We are looking for an ambitious fundraiser to join us in the role of Head of Regular Giving where you will be part of a dynamic, innovative and supportive team delivering on some of Cambridge University Boat Club’s significant fundraising priorities.

This is an exciting time in our history as the high-performance rowing programmes at Cambridge came together into one club in 2020. We are working in an unprecedently close way with the University of Cambridge Development and Alumni Relations Office to ensure a sustainable future for our Club and the institution of the Boat Races.

To be successful in this role you will have a strong background in growing individual giving programmes across a diverse range of channels online and offline. You will have proven experience of implementing fundraising strategies with a significant income track record. You will have a sound knowledge of fundraising regulation and an awareness of the HE regular giving landscape and the challenges it faces. You will also have a deep understanding of supporter journeys and how to ensure donor engagement is maximised.   

You will be innovative and confident in building and developing relationships. You will also be a strong team player who is able to collaborate closely with colleagues to identify opportunities as they arise.

This position is an exciting opportunity for someone who is results-oriented, has a flexible and innovative approach to their work and would relish the diversity and strength of the Cambridge University Boat Club and the Cambridge University environment. We have extraordinary aspirations and know we can make these a reality – come and be a part of our team.

The closing date for this position is Wednesday 24 March 2021.

First round interviews for this position are anticipated to take place week commencing 29 March 2021.

Job Description

Job Title: Communications and Campaigns Manager – Inspiring Governance

Reports to: Director of Governance Programmes

Location: Flexible with occasional travel to London office - Quantum House, 22 – 24 Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London, EC4A 3EB

Purpose: The UK based Education and Employers charity aims to ensure that all young people have the inspiration, motivation, knowledge, skills and opportunities they need to help them achieve their potential. One of the ways it achieves this aim is via the Inspiring Governance recruitment service. Funded by the Department for Education, this is a free governor recruitment service which gets highly skilled volunteers to serve as governors in some of the most disadvantaged schools in England and in so doing, helping to raise educational achievement.

This is a fantastic opportunity to make a difference by taking on a leading role in driving our communications and campaigns activities, both with volunteers and employers looking to support governance, and with recruiters looking to appoint governors in their school and local academy boards.

The postholder will primarily be responsible for developing and personally delivering a suite of communications and campaigns activity. They will work as part of a close and supportive team with other colleagues in Inspiring Governance and the wider charity.

Remuneration: circa £28-30k - depending upon experience

Additional Terms: 30 days paid holiday, exclusive of Statutory Holiday plus competitive pension scheme and a volunteering allowance of up to 5 days – pro rata in accordance with the length of contract. Additional family friendly benefits including enhancements to Statutory Payments.

Appointment Terms: Fixed term contract – initially until March 31st, 2022

Job Description

The successful candidate will be responsible for all aspects of communications and campaigns that contribute to driving volunteer sign ups, supporting our employer engagement, and successfully engaging recruiters with our governance recruitment services:

• Inspiring Governance: This is a free (at point of use) England wide online recruitment service that connects schools with skilled volunteers interested in being governors and trustees. The service is currently funded by the Department for Education (DfE) The programme has specific, and demanding Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to meet around numbers of volunteers sourced and placed, the diversity of volunteers and the number of vacancies registered by schools.
• Inspiring FE Governance: This is a free (at point of use) England wide online recruitment service dedicated to finding individuals with the right skills to serve on Further Education (FE Boards) in England, including chairs of finance committees. Board members are committed volunteers and the role is like a company non-executive director. The Inspiring FE Governance service is funded by the Education and Training Foundation and run solely by Education and Employers. The programme has specific Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to meet, around numbers of volunteers sourced and placed for example.

We are looking for a strategic thinking, motivated individual who can evolve existing campaigns, develop new ones, and deliver a range of communications activity across multiple channels to promote the Inspiring Governance Service. The post-holder will understand governance and is passionate about supporting young people to realise their potential. Education and Employers is a small charity working at a rapid pace to bring about change and the ideal candidate will be a self-starter with strong communication skills, able to absorb key information quickly and work well with a small team in a dynamic working environment.

Key Accountabilities:

Review, evolve and deliver our current communications strategy

• To review, critique and develop the current Inspiring Governance communications strategy
• Put in place plans to resource and deliver this strategy at minimum cost for maximum gain
• Undertake metrics tracking to secure management information on all our communications channels, helping to inform and revise our ongoing strategy

Managing our website and social media channels

• Manage the Inspiring Governance website, overseeing and generating all content and liaising with our website hosts to ensure the website is engaging, informative and accessible
• Generating and posting content (including video) for the Inspiring Governance social media channels (Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.) that is designed to maximise benefit and reach for the service itself
• Works with the website provider and other external agencies as appropriate (film companies/ designers) to develop briefs for and delivery of key communications and marketing assets
• Through well planned social media campaigns and activity, grow our followership in terms of reach and by securing influential followers that can magnify our communications reach
• Develop the ongoing content schedule for the Inspiring Governance news stories pages. Commission, author and edit articles for these pages, promoting them appropriately to secure the widest readership
• Developing a wider library of photos/ images that are engaging, support our written comms and are tailored appropriately at our governance audiences

Curate, maintain, update, and develop our resources for volunteers and recruiters

• Review our current resources and revise any branding in line with a change in our delivery partnership, which will involve re-branding some material and maintaining branding/ attributed IPR of others
• Update our resources in line with DfE issued advice and guidance on school and academy governance
• Refine and further develop Inspiring Governance’s existing offer to volunteers thus helping ensure volunteers are ready to take up their role on a governing board
• Signpost ongoing support in the market that volunteers can access during their first years in governance

Developing our existing and new campaigns

• Work with partners to develop the Everyone on Board campaign (to diversify schools governing boards) that to date has been jointly developed with the National Governance Association
• Work with partners to develop the Educators on Board campaign (to encourage more educators on to governing boards) that to date has been jointly developed with the National Governance Association
• Develop and expand the School Governor Champions campaign that encourages employers and organisations to become a corporate supporter of school governance
• Support the Head of Employer and Volunteer Engagement to develop employer and sector led campaigns like Take a Closer Look (engineers) and Health Ambassadors (NHS staff)
• Conceptualise and deliver new campaigns that help us achieve our objectives and contract KPIs

Review and update all our existing communications with volunteers and recruiters

• Review the range of automated e-mail and personal communication that goes to users of the service (both volunteers and recruiters). Ensure that these comms best support the user/ customer journey and reflect the friendly, helpful and straightforward approach the service currently takes to its users
• Draft content for and distribute regular communications that go to IG volunteers and recruiters such as the volunteer and recruiter newsletters and annual surveys
• Work with Inspiring the Future colleagues in the charity to put in place a communications approach that encourages ITF volunteers to deepen their volunteering commitment and register for Inspiring Governance

Partnership communications and wider PR/ press coverage

• Secure wider PR/Press coverage for the Inspiring Governance service and its campaigns in trade, regional and possibly national channels
• Work with educational stakeholders to support the wider promotion of the IG service and our messages. This will include the National Governance Association as a previous delivery partner but also professional associations and membership bodies
• Further develop our employer social media toolkit and ensure that employers and professional associations we work with have the copy and tools to promote the Inspiring Governance service within their internal and external communications networks
• Ensure Inspiring Governance maximises its exposure through linking to national campaigns such as volunteer’s week and National Careers Development Month.

Wider charity contribution

• When required provide support to the wider charity’s communications activities and priorities. For example, this could be supporting the release of our research reports like the recent Value of Volunteering report.

Other

• Represent the charity’s governance programmes and the Director at external events and conferences as appropriate
•  Proactively contribute ideas and thoughts into the governance programmes team and into the wider Charity; both on Inspiring Governance Comms and the charity’s wider work; 
• Other ad hoc duties as required.

Person specification:

Skills/ Knowledge/ Expertise

Essential

• Degree or equivalent experience e.g. CMI/CAM Cert/Dip
• Management level experience of developing and delivering communication strategies and executing them via effective programme and project management;
• Demonstrable supplier, client, and stakeholder engagement experience (including working with designers, printers, schools and wider educational stakeholders and their representatives);
• Management level experience of managing and delivering across a communications function (experience of engaging employers/ volunteers and schools/academies would be ideal) including scoping and delivering a programme of activity to achieve demanding Key Performance Metrics;
• Excellent IT skills and demonstrable experience of effectively using a content management system – we use Word Press;
• Excellent drafting and copy writing skills and the ability to structure and produce compelling and grammatically correct written content for a range of audiences;
• Demonstrable experience of conceptualising, planning and executing national comms campaigns to achieve demonstrable target group behaviours, such as encouraging volunteer and recruiter sign up to a service;
• Demonstrable experience of engaging and working effectively and collaboratively with colleagues and external partners across multiple geographical locations;
• Excellent people skills, the ability to influence (including with senior representatives) and the manner to professionally represent both the governance programmes and the Charity as a whole with schools, academy trusts and educational/ employer stakeholders;

Desirable

• A passion for supporting young people in realising their potential through placing skilled volunteers as governors in schools; 
• A successful track record in delivering tangible outcomes through engagement with schools, volunteers, employers and educational stakeholders;
• Experience of producing video and photography content to a standard that can be used on public facing websites;
• Specialist knowledge of the education and employment sectors and the policy environment underpinning these in order to tailor effective messaging;
• Experience and/or knowledge of governance within an education context; willingness to become a governor desirable
• Experience of working to deliver significant national Key Performance Metrics using resources (human and financial) efficiently and effectively; 
  • Understanding of risk management and data protection.

Personal Attributes

• Good level of education, demonstrating strong client facing aptitude and communication skills both written and verbal. Comfort and confidence in working with a variety of senior external stakeholders
• Self-motivated and relentless in pursuing goals, having an entrepreneurial and enterprising approach to their work;
• Good working knowledge and practical application of Microsoft office tools and the ability to understand and work with customer relationship management software – we currently operate our services on a Salesforce platform;
• A solutions orientated “doer”- ability to pro-actively anticipate requirements and act to provide workable solutions to these;
• Influencer - demonstrates personal ‘presence’ and gains the confidence of others through temperament, capability and calibre;
• Demonstrates sensitivity and possesses the ability to effectively manage the organisational tensions that sometimes develop between internal and external stakeholders involved in the organisation and delivery of communications. 
• Team Player: working collaboratively and flexibly with other colleagues to achieve outcomes and is keen to add value to the Charity’s culture and ethos;
• Able to undertake some occasional work in the evenings and at weekends;
• Able to travel in the UK (England primarily).

Application process 

The Education and Employers Charity values having its current diverse workforce.  We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from all individuals from all backgrounds.

The closing date for applications is midday on the 15th March 2021. Successfully shortlisted candidates will be notified no later than close of play on Friday 19th March. Online interviews will take place via Zoom or MS Teams on either the 24th or 25th March.

Applications will only be accepted from those with the right to work in the UK with a valid passport/visa

Please note we will only consider applications with both a CV and covering letter.

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be considered under any circumstances.

About the wider Education and Employers Charity

Education and Employers is an independent UK based charity launched in 2009 with the vision of “providing children and young people with the inspiration, motivation, knowledge, skills and opportunities they need to help them achieve their potential”. It aims to achieve this by working with schools, employers, the national bodies that represent them and a wide range of other partners including the government and third sector organisations. The charity also works with partners internationally – more details here.

The charity runs Inspiring the Future, a free service which uses innovative match-making technology to connect volunteers with state schools and colleges, quickly, simply and at scale. Schools can very easily search a massive database of willing volunteers, filter against a wide range of criteria – e.g. subject, sector, career route and send them a message. It enables young people, wherever they live, whichever school they attend, the opportunity to meet people from a wide range of backgrounds doing jobs from across the whole world of work.

Over 55,000 people have already volunteered in the UK - people from all levels: apprentices to CEOs and all sectors: apps designers to zoologists and over 80% of English secondary schools have registered. People can volunteer from an hour a year in a local primary or secondary school to chat informally about their job and career route, take part in career speed networking session, give careers insights, provide mock interviews or feedback on CVs through to serving as a governor or trustee.  There is also the opportunity to link up with schools for workplace visits, job shadowing and mentoring.

Inspiring the Future operates on a technology platform kindly developed in partnership with Deloitte, Salesforce and Ordnance Survey. It allows the charity to run national campaigns such as Inspiring Women and others focused on specific geographic areas or economic sectors such as engineering, science, health and arts and culture. The campaigns have secured high profile support across government, business and teacher associations and ongoing corporate partnerships including our lead corporate partner Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

In partnership with the National Association of Head Teachers the charity has developed a version for primary schools called Primary Futures and over 4,500 primaries have already signed up. To see a short clip on how it works please click here.  All campaigns run through Inspiring the Future share a common objective: to broaden young people’s horizons, raise their aspirations and show them the range of opportunities and careers routes e.g. apprenticeships and university open to them. Over 1.8 million interactions between young people and volunteers from the world of work have already taken place.

In partnership with the National Governance Association the charity currently runs Inspiring Governance the free governor recruitment and support service. This Department for Education funded service aims to get highly skilled volunteers to serve as governors in some of the most disadvantaged schools in England and in so doing help raise educational achievement. From April 1st, 2021, this will be delivered solely by Education and Employers and will focus only on governor recruitment.

Since the Charity’s launch it has sought to understand what difference employer engagement in education makes to young people and the economy. It works with academics and researchers from around the world and its own research is regularly cited by government and international organisations like the OECD. The research, which has informed and influenced a range of government policies, shows that employer engagement helps improve social mobility, reduces the likelihood of young people becoming NEET (not in education, employment of training), increases the amount they earn in adult life, helps them make better informed career choices and leads to improvements in educational attainment.

There are currently over 850,000 people living with dementia in the UK, and this is expected to increase to 1 million by 2025, and 1.4 million by 2040. In response to this, Dementia UK provides specialist dementia support for families through our Admiral Nurse service. When things get challenging or difficult for people with dementia and their families, Admiral Nurses work alongside them, giving the one-to-one support, expert guidance and practical solutions that people need.

The charity has seen significant income growth over the past five years, and we have ambitious plans to maintain this growth so we can significantly increase the number of Admiral Nurses, and the specialist support they provide.

You would be joining a passionate team at an exciting time, as events and community fundraising will play an important part of this growth, making up over a third of the charity’s income next financial year. Although events and community activity was hit hard by the pandemic, we adapted quickly to seize opportunities and test new propositions, and in the last year have achieved far more than we thought possible.

We are now looking for a results-driven fundraiser with strong attention to detail and a creative flair to deliver our flagship fundraising event – Time for a Cuppa, as well as support on insight-led product development cycles. You’ll be a strong collaborator who thrives in a busy, fast-paced environment.

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you. Please see the job description for more details.

Please note, only applications including both a CV and completed application questions will be considered. We do not require a covering letter for this role.

Interviews are scheduled for Monday 22nd of March.

Position: UX Designer
Type: Full-time (35 hours per week), permanent
Location: MS National Office, London (Currently home-based)
Salary: £38,506 - £43,897 per annum plus excellent benefits
Salary Band: Band F, Level 2
Department: Digital and Content

At the MS Society, we make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.

Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.

Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive environment where you will make a difference.

About this job

We’re looking for a UX Designer (with experience of developing prototypes for new digital tools or services and using data and design to solve complex problems) to join our supportive and vibrant team who are dedicated to making a difference for people with MS.

You’ll be joining us at an exciting stage of our digital programme as we shape the way we engage with supporters.

The successful candidate will:

• Lead our UX research and design capability, working closely with the MS community, to create an engaging user experience across all of our digital channels.
• Develop, design and prototype new digital tools, pages and services that will support the MS community and drive engagement.
• Oversee the production of concepts and prototypes using data and insight and research best practice, advising on great design and visual interactions to meet project goals and objectives.
• Manage our freelance design team, providing guidance and direction across our suite of designed materials, including webpages, products, animations, graphics, GIF and some offline content.

We offer 35 days annual leave (including bank holidays), travel loan and various other benefits such as supported developmental opportunities.

The MS Society is in the midst of an exciting, transformational, period which builds on our great history and will drive us towards achieving our mission and vision as we embark on our new 5 year strategy.

As part of this exciting transformation, we’ll be moving from our current National Centre based in Cricklewood, London to Finsbury Park, London later this year. We’re expecting to be moving into our new office from August 2021.

Closing date: 9am on Tuesday 2nd March 2021

In order to apply for this role, please submit an updated CV and supporting statement indicating how you meet the criteria as set out in the person specification in the attached job description (see additional documents).
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity.  We would be grateful if you could complete the equality and diversity monitoring form and submit it with your application.

No agencies please.

Global Canopy is a data-driven think tank that targets the market forces destroying nature. We do this by improving transparency and accountability. We provide innovative open-access data, clear metrics, and actionable insights to leading companies, financial institutions, governments and campaigning organisations worldwide. 

• We enable leading companies, financial institutions and governments to identify and tackle impacts on nature  in their supply chains and investments.

• We improve accountability by shining a light on powerful players that are failing to act on this critical issue.

• And we rank the performance of companies on deforestation and other social and environmental metrics, helping to improve ESG ratings on these issues.

This is a new role - Global Canopy is expanding its communications team in line with its 2021-2026 strategy. Our goal is to build a world class communications function with a strong emphasis on turning our unique data into insights that can drive uptake and impact among key audiences in companies, financial institutions, governments and civil society: designing compelling content is core to this.

We have recently undertaken a brand re-fresh and so you will be responsible for championing this throughout the organisation. In addition, you will work across several brands and visual design systems including those belonging to Trase, Forest 500, TFND and ENCORE.

Your role will be two-fold. Firstly, you will be the principal producer of Global Canopy’s design work, including dedicating considerable time to creating new content as well as working with external suppliers. Secondly, you will coordinate the design pipeline.

You will play a central role in Global Canopy’s communications team; you will be a highly proficient designer, bring creative flair, positivity and innovation, and thrive in a busy environment. You will report to the Communications Lead, Core Communications.

You will work in close collaboration with other departments and partner institutions. 

You will have a strong appreciation of good design and be comfortable transforming research and data into eye catching outputs. You will be adaptable and solutions orientated in your approach. You will be comfortable working alongside senior leaders.

To find out more, please download the recruitment pack. 

We are excited to be working with an industry-leading Awarding Organisation to recruit an Instructional Designer on a permanent basis. Under the direction of the Product Development Manager, you will ensure that all products are developed to the product brief, specification, on-time and within budget.

Working closely with the product management team, Subject Matter Experts and other relevant stakeholders you will take ownership and responsibility in the creation of leading products and provide expertise and guidance on the design process to ensure that the specifications meet the product brief and fully map against the Membership, SFIA and professional registration with clear and measurable outcomes. As an Instructional Designer, you will conduct and participate in design planning sessions and ensure quality standards are maintained. You will accurately prepare and develop assessments, guides, syllabi, learning objectives and supporting material in-line with the product brief.

In order to make a success of this roe, you will have demonstrable experience as a Learning Designer, instructional Designer or Curriculum Developer and experience of successfully designing and developing sophisticated products deployed in a variety of educational environments. As well as hands on experience of assessment strategy and development, a teacher or training background would be beneficial. Finally, you will have a good understanding of UK qualification regulatory requirements and the Awarding Body landscape.

If you are looking for an exciting role at a well established but growing awarding and chartered institute with excellent benefits at a particularly exciting time in their growth then please email your CV to [email protected] quoting the reference J74438HS.

The opportunity

Are you a Digital Product expert? Are you looking for a new opportunity at one of the UK’s largest charities?

We’re recruiting for a Senior Digital Product Designer to lead and inspire a team of digital designers, and work with the wider team to prioritise deliverables and allocate work.

About the role

The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is driving a period of dynamic digital change and growth. To support this, a Digital Content & Experiences Centre of Excellence has been developed to step change the impact of digital experiences for BHF customers.

As our Senior Digital Product Designer, you’ll be involved in all areas of digital product design, from user research to producing low-fi sketches and paper prototypes, through to high quality fully interactive, responsive html wireframes. You’ll be integral to the design and development of great online interfaces for our customers and will thrive on understanding how customers think and behave online, building that into the discovery stage and beyond.

You’ll ensure digital design is forward thinking and future-proofed, as well as on-brand and consistent. You’ll also work in collaboration with the creative and brand teams, CRO specialists, frontend, backend and QA on the development, iteration and implementation of digital designs.

About you

With a degree or post-graduate qualification in Interaction Design, HCI, Product design, other design field or relevant work experience, you’ll have a solid knowledge of responsive web design and optimising the mobile experience matched by a portfolio of completed work or online examples of your work.

You’ll have previous experience of development in an Agile environment as well as extensive UX / UI design experience including designing interfaces that are responsive and optimised for mobile and tablet.

With solid experience in user research, web graphic design as well as prototype and wireframe creation, you’ll also have good experience in one or more wireframing tools such as: Axure, Balsamiq, Proto.io, InVision, Figma or similar.

You’ll also have the following skills:
• Able to understand a wide range of audiences and a commitment to meet their needs
• A first-class design brain but also be able to achieve complex interactions simply and cleanly
• Passionate for creating inspiring products that meet user needs
• Able to build excellent relationships, both internally and externally, demonstrating collaborative and troubleshooting skills sets
• An excellent team player, able to build strong working relationships across the business
• Confident enough to take responsibility for issues and activities, demonstrating excellent follow up and attention to detail 

 

About us  

At the British Heart Foundation, we are focused on the urgent need to fund more research into heart and circulatory diseases like heart diseases, stroke, vascular dementia and the conditions that cause them, to find answers fit for 21st century challenges. We are independent, have more than fifty years of breakthroughs under our belts and we won’t stop until we beat heartbreak forever.

Interview process 

The interview process will be held over MS Teams. Interviews are due to be held w/c 1st March.

Graphic Designer

Our client’s busy Communications, Content and Events department is looking for creative and self-motivated Graphic Designer to join its team on a fixed-term contract covering a period of maternity leave until March 2022 or on the return of the substantive post holder from maternity leave, whichever is sooner.

You will be responsible for bringing their brand to life across both their digital platforms and print media, developing creative and engaging concepts and designs in line with their recently refreshed brand guidelines.

Responsibilities:

• Working with various internal stakeholders to design and produce a wide range of print and digital materials including thought leadership reports, marketing collateral, brochures, event materials, sales pitches, presentations, letterheads, email signatures and more.
• Helping with the creation of social media graphics, online banners and adverts, interactive PDFs and graphics, animated PPTs and other types of animations, and the production of digital assets for use on their website.
• Working within their brand guidelines to create visual elements, illustrations, charts and infographics which effectively communicate their key messages.

Requirements:

The ideal candidate will demonstrate creative flair, be an enthusiastic team member, retain strong conceptual and design skills, with the ability to manage several projects at once and clearly express design concepts with influence. You should have strong portfolio, showcasing a wide range of design outputs, as well as an excellent knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite and good working knowledge of Microsoft Office. Understanding of UX/UI principles and interest in video production and editing would be a plus.

About our client:

They are a UK-based international accountancy membership and standard-setting body. They are the only such body globally dedicated to public financial management.

Our client believes that improving public services is the key to changing lives for the better and that good public financial management is central to achieving this ambition.

Location: They are currently working from home. In normal circumstances the role is based from their London office.

Contract Type: Full Time - This is a fixed term contract covering a period of maternity leave until March 2022 or on the return of the substantive post holder from maternity leave, whichever is sooner.

Hours: 36 per week

Salary: £30,000 - £32,000 per annum

Benefits: 36 hour working week (normally between the hours of 9.00am to 5.00pm), 25 days annual leave, up to 10% employer's pension contribution, death in service life cover, season ticket loans, employee assistance helpline, exclusive employee discount and rewards at many major brands including health & well-being, retail, restaurants and mobile technology providers.

Closing date for applications: 14th March 2021

You may have experience of the following: Graphic Design, Artworker, Social Media, Digital Marketing, Designer, Adobe, Photoshop, Designer, Prints Designer, Creative Marketing, Digital Designer, Animations, Brand Marketing, Marketing Materials, etc.

Ref: 97282

Do you have the lived experience to help us design a culturally appropriate perinatal mental health service for the local Muslim community?

Peer Designer (Muslim communities)
Home-based
Time commitment: 5 days in total between 17th May and Friday 16th July 2021
£230 per day / £115 half day

CPSL Mind is a progressive and expanding mental health charity, working across Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and South Lincolnshire.

We are seeking women from the Muslim community to join our project team to develop an exciting new perinatal mental health service, which is being specifically designed to support the wellbeing of Muslim women in Peterborough before, during and after having a baby.

We know that women from Muslim communities are disproportionately less likely to access community perinatal mental health services.  As Muslim women, with personal experience of mental health issues during pregnancy and new motherhood, our Peer Designers will all play a crucial role in informing the design process, ensuring that the service we deliver truly meets the needs of Muslim communities, both practically and culturally.

The successful post holders will have personal experience of mental health challenges following pregnancy or new motherhood, a willingness to share the learning from your experience within a confidential space, and a willingness and ability to share and discuss ideas in a group setting and within your own community.

This post requires a female applicant from the Muslim community and is therefore exempt under section 158 of the Equality Act 2010.

Information Session (via Zoom): Thursday 11th March 2021 at 11.30am
In order to book a place at this session, more info can be found in in the how to apply section. 

Closing date: Monday 22nd March at 9am
Interviews: Wednesday 7th and Thursday 8th April

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Please read the job opportunity document.

We will only accept complete applications, which should include: Application Form and your completed Equality & Diversity Monitoring form. 

We are an equal opportunities employer.

No agencies please. 

The purpose of the role is to provide day-to-day support to the FICS programme teams and to coordinate projects across our field-building, policy and communications, and grantmaking functions. 

About FICS

FICS’ vision is a world in which people – both collectively and as individuals – have the power to hold their leaders accountable and shape their government, economy and society towards justice, equality and fairness for all.

In order to achieve that goal, FICS defends and expands civic space – the physical, digital, and legal conditions through which progressive movements and their allies organise, participate, and create change. We do this through:

• Thought-leadership: FICS forecasts the trends that shape the future of civic space to ensure that progressive organisations and donors are ahead of the curve, and identify strategic opportunities to disrupt and reform the drivers of closing civic space.
• Building a donor ecosystem: FICS builds support from a community of donors and donor networks in alignment with its analysis, creating a community of learning and practice around what works to defend and expand civic space.
• Incubation: FICS hosts new civic space initiatives to enable donors to mobilise resources collaboratively and at scale around key opportunities to disrupt and transform the drivers of closing civic space. Through these new initiatives FICS will offer civic actors not only grants but support with field-building, technical assistance and building alliances across sectors and movements.

FICS was established in 2016 as a donor affinity group supported by a secretariat of two. We are now entering a period of growth, more than doubling our staff team during 2021 to deliver ambitious new grant-making and research programmes that will enable funders and civil society to collaborate around the systemic issues that drive closing civic space.

The Programme Coordinator sits at the heart of this growth. Highly organised, inquisitive and adaptable, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to work across a range of projects and issues. Coordination and administration will remain core to the role but, as the team grows, there may be opportunities for the post holder to deepen expertise in one or more specialist subject area.

Job Description

Primary responsibilities include:

Coordination and administration

• Planning, managing and monitoring a range of projects, in collaboration with the wider FICS team.
• Coordinating meetings, events, and webinars – liaising with participants and speakers, researching venues and catering.
• Organising FICS Management Committee meetings, preparing the agenda and papers, and minuting meetings.
• Providing financial administration for FICS, including entering data into accounting software, producing reports, drafting and monitoring consultant contracts.
• Providing scheduling support to the FICS team, organising travel and accommodation, contributing to risk assessments, maintaining records.

Grant-making support

• Providing grants administration to FICS, coordinating calls for proposals, responding to enquiries, ensuring compliance with Global Dialogue’s grant-making procedures, producing reports.
• Attending conferences and meetings to help gather intelligence about closing civic space and grant-making practice.

Knowledge management and communications

• Supporting internal knowledge management, both online and offline.
• Supporting FICS’ external communications, liaising with editors and designers to ensure timely and high-quality publications, updating the website, helping to moderate and drafting content for relevant online communities.
• Working collaboratively with other members of the FICS team to identify and assess opportunities to build FICS’ programming and strengthen its impact.
• Assisting with background research and the preparation of relevant reports, briefings, and presentations, to inform the strategic initiatives, fundraising and stakeholder management.
• Other duties commensurate with the role.

Person Specification

We are committed to being a diverse team and are looking for talented people from a wide range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences who share our values.

In your application, you need to demonstrate how you address the following criteria:

Required

You will have:

• A demonstrable interest in human rights and social justice, civil society organising, and the pressures on civil society organisations resulting from current political trends
• Relevant administrative experience, ideally gained within a not-for-profit or development organisation
• Proven organisational skills, with the ability to juggle a wide range of responsibilities that may demand ongoing prioritisation
• Proven ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to build effective working relationships
• Strong written and oral communication skills in English, including an adaptable written style and excellent punctuation and grammar
• Strong numeracy skills, with good attention to detail – experience working with financial records would be an asset
• Strong IT skills, with sensitivity to the relevance of digital security in human rights work (the main tools we use are O365, Slack, Zoom, and Wordpress)
• Experience of philanthropy, either as a grant-maker or grant-seeker
• Permission to live and work in the UK

You will be:

• Comfortable working in a ‘start-up’ culture – flexible, with the capacity to learn quickly, and proactive in identifying new ways of working and process improvements
• Methodical with strong record keeping skills
• Committed to FICS’ organisational values
• Committed to your own personal professional development

Desirable

• Educated to degree level, or otherwise able to demonstrate the capacity to deal sensitively and appropriately with complex issues
• Experience organising meetings and events
• Experience supporting grant-making processes
• Skills in a language other than English

Terms and conditions

Hours:This is a full-time role, although we would also consider offering the role as a job share or at 4 days/wk (0.8 FTE)

Salary: £26,000-30,000 pro rata, depending on experience

Terms: Permanent contract, subject to funding, with an eight-week probationary period

Benefits: We offer a range of benefits including 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays (pro rata). Global Dialogue contributes 6% to its workplace pension scheme, has a flexible working policy, and offers personal development leave.

Location: The FICS team works remotely and this role is home based. Once it is safe to do so, the successful candidate will be expected to be in London regularly for team meetings and other activities (up to 2-3 days per week) with occasional international travel.

Reporting to: Deputy Director, FICS

Our Role:

An exciting opportunity for a Knowledge & Evidence Editor to join us to cover a period of maternity leave, supporting the Services, Policy and Evidence team in producing and promoting Crohn’s & Colitis UK’s award-winning information. This includes our evidence-based printed publications, web content, research summaries, videos and other digital materials to support and empower everyone affected by Crohn’s and Colitis.

You will work with healthcare professionals to increase awareness and distribution of our information, ensuring that it meets the needs of people with Crohn’s and Colitis, and is marketed, promoted and disseminated effectively to people who need it.

Our office is located in Hatfield, Herts, however, like many organisations we are all currently working from home due to the coronavirus pandemic, although previously we were largely office based.  Due to the experience we have gained during this period, consideration will be given to requests for working from home arrangements.

About you:

You will have experience of interpreting research studies and complex evidence and judging the quality of a research study.  You will have translated complex medical and health content into easy to understand, engaging and accessible information, as well as researching medical based information and converting this into health, care or support information for a variety of audiences.  Your excellent verbal and written communication skills and experience of working to brand and information production guidelines will certainly help you in this role.You'll be confident working on both web-based and printed content, including uploading content to a website and liaising with designers and printers.  A high level of accuracy and close attention to detail is a must.

You will also be highly organised and efficient with the ability to manage a wide range of tasks and work well under pressure.

Key Responsibilities:

• Consult with medical experts, charity staff and people affected by Crohn’s and Colitis to produce information about all aspects of the conditions, from the research stage to printing and web uploading. Ensure resources are based on the most recent and high-quality research evidence, cover a wide range of experiences and approaches, and are written in an accessible manner.
• Project manage new ventures in written, digital or other appropriate formats to ensure people affected by Crohn’s and Colitis have the information they need in the format of their choice, in line with Crohn’s & Colitis UK’s production policies and brand guidelines.
• Update and maintain Crohn’s & Colitis UK’s repository of evidence on the conditions. Distil and translate data into usable and engaging formats for internal or external audiences. Support staff across the charity to utilise evidence-based facts and statistics in all charity activities.
• Increase distribution of Crohn’s & Colitis UK’s information by working with the communications team to promote resources using digital, video and social networking platforms. Develop relationships with healthcare professionals to increase awareness.
• Assist in developing measures to seek feedback and evaluate the impact of Crohn’s & Colitis UK’s resources. Implement any changes to our information in light of feedback.
• Develop your knowledge and understanding of Crohn’s and Colitis in order to respond to enquiries about our information, and fact-check content for teams across the charity. Keep up-to-date with relevant research through reading medical journals and attending conferences, identifying gaps/possibilities for Crohn’s & Colitis UK information and ways of distributing or disseminating resources.
• Support the Knowledge and Evidence Manager to plan and arrange the design and printing of our publications, making best use of charity resources to achieve maximum impact and reach. Liaise with and oversee the work of suppliers and external agencies, such as printers, designers and freelance writers.
• Work with the digital team to develop and maintain Crohn's & Colitis UK's information pages on the Crohn's & Colitis UK website, in line with agreed policies.
• Attend and assist at any meetings or events as may reasonably be required by the Knowledge and Evidence Manager. This may include promoting information at patient days at hospitals, and charity events.

upReach are seeking to hire a Junior Product Manager/ Product Manager. This is an exciting opportunity within the growing product and projects team at upReach. The role will work closely with the Senior Project Manager to manage a number of key products including the newly built Social Mobility Network and upReach’s contextualised recruitment platform, REALrating. The role is ideal for someone interested in beginning a career in Project or Product management with a passion for social mobility and an interest in tech/digital products.

Location Information: London (near London Bridge), Manchester, Bristol or Birmingham - initially on a remote basis. 

Core Responsibilities

• Project Management: T​aking ownership of the project management of a project to scope and manage a project from beginning to completion, drawing upon project management methodologies to deliver.
• Existing Product Development: D​rawing upon external trends and data on upReach’s products to recommend product enhancements, adding this to the product roadmap and creating business cases when necessary to justify the business need for such enhancements.
• Handling user queries: T​his role would be responsible for logging and responding to any queries received from users of an upReach product, logging and prioritising them correctly.
• Product Growth: W​orking closely with the Employer Partnerships Manager and Senior Brand, Marketing and Communications Officer to develop marketing materials and an acquisition pipeline for upReach’s products.
• New Product Development: L​eading on the development of a new upReach product which will provide Graduate Employers with benchmarks for its graduate recruitment.
• Product Portfolio Management: ​Supporting the Senior Project Manager to report on the impact of upReach’s portfolio of products by evaluating costs associated with products and the impact driven by each product.
• Ad Hoc tasks: T​his role would also be able to work closely with other members of the leadership team, including the CEO, to support them with strategic priorities.
• Collaboration:​ Supporting and working with participants of our Future Charity Leaders Programme Graduate Scheme and other members of staff to ensure effective

Person Specification

This position would be suited to individuals who are committed to upReach’s mission and have an understanding of, and empathy with, the challenges facing those from lower socio-economic backgrounds.

To be successful, candidates applying for the role should be able to demonstrate clear experience in managing a project and a clear interest in Project Management. The ideal candidate will be proactive, resilient and used to managing competing priorities within a varied workload. They should be flexible and willing to perform varying duties depending on the shifting needs of the charity.

Essential Skills and experience

• Proven experience in managing a varied workload with competing priorities.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to maintain a high level of customer service when dealing with user queries.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, with an ability to brief others on what needs to be done (e.g. a developer or a designer).
• Exceptional eye for detail, including excellent proofreading and editing skills.
• A commitment to be user-oriented and ensure that human-centred design is central to the product development process.
• Self-motivation and an ability to work in a small team as well as independently.
• Ability to engage and communicate confidently with stakeholders, such as Trustees, beneficiaries, upReach partners and all levels of employees across the organisation.
• At least a Grade ‘B’ in Maths and English GCSE (if you have extenuating circumstances, let us know)*
• University degree (2:1 or higher)* in any discipline, or equivalent experience.

* The nature of the role requires a high standard of Maths and English, and the ability to quickly review a large amount of information and identify and communicate key themes clearly. Applicants may demonstrate this through the academic qualifications shown above and/or other relevant experience. As our beneficiaries are all undergraduates, a good understanding of the university experience is essential, although it is not necessary that this was acquired through personally gaining a degree.

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• Experience of website development or product development.
• ​Experience working with external stakeholders.
• Experience with User Experience (UX) and/or User Interface (UI).
• A good understanding of GDPR legislation and regulations.
• Familiarity with Trello and G-Suite.

Values & Competencies

• Perseverance
• Integrity
• Advocacy
• Aspiration
• Proactivity

We are looking for candidates to display the following competencies during the application stages:

• Problem solving and decision-making ​
• Effective prioritisation
• Collaboration
• Communication skills
• Project Management skills

Please note: upReach has a responsibility under the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 to ensure that, at the time of starting their employment, successful candidates have permission to work in the UK.

If you have a right to work in the UK, y​ou will be required to bring proof of this to your interview (​ by providing your original passport or other right to work documents). If your permission to work in the UK relies on a job offer, please bring written details including evidence of any existing visas or work permits. A photocopy will be taken of your document(s) and stored securely. If you are unsuccessful at the interview the photocopies will be destroyed. Unfortunately, upReach is unable to financially sponsor visas or work permits.

Equal Opportunities: 
upReach is an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate in employment matters on the basis of race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, social background or any other protected class. We support workplace diversity and believe it creates dynamic and effective organisations. We are working hard to increase diversity in our team and would particularly welcome applications from BAME candidates.

We are committed to making our roles and culture inclusive. We can make reasonable adjustments throughout the application process and on the job. If you have particular needs or requirements, please get in touch via the email address provided. 

Do you have campaign project management experience for a strong donor retention programme? You will be helping to keep existing donors engaged in the key role with the retention team.

The Company Leading development organisation fighting poverty.

The Role
Work closely with the Content team to produce magazine flat plans that will show supporters how their gifts are being used and that shine with the charitys approach of celebrating the power, resilience, and courage of those we work with and their communities.
Work with the Content team to allocate articles out to a network of freelancers and internal writers, briefing them effectively to produce quality pieces.
Take full management of magazine copy, illustrations, and images through the editorial process, keeping all on track to meet quality standards, deadlines, and budget.
Work with graphic designer and Content team to produce a visually arresting, printed magazine for our supporters.
Work with copywriter and graphic designer to develop a magazine outer envelope, cover letter, donation form and BRE envelope. Use fundraising knowledge and strategy to drive donations.
Work with the Content team to create e-newsletter content plans, providing the fundraising perspective in these plans and reflecting the themes and/or projects that are being featured in our campaigns.
Feedback on article copy on behalf of the supporter, ensuring copy is free of jargon, is smooth and compelling to read, and is aware of other comms the donor might be reading from us.
Work with the Digital team to check email and blog page functionality and presentation in-situ.
Work on a range of retention campaigns, which may include (but not limited to) newsletters, emails, direct mail and telemarketing. Work with other team members to ensure campaigns are integrated and respond to donor needs.
Manage a range of internal and external supplier relationships including printers, agencies, in-house editors and copy writers, digital and data colleagues, and country-office colleagues, to create engaging content.

The Candidate
Experience in direct marketing and/or fundraising to drive income and manage attrition and/or engagement of supporters.
Project management across multiple stakeholders (internal and external).
Fundraising or marketing qualification such as IDM or IoF Diploma.
Knowledge of the Raisers Edge database (RE).
Project management qualifications.
Copywriting and/or editing experience.

IMPORTANT NOTE

Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be held further but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.

We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.

Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.

Are you a strategic thinking marketer who can create and coordinate first-class campaigns using a range of marketing strategies? Are you an outstanding communicator with first-class project management skills and a good understanding of product development? 

Triangle is an innovative values-based Social Enterprise and we have an exciting opportunity for an experienced marketing and communications professional to join our friendly team. This newly created role will support our marketing strategy and manage the development of our products and materials.

We’re looking for a confident and forward-thinking individual who can take the lead on marketing campaigns, ensuring integration of marketing activity across all channels. You’ll have responsibility for our website, ownership of our social media accounts and management of our email service provider. 

We’re also looking for someone who can conceptualise, plan and deliver new projects. You’ll have responsibility for developing and delivering the annual product plan for Triangle and supporting the team with the scoping of projects, including identifying strategic objectives and developing new approaches to meeting them.

We work to enable people to achieve their highest potential through developing and supporting a suite of tools for promoting and measuring personal change, called the Outcomes Star. An understanding of the social sector, psychological approaches and how people change would be an advantage.

You can download the full job description and application form from the careers page on our website to see if this is the next step for you.

About the role

This is a key position within Triangle that requires strong liaison across the whole organisation. The post is full time and combines two related and overlapping roles:

• Marketing Manager (around 3 days pw) with responsibility for co-ordinating and driving Triangle’s marketing  activities.  This is a new role for Triangle, with marketing to date shared between different roles and a consultant
• Product Manager (around 2 days pw), with responsibility for managing and coordinating the development of Outcomes Stars and related products and materials. This is to cover work carried out by a staff member who now has other responsibilities within Triangle.

Our decisions about the development of new products are based on a range of factors including our understanding of the market for those products.  Marketing messages and plans draw heavily on our learning from the product development process and can involve working closely with collaborators. The two roles are described separately for clarity although, in practice, many day-to-day activities will relate to both aspects.

This role will report directly to the Managing Director.