The organisation:

An international health NGO

The role:

To oversee the activities of the organisation in line with the strategic plan.

To lead an organisation of 10+ members of staff and consultants situated in the UK and around the world – and line managing 5 senior staff members.

To lead the advocacy and parliamentary work internationally and

The candidate:

Significant experience of working with politicians and parliamentarians in order to affect public policy and resource mobilisation.

A first-class line manager and leader with a great ability to motivate.

An excellent relationship builder and communicator

Deadline: Fri 15th July

We are recruiting! Are we looking for you?

Who you are: A respected and experienced professional, motivational leader with a talent for programme development, partnership building and the skills, knowledge and experience to implement MapAction’s strategy in concert with the MapAction team.  You share the MapAction ‘can-do’ attitude, rooted in our volunteer values, held very dearly. 

An excellent communicator with great interpersonal skills, you can motivate staff and volunteers alike, to exceed expectations whilst maintaining and developing agreed standards and practices. MapAction’s exceptional volunteer membership and programme staff team will benefit from your leadership to build on their tradition of outstanding humanitarian service. You are a thinker and a doer with deep knowledge and experience in humanitarian, development or peacebuilding contexts and know the value of information management to design effective programmes. 

What you will do: 

You will lead the development of our programme and partnerships to deliver on our ambitious strategy for the future. This will involve delivering on current commitments and developing new, innovative opportunities for us to build global, geospatial capacity for humanitarian response, reduce vulnerability and contribute to ever more effective humanitarian, anticipatory action, preparedness and response. You will develop the team/s to deliver this based on a revised organisational structure and will work closely with others in the organisation to ensure a fully integrated and joined up programme.

As a member of the organisation’s senior leadership team you will take a view across the organisation to enable MapAction to deliver on its strategic goals taking responsibility for managing risk with the Chief Executive and leadership team. 

Key Activities

• Leadership: provide strategic leadership to the organisation through the development of plans and strategies for MapAction’s programmes and partnerships and through participation in the Management Team.

• Programme development: foster an environment that encourages innovation and evolution of our service offer, including proposing and designing new programmes as part of our ambitious income strategy; and identifying and promoting partnerships and networks to achieve this.

• Learning: ensure service user needs are met and MapAction is accountable, working closely with the MEAL team (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning) team to achieve this and drawing lessons for future programme development and delivery.

• Technology: work closely with MapAction’s technical personnel to ensure MapAction makes optimum use of latest technologies where appropriate, including those outside the areas which MapAction currently focuses on that are designed to meet service users current and future needs.

• Operational readiness: ensure MapAction’s 24 hour 365 days a year capability to respond to an emergency anywhere, is maintained and delivered, including personnel and equipment readiness, and that standard procedures are kept up and developed as required.

• Duty of Care: lead on security, health and safety, and conduct management for all deploying personnel ensuring MapAction exercises its Duty of Care at all times. 

• Personnel: line manage a team to deliver the above, ensuring they receive the support, development, and freedom to excel in their role, and recruit and maintain the volunteer and transition team ensuring a competency-based training framework is implemented. 

• Finance and fundraising: be responsible for the programme and partnerships budget and proactively work with the Fundraising and Marketing team to provide ideas and develop and write successful fundraising bids in line with MapAction’s strategic goals.

• Communications: communicate regularly internally to inform and engage the membership on programme and partnership activities. Work with the Marketing and Learning teams to communicate externally for fundraising or programme policy purposes. 

Direct Reports

MapAction is progressing a change in its organisational structure in line with our new strategy, that means the current arrangements will change as funding is secured for more positions. Currently this role line manages 5 roles and has a very active role in emergency deployment management. We are working towards a team of c.16 positions in the Programme and Partnerships team with the Programme and Partnerships Director managing the team through four direct reports in the key areas of programme delivery. A key part of this role’s responsibility will be to implement this change process, subject to securing the necessary funds. 

Works closely with

• Technical Director 

• Head of Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning

• Fundraising and Marketing team

Key Competencies

We have made quite a list but if you have skills, experience and knowledge that you think is relevant and are not mentioned here, please tell us about them. 

Essential

1. Five years or more proven programme and partnership development experience with a practical “get it done” approach. (E)

2. Team leadership experience, strong motivational qualities in working with volunteers and staff. (E)

3. Technical expertise in at least one of the following:  humanitarian, development or peacebuilding contexts. (E)

4. Ability to deal with ambiguity, use judgement in challenging circumstances, think laterally and be propositional and creative. (E)

5. Project management, report writing, budget management and proven track record of writing successful fundraising bids including experience with restricted grants. (E)

6. Positive team player - goes the extra mile, experience of collaborative working with ability to initiate, develop and sustain positive and productive working relationships with a wide range of people. (E)

7. Strong commitment to MapAction’s mission and values. (E)

8. Good IT skills and experience of shared knowledge management platforms, confidence in using technologies. (E)

9. Ability and willingness to travel, including being deployed at short notice to humanitarian locations and ability to attend training events out of normal office hours. (E)

10. Ability to conduct business in one or more of the following: French, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, Arabic. (D)

Additional Information

• This role is full-time (37.5 hours a week)

• Flexibility and willingness to work outside office hours including evenings and weekends, attending monthly weekend training events for which time off in lieu as agreed, 

• Must have the right to live and work in the UK (MapAction is unable to consider candidates who do not already hold appropriate permissions)

• Must have a full, clean driving licence and access to a car.

MapAction

MapAction is a small and dynamic volunteer-based charity using geospatial technologies to support international humanitarian response coordination and operational effectiveness for humanitarian responders. Our contribution to the humanitarian sector, lies in informing life-saving humanitarian action, and training local actors to do the same. We cultivate a diverse community of technical specialists, connecting our partners to a unique range of expertise, collaborating to create innovative solutions using data, GIS, remote sensing and Information Management to anticipate, communicate and respond to humanitarian needs. This mapped information helps responders target their response effectively, contributing to saving lives and minimising suffering. MapAction is in the process of revising its strategy for the next five years to ensure it can adapt to the needs of service users around the world. It has built a strong reputation in the humanitarian sector and is a technical partner of the United Nations, regional emergency management agencies, INGOs, Civil Society organisations and Academia. 

Equal Opportunities Policy

MapAction is an Equal Opportunities employer. All employees have a personal responsibility to promote and support measures designed to create a working environment which is free from harassment or discrimination on the grounds of gender, marital status, family status, age, race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, membership of the Travellers community or HIV&AIDS status.

This job description is not incorporated in the employment contract. It is intended as a guide and should not be viewed as an inflexible specification as it may be varied from time to time in the light of strategic developments and following discussion with the post holder. The post holder will be expected to work to agreed objectives, which should facilitate achievement of the responsibilities in accordance with the performance review process.

How to apply

Please send an expression of interest for this role via gohire. We are running this as an open recruitment so we reserve the right to close it as and when. We strongly advise you to apply early.  Please include the following to be considered for the role:

• a cv 

• covering letter identifying how you meet the essential and desirable competencies 

• a statement of up to 500 words, that demonstrates your experience in one or more of the following: the role of information management in developing effective programmes.

Business Development Director / Bids & Tenders (Mental Health Charity) 

Birmingham 

£56,631 FTE

Hours 30-37.5 (optional)

Birmingham Mind has grown significantly and is now seeking a permanent Director of Business Development who will have responsibility for our newly formed Business department, External Training department and all income generation activities. We have a well-earned reputation for excelling in quality delivery and play a key role in influencing and supporting the wider mental health system.

We are looking for a creative person who will be able to lead and innovate in bid writing and income generation and will be a key part of the senior leadership team.

The postholder will build sustainable funding streams that will support the Charity as it moves forward with our vision of “Better Mental Health For All”. We are looking for someone who is passionate about mental health, and about third sector delivery, and who is a team player.

Do you have:

• Significant senior manager experience working with a variety of stakeholders
• Experience of being able to deliver successful tenders / bids of high quality within timescales set.
• Experience of supporting operational managers to mobilise new services ensuring timescales are adhered to.
• A can-do attitude that appreciates the variety of work needed in a Charity.
• The ability to be an ambassador for Birmingham Mind, its values and its achievements.
• Sound governance, financial understanding and risk management experience.

If you feel you have the skills, passion and experience needed to help us move forward then we look forward to hearing from you.

Benefits include an attractive defined contribution pension scheme, Paycare which offers employees affordable cover for a range of healthcare treatments, an Employee Assistance Programme which includes free counselling and a comprehensive training programme.

Our people are key to the success of the organisation, and we are recognised as both a Mindful Employer as well as achieving Gold standard success in Investors in People. We welcome applications from people who have experienced mental health difficulties and welcome people from underrepresented communities.

Once you click through to apply, you can download our Job Pack for further information. 

The closing date for applications is Thursday 14th July 2022

First Stage interviews to be held on Friday 29th July or Tuesday 2nd August 2022

Director

ICVA works closely with police and crime commissioners, government, and criminal justice organisations to:

• Lead, support and represent independent custody visiting schemes in the United Kingdom, ensuring best practice is disseminated and that areas of good practice and causes for concern arising in custody are proactively shared nationally. 
• Promote the wellbeing and effective care of detainees in police custody in the UK, ensuring that all detainees are treated with fairness and dignity. 
• We are members of the UK National Preventive Mechanism (UKNPM) to represent monitoring of police custody as part of State duty under the Optional Protocol against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT) – an international human rights treaty, ratified in the UK in 2003. 

We are seeking three new directors – we particularly welcome applications from those with experience in:

• Fundraising 
• Communications
• Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion.

A fantastic opportunity to join the Co-operative College's Leadership Team as our Director of Operations and Business Development.

The Co-operative College is an education charity dedicated to making the world a more co-operative place. Born over 100 years ago out of a need for radical education that fights for social justice, our mission hasn't changed. We're fearless thinkers, innovators, and passionate about change.

We work with individuals, co-operative enterprises, and like-minded organisations, both in the UK and internationally, to provide a diverse range of learning programmes to empower people with the co-operative skills and knowledge to make a difference. We are also involved in a number of global research projects, partnerships and community initiatives.

As Director of Operations and Business Development you will be an active and effective member of the College's Leadership Team - overseeing and developing new, income generating work, helping to develop strategic plans, making a positive contribution to our collective management, and always keeping the principles and values of the co-operative movement in mind.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

• Day to day management of the Business Development Team (including finance, marketing, fundraising, membership, and outreach)
• Develop new business and income generation
• Efficient, effective and compliant discharge of all operational duties and functions
• Provide assurance to the Trustee Board, its committees, and external regulators
• Act as a spokesperson for the College, including representing the College at events
• Create an inclusive culture, environment and practices which embrace diversity
• Lead the continuous review, and have oversight of the financial position of the College
• Lead and deliver on a quality membership offer

We're looking for someone who is passionate about co-operative education, and who will empathise with the ideals and principles of the global co-operative movement. You'll be self-organised, self-responsible, digitally literate, reflective and a strong communicator who works well as part of a progressive and collaborative team.

Further information:

• Salary: £44,000 (based on 28 hours); this is the equivalent to a full-time salary of £55,000
• Contracted hours: 28 hours per week (0.8 FTE) - The College is open to alternative working hours/arrangements
• Location: Home based with some travel in the UK and abroad
• Holiday allowance: 25 days + Bank Holidays (pro-rata equivalent), rising to 30 days after five years
• Additional: Family friendly and supportive working environment, range of employee wellbeing benefits and access to pension scheme that pays double the minimum employer contributions

Interested? Then we'd love to hear from you. Download our full application pack for more information and apply via our website.

Job Title: Development Executive

Charity: The University of Warwick

Salary: £42k – £50k

Contract: Full time

Location: University House, Coventry (hybrid office/home working available)

Responsible to: Marie Janson (Head of Philanthropy)

Closing Date: 15th July

Main responsibilities

• Work collaboratively to achieve the fundraising team annual target of in excess of £15 million
• Build and manage a portfolio of prospects capable of making gifts of £100k+. This requires prospects to have minimum net worth of £10m each.
• Secure a minimum annual income target of £1m against team priorities and donor-led opportunities.To achieve this, pursue a minimum annual ask target of £5m.
• Work with the Head of Philanthropy and Department Head of each faculty to ensure every opportunity to engage with donors is met and welcomed.
• Recruit a network of influencers to assist in the increase in philanthropic income. These would include senior volunteers, alumni and members of the Governing Council in consultation with the Deputy Director of Development (Philanthropy).
• Ensure that donors receive excellent care throughout their relationship with the University. In particular post gift stewardship, which will encourage subsequent gifts. This will require close working with the Donor Relations team so that each donor is supported by a stewardship plan.
• Develop projects with academic and professional staff that will excite donors and maximise philanthropic income for their area of expertise and responsibility.This may require providing advice and support to turn ideas into fundraising propositions.
• Provide leadership support for fundraising to the Chair and Heads of Departments to advise them on best practice for prospect meetings, coaching support on the messages most likely to engage donors.
• Ensure that all prospects in cultivation comply the criteria for gift acceptance and undertake duties in an ethical manner and in accordance with the Policy on Gift Solicitation and Acceptance.
• Be recognised as a great ambassador for the Development Team across all areas of the University.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

Previous Experience

• Be able to demonstrate experience of building and maintaining constructive professional relationships with a wide range of people over an extended period of time.
• Demonstrate where you have worked collaboratively to achieve a goal, project or contract success.
• Experience of working in a target driven environment. 
• Possess the ability to draw out and interpret information about a wide range of subjects, ranging from the Arts to STEM and use that information to brief others in person and in writing in order to achieve funding.
• Be able to inspire confidence in academic colleagues that you will be able to present information about their specialism in a confident and professional manner and be able to judge when more expert knowledge is required to answer questions and queries from donors.
• Be a good problem solver with the ability to work across teams and specialisms to resolve fundraising challenges across departments. Demonstrate self-awareness and understand how to bring others with you in order to overcome collective challenges.
• Enjoy working as part of a high performing team and support the team to deliver c £15m of income ensuring KPIs are met.
• Be able to show an understanding of the rules and regulations surrounding the solicitation of gifts in the charitable sector.
• Demonstrate excellent ambassadorial skills in order to promote the University of Warwick as the first choice for the destination of donor funds.

For a full application pack including details of how to apply please click the apply button.

Job Description

• Responsible for the development, implementation and monitoring of organisational safeguarding policies and practice, ensuring that Catch22 adheres to statutory safeguarding practices across all the local authorities that it operates in.

• Responsible for the development and setting of strategic direction for Safeguarding, responsible for the implementation of the organisational Safeguarding strategy.

• Produce an annual safeguarding strategy and regularly report to the Board on progress.

• Be the subject matter expert on Safeguarding:

• • Use specialist knowledge to inform and advise the directors and others to understand, lead and deliver the Safeguarding strategy.
  • Enable teams across Catch22 to work to safeguarding objectives in line with overarching strategic objectives.
  • Inform business decision around bids, acquisitions, and service developments from a safeguarding perspective

• Create a risk based approach to safeguarding, considering legal, regulatory, policy and external best practice, escalating risks and updating existing policies where needed.

• Work with wider Catch22 Departments to create organisational safeguarding projects and initiatives that deliver the strategy, supporting appropriate business cases and budgets for effective implementation.

• Provide guidance and support to the People team and directors in relation to case management, ensuring procedures for reporting are followed and acting as Catch22 representative in the reporting of incidents to other agencies/external bodies.

• Acting as the Catch22 Safeguarding point of contact for external bodies such as the Charities Commission, LADO, Prevent and DBS, attending meetings and updating on procedural changes and compliance audits as required.

• Develop, implement, and monitor the organisational safeguarding risk register and develop a set of metrics to measure the effectiveness of safeguarding practice. Work alongside the Data and Insights Team to analyse this information to create insights that inform the future direction of safeguarding at Catch22.
• Develop and maintain external networks and contacts to enable organisational benchmarking and ensure development of best practice.

• Manage stakeholder relationships including the Chair of the Trustees, nominated Trustee for Safeguarding, Chief Executive, Senior Leadership Team, HR Business Partners, coaching on safeguarding leadership and reporting on progress against strategy and performance as required.
• Ensure appropriate governance arrangements are in place to ensure the golden thread of effective safeguarding practice flows from front line work to the role of the Board of Trustees.
• Leadership and line management of the safeguarding team and effective joint working with other corporate and operational teams.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level

• A relevant professional qualification in safeguarding field

Additional information

Contract: Permanent 

Hours: Full Time, 37 Hours per week

Salary: £50,000.00 - £52,000.00 per annum

Place of work: Home Working – Nationwide

Reports to: Director of Young People and Families

Level of screening: Enhanced DBS

Catch22 is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and other third parties to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practice will be followed and pre-employment background checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Unless otherwise stated, interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, so early application is strongly advised.

At Catch22 we value equality, diversity and inclusion. We are wholeheartedly committed to the principle of equality of opportunity, both as an employer and as a provider of services. Diversity and Inclusion is part of what we do every day, working to deliver our vision to build a strong society where everyone has good people around them, a purpose, and a good place to live.

Salary: circa £80,000 per annum plus benefits.

Contract: Permanent.

Location: England.

Advert Closing date: Tuesday 28thJune 2022. 

About Us:  

Action for Children supported circa 600,000 children and families through our local services last year, but we want to be able to do more. By building on what we do - growing and delivering more services in more communities across the UK and the Republic of Ireland, we will be able to provide more emotional and practical care and support to children and young people who need it.

What you'll be doing: 

This role will cover Action for Children's largest operational service area, England.

Reporting to the National Director for England – Children's Services, the successful candidate will provide dynamic operational and strategic leadership to Children's Services in England. To increase market share, whilst ensuring that children and young people remain at the centre of everything that we do.

You will be a key collaborator in our growth ambition, which is to support children into the future, growing our services and building a sustainable balanced portfolio. The overall ambition is to grow our income by up to 50% in England over the next 5 years. ​You will work closely with the National Director for England to deliver those targets of growth.

Our four growth pillars are Family Support, Mental Health, Looked After Children and Children with Disability.

This is a key role for Action for Children and the successful candidate will be instrumental for the growth and drive of Residential Services in England.

You'll do this by: 

• Leading and managing by example, a team of professionals and Operational Directors, senior managers, and functional specialists, embedding an ethos of continuous improvement in performance.
• Being the key player for income growth, whilst delivering on customer needs and expectations, working within a business model with planned timelines, to maximize market share.
• Strategically leading and delivering change programmes.
• Managing a pipeline of new opportunities, ensuring they are structured, sustainable, planned and organised through existing or new models.
• Formally deputise for and represent the National Director England at key meetings and stakeholder events.

What we need from you: 

• Proven success of identifying operational new business streams and converting successful new business driving growth across Residential Services in England.
• Evidence of forging and building relationships with key internal and external partners.
• Demonstrable knowledge of social care and the role of the community and voluntary sector within England.
• A wealth of experience leading and managing a multi-disciplinary workforce to achieve excellent evidence-based outcomes for children, young people, and families.
• Experience of productive, collaborative working at a senior level, and having the confidence to positively challenge both management and board level colleagues.

We work together to reach our vision of safe and happy childhoods. Given this and our ongoing commitment to Diversity and Inclusion, we encourage applications from everyone. We value and celebrate the diversity of those that collaborate with us and as an inclusive workplace we want all our current and future staff to feel able to be themselves in the workplace. 

Action for Children are committed to giving a greater voice to children and young people from influencing service design to campaigning on relevant issues.

If, for any reason, you need support with your application, please contact David Simpson.

We'll be happy to give you any support you require. 

Every 90 seconds, someone in the UK is admitted to hospital with a brain injury. It can affect anyone at any time. When it does, Headway is here to help.

Headway is the UK’s leading charity working to improve life after brain injury. We are passionate about helping people to rebuild their lives, relearn lost skills and regain a degree of independence.

We know that with the right help, at the right time, there can be life after brain injury.

You will have the chance to directly influence the lives of those affected by brain injury by leading our services operations.

We want you to lead and enhance the support we provide to our network of groups and branches across the UK, championing a collaborative approach and finding creative ways to strengthen the association.

You will also support our dedicated colleagues running our frontline services, such as our nurse-led helpline and our Approved Provider project, which drives excellence within residential units catering for brain injury survivors.

You will use your innovation and drive to develop new services that will enhance the lives of survivors, carers and families affected by brain injury.

This is an exciting time to be joining Headway and your chance to play a key role in the next chapter of our history.

If you’re interested or would like to discuss the role, you can get in touch or apply via the Headway website.

You can choose to work from home or in our Nottingham office. The salary will be negotiable and commensurate with the responsibilities of the role and the ability, skills and experience of the successful candidate.

• Closing date for applications: 3 July 2022
• Interviews: w/c 11 July 2022
• Salary: c.£60,000

Headway is an equal opportunities employer.
Registered Charity No 1025852.
No agencies.

Sexual violence against children and adolescents (SVAC) is one of the largest silent pandemics of our time. It is a problem that festers in homes, online, and in communities in every country on Earth. To end this silent pandemic, the brave movement, a new global networked movement of survivors and allies has been launched.  The aim of the brave movement is to drive advocacy and campaigns as a powerful voice for transformative change. 

Working with the direction of global survivors and allied partners, this new movement demands an end to the pandemic of sexual violence through: (1) advocacy for bold public policy solutions; and (2) campaigns to shift societal norms, eradicate survivor stigma and break the conspiracy of silence that enables sexual violence to continue. The brave movement is mobilizing survivors and allies that are globally connected, nationally coordinated, and locally grounded. It has adopted a three-pronged advocacy framework of prevention, healing and justice.

At present, the brave movement has identified a number of specific areas of emphasis, including: building a global movement of survivors of sexual violence in childhood; the end to statue of limitations worldwide; creating a safer on-line environment for children; putting prevention and response to sexual violence against children on the agenda of the G7; and increasing exponentially the funding available for this work.

We are seeking a dynamic, innovative leader with significant advocacy and campaigning experience to help realise the full potential of this game-changing effort for children and adolescents worldwide.  This is a leadership and facilitation role for a strong manager and convener.

The Movement Executive Director will work with and support three key stakeholder and governance groups:

• Movement Action Team (MAT): This team of movement staff and consultants (a.k.a. Secretariat) will drive the day-to-day work of the global movement.
• Global Survivors Advocacy Group (SAG): This group includes 15 survivor advocacy leaders from around the world; it defines the vision and priorities for the movement.
• Global Steering Group (GSG): This group will include representatives from the SAG and also large, global organizations; it is a decision-making body, and it will determine priority campaigns and advocacy efforts.

The Movement Executive Director’s direct supervisor will be the Chairperson of the GSG.  Initial members of the GSG are selected representatives from The Army of Survivors, End Violence Lab at the University of Edinburgh, Girls Not Brides, Together for Girls, We Protect Global Alliance, World Vision International and representatives from the Global Survivors Advocacy Group.

Role Context

The Movement Executive Director will coordinate and oversee the brave movement’s development and expansion, being both a leader and a facilitator of this advocacy movement. This accomplished senior advocate and campaigner will have extensive experience in supporting collaborative international advocacy, movements and campaigns, with diverse groups and stakeholders, across a number of continents.  The brave movement is global in nature and is open to the coordinator to be based in any location.

In August 2021, the brave movement received a funding commitment of over $10 million for its initial 4 years, which is a rare and unique opportunity for a start-up.  Together for Girls is acting as the host organization for the movement from 2021-2025. The movement is looking for other funding partners to expand investments as it establishes and grows its strategy. 

The Executive Director will be a seasoned entrepreneurial leader, who will oversee the development and implementation of its advocacy and campaign strategy. They will hire, supervise, and empower key staff and consultants that will operate on a Movement Action Team (MAT) to achieve the goals of the movement.  We are looking for a strong manager and leader, who is politically savvy, has strong campaigning vision, and has energetic and charismatic movement building qualities to drive advocacy and campaigns to end sexual violence against children.  A long-term commitment to measured impact is essential.

Responsibilities

Ensure the continued development evolution of an ambitious advocacy and campaign strategy, including:

• convening a collaborative, global, annual strategy planning, and impact assessment process;

• building and supporting an appropriately diverse group of stakeholders who buy into/own the strategy;
• supporting the implementation of the strategy through collaborative campaign/project delivery, the development of new/further projects, and the allocation of movement resources; and
• leading the preparation and consolidation of the movement calendar.

Facilitate the growth of the brave movement, including:

• promoting communication and information exchange between movement participants at global level,
• supporting movement fundraising efforts, coordinating the development of funding proposals, overseeing the implementation of funded projects, ensuring high quality and on-time delivery of projects and maintaining strong relationships with funders, as well as developing and maintaining relationships with other potential funders,
• connecting with other relevant movements, at national, regional, and international levels;
• providing movement participants with opportunities for collaboration, including, but not limited to, campaign development and implementation;
• reaching out to and working with other international organizations; and
• facilitating leadership development and self-organizing by members.

Support the Global Steering Group (GSG), including:

• working with the Chair, set agendas and organize Steering Group meetings and processes;
• facilitating strategic communications between Global Steering Group members;
• overseeing the development and implementation of Global Steering Group sponsored campaigns and projects;
• overseeing project expenditures and budget, ensuring all necessary monitoring, evaluation and reporting expectations are met; and

Lead and supervise the Movement Action Team (MAT) (aka Secretariat) by managing the brave movement internally by:

• building and sustaining a dynamic, results-focused, accomplished Movement Action Team;
• being a role model for and building on the movement´s values and organizational culture (see Culture and Values statement below), creating a non-hierarchical, horizontal movement accountable all the way to the local level;
• facilitating an environment where all stakeholders feel respected, appreciated, and resourced to achieve their goals;
• supporting the MAT to examine and incorporate issues of intersectionality and racial, gender and economic justice into the movement operations;
• exercising strong financial accountability, ensuring annual budgeting, efficiency, and impact, managing risks, and reporting and follow up on all key governance areas.

Support the Global Survivors Globally Empowered (SAGE), including:

• working with the Chair, set agendas and organize meetings of the SAGE;
• supporting outreach to new and existing SAGE members and survivor leader groups and constituencies across geographies.
• ensuring SAGE members receive self-care and healing journey support and the capacity-building they need to succeed in public facing advocacy and campaigning.

Publicly represent the brave movement, including:

• developing and maintaining relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, including movement allies, politicians, policymakers, UN organization, international organizations, corporate CEOs, funders and other stakeholders as necessary;
• representing the movement in public events and forums, as needed; and
• representing the movement to the media, as needed.

Candidate Profile

Work Experience:

• Accomplished advocate, campaigner and manager with a minimum 10 of significant experience and documented success in facilitating social change, including movement building.
• Knowledge and experience with international advocacy and campaign development and coordination.
• Extensive experience in facilitating alignment and collaboration among diverse groups of social change advocates and stakeholders in all regions of the world.

Skills and Knowledge:

• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement bold and ambitious advocacy agendas and campaigns.
• Ability to work with diverse allies, coalitions, and individuals.
• Ability to build and sustain movement structures.
• Confidence in working within and across movements.
• Capacity to shape and adapt strategies.
• Ability to navigate difficult issues through multi-stakeholder processes to achieve alignment on positions and messaging.
• Strong and inclusive leadership and management qualities. A collaborative, warm, consensual leadership style.
• Able to embrace and advocate for the big picture but equally able to be hands-on.
• Experience effectively supervising and motivating a high-performing team working remotely, in locations around the world.
• Excellent communications, facilitation, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to deliver projects to time, to budget and in line with agreed objectives.
• Strong ability to work unsupervised and be self-directed, yet to meet the required project objectives.
• Note:  Knowledge and understanding of issues related to ending sexual violence against children and adolescents are desirable but not required.

Languages:

• Must be fluent in both verbal and written English. Additional language(s) a plus.

Others

Location and Hours:   This position is a full-time (40-hour per week) remote position. All team members are expected to be available during core working hours of 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. The other four hours that the team member chooses to work are flexible and the core hours may be adjusted as well if negotiated with their supervisor. Position will also require travel, up to 15-20%.

Compensation: This role offers a competitive salary based on the candidate location, i.e. the annual salary for the position for a candidate based in Washington, D.C. will be between $144,400 - $192,500. The salary will be adjusted based on the cost of labor and other required employee benefits in the city/country in which the candidate resides. Benefits offered will be based on what is customary or required in the country where the candidate resides.

Work Permits:   The candidate must have the ability to legally work in the country where they reside without sponsorship. In the United States, the candidate will be hired directly through Together for Girls on behalf of the brave movement.  If the candidate is hired outside of the United States, Together for Girls will work with an intermediary “Employer of Record” that is established in the candidate’s country to hire the candidate as an employee on behalf of the movement.

Culture and Values

The brave movement is embedded within Together for Girls, which is an equal opportunity employer and committed to maintaining an inclusive and diverse working environment free from discrimination and harassment. Our policy is to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin including ancestry, ethnicity, gender, sex including pregnancy, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, actual or perceived sexual orientation, age, religion, marital status, familial status, military or veteran status, or disability. Qualified applicants from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Given the nature of this movement, we particularly encourage survivor leaders and/or advocates to apply.

The brave movement operates within a courageous, inclusive, and flexible culture that empowers staff to have the capacity and ability to deliver change.  It strives to build and maintain psychological safety, trust, and accountability among team members in order to foster honesty and openness about needs and challenges while also prioritizing self-care.

We are looking to build an ambitious team that punches way above its weight. Our work environment is based on the values of respect, courage, empathy, agility, and collaboration. This is coupled with a strong commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion that underpins our work.

The University of Warwick is seeking to recruit a Development Executive to lead the development of a portfolio of Major Gift (£100k +) prospects and projects to support Development Office priorities aligned to delivering the University of Warwick’s institutional strategic goals.

The successful candidate will have the ability to build excellent relationships with individuals.  Your experience may come from inside or outside fo the charity sector, candidates with transferable skills and experience are welcome to apply. 

Main responsibilities

• Work collaboratively to achieve the fundraising team annual target of in excess of £15 million
• Build and manage a portfolio of prospects capable of making gifts of £100k+. This requires prospects to have minimum net worth of £10m each.
• Secure a minimum annual income target of £1m against team priorities and donor-led opportunities. To achieve this, pursue a minimum annual ask target of £5m.
• Work with the Head of Philanthropy and Department Head of each faculty to ensure every opportunity to engage with donors is met and welcomed.
• Recruit a network of influencers to assist in the increase in philanthropic income. These would include senior volunteers, alumni and members of the Governing Council in consultation with the Deputy Director of Development (Philanthropy).
• Ensure that donors receive excellent care throughout their relationship with the University. In particular post gift stewardship which will encourage subsequent gifts. This will require close working with the Donor Relations team so that each donor is supported by a stewardship plan.
• Develop projects with academic and professional staff that will excite donors and maximise philanthropic income for their area of expertise and responsibility. This may require providing advice and support to turn ideas into fundraising propositions.
• Provide leadership support for fundraising to the Chair and Heads of Departments to advise them on best practice for prospect meetings, coaching support on the messages most likely to engage donors.
• Ensure that all prospects in cultivation comply the criteria for gift acceptance and undertake duties in an ethical manner and in accordance with the Policy on Gift Solicitation and Acceptance.
• Be recognised as a great ambassador for the Development Team across all areas of the University.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience to include:

• Be able to demonstrate experience of building and maintaining constructive professional relationships with a wide range of people over an extended period of time.
• Demonstrate where you have worked collaboratively to achieve a goal, project or contract success.
• Experience of working in a target driven environment.
• Possess the ability to draw out and interpret information about a wide range of subjects, ranging from the Arts to STEM and use that information to brief others in person and in writing in order to achieve funding.
• Be able to inspire confidence in academic colleagues that you will be able to present information about their specialism in a confident and professional manner, and be able to judge when more expert knowledge is required to answer questions and queries from donors.
• Be a good problem solver with the ability to work across teams and specialisms to resolve fundraising challenges across departments. Demonstrate self awareness and understand how to bring others with you in order to overcome collective challenges.
• Enjoy working as part of a high performing team and support the team to deliver c £15m of income ensuring KPIs are met.
• Be able to show an understanding of the rules and regulations surrounding the solicitation of gifts in the charitable sector.
• Demonstrate excellent ambassadorial skills in order to promote the University of Warwick as the first choice for the destination of donor funds.

To receive a copy of the job pack please apply via this site.

Salary: up to £75,000 per annum plus benefits dependant on experience 

Contract: Permanent.

Location: Homebased – UK.

Advert Closing date: Monday 4th July 2022 

About Us  

Action for Children supported 600,000 children and families through our services last year, but with 4 million children in the UK living in poverty, we need to be able to do more. By building on what we already do - growing and delivering more services in more communities across the UK and the Republic of Ireland, we will be able to provide more emotional and practical care and support to children and young people who need it.

What you'll be doing:  

Reporting to the Director of Growth and Service Design, this a pivotal new role for Action for Children. You will drive and deliver our ambitious growth plans for Children's Services and build our external reputation as a provider of sustainable, high-quality and impactful services. 

In this leadership role, you shape and drive the growth plan delivery with your team of Service Development and Relationship Managers to establish new commissioning relationships and services in our priority service areas.  

Our four priority areas for growth are Family Support, Mental Health, Looked After Children and Disability. 

You'll do this by: 

• Managing the Service Development and Relationship Management team. 
• Growing the charity's income through lead generation and the development of relationships with potential, existing and new commissioners.
• Leading the service development in our four priority growth areas.
• Collaborating with the Head of Business Development to create robust plans to ensure that growth targets are met.   
• Developing a three-year plan for proactively prospecting to win and grow business, .
• Ensuring growth strategies and programmes are based on market understanding including policy changes and insights into new markets and opportunities. 

What we need from you:  

• Relevant professional qualification in Education, Health or Social care or equivalent experience.
• Experience of developing business strategies to secure service delivery contracts. 
• Experience of public sector commissioning and problem-solving, particularly from a third sector and/or social care perspective.
• Experience of working at a senior level in children's services or a related social care field.
• Experience of working within a challenging, competitive external environment, and working to clear internal business objectives and targets.
• Ability to identify and convert new business streams into successful new business.

Action for Children is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce for staff, volunteers and the children and young people we support. We value the diversity of our staff and are dedicated to becoming the most inclusive Children's charity where all staff can thrive and be themselves. Therefore, we are actively encouraging applications from underrepresented groups, particularly people with a disability and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within our organisation.

We are committed to our Diversity & Inclusion strategy and to becoming an anti-racist organisation. You can read more on our website here: Equality and diversity | Action For Children

If, for any reason, you need support with your application, please contact David Simpson, Recruitment Partner.

We'll be happy to give you any support you require.  

About Us

The National Lottery Community Fund is the largest funder of community activity in the UK - we’re proud to award money raised by players of The National Lottery to communities across the UK.

At The National Lottery Community Fund, our enduring focus is on supporting people and communities across the UK to prosper and thrive. Each year we award around 12,000 grants to the value of about £600 million, reaching every local area across the country and ensuring that National Lottery funded projects are at the forefront of improving lives.

About the role

We are currently recruiting for a Strategy, Communications and Impact Director.

This a new role, leading a newly formed directorate to help drive these ambitions. You will have the opportunity to shape form and function as we develop our wider organisational strategy that we expect to launch in Spring 2023. You will report directly to the Chief Executive and will be responsible for leading the Fund’s specialist activities across funding strategy, communications and engagement, and impact.

As a senior leader you aren’t expected to be an expert in all these fields.  We will look to you to bring together these functions, spot and translate new opportunities, and harness and develop the professionalism in your teams to bring common value and shared purpose across the National Lottery Community Fund.

We are looking for an inspiring leader who shares our values and passion for funding great ideas that matter to communities and make a difference to people’s lives. They will embody and promote the culture of our organisation; placing people at the centre of our work, and inspiring and motivating our diverse teams to deliver our strategic aims.

With dispersed teams across the UK, you will be a member of the Fund’s Senior Management Team and work alongside other Directors in delivery of our corporate goals and strategic vision.

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: 37 Hours per week

Location: UK based

Salary: We expect to appoint in the range £80-95k. 

We have a hybrid approach to working and work pattern and location will be agreed with the successful candidate. The role can be based at any of our UK offices, these are Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Newcastle and Newtown.

For successful candidates based in London, you will be asked to complete national security vetting clearance so that you can access our Marsham Street Office. This involves passing a disclosure and barring check and Counter Terrorism Check. 

Essential Criteria

As a Director, we are looking for an outstanding person with established leadership skills and a passion for people and communities. You’ll need to demonstrate your experience and qualifications in these areas:

• Experience and understanding of the environment and community policy grant making domain that the Fund operates in.
• Significant experience at a senior level in at least one of strategy, communications and impact fields.
• Proven leadership, able to develop, coach and manage multidisciplinary and expert professional teams, creating a positive and engaged team culture.
• Extensive experience of partnership working, external engagement and stakeholder management.
• Excellent influencing and negotiating skills, developing and enhancing relationships with senior stakeholders across sectors, and working with non-executive Boards and Committees.

Please apply via the portal on our website.  Your supporting statement should align to the essential criteria in the advert and experience detailed in the recruitment pack which you can find on our jobs page.

If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process or have any questions at all, please reach out to: Eloise Dalgliesh - email address on our website 

For You

We seek to develop our staff and offer a wide range of personal development opportunities.

We offer a wide range of generous benefits including:

• Generous annual leave and company pension scheme
• Flexible working to support staff with their work/life balance, taking into account things such as caring responsibilities, worship and attendance at religious festivals
• Enhanced paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Season ticket and cycle to work loans
• Paid volunteering leave

Equal Opportunities

We believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. As such we particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities, Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, LGBTQ+ and from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds.

Equity, diversity and inclusion in our grant-making, and amongst our people, are all vital to our success in supporting people and communities to thrive.  We believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with.  We are committed to being an inclusive and great place to work, and recognise our people come from diverse backgrounds. We are a Disability Confident employer and positively welcome applications from disabled people.

Director of Policy 

Civitas Recruitment are excited to be working with a great UK based campaigning charity looking to impact a range of issues including Climate/Environmental issues, Global Health issues as well as Workforce issues. The charity works and campaigns with some of the largest financial institutions and corporate businesses in the world. An opportunity exists for a Director of Policy to join the team and become a member of the senior management team. The Director of Policy will develop and implement the charity’s public policy advocacy strategy by working closely with stakeholders and inspiring a talented team within the organisation including the head of UK policy and head of EU policy. You will represent the charity and work with senior policy decision makers in the field and also work closely with funders. This is a permanent full-time post and can be home based in the UK (if preferred) with travel into London for meetings and events. 

Who are we looking for?

Ideal candidates will possess significant experience in policy making and advocacy. You will have a good understanding of financial regulation and of how law and regulations are written and applied by financial actors. You will be a strong communicator who has the ability to influence decision makers as well as communicate with the public. In addition to the technical skills, we are also seeking candidates with great interpersonal skills who will be able to demonstrate leadership and a genuine passion for social change. Knowledge of responsible investment would be a bonus however not essential.

If this post sounds of interest, please apply immediately or enquire with Syed at Civitas Recruitment for a full JD/job pack and an initial discussion.