Citizens Advice Southwark has a track record of delivering high-quality services from its offices in Peckham, Walworth and Bermondsey and outreach locations across Southwark and South East London. We sort out problems together, for good, by providing free, independent, confidential and impartial advice across all areas of social welfare law, and through using the experience of our clients to bring about positive change through research and campaigns. 

This post funded jointly by Dimbleby Cancer Care & Macmillan Cancer Support.

Citizens Advice Southwark provides an outreach advice service in hospitals across South East London for people affected by cancer. We are seeking to recruit a part-time welfare benefits caseworker, 4 days per week, who will undertake casework, assisting clients to access their entitlements to welfare benefits and other sources of financial help.

You must have:

• Substantial experience of managing your own case load of complex welfare benefits cases and an in-depth knowledge of welfare benefits including those related to disability and sickness
• An understanding of the issues facing people affected by long-term illness and disability, including cancer
• Understand, empathise and be committed to the Citizens Advice aims, principles and equal opportunities policies

Closing date: 9.00am Tuesday 1st June 2021

Interviews: Friday 4th June 2021

For further information and an application pack please click on the Apply button.

We offer a range of employee benefits, including generous annual leave, an employer matched pension contribution up to 10% salary, and training and development opportunities to continue your professional development.

Citizens Advice Southwark is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all applicants who meet the person specification irrespective of sex, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief, age, or disability.

his is a really exciting time to join Girlguiding. We are on a mission to amplify the voices of girls and young women, so they can champion change in their own lives and the wider world; to build strong partnerships that can increase our reach and impact; and to increase the support we offer our amazing adult volunteers who deliver incredible experiences to young people across the UK every week. We have recently agreed our 2020+ strategy and begun a process of significant change: transforming the organisation so it can meet the challenges of the future by putting young people and volunteers at the heart of our organisation.

Our ambition for diversity and inclusion at Girlguiding is to be a place where everyone is welcome, is free to be themselves, and has an equal sense of belonging – whoever they are and wherever they’re from.  We have a bold new diversity and inclusion strategic plan (online from 17 May) to help us achieve this ambition, and we’re committed to real, long-lasting change.

As our Diversity and Inclusion Lead, you will be a key member of the diversity and inclusion team, leading our day-to-day D&I work: providing practical D&I support to staff and members, developing training and guidance, and supporting our volunteer inclusion advisors. As a highly experienced subject matter expert on diversity and inclusion, you will take the lead on more complex diversity and inclusion cases, advising on compliance with relevant legislation and mitigation of risk. You will also have an important role in delivering some key actions arising from our new diversity and inclusion plan.

We're looking for someone with an excellent working knowledge of key equity, diversity and inclusion principles, such as privilege, power and intersectionality, and a strong knowledge of anti-racism principles and best practice. We're looking for someone with experience of acting in an advisory capacity on diversity and inclusion best practice, and you'll need to bring to the role a knowledge of equalities legislation, and organisations’ responsibilities within this

Girlguiding values the differences that a diverse workforce brings and is committed to inclusivity, and to employing and supporting a diverse workforce. Girlguiding is proud to be part of the Stonewall Diversity Champions programme, a member of the Business Disability Forum, and a member of Time to Change. While Girlguiding’s young members may be women only, our staff team is mixed gender. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

We are committed to supporting our staff to achieve a good work-life balance and offer flexible working options wherever we reasonably can. Girlguiding is a COVID secure employer, providing support for all employees during the current pandemic. All staff are required to carry out our online health and safety training and complete a DSE risk assessment to ensure we can provide the support you require.

Contract - Permanent (35 hours per week)

Location – Bloomsbury, London

About Coram

Coram is committed to improving the lives of the UK’s most vulnerable children and young people.

We support children and young people from birth to independence, creating a change that lasts a lifetime.

Coram is the UK’s oldest children’s charity founded by Thomas Coram in London helping vulnerable children and young people since 1739. Today, the Coram group helps more than one million children, young people, families and professionals every year by providing access to support and opportunities they need to thrive.

Throughout its history, Coram has benefitted from the involvement of artists and musicians and today we specialise in Art and Music Therapy, Parenting Programmes and Therapeutic interventions and family support from the dedicated Pears Pavilion on the Coram Campus in Bloomsbury.

As part of the vision as a national centre of excellence for children, we have ambitious plans to extend the reach and impact of the Coram Centre for Creative Therapies and Parenting to provide pre-CAMHS support to children who are experiencing social, behavioural and communications challenges. Working in schools, youth and community settings and our own outstanding adoption agency, Coram Ambitious for Adoption, the Centre provides a multi-disciplinary approach involving families as well as parents.

About the role

This role reports to the Group CEO providing operational leadership to our creative therapy and parenting/ family support teams. It is an exciting opportunity, particularly suitable for an enterprising and pro-active clinical manager with broad skills in overseeing case work, social work practice, and parenting programme delivery. You will develop this leadership role for the Centre and in the Coram group providing consultative support, training, capacity building and innovative outreach programmes as well as direct work with children and families.

To apply for this role, please click on the 'apply now' button to complete the application form.

Closing date: 5pm, Monday 31st May 2021

Interview date: Friday, 4th June and Tuesday, 8th June 2021

Coram is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We actively encourage applicants from Asian, African, Caribbean and other minority ethnic backgrounds to join our teams. Whilst we have a diverse team we recognise we are a predominantly white workforce and are genuinely committed to encouraging candidates from diverse communities in order to improve the services to the children and families we help.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and where appropriate will require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Registered Charity No. 312278.

We are looking for an experienced Chief Information Officer to cover Early Moments leave (parental leave) at the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK).

You will join us at a crucial time. As Chief Information Officer, you will oversee the continuation of a substantial transformation journey across key areas of Information and Technology, ensuring it is aligned and integrated with the wider organisation change agenda and achieves time, quality and cost objectives - all to achieve even greater impact for children.

UNICEF ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.

Over the 8 month engagement, you will play a hands on role in the delivery of the Data & Analytics Roadmap, the Finance Business Transformation project, planning of the next phase of UNICEF UK's digital journey and overseeing the delivery of an established information governance agenda. As a member of our extended leadership team, you will contribute to operational and strategic delivery across the organisation, and lead the Information Team, which comprises Data, Digital, CRM, internal IT and projects subteams.

The ideal candidate will have experience of leading a broad digital, data and technology brief within a complex organisational setting, experience of motivating teams to deliver at pace, experience of working within organisations that provide products and services to the general public and in improving the use of data to support income growth.

Closing date: 5pm, Thursday 27 May 2021

Interview date: Thursday, 10 June 2021 via video conferencing

We are normally based on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, East London but while our office is closed, this role will work from home or from wherever makes you happy. We are expecting to move to a hybrid approach (part home/part office based) when our office reopens.

We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities, because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at this level. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for children.Unicef UK promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit. The successful candidate will be required to apply for a criminal records check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the role and the circumstances of your offences.

We only accept online applications as this saves us money, making more funds available for us to help ensure children’s rights.

If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note that we only provide feedback to shortlisted candidates.

Registered Charity Nos. 1072612 (England and Wales) SC043677 (Scotland)

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced manager to join our Senior Management Team, utilising your skills and talents to build on our successes as well as contribute to shaping our future direction.

The Director of Advice Services will support the delivery of Z2K’s overall strategy, aims and objectives by assuming responsibility for the effective leadership of the organisation’s advice and casework services. Principal Responsibilities:

1. As part of the Senior Management Team, actively contribute to the work of the organisation at a strategic level.
2. Lead the management, co-ordination and delivery of Z2K’s advice and casework services and projects, ensuring the highest quality in all aspects of service delivery.
3. Lead and develop the advice and casework team and line manage assigned staff.
4. Lead the development of advice and casework services, identifying and implementing strategies, services and projects that enable Z2K to increase the impact and reach of its work.
5. Contribute to Z2K’s fundraising, research, policy and campaigns work.

The Director of Advice Services will have at least three years’ experience managing social welfare advice and casework services. You will have experience of developing and leading teams, a track record of service/project development, and will understand the needs and experiences of advice service users from a range of backgrounds. You will possess excellent organisational, management and interpersonal skills, have sound judgment and problem-solving skills. You will share our passion for tackling poverty and injustice and be committed to ensuring our clients voices are heard and listened to. 

Z2K is an equal opportunity employer. People from underrepresented groups, including those with lived experience of poverty, from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQIA+ individuals and people with disabilities, are strongly encouraged to apply. We welcome evidence of experience from both work and non-work settings such as volunteering and personal life.

Closing date: Thursday, 3rd June 2021 at 23:55

This role would suit someone with a background in areas such as management consultancy, strategic consultancy, transformation, system change, corporate strategy and organisational development and organisational impact.

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The cause

New Local is a think tank and network of councils and other organisations working to energise local government and improve public services. At the heart of our work is ‘community power’ - the belief that people should be given the means to transform the places where they live and the services they use. We believe this is key to sustainable, fairer public services sustainable and a better society for all. 

We publish research on community power. We campaign for change. And we work directly with public and voluntary sector bodies to help them hand more power and resource over to communities.

The role

In recent months, New Local’s direct work with councils and other bodies to turn the principle of community power into reality has grown considerably. We have created the new senior role of Director of Practice to lead and expand this work.

The role will require the application of a highly entrepreneurial mindset within a strong social purpose context.

Your job will include: 

• Strategic planning: Developing and implementing a strategy for New Local to expand its practice work.
• Business development: Growing New Local’s practice work with individual councils and other public and voluntary sector bodies to become more community powered.
• Delivery: Leading and contributing to the delivery of practice work, in particular, designing and leading deliberative workshops and producing compelling and insightful reports for partners.
• Partner Engagement: Working closely with partners to develop projects and ensure satisfaction and engagement throughout projects.
• Innovation and development: Leading the continuous improvement of practice work.
• Internal collaboration: Working closely with the network, research and communications teams at New Local in the development of their work and the practice work.
• Organisational Leadership: Playing an active role as a member of the Senior Management Team to help deliver New Local’s mission of creating a community powered public sector and country.

The candidate

Our ideal candidate will be: 

• An articulate and knowledgeable connector, who has the understanding and confidence to build relationships and work closely with the most senior officers and councillors working in local government and senior officials working in other parts of the public sector.
• Strongly entrepreneurial and committed to business development. 
• An imaginative communicator who can write and speak clearly about compelling ideas for change.
• A keen planner whose attention-to-detail is proven to keep projects timely and impactful.
• A champion for community power.
• A friendly and supportive colleague able to work in a highly creative and collaborative environment that encourages autonomy and excellence from all members of the team.

The organisation

New Local was founded in 1996 as the New Local Government Network. It relaunched as New Local in October 2020. There is currently a team of 15 staff working on practice, research, communications, influencing and peer-learning with our network of over sixty councils and other partner organisations.  The Director of Practice role will sit in the senior management team with the Chief Executive, Deputy Chief Executive and Directors of Network and Communications. The Director of Practice will report to the Chief Executive.

In addition to the advertised salary, we offer: 

• A minimum of 27 days’ holiday a year and ten days holiday over Christmas/New Year
• Highly flexible working and work location arrangements 
• Regular training opportunities 
• A number of other benefits listed in the job description (see attached).

Wellbeing: New Local is very strongly committed to staff wellbeing. Working long and late hours is actively discouraged and all staff at New Local are committed to creating a pleasant, friendly and supportive environment in which to work.

Diversity: New Local is committed to being an equal opportunities employer. We don’t just ‘value diversity’, we think it is central to what makes for a high impact, successful organisation. We positively encourage everyone to apply. In order to monitor equal opportunities, we ask that the Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form below is completed (this is entirely at the applicant’s discretion).  The collecting of this data is part of our diversity strategy, to understand how we can improve equal opportunities for external applicants to New Local.  All information gathered for equal opportunities monitoring is anonymous and then destroyed after 6 months, after which only aggregate data will be held.  Information collected for monitoring purposes will be treated as confidential and will not be used for any other purpose.

• Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form

How to apply

Apply via the New Local website by sending your: 

• CV
• A cover letter of no more than 500 words explaining what attracts you to the role of Director of Practice.
• Completed Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form (if you wish) N.B. all equal opportunities forms will be separated from the application.

If you require any help applying for this role or taking part in the recruitment process, then do not hesitate to contact Katy Evans, our Operations Manager. Full details of the role and how to contact us can be found on the New Local website and in the attached documents.

If you would like an informal, confidential conversation to discuss the role beforehand with Adam Lent, New Local’s Chief Executive, then please do not hesitate to contact Katy Evans, our Operations Manager. 

Deadline for applications: Monday 14 June 2021 by 9am

Probation and Notice: This role is subject to a six-month probationary period and a two-month notice period.

Data Protection: New Local will process and store and your personal information (this means any information that identifies or could identify you) for the purposes of recruitment, for a period of up to six months after the closing date, after which it will be securely disposed.  For more information, please refer to our Job Applicant Privacy Notice (attached).

Title: Director of Communications and External Affairs
Reports to: CEO
Responsible for: Team of 6
Salary: £55,000 - £65,000
Location: Vauxhall, London (with flexible working)

Over 200,000 children in the UK are growing up in kinship care - three times more than in foster care - raised by grandparents, siblings or other relatives or friends when their parents aren’t able to care for them. Kinship care is a positive alternative to the care system. It keeps children in families and leads to better outcomes. Yet kinship care has been marginalised and poorly supported for too long.

Kinship is fighting for recognition and support for every kinship family. We are recruiting a new Director of Communications and External Affairs to help make it happen.

You will join Kinship during an exciting period of organisational growth and increasing awareness and policy interest in kinship care. You will play an integral role in raising awareness about kinship care and our work, ensure that the voices of kinship carers are heard by decision makers and the public, and lead our work to secure policy and legislative change.

This pivotal role is part of our senior leadership team and you will play an active role in contributing to our positive culture and high performing team. You will contribute to the charity’s long-term strategy and objectives, working closely with our CEO, board of trustees, kinship carers and a broad range of external stakeholders.

Currently overseeing a team of six with four direct reports, you will lead on the development and delivery of an integrated communications and influencing strategy. This role will position Kinship as the leading kinship care charity with key decision makers and opinion formers in England and Wales. The Director will develop and implement a stakeholder engagement plan and will be working closely with the Chief Executive to enable meetings with key MPs and opinion formers.

This role will lead on the development and delivery of a campaign strategy to transform kinship care support through long term government investment and legislative change. As a social action charity, the role will lead our plans and projects to build a powerful and connected network of kinship campaigners – young people and kinship carers who will co-develop and deliver local and national campaigns.

The role will line manage the marketing and digital team, working closely with the Head of Marketing and Engagement to drive kinship carer engagement, and support income-generation, including fundraising and commissioning.

The successful candidate will be an experienced senior public affairs and communications professional with a track record in leading multi-disciplinary teams. You will be an inspiring communicator and relationship-builder with a demonstrable track record in developing and delivering successful policy and awareness campaigns and experience in proactive and reactive media relations. You will understand how charities work and be excited about working in a social action charity. A knowledge of children’s social care or family issues is desirable, but more important is that you bring strategic vision as well as an entrepreneurial mindset with an ability to seize opportunities to increase Kinship’s influence and impact.

Please click ‘Apply on website’ to be directed to the website of Peridot Partners, our recruitment consultants and make contact with them to discuss this role in more detail.

Closing date: 9am Monday 14th June 2021

Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS) network
GAPS Director

Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS) is the UK’s Women, Peace and Security civil society network. GAPS was founded to progress the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, and to hold the UK government to account on its international commitments to women and girls affected by conflict worldwide.

The GAPS Director will led the GAPS network and delivery of the GAPS strategy. The role works closely with the GAPS Management Board, GAPS Policy Advocacy and Communication Managers, the GAPS Network Assistant, GAPS member agencies, partners and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS).

Candidates with experience, talent and/or potential in: policy and advocacy; social media; using their networking skills; working and building relationships with civil society, government or a multilateral institutions; have a commitment to gender and women and girls’ rights; leading an organisation or part of an organisation; will be welcome.  Experience in women and girls’ rights, peacebuilding, development, humanitarian and/or international relations as well as governance and monitoring, evaluation and learning will also be of interest. This role will suit someone wanting to lead with a dynamic and ambitious civil society network, and specifically work on international women and girls’ rights and/or peace and security policy. Expertise on Women, Peace and Security and working to influence decision-makers is welcomed.

GAPS is hosted by one of our member agencies, Women for Women International UK. Women for Women International was founded in 1993 to help women survivors of war rebuild their lives, their families and communities. The UK office was established in 2006. The GAPS Director would be expected to work within the framework of GAPS and Women for Women International’s core values. Women for Women International UK is the legal employer of GAPS staff. As a result of COVID-19, this role will likely be home-based with some potential travel, including to the office depend on COVID-19 related restrictions.

Women for Women International UK is an equal opportunities employer and we positively welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their religious beliefs or political opinions, sex, marital or family statuses, races, sexual orientations, ages or whether they are disabled.

All candidates must have the right to work in the UK.

Women for Women International UK is a registered charity (charity number: 1115109) and a company limited by guarantee (company no: 05650155), registered in England and Wales.

Reports to: GAPS Management Board Chair who is the Executive Director of Women for Women International UK

Proposed start date: June 2021

Location: 49-51 East Road, London, N1 6AH (currently working remotely, hybrid working model when Covid restrictions allow)

Working pattern: Full time

Salary level: £53,560 per annum (based on Women for Women International UK’s salary scale)

Application process:

•  Please go to our website and fill out the Application Form and Diversity Monitoring Form, and if you would like to share anything else to support your submission please do so with a short cover letter.  If you would like to submit your application another way, please contact us.
• If you would like to learn more about this vacancy, we are hosting a Q&A session on Wednesday 19 May at 1pm If you want to attend this session please see details on our website.

Application deadline: 6pm, 1st June 2021

Interviews: w/c 14th June 2021

Person Specification

Essential criteria

• Ability to demonstrate having led a small organisation or part of an organisation, including ability to develop and implement an organisational strategy and led annual planning processes
• Ability to demonstrate project and programme management and working with multiple partners
• Ability to lead fundraising, including government, trust, foundation and multilateral agency applications
• Ability to manage budgets, including from multiple donors
• Ability to draft, review and sign-off policy, advocacy or research documents
• Ability to build and maintain successful relationships with multiple stakeholders
• Ability to work with a civil society, government, parliament or multilateral organisations
• Experience of representing an organisation, including to deliver key messaging
• Experience of line management
• Knowledge and understanding of Women, Peace and Security frameworks and how they apply to the international community and Government policy and programmes
• Knowledge and understanding of broader international frameworks and commitments relevant to gender equality and women and girls’ rights
• Familiarity with and/or work experience in or on a range of conflict or post-conflict contexts
• Ability to lead donor reporting and donor relationships, including with governments, trusts and foundations and multilateral agencies
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including digital and online communications
• Ability to demonstrate overseeing event organisation and planning
• Attention to detail and ability to work independently across multiple workloads and with diverse stakeholders
• Experience of working in busy environments, multitasking especially in a small team
• Computer literate, including in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel  and social media
• Demonstration of sharing the GAPS values and principles[1]

Desirable criteria

• Experience of monitoring and evaluation tools
• Experience of working with or within a network and/or coalition
• Experience of drafting communications plans for projects, events or policy documents

Knowledge of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation

[1] Our work is guided and informed by our commitment to and belief in: peace, participation, representation, non-violence, non-partisanship, cooperation, democratic decision-making, transparency, openness, intersectional feminism, anti-racism, equality, clear communication, learning, integrity and independence.

We are seeking an experienced and committed individual to join us as Executive Assistant, providing comprehensive support to the Executive Director of Policy, Advocacy & Campaigns (PAC).

In the PAC division, we fight for children every single day. We drive political agendas at national and global levels. We integrate lobbying, policy, research and campaigning into one agile, powerful engine for change. We go the extra mile - and we don't rest until the work is done. 

As Executive Assistant, you will sit in the heart of the PAC, providing wraparound support to the Executive Director and also working with the PAC coordinators to help ensure smooth running of the department as a whole. Reporting to the Strategy and Operations Manager, this role will support the ED by managing their time, diary and priorities, liaising with multiple internal and external stakeholders using judgment and authority. They will also take on leadership of key departmental operations projects and serve as a key point of contact for colleagues around the organisation when they have questions about the division. This is an extremely exciting time for the division as Save the Children embarks on its next strategy period and the Save the Children Movement begins its next Global Campaign in 2022. This role will have a front-row seat to discussions being had and decisions that are being made to help solve some of the most complex social change issues of our generation.

To be successful you will have significant personal or executive assistant experience, demonstrated passion for social change and an extreme thirst for knowledge. With excellent organisation and administration skills, you will have the ability to plan and prioritise work for yourself and others. Excellent time management skills are essential as well as: 

• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills – confident and assertive, flexible and pragmatic, with the ability to advise and support the Executive Director in managing relationships internally and externally. 
• Proven ability to work closely with senior level staff (internally and externally). 

• Ability to apply sound judgement and political nous in order to appropriately judge people and situations. 
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to adapt style to different voices and audiences. 
• Professional and calm under pressure with the ability to think quickly in an ever-changing environment, with the ability to meet changing and challenging deadlines while maintaining a ‘can do' attitude. 

At Save the Children we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure. 

Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. If you share our mission, are passionate about making it happen and strongly believe you can contribute then join us and we'll give you every opportunity to succeed. We look forward to hearing from you. 

Closing date: 31 May 2021 

Job title: Managing Director of Lightful Solutions

Department: Lightful Solutions

Seniority: At least 5 years of experience of running large internal teams (between 20-50 people)

Reporting to: The CEO 

Direct reports: 8

Indirect reports: 13 full time, plus 6 contractors

Compensation: Highly competitive salary with stock options + other benefits

Location: Remote working, then 1-2 days in an office per week in London or Bristol

At Lightful, we believe those doing the greatest good deserve the best technology. Our products and services are designed for charities and nonprofits to simplify their work and amplify their impact.

Our journey to this point has had many successes. We work with hundreds of nonprofits and foundations each year to improve how they use digital. We are a certified B Corporation, ensuring that community, the environment and our staff are central to all of our decision making. We are a recognised Living Wage employer, and have been profiled in The Sunday Times, Forbes and Sky News. We are in The Escape 100, as one of the best companies in the UK to escape to for a career with purpose. And we are supported by a wide array of incredible investors, including Nick Mason CBE and Dario Franchitti MBE.

Lightful is a business built to create impact both in and out of the office. Our people and products support nonprofits in 58 countries around the world, organisations that are solving some of our planet's greatest challenges. Our work has helped small charities increase fundraising by 64% year on year. Since achieving B Corp status in 2020, we have created an impact out of the office too. We have planted 12,371 trees planted through our employee carbon offset programme, saved 295,497 litres of water, and offset 1,107 tonnes of Carbon Dioxide emissions through 28 global carbon reduction projects.

We are expanding our senior leadership team, with the addition of a Managing Director (MD) to drive the growth and continued excellence of one of our 3 core business units: Lightful Solutions. This role will be the lead role in Lightful Solutions, a tailor-made technology consultancy that exists to help nonprofits embrace change, with best-in-class technology solutions that are dependable, secure and effective.

This position reports directly to our CEO, and works closely alongside our Co-Founders, the MD of Lightful Products and the MD of Lightful Learning to drive and influence the long term direction, profitability and impact of Lightful. 

You will have responsibility for the overall business strategy for Lightful Solutions. In this role, you will drive consistent and rapid revenue growth, lead our exceptional client delivery teams to develop Salesforce Solutions and deliver excellence to all of our clients. Internally, you will drive technological excellence in delivery, growth and development of the whole team through cross-team initiatives and continue to double our impact and our revenue year on year. 

If you have a track record of driving revenue growth, have experience delivering project excellence on behalf of clients, revel in managing a multi-disciplinary and exceptionally talented team, and are looking to focus your career to create immense impact not only for this high growth scaleup, but for our clients and for our planet, then this is the role for you.

What can we offer you?

• The opportunity to join our senior leadership team, working closely with our three Co-Founders and two other Managing Directors
• The opportunity to lead a profitable technology team that has a track record of doubling its impact and revenue each year 
• The opportunity to drive growth, change and innovation within one of our core business units
• The opportunity to develop and lead experienced client delivery teams of talented and passionate professionals across projects in the UK, North America and EMEA 
• The opportunity to shape a consultancy service at the cutting edge of digital innovation, using technologies such as Salesforce
• The opportunity to build on established relationships with world leading charities such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Rhodes Trust and Citizens Advice, and the opportunity to create many more
• The opportunity to enjoy and thrive in a role that drives high social and environmental impact
• The opportunity to be a thought leader through spoken and written work by representing Lightful's work in the growing Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) and #techforgood space

What is the vision for the business that you will develop?

• To create a business that is an inspiring innovation hub within the nonprofit sector
• To create a business that puts user experience, user adoption, delight and impact at its core
• To create a business that values entrepreneurship, ambition and fun within the team
• To create a business that thrives on a fast pace of working, autonomy, and change
• To create a business that delivers excellence across all Lightful Solutions projects whilst ensuring client satisfaction and impact

Our story

At Lightful, we believe that those doing the greatest good deserve the best technology.

We’re passionate about making the best technology accessible to charities and nonprofits. Our products and solutions help organisations unleash the power of technology and make the good work they do even greater. Our products and services are designed to simplify the work and amplify the impact of charities and nonprofits. 

In 2015, Lightful was launched by Vinay Nair, Johnny Murnane and Carlos Miranda. Three friends who all had different exposure to the nonprofit sector, they all realised the same thing - nonprofits were not getting the technology they deserve.

Before evolving into Lightful (pre-2015), we were a YouTube certified multi-channel network (MCN) known as Thunderboom. Our original intention was to help charities and nonprofits of all shapes and sizes monetise their video content.

Things changed - as they do - and we eventually pivoted. We left our MCN ambitions behind, and we launched our now award-winning Lightful Social Platform. At that time, the company became known as Lightful.

From there we grew our consultancy services - now Lightful Solutions - and developed a comprehensive 12-month course to equip charities with the digital skills and capabilities they need to become more resilient - Lightful Learning's BRIDGE programme.

Lightful values

As a certified B Corp, we’re a values-led organisation, and our values are integral to the Lightful culture. Our Lightful values are:

• To act with audacity while remembering humility
• To understand the importance of both listening and leadership
• To practice generosity whilst showing accountability
• These all lay on the foundation of respect and integrity

Our business units
We offer three services to charities and nonprofits; Lightful Products, Lightful Learning and Lightful Solutions. Each business unit is different but highly interconnected, designed for the different needs of the social and environmental-focused organisations we’re proud to serve and work with.

Lightful Products
Lightful Products helps drive organisations forward with ready made software such as: 

• Lightful Fundraising Pages, fully customisable and branded to clients look and feel, to enable clients create engaging experiences that drive donations
• Lightful Social Platform, the #1 social media tool for charities, it helps charities schedule social media content, increase engagement and save time
• Lightful Components, a toolkit of adaptable components designed to build flexible, design-driven online communities

Lightful Learning

Lightful Learning helps our partners master real world skills through a combination of tools and support, building their confidence and resilience. It was designed to grow digital skills and increase effectiveness within the nonprofit sector.

Building resilience in digital growth and engagement (BRIDGE) is Lightful Learning's flagship programme for impact organisations looking to future-proof their operations at a time of great change. It combines a learning syllabus, delivered through a combination of live and recorded sessions and webinars, with the Lightful Social Platform. BRIDGE is supported by foundations and other funders, and offered to small-to-medium sized charities that they support.
 

Lightful Solutions
Lightful Solutions has been a Salesforce Partner since 2017 and has worked on almost 100 projects with over 50 clients. Our team has 27 members, including user researchers, UX designers, UI designers, developers, architects, administrators, business analysts and project managers. We have more than 60 Salesforce certifications across our team and more than 175 combined years of Salesforce consultancy experience specialising in: 

online communities, digital transformation, digital strategy, CRM support, digital fundraising, and Scoping and Solution Design (SSD).

Our design and development process is as follows: 

• Identify - Understanding the client’s ambitions, challenges and pain points to let us identify tailored approaches and opportunities
• Imagine - Our human-centred design process keeps user experience at the front and centre of how we deliver a client’s impact goals 
• Implement - We build and implement custom solutions using agile methodologies and close collaboration to ensure smooth delivery and transition

We have designed processes and large-scale implementations for major projects with significant cost and efficiency implications for organisations such as The Rhodes Trust, the European Society of Cardiology, the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Atlantic Fellows, The Big Give, Frontline, Independent Age, Schmidt Fellows and Save the Children UK.
 

What does the role involve?

Key accountabilities

• Alongside our Co-Founders, MD of Lightful Products and MD of Lightful Learning, you will influence the long term direction, profitability and impact of the Lightful business
• Lead delivery to drive rapid and exponential growth of our Lightful Solutions business unit
• Create and execute the business strategy for Lightful Solutions 
• Orchestrate and deliver year on year revenue growth for your business unit, ensuring revenue targets are achieved monthly
• Ensure excellence is delivered across all Lightful Solutions projects whilst ensuring very high client satisfaction and impact
• Responsible for ensuring that every Lightful Solutions proposal is feasible and viable within the team through working with the Business Development team, meeting potential new clients during the RFP processes, signing off on all proposals
• Form an excellent working relationship with our two other Managing Directors - all three of our business units align and should be optimised to create and execute mutually beneficial business development opportunities
• Lead on initial project meetings to explain Lightful’s approach to digital transformation, emphatically understanding users' needs, and advising on how to achieve the best results for each and every client

Internal responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of Lightful Solutions strategic plan to meet revenue targets, produce work that delivers impact for happy clients, increase delivery robustness, and have standout quality through structure and clear standards
• Manage a growing team of 21 talented employees ranging from Salesforce Administrators, Technical and Solutions Architects, Developers, and Project Managers in addition to a non-permanent team of 6-10 contractors
• Motivate, advise and provide structure to Lightful Solutions team to meet objectives and manage own development goals within team
• Harness creativity and new ideas within the team and ensure structure for success

Experience

• At least 5 years of experience of running large internal teams (between 20-50 people)
• At least 5 years of experience of running successful client projects at Associate Partner equivalent level or above
• A history of managing successful consulting and technical projects from end-to-end, including CRM (particularly Salesforce) implementation projects
• Knowledge and expertise on winning and delivering 6 and 7 figure business contracts
• Experience working with, and passion for, nonprofit and/or public sector clients
• You will have a network of leaders across the nonprofit sector in the UK, EMEA and globally 
• Strong technical and development understanding and capabilities 
• Experience managing large, medium and small Salesforce digital transformation projects

• Experience meeting client deadlines and expectations within Agile development environments 

Personal qualities 

• You have a high level of emotional intelligence and an ability to demonstrate empathy with Lightful colleagues and clients
• You are a very strong communicator 
• You have exceptional verbal, written and presentation skills and embody Lightful’s foundational principles of respect and integrity 
• You are equally comfortable addressing people with various levels of technical knowledge
• You are a proven analytical thinker
• You have the ability to support your direct reports and other team members in building solutions and providing both technical and non-technical mentoring and guidance
• You are able  to work in a highly collaborative environment, taking the initiative where necessary
• You are open to new ideas and enjoy coaching and mentoring others to get the best out of them 

Additional requirement

• Eligible to work in the UK without the need of visa support/sponsorship
   

Benefits

You will be a part of our exciting culture that fosters personal growth and development. As we expand, you will be given the opportunity to thrive in a close-knit team environment.

• Highly competitive salary 
• Stock options
• Holiday entitlement is 27 days per annum, plus bank holidays, your birthday off and a day off for moving (once a year)
• Working from home buddy to integrate you into the team
• Simply Health (claim back money on everyday healthcare costs and access to face to face counselling)
• Access to a variety of wellbeing apps
• Regular events e.g. quiz, cook-along, social drinks, summer party, Christmas party
• Lunch & Learn sessions
• Training and development plans
• Volunteering opportunities
• Cycle to work scheme
• Paid parental leave and nursery benefit
• Lightful kids events

Inclusion of a diverse range of opinions and perspectives is core to Lightful’s open culture and ongoing success. Therefore we never discriminate on age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

*No recruitment agency requests please* *We only work with direct applicants*

We are looking for a new Director to join us this autumn when our founder, David Tootill, retires. This is a fantastic opportunity for a new leader to further develop the UK’s only school dedicated to this beautiful, historic and resurgent art form.

Our small team includes respected figures in the mosaic community and we currently offer specialist higher education, short and community courses in all aspects of mosaic design, fabrication and history. We are also leading a significant construction development to provide new affordable artists’ studios at our vibrant site in Gospel Oak. 

In addition, we have a strong network of volunteers working on numerous ongoing practical mosaic projects to enhance our local built environment and support vulnerable groups and our local community life, as well as paid-for mosaic commissions from a variety of clients.

As we scale up, the future offers even more possibility for a new leader to shape the next chapter for our school, harnessing the momentum and reputation we have already started to build.

We are looking for someone to bring a combination of leadership and management experience, financial acumen, understanding of the educational and charity contexts, a commitment to social impact and practical experience of arts or crafts.  We recognise different candidates will bring different strengths from this list and encourage anyone excited by this brief to contact us. Not having experience of mosaic-making does not rule you out, provided you could make a commitment to get to know this exciting and varied medium. We particularly welcome applications from those with diverse experiences and backgrounds.

Check out more information on our website for how to apply or to arrange for an informal chat.

Director of Development and Communications

Permanent position; 4 - 5 days per week

Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 per annum (pro-rata) dependent on skills and experience, plus benefits

As a registered charity, Cardboard Citizens uses the power of the arts to engage, educate and inspire those who are homeless, vulnerable, and most disadvantaged; helping them develop essential life skills; and to empower them to make positive life changes. We raise public awareness of homelessness issues, challenge misconceptions and provide platforms for debate.

We are looking for an accomplished fundraiser or senior marketing and communications manager to lead our Development and Communications team as our new Director of Development and Communications. You will join us as part of our Senior Management Team to help us to craft the stories, across our fundraising and communications, that will win the hearts and minds of a broader audience coming together to tackle social issues.

This is a critical yet exciting time for the charity, as we look to extend and deepen the reach of our programmes under new artistic leadership (including a major new project as part of Coventry City of Culture), capitalise on our learning since Covid-19, accelerate income from individual and corporate donors and start to gear up for the next Arts Council National Portfolio round.

As the Director of Development and Communications you will play a crucial role in helping us to realise these ambitions – driving forward our fundraising by building on a strong base of trusts, foundations and statutory support, which totals in the region of £1.2 million annually; and increasing the profile of our programmes and how we communicate the impact of our work to audiences and funders. You will be supported in the post by a strong five-person Development and Communications team, alongside the wider executive and delivery teams and an engaged Trustee, Ambassador and partner network.

If you are looking to take on your first director-level position, or are a more senior candidate who may be returning to work after a pause in your career or are looking to balance a role with wider parenting and caring responsibilities, we would love to hear from you!

We also actively encourage people from a variety of backgrounds with different experiences, skills, and stories to join us and influence and develop our working practice. By taking positive action around diversity we will guarantee interviews to eligible candidates who meet the minimum criteria (the Person Specifications laid out in the Job Pack) and self-identify with any of the following groups that we have identified as underrepresented in ours and the wider cultural sector workforce:

• From an ethnic minority
• Candidates with lived experience of homelessness
• Disabled and/ or Neurodiverse
• LGBT+ candidates

To download the Application Pack and apply online, please visit our website at.

Closing date for completed applications is 10:00 GMT on Tuesday 8 June. First round interviews 21 and 22 June. Second round interviews 29 and 30 June.

We can be flexible about how this role can work for you and can offer additional training, depending on your experience. If you would like an informal conversation to discuss this role further and find out more about our exciting future plans, please contact recruitment consultant Kane Moore at Achates Philanthropy, kane*at*achatesphilanthropy*dot*com.

Please Note Applications Will Be Reviewed On A Rolling Basis, Post Maybe Filled Before Closing Date. We Therefore Encourage You To Apply As Soon As Possible. 

Justice Studio  is a values driven social enterprise entering an exciting new phase of development in our mission to reduce social inequality.We are looking for a leader to to manage our progressive, non-hierarchical, trust-based team.  Committed to social justice, our values, and with high emotional intelligence, you will direct the company’s operations and strategy to ensure that the company achieves its purpose.

We are based in London and work both in the UK and across the world for governments, charitable and not-for-profit organisations, and social enterprises that are striving to promote global social equality.Our work for them spans strategy, research, and demonstrates impact. Since our establishment in May 2011 we have undertaken over 80 social justice consultancy and research projects for a range of clients in over 30 countries. 

Justice Studio is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to reducing discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and we particularly encourage applications from people of colour, disabled, LGBT and other people that are under-represented in the workforce. Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Justice Studio's purpose is to create global social equality by assisting and challenging organisations, governments and ourselves to be the best we can be.

Job title: Managing Director

Salary Band: £65,000 - £70,000 per annum, pro-rata if part time is preferred + Share Option Scheme. 

Hours: Full Time/Part Time depending on preference.

Job Location: North Road, London, N7.While this is an office-based role, we are a flexible employer and support flexible working.

Reports to: Chair

Line managing responsibilities: Operations Director, Consultants/Senior Researchers/Project Managers, 

Anticipated Start Date:  June 2021

Overview

As Justice Studio’s Managing Director you will be responsible for the day to day running of the organisation as well as its strategic direction. With experience in, and commitment to, progressive, non-hierarchical, trust-based organisations like ours, you will set the culture for our organisation. You will play a key part in business development, maintaining client relationships and representing us externally. Committed to social justice, our values, and with high emotional intelligence, you will direct the company’s operations and strategy to ensure that the company achieves its purpose.

                                               Roles and Responsibilities

Direction 

•      Directing the work and resources of the company
•      Ensuring we have the right people for the roles by leading recruitment, retention and motivation of staff.

Strategy formulation 

•      Leading the company and ensuring all employees buy into the company vision.
•   Setting the overall strategic direction of the company with the Board.
•      Support the Board with its governance and oversight functions.
•      Provide strategic updates to members of the board, keep them aware of developments within the    industry and ensure that the appropriate policies are developed to meet the company’s purpose and comply with all relevant statutory and other regulations.
•      Leading strategy for business development and growth 
•      Devising a 3-year strategic plan and working with other board members to oversee its implementation.

Organisational health and operations 

•      Overseeing and working with the Operations Director to review and maintain the annual accounts, company’s financial performance and fiduciary compliance.
•   Setting company budgets and forecasts 
•      Managing the direction of the company, guiding and supporting senior team members.
•      Looking for opportunities to increase efficiencies and speed up processes across the business.
•   Developing and directing the implementation of policies and procedures to ensure that they reflect the values and ethos of the organisation as well as compiling with all statutory regulations.
•      Ensuring that senior level staff have the necessary skills and knowledge for Justice Studio to achieve its purpose. 

Business development

•     Leading the sales strategy and winning new business for the company.
•     Carrying out regular analysis to mitigate any potential risks through industry and market changes.
• Reporting business development progress to the Board on a quarterly and annual basis.
• Analysing and lead opportunities for growth in our markets to drive profitability.
•   Representing the company in negotiations with customers, suppliers, government departments and other key contacts to secure for it the most effective contract terms.
•    Formulate strategies, new directions, and techniques to grow the company, and utilise networks with clients, consultants, and counterparts to advance successful new business opportunities.
•    Apply in-depth technical expertise to new business efforts, and Justice Studio’s knowledge base. 
•    Design, lead and supervise proposals and other relevant technical assignments for projects in the UK and internationally. 
• Cultivate partnerships with international firms/organisations as well as local, in-country partners.

Technical and client oversight 

•  Implementing processes and procedures across the business as necessary to reflect the company ethos and ensure efficiency.
•  Establishing and maintaining effective formal and informal links with major clients, relevant government departments and agencies, local authorities, key decision-makers and other stakeholders generally, to ensure that the company is providing the appropriate range and quality of services.
•   Oversee research and development programmes to ensure that the company remains at the forefront in the industry and provides leading-edge services to retain its competitive edge.
•  Provide leadership and oversight of Justice Studio’s portfolio of projects and programmes in the UK and internationally.
•  Develop effective and collaborative working relationships with our key clients, Partners, sub-contractors and consultants to ensure all stakeholder expectations are met. 
•  Write, in-put into, review and provide commentary on project technical work and project reports. 

Marketing, PR, and Communications

•   Representing the company at events, exhibitions and on media channels.
•      Leading an effective marketing and public relations strategy to promote the services and image of the company to our stakeholders.

Nurturing the team 

•   Working closely with the team and making sure that staff are happy and informed of major issues 
• Succession planning for senior members of the company to ensure all departments are managed continuously.
•   Ensuring equal opportunities are promoted in all aspects of the company’s work.
•     Using coaching techniques for line-managed staff              

Knowledge and skill Requirements 

•      Proven track record of successfully managing similar sized organisation(s).
•     Target driven and results focussed individual.
•   Natural leader and motivator of people.
•     Relevant consultancy industry experience and knowledge.
•     A proven record of success in senior level general or commercial management, preferably in consultancy.
•    At least 10 years’ senior level experience of management of people and resources.
•    Graduate with a higher degree in a management discipline or a professional qualification.
•    A wide knowledge of the consulting industry.
•    An understanding of financial management and wider management principles and techniques.
• Political and presentational skills with an appreciation of the demands of conflicting interests   and of meeting statutory requirements.
• A very high level of commercial awareness.
• Leadership skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
•  Excellent organisational skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
•  Commitment to social justice and full alignment values of the company 

Please Note Applications Will Be Reviewed On A Rolling Basis, Post Maybe Filled Before Closing Date. We Therefore Encourage You To Apply As Soon As Possible. 

East End Community Foundation (EECF) brings donors closer to the people and organisations they seek to help. For 30 years, EECF has made charitable giving simple, effective, and meaningful.

EECF's grant programme cover the Boroughs of Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Newham with their three current campaigns focused on Elder Isolation, Youth Development and the Digital Divide. Through the course of 2020 EECF increased giving substantially to meet the needs of people who live in the area and are continuing to support people across the East End with a well develop grant making programme to grass roots charities.

The newly created role of Director of Development & Communications will develop, implement and achieve EECF's income strategy, increasing the reach and profile of the organisation amongst existing and potential donors.

Director of Development & Communications
Permanent
£60,000 - £65,000 per annum


As the Director of Development & Communications, you will craft and implement a long-term income generation strategy, with a focus on individual and corporate philanthropy from donors in the East End, Canary Wharf, the City as well as other areas of the capital. You will lead on communications for EECF, build a new Fundraising Development Board, be a proactive member of the Senior Leadership Team, and effectively balance the strategic and operational responsibilities of your team.

In this role you will deputise for EECF's Chief Executive and over time be given the chance to expand your brief and grow as a senior professional.

Application Information
Closing date for completed applications is 1pm on Monday 24th May 2021. Interviews will take place week commencing Monday 31st May 2021.

EECF and Prospectus welcome candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds. Please let us know if we can help you with the application process in any way. We are more than happy to make any reasonable adjustments to enable all interested candidates to apply.

To Apply
In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.