Ambitious College has a career defining opportunity for an exceptional person, who can inspire, lead and innovate. If you are ambitious about making the ordinary possible for young adults with autism, share our forward thinking, open minded values then we would love to hear from you.

We are an Ofsted “Good”, award winning Day College for young people aged 16-25 with a primary diagnosis of autism, some of whom have additional disabilities. We believe that every young person attending Ambitious College deserves a fulfilling, happy and rewarding life. Our person-centred educational approach ensures we focus on the individual learners requirements at all times.

Our mission is to make the ordinary possible for children and young people with autism and we do this through living our five values; we are ambitious, we value difference, we are open, we are team players and we are experts.  

What we offer:

• Excellent CPD including a wide-range of in house and external training courses.
• As a growing organisation there is opportunity to progress your career.
• Competitive annual salary paid over 52 weeks.
• Annual staff recognition awards.
• Cycle to work scheme up to £5000.
• Season ticket loans.
• A wide range of wellness programmes including: virtual yoga & zumba classes, running club, art & cooking classes and learning programmes.
• Employee Assistance Programme, to help you balance your work, family, and personal life.
• Access to physiotherapy.

We are seeking to appoint an outstanding and innovative Deputy Head who has:

• High expectations of our learners achieving their goals and aspirations, along with a commitment to providing education that promotes excellent progress and improves life chances, ‘making the ordinary possible'.
• Experience of successfully leading and managing a transdisciplinary team to ensure young adults are prepared for adulthood.
• Experience of working in a culture of change.
• Extensive teaching experience with young adults with complex special education needs.
• Ensure the objectives outlined in the College development plan are realised through a regular cycle of development planning, implementation, review and evaluation.
• Experience of leading, managing and supporting the development of colleagues through coaching or mentoring.

The position will require regular travel to both college sites.

Role Closes: Sunday 8th November, 12 noon.

Applicants informed of outcome: Monday 9th November 2020.

First stage interviews: Friday 13th 2020 (Virtually).

Second Stage Interview: Monday 16th November 2020. (In Person).

Start date: As soon as possible.

To find out more about this position please visit our website where you can find the recruitment pack entailing the role details.

Ambitious about Autism is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and we warmly welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates. We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit.

Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

£300 - 350 per day Inside IR35
6 month contract
Local Authority
London
October Start

Your new role
For this role you will lead and manage a diverse communications team to promote the council's values and achievements across a range of channels. You will work with a number of internal and external stakeholders including senior management, politicians and business leaders to implement an ambitious improvement programme. Streamlining communications across communication campaigns will be a key part of the role along with protecting the council's reputation through proactive and reactive media relations. You will also work extensively with residents and businesses to change behaviour throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

What you'll need to succeed

• Senior communications and engagement leadership experience in Local Government
• Experience evaluating communications campaigns across a variety of media channels
• Strong project management skills and experience of leading multi-disciplinary project teams
• Previously you will have led change programmes in a large organisation
• Evidence of using a range of internal communication channels to influence different audiences
• Experience of stakeholder engagement and influencing at all levels of a Local Government environment
• Experience delivering engagement on key campaign messages across digital channels

What you need to do now
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Job Overview

Interim Position

Day Rate: £340.00

Support the Associate Director of Finance in the day to day management of the financial management function of the trust

Responsibilities

• In year and year end reporting: Provides year end and month end reports for whole Trust, ensuring their accuracy and quality and delivery to timetable. Provides the I&E input to TFMSs and other required returns, and the validation of all other areas. This includes patient care activity and associated income.

Member of the Senior Finance Team providing analysis and briefing to the Director of Finance and Deputy on a wide range of issues across all financial areas.

• Responsible for ensuring the connection between WTE and workforce budgets, ESR reconciliation to financial ledger, payroll analysis, and all Workforce returns ensuring their complete reconciliation to all financial returns.
• Savings reporting – personal responsibility for ensuring all internal and external reporting of savings is accurate, confirmed and agreed by GM’s and Directors, and informs discussions on savings delivery, risks and future plans. Maintain the master savings tracker. Responsible for the QIA sign off process associated with the QIPP plan, including both Medical Director and Director of Nursing approval of QIPP plans from a quality perspective.
• Risk reporting – finance lead for all finance risk register and Board Assurance Framework reporting.
• Lord Carter reporting and other benchmarking - sole responsibility to review and understand the Carter metrics and other benchmarking information, reporting to the Board and ensuring that action plans are in place to make improvements in the reported metrics. This will also involve designing and developing systems for reporting.
• Other reporting requiring Finance input – take responsibility the accurate reporting for any other regular and ad hoc reports/information as required, including the development and improvements to reporting system (e.g. agency breach reporting)
• To ensure financial reporting systems are improved and designed to meet all finanical reporting requirements.
• To respond appropriately to all FOI requests within the timescale and ensure consistency in responses.

 Qualifications and experience: 

• CCAB qualified accountant (degree level).
• 3 years post qualification experience at senior level.
• Has a highly developed knowledge of all aspects of:
• Advanced accounting (including very specialist areas), budgeting and financial management techniques;
• Business case preparation;
• the NHS and Foundation Trust financial regimes;
• NHS service developments and financial consequences of them;
• Staff management;
• Change and project management;

Deputy Shop Manager

You will join us as a Deputy Manager to oversee the running of a busy retail outlet ensuring that stock is sourced, sorted, processed and merchandised in a timely manner. Recruiting and maintaining a large team of volunteers is also a requirement together with administering to the business needs of this outlet.

Deputy Shop Manager Requirements:

The successful candidate will have good organisational and communication skills and the ability to work flexibly across the area when necessary. The position is offered for 7 hrs per week to include Saturdays on a rota basis. Retail supervisory experience is preferred together with working knowledge of Health and Safety. Basic IT skills are essential.

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

About CLIC Sargent:

Today, 12 children and young people in the UK hear the shocking news they have cancer. CLIC Sargent is the UK’s leading cancer charity for children and young people, and their families, and provides them with clinical, practical, emotional and financial support. You can be a part of helping them cope with cancer and get the most out of life.

We are always looking for talented people from all backgrounds, to join us and help improve the lives of children and young people with cancer and their families. We particularly want to encourage people from under-represented groups to step forward and apply to work or volunteer with CLIC Sargent.

CLIC Sargent is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.

Location: Clevedon Shop, North Somerset

Job type: Part Time, Permanent, 7 hours per week

Salary: £3,276 actual per annum

Benefits: In return for your commitment, we offer a great reward package, which includes generous annual leave entitlement, pension scheme and season ticket loan.

Closing Date: 26 October 2020
Interview Date: 2 November 2020

You may have experience of the following: Deputy Shop Manager, Assistant Store Manager, Charity, Retail, Assistant Manager, Store Management, Third Sector, Business Development, Charities, Volunteer, Voluntary Sector, Charity Shop, NFP, Not for Profit, etc.

Ref: 94801

Location: When appropriate, Youth Futures would prefer that the Head of Policy is based at either our Birmingham or Leeds hub. However, we will not discount applications from candidates whose preference is to be based at our London hub. Please specify your preferred office location when applying

Reporting to: Director of Strategy and Innovation

The Youth Futures Foundation is a new, independent, not for profit organisation set up to tackle youth unemployment with a £90million endowment from the Reclaim Fund. We are looking for bold and impactful ways to help young people find and keep good jobs. There are over 750,000 young people not in education or employment in the UK. Young people are twice as likely to be unemployed than older adults in the labour market and BAME and disadvantaged young people disproportionately bear the brunt of it.

We are building an ‘empowerment foundation’ to identify practical solutions that work in a complex world yet are simple and cost effective enough to roll out across multiple locations, to reach as many young people as possible. To do this, we are now building our own inspiring team to help us achieve our vision.

As our Head of Policy you will work closely with the Director of Strategy & Innovation, the Head of Strategy, and other colleagues to support and contribute to YFF’s evidence-based policy work by the development and delivery of a cutting-edge policy agenda and stakeholder outreach strategy. You will identify and seize opportunities for influencing public policy at a national, local and regional level. You will be working in partnership with young people, employers, funders and government to collectively develop and champion effective approaches to bring about transformational change.

This is an exciting opportunity for an empowering leader to be at the core of the creation and delivery of the future-looking big ideas that will most transform youth employment over the next 10 years.

You will possess significant experience in a senior policy role in a relevant organisation, such as youth opportunities, employment support or a relevant government department with a demonstrable understanding of current key debates and priorities in the youth employment space. With the ability to remain politically neutral, you will have gained a deep understanding of the UK political environment and the operation of government in a policy or influencing role within a complex multi-stakeholder environment. You will also possess strong organisational, project management, report writing and influencing skills and given our collaborative approach, we are looking for a track record of solutions-oriented, convening and partnership working.

We are especially interested in hearing from individuals who are Black, Asian or from a minority ethnic background, and those who have lived experience that reflects the lives of the young people we are seeking to support. Whatever your background, if you have a personal mission that aligns with ours, and the ability to engage equally well with young people sat on the floor of a community centre as you do with business and government leaders in imposing board rooms, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

For more information, please click on 'Apply'

The closing date is 11.59pm 1st November 2020.

About Us

The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) provides acute and specialist care for over half a million people in the local area, plus a broader community regionally and nationally for specialist services. We have a workforce of over 5,000 and a turnover in excess of £320m. Our Trust operates from a main campus; 52-acre site situated 1.5 miles from Bath’s thriving city centre. We are determined to continuously improve the quality of services we provide and to make the most of our fantastic setting.

The RUH is a vibrant organisation with a reputation for delivering high quality services, though increasingly, like most NHS organisations, this is against a backdrop of fundamental challenges facing the sector. The future will be about organisations working together to deliver the best quality experience and outcomes for patients in a sustainable way. We are at the forefront of shaping the landscape of healthcare delivery locally, whilst continuing to lead ground-breaking, nationally recognised services.

Our values are: Everyone Matters, Working Together, and Making a Difference and are at the heart of everything we do.

The role

We are currently looking to recruit an experienced, professional, and highly motivated Deputy Director of Finance with a depth of leadership experience to ensure financial sustainability is delivered for the Trust. 

This is a key role for the Trust, working with the Director of Finance/Deputy Chief Executive and other members of the Executive team and this post will be instrumental in developing the financial culture, systems and practice within the Finance Department and the wider Trust environment and also across the local Integrated Care System (ICS).

As Deputy Director of Finance, you will manage the Finance department and its functions on a day to day basis which includes the Procurement function. You will also work with the Director of Finance/Deputy Chief Executive and other Executives to shape and develop the Trusts strategic direction and successfully manage their implementation. This includes taking the lead for the Trust on the financial planning for the Hospital Infrastructure Programme 2 (HIP2) and other major capital developments

About you

To succeed in this role at the RUH you will:

• Be a qualified accountant with significant experience working in a medium - large, complex organisation and have prior experience of developing large scale and complex Business Cases to support the development of our Hospital Infrastructure Programme (HIP2)
• Have experience of leading and working with Finance and Operational teams alike in the development of financial plans that enable the delivery of operational requirements, high quality care and financial sustainability
•  Have excellent verbal and written communication skills and demonstrable experience of leading finance and other corporate functions to develop a mature and rounded service
• Be financially and politically aware, bringing a high level of NHS knowledge on the delivery of transformational changes within the NHS and acting as an ambassador for the Trust when working with many external NHS organisations and the wider health economy including regulators.
• Need strategic perspective, a proven ability to develop a financial culture that enables the delivery of high quality services, complemented by resilience and a collegiate approach.

Band 9 salary package £91,004 – £104,927 dependant on experience 

At least 27 days holiday each year and a generous NHS pension

Head of Region (South East covering Southampton/Portsmouth/Reading/Slough/Oxford/Brighton/Hampshire and Sussex)

Based remotely, with frequent travel to stakeholders across your region. 

Are you a good fit?

We are looking for an entrepreneurial and highly networked Head of Region to join our dynamic, fast growing charity.

Do you have a proven track record of connecting employers and educational institutions with leading employability services?

Do you have a background in education and enterprise co-ordination?

Do you have extensive experience in business development, owning a strategy, innovating services and delivering against targets?

If you can answer yes to the above, please read on to find out more about this role within Speakers for Schools.

This role will see you creating an ecosystem of employers, schools and young people to provide equal opportunities for all.

Your key duties will be to:

• Build a strategy to connect a network of schools, colleges, employers and partners in the South East.
• Forge a regional ecosystem to provide quality experiences for young people with regional employers.
• Bring innovation to work experiences and skills across the region to build a talent pipeline, bespoke for your region.
• Support young people in developing their aspirations.
• Manage relationships with stakeholders ensuring an exceptional experience.
• Creatively communicate with stakeholders to keep them engaged and active.
• Lead a small team of Regional Partners, managing motivation and performance.
• Proactively reach out to schools and employers to onboard them to our mission.
• Collaborate with the delivery team to ensure a seamless service for work experiences.
• Work with internal systems and processes for a slick operation and clear reporting.  
• Lead on national projects that support the wider customer team and head office team.

The absolute essence of your role will be to transform lives through ambition-changing experiences, opening opportunities for those with the highest needs.

Key skills: 

• Unrelenting passion for your community and the difference that can be made, raising the region higher, one aspiration-building work experience at a time.
• Influential networker able to work across employer senior leaders, educators, careers leaders and young people to persuasively power a process of quality work experiences.
• Innovative thinker with a flair for finding new ways to deliver a difference, bringing new ideas that are relevant to your region and your personal knowledge of its macro economy.
• Inspiring leader with solid people management skills to build and lead a small team of Regional Partners with a purposeful strategy to achieve targets and have the greatest efficiency in your operation.
• Key collaborator able to connect your region to the national team and the London head office, working to achieve our wider charitable aims and lead independent projects.

Key experience:

• Extensive experience connecting employers and educational institutions, leading employability services.
• Extensive experience owning a strategy, innovating services and delivering against targets. 
• Good track record of managing a team, leading by example and performance managing.
• Good experience working collaboratively to activate and achieve projects.
• Experience of working in a start-up organisation would be an advantage.

We are looking forward to holding video interviews through October and appointing our Head of Region swiftly so we can start delivering a difference in November and beyond. You must have the right to work in the UK without visa restriction to be considered.

Why us?

Speakers for Schools are a dynamic, swift-moving and fast-growing charity. We are on a mission to support a million young people across the UK annually by 2023. Having taken the first steps on the road to achieving this, our team has doubled in size in the past year. This has supported 278% growth in our Experience programme and 10% growth in our Inspiration programme during the past 12 months.

We want to level the playing field, making sure that all young people can access inspirational opportunities and experiences to fuel their ambition.

We are united and unique in our mission to transform lives through raising aspirations of millions of young people every year. Each year, 1,500 senior leaders, celebrities and industry experts deliver a difference to by sharing their story with students in schools and colleges in every corner of the UK. We connect employers such as Disney, The Bank of England, Spotify PwC and almost two hundred others to communities to provide access to the top opportunities for all across the UK. With us, you will be part of inspiring a generation to reach higher, broaden horizons and get equal access to the top.

To keep growing our charity and our impact, we need top talent and we are committed to treasuring, developing and supporting them to thrive within their role.

Diversity at our core

At Speakers for Schools, we are committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce, and eliminating discrimination. Our aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. We welcome applications from all, including those where employment has been affected by Covid19 and those seeking to change careers. Diversity if at our core, join us.

How to Apply:

Please apply as soon as possible submitting your CV and a one page covering letter which outlines your specific interest and ability to successfully fill this role, as well as your salary expectations and current notice period.

Please make it clear in your cover letter what previous experience you have working with Salesforce.

Appointees are subject to a successful DBS check, as contact with young people is likely. 

Please note, if you do not provide a covering letter your application will not be considered.

The Journey to joining Speakers for Schools:

Interviews will be scheduled as applications are received, before the closing date, and will take place over Microsoft Teams. We may appoint before this date depending on applications.

This a varied and exciting post, supporting and working closely with the Pastoral team, and working as PA to the Deputy Head (Pastoral). The primary role is to provide administrative support to the Deputy Head (Pastoral), who is also the school’s Designated Safeguarding Lead. The PA will also provide administrative support to the Deputy Head (Mental Health & Wellbeing).

The PA will act as a first point of contact for the Deputy Head (Pastoral), managing their diary and dealing with all correspondence and phone calls in a timely and professional manner. Excellent administration, organisation and communication skills are essential. The PA must also be highly discrete and have previous experience of working in PA work or office management.

Salary: £33,000 per annum

8.00am - 4.30pm, Monday to Friday (full time post)

Further details and an application form can be obtained from the School’s website, via the ‘Work with Us’ link.

The closing date for all applications is midday on Wednesday 4 November 2020.

Interviews will take place during the week commencing 9 November 2020.

St Paul’s School and St Paul’s Juniors are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employer and the Disclosure and Barring Service. St Paul’s School and St Paul’s Juniors are an equal opportunities employer.

Head of Product

£50,000 - 62,000pa

London, and currently remote

The Head of Product is responsible for technology product management processes and practice, and works closely with Comic Relief’s (CR’s) leaders to discover and develop all user facing digital / technology products and the related systems within CR.

Head of Product leads a team of product and delivery managers who service the user needs of three core audiences; external consumers, funded partners and internal teams.

The Head of Product will be the CTO’s deputy and will also have a big part to play in enabling the Digital Transformation of Comic Relief.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Leadership of the Product team  - create a strong team with the confidence to embrace change and foster a culture of partnership, consistent delivery and operational excellence.
• Delivery - hands on product and programme management of cross-technology products such as data infrastructure and payment services.
• Stakeholder management – build strong relationships with all stakeholders and work with them to define and manage the Technology roadmap and initiatives to support overall organisational aims.
• Be the subject matter expert - in product management expand the team’s understanding of best practice, techniques and methodologies, as well as continuous improvement, learning through experimentation and user-centred product design
• Digital Transformation – play a key role in re-imagining Comic Relief’s business processes, culture and user experiences to meet the challenges of the evolving digital landscape and the continued evolution of the charity sector.
• To lead, manage and support line report(s) through regular one-to-one meetings and clear performance objectives and objectives and key results (OKRs).
• Be an ambassador for collaborative cross-functional working both within Technology and across the wider organisation.
• Contribute to the wider charity community through sharing technology and collaboration on shared issues.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:

• Experience of leading a digital product management team in a challenging business environment, ideally in the not for profit sector
• Good knowledge of the contemporary digital landscape and, ideally, not-for-profit sector digital landscape and strategies
• Strong technical understanding, ability to communicate effectively with engineers.
• Ability to identify opportunity spaces and develop prototypes and proof-of-concepts to validate and progress new products.
• Able to apply systems thinking across organisational needs to simplify CR operations.
• Outstanding solid product management and delivery skills – the ability to engage, motivate and deliver organisational change to create a user-centric and evidence driven product management function.
• Curious and creative thinker – to create a learning organisation committed to continuous improvement and always striving to do things better.

To apply please visit our website via the link and apply online.

Role closes - 12:00pm, 28th Oct 2020 GMT (Europe/London)

Inclusivity at Comic Relief

We recognise diversity and inclusion are a source of strength in achieving our mission. We therefore welcome everyone, trusting what makes us different brings creativity, styles and experiences to help us collectively do our best work. That’s regardless of your gender, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, and cultural identity. We especially welcome those from under-represented groups in modern grant-making and fundraising. We are on a journey, but if you join our team you will be part of a community that is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where we want you to:

• Be valued for being yourself
• Do your best work, and be supported to break down barriers so you can succeed
• Be heard, respected, and treated as an equal, whatever your level, experience or background
• Be part of a team that is committed to making this happen – with our colleagues, partners, and contributors.

Comic Relief is committed to preventing and protecting all people from harm in their interactions with us. We expect all those that act in our name to uphold our approach to doing no harm.

Role: Head of Region (Central Covering LEPs – Gfirst, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Worcestershire and Coventry Warwickshire) 

We are looking for an entrepreneurial and highly networked Head of Region to join our dynamic, fast growing charity.

Do you have a proven track record of connecting employers and educational institutions with leading employability services?

Do you have a background in education and enterprise co-ordination?

Do you have extensive experience in business development, owning a strategy, innovating services and delivering against targets?

If you can answer yes to the above, please read on to find out more about this role within Speakers for Schools.

This role will see you creating an ecosystem of employers, schools and young people to provide equal opportunities for all.

Your key duties will be to:

• Build a strategy to connect a network of schools, colleges, employers and partners in the Central regions. 
• Forge a regional ecosystem to provide quality experiences for young people with regional employers.
• Bring innovation to work experiences and skills across the region to build a talent pipeline, bespoke for the your region.
• Support young people in developing their aspirations.
• Manage relationships with stakeholders ensuring an exceptional experience.
• Creatively communicate with stakeholders to keep them engaged and active.
• Lead a small team of Regional Partners, managing motivation and performance.
• Proactively reach out to schools and employers to onboard them to our mission.
• Collaborate with the delivery team to ensure a seamless service for work experiences.
• Work with internal systems and processes for a slick operation and clear reporting.  
• Lead on national projects that support the wider customer team and head office team.

The absolute essence of your role will be to transform lives through ambition-changing experiences, opening opportunities for those with the highest needs.

Key Skills:

• Unrelenting passion for your community and the difference that can be made, raising the region higher, one aspiration-building work experience at a time.
• Influential networker able to work across employer senior leaders, educators, careers leaders and young people to persuasively power a process of quality work experiences.
• Innovative thinker with a flair for finding new ways to deliver a difference, bringing new ideas that are relevant to your region and your personal knowledge of its macro economy.
• Inspiring leader with solid people management skills to build and lead a small team of Regional Partners with a purposeful strategy to achieve targets and have the greatest efficiency in your operation.
• Key collaborator able to connect your region to the national team and the London head office, working to achieve our wider charitable aims and lead independent projects. 

Key experiences:

• Extensive experience connecting employers and educational institutions, leading employability services.
• Extensive experience owning a strategy, innovating services and delivering against targets.
• Good track record of managing a team, leading by example and performance managing.
• Good experience working collaboratively to activate and achieve projects.
• Experience of working in a start-up organisation would be an advantage.

We are looking forward to holding video interviews through October and appointing our Head of Region swiftly so we can start delivering a difference in November and beyond. You must have the right to work in the UK without visa restriction to be considered.

Why us?

Speakers for Schools are a dynamic, swift-moving and fast-growing charity. We are on a mission to support a million young people across the UK annually by 2023. Having taken the first steps on the road to achieving this, our team has doubled in size in the past year. This has supported 278% growth in our Experience programme and 10% growth in our Inspiration programme during the past 12 months.

We want to level the playing field, making sure that all young people can access inspirational opportunities and experiences to fuel their ambition.

We are united and unique in our mission to transform lives through raising aspirations of millions of young people every year. Each year, 1,500 senior leaders, celebrities and industry experts deliver a difference to by sharing their story with students in schools and colleges in every corner of the UK. We connect employers such as Disney, The Bank of England, Spotify PwC and almost two hundred others to communities to provide access to the top opportunities for all across the UK. With us, you will be part of inspiring a generation to reach higher, broaden horizons and get equal access to the top.

To keep growing our charity and our impact, we need top talent and we are committed to treasuring, developing and supporting them to thrive within their roles. 

Diversity at our core

At Speakers for Schools, we are committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce, and eliminating discrimination. Our aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.

How to Apply:

Please apply as soon as possible submitting your CV and a one page covering letter which outlines your specific interest and ability to successfully fill this role, as well as your salary expectations and current notice period.

Please make it clear in your cover letter what previous experience you have working with Salesforce.

Appointees are subject to a successful DBS check, as contact with young people is likely. 

Please note, if you do not provide a covering letter your application will not be considered.

The Journey to joining Speakers for Schools:

Interviews will be scheduled as applications are received, before the closing date, and will take place over Microsoft Teams. We may appoint before this date depending on applications.

Together Co is Brighton and Hove’s leading loneliness charity, working to create connections that change lives for the better across the city. We run Befriending and Social Prescribing services supporting more than a 1500 people a year and have 400+ volunteers working alongside our small paid staff team. In a city of 300,000 people no one should be lonely or socially isolated. Together, we can make sure no one is.  

A person centred, collaborative and compassionate approach is at the heart of what we do and we are looking for someone with the right skills and attitudes to take our befriending operations through the next phase of development, building on more than 20 years of successful delivery.

This is a rare opportunity to join the management team of an organisation that is moving from strength to strength. A recent rebrand has not only given us a fresh new look, but has also helped us rationalise our aims, align our services and further exemplify our values. Reporting to the Deputy Chief Officer, you will lead the strategic planning, development and operational delivery of Together Co Social Prescribing, bringing a bold, innovative and evidence-based approach to future-proofing the service, growing its scope and reach, whilst upholding high standards of quality and accountability. Social Prescribing is a fast-moving and evolving field of practice, and the post will suit candidates who thrive on change, out-of-the box thinking and who are able to apply a solution-focused approach.

You will have:

• at least three years experience of managing projects and contracts to deliver services, on time and within budget, to meet the needs of service users;
• experience of working collaboratively with partners in both public, third and private sector, and involving users, service providers, volunteers and staff in evaluation and service development;
• experience of tendering for commissions and contracts, preferably in a health and social care context; and demonstrable commitment to challenging racism, inequality and unfairness.

We want our organisation to reflect the diversity of the population we serve and we welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, especially, including people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. To learn more about our work, please visit the /what-we-do pages of our website.

Head of Policy and Research (3845)

Central London

Circa £54,000 per year (Incl. London weighting)

Permanent Full Time – 35 hours per week
 

Speaking up and making life better for children, young people and their families.
 

The role

We are looking for a Head of Policy & Research to join our Policy & Campaigns department. Through strengthening our evidence base and engaging with a wide range of stakeholders you will work with colleagues across the charity to deliver effective policy and research. 

You will make a difference by:

-Leading an ambitious programme of policy work and developing our evidence base in key areas.

-Leading and managing a team of policy advisers and working closely with the Head of Campaigns and Public Affairs

-Maximising opportunities to make change happen, delivering integrated projects with public affairs, campaigns and children's services colleagues.

-Ensuring the views of children, parents and staff are at the centre of all our work.

-Supporting the strategic development of policy priorities.

You will need:

-A track record of influencing decision makers to deliver policy change.

-Experience of leading and managing effective teams.

-The ability to analyse and interpret complex data to make the case for children.

-Experience of carrying out and commissioning new research.

-Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

-A passion to make a difference to children's lives.

The way we work

We work to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team. Have a look at our behaviours and values to understand more about the way we work here.
 

Rewards

We want our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, a comprehensive employer-matched pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts on our dedicated benefits portal. Find out more about our exclusive Action for Children benefits here.

For safe and happy childhoods

At Action for Children, we protect and support children and young people, providing practical and emotional care and support, ensuring their voices are heard, and campaigning to bring lasting improvements to their lives. Last year, we helped more than 387,000 children and families across the UK.
 

For more information and to apply, please visit our website via the apply button.

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This highly respected membership organisation are looking for a senior policy professional to join their team.

Within this role, you can look forward to leading on the creation and delivery of the the organisations high-profile policy work and engagement that will underpin key aspects of their 5 years strategy. Working with the Director of Policy and Public Affairs, you will be spearheading the organisations efforts to inform and influence decision makers and opinion formers across the UK and Ireland, to build strategic partnerships and increase the organisations visibility and the impact of their work.

Line managing a team of 3, you will work collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation to ensure that their policy and advocacy work is integrated, consistent and high quality. You will oversee key programmes of work that will aim to inform and influence both the UK and Irish governments investment priorities in research, innovation and education, as well as driving the national debate about skills within the UK and Ireland.

You will be overseeing the organisations policy work such as the preparing written submission to government, parliaments and councils, and also producing briefings for trustees, senior staff and members.

The ideal candidate will:

• Be an experienced senior policy professional
• Have a strong track record in the development and delivery of high-profile policy projects and positions
• Have experience of understanding complex governance systems, as well as quality assurance and review of policy projects
• Have strong line management experience
• Have a strong stakeholder engagement ability

Head of Policy, Science Policy, Policy Director, Regulatory Policy, Director of Policy, Senior Policy Manager

Your new company
This organisation is a UK-based learned society and professional body that works to advance Research, Application and Education in a particular science field.

Your new role
This role is part of the organisations senior management team. The Head of Policy will lead the design and delivery of a high-profile programme of policy work and engagement that will underpin key parts of the organisations five-year strategy.

Working with the Director of Policy and Public Affairs, a talented policy team, trustees and senior colleagues from across the organisation, the Head of Policy will spearhead the organisations efforts to inform and influence decision makers and opinion formers in the UK and Ireland, to build strategic partnerships and to increase the visibility and impact of the organisations policy work.

The Head of Policy will play a central role in the development of ambitious new programmes and large scale projects with the aim of fostering national debate and long-lasting societal and economic impact.

What you'll need to succeed
In order to be successful on application it is expected that applicants will possess the following skills/experience:

• Proven experience of managing and developing high performing and influential policy teams
• Track record of influencing senior decision makers and opinion formers and of building strategic partnerships and alliances
• Experience and understanding of complex governance systems and quality assurance and review of policy projects
• A track record of developing and delivering high quality and influential policy projects and positions
• Demonstrable experience of applying political acumen and sound judgement when making decisions

• Demonstrable experience of setting annual work plans and designing and managing complex policy projects and associated risks

• Experience of formulating and communicating robust, evidence-based policy advice (sometimes under pressure and with uncertain information) to internal audiences (e.g. Council/Board members, senior staff) or external stakeholders (e.g. ministers, Parliamentarians, scientific or political advisers)
• Ability to manage competing priorities e.g. balancing reactive and proactive priorities

What you'll get in return
In return, you will be placed into a permanent role paying between £65,000 - £70,000 per annum.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call Joshua McMahon on 0333 010 5302 (local rate).

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