Bid Director
Full Time, 37.5 hours per week
London, Birmingham, Manchester
£70,000 per annum (plus £3,000 London Weighting if applicable)
 

Who we are looking for

This is an exciting time to join Ambition Institute. We are looking for a motivated and talented Bid Director who can make this newly created role their own, building a specialised unit and building on our organisational approach to bid development. 

The role is responsible for the senior leadership of our work to secure contracts that fund our programmes and other mission critical activities. To be successful in this role you will need to lead the organisational effort to create exceptional submissions, drawing on relevant expertise in departments and utilising the bid process to build knowledge and secure buy-in for the new work

The successful candidate will play a key part in identifying opportunities nationally and internationally that help us deliver our organisational medium and long-term strategy. The Bid Director will secure and sustain strong partnerships as part of our bid work, to make sure partners are committed to the success of the new opportunity and have the opportunity to shape our proposals.

In this role you will draw on technical input from across the organisation, ensuring high quality tender submissions, senior copy-editing bid responses, and implementing the bid process. The successful candidate will also oversee the transition from bidding to mobilising contracts, securing knowledge and buy-in during the bid process and building robust handover plans.

The Bid Director will report our Executive Director, Strategy and Impact, and will be responsible for building up a small dedicated bid team.  The role will need to develop a talented and committed team with knowledge and skills to develop exceptional submissions that further our charitable objectives in a sustainable manner.

Applications will be considered for all office locations. 

For more details, please refer to the detailed Job Description and Person Specification in the Job Pack, available in the Downloads section on our company vacancy page for this role.
 

Who are Ambition Institute? 

At Ambition Institute we help schools tackling educational disadvantage to keep getting better, and help their teachers and school leaders to become more expert over time. That’s how we’ll make sure every child gets a great education and the best possible start in life.

• We train teachers and leaders at all levels to get better at the things that make the biggest difference: what you teach, how you teach it, and how you create the conditions for schools to thrive.
• We share what works. Everyone can benefit from evidence of how great teaching and leadership can improve schools and change lives, so we connect people to the latest research and best practice.
• We champion every teacher and school leader’s potential to develop, as the driving force for sustainable school improvement. 
   

Our offer 

We are happy to announce that we will be able to offer you: 

• Agile working culture, so you can control how you work.
• Staff affinity networks that help keep equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our work.
• Enhanced maternity pay after a year’s service.
• Shared parental leave package.
• Access to free, confidential 24/7 wellbeing and support line. 
• Professional development offer for all staff.
• 25 days’ annual leave + bank holidays. 
• Employer pension contribution of 11% (10% pension plus 1% national insurance rebate).
• Interest free season ticket / bike loans. 
   

How to apply 

All applications must be received by the closing date, 11am on 1st October 2021.
Interviews are expected to take place between 6th-9th October 2021.

To apply for this role, or any of our other vacancies or for any questions or queries please visit our website. 

Equality and diversity matter to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality. 

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a new position of Director of People, Culture, and Inclusion for YMCA Heart of England, based in Birmingham, West Midlands.

Who are we?

YMCA Heart of England, part of the global YMCA movement, aims to inspire young people to discover their potential so that they can live life in all its fullness. The YMCA’s vision is of an inclusive Christian Movement, transforming communities so that all young people truly belong, contribute, and thrive.

We provide accommodation for more than 340 young people, many of whom have experienced homelessness, and support them to get their lives back on track.  We also provide a range of services across Birmingham and Coventry including class leading conferencing facilities, training and education for life and employability skills, health and well-being programmes and extensive youth work projects.

Your role

Following a merger between YMCA Birmingham and YMCA Coventry & Warwickshire in 2020, we’re now looking for a dynamic and ambitious Director of People, Culture, and Inclusion to lead on culture practices and behaviours within the organisation and provide expertise and support in areas of performance management, employee relations, employee engagement, diversity, equity and inclusion, policy and procedure development and HR compliance.

A key role expectation is to ensure that the Christian ethos of the organisation is embedded throughout and that this can be evidenced through the behaviours of staff and volunteers including and importantly within leadership and management roles. It also includes oversight of YMCA Heart of England’s HR and chaplaincy team.

In this role, you'll report directly to the Chief Executive as part of the Executive leadership Team.  You will lead our HR and People strategies, including:

• Culture and Values - ensure our core principles remain core to everything we do.
• HR - build clear, robust, and inclusive HR practices that unlock high performance.
• Leadership - model and drive our culture and ethos with all stakeholders.
• Equity and inclusion – design our organisation for inclusion as your start point.
• Wellbeing - support our team’s wellbeing, including mental health at work.
• People development – ensure everyone has access to the knowledge and training they need to continue to grow themselves, our service users, and our organisation.

You

You’ll have significant HR & OD leadership experience gained in a complex, people-focused organisation with a proven track record of pursuing creative strategies that deliver progressive organisational development, cohesive culture with broad diversity and inclusion.

Intellectually curious and a strategic thinker, you will bring excellent communication skills and stakeholder management experience and will have a genuine commitment to the transformative vision and mission of the YMCA.

The Benefits

Along with a competitive salary based on your experience, we will also invest in your continued personal development ensuring that you remain at the forefront of key issues surrounding people and culture. We’ll also provide: -

• 25 days holidays
• Pension
• Car Allowance
• Ability to develop and grow your career within the organisation and wider YMCA movement
• Mentoring opportunity with our Chair of the Board of Trustees.

If you have the right skills and experience for the role, share our values, and want to contribute to our mission, we’d love to hear from you.

Please provide a covering letter explaining why you believe you can deliver in this role.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 9.00am on Friday September 24th, 2021.  Successful applicants will be invited to interview on Friday October 8th, 2021.

Please note: As an organisation fully committed to the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, a thorough vetting process is carried out as part of the appointment process, including verification of any required qualifications, verification of identity, taking of references and a DBS check as appropriate

Associate Director

Alzheimer’s Society is here for anyone affected by dementia to help them navigate some of the hardest and most frightening times of their lives – to provide help and hope for those who need us.

We provide support, practical advice and ‘navigation’ to others that can help. Together with people affected by dementia, we are a force for change - using research and influencing to push for breakthroughs that will help people keep control of their lives.

Associate Director Responsibilities:

We are looking for an experienced Associate Director of People Services to take overall accountability for delivering excellent people partnering and operational services for all employees and volunteers.

You will direct your teams to deliver outstanding results, collaboratively and at pace, in: business partnering, advice and guidance, impact and insight, and projects and polices. You will be an inspirational leader that drives innovation through their team to enable growth and development in the business.

Above all, as a senior leader you will have corporate accountability for the operational, day-to-day success of the organisation and its continued growth, through innovation and collaboration at every level. You will be part of a senior leadership team role modelling our values and positive behaviours to embed inclusivity, learning and high-performance across the entire organisation.

Associate Director Requirements:

Reporting to the Director of People and Organisational Development, you’ll be responsible for leading the delivery of all people partnering services, ensuring excellent standards of service and advice. You’ll lead policy and project delivery, ensuring both functions deliver future-focused solutions and tangible business benefits. Plus, influence the design and delivery of people plans across the organisation: fundamental to the effective running of the business and how our people experience our organisation.

You’ll lead the teams to integrate equality, diversity and inclusion and good practice in wellbeing into everything we do, ensuring our people can feel part of the team and can operate at their best.

You'll be a first-class people manager able to inspire, coach and unite people towards a common goal. You’ll demonstrate compassion – operating with kindness and empathy and not shying away from tough conversations. You’ll be comfortable with working and leading through ambiguity. And demonstrate sound judgement in the evidence-led decisions you make for us.

If you're interested in being part of this exciting future, we want to hear from you. We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications for all people. If you are considering applying, and something is holding you back – just give us a call, we love to talk!

About Alzheimer’s Society:

Alzheimer’s Society is the UK’s leading dementia charity. We campaign for change, fund research to find a cure and support people living with dementia today.

Position: Associate Director of People: People Partnering and Operational Services
Location: Home Worker (England, Wales and NI)
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time, 35 hours per week
Salary: £80,000 actual per annum

Closing Date: 24 September 2021
Interview Date: 7 October 2021

You may have experience of the following: Operations Director, Business Manager, Department Manager, Operations Manager, Regional Director, Sales Director, Static Manager, Unit Manager, Director of Operations, Ops Manager etc.

Ref: 102 757

This post will play a key role in assisting the Director of Fundraising in developing and delivering the strategy in this area. The goal and ambition is to increase income from: Grant Giving Bodies (GGB - i.e. Statutory, Lottery, European, trusts and foundations); and individual giving (i.e. regular donations, legacies, one off donations, In Memoriam), on a regional and national basis.

With a passion and creativity for writing successful applications, you will be responsible for: research to ensure a regular and reliable pipeline of new prospects; developing grant proposals; and also leveraging existing relationships. You will also be responsible for reporting on all grants, including the management of data required for monitoring and evaluation.

You will work with the Director of Fundraising and support the development of individual giving income streams including legacies, regular donations, raffle, In Memoriam, one off donations and a related stewardship programme. 

The Government Property Agency’s mission is to provide great places to work for civil servants. We are using our scale and commercial expertise to do this effectively, efficiently and sustainably, helping to support growth in all parts of the UK. We are growing rapidly through acquisition of Government properties from Departments. Turnover has risen from £0.4bn in 20/21 to £1.1bn in 21/22 and it will continue to grow as more properties are transferred and run by GPA. The postholder can be based at any of the GPA locations with Finance presence outside London. GPA has offices in Birmingham, 23 Stephenson Street, Leeds, The Lateral; Manchester, Piccadilly Gate; Nottingham, Apex Court: Newport, Wales.

An opportunity has arisen in a fast growing and relatively new Government Agency. GPA wants to improve its Financial Management Processes ready for its growth. We are looking for a qualified accountant with experience in financial systems and business improvement.  Expected to be self-motivated to grip problems, find solutions, improve financial management and deliver at pace.

This is an exciting new challenge to develop a small team and to deliver through others and make a real difference in improving financial systems, our financial management and the efficiency of our finance team. We are developing a highly capable and professional team so want the post holder to lead in managing the rapid growth, developing effective systems and processes and making business improvements.

The responsibilities will include:

• Strategic level financial support to the GPA Chief Financial Officer, Chief Technology Officer and Deputy Director of Finance.
• Lead on the introduction of new Finance IT systems and functionality that supports new operating models for Finance services.
• Lead on the design, development and delivery of the new ways of working that will be introduced across Finance from 2021.
• Management of the delivery of improved ways of working across finance sub teams.
• Take the lead on ad hoc projects which do not fit into normal business. Lead in the introduction of SOP2Saas.
• Take ownership of key finance systems Hyperion and MRI Horizon responsibilities include:
  • Full responsibility for ensuring the current finance system is maintained and any bugs or faults are dealt with in a timely manner.
  • Provide support to users of the main financial system, resolving any issues they may have.
  • Lead on the planned implementation of a new financial system, ensuring that any issues discovered during the project are identified and dealt with effectively and efficiently.
  • Effectively manage a small team of junior finance systems staff, helping to develop them and ensuring that the team performs to the highest of standards
  • Improve financial management by managing change and seeking out opportunities to lead/contribute to GPA and other cross-government initiatives outside of own role.

Key Skills & Experience: 

• Finance (CCAB or equivalent) Qualification
• Experience in managing finance systems
• Strong knowledge and proven track record in financial management in a complex environment
• Good understanding of public sector financial management, specifically Central Government
• Experience in property and/ or project management (desirable)

• Ability to drive improvements in processes to increase efficiency.
• Ability to develop productive relationships and effective networks with stakeholders across government organisations

To apply for this opportunity, you will be required to produce a supporting statement against the four GPA core values, answering specific role focussed questions. For more information, please apply using the link, or contact Michael Swinburn or Jack White at our retained search agent, Robertson Bell.

Programme Office and Governance Manager

Full Time 37.5 hours per week 

Birmingham, London or Manchester

£28,000 per annum (plus £3,000 London Weighting if applicable) 

Who we are looking for 

We are looking for a motivated and talented professional to join our Programmes Division as Programme Office and Governance Manager. The role is key in facilitating the mobilization and delivery of all our programmes across our varied programme suite.

This role is also responsible for providing programme office support to the Programme Executive Director, and organising, shaping and leading all departmental governance to enable the Programme Division to meet its strategic and operational objectives. This is a fantastic opportunity to lead all aspects of departmental governance and to work closely with senior stakeholders.

Based in either our Birmingham, London or Manchester office, and reporting to the Programmes Project Lead, you’ll work with the wider project management team. You’ll also work closely with senior leaders to set agendas, prepare papers, and ensure actions are followed up and decisions are recorded. You’ll provide high-quality and consistent programme office support to the Programmes Executive Director, including diary management, meeting coordination, and project management.

This exciting role is varied and complex, and will require someone with experience of managing complex projects with multiple stakeholders and workstreams. It is essential that you have excellent organisational skills and attention to detail and be able to work autonomously to manage a complex workload. You must be proactive about improving processes and solutions-focused when encountering challenges.

Who are Ambition Institute? 

At Ambition Institute we help schools tackling educational disadvantage to keep getting better, and help their teachers and school leaders to become more expert over time. That’s how we’ll make sure every child gets a great education and the best possible start in life.

• We train teachers and leaders at all levels to get better at the things that make the biggest difference: what you teach, how you teach it, and how you create the conditions for schools to thrive.
• We share what works. Everyone can benefit from evidence of how great teaching and leadership can improve schools and change lives, so we connect people to the latest research and best practice.
• We champion every teacher and school leader’s potential to develop, as the driving force for sustainable school improvement. 

Our offer 

We are happy to announce that we will be able to offer you:

• Agile working culture, so you can control how you work.
• Staff affinity networks that help keep equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our work.
• Enhanced maternity pay after a year’s service.
• Shared parental leave package.
• Access to free, confidential 24/7 wellbeing and support line.
• Professional development offer for all staff.
• 25 days’ annual leave + bank holidays.
• Employer pension contribution of 11% (10% pension plus 1% national insurance rebate).
• Interest free season ticket / bike loans

How to apply 

All applications must be received by the closing date, 9am on 27th September 2021. First stage interviews are expected to take place 1st October 2021 and second stage interviews week commencing 4th October 2021.

To apply for this role, or any of our other vacancies or for any questions or queries please visit our website. 

Equality and diversity matter to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality. 

The Head of Leadership Programmes is responsible for all aspects of Frontline’s leadership programmes (Firstline and Headline) from programme design, planning and delivery across the country. They also hold responsibility for our coaching offer - an integral part of the second year of the Frontline programme, to ensure its’ smooth operation and impact. The successful individual will bring their excellent programme management and understanding of social work to ensure the effective development, delivery and evolution of Frontline’s leadership programmes and coaching offer.

The Head of Leadership Programmes will work closely with their team to ensure programme quality remains excellent and to embed a culture of freedom and responsibility. They will set high expectations, have the ability to motivate others to deliver, and the confidence and assuredness to hold people to account.

We have increased the diversity of Frontline’s workforce in the last 12 months, but we need to do more to have greater ethnic minority representation in our senior roles. We know the value ethnic minority voices bring and therefore, we are strongly encouraging applicants from these backgrounds to apply and will keep applications open until we have satisfactory representation on the shortlist.

Please email our People team if you would like us to send you the job pack in a different file format, contact details can be found on our website.

Do you want to make a difference in Solihull?

Are you passionate about helping Solihull citizens by tackling inequality in the health and social care system?  With all the changes taking place in health and social care, this is an exciting time to join Healthwatch Solihull. If you are innovative, creative and self-motivated, this opportunity to make a real difference could be for you?

We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce.

Information & Social Media Officer

£20,344 - £21,589 per annum
37 Hours per week
Based at Solihull Enterprise Centre, Hedingham Grove. B37 7TN

This exciting new role of Information and Social Media Officer at Healthwatch Solihull is critical to our ability to listen to the experiences of Solihull citizens and empower them to make informed decisions about their health and social care needs.  You will also use your communications expertise to raise the profile of Healthwatch Solihull with the public and our key stakeholders.

The main purpose of the role is:

Information and Signposting

1. To interview citizens via the telephone to understand their experiences of health and social care, including identifying any gaps in the provision of services, and write case studies to capture this feedback. Leading Information and Signposting at Healthwatch Solihull and supporting Healthwatch Birmingham’s Information and Signposting service as needed.
2. To deliver an excellent Information and Signposting service by providing citizens with effective Information and Signposting to access the care they need. Recording detailed summaries of your work on the CRM system.
3. To ensure our information route on our website is clear and easy to navigate.
4. To escalate cases to health and social care, as indicated by the Healthwatch Solihull escalation policy

Social Media

1. Plan and implement a structured social media plan for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and NextDoor.
2. Ensure our social media platforms are updated daily with new content.
3. Support the rolling gather of data via social media.
4. Ensure our social media platforms are regularly updated with health and social care news.
5. Grow our list of followers across all platforms.
6. Grow our engagement numbers across all platforms.

If you are passionate about helping others, interested in understanding their experiences of health and social care and making sure individuals have access to the services they need, this post is for you.

Closing date: Wednesday 6th October, 2021 (midday)

Interview dates: Wednesday 13th October, 2021

We are excited to be recruiting a Product Manager to join our technology team.  This new role will help us to achieve a best-in-class digital experience for our students, colleagues, and partners, as we begin delivering our new five-year strategy that includes ambitious plans for digital transformation. It’s an exciting time to be joining us!

The successful applicant will oversee the development of our new platform for pupils, tutors, and teachers. The role will require excellent relationship management skills working to balance the prioritisation of both internal and external needs. You will support the Tech & Product Director to ensure the vision of a fully inclusive user experience for pupils is achieved, working in an agile way to gather regular user feedback.

This role may appeal to someone who has experience delivering products as part of an IT team, or has demonstrable experience delivering projects in the education sector with significant technology components. We’re looking for a self-motivated, empathetic, focused individual that is happy working with cross-functional teams and knows how to get things done! We think this is a great opportunity to join The Brilliant Club at an exciting time when technology is a key part of charity’s strategy.

The Brilliant Club exists to increase the number of pupils from underrepresented backgrounds progressing to highly selective universities. We think it is important that our charity reflects the lived experience of our beneficiaries, and we want to be an organisation where employees from any background can thrive. We particularly welcome applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans including non-binary (LGBTQ+) candidates, and candidates from low income families. These groups are currently underrepresented at The Brilliant Club and we are committed to increasing representation and diversity at the charity.

Person Specification

Time and Resource Management

• Develops and delivers on plans, using appropriate product/project management tools
• Can manage organisational projects, with appropriate levels of time and resource input

External Stakeholder Knowledge and Management

• Triages relationships so that those that need it get most attention
• Manage external supplier relationships to ensure the charity receives value for money

Communication

• Listens to others and ask clarifying questions to understand the needs of users
• Confidently adapts content, tone and delivery of written and oral communications to the needs of the audience and is aware of their impact

Initiative and Problem Solving

• Identifies problems, suggests possible solutions and effectively implements agreed solutions.  

Role Specific Knowledge and Skills

• Essential – Comfortable liaising with senior stakeholders and managing competing priorities.
• Essential – Can confidently oversee multiple projects simultaneously.
• Essential – Confident gathering and challenging requirements.
• Essential – Able to work with new technologies and adapt to new approaches.
• Essential – Strong collaboration and communication skills.
• Desirable – Familiarity with Agile delivery methods e.g. Kanban/Scrum.
• Desirable – Working with users of digital products and gathering feedback.

Role specific Experience and Qualifications

• Essential – IT product/project management experience – directly, or indirectly where technology component is significant part of a wider project or programme.
• Desirable – Knowledge of Salesforce CRM.
• Desirable – Agile project management experience/qualification.

Your role is to lead a team to build and maintain partnerships with local authorities (LAs) and children’s trusts, in order to develop and support 600+ Fellows (alumni) annually through our key programmes. This is directly linked to achieving Frontline’s organisational objective of having 4,000 impactful Fellows by 2025, who will create social change for children without a safe or stable home.

This is a relatively new team created by consolidating activities and accountability across the organisation to become the lead interface to Frontline partners for all our programmes and initiatives.  We are looking for a Head of Partnerships and Placements to lead this team and ensure targets are met for partnerships, programme places, and overall partner satisfaction.  Additionally they will play an active role within Frontline’s Leadership Group.

We have increased the diversity of Frontline’s workforce in the last 12 months, but we need to do more to have greater ethnic minority representation in our senior roles. We know the value ethnic minority voices bring and therefore, we are strongly encouraging applicants from these backgrounds to apply and will keep applications open until we have satisfactory representation on the shortlist.

Our Programme Development team are looking for someone with great knowledge of the Education sector across the UK and a real passion for developing market-leading programmes to become our new Head of Education.

You will set the vision and strategy for our education programmes, ensuring they equip young people with impactful experiences which support their success in an education setting and beyond.

The role is perfect for you if you have experience designing services for young people that are delivered within an education setting. You’ll also have great knowledge on how we can blend digital and face to face engagement approaches to deliver the best learning experiences possible.

We are looking for a Head of Philanthropy who will lead our philanthropy strategy in Central England. This is an outstanding opportunity to join a successful Philanthropy team at The Prince's Trust, within the wider Philanthropy directorate, enabling us to grow our support for young people across the region.

You will be a confident and driven self-starter who works well with others, spots opportunities and enjoys a fast-paced environment. You will be working with philanthropic supporters in Central England who have a bespoke relationship with The Prince’s Trust. These supporters may be funding specific areas of our work, co-collaborating on programmes or involved in supporting strategic projects. An ability to connect with high level supporters and build trust, confidence and commitment is essential.

Most importantly, this person must believe in The Trust’s work, live our company values and fit within our team’s positive, supportive and collaborative culture. You will be based in Central England and be prepared to travel across the region.

Dudley CVS is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, inspiring and self-motivated individual as:

Chief Officer for Healthwatch Dudley (37 hrs p.w)

Starting salary: NJC PO3 (£35,745)

For this role, we are looking for an experienced and empathetic leader who will inspire and empower others to share in achieving the continued success of Healthwatch Dudley. You will need to be a strategic thinker and a natural relationship builder.

Healthwatch Dudley is the champion for health and social care services in Dudley borough and has been delivered by Dudley CVS since April 2013.

Dudley borough has a diverse community with a wide variety of health issues and needs. Healthwatch Dudley provides meaningful opportunities for local people to influence how health and social care services are provided.

As Chief Officer you will provide effective leadership and overall strategic direction of Healthwatch Dudley and for ensuring that it fulfils its statutory, regulatory and contractual requirements and delivers effective outcomes for the people of Dudley borough.

Mileage paid for all posts at NJC rates where applicable.

Closing date: 5pm, Wednesday 22nd September 2021

Interview date: Monday 4th October 2021

Download the application pack and form below:

Application Pack: https://bit.ly/38uzBUC

Application Form: https://bit.ly/3zwCMqJ

Equal opportunities: https://bit.ly/3mOPE8o

Alternatively, contact Dudley CVS, 7 Albion Street, Brierley Hill, DY5 3EE to request an application pack.

Registered Charity No: 517766 Incorporated under the 1985 Companies Act No.19985105.

Dudley CVS is an equal opportunities employer

Our Programme Development team are looking for a dynamic leader with strategic focus and a great collaborative approach to become our new Senior Head of Change Delivery. (10 months maternity cover)

You will build and drive forward a transformation roadmap which aligns all of our programme design work and technology development, ensuring that it meets the organisation’s strategic aims for the support we give to young people within the fields of Education, Enterprise and Employability.

This role is perfect for you if you are experienced at driving change within complex organisations, adept at balancing multiple priorities and used to influencing stakeholders at all levels.