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About Us
The Pepper Pot Centre is a vital, Caribbean & other BME community resource for the over 60s in Kensington & Chelsea and neighbouring Boroughs, seeking to combat discrimination, isolation, depression and loneliness and help our members to take charge of their lives and live in a healthy and independent manner.
Having formally opened our doors in 1981, we are a meeting place for older and retired members of the community and a day centre that provides a balanced Caribbean meal, recreational and cultural activities and lots more. In 1976 & 2006 was visited by the late Queen and by the Duchess of Cornwall in2020.
We are now seeking a part-time Events Coordinator to join our team for a one-year, fixed term contract, working 21 hours per week.
About the role
This is a phenomenal opportunity for a proactive and community-focused individual with a strong grasp of the needs of older people from Caribbean backgrounds and other BME communities to take an exciting step in their career with our organisation.
We are looking for a highly organised and creative Events Coordinator to join our growing team to plan, deliver and evaluate the effectiveness of events targeted specifically at our 60+ community e.g. trips/visits to parks, museums, Theatre, Seaside and more.
Our new Events Coordinator will support the planning and delivery of a key part of our work, namely: the management of our events programme designed to combat and prevent isolation, loneliness and depression amongst our elders. They will work closely with our sponsor, Global Radio – LBC, Capital Xtra, Heart, Smooth, Classic FM, talkSPORT and more.
Specifically, you will:
- Develop an Events programme, trips, visits, excursions designed to combat discrimination, isolation, depression and loneliness.
- Publicise our programme of events, and activities via digital media, leaflet distribution, open days, and word of mouth etc.
- Support and encourage our members to attend the Events programme of activities.
- Recruit train and organise team of volunteers to support and expand the Events programme.
- Plan, organise administer and accompany members on trips, visits and excursions within and outside the UK and you may be required to work outside normal office hours.
- Produce written reports for the management committee and our sponsor Global Radio.
- Evaluate the success of events through feedback mechanisms, attendance records, and make recommendations
- Adhere to PPC’s internal administrative protocols and procedures, including the Finance Procedures, Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety and Data Protection policies.
- With the Director, regularly review and update risk assessments for events.
About you
Essential:
- Understanding the essential needs of older people from Caribbean backgrounds and other BME communities
- Previous experience of successfully coordinating events
- Experience of both planned and reactive approaches to event planning/work Proactive and able to work independently with minimal supervision as well as collaboratively as part of a team.
- Good organisational skills with a methodical approach to working on several tasks simultaneously and working to deadlines.
- Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively diverse populations and build rapport with clients
- Good written and research skills with the ability to draft letters, invites, reports skills
- Be familiar with Microsoft Office, Excel etc.
This is the most important part of your application and your opportunity to demonstrate why you are a suitable candidate for the post and how you meet each of the about you specification criteria.
Desirable
· A full, clean driving licence.
· Knowledge of the physical, cognitive, and emotional needs of seniors and individuals with disabilities.
· Experience of working with a management committee.
· Experience of monitoring and evaluating small projects.
· Some knowledge of the Statutory and Voluntary sector.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We're an energetic, collaborative & creative team committed to shaping a better world through design & placemaking. As a charity, we've gone through a period of growth and we now seek a Finance Administrator to support the foundations of our organisation.
Design West is a centre of excellence for design and placemaking, based in the heart of Bristol. Our mission is to inspire the public, politicians and professionals across the built environment to create bettter, healthier places to live, work and relax. Our vision is a world designed for life.
About You
- Minimum 2 years experience of financial administration including managing payments, sales & customer relationships
- Strong understanding & experience with Excel, Word & good IT skills
- Highly organised with excellent attention to detail
- Committed to continuing professional development & keeping up-to-date with legislation & best practice.
About The Role
- Day-to-day financial administration of the charity & trading arm, including raising sales invoices through Quickbooks, accurately recording all income & chasing payments
- Purchase ledger, making payments & recording all purchase data in Quickbooks
- Monthly reconciliation in Quickbooks
- Running monthly payroll & submitting pension data
- Assist with preparation of Management Accounts, grant reports & regular project reports
- Assist with preparation of annual accounts & audit.
For a full list of duties please see the attached role profile.
Your rewards
- 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
- Option to buy back, or sell, up to 5 days' holiday per year
- Company pension
- Training budget
- 30% discount in café-bar
- Annual bonus scheme
- Private health, dental & eye care (dependent on length of service)
We are looking for someone to start with us ASAP. To apply, please provide us with a current CV (up to 2 pages) & a cover letter outlining your interest in & suitability for the role. Please refer specifically to the Responsibilities & Person Specification outlined in the Application Pack, ensuring your letter is no longer than 3 pages. Address your letter to the Director.
Our mission is to inspire public, politicians & professionals across the built environment to design better, healthier places to live, work & relax.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
WHITLEY FUND FOR NATURE (WFN)
COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANT – APPLICATION PACK
Purpose of role: To maintain and grow the charity’s online communications across digital platforms and support the team with office administration and event organisation at Whitley Fund for Nature: an impactful fundraising and grant-giving wildlife conservation NGO focused on supporting grassroots projects across the Global South.
Reports to: The Head of Communications with matrix management to the Operations Manager
Place of work: Central London, with the option to work remotely up to 2 days p/w
Contract: Full-time, permanent contract, working 5 days p/w
Salary: £29,900 p.a.
Deadline: 14th June (before end of day). Initial interviews will be targeted for 24th June.Reasonable interview travel costs are eligible to be reimbursed.
Whitley Fund for Nature
Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN) is a UK-registered charity (1081455) offering funding (Awards), training and media profile to inspiring leaders of wildlife conservation projects across the Global South. We support pragmatic, sustainable, and long-lasting work rooted in science and community involvement. The charity funds projects directly and we remain in regular contact with Award winners (grantees). WFN also raises awareness of the serious problems facing wildlife, landscapes, climate, and people, through promoting the work of winners. We focus support on nationals (leaders who were either born in the country where they work or have gained nationality) and aim to help build the capacity of successful local NGOs and grassroots work. We fund mainly in Africa, Asia, and Latin America where income is often hardest to access and can have the biggest impact for people and biodiversity. Our funding is raised each year, mainly from family foundations and trusts, as well as from individuals, corporates, and international NGOs, with a current annual income of £2.6m/year. WFN is governed by a committed trustee board. Our team is dynamic, passionate about our mission and ambitious. The charity benefits from high profile support from Patron, HRH The Princess Royal, and Ambassadors Sir David Attenborough, Kate Humble, Tom Heap, and Alastair Fothergill. Following the charity’s 30th anniversary in 2023, and in line with our ambition to raise £3m/year by 2025, we are expanding our team to increase the amount of support we can provide to our growing network of conservationists around the world and tell their stories.
The opportunity
“Saving our planet is now a communications challenge. We know what to do, we just need the will” Sir David Attenborough. WFN is a fundraising and grant-giving nature conservation charity. Established in 1993, we have channelled £23 million to 220 conservation leaders in 80 countries across the Global South, benefitting wildlife, landscapes, and people. We are now seeking to expand the team in line with our activities by recruiting a Communications Assistant to maintain and grow the organisation’s online communications across digital and social media platforms and support the team with office administration and event organisation. The post-holder should be keen to make a difference by working in a small team across an impactful organisation. They should have demonstratable skills in online communications and audience engagement, knowledge of wildlife conservation issues, experience with event organisation and the ability to support a vibrant team to flourish. The Communications Assistant will report to The Head of Communications with matrix management to the Operations Manager, dividing their time by working on communications 3 days p/w and office administration and charity events 2 days p/w. If you have a flair for communications, want to help protect our planet and are seeking to gain first-hand experience working for a UK-based conservation charity, then this could be the perfect role for you.
WFN’s Vision, Mission, and Values
Vision:
We envisage a future where communities and wildlife thrive together on a healthy planet.
Mission:
To halt and reverse the loss of Earth’s biodiversity and wild places, working alongside local people to create a future where communities and wildlife thrive together on a healthy planet.
We achieve our mission by:
• Providing funding, recognition, and training to proven grassroots conservation leaders working across the Global South.
• Supporting the long-term growth and scale up of impactful conservation solutions backed by science.
• Raising the profile of conservationists' work and their ability to effect positive environmental change.
Values:
Integrity - We act with integrity in all we do, fostering a culture that is responsible, uplifting, transparent, inclusive, and unified in achieving our mission while holding ourselves to the highest standards. We are accountable to the conservation leaders we champion and to the partners who support us.
Science-driven - We support evidence-based conservation work across the Global South that is informed by the latest science and founded on community involvement. We monitor and evaluate the impact of our activities, publish our results, and use them to drive our future actions.
Collaborative - We work collaboratively, actively seeking to partner and exchange learnings with others who share our vision. We foster collaboration among our international network of Whitley Award winning conservationists to enable the growth of proven conservation solutions and nurture their ability to effect positive change.
Ambitious - We are ambitious; a pioneer in the field of funding grassroots conservationists, we seek to continually move the dial for environmental protection. We actively listen and respond to the needs of our award winners and think outside the box to catalyse impact on the ground. We aim high, celebrate conservation success, and remain optimistic about our future and the difference we can all make.
COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANT - PERSONAL SPECIFICATION
Essential
• Demonstrable history of producing effective digital communications to engage audiences including across website and social media.
• Understanding of and interest in wildlife conservation.
• Experience of assisting with event organisation.
• Ability to support a small team with administrative tasks.
• Excellent writing skills.
• Confident webmaster/editor.
• Competency with basic video editing.
• Strong interpersonal qualities (interface with team members, trustees, media, donors, partners, suppliers, international grantees).
• A creative thinker with an eye for design, who can build timely campaigns and keep content fresh to increase engagement.
• Organised, with high levels of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office - Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Able to manage and prioritise a varied workload within deadline.
• Capable to work as part of team and on own initiative.
• Flexible ‘can do’ approach and will flourish in a small office environment.
• Willing to positively contribute to our team and culture by upholding our Values.
Desirable
• Competency using a Salesforce database, WordPress & Mail Chimp.
• Experience using Canva and Hootsuite to aid with content creation and scheduling.
Additional details and benefits
• Attractive holiday package totalling 30 days p.a. plus bank holidays.
• Training and professional development opportunities provided.
• Opportunity to work from home 2 days p/w.
• The charity operates a Pension Scheme.
This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship. Only applicants who have the right to work in the UK at the time of application will be considered for this role.
Regrettably, due to limited resources and the high number of applications we receive, we are only able to contact short-listed candidates. If you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been successful on this occasion.
Diversity and Inclusion
At WFN we are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse organisation, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. We celebrate and respect diversity in nature and among the people and partners with whom we work. We need more people and diversity across the environment sector, and to achieve our vision. We are therefore particularly keen to receive applications from Black, Asian or minority ethnic; disabled; LGBTQ+; or from lower socio-economic backgrounds. As a small organisation we are committed to progress and continued development across DE&I. Please contact us to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application. Applications are considered solely on your demonstrated suitability for the role.
Whitley Fund for Nature is a fundraising and grant-giving nature conservation charity supporting grassroots practitioners across the Global South.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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The Norfolk Hospice Tapping House is a leading provider of palliative care services in Norfolk. We are an independent charity who delivers innovative and specialist rehabilitative therapy, end of life care and bereavement services.
Following a thorough review of our current marketing and fundraising practice, the Hospice is looking for an innovative and forward thinking Content and Media Officer to work as part of our Marketing and Communications Team. The post holder will be joining the charity at an exciting time of brand repositioning, which you will help to facilitate internally.
You will be driven, detail-oriented content creator, responsible for producing high quality outputs for our business. You will update existing material, generate novel work and identify new ways to reach audiences, appealing to group interests by creating engaging material. You will inform the strategic direction of the Hospice’s marketing as well as executing the plan and promote collaboration between internal stakeholders to ensure consistency of outputs. Reporting to the Director of Fundraising and working closely with your colleagues both clinical and non-clinical, you will champion the Hospice’s refreshed brand profile, develop media relationships and promote the leading services that the Hospice provides.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are recruiting for a Community and Events Fundraising Assistant to join our team in Fundraising; the scope on this job involves….
Job Title: Community and Events Fundraising Assistant
Location: Tower Hill, with flexible hybrid working
Salary: £27,200 per annum
Contract type: Permanent, Full-time
Hours: 37.5
We want kind and empathic people to work at Refuge, who believe in equality, diversity, and inclusion, are experts in their area of knowledge, want to make a positive difference and improve the lives of the women and children we support.
This is an opportunity to join Refuge as a Community and Events Fundraising Assistant.
In the role the key responsibilities will be supporting the delivery of Refuge’s Community and Events Fundraising Programme, providing vital administrative support to enable us to maximise income generation and deliver exceptional stewardship.
Closing date: 9am on 3 June 2024
Interview date: 18 & 19 June 2024
Benefits
Refuge offers a variety of exciting opportunities to learn, develop and grow in your career. We recognise the value everyone brings to the organisation to achieve our aims and are dedicated to developing and rewarding our staff. More details of our benefits can be found in Job Information Pack.
Loughborough Community Centre (LCC) was established in Brixton in 1981, as a positive outcome from the Brixton Uprisings. We operate from the Max Roach Centre in Brixton south London.
If you're looking for a dynamic work environment with strong community values that are embedded through our approach to Listen, Collaborate and Create meaningful activities and the opportunity to make a real difference supporting vulnerable and disadvantaged children and their families, then the Business Administrator role may be the right fit for you.
It's a role full of possibilities as you will provide administrative support to trustees, a director and the wider LCC workforce. The job holder will be expected to be competent in their area of work, delivering a seamless professional service in line with the company’s mission.
We will work together on a shared mission to create:
A safe place where children, young people and families can come together, to play, thrive and succeed.
Purpose of the job:To work within our busy and diverse community organisation to lead and be a first point of contact with office administration, organisation and communication through performing and updating administrative duties.
What you would do:
Oversight and day to day management of the overall business administration, including:
- Keeping well-organised files and records of business activity including HR and H&S
- Researching company data and archived reports
- Keeping computer databases up to date - Salesforce
- Interacting with stakeholders either on the phone or in person
- Providing office support including stakeholder and employee support
- Following up on business communications, billing, and ordering
- Learning about the company's mission and available products/services
- Educating clients about what products/services are available and how to engage in them
- Building relationships with all stakeholders
- Preparing documents by uploading, printing, copying, and binding
- Writing and editing company correspondence
- Assisting with minor technical support
- Acting as a personal assistant to the Director and Board of Trustees
- Scheduling appointments and events
- Giving feedback on office efficiency and suggesting possible improvement
The ideal candidate will have a satisfactory Enhanced DBS check, experience of working within a business administration role, proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, office management skills, filing, book-keeping, time management, organisation, communication, scheduling, typing, uploading, problem solving, order management, billing, multi-tasking, reporting, researching, ordering, attention to detail, invoicing, interpersonal and personal assisting skills.
What we offer: A highly competitive salary, Employee Assistance Programme for staff mental health wellbeing and support, regular socials, team building and on the job training opportunities.
The role is subject to suitability checks and references.
Do contact us if you would like further details or to arrange a visit.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About BRAC
Founded in Bangladesh in 1972, BRAC is an international development organisation that today partners with over 100 million people living with inequality and poverty. Best known for our community-led, holistic approach that delivers long-term impact at scale, BRAC works with communities in marginalised situations, hard-to-reach areas and post-disaster settings across Asia and Africa, with a particular focus on women and children. We innovate and create impact through social development programmes, social enterprises, humanitarian response, a bank and a university.
BRAC’s European office supports BRAC’s work through fundraising and communications, building impactful, long-term relationships with partners, and engaging with policymakers and practitioners to tackle extreme poverty.
Overview of the role
The Executive & HR Assistant plays a vital role in ensuring that BRAC’s office in Europe operates efficiently and effectively to deliver its mission to support BRAC’s work. It is a broad role encompassing administrative, human resources, team internal comms, and governance support to the London office, reporting directly to the Executive Director but also working very closely with the wider senior management team and our board of trustees.
The European office is a small, dynamic and enthusiastic team, whilst very much part of the larger global BRAC family of organisations. This is a particularly exciting time as we embark on a new strategy to build our presence across Europe in support of BRAC’s global ambition to create opportunities for over 250 million people by 2030.
The position is ideal for an accomplished, highly organised candidate who is comfortable with a flexible, varied workload and brings a positive, can-do spirit. The candidate will be at ease dealing with colleagues from around the world, as well as staff and trustees at all levels of the London office. They will share our strong sense of pride in working for a successful INGO which is led from the Global South and committed to doing international development differently.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
BACKGROUND
The Helen Bamber Foundation (HBF) is a pioneering Human Rights charity supporting refugees and asylum seekers who are the survivors of trafficking and torture, including gender-based and ‘honour-based’ violence. From our offices we provide specialist medical consultation, therapeutic care, legal protection and practical support to survivors of human rights violations by helping men, women and children heal the emotional and physical damage they have suffered through torture, trafficking or other forms of cruelty. We also take the learning from our work to develop partnerships to increase survivors’ access to services, and use the learning generated by our clients and partners to drive system change.
Since August 2020, Asylum Aid has been part of the Helen Bamber Foundation Group. Asylum Aid operates as an independent charity, led by its own Executive Director within the group structure. For over thirty years, Asylum Aid has been providing legal representation to some of the most vulnerable people seeking asylum. It has built an expert service, delivering vital and life-saving services in some of the most complex legal cases, with a particular speciality working with unaccompanied children, survivors of trafficking, torture or other forms of human cruelty, and stateless people. In this role you will support both charities alongside the Operations Manager.
OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE
As the facilities coordinator, you will be responsible for maintaining a secure and well-functioning work environment in our building. You will be responsible for performing regular building safety and security checks, maintaining the office and ensuring the office is tidy each day you are present. There is the possibility that this role will be increased to full time in the future.
HBF currently has an office in Camden and will be relocating to Old Street in September-October 2024. And Asylum Aid has an office in Westminster which will be in use until at least the end of the year. In this role you will therefore be responsible for the conducting necessary tasks to facilitate the moves and the smooth transitions to the new office.
You will be managed by the Operations Manager and work closely with the Finance and Facilities Assistant as well as the Client Services Leads, Asylum Aid’s Legal Team Administrator, and the Executive Director of Asylum Aid to provide coordination and maintenance of the office facilities.
Please note that the successful candidate will already have the right to work in the UK and will be offered the job subject to suitable references and a DBS check. If appointment, you will be required to give your consent to HBF to receive regular updates on your criminal records status throughout your employment. We particularly welcome applications from those from Black, Asian, Minority-Ethnic, refugee and migrant backgrounds. We regret that we can only respond to applicants who make it to the interview stage. No agencies please.
Please submit an up-to-date CV and a short covering letter outlining how your skills and experience match the listed duties, responsibilities and person specification by 5pm on Friday 7th June. First interviews will be held in the week commencing 10th of June,2024.
We give Survivors of trafficking and torture the strength to move on.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS INC
Communications INC is a team of highly skilled professionals who make a positive impact in the world through hard work, collaboration and commitment.
We are a small communications agency with big ideas, which works with non-profits around the globe. We put our specialist experience and wide-ranging network of contacts to work for our clients, addressing social and environmental issues across the globe, yet we remain approachable, adaptable and passionate.
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
Communications INC’s Delivery Coordinator is a dynamic and creative professional with great organisational skills. The role holder demonstrates expertise in project management, balancing tight deadlines and budgets to produce high quality materials for a wide portfolio of clients.
The role holder works closely with their Delivery team colleagues and Account Managers to create materials that advance a portfolio of clients, projects and campaigns’ communications efforts.
Alongside the Production Manager, the Delivery Coordinator drives forward production of innovative, attention grabbing written and visual content for print and digital applications and is a champion for enhancing systems and processes within the team.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Production
- Coordination of end-to-end production processes for campaign materials, including videos, graphics, and print collateral.
- Support the liaison with external vendors, printers, and suppliers to ensure timely delivery of materials.
- Assist in sourcing and evaluating new suppliers aligned with the Communications INC's values and the values of environmental and social responsibility.
- Contribute to the request for estimates from sustainable suppliers, aligning with project timelines and budgets.
- Coordinate client requests for media and OOH advertising, liaising with designers, advertising agencies and the client as needed.
- Produce and manage production briefs, timeline and budgets as required.
- Source high-quality images for campaigns while adhering to copyright and licensing regulations.
- Maintain a comprehensive database of licensed images and provide proper documentation for usage rights.
- Manage and organise a centralised filing system for final product files, ensuring easy accessibility and version control.
- Support team with proofreading requests.
- Maintain a keen eye for detail across all deliverables, ensuring delivery of the highest quality materials.
- Project management and lead on clients and projects to be agreed.
Creative
- Basic design and layout for assets such as event invites, save the dates, social tiles, factsheets, business cards, PPT decks.
- Basic video-editing for social media including adding subtitles, intro/outros.
Digital
- Support the coordination of digital asset management and distribution for campaign content across various online platforms, optimising for different channels.
- Maintain clients' websites to ensure they are kept up to date with the latest content,news stories, and blogs using CMS platforms. Serves as main content uploader to clients’ websites, ensuring accuracy, consistency and adherence to brand guidelines and SEO best practices.
- Assist with the coordination of email newsletters using CRM platforms as needed.
- Collaborate with senior team members, web developers, and designers in the planning, execution, and maintenance of web design and development projects.
- Work with creative teams to provide support in creating visually compelling content for events.
General delivery duties
- Collaborate with virtual, cross-functional teams to accomplish organisational, project and campaign objectives.
- Proactively contribute to campaign logistics and general administration.
- Provide input into overall delivery strategies.
- Work alongside the team to troubleshoot and resolve any production or digital delivery issues that may arise during the campaign lifecycle.
- Provide timely handover of delivery materials to colleagues and management when going on leave.
- Proactively monitor delivery processes and systems through reporting and feedback.
- Carry out ad hoc duties as requested by Directors and Production Manager.
- Project manage and lead on delivery-related projects as requested by Directors and Production Manager.
- Attend key events on behalf of a range of clients, performing ad hoc delivery duties as required.
- Promote equality and diversity in all aspects of your work by developing and maintaining positive working relationships, ensuring that colleagues, consultants and clients are treated fairly and with respect/dignity.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Essential requirements
- Familiarity with wordpress and/or a similar CMS.
- Experience with SEO/SEM and digital marketing campaigns.
- Video-editing experience.
- Strong design/layout skills.
- Ability to handle multiple priorities and thrive in a high change, international, and virtual work environment.
- A can-do attitude, with an ability to keep calm under pressure and to use your own initiative, good at prioritising, managing reactive work, balancing multiple requirements and adapting to new situations.
- A flexible, reliable and conscientious approach, with the ability to work independently and as part of a small virtual team.
- Demonstrates a ‘value add’ mindset by harnessing knowledge of the team, the client base and Comms INC offerings to deliver excellent output and client experience.
- Ability to work methodically and meet deadlines.
- Strong organisational skills.
- Excellent communication and writing skills.
- Flexible and creative thinker with strong problem-solving skills.
- Interest and commitment to the environment.
Desirable requirements
- Demonstrated understanding of key ocean and ocean-climate issues.
- Experience working with NGOs.
- Languages.
TO APPLY | please send your CV and a covering letter detailing your interest and suitability for the role.
To apply, please send your CV and a covering letter detailing your interest and suitability for the role.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
What You'll Do:
Leadership and Prevention: Lead, inspire, and effectively deliver training including in house and open courses and the delivery of bespoke workshops in the local community.
- Innovation and Empowerment: Channel your passion into providing training and promoting training courses for S&G Mind. Empowering people to build confidence, understanding and resilience whilst supporting themselves or others with mental health needs
- Quality and Leadership: As a S&G Mind Mental Health Trainer, you will lead on collecting data and evaluation forms in relation to training delivery.
Why Join Us:
• Impact Matters: Join a team where your work directly transforms lives and contributes to a healthier community.
• Personal Growth: We offer professional development opportunities that will enrich your career and help shape the future of mental health services in Swindon.
• Collaborative Culture: Work alongside like-minded individuals who share your passion for making a meaningful impact. Together, we can build a brighter, healthier future for people in Swindon and Gloucestershire. Your leadership can make all the difference.
We provide advice and support to empower anyone in our local communities experiencing a mental health problem.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Summary
Reports to: Director Research Business Development
Team: Business Development
Salary range: £30,000-35,000 per annum (depending on skills and experience).
Location: London, Hybrid (min. two days a week)
Contract: Full-time Permanent
About RUSI
The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) is one of the world’s leading research think-tanks in the field of defence, security, and geopolitics. The Research Business Development team was established in 2023 to support RUSI’s nine research groups to meet their annual funding targets by responding to competitive bids, proactively identifying new funding opportunities, and sharing best practice across the organisation.
Team values:
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Pragmatism – we solve problems and find solutions to complex issues. Action oriented.
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Drive – we are constantly learning and trying to improve, working to move the organisation forwards. Proactive and independent.
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Professionalism – we treat people with respect and assume good intentions to build strong relationships with our colleagues and other stakeholders. We deliver on our promises and communicate clearly.
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Positivity – we set an optimistic tone and focus on what we can reasonably do to make a positive difference to the organisation.
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Outcome-led – we want to see results from our work and care about making a tangible difference.
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Curious – we keep an open mind, seek to understand, and bring a diverse set of experiences to the table.
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Sustainability – we think of the long-term, taking the time to fix issues so they don’t arise again and ensuring that our working patterns are healthy and productive.
Main purpose of the post
We are seeking to appoint a Business Development Coordinator to join a wider team that spearheads RUSI’s research fundraising efforts. Reporting to the Director, Research Business Development, the successful candidate will enhance the institute’s business development activities by providing administrative and coordination support for business development, contracts, and risk management. Working closely with research groups, central services teams, and the senior management team, the successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring that RUSI is well-placed to spot and respond to new funding opportunities and that our contracts are high-quality and executed efficiently.
This is a highly collaborative role that involves building very strong internal relationships at all levels of the organisation and managing competing priorities and deadlines. We are seeking a team player with a pragmatic and positive attitude and excellent attention to detail, who will enjoy taking on new challenges, using your initiative to solve problems, and seeing your work directly contribute to meeting our short- and long-term goals.
Key tasks
Tracking, identifying, and sharing new funding opportunities:
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Conduct research to identify potential funders and grant opportunities, populate and maintain a prospects tracker. Ensure we have an accurate and current map of relevant funders at all times to draw from.
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Manage the Business Development email inbox, ensuring we are registered to all relevant portals and that we are regularly checking funder portals that do not send notifications. Share summaries of relevant opportunities with the BD Director along with suggested dissemination plan, agree next steps and follow up with appropriate Research Groups.
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Support research colleagues to identify funders to invite to RUSI events and draft outreach emails.
Providing administrative and coordination support on bids, contracts, and new business activities:
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Assist the Bids Manager with compiling information about RUSI as an organisation, its registrations, policies, organisational structure, banking and insurance details, financial information, and other generic details to be included in bid submissions and for due diligence.
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Support the Bids Manager/Director of Research Business Development with administration and coordination of specific components on large bids.
Maintaining and improving business development processes and systems:
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Ensure the business development team trackers (action log, new funding opportunities etc.) are accurate and up to date.
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Work closely with RUSI’s Legal and Contracts and Finance teams to finalise funder contracts and ensure that final copies are saved centrally, and key information is distributed to relevant teams. Ensure that relevant and accurate funder information is tracked by the finance system for ongoing analysis.
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Review drafts of subcontractor agreements and work closely with RUSI’s Legal and Contracts team to manage the process for preparing, securing approval, finalising, and sharing sub-contracts.
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Act as central point of contact for the research funding pipeline, ensure it is functioning as needed and respond to ad hoc questions.
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Manage the team’s Sharepoint page, ensuring that it is useful and relevant for research colleagues, with high-quality templates and guidance.
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In coordination with colleagues on the Communications team, update RUSI’s customer relationship management (CRM) system with accurate, relevant and up-to-date funder information and develop and promote best practice for CRM usage for BD.
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Update RUSI funders on the website annually, ensuring that they are accurate and that we have appropriate permissions to acknowledge them publicly.
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Assist in preparing training materials and internal presentations, including by conducting data analysis.
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Schedule regular catch ups with research groups, take and share notes in appropriate formats, update trackers.
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Take accurate and useful minutes and share and follow up on action points after Business Development meetings.
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Establish strong working relationships with research teams, central service teams, and senior management.
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Assist with administrative tasks for the business development team as needed, including setting up tech (Zoom/Teams) meetings, coordinating diaries, and booking meetings.
Managing the institutional Risk Management process:
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Be responsible for ensuring that risk registers are maintained and updated across the Institute to track risk within the organisation.
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Attend all Audit & Risk Committee meetings to update members on changes to the risk register, and take minutes for each meeting.
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Work with the COO and Business Development team to ensure that RUSI has in place all policies and procedures across the Institute that are required by funders on various projects.
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Assist the COO in keeping up to date with all Charity Commission guidance on charity operations and compliance.
The above list of duties is not exhaustive. The post holder will be required to undertake such duties that may reasonably be expected within the scope and grade of the role.
Person specification
Essential Skills and Experience:
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Professional experience in charity administration, business development, customer service, events management, account management or similar.
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Previous experience in grants administration or project management.
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Basic knowledge and awareness of common requirements for bid submissions including such items as statements on duty of care, quality assurance, supply chain management, gender, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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Experience in contract administration and completion.
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An undergraduate degree or equivalent in business, international relations, or related field.
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Team Player – a genuine enthusiasm to help others, collaborate across multiple teams, and to see your work contribute to the benefit of the organisation.
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Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with different personalities and manage confidential information with sensitivity.
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Strong written and verbal communication skills, able to communicate clearly and professionally on video calls, Teams chat, email and in person. Able to produce clear, accurate and insightful written output, meeting the highest quality standards.
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Excellent organisation and attention to detail – you can maintain, implement, and improve systems, processes, and databases to ensure that our data and outputs are accurate, thorough and up to date.
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Outstanding time management skills and a willingness to work flexibly – juggling shifting priorities and competing deadlines, managing people’s expectations effectively.
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Strong IT and Microsoft skills (Excel, Word, Outlook, Adobe and PowerPoint)
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An interest in, and knowledge of, defence, security and geopolitics.
Desirable Criteria:
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An interest in, and knowledge of, defence, security and geopolitics.
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Experience in a Think Tank/Charity sector
Our expectations
We expect all staff to abide by and promote our RUSI’s Vision and Values.
Benefits
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25 days annual leave (rising with service)
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Additional days off during Christmas -RUSI Christmas closure days
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Generous pension contributions at 6% employer contribution,
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Access to 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
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Season ticket loan
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Access to free access to RUSI's world leading programme of events and conferences, research materials and library
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Trained Mental Health First Aiders
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*Enhanced sick pay
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*Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
*Depending on length of service
Application Process
To apply, please click on the apply button and follow the instructions.
You will be asked to include:
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your CV
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a Cover letter of no more than one page.
Closing date: 2nd June 2024 at 23:59pm. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and the closing date brought forward if needed. Early application is encouraged. Only shortlisted applicant will be contacted.
Equal Opportunity and Values
At RUSI you will be appreciated and valued. Our stakeholders, transactions, and projects are international and diverse, so we work hard to create inclusive teams that support our efforts and each other. We are committed in promoting equality and diversity in our workforce and make it as diverse as the communities we serve. Our recruitment data helps us monitor the effectiveness of our recruitment practices in order that we can continue to improve on creating a more diverse workforce.
We’re aware that the questionnaire may not capture the rich complexities of our backgrounds and identities, so we apologise if these are not best described. Please note that this data will be kept confidential and separated from your job application. If you are uncomfortable sharing, choose "Prefer not to say" or skip the questions entirely.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About us: Tender is an arts charity working with children and young people to prevent domestic abuse and sexual violence through creative projects. Since 2003, Tender’s work has grown and diversified from a single workshop programme delivered to schools, into a broader range of programmes reaching both children and young people and professionals with a safeguarding responsibility such as teachers, youth workers, social care workers and foster carers. Tender’s programmes include Healthy Relationships projects delivered across England, projects delivered using online resources and technology, specialist projects for vulnerable children and young people, whole school and whole setting approaches, and training for professionals with safeguarding responsibility and in workplaces.
About the role: We now have a need for a coordinator to work closely with the whole development team (comprising a Development Director, Development Manager, Development Officer, Major Donor Consultant and the CEO) in coordinating all aspects of our fundraising work, from identifying prospects, creating compelling funding applications through to successfully managing relationships with funders. This role will give you experience of all of our funding streams, as well as exposure to our funders through your work in organising and managing our various events throughout the year, such as our annual awards.
What you will be doing:
- Supporting all members of the Development team to achieve the team’s annual fundraising targets
- Preparing and submitting applications in support of fundraising from trusts & foundations, statutory funders, corporates, major donors, and individual givers
- Supporting all members of the Development team to develop relationships with Tender’s funders and successfully steward relationships to achieve further funding
- Supporting the Development team in coordinating and delivering events in support of Tender’s fundraising activities
Essential requirements:
- Good understanding of the principles of different fundraising streams, including trusts & foundations and corporate
- Proficiency in office software, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple and competing deadlines
- Forming sound, evidence-based decisions and taking personal responsibility for actions
- Thinking ahead, managing time, priorities and risks, and developing structured and efficient approaches to deliver work on time and to a high standard
- Ability to solve problems, working flexibly and collaboratively
- Willing to develop and acquire new knowledge, skills and experience
- Commitment to safeguarding and equal opportunities
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where you can wear many hats? Are you passionate about supporting older people and those in need?
We are seeking a highly organised and motivated Operations Support Officer to join our team at MRS Independent Living.
About the role
In this varied and rewarding role, you will provide vital administrative, financial, and operational support across a range of our services that enable older people and those living with disabilities and mental health challenges to stay independent, active and connected to their communities.
Your day-to-day tasks will include:
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Administration: You'll be integral to delivery of our handyperson service, exercise programmes for older people and decluttering service, managing enquiries, referrals, bookings, invoices and payments.
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Project Support: You'll help support our community projects, supervising activities where needed, assisting with admin and data collection, and being a point of contact for new and existing volunteers.
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General Operations: You'll wear many hats, supporting senior staff with HR, training, communications, IT, health & safety, and providing a friendly face.
We are looking for someone who:
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Has empathy and can communicate effectively with a diverse range of service users, including older adults, those with disabilities, and those facing mental health challenges.
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Is a whiz with administration, has a keen eye for detail, and can work comfortably and effectively across multiple projects.
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Is confident using (or comfortable learning to use) a range of software and collaborative platforms (e.g. Google Workspace, Trello, Airtable) and accounts management software (ideally QuickBooks).
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Has a warm, friendly personality and a proactive attitude, eager to contribute ideas and support colleagues.
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Is a team player who can adapt to changing priorities and a fast-paced environment.
It will be a bonus if you have:
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Experience working with third sector (community and voluntary) organisations.
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Experience as a volunteer or supporting volunteers.
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Familiarity with social media platforms like Twitter and WhatsApp.
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An interest in learning more about charity functions like fundraising and community development, and charity/social enterprise management in general.
We welcome and encourage applications from people from all backgrounds, particularly those connected to the diverse communities represented in North East London.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Percival are excited to be working exclusively with Whizz Kids to help them recruit for a new Trust Fundraiser to join them on a 12 month FTC. This role will be responsible for researching and applying to small Trusts and managing an existing portfolio alongside supporting larger grant applications where required.
Whizz Kids are the UK's leading charity for young wheelchair users and they have an important job to do: empower young people. Working with their colleagues, partners and incredible supporters, they act with integrity and passion to build a society where every young wheelchair user is mobile, enabled and included. If you have the passion, drive and determination to help us achieve their vision, they'd love to hear from you.
Title: Trust Fundraiser
Salary: £28,000 per annum
Working Pattern: Full Time
Contract Type: 12 month FTC
Location: London, hybrid with two days a week in office
As Trust Fundraiser you will have the opportunity to support the growth of income from warm and cold Trusts. You will research trusts, create and send applications and manage relationships with existing funders including preparing donor reports and showcasing the work of Whizz Kidz.
You will have Trust fundraising experience with good skills and an ability to identify new Trusts to apply to, prepare accurate and compelling donor reports and case studies and be confident in approaching donors and promoting the work of Whizz-Kidz. The ideal candidate will have a track record of secured four and five figure bids
Recruitment Timeline
Deadline for Applications: As soon as possible
1 st Stage Interviews: As soon as possible
We value diversity and know how important it is for charities to fairly represent their beneficiaries, therefore we encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply.
The team at Percival are committed to your journey as a candidate and will provide any necessary support throughout the application process. If you need any assistance or require any reasonable adjustments throughout the process, please don't hesitate to contact our Recruitment Director Adam on
To apply, simply submit your CV. Should you meet the requirements, we will provide you with the full job description and arrange a call or meeting to provide further information about the next steps. Please note you may be required to complete a cover letter in order to submit a full application. To fully understand what we will do with your data, please review our policy
We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.
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We're seeking an enthusiastic individual to provide a comprehensive administrative service to a busy front line advice centre.
1. To help provide an effective free advice and representation service for people largely living or working in East London or elsewhere within England and Wales.
2. To provide a comprehensive administrative service to a busy front line advice centre. This comprises responding to enquiries through both telephone, email and face-to-face, ensuring that each enquirer is assessed for suitability for our services, specifically with a view to Legal Aid funding, booking clients for legal advice appointments and signposting those we cannot assist directly.
3. You will be working closely with our Housing Team and provide some support to other legal area teams.
Please provide your CV and a cover letter detailing how you meet the person specification and how your experience relates to the job description.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.