Head of Education and Training

Dated: June 2022

Contract: Full time, permanent

Salary: £48,000-50,000 per annum 

Start date: Immediate

Location: Home based with potential access to desk space in central London, if required; travel across the UK may be required from time to time as part of role (subject to covid guidance) 

Reporting to: Director of Strategy and Learning

Direct reports: None at this time

Annual leave: 25 days per year plus bank holidays

About the role

The Head of Education and Training is a new and critical role, created as part of our merger with YMCA George Williams College. By bringing together the College’s teaching legacy (including extensive course materials and associated learning platform) with the Centre’s research and insight, we hope to re-establish an education and training function that supports quality relational practice within the YMCA movement and beyond. As such, we have created a dedicated post to lead, design and develop our education and training offer and approach, including the partnerships and relationships that will support it. 

Training and capacity building has long been part of the Centre for Youth Impact’s work, but this has historically focused more on skills for evaluation and learning rather than quality practice in informal and non-formal learning. Our merger with the College creates an exciting opportunity to broaden our education and training activity in response to our learning about quality and impact over the past eight years. It also creates new potential for international learning partnerships to advance and extend our collective understanding. 

The Head of Education and Training will be responsible for designing, developing and implementing a new education strategy, working closely with the Director of Strategy and Learning. This strategy will include the education and training ‘offer’, the partnerships and relationships that support it, a solid understanding of the context/need/demand, and a robust approach to quality assurance.

 We want our education and training offer to encompass a range of modalities, including training courses, programmes of study, modules (that could stand alone or be incorporated into partners’ training offers), workshops, webinars and self-study resources. We would like to explore the role of and potential for accreditation, and for our offer to reflect our range of expertise. This includes:

• The ‘impact to improvement journey’: the design, delivery, and improvement of informal and non-formal provision to ensure that evaluation informs organisational learning;
• A ‘leading for impact’ programme: leadership, team development, collaborative working and shared learning across organisations to facilitate impact; 
• A continuous quality improvement offer focused on the core ‘mechanisms of change’ that evidence suggest support positive outcomes for young people; and 
• Our socio-emotional learning framework that supports practitioners and volunteers to create safe and supportive environments, role model socio-emotional skills, and offer engaging opportunities for young people. 

The Head of Education and Training will play a strong role in supporting income generation, and will work closely with colleagues across the organisation to embed insights from our research and evaluation activity into our education and training offer, alongside communicating with and reaching out to our networks.

What are we looking for? 

We are looking for an outstanding candidate with a deep understanding of relational practice, and how adults and young people learn and develop, social and emotionally. You will need to be imaginative and proactive, with strong interest and high-level skills in building alliances and collaborations. You will need well-developed skills in designing learning content and associated resources, alongside being an exceptional facilitator, trainer and coach. You will need to understand the world of further and higher education, and continuing professional development for youth workers in particular. You will also need to be comfortable bringing those skills into a fast-paced charity setting. An interest in and solid understanding of evaluation would be a distinct plus, as would an awareness of youth-focused public policy and system dynamics. 

You will have the ability to engage with humility and authenticity with a wide range of people and organisations working to support young people and their communities. You will be able to spot and make connections between relationships and areas of work and be alive to changes and patterns in the external policy and practice context and the opportunities they present for our charity. 

Finally, you will also need to be a strong and confident project manager and a compelling and confident writer and presenter who can communicate the breadth of our work. You will be comfortable representing us externally, and acting as a ‘thought leader’: openly reflecting the evolution of your ideas and thinking, and generously sharing your learning with others. 

Please follow the link to our website for the full job description and person spec.

The successful applicant will work closely with the Support Line Manager and team to deliver support for anyone affected by sarcoma. The post holder will be part of a growing Support Line team and be part of the continued expansion of the service as we grow in exciting new directions in 2022/23. This is an ideal role for someone who wants to expand their knowledge and experience in a role that can make a real impact for people affected by sarcoma and their families.

Information and support for those affected by sarcoma is at the heart of our charitable objectives. Thanks to the amazing generosity and support of the sarcoma community, Sarcoma UK’s profile and influence has grown significantly in the past four years. This has enabled us to grow our Information and Support Services.

This is a full-time role only (37.5 hours per week), we are unable to negotiate alternative hours for this role. 

Location: Home based. The post holder will be required to come to the office occasionally for meetings (Angel, London EC1V)

Benefits:

• Flexible working
• Up to 5% matched contribution to Sarcoma UK pension scheme
• Sarcoma UK life insurance scheme
• 25 days holiday entitlement per annum plus bank holidays, the working days between Christmas and New Year and your Birthday
• Interest-free season ticket and bicycle loan
• Monthly clinical supervision and one to one therapy sessions if required

Job purpose

The purpose of the role is to provide expert support and information to people affected by sarcoma through the effective delivery of Sarcoma UK’s confidential Support Line service.

Duties and key responsibilities 

Support and Information

• To deliver the Sarcoma UK Support Line, a confidential telephone and email support and information service for anyone affected by sarcoma. This includes:

• Providing individual information and support to service users on sarcoma and related issues, by telephone, email and other media as the service develops.

• Adhering to quality standards, confidentiality, Sarcoma UK policies and the standard operating procedures of the Support Line.
• Under direction from the Director of Research, Policy and Support and Support Line Manager, contribute to Sarcoma UK’s social and other media as appropriate.

• To provide clinical input to the development of the charity’s information materials including the revision of existing information materials and the development of new information products.
• To provide input to the clinical content of the charity’s website.
• To raise awareness of the charity’s information and support services within the health professional field.
• To contribute sarcoma knowledge and clinical expertise across all the charity’s programmes.

Maintain Professional Knowledge

• Keep up to date with treatment and care of sarcoma through research and review of publications, horizon scanning, and attending study days and conferences, and disseminate this information within the charity.
• Adhere to the standards of good practice outlined in the AHP / NMC professional code of conduct, or relevant professional body’s standards.
• Maintain professional registration and compliance with revalidation requirements ensuring ongoing clinical education and professional development.
• Attend mandatory clinical supervision sessions.

External Relationships

• To maintain positive relationships with key Sarcoma UK stakeholders including sarcoma patients, family members/carers and support group leaders.
• To develop and maintain contact with sarcoma specialist healthcare professionals, including clinicians, specialist nurses and allied health professionals who have reviewed our information materials.
• To support new work within the information and support team. 
• The role will require some travel to meetings and events throughout the UK and occasionally overseas.
• Attend Sarcoma UK events and take part in Sarcoma UK’s wider work.
• Occasional weekend or evening work may also be required and time off in lieu will be given.

Community Catalysts is a social enterprise working across the UK to try to make sure that people who need care and support to live their lives can get help in ways, times and places that suit them, with real choice of attractive local options.

Since 2007 we have worked with partners in more than 90 local authority areas, keen to improve market diversity and widen community options. We help people use their talents to care for and support other local people by setting up small enterprises and ventures, creating jobs and volunteering opportunities. We also design and deliver projects that unlock community and individual assets in order to create opportunities for people who need care and support. We run the Local Area Coordination Network.

We are recruiting a Project Manager who will be responsible for the effective management of projects that help deliver the aim of Community Catalysts.

The post holder will be responsible for the effective management of a portfolio of projects. This includes recruitment and management of staff, managing relationships with contract leads and senior stakeholders in each project area, effective management and reporting of project and portfolio performance and the promotion of the work of Community Catalysts in order to secure new contracts and maximise commercial potential of current contracts.

Community Catalysts work across the UK, so the ability to travel is essential.

Closing date for applications is Monday 18th July 2022 at 1.00pm interviews will take place on the 27th and 28th July 2022 in Harrogate.

We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community.

Head of Practice Development, Services & Innovation
Home-based (with travel to Head Office and Family Action services when required)
37 hours per week (full-time, 5 days)
Grade 5 point 39-46: £44,983 - £52,087 per annum + £480 homeworking allowance per annum
Permanent Contract

At Family Action we transform lives by providing practical, emotional and financial support to those who are experiencing poverty, disadvantage and social isolation. We have been building stronger families since 1869 and today we work with more than 60,000 families in over 150 community based services, as well as supporting thousands more through national programmes and grants.

We’re incredibly honoured to have won Charity of the Year at Third Sector Awards in 2021 and 3 Star award for staff engagement in Best top 100 companies. A 3 Star accreditation, as the highest standard of workplace engagement, representing organisations that truly excel, are awarded to organisations with a BCI score of 738 or higher, reflecting 'world class' levels of workplace engagement. Amazing recognition for our work over the past 12 months in response to the pandemic and beyond. These awards are some of the most important ways the third sector publicly recognises excellence and achievement, and so to win these are true testaments to the hard work, passion and commitment of our staff and supporters.

This is an important role in Family Action. You will report directly to the Director of Services & Innovation and your key purpose will be to Lead the organisational development of best practice across the 140+ services to achieve excellent outcomes for children, families and adults. You will lead the development and coordination of an organisational strategy and delivery plan for the thematic work areas across Family Action’s services, enabling a managed and effective delivery of evidenced informed practice, achieving excellent outcomes, maximising our ability to win new service contracts, and enhancing our influencing work on external policy.

You will also support the organisation to adopt a culture of learning, enabling and embedding the required learning and development across services and Family Action. You will lead, establish and coordinate Family Actions thematic groups across our identified service areas and develop organisational repositories for evidence based and informed practice tools, outcomes tools, and shared learning across the organisation.

You will be able to work collaboratively across the organisation, mapping and managing the organisation wide project interdependencies that will be critical to the success of thematic working, within services and Family Action organisationally.

Your role would be varied, exciting and incredibly worthwhile. At its heart is a striving for excellence, maximising outcomes and the need to ensure that children and adults get the right support, of the highest quality at the right time. If you are you looking for a diverse, ambitious and fast paced organisation, you have found it.

We are looking for an autodidactic self-starter, who can draw learning from a range of sources, contextually analyse the evidence, recognise the generalisable from the one offs, and piece it all together with strategic finesse. We need someone with substantial experience of frontline and management practice working in services for people. Alongside this, you must have extensive experience of  supporting organisational development and staff development including evidence informed practice as a means of continuous learning and improvement. You would need to be resilient and tenacious; and bring an understanding of the challenges faced by staff and managers, learnt through your direct experience.

We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQIA+ candidates and candidates with disabilities because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants and will reimburse your travel cost if you attend an interview.

What will we offer you?

We’ll offer you a generous pension scheme and leave entitlements, eye care vouchers, a cycle to work scheme and other great benefits. We are happy to talk flexible working. All roles in Family Action are open to a discussion about possible flexible working options, subject to business needs, and all new starters will have the right to make a flexible working request from day one of employment. We have an excellent wellbeing offer and we will invest in your professional development with on-going quality training and career development opportunities. You’ll join an established, supportive and high-performing service and have the opportunity to thrive in an innovative organisation that values your opinion, encourages learning and has the needs of children and families at its core.

We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect. If you share these values and behaviours and have the necessary skills then we look forward to hearing from you.  

Closing date: Sunday 17th July 2022 at 23:59 (midnight)

Interview date: TBC 

Join our team

ADD International is looking for a Safeguarding and Gender Advisor to provide leadership and expertise in the area of safeguarding and gender and, working with Safeguarding and Gender Focal Points, ensure that the ADD team and partners are well equipped to deliver safe, effective and gender sensitive programmes; as well as to promote learning across ADD’s work in this area on multiple levels.

Key details

• Salary: Competitive
• Location: Flexible – UK – Frome or home-based (applicants must already have a right to work in the UK), or one of our country offices in Uganda, Tanzania, Sudan, Bangladesh or Cambodia
• Reports to: Director of Programme Support and Learning
• Contract: Part-time, 2.5 days a week, maternity cover (approximately 12-month contract)

Please apply by Wenesday 29th June 2022.

Role Context

Amongst other things, the successful candidate will need to have:

• In-depth knowledge and experience of safeguarding issues, including legal frameworks, policy and best practice within the context of international development
• Substantial experience working directly with children and/or adults at risk with direct responsibility for child protection and/or safeguarding
• Significant experience working with international organisations, preferably in a safeguarding advisor/manager role
• Experience of delivering training and capacity building in safeguarding and/or other related subjects

As a ‘disability confident employer’ ADD guarantees to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria. We want to see you at your best and so please let us know if there are any adjustments at all that we can make to the recruitment process to ensure that it works for you. We are also committed to ensuring that we continue to review and make adjustments throughout your employment with ADD.

For more information on the role and what is required please see the job description.

Remote Services Support Officer

Full time at 35 hrs per week, Permanent

Salary: £22,168 – £26,390 – dependent on experience

Work from home – Occasional site visits required to our London Office

Closing date for applications: 9am Friday 8th July 2022

Interviews will take place online via video conference - week commencing 11th July 2022

About Us

Founded in 1997, GamCare is the leading provider of information, advice and support for anyone affected by gambling harms. We operate the National Gambling Helpline, provide treatment for anyone who is harmed by gambling, create awareness about safer gambling and treatment, and encourage an effective approach to safer gambling within the gambling industry.

The Role

This is a great time to join GamCare as we’re recruiting a Remote Services Support Officer which is a new opportunity for someone who is a confident communicator, works collaboratively, has a can-do attitude, and enjoys being part of a dynamic team.  The Remote Services Support Officer is ideal for someone who is super-organised and enjoys a varied workload.

As the successful candidate you’ll support the work of our Director of Clinical and Communities, Head of Remote services, and Helpline Managers. This will include administrative support and co-ordination of reporting schedules, as well as liaising across teams internally, arranging and recording meetings, maintaining action logs and monitoring systems.

The Remote Team operate the National Gambling Helpline which provides information, advice and support for anyone affected by problem gambling as well as referring people to free treatment across England, Scotland and Wales.

About You

As the successful candidate you’ll bring your extensive experience of having worked in Operational Support, Administration or as a Personal Assistant or similar which will have equipped you to be a highly organised and detail-orientated member of the team.

With a background of strong analytical and problem-solving skills you’ll be able to prioritise and execute tasks well in an agile working environment. Excellent verbal, written communication and honed interpersonal skills along with the ability to present ideas to a range of ideas in a user-friendly language are essential for your success.

Key Responsibilities

• Meeting administration, including maintaining meeting schedules, booking accommodation (where needed), minute-taking and actions logs.
• Organise calendars, rotas, diaries and meetings across multiple teams and staff members.
• Co-ordinate reporting schedules and report requests with data colleagues, to ensure that reports are accurate and submitted on time.
• Monitoring inboxes, prioritising and directing queries quickly and efficiently.
• Manage enquiries and other correspondence and liaise as appropriate.
• Assist with the co-ordination of functions across directorate, such as consultation with other clinical colleagues and compilation of presentations.

Benefits You Can Enjoy

• 33 days basic annual leave entitlement per annum (pro-rated for part-time colleagues) including bank holidays which increases with service
• A generous Pension Scheme - we contribute 6% and you contribute 2%.
• Discretionary company sick pay from day one of service.
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24-hour support
• Cycle to Work Scheme

Appointment is subject to a DBS check

GamCare are committed to offering the best support to people affected by gambling harms, as such we welcome applications from candidates with lived experience.

To apply, please go onto the GamCare website and complete an application form and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Survey.

For any further information on the role or if you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the application process, please contact recruitment inbox and the team will be happy to help.

White Ribbon Alliance UK is a people-led movement for reproductive, maternal and newborn health and rights. Our Vision is a United Kingdom where all women, girls and birthing people realise their right to quality health and wellbeing and gender equity. 

Led by our Board of Trustees and managed by our Movement Director the charity is now seeking a deputy to support our work and take up the exciting challenge of becoming our new Movement Builder. Working to support and shape our programmes, campaigns, resources and partnerships, this person will play act as a pivotol role in the growth and sustainbility of our strategy and significantly expand our profile and partnerships.

We are currently active in programmes and campaigns to reduce violence against women and girls during pregnancy and the early years, progressing our extablished work in utilising storytelling for advocacy and connecting the rights of women and girls in the UK with work in the global sphere. 

White Ribbon Alliance UK is part of White Ribbon Alliance Global and all of our work focuses on cross alilance working with our partners around the world. We position the rights of women and girls front and centre in the decisions and challenges made by governments and leaders, influencers and the media.

General Description:

This position is responsible for supporting and implementing processes, structures and tools to ensure that WRA UK’s movement is robust and compliant at all levels, as well as ensuring that members (partners) stay active and engaged to advance WRA UK’s vision and mission.

Core responsibilities:

• Support organisational operational, management and financial processes in concert with the Movement Director
• Support the organisations development of and adherence to the strategic plan to further the aims and objectives of the Theory of Change, Vision and Mission
• Identify priorities for programmes of work which align with our strategic objectives
• Support and uphold organisational change management processes in concert with the Movement Director, including researching and adapting organisational paradigms for WRA UK.
• Actively participates in the relationship with WRA Global and cross alliance working
• Lead on relationship management with membership (partnership)
• Promote and market WRA UK to members (partners) and people of influence
• Position WRA UK as a viable and unique organisation which advances the needs of sexual and reproductive health and wellbeing for women and girls in line with the sustainable development goals (SDG3 and SDG5)
• Support a shared understanding of and adherence to principles, methods and philosophy of change that resonates with the board of Trustees, staff and our members (partners).

For a conversation about the role please contact our Movement Director

Application deadline: 18th July at 5pm

To Apply: Please ensure that you provide a CV and cover letter of no more than 1 page of A4. Both are required and applicants without a covering letter will not be considered. 

This is a remote working role with occassional travel to London and other major cities. 

Please note that the role is a 0.5 FTE role and the p/a amount is £22,500 on a fixed term contract until June 2023.

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We are seeking an experienced fundraiser to research and write effective grant applications to enable our unique studio to continue its work.   The fundraiser will also engage with supporters and if required, help organise fundraising events. We require a flexible and committed individual to work with our team in Islington, ideally visiting the studio once a month. You will be highly sympathetic to the situation of refugees and asylum seekers.

New Art Studio is a small, registered charity that provides a therapeutic community one day per week for refugees and asylum seekers who have experienced trauma.  Staffed by registered professional therapists, the charity aims to alleviate distress from mental health trauma and helps to integrate individuals into society.  We have successful collaborations with well-known institutions and have high approval ratings from our members.

Fundraisers must have a track record of successful fundraising, a good knowledge of the current funding environment and ability to work independently.

Our Trustees are hands-on and will support and guide the fundraiser together with the Studio Co-Directors.

Please read the full Job Description attached

Please apply with a CV and covering letter (not more than 2 pages), deadline 27th June

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview in the week of 4th July; Two references will be requested and followed up for the successful candidate.

Registered charity No. 1192463

Finance Manager 

Home based, UK or Europe

This is a critical support function to the Finance, HR and Administration team. It is a multi-faceted role with responsibilities for accountancy, in particular the management of the annual audits and accounts. Be the point of contact for HR and Administration functions.  Working with our accounting firms, payroll firms in the respective countries, this role will lead on all of the audit processes for the UK, EU and Australian arms of the Foundation and will also provide support to the US and Hong Kong as and when necessary.

Finance:

• Lead on the format and messaging of the global accounts and global annual review and ensure that we provide an accurate and transparent report.
• Lead on the UK, German, Italian, Luxembourg and Australian audits and work with relevant stakeholders to ensure they are completed accurately and on time each year.  Point of contact between the finance team and external auditors to ensure queries are resolved throughout the audit process.
• Work with the gift processing teams, third party fulfilment houses and the Finance team to ensure all income and expense records are filed correctly to support annual audit processes and in line with charity/company regulations.
• Ensure accurate coding is in place across all financial systems.
• Monthly accountancy - perform or assist with the book-keeping for each market as required.
• Manage staff expenses including reimbursement.
• Point of contact for staff credit cards. Manage allocation and use.
• Manage global bank accounts.  Responsibility for keeping signatories, users and authorisers/directors up to date and in line with internal policies and when there are staff changes. Provide financial info to the Finance team as required. Oversee the set up of new accounts as required.
• Ensure day-to-day banking is carried out in line with our Customer Service Charter.
• Manage monthly transfers between bank accounts, supplier accounts and merchant providers for all markets in liaison with Finance team located at headquarters. Obtain required approvals and ensure operational balances are in place.
• Carry out finance related reconciliations such as expenditure reconciliation, bank reconciliation and payment platform reconciliation.
• Point of contact & account manager for payment platforms and merchant accounts, keeping information up to date etc.

HR and Administration:

• Recruitment and retention, including labour engagement for UK, German, Italy, Luxembourg and Australia.
• Work with our Global HR team to ensure Training and Development, performance maintenance, employee relations are well maintain.
• Coordinate / arrange the European staff salaries, and other markets as required.
• Oversee supplier accounts/services & contract management: Keep records up to date, manage payments, maintain online accounts eg, office facilities and insurances. Management of global PO Boxes and international postal services. Ensure they are renewed in time.
• Manage all subscription requirements for the Supporter Engagement team (IT, sector, compliance etc).
• Management of staff mobile phone contracts.
• Control and monitor purchasing costs, including office.
• Manage UK petty cash.
• Manage the global fixed asset registers. 
• Create and manage inventory of staff resources incl. IT equipment. 
• Assist the budget preparation.
• Assist with the creation of performance reports and other (ad hoc) reports as required.
• Provide support for financial, HR processes as required.
• Design and maintain filing systems.

Inter-department relations:

• Ensure that inter-department and inter-personal relationships are positive, cohesive, and contribute to the overall mission of AAF.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with management in regard to work procedures and employee relations.

Continuous Improvement and Misc.:

• Contribute to the on-going review, development and implementation of changes to improve the productivity and efficiency of AAF.
• Participate in staff training and performance and development appraisal process to assist in the achievement of AAF objectives and mission.
• Ensure procedure manuals are updated in line with changes.

Head of Campaigns

We are looking to recruit a Head of Campaigns to affect change on a global scale and create engaging and inspiring campaigns that will change the world.

Position: Head of Campaigns

Location: Working principally from home, flexibility will be required for occasional onsite attendance in Devon and some international travel.

Hours: Full-time

Salary: £53,582

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: Generous annual leave, pension scheme, Healthshield plan, confidential counselling service, subsidised restaurant, free parking, enhanced maternity/paternity benefits, Life Assurance Scheme, 31 day’s holiday per year, inclusive of the 8 statutory public holidays. This increases by one day each year until a maximum of 34 days is reached.

Closing Date: Sunday 3 July 2022

The Role

The challenge of delivering better welfare on a global scale for millions of donkeys and mules is complex and ever changing. In order to affect change on a global scale we are looking to recruit a Head of Campaigns who can face these challenges and create engaging and inspiring campaigns that will change the world for these magnificent animals and for the communities who rely on them.

Within this multifunctional and vital role, your principal duties and responsibilities will include –

• Implement campaign strategies to effect lasting change
• Being a part of the department’s leadership team
• Ensure campaigns are compatible with other streams of the charity’s work
• Representing the organisation in the media and strategic high level forums as appropriate
• Functionally leading the global campaigns in regions to which they apply
• Supporting the development and delivery of campaigns in other parts of the organisation
• Responding quickly to events that require a rapid response and create short campaigns to address the issues as agreed with other stakeholders.
• Managing the campaigns team, financial budget and all related management activities

About You

As Head of Campaigns, you will possess outstanding interpersonal, leadership, diplomatic and influencing skills and have experience of working with the media at national and international levels.

You will have:

• A proven track record of offering campaigning advice and translating complex messages to a wide range of stakeholders including senior management and international colleagues.
• Experience in a strategic campaigns leadership role
• Leading teams to develop and implement effective campaigns strategies
• Identifying and developing creative and engaging campaigns
• The ability to be sensitive to the diversity of our internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent writing, editorial and IT skills

A strong conceptual understanding of animal welfare and international development and previous experience of working in a campaigning role is desirable.

In return…

The charity offers a working environment second to none. Based in Sidmouth in East Devon – an area of outstanding natural beauty – the offices are located in a glorious setting overlooking the sea, there is a staff wellbeing programme and the organisations initiatives have received a royal seal of approval (recently highly commended in the 2021 Princess Anne Training Awards for the response to Covid-19), and the hundreds of resident donkeys – some literally a few yards from your office – will always be pleased to see you!

About the Organisation

The charity is one of the UK’s largest international animal welfare charities, currently supporting projects in over 35 countries worldwide. They are working for a world where donkeys and mules live free from suffering and their contribution to humanity is fully valued.

“The Sanctuary is a positive place to work with friendly staff and a wonderful charity. With amazing work throughout the world, once you join you never want to leave!”

Our client is a Disability Confident Employer. They are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable people (children and adults) and expects all staff and volunteers to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to safer recruitment processes, including an application for a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check where required for the post.

You may also have experience in areas such as Campaign Director, Director of Campaigns, Advocacy and Campaigns Manager, Campaign Manager, Media and Campaign Manager, Media Manager, Campaign and Network Manager, Head of Advocacy and Campaigning, Head of Advocacy and Campaigns, Director of Media and Campaigns, PR, PR and Campaign Director, Head of Campaigns, Programme Director, Director of Programmes.

Civitas Recruitment are proud to be working with a fantastic charity that promotes responsible investment. The charity campaigns and works with organisations and companies to tackle issues such as climate change, global health, and workforce issues. A great opportunity exists for a HR Manager (maternity cover) to join the team. This is an exciting time to join the charity as they are going through a period of significant growth and are beginning to implement a wide range of new and innovative projects to be involved in. As Senior HR Manager, you will be in charge of the HR system ensuring the continuation of development and providing leadership of the small team. You will be working closely with the Director of People to ensure that projects and other goals are met on time and running a new project on a review of our benefits both for our staff based in the UK and Brussels. It is a full time (35 hours per week) 11-month fixed term contract role that can be home based (within the UK) with occasional travel to London for meetings and events.

Who are we looking for?

Ideal candidate will have experience of line management and coaching those around you, delivering through others and creating opportunities to learn and grow. You will have good understanding of the principles of project management or experience of running your own projects and be naturally collaborative and flexible. CIPD level 5 accreditation or equivalent experience will be a requirement for this role. Although it’s not essential, any knowledge you might have of employment law in Belgium will be a plus but not essential. This role is a generalist role looking at all areas of HR, you will have experience of working as a generalist or of several different parts of HR

If the above role description sounds of interest and you feel like you meet the criteria; please apply immediately or for further information, please contact Syed at Civitas Recruitment for a full JD and informal discussion. Early applications are encouraged.

Will you help to communicate the opportunities climate justice activism amongst UK faith communities?

Faith for the Climate is recruiting a Communications Officer

Will you help build the interfaith climate movement? Will you help make a difference on climate justice? Faith for the Climate is seeking a creative and committed Communications Officer to help build local interfaith action.

Faith for the Climate (FFTC) was founded as an interfaith network in the run up to the 2015 COP in Paris and has made a significant contribution to the movement in England. In the run-up to COP21 it enabled the Pilgrimage to Paris and since then it has strengthened faith groups’ voices on climate change.

In 2021, we played a key role in mobilising climate justice advocacy and faith-based actions before, during and after COP26 in Glasgow, as well as building a grassroots interfaith climate justice movement within the UK.

Building on the successes of our work last year, we wish to develop the staff team – currently consisting of our Director, Shanon Shah, and Movement Builder, Rosh Lal – so that we can fulfil our objectives.

To apply please send a CV and a letter, maximum 1,000 words, on why you would like to be considered for this role, to Canon Giles Goddard, chair, Faith for the Climate. 

We are committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone regardless of their background. We acknowledge that people from certain backgrounds are under-represented in social justice movements and we’re committed to doing what we can to correct this. We are particularly keen to receive applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic people; people with disabilities; people who identify as being LGTBQ+; people who have a mental health condition; and people who identify as working-class or have done so in the past. Unfortunately, we are unable to sponsor visas so all applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

Charity People is delighted to be working exclusively with National Numeracy to recruit for a Head of Communications to join their talented communications team and work to promote the charity's work, drive public engagement with their services, and bring their mission and vision to life for external audiences.

Post Head of Communications
Location The charity offers a very flexible approach to working and this role can be undertaken on a hybrid working from home and office basis, with at least one day per quarter in the East Sussex office
Working Hours Full time or part time (four days per week) considered; flexible working is fully supported
Salary £41,000 per annum
Reporting To Director of External Relations

A new role, you will play a lead role in delivering creative and results-driven strategies with engaging content across National Numeracy's award-winning campaigns, media, content and marketing. With a broad remit, the Head of Communications will report to the Director of External Relations and will undertake the following core duties:

* Devise and deliver strategic communication plans covering complex issues
* Ensure the delivery of consistent, effective messaging to promote the charity across a variety of platforms, using storytelling to present complex issues in a simple, compelling way that appeals to broad audiences
* Support the Director of External Relations with managing the team, its work and its budgets
* Build and maintain effective relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders including policymakers, the public, the media, funders and partners
* Work with internal teams to ensure that key activities and messages are aligned to the charity's strategy, evaluating these to ensure they perform well
* Create and deliver a media strategy, as well as manage and cultivate relationships with broadcast, digital and print journalists
* Work with the Campaigns Manager on the strategic and delivery of National Numeracy Day, as well as other campaigns through the year
* Lead and deliver events, content, celebrity activity, case studies, media and marketing, to support campaigns throughout the year
* Work closely with colleagues to develop digital marketing activities across web, email and social media; analysing results and providing insight for evidence based improvement
* Create and manage a strong, audience-led web strategy as well as content that provides an engaging and inspiring user experience

We would love to see applications from individuals with previous experience of devising and delivering strategic communication plans. Additionally, we're keen for you to have experience of working with the media including the ability to promote the work of the charity and key campaigns, as well as of spotting opportunities for media coverage. You'll also have the ability and passion to really understand the work of the charity, why their role is so important, and the impact they have, as well as the ability to create messaging translated their mission into communications with audiences that increase engagement.

The charity is very open in terms of background - this role would suit someone stepping into their first Head of Communications role within a supportive team, or a more seasoned communications specialist who is keen to work within a role with a mix of strategic work as well as hands on communications tasks.

Key Dates

* Closing date for applications: Monday 4th July
* First interviews: week commencing 11th July
* Second interviews: week commencing 18th July

If you're keen to be part of the team that works tirelessly to drive up numeracy rates across the UK, having a huge impact on the lives of their beneficiaries, then this could be the role for you!

If you'd like to be considered for this role please send your CV to [email protected] or call on 07563 030587 to have an initial chat about the position.
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Imperial War Museums are one of the world’s leading authorities on conflict and its impact on people’s lives – from 1914 through to the present day and beyond.  Our collections are filled with personal stories and experiences, inspiring powerful and often conflicting emotions.  We aim to share these stories with as many audiences as possible across the world in a way that engages and challenges them, increasing understanding of why we go to war and the effect that conflict has on people’s lives.

We are working in partnership with IWM to appoint their new Head of Procurement and Compliance.  The post holder will develop, instil, and oversee standards, provide advice, support the procurement systems, monitor performance against standards and where necessary take action to ensure the standards are met. 

The post holder will be highly experienced in this field and is expected to operate as IWM’s expert across the organisation with regard to procurement legislation in the UK and be expected to have some legal understanding of contractual engagements.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:

• Qualification to MCIPS Diploma level (or equivalent)
• Broad experience and understanding of best practice in procurement and contract negotiations
• Proven experience in the delivery of major procurement projects and a strong practical understanding of public procurement procedures
• Experience of project management
• Excellent organisational and planning skills, with a high degree of attention to detail
• The ability to build relationships and communicate across the business at all levels and with external stakeholders

You will need to be innovative and proactive, ensuring that the level of procurement is to the highest standards of compliance and is undertaken with integrity and in an ethical manner, in accordance with IWM’s core values.

For more information, please contact Adam Stacey, Managing Director, Charisma Charity Recruitment.

Applications should be submitted through the Charisma website and include your CV and supporting statement.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, or other category protected by law.

Location:  Flexible with regular meetings in London / Duxford / Manchester

Closing date: 20 July 2022

Interviews: 4 August (virtual) and 10 August (face-to-face)