Our Americas Regional Office, located in Mexico City, works to ensure respect for human rights, and for equal and just societies throughout the region. You will provide substantial support to help our management team to succeed. The Americas Director is a central figure and is seeking a driven and team-oriented person to provide substantial executive support and assist with her busy agenda.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As the Executive Assistant to the Americas Director at Amnesty International, you will play an essential role in enabling the Americas leadership to meet ambitious human rights objectives. You will be responsible for providing a range of high-level administrative and executive support services to ensure the efficient running of the Director´s Office. The Americas Director's work should be effectively supported with the appropriate service, systems and processes to maintain high standards and facilitate monitoring and reporting on work undertaken. Alongside this, the Executive Assistant will also provide full administrative and project management support to the office Team, whilst also contributing to the support of the Americas management Team.

JOB PURPOSE

Provide high-level administrative and executive support to the Regional Leadership Team and assist with administrative, logistical and coordination tasks of Amnesty International's Americas Regional Office, located in Mexico City, Mexico

ABOUT YOU

As the first point of contact for the Americas Director you will be a strong communicator, providing a high-level service to a range of stakeholders. You will be based in Mexico City but in constant communication with relevant internal and external contacts in the Americas region, and other world locations, be detail-oriented, be able to work at pace and to juggle independently the broad requirements of a role at this level of seniority. You must demonstrate the political judgement and discretion to manage sensitive information in addition to the initiative and discipline necessary to working with conflicting priorities and complex activities within a short time frame daily. You will also have excellent administrative and financial skills with the ability to monitor budgets for individual programmes and the Regional Director's office. You also need to have strong inter-personal skills to secure access to high-level contacts with government officials, and other senior leaders in the public, private and NGO sectors. You are bilingual in Spanish and English, and preferably conversational in Portuguese.

ABOUT US

Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 7 million people who campaign for a world where human rights are enjoyed by all. We reach almost every country in the world and have:

• more than 2 million members and supporters who drive forward our fight for rights
• more than 5 million activists who strengthen our calls for justice

Our aim is simple: an end to human rights abuses. Independent, international and influential, we campaign for justice, fairness, freedom and truth wherever they're denied. And whether we're applying pressure through powerful research or direct lobbying, mass demonstrations or online campaigning, we're all inspired by hope for a better world. One where human rights are respected and protected by everyone, everywhere.

At Amnesty International, we are passionate about what we do and we are proud of our achievements as a movement. To compensate our employees for the critical work they do, we reward them through a combination of an attractive and sector competitive salary and benefits package, high levels of engagement and involvement, and a commitment to employee development.

WHAT WE HOPE YOU WILL DO NEXT

If you are talented, passionate about human rights and want to use your skills, knowledge and experience to change the world then we would encourage you to click 'Apply for this Role' below.

Freedom, Justice, Equality. Let's get to work.

This is an exciting opportunity to join an inspirational and visionary children's charity as part of their growing fundraising team. Established in 2000, Caudwell Children works to transform the lives of disabled children and their families, enabling them to challenge the barriers they face throughout childhood by providing practical and emotional support.

Caudwell Children is going through an exciting period of growth having recently opened a new state-of-the-art facility for multi-disciplinary therapy programmes for childhood disability and research of neurodevelopmental conditions, including autism, within the grounds of Keele University.

This transformational period brings the need to develop all income streams to enable this growth and so Caudwell Children are looking for an experienced Associate Director of Partnerships to join their team on a permanent basis.

Caudwell Children - Associate Director of Partnerships

Location: Keele, Staffordshire

Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 plus bonus (dependent on skills and experience)

Contract: Permanent

The Associate Director of Partnerships will lead a high performing team to coordinate and implement Caudwell Children's strategy to deliver the partnerships that are needed to achieve the organisation's ambitious goals; with a focus on Corporate, SME, NHS and Government audiences.

You will inspire a team to secure and build partnerships and will be ultimately accountable for ensuring the team's successful acquisition, cultivation and growth of partnerships in line with the organisation's new strategy delivering to income, advocacy, public engagement and growing support objectives.

To be considered for this position you will have a proven track record of supporting the leadership of an organisation at a senior level. You will have demonstrable experience in strategy development, corporate engagement and partnerships as well as a solid track record of achieving six-figure financial targets.

Closing date for applications: Harris Hill reserves the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration.

If you would like to receive an Information Pack for this role, with details on how to apply, please contact Faye Marshall at Harris Hill.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Background

Over the past 80 years, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has developed unparalleled expertise in responding to emergencies and helping uprooted communities to rebuild. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC’s mission is to help people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future. The International Rescue Committee UK is part of the IRC global network, which has its headquarters in New York and London. The IRC is on the ground in more than 40 countries, providing emergency relief and rebuilding lives in the wake of disaster. Through 28 regional offices in cities across the United States, the IRC also helps refugees resettle in the US and become self-sufficient. The IRC is committed to a culture of bold leadership, innovation in all aspects of our work, creative partnerships and, most crucially, accountability to those we serve. The IRC is a tireless advocate for the most vulnerable.

IRC-UK

IRC-UK was established in London in 1997 to support the organisation’s global activities and particularly to diversify its donor base and be able to better advocate with European policy-makers on behalf of the people we serve. Since its establishment IRC-UK has grown rapidly and is now acknowledged for its high quality project management, technical expertise in governance and rights and economic recovery, and innovative thinking on early recovery and gender based violence. IRC-UK comprises approximately 120 staff.

The IRC also has offices in Berlin, Bonn, Brussels, Geneva and Stockholm

The Awards Management Unit (AMU)

Established in January 2016, the Awards Management Unit (AMU) is a global unit with the responsibility for identifying, securing, and managing all funding from statutory/government donors. The unit is organized into five pillars: Strategic Partnerships, Programme and Grant Support, Compliance and Policy, Programme Development, and Training.

The AMU is a bridge between donors and the field: providing expert technical advice to the field, while maintaining portfolio-level visibility to ensure consistency and compliance, and manage risk. This unit ensures that donor compliance policies and procedures are implemented consistently, and supports all staff working across the grants management cycle for all restricted funding from global government sources.

The unit operates within a matrix management system across teams in Germany, the US and the UK, driving functional integration between all relevant units and staff, in collaboration with the Senior Vice President AMU, Vice President, AMU, and the Senior Vice President for Europe in relation to overarching issues with European donors.

The Purpose of the Role

As Senior Program Development Advisor you will lead IRC’s new business development efforts by engaging with global, regional, country, and technical staff through the proposal development cycle from opportunity tracking and capture planning to proposal development, and submission.

You will primarily serve as proposal manager, and will also train and mentor staff throughout the department on topics relevant to business development. The ideal candidate will have a successful track record of leading new business efforts in international development with DFID and other multilateral and bilateral donors.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage the process of development of concept papers, project proposals and responses to key SQ/ITTs. This includes writing and coordinating proposal elements (e.g. past performance, management plan, etc.), ensuring appropriate technical review and quality assurance.
• Lead proposal development in response to requests for proposals, including those for field based projects and large global opportunities. This will involve management of proposal teams, calendars, and deadlines; strategy development with technical staff; partner identification and negotiations; recruiting; writing and ensuring a strong commercial/budget response for DFID contracts.
• Lead on advising other IRC departments when required on DFID contract terms and implications for structuring proposal budgets, milestones/PBR, and deliverables.
• Build the capacity of other IRC staff—including IRC country and regional teams—to identify opportunities and develop strong program designs and proposals.
• Maintain up to date knowledge of DFID and other donor funding priorities, in geographical interests relevant to IRC’s area of work.
• Provide IRC’s country, regional, and technical teams with guidance on DFID, and other donor policies and prepare standard language for proposals to ensure alignment with donor policies.
• Contribute to business development systems, tools, and process improvement initiatives.

Person Specification

Skills, Knowledge and Qualifications:

• Demonstrable experience of successfully working on DFID commercial contracts, writing grants, and/or developing funding proposals for a for-profit and/or non-profit organization.
• Experience working with UK Government, in particular with DFID.
• Substantial experience and a successful track record leading large proposal teams on complex subject, multi-year, multi-partner proposals with minimal supervision.
• Strong understanding of UK donor client requirements and preferred methods of business.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to effectively manage a variety of relationships in a multicultural environment.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate equally effectively with colleagues in ‘remote’ and diverse teams, including as team leader for proposals.
• The ability to work productively and accurately while under pressure in a fast-paced, demanding environment.
• Flexible work attitude: the ability to work in a team environment and independently and ability to meet unexpected demands.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize effectively.
• Ability to travel internationally (up to 20% of time).

Desirable

• Degree in relevant field, including international relations, political science, public administration, and communications preferred.
• Experience of working with FCO, EU institutions (EUTF), and other European donors desirable. 

Applications will be reviewed and invited to interview on a rolling basis.

Candidates must have the right to work in the UK.

IRC-UK is committed to equality of opportunity and non-discrimination for all applicants and employees. IRC-UK seeks to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce regardless of gender, race, religious belief, nationality, ethnic/national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability. IRC-UK welcomes applications from all candidates, including refugees who have the right to work in the UK.

Are you a dynamic financial leader looking for a role at a developing and fast paced charity? Breast cancer charity CoppaFeel! Is recruiting for a Director of Finance to cover maternity leave.  Responsible for finance and operations of the charity, the successful candidate will take a key role in the SMT and support the organisation to make strategic decisions as we navigate the next period of the pandemic and onward. 

This varied role will suit a good communicator who can work across an organisation , with both finance and operational experience as well as prior experience reporting at  board level. 

Benefits include, a friendly, working environment, monthly exercise bursary and flexible working. Be part of an ever evolving charity, one where you will have impact and help to drive change and ultimately, save lives.

Full JD  below

Applications via our website 

Applications close Monday 6th July at 10am 

CoppaFeel! welcomes applications from black, asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities, and from men, because we would like to increase the representation of these groups within the charity. 

Director vacancy

4 - 5 days / week (neg)

Circa £40,000 per annum (pro rata)

Refugee Action Kingston was established in 1991 and based in the London Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames. The charity plays a significant role in bringing positive change to refugees and asylum seekers through its high quality services. These include: advising and empowering refugees and asylum seekers towards building fulfilled and independent lives through skills development, advice, counselling, and assistance in access to services and employment. In addition the charity provides advice and advocacy on the asylum process. 

We are looking for a Director with experience of a leadership position ideally in the charity sector to lead a small team of 16 staff and over 80 volunteers who deliver our frontline services. As well as being a passionate leader with a strong commitment to and understanding of the welfare of asylum seekers and refugees, the ideal candidate should have a proven track-record in managing and empoweringpeople, developing change strategies, securing funding, and working collaboratively and strengthening relationships with funders, collaborators, networks and a range of other stakeholders. 

The Director will be a strategic thinker who will work with trustees to address the key priorities of quality, efficiency and sustainability. They will have ultimate responsibility for setting and delivering the organisation’s operations and its strategic objectives ensuring good governance and financial sustainability. If you feel this role is for you we look forward to hearing from you.

Closing date:20 July 2020         

Successful candidates for interview will be notified by 27 July 2020. We are sorry that we will be unable to provide feedback to unsuccessful candidates.

Sector: Awards Management

Location: London UK, New York or Washington DC, USA

Job Description

The Program Development Advisor (PDA) will lead and/or support new business development efforts, from opportunity tracking and capture planning to proposal development, and submission. The PDA will serve in the Capture Manager and Proposal Manager or Proposal Coordinator roles on new business opportunities. The PDA will lead and/or support special internal initiatives aligned with IRC’s business development strategy. The ideal candidate will have a successful track record of working on new business efforts in international development with USAID, DFID, ECHO, and/or other multilateral and bilateral donors.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead and assist in the identification, tracking and updating of new business opportunities across a variety of technical sectors, regions, and clients.
• Lead capture planning including facilitating technical brainstorming, competitive landscape analysis and win theme sessions with technical and country staff.
• Coordinating proposal work to include preparing timelines, ensuring the proposal team adheres to deadlines, supporting recruitment, assisting in budget development, ensuring document completion, organizing meetings and compiling notes, and drafting and proofreading proposal sections.
• Work with technical units, country offices, and other staff to support conceptualization and design of proposals for new project activities and/or amendments to current projects.
• Managing coordination, communication and inputs from subs or to our primes.
• Identifying partners, consultants, and other proposal development support as needed.
• Draft proposal pieces including Past Performance, Corporate Capabilities, Staffing and Management Plan, Country Context, CVs, etc.
• Compile inputs from proposal team members, including consultants and partners.
• Ensure responsiveness to and compliance with solicitation documents.
• Provide Quality Assurance/Quality Compliance support on proposals.
• Maintain accurate information in database and assist with conducting analysis of proposal development; and maintain accurate and timely electronic files.
• Advises by working collaboratively on organizational and system improvements; anticipating, identifying and proactively solving problems.
• Facilitates internal post-submission debrief sessions to glean lessons learned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field, including international relations, political science, public administration, and communications; Master’s degree a plus.

• Three to five years’ experience writing grants and developing funding proposals.

• Experience working with US Government (USAID, OFDA, BPRM, etc.), DFID, EU institutions (ECHO, DG), and/or other European donors. 

• Experience in proposal budgeting a plus.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to effectively manage a variety of relationships in a multicultural environment;

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate equally effectively with colleagues in ‘remote’ and diverse teams, including as team leader for proposals;

• The ability to work productively and accurately while under pressure in a fast-paced, demanding environment;

• Ability to multi-task and prioritize effectively;

• Ability to travel internationally; (up to 20% of time)

• Fluency in English and proficiency in at least one other language (French and/or Spanish) is highly desirable.

Applications will be reviewed and invited to interview on a rolling basis.

Candidates must have the right to work in the country for which they are applying.

IRC-UK is committed to equality of opportunity and non-discrimination for all applicants and employees. IRC-UK seeks to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce regardless of gender, race, religious belief, nationality, ethnic/national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability. IRC-UK welcomes applications from all candidates, including refugees who have the right to work in the UK.

Size of Wales is a growing, ambitious Cardiff-based charity with global impact. We work to mobilise Wales to protect tropical forests and restore tropical forest landscapes as part of Wales’ national response to climate change. We do this through education and awareness raising activities in Wales as well as funding and supporting a number of overseas projects.

Size of Wales has been going through an exciting period of growth, having substantially increased our income and expanded our team. 2020/21 marks our 10-year anniversary and we are launching an ambitious new 5-year strategy seeking to respond to the climate emergency and to mobilise Wales to achieve maximum impact for tropical forests.

We are looking for an outstanding new Director to join the team and lead Size of Wales into this exciting next phase. Reporting to the board of trustees and managing a team of approximately 13 staff and freelancers, the new Director will be responsible for achieving Size of Wales’ new 5 year goals, raising the profile of the charity across - and beyond - Wales and increasing our global impact.

The successful candidate will be an experienced and skilled leader. You will have experience of working in the third sector, ideally on international development, tropical forests and/or climate change projects. You will be emotionally intelligent, creative, dynamic and strategic and have a strong track record in delivering results in leadership positions. Ideally you will have a good understanding of the devolved context in Wales and be able to speak Welsh.

Salary for the role is approximately £45,000 p.a., dependent on experience. The package of benefits includes a 6% pension contribution, 30 days annual leave including bank holidays and a flexible working policy. The role is based in Cardiff but with regular remote working if desired. The role is a full-time role but applications for flexible working and job shares will also be considered.

Size of Wales recruits, employs, trains and promotes regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, disability, age, gender identity and/or expression, or any other protected status. Size of Wales is dedicated to nurturing an inclusive environment where employees can bring their full selves to work. We celebrate diversity of thought and recognise the strength and dynamism that comes with it.

Size of Wales, and all its staff and volunteers, are committed to ensuring a safe environment for children, young people and vulnerable adults and to prevent their physical, sexual or emotional abuse. Any candidate offered a job with Size of Wales will be expected to agree to and adhere to Size of Wales’ Safeguarding policy and Code of Conduct.

Homeworking flexibility - get in touch with us wherever you are located.

Extremely competitive salary dependent on skills and experience (plus 30 days Annual Leave)

Permanent, 35 hours per week (Monday-Friday)

Are you an experienced senior fundraising or income generation leader, looking to grab your next exciting opportunity to shape as your own?

We are looking for a creative outward-facing visionary who will take pride in leading and developing the charity’s income generation streams, aligned to our new and innovative business plan.

You will be an adaptable and effective communicator, relishing in organisational-wide interfacing and stewardship of key stakeholders.

People management should come second nature to you, inspiring, motivating and driving your team and colleagues to meet ambitious targets and bend and shape the culture.

You will have significant success of generating income across a variety of fundraising strands (e.g. Major Donor, Legacy, Corporates and Trusts) and are confident to use these strategic skills to develop all social and commercial enterprise (i.e. Bursary Schemes, Pricing, Charity Shops), identifying new and imaginative partnerships.

If this sounds like your next challenging venture, then we would love to hear from you.

Subject to satisfactory references and an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.

To apply, please email your CV along with a covering letter explaining your interest and suitability to the role as outlined in the attached Job Pack. Applications without a covering letter will not be accepted. 

Applicants will be invited to interview on a rolling basis so please submit your application as soon as possible.

About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.

About the role
This is an exciting opportunity to lead the Crisis Skylight Croydon team.

As Director of Crisis Skylight Croydon you will lead the team as they adapt the service to meet the immediate needs of homeless people in the current environment and as they deliver a vision for the future that will ensure that the Skylight members have access to a tailored service that will support them to end their homelessness for good.

About you
To be successful in this role you will have worked at a senior level in a relevant sector e.g. homelessness, adult social care, mental health and able to demonstrate excellent project management, financial, communication and influencing skills.

You will have strong networking and partnership building skills with the ability to develop and sustain strategic and operational partnerships that benefit Crisis Croydon Skylight members

You will have the ability to deliver a psychologically informed, inclusive and safe service, using your excellent people skills to support and empower staff to support homeless and marginalised people to overcome the barriers they face.　　

Benefits
As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

• Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy
• Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5%
• 25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.

How to apply
If this sounds like the opportunity for you, please visit our website to apply online. The job description is available on our website by clicking on the red 'Vacancy Details' button.

If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the HR Team, contact details can be found on our website.

Closing date: Monday 6 July 2020 (23:59)

Interviews will be held on Monday 13 July 2020

We value diversity, promote equality and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.
　
For more information about our work and to see our work in action, please visit our website.

Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094

We are after a super-smart, plugged-in global player to lead our charge to reform the multi-trillion dollar colossus that is public contracting and procurement. 

The Open Contracting Partnership (OCP) is a silo-busting global collaboration between governments, businesses, civil society and technologists to open up and transform government contracting, where one in every three dollars is spent by government. 

We aren’t just after a bit more transparency, we want to change the whole process of planning, awarding and delivering public contracts to be better, smarter and more accountable. 

You should be at the top of your game, equally confident working at the highest levels of government and the corporate world to working with local activists pushing for change in smaller communities. You will build on OCP's existing examples of compelling impact in countries and our work responding to the COVID-19 pandemic to build the case for strategic, long term public procurement reforms as part of a sustainable, inclusive economic recovery. 

We are a small organisation so we are after a grafter, someone who will roll up their sleeves and get on with changing the world, not someone who wants tell others what to do. 

We offer extensive international travel, professional development and as well as an excellent benefits and compensation  commensurate with reputation and experience. We also offer a generous matched pension contribution.

For the right candidate with strong organisational development experience and a track record of fundraising, we are offering a director level appointment with a role on our management team. 

Good luck. More details and link to apply below: 

https://open-contracting-partnership.forms.fm/head-of-or-director-of-advocacy/forms/8049

Regent’s Park is a major component of the most important town planning exercise ever carried out in London.  It is a heritage asset of international significance.

The Crown Estate Paving Commission (CEPC) is a unique independent rating body set up by statute in 1824.  Today it is responsible for the management of The Crown Estate land, being streets and ornamental terrace gardens around Regent’s Park along with the latter at Carlton House Terrace, St James’s. The CEPC is independent of The Crown Estate, The Royal Parks and local authorities.

MAIN FUNCTIONS

Supporting the Director (CEO) in carrying out his/her duties in running a significant heritage body including:

• Assistance with the day to day administration and running of the CEPC
• Organising the diary of the Director
• Ensuring that the Director is fully equipped with agendas, papers and other material as required for each day's schedule
• Responding to correspondence, answering queries on behalf of the Director.  Acting on their own initiative to resolve problems and ensure that the Director's priorities and commitments are communicated clearly
• Observing appropriate levels of confidentiality at all times
• Preparation of paperwork and minute taking for Board/Sub-Committee Meetings and for other meetings as required
• Managing the administration of events licences
• Uploading data and producing rate demands and other bills on electronic databases
• Opening, sorting and carrying out initial processing of post and incoming e mails on a daily basis
• Day to day running of the CEPC’s office premises, supported by colleagues in the general office
• Dealing with routine correspondence
• Sending out postal and email communications to residents/ratepayers
• Processing incoming payments.  Assisting on debtors and billing
• Filing and replacing files (including Board/Sub-Committee Meeting papers and minutes)

In collaboration with colleagues in the general office:

• Dealing with initial enquiries from telephone, e-mail and personal callers on all aspects of the CEPC’s work
• Welcome visitors to the office and ensure all visitors are dealt with courteously
• Maintain up to date customer relationship management database
• Arranging appointments and helping to keep the office diary
• “house-keeping”; including premises opening and closing routines, setting up spaces for events and meetings, posting mail, refreshments for external meetings and visitors

Other duties as instructed by the Director

SKILLS REQUIRED

The post holder must have a methodical approach and be well organised but be prepared to adapt to events and be flexible in dealing with people and situations. An interest in architectural and landscape issues would be an advantage.

The post holder must be able to:

• Deal in a patient, calm, courteous but firm manner with residents and their agents
• Understand, record and convey information relating to real estate
• Demonstrate good written and spoken English
• Apply information technology skills including Word and Excel
• Work as part of a small team in a practical, flexible and co-operative style

Are you ready for a new leadership challenge within a highly innovative and diverse national charity that plays a vital role in helping people affected by crime?

Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity. We are dedicated to supporting people affected by crime and traumatic incidents in England and Wales, and we put them at the heart of our organisation. We work to bring forward a day when there will be far fewer victims of crime and for those affected, the support will be greater, their rights stronger and their voice much louder.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Service Director responsible for the North of England and the Midlands. You will join a highly experienced senior leadership team looking for a new colleague who shares their passion, enthusiasm, and motivation for the work that we do and the services we provide.

You will have an excellent understanding of the impact of crime and the criminal justice system, on victims and witnesses along with a proven track record of successfully delivering services with multi-million pound contract values.

A key aspect of the role will be to represent VS externally, promoting our services to develop new partnerships and opportunities that further support those who need us. You will work collaboratively to provide visible, innovative leadership within your Region, ensuring seamless, end-to-end support service for victims and witnesses; with a focus on increased support for those experiencing significant harm, repeat victimisation and those with vulnerabilities.

In addition, you will be the VS national lead for Safeguarding, bringing significant recent and relevant expertise.

In a fast changing environment you will have the expertise to identify opportunities to develop services and to improve their impact and reach, ensuring service users are involved in the development of services and their needs are heard and understood.

You will have a successful track record at operational and strategic levels within a complex organisation, as well as in forging successful partnerships with a wide range of stakeholders.

If you are attracted to the challenges and opportunities that this role presents then we want to hear from you.

Some unsocial hours working may be necessary.

Closing Date: 12.07.2020

Planned interview dates:

Shortlisting interviews : 23/24th July

Final Interviews: 30th/31st July 2020

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Victim Support is committed to providing an inclusive and supportive environment for our staff and volunteers. We believe having a diverse workforce at all levels allows us to represent the communities we serve and connect better with people affected by crime. We welcome applicants from all communities and as part of our commitment to the we would particularly welcome applicants from BAME communities.

Victim Support offers competitive rewards and benefits including pension and life assurance, 30 days annual leave (pro-rata), voluntary benefits and the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing world-class services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.

Applications should be explicit enough to provide good evidence against the essential criteria in the person specification.

Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks will be required.

Director of Fundraising
Full time-35hrs
£90k; Flexible location but with significant time in London

Cancer is different for young people. Our vision is a world where cancer doesn’t stop young people from living their lives – and our job in making that vision a reality is to improve the experience, survival and recovery of every young person with cancer in the UK. 

Young people facing cancer are at the centre of everything we do. Our values are built around this. We believe we can support young people with cancer best if we work in a determined, united, spirited and kind way. What that means is we all believe deeply in what we do & why we do it, but we also bring the attitude, drive, energy and passion that makes things happen.

Teenage Cancer Trust has been a hugely successful organisation for many years – leading the way in specialist support for young people with cancer in the UK and across the globe. We’re driven by what young people with cancer need and are the UK’s leading charity dedicated solely to the treatment, care and support of 13-25-year olds with cancer.

What’s clear is that we have significant opportunities to further expand and deepen our impact - but doing that in the face of the challenges to income posed by the current pandemic is going to be challenging.  

Now, we’re not daunted by that, far from it and we’re looking for a Director of Fundraising who can rise to the challenge and seize opportunities. With the right fundraising leader to help rebuild revenue and develop our strengths we know we will not only survive but thrive. This is not an organisation – or role - that’s about more of the same or one size fits all. 
 
Our team, our supporters and most of all young people with cancer need you to be a fundraising leader who is creative, collaborative and prepared to think differently. We need to continue to innovate to help drive the growth in impact that young people deserve, and our supporters expect.
 
This role has the potential to be life changing - not only for young people with cancer - but also for you and the talented, experienced teams you will be leading and empowering.

We need our Directors to be brilliant cross-organisational leaders with stacks of emotional intelligence and stakeholder engagement skills.  You will thrive when working in partnership and making alliances. Success and strength are not about us doing everything – it’s about getting everything done with others. At Teenage Cancer Trust we succeed, fail & learn together and are stronger than the sum of our parts.

If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.

You can review the job pack and job description and apply online via our website.Don’t forget to upload your CV and covering letter. If you require any help making your application please contact us.

Applications should be received by 3.00pm on 6 July 2020.
First interviews: 13th and 14th July (online)
Second interviews: 20th and 22nd July (online)

We are committed to working towards ensuring Teenage Cancer Trust is a diverse and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of race, age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.

From Bernie Sanders to Greenpeace UK, progressive organisations are using digital mobilisation to activate hundreds of thousands of campaigners and raise millions of pounds online. Forward Action believes that a digital mobilisation model - where organisations use digital channels to drive tens or hundreds of thousands of supporters to take advocacy, fundraising and volunteering actions - can revolutionize campaigning and fundraising in the NGO sector, but its potential is still largely untapped in the UK. We help progressive organisations build digital mobilisation programmes and, as our Partnerships Director, you will lead our efforts to grow the number of organisations using a digital mobilisation model to drive real-world change.

You will own our relationships with partner organisations right from the earliest stages, meeting prospective partners to discuss digital mobilisation and working with our strategy team to devise proposals that will help them hit their goals. You’ll play a crucial role in making sure our team can deliver the best possible results for our partners, building relationships with senior stakeholders and helping pathbreak through problems on projects. And finally, you’ll manage the other member of the partnerships team, overseeing their work to keep establishing Forward Action as a thought leader in digital mobilisation and finding ways to share learnings from our innovations for the rest of the sector to benefit from.

If you have experience helping organisations or teams work effectively in the charity sector, enjoy building relationships and problem-solving, and would be excited to help spread digital mobilisation across the charity sector, this job is for you.

This is a permanent role, with the freedom to work both in our London office and remotely from home, although during lockdown you will, of course, only work from home. Once lockdown is fully lifted, it’s likely you will need to be able to travel to meetings in London once or twice a week. You can work either four or five days a week.

Who we are

Forward Action is a digital mobilisation agency for progressive causes. We help our partner organisations reach new supporters, then mobilise them to become activists and donors. We have been in the engine room of some of the most successful election and charity digital campaigns of the last few years, helping our partners add millions of new supporters to their email lists, raise more money online (from more donors) and create campaigns that have led to real-world change.

Our values are critical to us: we will only work with causes that make the world a better place. You will get to work with some of the most inspiring and impactful organisations in the sector - such as Greenpeace, Cancer Research UK, and Amnesty International - and spend your days helping win progress on everything from climate change to homelessness.

You will be working at the cutting edge of digital mobilisation. We trust in data rather than our gut instincts, so we are constantly testing and iterating in our work in order to challenge assumptions and drive better results. We are an agile, fast-moving team, and you will have the opportunity to rapidly expand your knowledge and experience.

One of our fundamental values is that all our work should drive real-world, measurable results. But we also believe that the greatest progressive impact we can have is to give our partner organisations the skills, knowledge and culture they need to do what we do themselves. We want to spread our skills and way of working across the progressive sector, not make our partners dependent on us. You will play a key role in this in your job.

What you’ll do as part of our team

Lead our new partnerships programme

• Own our partnerships strategy and lead delivery of it, ensuring that we are bringing in enough new work to sustain the organisation
• Manage our new business pipeline, ensuring we’re maintaining and strengthening our relationships with both prospective and current partners
• Meet with prospective partners to discuss their strategic needs, present our work, and explore how Forward Action can help hit their goals
• Work with our strategy team to draft proposals for projects (and deliver in-person pitches where needed)
• Attend, build relationships and present at charity sector events
• Hire and manage another member of staff in the partnerships team who will deliver our marketing and thought leadership work

Set our team up to succeed on new projects

• Build relationships with partners’ senior stakeholders to help secure buy in for the agile ways of working effective digital mobilisation requires
• Hold ad hoc problem-solving calls with partners to help break through process challenges or blockages during projects
• Gather feedback from clients on their experience working with us to help ensure we continue to deliver outstanding work
• Run evaluation meetings with clients at the end of projects and help work out the most impactful piece of work we could do together next

Benefits and working culture

Pro Rata Salary: £62,337 if you live inside London, £55,658 (plus £3,000 travel expense allowance) if you live outside London. We have a generous pay increase system, so every year your salary will increase in line with inflation, and if you hit your professional development goals you will also move up a pay grade. If you move up a pay grade your pay will increase by £1,637 - £1,833 pro rata depending on whether you live outside London or in London.

Contract Term: This is a permanent contract. The role can be either full time or four days a week.

Location: At home during lockdown; post-lockdown, in our Hoxton office, with the option to work remotely. Ensuring our team is open to people who live outside London and enabling staff to work flexibly are important values to us, so you’ll have the freedom to work from home regularly. Many of our meetings are held via video conferencing, but post-lockdown you will need to attend meetings with clients in London fairly regularly - once or twice a week on average.

Holiday: 25 days/year (pro rata), plus bank holidays and the week between Christmas and New Year.

Extra holiday for travelling sustainably: We’re a member of the Climate Perks scheme, so you’ll have an extra two days of holiday a year if you use them to travel by land or sea instead of taking a flight.

Maternity and Paternity/Long-term partner parental leave: For a small organisation, we’re proud to have a generous and progressive parental leave policy. Maternity leave is 12 weeks at full pay, 14 weeks at 50% pay. Paternity/Long-term partner parental leave is 6 weeks at full pay.

Working culture and hours: Our team is open, inclusive, friendly, respectful and kind. People from communities that traditionally experience discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity or immigration status; women; new parents; people with disabilities; and LGBTQ+ people are especially encouraged to apply.

We work eight hour days (including a 30 minute lunch break), with core hours of 9:30am-4:30pm. We put a lot of importance on ensuring everyone finishes on time: while there are some times when you’ll need to stay a little later to finish work, people in the team rarely work more than 45-60 minutes late. No one ever works on weekends or their holidays.

Abilities and experience you’ll need to have

• At least 4 years’ experience working in EITHER partnership building/organisational or team leadership in the charity sector OR digital campaigning/digital fundraising
• If your experience is in organisational development/partnership building, an understanding of the fundamentals of digital campaigns strategy/digital fundraising strategy is important
• A great communicator, both verbally and in writing
• Excellent interpersonal skills - this role needs someone who is comfortable meeting new people and initiating conversations at conferences and events
• Good organisation and attention-to-detail
• Being comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
• A positive, problem-solving attitude
• Dedication to helping build a fairer, more progressive society
• Fluency in spoken and written English
• A self-starter who is able to take the initiative in your work

We also love a quick learner. We don’t expect you to know or have done everything when you start - we’ll be looking for you to pick up new skills and knowledge quickly, then run with them.

Abilities and experience that are nice to have

We know it’s not possible for any applicants to have all these skills - it’s likely you’ll be able to bring 3 - 5 of the following to our team:

• Established relationships within the charity sector
• Experience working at an agency
• Experience with business development work
• Experience with account management
• Experience in managing budgets
• Experience of public speaking (e.g at conferences)
• Experience of proposal writing
• Experience with social media marketing and/or blogging
• Experience of presenting at pitches or internal meetings

How to apply

To apply for this job, please press the "Apply" button and fill in the form on our website.

We run an anonymised application procedure to ensure our hiring process is as fair as possible. So please remove your name and contact information from your CV before uploading it, and only enter these details in the online form.

To apply, you will need to include:

• your CV (with name and contact details removed)
• up to 250 words explaining how you’re suited to the role and why you want the job

Applications close Sunday 5 July.

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a set of online tasks from home any time - this can be any time that works for you between Friday 10 and Monday 13 July. Based on the tasks, a small number of candidates will be asked to attend an interview via a video call on Monday 20 July, potentially followed by a second interview if required.

If you have any questions about the role or the hiring process, you can contact our team through the website.