/her career further. You will gain the full benefits that comes with working for a large organisation.

Location: Old Street, London

Salary: £25,000 - £29,000 + Excellent benefits (Depending on Experience)

Apply now for immediate consideration regarding this excellent opportunity.

Understanding Recruitment is acting as an employment agency for this vacancy

Database Manager

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Database Manager with strong knowledge of Raisers Edge to join a well-known charity based in Vauxhall London. This charity are looking for an experienced Database Manager who has proven experience of managing database projects, data quality and data migrations. You would have ideally done this on Raisers Edge or a similar fundraising CRM. As the Database Manager you will be the first point of contact for any CRM related queries.

This is a brilliant role for someone looking to take the next step in their career, take that step up into management & want to learn a wide range of skills and help grow your own database team. You will help push Raisers Edge through this charity working with senior stakeholders, helping to develop strategical plans, manage a team and more. 
 
Skills required for the Database Manager (Fundraising CRM skills) are: 

- Strong Fundraising CRM skills ideally Raisers Edge or ThankQ, Care CRM, Dynamics CRM or Salesforce
- Stakeholder management experience  
- Ability to build strategies to help improve database systems 
- Great communicator 

Database Manager / Data Manager / Fundraising CRM / Raisers Edge 

This is a great chance for a Database Manager to take that next step up and work for a fantastic organisation.

Salary: £40,000 - £48,000 + (excellent benefits, flexi working) 

Location: Vauxhall, London  

Apply now for immediate consideration regarding this excellent opportunity.
Understanding Recruitment is acting as an employment agency for this vacancy

Our client, a recognised London charity, has a new opportunity available to join their data team as their next Database Coordinator. This is a permanent opportunity and offers great benefits, including a generous amount of annual leave.

Key responsibilities for the Database Coordinator:

• Work on regular data migration projects
• Process supporter data to ensure donations and payments are accurate
• Assist with coordinating and producing CRM documentation
• Work with the rest of the team on data maintenance and integrity
• Support on data quality across multiple databases
• General admin support on various data tasks

To apply for this vacancy it is essential that you have some demonstrable experience providing data support in a charity setting (fundraising related/gift aid). Handson experience with any one of the regular charity CRM systems will also be expected, such as ThankQ, Raiser's Edge, Care NG, Microsoft Dynamics, etc. Your past experience should also reflect your understanding of the importance of Data Protection and accurate data. Naturally you will have exceptional organisational skills and enjoy working in a team environment.

To apply for this Database Coordinator role, please email your CV to our Office & Specialist Support Team quoting the reference number 73695CH. All applicants must be eligible to work in the UK.

Our client now urgently requires an HR Data Analyst with expertise in Oracle HRIS functionality for a period of at least 3 months.

As interim HR Data Analyst you will provide key insights and identify trends through the analysis, development and delivery of strategic People Data and management information reporting that will enable strategic, evidence-based decision making.

To be considered you must be available to start a new assignment immediately and will require:

• Proven experience as an HR Systems and Data specialist, ideally with multi-sector experience
• Expertise in Oracle HRIS functionality, to include data extraction, reporting capability, data analysis and interpretation and presentation
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence a range of people professionals and key stakeholders across the organisation 
• Strong project management skills

David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation is a highly effective wildlife conservation charity funding key conservation projects across Africa and Asia. 

We are looking for a Supporter Care and Database Executive to join our team. 

Overview 

You will work with the Fundraising team to support a range of fundraising activities carried out by the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation (DSWF). You will have responsibility for three key areas:

• Database: Update and maintain supporter records on the Raiser’s Edge database, perform data audits and cleansing, provide data reports for fundraising activities.

• Fundraising: Support all fundraising initiatives as part of the fundraising team

• Stewardship: Manage day to day interaction with supporters including thanking and answering queries.

The ideal candidate will have experience of working with CRM databases, including generating reports and exporting data, be fully computer literate, have excellent organisational and time-management skills and be able to work accurately and on your own initiative whilst managing multiple priorities and deadlines.   The successful candidate must also have a high attention to detail and the ability to work with high volumes of information and data. 

An understanding of the fundraising sector, particularly individual giving income streams (appeals, regular giving, community fundraising, adoptions etc.) is desirable. Above all, you must be enthusiastic, warm and good with people, with the ability to communicate effectively with supporters at all levels and to work well on your own and as part of a team. This is a great role for someone wishing to gain a great deal of experience across a variety of fundraising disciplines and initiatives.

Principle Accountabilities

1. To maintain and develop best practices and procedures in database management including compliance with GDPR, Fundraising Regulator requirements and Gift Aid 

2. Full management of the supporter database (Raisers Edge) including responsibility for technical management and maintenance, including managing the relationship with Blackbaud.

3. Manage the import and export of data from our donation and other web / fundraising systems.

4. Maintain the accuracy and integrity of data through routine data cleansing and hygiene tasks.

5. Prepare internal and external data to support national, regional and international campaigns, events and communications activity.

6. To communicate with supporters in a timely and professional manner 

7. To liaise with relevant departments to provide appropriate information and reports from the database for fundraising activities, communications and financial reconciliations

8. To be the first point of contact for enquiries to the fundraising team, dealing with day-to-day correspondence via letter, telephone and email efficiently and providing administrative support 

9. To work with the fundraising and communications team to plan and implement specific fundraising income initiatives as appropriate

10. With support from the Head of Fundraising to manage the Adoptions programme

11. With support from the Head of Fundraising to manage the Community Fundraising programme including all third party led events such as London Marathon and RideLondon

12. To collaborate with other staff members to analyse fundraising trends/results and provide related analysis

Person Specification Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Qualifications

Essential

• GCSE English and Maths or equivalent.

Desirable

• Degree educated.
• Holder of, or willingness to work towards, a Fundraising qualification. 

Skills, knowledge and experience 

Essential

• Working with a fundraising CRM system.
• Using Microsoft Office.
• General fundraising experience particularly in the areas of supporter stewardship and engagement.
• Good analytical and numerical skills.
• Ability to handle numerous projects simultaneously.
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work both independently and within a team environment.
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
• Excellent time management skills and ability to work to clear deadlines.

Desirable

• Working with the Raiser’s Edge fundraising CRM system.
• Understanding of the fundraising sector.
• Understanding of individual fundraising (regular givers, appeals, community fundraising).

Remuneration and Hours

Hours:                                   

Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, with additional hours as required as necessary.

Reports to:                           

Head of Fundraising

Holiday: 

20 days per annum rising to 22 days after two years’ service. An extra one day per annum will be given thereafter to a maximum of 25 days per annum. Bank Holidays also provided, and an additional holiday entitlement will be given at the Foundation’s discretion around Christmas and New Year.

Location:

Surrey or London (Primary working location Surrey but due to current Covid-19 situation there is flexibility around working from home)

How to apply: Please apply online with your CV and covering letter (covering letter no more than 2 sides of A4 referencing the job description above)

We will begin interviewing immediately, so this position may be filled before the deadline closes. Please don’t wait before applying!

I am currently looking for a Raisers Edge Database Consultant for an amazing International Development organisation.  This short-term role will be to streamline a section of the database and train two staff members.  These tasks need to be completed by year end! 

Main duties: 
To write “macros” to auto upload from approximately 5 different donor platforms direct into Raisers Edge   
To train staff in their use so that they have the skills in house to add a new platform or perform other tweaks 
Train staff on full versatility of the basic functionality, for example, pulling off the reports needed for reconciliation purposes, gift aid reports, looking at donor management functionality, most importantly the skills needed to maintain clean data going forward, deletions of duplications etc 
Run a real demo reconciliation vs. at least one donor platform 

If you have the above skills and experience and are immediately available, please apply on line or contact Sekai today! 

Economy is recruiting a Deputy CEO to implement our new 3 year strategy. We are looking for someone who is energetic and dynamic, and who can help us deliver our ambitious objectives for organisational development and responding to the economic impact of coronavirus.

Economy is a charity that exists to support people - particularly those currently furthest from power - to shape the economy in order to achieve what matters to them. To further this goal, we have secured funding to increase organisational capacity and appoint a Deputy CEO to help manage this growth. 

Key areas of responsibility

Overall

● Develop and implement organisation systems and processes

● Oversee financial planning, management, reporting and compliance.

● Support project and programme delivery.

● Deputise for the CEO as and when necessary.

Operations and Culture

● Develop project management systems and processes as Economy’s work expands and becomes more complex.

● Develop policies, systems and processes which enable effective internal communication and collaboration.

● Develop the systems, processes and practices which underpin a healthy organisational culture and promote diversity and inclusion.

● Oversee the management and development of Economy’s infrastructure including website, social media, CRM database, Google Suite and reporting systems.

Finance and Fundraising

● Work with the Chief Executive to provide the strategic context for financial planning.

● Responsible for financial planning, management and control including procuring appropriate insurances and the preparation of business plans and annual reports.

● Responsible for financial reporting including cash forecasting, quarterly reporting to the Board, preparation and review of project and annual organisation budgets.

● Work with the Chief Executive to prepare funding applications and requisite reporting.

HR

● Responsible for HR at a strategic level, overseeing recruitment, training, disciplinary, staff well-being and all other personnel matters.

● Identify gaps in skills and experience in accordance with the Diversity and Inclusion Policy, and address through recruitment and training.

● Develop Economy’s HR policies, and draw in external expertise as necessary.

● Line management responsibilities.

Governance and Risk

● Work with the Chief Executive to deliver best practice, ensure compliance with legal requirements, attend Board meetings and prepare Board papers.

● Responsible for GDPR compliance.

Culture

● Always act in the best interests of Economy.

● Abide by Economy policies as set out in the Staff Handbook.

● Maintain confidentiality in all areas relating to Economy.

● To be flexible and to undertake any other reasonable duties as requested by the Board of Trustees.

Key skills and experience

Essential Skills and Experience

● Track record of developing organisational systems to promote collaboration, embed a positive organisational culture and enact diversity and inclusion across an organisation.

● An understanding of Diversity and Inclusion and how they can be embedded in all parts of organisational strategy, development and day-to-day operations.

● Managed teams to support organisational and personal development.

● Ability to meet tight deadlines and manage multiple priorities.

● Experience of designing, managing and delivering complex projects and programmes.

● An engaging presentational style.

● An ability to listen and communicate to build consensus and work collaboratively.

● A track record of using strategic thinking to improve outcomes and ways of working in an organisation.

● An ability to pay attention to detail across multiple areas of work

Values and behaviours

● Personal commitment to Economy’s values and purpose of supporting people – particularly those furthest from power – to use economics to achieve what matters to them.

● Ability to reflect and learn, including sharing failures and uncertainties. Openly taking feedback from the team and members of Economy’s community on your behaviours and work.

● The emotional intelligence to empathise with and appreciate others, creating opportunities for those you work with to grow and develop.

Desirable Development Areas

We are also looking for the following skills and experience. Please tell us if you have experience of these work areas or you are particularly interested in them for your own personal development.

● Financial strategy, reporting and planning.

● Experience developing and overseeing HR policies and processes.

● Good knowledge of charity law and best practice.

● Experience of using applications such as Wordpress, Hubspot, Google Suite, Slack, or Zoom.

● Experience of using accounting software Xero.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Economics is underpinned by a way of thinking dominated by white men who have studied and worked in a small number of institutions. We are looking for people that bring a different perspective. To this end, when candidates are of equal merit, we will prioritise selection and appointment of people who are from backgrounds that are under-represented in economic institutions and the charity sector.

How to apply

To apply for this vacancy, please send your completed application form and fill out our equal opportunities survey by 23.59pm Monday 8 June 

Want to lead an organisation that stands in solidarity alongside migrants in their fight for rights and justice? Then join us!

We are looking for an energetic and motivated Chief Executive Officer (Maternity Cover) to manage the organisation whilst the current CEO takes maternity leave. 

We are looking for an exceptional individual to provide effective leadership and oversight of our organisation to take it forward in its organisational aims and objectives according to its current strategy.

 They will have substantial experience in leading organisations within the not-for-profit sector, and background in fundraising and financial management. The individual will have excellent interpersonal skills, flexible, and an ability to manage a full and varied workload, and staff team.

As the lead spokesperson, the candidate will have exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, so they represent MRN’s position to the wider public and in the media.

The charity is looking for exceptional candidates with a:

• Commitment to upholding the rights of migrants

• Real vision as to how this can be done in the current political, social and economic climate of the UK

• Readiness to work with all groups and individuals who support in part or in whole the MRN mission

The salary will be £41,754 per annum, pro-rata. In addition, MRN contributes up to 6% of salary to pensions.

We particularly welcome and encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic individuals, and those who are migrants or refugees, and who have lived experience of the impact of immigration policy and practice.

Closing date for applications: 15 June 2020, 9.00 a.m.

Date for candidate interviews: 22 and 23 June 2020

We're looking for someone passionate about involving volunteers and with experience of quality volunteer management to build our capacity to support people experiencing homelessness by developing volunteering within our organisation. We provide the largest network of winter night shelters in the country, with space for 170 homeless people each night, and the need for our services is growing.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic development

• Working with the Service Development Manager, create and implement an overall volunteering strategy for the charity, including a plan for Glass Door's 1600 night shelter volunteers in 2020-21, as well as office volunteers and those supporting our casework services.
• With the Fundraising Manager, review our corporate volunteering strategy, in line with capacity to offer volunteering opportunities, and explore new fundraising volunteer opportunities.

Managing shelter Volunteer Coordinators

• Act as main point of contact (volunteer manager) for 60 shelter Volunteer Coordinators (volunteers), providing regular communications, handling enquiries and solving problems that arise.
• Provide quality annual briefing events for shelter Volunteer Coordinators and the volunteers in their teams.

Support others managing volunteers

• Work with colleagues and Volunteer Coordinators (volunteers) to develop volunteer recruitment plans to fill vacancies and provide necessary support throughout this process.
• Advertise engaging volunteering opportunities by uploading vacancies to our website and external vacancy sites.
• When required, support colleagues and Volunteer Coordinators with training their volunteers, troubleshooting volunteer problems and handling other volunteer management issues.

Developing materials and content

• Manage and maintain the volunteering section of the Glass Door website, including hidden pages that only our volunteers can access.
• In conjunction with the communications team, develop a volunteer communications plan and provide content for regular e-newsletters for volunteers.
• Develop and manage learning and development programmes for volunteers including e-learning content, covering inductions, health and safety, safeguarding and technical role-related training to ensure all volunteers are able to carry out their roles effectively and safely.
• Regularly review and improve the Volunteer Handbook in line with best practice.

Quality assurance of volunteer management practices

• Keep up to date with legislation and policy related to volunteering, volunteer management best practice and sector standards, and make any necessary modifications to accommodate changes.
• Network with other volunteer managers at external organisations and benchmark our practices against theirs.
• Explore opportunities to improve volunteer management at Glass Door.
• Ensure staff members who involve volunteers in their team have up to date risk assessments for all activities being undertaken by volunteers.
• Ensure that volunteers at Glass Door are properly selected, vetted, inducted, trained and equipped to carry out their role.
• Ensure all volunteer records are kept up to date using the database system (Donorflex).
• Ensure volunteers comply with Glass Door's safeguarding policy, identify volunteer roles that require references and DBS checks and ensure these checks are in place.
• Ensure volunteers follow the volunteer agreement and the golden rules of volunteering, working with staff or Volunteer Coordinators to address any performance issues.
• Assess whether there are improvements we could make to inclusion and accessibility in relation to volunteers.

Improve the volunteer experience

• Deliver a positive volunteer experience across all aspects of the volunteer journey.
• Design, circulate and analyse the annual volunteer survey and provide other feedback mechanisms for volunteers
• Regularly assess the quality of our volunteers’ experience, across all roles, to ensure they feel valued and fulfilled using volunteer feedback gathered throughout the year.
• Celebrate volunteering and give recognition to our volunteers, for example through arranging Volunteers’ Week, volunteer gifts and social activities.
• Develop peer learning opportunities for volunteers by facilitating ways for them to get to know and share their experiences with one another.
• Respond to enquiries from new and existing volunteers on an ongoing basis.

Growing volunteering

• Liaise with teams across the organisation to identify new opportunities for volunteers to engage and support their work.
• Define the various roles for volunteers with staff team leaders to ensure that proposed roles meet the needs of the organisation.
• Monitor, evaluate and report on the contribution being made by volunteers via an annual survey and other formal and informal feedback.
• Raise staff awareness of the role, function and value of volunteers.
• Promote the value of volunteers to our external audiences through publicity strategies and campaigns.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

ESSENTIAL

Personal Qualities

• An empathy with volunteers and an understanding of their needs.
• Enthusiastic, engaging manner, with the confidence to talk to volunteers and other supporters.
• Empathetic attitude towards homeless and vulnerably-housed people.
• A confident self-starter who will hit the ground running.
• A team worker with an open, collaborative style and a practical, “can-do” approach.
• Commitment to our values of being welcoming; being open to all, without prejudice; compassionate; believing individuals can turn their lives around; and knowing we can have a bigger impact when we work together.
• Commitment to and understanding of the issues relating to equality of opportunity and the ability to implement change in this area.
• Willing to travel around London for occasional meetings and events including some evenings and weekends. 

Qualifications and Experience

• At least a years’ experience in a role where managing volunteers has been a significant part of the job.
• Experience of using databases to record volunteer information.
• Experience of recruitment and onboarding of volunteers, or staff or students.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Able to work independently, be proactive and be able to develop relationships and manage multiple stakeholders.
• Competent IT skills in standard Microsoft packages: Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook and supporter databases to maintain meticulous records and administration systems, in line with agreed protocols.
• Excellent organisational skills with strong attention to detail, especially record-keeping and electronic filing.
• Strong written English and numeracy skills.
• Good interpersonal and verbal communication skills, professional telephone manner.
• Able to forward plan and schedule workflows.
• Able to relate to and work with people from a range of backgrounds.
• Excellent time management skills; able to work proactively unsupervised and use own initiative.
• Able to adhere to and implement Health and Safety, HR and operational policies.

DESIRABLE

• Experience of managing projects.
• A qualification in volunteer management such as an NCVO course.
• Full UK driving licence.

APPLICANT INFO

Closing date – Monday 15 June at 9am

Interview date – Friday 19 June (via video call)

You can also visit our website ( glassdoor .org .uk ) to download this same information in a PDF document.

To apply, please submit your CV and a covering letter explaining how your skills and experience are relevant to the job description and person specification. You can submit your CV and covering letter either through the CharityJob website or alternatively by email to Megan Preston: megan @ glassdoor .org .uk

You are welcome to contact Megan with any questions about the role or to discuss any accessibility requirements you have to enable you to apply. 

Our team’s usual workplace is our office in Chelsea, West London. However we are currently working from home, and that may still be the case when the hired candidate begins their role. Interviews will be held via video call.

We are looking for a Fundraising Officer to join the dynamic LRMN team. LRMN is a thriving organisation and one of the most established refugees and migrants’ organisations providing services in London but focusing in south and southeast London boroughs. Our services include specialist legal advice and information on immigration, housing and welfare, providing therapeutic and practical support to women who survived gender based violence, helping our service users access employment, training and volunteering opportunities, prevent mental health problems,  integrate and engage in their community.

As our Fundraising Officer you will take responsibility for successful delivery of LRMN’s Fundraising Strategy 2020-2023 and develop internal fundraising practice and knowledge. You will proactively seek out funding opportunities, develop project concepts and proposals, and prepare and submit detailed applications for funding. You will work closely with the CEO, Campaigns and Communications Officer and managers at LRMN to ensure key messages, relevant services and other important information are incorporated in all fundraising applications and activities.

To be successful, you must have at least 4 years’ experience of fundraising with good knowledge of a range of traditional and innovative fundraising methods and practices, proven experience of thinking, developing and delivering strategically and demonstrable record in developing and writing successful funding bids of at least £500k per year.

Awareness of issues and barriers faced by refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in accessing appropriate services is important and experience of working in the voluntary sector particularly in legal and welfare advice sector is desirable. You should be highly motivated and can work alone or as part of a team.

If you do not hear from us within 6 weeks after the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted this time.

LRMN is an equal opportunity employer.

I am currently looking for two experienced and enthusiastic Grants Officers. This exciting 6-month (FTC) opportunity will see you working for an amazing national charity supporting vulnerable people.
Reporting to the Grants Manager you will provide effective administrative support to the charity's grantees and potential grantees, ensuring the effective administration of grants.
Main duties:
To act as the day-to-day point of contact between the Foundation's grantees, potential grantees and the Foundation
To work with the Grants Manager, administering the Foundation's grant making programme across England, Wales and Scotland.
Responsibility for accepting and processing initial applications
Assisting in making arrangements for meetings including issuing papers and taking minutes where necessary.
To administer relationships with grantees including:
Managing the administration of new grants along with the Foundation's existing portfolio of grants.
Responsibility for grant payment administration.
Assisting the Grants Manager in drafting reports to the CEO, Board of Trustees, Ministry of Justice and other stakeholders
Maintaining quality data records on grant activity and relationships with charities, primarily via the Foundation database
Assisting the Grants Manager and Data Manager in the preparation and compilation of reports and statistics.

Essential person Specification
1. Interest in administering grants
2. Excellent verbal and written communication and skills
3. Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders
4. Accuracy and attention to detail
5. Strong organisational and project management skills

If you have the above skills and experience and are immediately available, please apply online today!