Change Grow Live  

Director of Nursing

Competitive remuneration package  

Location: Nationwide

Be open, be compassionate, be bold

Change Grow Live is a charity, with income of £250 million, over 4,000 staff and 1500 volunteers.

Every year they support more than 200,000 people affected by social and economic deprivation, trauma and abuse, homelessness, offending and alcohol and substance misuse. Because they're not a business, they're not looking to make a profit. This allows them to focus on making sure that everything they do is helping the people who use their services, and the wider public too.

Many of Change Grow Live’s staff have previously used their services. Others started as front-line workers, volunteers or peer mentors (including their Chief Executive).  This is a huge strength. Having that first-hand, frontline experience means Change Grow Live’s staff are in the perfect position to support their service users and their staff on the ground - they've been there, so they get it.

Change Grow Live look at the data and carry out research and analysis to make sure that everything they recommend is not just safe, but also the most effective treatment. They never stop learning and looking for new evidence, either.

Since starting as a small local charity in Sussex in the 1970s, Change Grow Live has grown to offer more than 200 services across the UK annually. Their size gives stability, because there’s a solid infrastructure, systems and processes. It also means they can learn a lot and make continuous improvements by sharing learnings and best practice between all of their services.

We believe in people  

Change Grow Live’s work is informed by a simple principle that experience tells them works: Believe in People. This means they believe in their staff's expertise and judgement and strive to create the conditions for them to do their best work. It means they believe that everyone has the right to pursue their goals and aspirations. And it means they believe that, with the right opportunities and support, anyone can change their life for the better.

The role

The ambition at Change Grow Live is that everyone who works or volunteers there is happy, healthy, well trained and equipped to do their role.

To champion the role that nurses play in changing lives Change Grow Live are recruiting a new Director of Nursing. As the Director of Nursing, you will develop a nursing strategy that will create the conditions for all nurses in Change Grow Live to make the biggest difference in people’s lives. You’ll be the voice for nursing in Change Grow Live and deliver fresh and exciting new ways of working for the hard-working teams in their services. 

Their nurses play a critical role in changing lives. The ambition is for all nursing staff to thrive in their role at Change Grow Live. They also want to represent the incredible work that nurses do across the third sector and beyond.

This role collaborates with senior leaders to develop working practices which enable an effective interface between nursing and all aspects of practice

Whilst this role reports to an Executive Director, you will be the most senior Nursing professional and have responsibility for ensuring that Nursing practice is meeting clinical standards and best practice, making continuous improvements where opportunities are identified.

This role will be a key driver of a values-based culture which encompasses their philosophy of ‘Believe in People’ and embraces inclusivity, demonstrating the organisation’s values of being open, compassionate and bold. All Change Grow Live’s Directors embody these values and ensure that everything they do ensures the organisation is equipped to make a difference to people’s lives.

You

The successful candidate will develop an understanding of changes and developments across Change Grow Live and identify interconnections and interdependencies with their own area of responsibility. You will stay abreast of cutting-edge developments and best practice within nursing, to contribute to the leadership and direction of the organisation.

As new Director of Nursing you will have:

• developed a nursing strategy based on internal and external best practice that is fit for today and fit for future, aligned to the organisation strategy and supported by the Executive and Board. 
• significant experience of all, or most, of the components of a nursing strategy. 
• demonstrable experience of successful implementation of major nursing initiatives and/or transformational change
• relevant nursing degree/qualification.

How to Apply

Application is by CV and covering letter.  Your letter, which should be no more than 2 pages in length, should explain both why you are interested in the post and why you think you would be an excellent candidate for us. Click on the Apply link to submit your application.

Further information

For an informal conversation about the post or to request a copy of the Candidate Brief, please contact Laurence Wolahan or Justin Dargis of Hays Executive.

All direct applications will be forwarded to Hays Executive.

Campaign dates:

Closing date: 15th August 2021

First Interview: 2nd and 3rd September 2021

Second interview: 13th and 14th September 2021

The above dates are subject to change

Change Grow Live  

Director of Assurance

Competitive remuneration package

Location: Nationwide

Be open, be compassionate, be bold

Change Grow Live is a charity, with income of £250 million, over 4,000 staff and 1500 volunteers.

Every year they support more than 200,000 people affected by social and economic deprivation, trauma and abuse, homelessness, offending and alcohol and substance misuse. Because they're not a business, they're not looking to make a profit. This allows them to focus on making sure that everything they do is helping the people who use their services, and the wider public too.

Many of Change Grow Live’s staff have previously used their services. Others started as front-line workers, volunteers or peer mentors (including their Chief Executive).  This is a huge strength. Having that first-hand, frontline experience means Change Grow Live’s staff are in the perfect position to support their service users and their staff on the ground - they've been there, so they get it.

Change Grow Live look at the data and carry out research and analysis to make sure that everything they recommend is not just safe, but also the most effective treatment. They never stop learning and looking for new evidence, either.

Since starting as a small local charity in Sussex in the 1970s, Change Grow Live has grown to offer more than 200 services across the UK annually. Their size gives stability, because there’s a solid infrastructure, systems and processes. It also means they can learn a lot and make continuous improvements by sharing learnings and best practice between all of their services.

We believe in people  

Change Grow Live’s work is informed by a simple principle that experience tells them works: Believe in People. This means they believe in their staff's expertise and judgement and strive to create the conditions for them to do their best work. It means they believe that everyone has the right to pursue their goals and aspirations. And it means they believe that, with the right opportunities and support, anyone can change their life for the better.

The role

The newly created role of Director of Assurance will ensure that Change Grow Live’s services and frontline teams delivery meets the highest standards, The Director of Assurance will provide strategic and technical leadership on organisational assurance and governance across all aspects of service delivery.

As Director of Assurance, you will lead a multi-disciplinary team, working alongside colleagues and specialists throughout the organisation, to ensure they are delivering the highest quality care for all who use their services.

You will also have oversight of Change Grow Live’s governance and assurance frameworks. You will build on years of progress to ensure that the organisation is the best it can be for its people. 

The new Director of Assurance will:

• Work with the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) to build a strategic approach to assurance, governance, quality management systems and overall quality improvement
• Work closely with the Director of Research & Development and

the Director of Change Portfolio as well as colleagues in operational delivery to drive through quality improvements

• Ensure that governance and assurance frameworks are operating as per design and making continuous improvements where opportunities are identified.

You

The successful candidate will develop an understanding of changes and developments across Change Grow Live and identify interconnections and interdependencies with their own area of responsibility. They will stay abreast of cutting-edge developments and best practice within assurance, to contribute to the leadership and direction of the organisation.

As the new Director of Assurance, you will have:

• Significant senior management experience and led or have background in organisational assurance
• Considerable experience of leading and managing delivery in the health/social care and/or criminal justice field. 
• An understanding of operational delivery for a wide range of service users and an understanding of UK Drug Strategy, Criminal Justice and Social Policy Reforms. 

How to Apply

Application is by CV and covering letter.  Your letter, which should be no more than 2 pages in length, should explain both why you are interested in the post and why you think you would be an excellent candidate for us. Click on the Apply link to submit your application.

Further information

For an informal conversation about the post and to request a copy of the Candidate Brief, please contact Claire MacLeod or Justinas Dargis of Hays Executive.

All direct applications will be forwarded to Hays Executive.

Campaign dates:

Closing date: 15th August 2021

First Interview: 31st August and 1st September 2021

Second interview: 13th and 14th September 2021

The above dates are subject to change

Your leadership can show women the way to overcome abuse.

Domestic abuse has blighted women’s lives throughout history. We’ve been helping women in London recover from its effects since 1996. Our specialist counselling transforms the mental health and wellbeing of women who have suffered physical, emotional or sexual abuse, financial exploitation or coercive control, and we have assisted well over 15,000 people to date. Add your skills to our closely-knit all-female team and you can help thousands more on the road to recovery.

Taking clinical responsibility for our counselling, groupwork and other therapeutic services, you will ensure that we fully meet the needs of vulnerable women whilst complying with the BACP Ethical Framework and Person-Centred Approach. Notably, you will focus on clients with complex issues such as suicide ideation and child protection, effectively resolve any clinical complaints and represent the organisation at high-profile meetings, conferences and forums, whilst actively expanding our outreach.

At the same time, supported by the Project Manager, you will manage budgets and contracts, oversee resourcing and recruitment, and inspire and motivate your team, so we require an exceptional professional who shares our passion for transforming lives. BACP/UKCP accredited and qualified in person-centred, humanistic or integrative counselling, you will bring extensive experience of supporting clients with complex needs, including clinical supervision and project management. Needless to say, you will possess deep knowledge of domestic abuse and its effects on women and children, good relationships with appropriate statutory and voluntary agencies, and outstanding interpersonal skills – plus the determination to bring about lasting change for service users.

In return, you can expect exceptional career satisfaction plus an excellent package of benefits including:

• Flexible working – you will work remotely initially, with the role becoming blended remote/office based when our office reopens
• 25 days’ holiday rising to 30 after five years (pro rata for part-time working)
• 3% pension contribution
• Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle-to-work scheme

To find out more and apply with your CV, please visit our website via the apply button.  

We will conduct interviews on a rolling basis. Please note, if an appointment is made before the deadline, the post will close early. 

This post is open to women only. The Equality Act 2010 pursuant to Schedule 9, Part 1 applies. 

Change Grow Live

Director of Integrated Practice

Competitive remuneration package

Location: Nationwide

Be open, be compassionate, be bold

Change Grow Live is a charity, with income of £250 million, over 4,000 staff and 1500 volunteers.

Every year they support more than 200,000 people affected by social and economic deprivation, trauma and abuse, homelessness, offending and alcohol and substance misuse. Because they're not a business, they're not looking to make a profit. This allows them to focus on making sure that everything they do is helping the people who use their services, and the wider public too.

Many of Change Grow Live’s staff have previously used their services. Others started as front-line workers, volunteers or peer mentors (including their Chief Executive).  This is a huge strength. Having that first-hand, frontline experience means Change Grow Live’s staff are in the perfect position to support their service users and their staff on the ground - they've been there, so they get it.

Change Grow Live look at the data and carry out research and analysis to make sure that everything they recommend is not just safe, but also the most effective treatment. They never stop learning and looking for new evidence, either.

Since starting as a small local charity in Sussex in the 1970s, Change Grow Live has grown to offer more than 200 services across the UK annually. Their size gives stability, because there’s a solid infrastructure, systems and processes. It also means they can learn a lot and make continuous improvements by sharing learnings and best practice between all of their services.

We believe in people  

Change Grow Live’s work is informed by a simple principle that experience tells them works: Believe in People. This means they believe in their staff's expertise and judgement and strive to create the conditions for them to do their best work. It means they believe that everyone has the right to pursue their goals and aspirations. And it means they believe that, with the right opportunities and support, anyone can change their life for the better.

The role

Integration is the future of care. The appointee will be the voice of integrated practice for Change Grow Live, connecting with professionals and colleagues across health and social care to ensure frontline teams are always well equipped to support the people that use services.

Whilst this role reports to an Executive Director, the first Director of Integrated practice will develop the psychosocial interventions strategy, growing the psychology and social work offer, to support meeting the diverse needs of service users.

Working collaboratively, you will develop new ways of working and have the opportunity to innovate and turn exciting ideas into real life-changing practice.

The new Director of Integrated Practice will be expected to:

• develop highly effective relationships with other senior leaders in the organisation and with key internal stakeholders (i.e. trustees, the executive, staff, people who use Change Grow Live’s services)
• be a champion of positive change, working with partners and stakeholders to help design, deliver and share approaches that change society for the better
• maintain a high level of dialogue and public relations with stakeholders, partner agencies and commissioning bodies.

This role will be a key driver of a values-based culture which encompasses their philosophy of ‘Believe in People’ and embraces inclusivity, demonstrating the organisation’s values of being open, compassionate and bold. All Change Grow Live’s Directors embody these values and ensure that everything they do ensures the organisation is equipped to make a difference to people’s lives.

You

The successful candidate will develop an understanding of changes and developments across Change Grow Live and identify interconnections and interdependencies with their own area of responsibility. You will stay abreast of cutting-edge developments and best clinical practice, to contribute to the leadership and direction of the organisation.

As the new Director of Integrated Practice you will have:

• demonstrable experience of successful implementation of major operational initiatives and/or transformational change
• evidence of delivering best practice in clinical operational delivery and/or integrated care systems
• experience of charity, health or social care arenas.

How to Apply

Application is by CV and covering letter.  Your letter, which should be no more than 2 pages in length, should explain both why you are interested in the post and why you think you would be an excellent candidate for us. Click on the Apply link to submit your application.

Further information

For an informal conversation about the post or to request a copy of the Candidate Brief, please contact Laurence Wolahan or Justin Dargis of Hays Executive.

All direct applications will be forwarded to Hays Executive.

Campaign dates:

Closing date: 15th August 2021

First Interview: 8th and 9th September 2021

Second interview: 13th and 14th September 2021

The above dates are subject to change

Change Grow Live

Director of People

Competitive remuneration package 

Location: Nationwide

Be open, be compassionate, be bold

Change Grow Live is a charity, with income of £250 million, over 4,000 staff and 1500 volunteers.

Every year they support more than 200,000 people affected by social and economic deprivation, trauma and abuse, homelessness, offending and alcohol and substance misuse. Because they're not a business, they're not looking to make a profit. This allows them to focus on making sure that everything they do is helping the people who use their services, and the wider public too.

Many of Change Grow Live’s staff have previously used their services. Others started as front-line workers, volunteers or peer mentors (including their Chief Executive).  This is a huge strength. Having that first-hand, frontline experience means Change Grow Live’s staff are in the perfect position to support their service users and their staff on the ground - they've been there, so they get it.

Change Grow Live look at the data and carry out research and analysis to make sure that everything they recommend is not just safe, but also the most effective treatment. They never stop learning and looking for new evidence, either.

Since starting as a small local charity in Sussex in the 1970s, Change Grow Live has grown to offer more than 200 services across the UK annually. Their size gives stability, because there’s a solid infrastructure, systems and processes. It also means they can learn a lot and make continuous improvements by sharing learnings and best practice between all of their services.

We believe in people  

Change Grow Lives’s work is informed by a simple principle that experience tells them works: Believe in People. This means they believe in their staff's expertise and judgement and strive to create the conditions for them to do their best work. It means they believe that everyone has the right to pursue their goals and aspirations. And it means they believe that, with the right opportunities and support, anyone can change their life for the better.

The role

The ambition at Change Grow Live is that everyone who works or volunteers there is happy, healthy, well trained and equipped to do their role.

The newly created role of Director of People will build on years of progress to ensure that the organisation is the best it can be for its people. 

It will encompass the whole people experience from starting well (recruitment), on boarding, personal and team development, talent and succession planning, leadership, reward and people systems and processes. 

Whilst this role reports to an Executive Director, you will be the most senior HR professional and have responsibility for the development, implementation and delivery of a People Strategy that allows everyone in any role across the organisation to thrive.

This role will be a key driver of a values-based culture which encompasses their philosophy of ‘Believe in People’ and embraces inclusivity, demonstrating the organisation’s values of being open, compassionate and bold. All Change Grow Live’s Directors embody these values and ensure that everything they do ensures the organisation is equipped to make a difference to people’s lives.

With prime responsibility for supporting organisational design and development, the Director of People will create structures that provide clarity, clear decision making and autonomy, as well as opportunities for growth.  Leading a team of more than 50, he or she will have responsibility for a budget in the region of £4M.

The successful candidate will develop an understanding of changes and developments across Change Grow Live and identify interconnections and interdependencies with their own area of responsibility. They will stay abreast of cutting-edge developments and best practice within HR and organisational development, to contribute to the leadership and direction of the organisation.

The new Director of People will also be expected to:

• develop highly effective relationships with other senior leaders in the organisation and with key internal stakeholders (i.e. trustees, the executive, staff, people who use Change Grow Live’s services)
• be a champion of positive change, working with partners and stakeholders to help design, deliver and share approaches that change society for the better
• maintain a high level of dialogue and public relations with stakeholders, partner agencies and commissioning bodies

You

• You have significant experience of leading a people function in a similarly large and complex organization. 
• You have developed and delivered people strategy, within the context of organisational transformation
• You are collaborative and consultative in your approach
• You are an inspirational, dynamic and forward-thinking leader
• You are a clear, calm and compassionate communicator and ambassador
• You want to make a difference and are passionate about championing the charity’s Mission, Vision and Values.

How to Apply

Application is by CV and covering letter.  Your letter, which should be no more than 2 pages in length, should explain both why you are interested in the post and why you think you would be an excellent candidate for us. Click on the Apply link to submit your application.

Further information

For an informal conversation about the post and to request a copy of the Candidate Brief, please contact Claire MacLeod or Justinas Dargis of Hays Executive.

All direct applications will be forwarded to Hays Executive.

Campaign dates: 

Closing date: 15th August 2021

First Interview: 6th or 7th September 2021

Second interview: 13th and 14th September 2021

The above dates are subject to change

Our mission at CTA is to champion, connect, support and grow a thriving community transport movement across all parts of the UK. Community transport operators have a great story to tell and it is CTA’s job as their national membership body to help them tell it and to support them to develop excellent services that can transform lives and communities.

Our work here in Scotland is integral to this. We have around 150 members across Scotland who all provide accessible and inclusive transport solutions in our cities, our rural areas and our islands. 

We are excited to be recruiting for our new Director for Scotland. The post holder will lead the development and delivery of CTA’s research, policy and public affairs work in Scotland. They will make sure our policy is designed to create value for our members and further their aims. The role will innovate and seek creative transport solutions and policy options that will be fit for the specific context in Scotland but must also be aligned to wider UK policy work and developments across all of the devolved countries. If you like the sound of this challenge and have the qualities and potential to rise to it, then we’d love to hear from you! 

Location is flexible with an expectation that a reasonable amount of time will be spent in Edinburgh with travel to our other offices and locations across the UK.

This is a full-time, permanent position – 40 hours per week (Monday - Friday)

Salary: £70,000 per year

Friends Therapeutic Community Trust, known more widely as Glebe House specialises in helping boys, aged 15- 18, who have displayed harmful sexual behaviours and may have other complex behavioural issues. It provides a year-round children’s home together with individualised treatment programmes of therapy and education, delivered on-site at our Independent Special School and carried out within a therapeutic community setting.

We are now seeking a Managing Director to be responsible to the Trustee Board and to lead the Trust in delivering the strategic vision and sustain the values, ethos and service quality to which it is committed. This includes responsibility for financial planning and sustainability, providing inspirational leadership and management, and giving leadership to planning future developments and the shaping of services; income generation, fundraising and partnership working.

Your ability to work with Boards and Trustees is vital, as Governance and Accountability will be required as you will provide timely, coherent and relevant information to the Trustees on progress against objectives.

You need to have excellent people skills and proven management and business acumen, along with a dynamic and inspirational way of thinking and vision that will help lead the Trust through a new and exciting period. You should also be fully conversant with, committed to and enthusiastic about the values and objectives of the Trust.

Reference ID: MD

Application deadline: 3 Sep 2021

Shortlisting dates: 6 and 7 Sep 2021

Warner Interview (Zoom): 9 and 10 Sep 2021

Informal interviews with SMT and Residents (including Site Tour): 13 and 14 Sep 2021

Formal interviews and assessments (on Site): 21 and 22 Sep 2021

Contract begins: Jan 2022

Benefits:

• Sick pay
• Company pension
• On-site parking
• Free parking, free food
• Working on a rural site in Cambridgeshire, set in 3.5 acres
• 5-weeks holiday, plus Bank Holidays

If you are interested in this post, please contact Georgie Wark to arrange a call to discuss this post further with the Clerk to Trustees and receive a Candidate Information Pack.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

As part of our safer recruitment practices all posts will be subject to checks including an enhanced DBS and Warner Interviews processes.

A full employment history will need to be provided with an explanation of any employment gaps.

EPG is looking for an outstanding, experienced, and highly motivated leader to join its Senior Management Team as Director of Programmes. The successful candidate will find EPG’s vision and values to be exciting and motivating and be eager to contribute to the development of an organization striving to redefine the role of technical assistance in international development and education.

The Director of Programmes will lead the design and delivery of EPG’s entire portfolio of work, including establishing and managing relationships with multiple governments and funders; leading a team of highly professional staff to deliver outstanding work to all clients; providing strategic insight into the monitoring and evaluation of the portfolio; undertaking financial oversight across all country budgets; and playing a significant strategic role in the leadership and growth trajectory of EPG.

This role is based in Kenya, South Africa, Cote d’Ivoire or London, with international travel (approximately 35% of the time), as and when travel is possible in the context of COVID restrictions.

Indicative responsibilities

• Lead engagements and forge close working relationships with multiple governments, including Ministers and senior government officials, to oversee the end-to-end design and implementation of projects focused on improving the quality of education systems; and ensure work is cognisant of, and responsive to the wider political economy;
• Build a coherent portfolio of work within and across countries with attention to strategic ambition, project quality, risk management, robust evidence generation, and sound budget management;
• Help to ensure the financial sustainability of the organisation by leading on the development of new country engagements and supporting the Director of Strategy and Partnerships in the development of new funding relationships and maintaining existing ones
• Provide vision and leadership around how technical assistance might be delivered more sustainably;
• Ensure EPG's programmes benefit from high quality technical expertise and advice obtained through either in-house expertise or consultants or a combination of both, as relevant for the individual programmes;
• Work with the CEO and SMT to reform programme management systems and processes to ensure EPG is operationally fit-for-purpose for a small, growing non-profit consultancy working towards independence from Ark;
• Lead initiatives internally and with external partners to deepen staff understanding of education system reform, best practice and the practicalities of successful partnership with government officials;
• Line manage programme staff, including remotely, to quality assure delivery against programme objectives as well as the personal and professional development of individuals;
• Work with the Research and Evaluation Manager to ensure that all of EPG’s projects have contextually-relevant and operationally efficient monitoring and evaluation plans that inform best practice internally and externally and to deliver robust policy research;
  • Keep abreast of the latest global research, news and trends in education, development and country/client contexts to inform EPG strategy and programming;
  • Report to the EPG Board on the health of the programmes portfolio, flagging significant issues, as they arise and as appropriate, for discussion
  • Participate as an active member of EPG’s Senior Management Team to provide strategic and operational leadership across the organization as EPG matures and grows towards independence.

Requirements

Essential requirements for the candidate are:

• Significant professional experience in international development or international consulting, and in education, including experience leading the design and delivery of education policy-related projects;
• Significant experience working in long-term partnerships with government officials, especially in sub-Saharan Africa
• Exceptional relationship-building and management skills especially with leaders in government and non-government institutions in low-and middle-income countries;
• A strong track record in complex, end to end, project management, particularly in in low- or middle-income countries;
• Significant experience leading, developing and managing teams, including remotely and across cultures;
• Passion for education and for the central role of government in delivering education;
• Experience designing and delivering on major organisational strategies;
• Exceptional written communications and presentation skills in English;
• Experience in analysing and interpreting qualitative and quantitative data, and drawing out key themes and policy implications;
• Familiarity with research and evaluation methodologies;
• Masters’ degree or equivalent experience.

Desirable skills and experience include:

• Good network within the global education sector
• Experience in research, monitoring and evaluation design and delivery
• Knowledge and/or experience in the role of non-state actors in the provision of basic education;
• Experience working on projects aimed at strengthening accountability in education systems;
• Formal training in microeconomics;
• Fluency or advanced language capabilities in French.

About Education Partnerships Group

Incubated within UK education charity, Ark, the Education Partnerships Group (EPG) is an international not-for-profit consultancy that partners with governments to shape and strengthen their education systems. Our vision is that governments in low- and middle-income countries are equipped to ensure that every child goes to school and learns. We believe that supporting government to design and implement contextually relevant and evidence-based public policy is the best way to drive sustainable progress towards achieving quality education for all.

We assist governments across three critical stages of the policy process:

1. Generating and using research to inform policy 

2. Supporting the design and development of policy 

3. Supporting the piloting and scaling of policy reform initiatives 

Today, EPG works in five countries in Sub-Saharan Africa: South Africa, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Cote d’Ivoire, and Zambia.

In our work, we prioritise a genuine understanding of context rather than assuming ideas can simply be transplanted from one country to another. We also focus on the system – the roles, responsibilities, and relationships of all the different actors – rather than working on one policy area in isolation.

COVID has demonstrated more than ever the importance of effective education systems capable of coordinating and targeting limited resources through evidence-based approaches for impactful education service delivery. With growing demand for our services, EPG is currently focused on seizing those opportunities to expand our footprint in current programme countries and new geographies.

We are looking for an experienced PA to play a pivotal role in the Director’s Office in providing frontline administrative support to the Director of RBG Kew and the Director of Resources.

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) is a leading plant science institute, UNESCO World Heritage Site, and major visitor attraction. Our mission is to understand and protect plants and fungi for the well-being of people and the future of all life on Earth.

We are working to end the unprecedented extinction crisis and to help create a world where nature is protected, valued by all and managed sustainably. We will achieve these goals by drawing on our leading scientific research, unrivalled collections of plants and fungi, global network of partners, inspirational gardens at Kew and Wakehurst, and our 260 years of history.

Join us on our journey as protectors of the world’s plants and fungi.

Kew has ambitious plans, and it is an exciting time to join the small friendly team that supports the Director. The job is located at our beautiful Kew Gardens site in South West London, although currently staff are working flexibly. 

Our successful candidate will thrive on working at pace to a varied set of tasks. With a proven background in supporting a CEO or director of a sizable organisation, the post-holder will be a motivated, highly organised team-player with excellent interpersonal skills who is calm under pressure and who operates with discretion. 

Our fantastic benefits package includes opportunities for continuous learning, a generous annual leave entitlement, flexible working to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance, an Employee Assistance Programme and other wellbeing support such as cycle to work scheme and discounted gym membership. We also offer a competitive pension, an employee discount scheme and free entry into a wide range of national museums and galleries, as well access to our own beautiful gardens at Kew and Wakehurst.

If you are interested in this position, please visit our website for more information and to apply.

Closing Date: 08/08/2021

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post.

No agencies please.

Business Manager to Director of Development

Job ID: 028728

Salary: Grade 6: £38,304 - £45,026 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance

Business unit: Fundraising & Supporter Development

Department: Fundraising & Supporter Dev Office

Strand Campus

The Business Manager will provide high-level, effective, comprehensive and confidential support to the Director of Development, King’s College London and King’s Health Partners.

They will work closely with the Director and other members of the Leadership Team in F&SD on multiple, overlapping projects to ensure the Directorate delivers against targets and objectives as agreed with funding partners and also contributes more broadly to the success of the Department.

The Business Manager will work closely with the Director’s EA to ensure that the Director is fully supported across all aspects of their agenda. There must be an ability to track key tasks and priorities within the Director’s portfolio and a willingness to take a level of ownership and responsibility to ensure these are delivered. 

They must be an experienced, capable project manager, as they will be responsible for supporting the development and implementation of fundraising strategy, managing oversight of key fundraising activities, including monitoring critical paths, milestones and key performance indicators.

The post holder must be able to juggle competing priorities, work to tight deadlines, communicate and negotiate projects on behalf of the Director and have strong attention to detail. The post holder will also be readily available to take on discrete areas of project work as appropriate and make decisions autonomously. The postholder must be able and willing to turn their hand to a wide range of tasks and be flexible in their approach.

The post holder will liaise with external and internal stakeholders at a senior level, including the leadership team within F&SD and university and hospital partners.  Effective stakeholder management is a critical requirement for the role, as is a strong commitment to the work of the Department in enabling our partners to deliver world-leading education, research and healthcare through fundraising and supporter engagement.

This post will be offered on an indefinite contract.

This is a full-time post.

Closing date: 11-Aug-2021f

To apply please press the 'Apply' button. 

Groundswell are looking for a passionate people person to lead our newly formed Creating Change team. Our exciting projects are on the cutting edge of participation and best practice. With our expansive networks, partnerships, and collaboration we create change led by people who have experience of homelessness. Examples of our work include our national #HealthNow campaign, Inspiring Change Manchester, Fulfilling Lives, and COVID-19 monitoring project. We have developed innovative ways to reach participants, collect information and communicate what we find to create change. Our growing learning and development work delivers peer-led training across the country – giving volunteers with lived experience the opportunity to progress and raising awareness to ‘professionals’ of the issues people face when they are homeless so we can change the system for the better.

This role is a fantastic opportunity to build on the momentum our team has already created and to expand the impact of Groundswell’s research, policy and campaigns across the country. As Creating Change Director, you will be leading a team committed to tackling homelessness and working towards system change at a local and national level. You will play a key role in managing and developing relationships with a range of stakeholders to create meaningful change. You will manage a diverse team across the country, many of whom have personal experience of homelessness. We have many skills and talents as a team - writers, researchers, trainers, coordinators, advocates, and podcasters.

We care deeply about inequality and participation and approach our work with fun, energy, and creativity.  We are looking for someone to lead the team and work collaboratively with us and volunteers with experience of homelessness.

Application process

To make an application, please download the attached job pack and submit your CV along with a cover letter which explains:

• how you meet each of the areas outlined in the person specification above and
• why you are interested in doing this job.

The deadline is Thursday 12th August at 10 am. Please submit via the link contained in the job pack.

Interviews will then be held in late August / Early September

Starting Salary: £69,202 - £72,853 pa

Contract: Permanent

We’re looking for a forward-thinking People professional who can deliver strategic leadership in driving our people, culture and change agenda. As an agency of the Church, informed by Catholic Social Teaching, the dignity and sacredness of all people is our starting point. Our mission takes a particular concern for those who experience poverty and are marginalised, oppressed or excluded. This “preferential option for the poor” requires that we recognise how systems, structures and behaviours can work against people and undermine the very dignity that we profess. At the heart of CAFOD’s approach is what Pope Francis calls a “culture of encounter” whereby we seek to restore and strengthen relationships and seek the common good, through dialogue and deep listening, understanding, respect and generosity.

CAFOD has a new strategy, Our Common Home which seeks to make strategic shifts to our ways of working. We have started on this journey, seeking to better enable and support leadership of our partners and this will have an impact on CAFOD’s own role as an international NGO. Our strategy talks about us wanting to “dare to be different” in addressing the causes of injustice, poverty, and environmental destruction. We will continue to mobilise, engage and connect with the Catholic community in England and Wales.

At CAFOD we work towards a vision of a world where every person can flourish and fulfil their potential, and that the earth is protected and cared for.  We work across the world with people, regardless of gender, disability, age, race, ethnicity, nationality, culture, sexual orientation, political or religious belief. We acknowledge and celebrate diversity, and the strength it gives us, as we come together and seek justice for all. Yet we know that there is much to do to address inequalities in an authentic way. CAFOD is a strong values-based organisation and seeks to ensure that all its activity reflects its values of hope, dignity, solidarity and compassion. 

It is an exciting time to join CAFOD. We have a new strategy, an inspiring vision and a commitment to standing alongside those who face discrimination and specifically to be an anti-racist organisation.

Whether it be the impact of COVID on ways of working and well-being or tackling discrimination in the development sector, it is an important and challenging time where CAFOD and its staff and volunteers need to continue to evolve and change in a way that is collaborative and authentic. 

If you are skilled in driving and embedding organisational effectiveness and cultural change then we want to hear from you!

Job Profile

Reporting directly to the CEO and as part of the Executive Team, this pivotal new role will drive culture change across CAFOD which is key to delivering Our Common Home strategy. Leading the People, Culture and Change (PCC) Group,  this post holder will be expected to work collaboratively across the organisation and be responsible for delivering  our People, Change and Safe and Inclusive Working Culture (CAFOD’s Equity, Diversity & Inclusion programme) strategies across different cultures and contexts ensuring high standards, good practice and alignment with CAFOD’s values.

Job Scope

The post holder is responsible for:

• Setting the organisational People Culture and Change strategy and delivering the goals to support our strategy, Our Common Home.
• With the Executive team, sharing cabinet responsibility for all corporate decisions.
• Delivering CAFOD’s Safe & Inclusive Working Culture programme and supporting our work to be anti-racist; working with others to ensure CAFOD has an active culture of belonging.
• To develop and model desired leadership behaviours across CAFOD, supported by an effective, high quality suite of People policies, processes, tools, internal communication, and learning and development support, acknowledging different cultures, contexts and flexible working arrangements
• Providing advice and support to the Executive Director, Chair of Trustees and other senior staff on key People, culture and employee relations issues.
• Holding the remit of Corporate Safeguarding Lead, liaising with the Lead Trustee with support of the Safeguarding team
• Facilitating the Remuneration Committee of the Board of Trustees
• Being the primary point of contact with the Union as Management representative on the Joint Negotiating and Consultation Committee; and ensuring regular contact with the National Staff associations
• People aspects of security and safety through membership of the Security Cluster.

 Key Responsibilities

Leadership of the People Culture and Change Group (PCC)

• Oversee the development, coherence and delivery of the plans of managers within the Group to ensure the vision of Our Common Home is realised in a collaborative and cross-organisational way.
• Ensure that PCC managers are equipped and supported to deliver to their plans, allocating and managing resources effectively.

 This post holder leads the following teams within the PCC Group:

• HR Advisors and HR Services Teams who work collaboratively in the UK and with national based HR Focal Points to ensure that our support and systems facilitate excellent People Management across HR services, business partnership, training and learning, development, employee relations, reward, health and wellbeing.
• The Head of Organisational Change and a new fixed-term advisor on ED&I (to be appointed) to catalyse culture change.
• CAFOD’s Safeguarding team to ensure a coherent approach between our internal mechanisms and the approach to Safe, Accessible and Dignified and Inclusive programming with partners.
• Internal Communications and Engagement team to ensure that our internal communications continue to embed the strategic direction and support change and culture work across the organisation.

Organisational Change and culture

Ensure CAFOD has a strong culture of belonging and commitment to transformational change by: 

• Driving the Safe & Inclusive Working Culture project, providing steer and input on relevant matters
• Overseeing an integrated and coherent approach to organisational change which ensures that processes include strong People and soft-skill elements and facilitate belonging
• Ensuring our internal communications support a culture of belonging by keeping our colleagues informed and facilitating meaningful staff engagement
• Ensuring the organisational objectives and People & Culture activities are responsive to meet organisational needs and priorities and reflect CAFOD’s values
• Ensuring that the senior leadership is able to model behaviour's including being open to dialogue, learning and change on the effectiveness of our strategies.

 High quality People support

• Ensure our interventions, systems and processes support good management practice and models CAFOD’s values in a way that enables all our people to fulfill their potential and contribute fully to the mission, ensuring continuous learning and review to improve policies and practices.
• Support, coach and challenge leadership and management to ensure that People matters are properly considered in decision making
• Facilitate the management relationship with the CAFOD Union shop, holding the role of management representative for negotiation and consultation matters in a culture of collaboration and mutual respect
• Ensure that the voice of stakeholder groups are heard and taken into account
• Bringing relevant progress reports, policies and other issues to the Executive leadership group for review/approval

Technical & specialist knowledge

• Championing dignity, inclusivity, diversity, equity and a safe working environment across our organisation, ensuring these aspirations are translated into good practice
• Provide technical expertise in employment law, pay and benefits within various country and cultural contexts, in line with our faith identity and best practice, keeping up to date on topical issues
• Overseeing the management of complaints, to ensure continued confidence in CAFOD’s external platform EthicsPoint. 
• Maintaining relationships with external networks related to People, Culture and employment matters 

This list of duties and responsibilities is by no means exhaustive and the post holder may be required to undertake other relevant and appropriate duties as required. This job description is subject to regular review and appropriate modification.

Person Specification /Essential Criteria

 Understanding our context

• Understanding Catholic identity – Has an appreciation of CAFOD’s role as an agency of the Catholic church
• Understanding CAFOD - Ability to set and implement a People and Culture vision and goals for CAFOD in a way that facilitates inclusion and belonging.
• Understanding international development – Demonstrates an understanding of international development and working in complex environments 

 Working together

• Managing ourselves - Ability to manage own personal growth and development and manage emotions and stresses positively.
• Working with others – Proven experience of strategic leadership and partnering with Executive colleagues and other leaders to influence and drive a People & Culture agenda.
• Communicating - Exceptional relationship management and communication skills with the ability to earn the full trust and confidence of colleagues at all levels across the organisation.
• Looking outwards – Demonstrate a good understanding of external trends in organisational development and people issues and an appreciation of the dynamics of cultural change in diverse contexts.

Making change happen

• Managing resources – Proven ability to set priorities effectively, whilst working under pressure. 
• Achieving results - Significant experience of initiating, delivering and leading a dynamic HR/OD function including financial and people management.
• Managing our performance – Willingly takes ownership; is openly accountable, with a proven ability to adjust to the changing external environment while keeping a focus on the delivery of agreed objectives.
• Taking the lead - Demonstrates strategic thinking, planning and leadership. Provides creativity and innovation and is able to build the capacity and potential of the others within the PCC group.

 Job-specific competencies

• Qualified to MCIPD or equivalent track record.
• OD professional with considerable strategic thinking and change management experience including experience of leading Diversity and Inclusion strategies
• Experience of leading successful talent acquisition, learning and development and employee engagement programmes

Safeguarding for Children and Vulnerable Adults

CAFOD recognises the personal dignity and rights of children and vulnerable adults, towards whom it has a special responsibility and a duty of care and respect.  CAFOD, and all its staff and volunteers, undertake to do all in our power to create a safe environment for children, young people and vulnerable adults and to prevent their physical, sexual or emotional abuse.  CAFOD is committed to acting at all times in the best interests of children and vulnerable adults, seeing these interests as paramount.  Any candidate offered a job with CAFOD will be expected to adhere to CAFOD’s Safeguarding policy and sign CAFOD’s Code of Behaviour as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents. This post involves contact with children, young people and vulnerable adults, or has responsibility for people who will do, and applicants will be subject to specific checks related to safeguarding issues.  If based in the UK the post holder is required to present or obtain a Disclosure from the DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service). 

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references, and appropriate screening checks can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. CAFOD also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of, and consent to, these recruitment procedures.

 Come and join us and help make a real difference in the lives of the world’s poorest communities.

CAFOD is an equal opportunities employer. Recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.

Interview Date: Monday, 23rd August 2021

CAFOD is committed to being an anti-racist organisation and are aware of the lack of diversity amongst its Executive team. We particularly are keen to seek out applications from people of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds.

As the majority of CAFOD staff are currently UK-based, this post will be based in the UK but the candidate needs to have a track record of working in diverse contexts.  CAFOD champions flexibility and support a wide range of flexible working arrangements

Please click here for a full list of CAFOD’s Staff Benefits

Founded in 1903, Fauna & Flora International (FFI) is the world’s longest established international conservation organisation. Our vision is to create a sustainable future for the planet where biodiversity is conserved by the people living closest to it. We aim to do this through the conservation of threatened species and ecosystems worldwide, choosing solutions that are sustainable, based on sound science and take account of human needs. We have become a trusted entity in the world of conservation. Today FFI is active in over 40 countries.

The Director Sustainable Agriculture & Enterprise is a new role within FFI, leading a team of five full-time specialists to influence and deliver this area of work across FFI’s global conservation programme, collaborating closely with the other cross-cutting teams and with our four regional programmes to deliver conservation projects in more than forty countries. 

You are a highly motivated, skilled and experienced individual ready to lead FFI’s efforts to build nature-positive agriculture and enterprise opportunities in our global conservation programme.  You have extensive experience of designing and managing nature-positive and collaborative businesses, strengthening sustainable agriculture in conservation programmes, motivating teams to deliver impact on biodiversity objectives, influencing senior policy and corporate decision-makers, and delivering triple bottom line impact in developing countries. 

You have excellent communication, collaboration, analytical and team management skills, enabling your team to build positive, productive working relationships with colleagues across our global conservation programme.  You are comfortable working in an international NGO and managing in a matrix-like structure.  Your network of agri-business, finance sector and investor contacts will help connect the potential conservation and livelihoods impacts of FFI’s global conservation programme with the investment partners and financial sustainability required at landscape level. Fluency in spoken and written English is essential and proficiency in a second language relevant to FFI would be an advantage.

In return, the role offers the opportunity to work within an international, impactful and ground-breaking organisation, at the forefront of global conservation.  In addition, FFI offers a generous pension contribution, attractive annual leave allowance and life insurance. Our offices are located in central Cambridge, just a few minutes’ walk from glorious historic buildings and museums, the picturesque River Cam, the central market and shopping centre, and a host of cafés and restaurants. 

For further details and to apply please click here

The closing date for applications is Tuesday, 31 August 2021.

Operations Director – Performance and Quality

Age UK Leeds is a leading local voluntary sector organisation providing high quality services to improve the health and wellbeing of older people in Leeds.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our established Senior Management Team to lead the development of a number of new initiatives and delivery of our existing operational services ensuring they continue to deliver excellent client focussed services. 

Starting salary £35,745 to £38,890 + pension 

Working Hours: 37 Hours per week 

As the Operations Director – Performance and Quality you will be directly responsible for providing strategic leadership for our Hospital to Home, SWIFt and Help at Home services. In addition, you will have organisation wide responsibility for;

• The development and implementation of organisation-wide quality management processes, procedures 

• Service user engagement, to ensure that service user involvement is key in the development and delivery of all services, and is embedded in practice and development

• Oversight of volunteer recruitment, development and engagement

As a member of the SMT you will contribute to the strategic development of Age UK Leeds and help shape the culture and core values.

You must have the ability to work to tight deadlines, prioritise conflicting work loads and delegate effectively. You will have proven ability to build and manage effective and high performing teams Experience of effective partnership working in a health or social care environment is essential for this post. 

Further details and an application pack are available by download on our Age UK Leeds website.