London Black Women’s Project (LBWP) is a leading women’s organisation in East London providing specialist VAWG services to BMER* women, girls and children for over 30 years.

Over the past few months, LBWP has faced funding challenges for its refuge provision and undertaken a strategic review of its delivery with women who use the services, with staff, volunteers, partners and funders. As a result, the organisation is now focussed on delivering essential support to BMER women and children escaping domestic violence, specifically, emergency refuge accommodation and resettlement support, specialist legal advice including immigration and family law support and counselling, including language specific services. In its 31st year, the organisation continues to deliver high quality ‘by and for’ support for minoritised women.

We are seeking to recruit to the post of Director to undertake and oversee the strategic development of the organisation in the next stage. We seek a woman with specialist knowledge, skills and expertise, working strategically around a human rights framework addressing VAWG. The role requires executive or senior level management experience, planning, project and service development experience, strategic and sector knowledge, fundraising, the ability to lead the vision of the organisation manifesting the principles of Black feminism in every aspect of the work developed and delivered.

If you feel you are able to meet this requirement and seek a dynamic opportunity where you will be able to demonstrate leadership around social change then please do the following:

We want to hear from all interested candidates, and to be considered for the position we strongly recommend submitting a detailed covering letter along with your CV, outlining why you're right for the role. Download the full description and person specification for the role and e-mail a CV and covering letter, which addresses the key person specification points.You're one click away ... Apply Now!

Deadline for submissions: Midday, Friday 6th March, 2020

Interviews: Thursday 12th March, 2020

Due to the nature of the role, we will only accept applications from BME* female candidates. Exempt under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1

*i.e. women who originate from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Latin America, including the indigenous peoples of Australasia, the Americas and the islands of the Atlantic Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Job title: Senior Personal Assistant to Director of Operations
Salary: £30,209.35 per annum plus additional responsibility allowance
Location: Chelwood Gate, Haywards Heath
Job type: Permanent
Hours per week: 35
Closing date: 27 January 2020
Interview date: Early March 2020

Please be aware this is a full time, permanent position, working 35 hours per week (7 hours a day) Monday – Friday. 

We are seeking a proactive and dynamic personal assistant with experience of line management to join our Operations team as Senior Personal Assistant, at the National Cat Centre in Chelwood Gate, Haywards Heath.

Cats Protection is the UK’s leading cat welfare charity with a nationwide network of adoption centres, volunteer-led branches and charity shops. During 2018 we helped around 184,000 cats and kittens, an average of 500 per day.

The Operations Department is, quite simply, at the heart of all our cat related activities and is responsible for ensuring that we help as many cats as possible. We are unique, in that we deliver our work through a combination of centres, primarily run by our employees with volunteers support and volunteer-led branches. In fact, the bulk of our cat welfare work is carried out by around 11,000 volunteers across the entire country.

The role of the Operations Directorate is not only to support our employees and volunteers in everything that they do but also to deliver the charity’s strategic objectives and identify opportunities for further growth. The Operations Directorate also encompasses our Customer Experience teams.

As Senior Personal Assistant to the Director of Operations you will be responsible for providing a professional interface between the Directors office and key internal and external stakeholders. You will coordinate the administration of projects that are undertaken within the Operations Directorate and lead on small to medium sized projects as requested. You will organise and deliver events and conferences, liaising with external stakeholders to coordinate the attendance of CP delegates and all finance queries/processes - supporting the Director of Operations with budget setting and reviewing monthly management accounts. The Senior Personal Assistant is responsible for line managing the Operations Administration Support within the directorate.

Our successful candidate will be experienced in providing PA and administration support to senior/board level, including diary planning and travel arrangements; servicing meetings and project management.  You will have supervisory and leadership skills, excellent organisation and communication skills and the ability to deal with a wide range of both internal and external customers. You will be able to keep calm under pressure with great credibility and have excellent working knowledge of MS office and Microsoft Teams.

To apply for this position please click the APPLY ONLINE button. Our application process requires you submit a CV and answer screening questions – including explaining your interest and suitability for the role. Unfortunately we cannot accept applications or CVs that are emailed to us directly.

Please note the recruitment process for this position will include a competency based interview and written exercise.

For further details please download the job description, available after you have clicked APPLY ONLINE:
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Thank you for considering to become our new Director. Fulham Good Neighbour Service is a well-loved and respected local charity. It was set up in 1966 but was born out of the Fulham District Nursing Association, established in 1920. Today, Fulham Good Neighbours is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee, with seven paid staff members and around 100 volunteers. The charity has won a number of awards, including the prestigious Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service.

Vision Statement

Fulham Good Neighbours is a local charity enabling neighbours to create a community where they look out and care for each other.

Mission Statement

Our mission is to enable local older, disabled and vulnerable adults to:

- Live independently and to contribute to society,

- Help overcome isolation and loneliness,

- Be at the heart of the community

by providing practical support.

Our Values are:

- Trustworthiness;

- Being welcoming and inclusive;

- Proactivity and flexibility.

Fulham Good Neighbours support mainly older people, including those with dementia, with a range of services:

Good Neighbour Scheme – practical help at home. We do what any good neighbour would: small DIY, collect medication, escort to appointments, accompany shopping and take care of pets to name just a few of our free services delivered by nearly 100 volunteers, many of whom are older people.

Befriending for those who are housebound

Decorating

Digital Inclusion for those who are housebound

Gardening and Adopt a Garden scheme

Social Clubs to help beat isolation and loneliness:

- Art Group;

- Chair Based Exercise Groups;

- Fulham Carers;

- Fulham Lunch Club;

- Fulham Sunday Afternoon Tea;

- Silver Clubs;

- Shared Reading Group.

We also offer our hall to other local small groups supporting older people for regular or one-off meetings.

Finally, we organise the Parsons Green Fair - an annual event for the whole community attended by over 9,000 people.

JOB DESCRIPTION

1. Take responsibility for the successful implementation of the charity's strategic plan
2. Initiate new project development for approval by the board of trustees
3. Recruit and manage staff
4. Ensure staff are supported in their roles and that they meet their targets
5. Cover for staff in their absence
6. Ensure there are sufficient numbers of active volunteers who are adequately supported
7. Promote the organisation, increase its visibility and build relationships with stakeholders
8. Provide management, monitoring and evaluation of projects and core activities
9. Support the Parsons Fair Committee and Board of Trustees with the organisation and successful implementation of the event.
10. In conjunction with the Finance Administrator and Treasurer, monitor all income, expenditure, accounts, funding, investments and budgets
11. Nurture existing, and initiate new, funding sources. Maximise other income
12. Continue to develop the charity’s IT systems and ensure that it remains at the forefront of technological changes
13. Attend board meetings and determine policy in conjunction with the Board of Trustees
14. Act as company secretary
15. Ensure the charity complies with charity and company law
16. Ensure appropriate health and safety policies and practices are in place
17. Take responsibility for the security, alarm and daily management of the premises
18. Maintain awareness of relevant charitable and local sector issues and trends
19. Build and nurture relationships within the local community and with local businesses
20. Carry out any other tasks and duties as determined by the Board of Trustees

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential requirements

1. Senior management experience within the charity sector or similar
2. Experience of working at a senior level with and under the direction of a board of trustees
3. Experience in the negotiating, monitoring and reporting on statutory and non-statutory funding
4. Financial acumen including financial reporting
5. Experience of successfully delivering strategic plans
6. Experience in publicity and marketing
7. Experience in management of staff and volunteers

Desirable requirements

1. Empathy and experience of working with older people
2. Knowledge of Sage charity accounting software
3. Local knowledge

Conditions

Ability to work flexibly with occasional evenings and weekends

DBS Check

Two references, including the most recent employer

What we offer

We are a small but friendly team of seven staff, five of whom work part-time. We hope that you will decide to join us and benefit from the following:

Working Hours: 35hrs over 5 days per week

Salary: JPC Pay Scale 39-43; starting salary £41,675

Pension: 5% employer’s pension contribution

Holidays: 28 days per annum

Cycle to Work Scheme

Eye Care Vouchers

Interest-Free Travel Ticket Loan

Ability to ‘buy’/’sell’ up to 3 days A/L each year

A friendly work environment - We are accredited with London Healthy Workplace Charter (commitment level)

How to apply

To apply, please submit an up to date CV and a supporting statement of no more than 2 pages by email or by post to Recruitment – confidential, Chris Mikata, Fulham Good Neighbours, Rosaline Hall, 70 Rosaline Road, London SW6 7QT.

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Closing date: midday on Thursday, 12th March 2020

Interviews: Monday, 23rd March 2020 

One of the UK’s most inspiring and best known faith-based organisations, is looking for a passionate and meticulous Territorial Director of Homelessness Services. The work of Homelessness Services is underpinned by a newly developed 5 year Strategic Mission Plan supported by core values, demonstrated and measured against priorities of Transformation, Integration, Discipleship and Effectiveness.

As Territorial Director of Homelessness Services you will give Christian spiritual leadership, have overall strategic and operational responsibility and management of The Salvation Army’s Homelessness Services across the United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland and will ensure that the strategic objectives, values and business model are aligned to the territorial mission of The Salvation Army. You will ensure that effective and financial management of all services within the Homelessness Services portfolio are carefully monitored and appropriate and timely interventions are put in place to ensure quality services are maintained. In addition, you will ensure a competent and effective workforce, contract compliance, financial probity and that all services are fit for purpose and that they remain strategically and missionally relevant.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:

• Appropriate and relevant higher education/university qualification
• Experience of management & leadership at a senior level
• An excellent understanding of financial management and budgetary control
• Excellent communication skills
• Good knowledge and understanding of homelessness at national level.

This role has an occupational requirement that the successful candidate must be a committed and practising Christian and will be in sympathy with the doctrines of, and supportive of, the purposes and the aims and objectives of The Salvation Army.

This is a permanent position based at Territorial Headquarters currently located at 101 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BN. In December 2021, we will be moving to our new, modern headquarters at Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8BQ. This exciting new building will provide a more effective workplace to help The Salvation Army better achieve its mission.

Benefits: 25 days annual leave + bank holidays; a contributory pension scheme; season ticket loan; an employee assistance programme

For further details please visit the Salvation Army website.

Appointment subject to satisfactory references, proof of right to work in the UK.

CVs will not be accepted.

Promoting equality in the workplace.

Closing date: 1st March 2020

Interview date: 11th March 2020

You will be a member of the organisation’s senior team with responsibility for attracting and selecting the best candidates to join the Frontline programme. We have a well-established brand and selection system but we need a candidate excited by the responsibility of leading and developing this excellent team to achieve further success. The role needs an individual comfortable with marketing, recruitment processes, systems design and analysing data. The successful candidate will need to be an effective communicator given the need to make presentations to the charity’s board, external stakeholders and to large recruitment events. You will lead the 20-person Recruitment Team made up of undergraduate attraction, graduate attraction, selection and admissions teams. ​

The role comes at a time of innovation and change as we start to set in place strategic plans to achieve our 2020-2025 strategy – you’ll be responsible for exploring and delivering some of the early phases of those plans and contributing to the longer-term direction of the team.

Director of UK Policy and External Affairs

London (Union Street, SE1)

£68,741 per annum plus Inner London Weighting (£3,000)

Permanent, Full Time

London based (3 days minimum) plus regular UK travel

Carers Trust is a major charity for, with and about carers. We work to improve support, services and recognition for anyone living with the challenges of caring, unpaid, for a family member or friend who is ill, frail, disabled or has mental health or addiction problems.

We are currently looking for a Director of UK Policy and External Affairs who will work across all four nations of the UK and ensure that Carers Trust is positioned at the leading edge of policy making and strategic influencing in relation to unpaid carers.

Main aims

• Acting as a senior representative who will inform policymaking, develop our positioning and inform public opinion so that it supports our mission, reflecting the quality and ambition of the work that we do.

• Overall responsibility for all non-devolved policy matters and for all devolved matters in England. You will work closely with the teams in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales in order to shape policy and practice.

• As a member of the Senior Leadership Team the Director will oversee a high performing team that lead on our work to shape our external affairs agenda in order that we can be ambitious and effective in our pursuit to Make Carers Count.

The successful candidate will have experience of:

• Experience of working at a senior and national level to influence policy change
• Being an inspiring leader with a collaborative and flexible approach
• Experience of working across a range of complex partnerships and relationships to achieve strategic buy in and commitment.
• A knowledge of policy, best practice and legislation in relation to unpaid carers.

In order to apply, please send a CV which outlines your achievements and a supporting letter (not more than two pages of A4) addressing how you meet the person specification.

Closing date for applications is Friday 13th March (12 noon) with interviews being held on 23rd or 24th March at CarersTrust, Unit 101, 164-180 Union Street, London SE1 0LH.

Second interviews planned for 1st April 2020.

Carers Trust is committed to valuing diversity. 

Carers Trust has a number of measures in place to support the carers in its employment including carers leave.

Charity numbers: England and Wales 1145181, Scotland SC042870.

The British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) is looking to appoint an experienced Head of Operations to support the continued growth and development of the organisation that is highly regarded nationally and internationally in the counselling and psychotherapy field.

Reporting directly to the Chief Executive, the post has responsibility for all operational matters, member and registrant support, events, finance, risk management and human resources for the organisation.

We are looking to appoint an experienced, highly organised, individual who can demonstrate

excellent and wide-ranging operational management experience, with strong financial skills preferably in a not-for-profit and/or regulatory/membership body.

The post will work closely with the Chief Executive to support the delivery of the strategic development of the organisation, managing the operational functions. Key responsibilities include;

• advising and supporting the Chief Executive on all operational issues
• managing financial procedures, including budget setting, financial reporting and monitoring of financial risk
• managing our member support services
• managing our accreditation process, working with the regulatory team to support this essential function
• managing all aspects of the office processes and infrastructure
• managing the IT infrastructure, including the membership database and annual registration process
• human resources
• managing risk and ensuring compliance with Companies House and the Charity Commission
• providing the secretariat to the Board of Trustees and to Council
• line managing the Membership Officer, Meeting and Events Officer, Bookkeeper and occasional temporary staff

A salary of £45,000 - £55,000 (depending on experience) is offered, plus 6% employer pension contribution and annual season ticket loan.

The role is full time, 35 hours a week with 28 days annual leave per annum plus bank and other statutory holidays. Occasional hours after normal office hours may be required – time off in lieu is always given. The post is London based but may require occasional travel to events and meetings in the UK

The BPC is a charity that advances the health of the public through the maintenance and regulation of professional standards and clinical practice and advances education in psychoanalytic psychotherapy. In doing so we safeguard the public, promote the highest standards of training and research and work to make psychotherapy accessible to all. We are a Professional Standards Authority accredited voluntary register.

We run a number of events and conferences throughout the year that are aimed at clinicians and academics, publish New Associations (our highly-regarded magazine for psychoanalytic thinking) and promote the profession through a comprehensive policy and public affairs programme that includes meetings with MPs and policy makers.

The BPC opposes any discrimination of any kind. This includes, but is not limited to, any discrimination on the basis of age, race, gender, ethnic origin, religious belief or sexual orientation.

To apply, please send your cv with a covering letter of no more than two sides of A4, demonstrating how you meet the role criteria and person specifiation by 5pm on Monday 9th March 2020.   Applications without a covering letter will not be considered.

1st interviews will be on either 17th or 18th March 2020, successful candidates called to interview must be available on these dates. 

2nd interviews for successful candidates will follow within 2 weeks of the first interview dates.

The Psychosynthesis Trust is a small educational charity that has a rich 50- year history of enabling human potential in the UK.  Our founders were pioneering leaders in education, psychology, science and spirituality and we continue to work at that nexus today.  Our purpose is to bring about wholeness in a fragmented world. 

We offer transformative learning experiences, counselling and psychotherapy and rooms to hire in the heart of London at our 92-94 Tooley Street building. 

Our values and our culture consider the whole, both in terms of individuals and society, as well as from an organisational perspective. We orientate to working with the qualities of love and will, bringing the principles of curiosity, inquiry and responsibility to our work and to each other.

The breadth and depth of The Psychosynthesis Trust’s training, counselling services and room-rental offering has developed significantly over the past 6 years.  With this increased growth and with the intention of wanting to help more people ‘know and transform themselves’, we are entering a new phase of the Trust’s life cycle.  As such, we are looking for a new Operations Manager who can help us develop and implement solid foundations and infrastructure from which to expand our work.  

The Context of the Operations Manager Role

As a member of the Operations team, you play a crucial role in maintaining the infrastructure for the community. It is part of a front facing team who are a first response for the building and all facilities. You will work with staff across all departments to make sure the core operations of the organisation are running effectively. Often troubleshooting live issues and thinking resourcefully about ways to respond to unusual and in-the-moment situations are part of this role.

A key focus for the Trust and for the Operations Manager in the coming years will be on imbedding integrated processes for the running of the building and developing excellent customer service standards.  We want the Trust to support the whole community in their different activities; be it delivering training, therapy, running events, or being a student. This role will also work closely with the core team with IT and systems issues and to build the team knowledge base, clarifying our ways of working to help support decision making and enabling improvements.

The right candidate will be a brilliant multitasker, able to juggle larger ongoing improvements with smaller day to day management. Keeping the longer-term goals in sight will maintain a smooth current state. You will have an appetite for wanting to understand how to grow and scale our operations to support our organisational growth, working closely with the Finance and Operations Director. We are looking for a candidate that is comfortable working with complexity and challenges that come along with process change while maintaining business as usual for customers.

We are looking for someone who is ready to support some exciting developments, as we have several large projects in motion that will be implemented over the next 6-18 months. You will be involved in changes that will improve the day to day running of our facilities at Tooley Street. 

We value diversity and the intersectionality of people and their backgrounds.  This is important to us as we seek to cultivate a creative and more expansive and inclusive attitude to difference in ourselves, our communities and our society.  So, we are particularly keen to receive applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic, people with disabilities, people who identify with being LGBTQIA or people who identify with being marginalised.

This is an exditing role for someone who wants to be part of a growing organisation on the pioneering edge of adult learning and education. We are a small team so there is great opportunity for personal and professional development and to feel like you are making a difference!

The Purpose of the Role

The purpose of the role of the Operations Manager is to lead, develop and to ensure implementation the overall strategy for The Trust’s operations functionalities.

 Summary of Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Effective function of the building and its facilities; including operation, space, technical and function, as well as secure and compliant with Fire, Health & Safety legislation.
• Managing the roles that engage with our Community, ensuring the highest levels of service of our provision are upheld and that the impression and environment reflects that and of our values.
• Aligning with our Programmes and Counselling Services teams to ensure the provision best facilitates our core work.
• Strategically proactive on how we maximise our space and resource and what relationships can be forged with our neighbouring community that will impact this.

Key Functional Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Building and Facilities function, including
  • Manage cleaning and caretaking of the building with our internal team, regulating hours worked to remain in “contact” with a team that works out of hours whilst being maintaining regular contact through email and phone (inside and outside of office hours).
  • Managing and reviewing all building and operational contractors, suppliers and services, ensuring we use organisations that align with our values and that we get the best quality of service within set budgets.
  • Maintaining building services, such as waste, heating, lift and internet, including updates and testing where necessary.
  • Managing the tangible assets of the Trust, including equipment and budgets.
  • Ensuring that the building complies with updated statutory requirements including Fire, Health and Safety legislation.  Supporting the whole team in building skills and knowledge base of those statutory requirements as part of the audit function.
  • Ensuring the impression and aesthetics of the building expresses our values and represents the quality that we provide in our core work.
  • Continuously assessing our environmental footprint and changing resources to reflect a better relationship and responsibility of the Trust’s climate.
  • Support of a potential building renovation in its planning, management and implementation stages.
  • Managing purchases and inventory, such as cleaning, stationery and refectory supplies, and ensuring logs and invoices are presented to Finance team.
  • Being available for any out of hours contact when emergencies arise.

• Community, including
  • Line management of Community Host and reception function, with an accountable overview of the Community Hosting Support team that requires recruitment.
  • To create an outstanding provision of service that is experienced by every facet of the community at all times.
  • Ensuring all Training and Counselling rooms are well maintained and appropriately equipped and set up to support Programmes team, course participants, students, trainers and room renters.
  • Develop strong working relationships with counsellors, trainers and room renters, ensuring inquiries and specific needs are met with positive outcomes.
  • Supporting the community in the launch of a new room booking system ensuring continuity of service.
  • Managing the standing orders of the room rentals, calculating these quarterly, and regular invoice management in liaison with the Finance team.
  • Review of all community agreements and collaborating with the Marketing and Communication Manager to ensure website content is up to date.
  • Develop an advisory Community Ecosystem that draws on the broadness of our building users and brings in the voice of the community to consult on feedback and matters arising.

• Core work support, including
  • Collaborating with the Programmes Director and the Programmes and Counselling Services teams to support the strategic needs of the core work of the Trust.
  • Administration and maintenance of the Student Lending Library.
  • Supporting all teams in everyday IT and systems support, whilst supporting skills and knowledge growth, and managing IT contracts and subscriptions through our Office365 platform.

• Strategy, including
  • Develop reporting of the room rental business to build and feed an annual strategy set out by the Finance and Operations Director in the Trust’s impact goals.
  • Develop the strategy to cultivate community, aligning with the Communications and Marketing Manager, enabling our community business model to be benchmarked, set out through market analysis, and consider how to position our provision.
  • Build new relationships locally to further cultivate our community with organisations and groups that align with our purpose and values, including our key stakeholders (local authority, First Mile).
  • Reduce the perishability of unused rooms by developing a strategy that introduces new organisations and groups to the Trust

How to Apply: 

Please explain in no more than 2 pages why you’d like to work for The Trust, what skills and attributes you will bring to The Trust, and what experience you have that fits with this role.   We are also interested in hearing about your life story and how this aligns to your purpose, strengths and interests. Please send this, along with your CV to Jamie Joyes, Finance and Operations Director at the address provided.  More information about this role can be found on the Trust’s website.

We are particularly keen to receive applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic, people with disabilities, people who identify with being LGBTQIA or people who identify with having been marginalised.

We're a small, effective team looking for the right person to take us to the next level. We make a big difference to the lives of thousands of people each year, many of them marginalised, by building from the ground up, investing in our clients and earning their trust. We know we can do even better, by making our systems and processes more consistent, facilitating collaboration between our programmes, and having the data we need to monitor, evaluate, and learn systematically from what we do.

Our relational, developmental behaviours apply as much to the way we treat each other as the way we work. If this is the right role for you it will be because you want to learn and grow as a person and a professional. Initially, it will include project management of our move to a single CRM and a single online portal, in partnership with Do-it, alongside management of our Core Services team. You will work with our senior managers so that, as the systems upgrade moves to a conclusion, you will have developed the skills, knowledge and experience you need to to take on senior management responsibility for our systems and back-office processes.

Every six minutes in the UK someone loses their sight and by 2050 an estimated four million people will be living with sight loss and blindness. Fight for Sight is the UK’s leading eye research charity at the forefront of pioneering research to stop sight loss. The charity currently has a commitment to research of £8m at over 49 UK universities and hospitals. With significant developments in the areas of gene-therapy, stem cells, drug therapies, the use of artificial intelligence and other technologies, the pace of change has never been so rapid.

Research is at the heart of all that we do and we’re now searching for an outstanding person to join our team as our new Director of Research, Policy and Innovation. Our ambition is to capitalise on our progress by significantly raising our profile and income to ensure that we can stop sight loss sooner. Our new Director will play a crucial part in this progress, ensuring our investment in research has maximum impact and working to increase investment and innovation in sight loss research across the organisation and with our partners.

This is a critical role for us and we are seeking a strategic leader who can drive our research strategy for the benefit of all those who are or may be affected by sight loss. You will be a valued member of our senior leadership team contributing to the future direction of the whole charity as we embark on a new phase.  It goes without saying that you will have a strong scientific background, although experience of the sight loss sector is not essential. You will also be an experienced senior leader, used to leading and motivating teams and contributing towards organisational strategy. You will bring a strong track record of delivering research strategies which deliver genuine impact and you will be a credible leader, comfortable with communicating complex scientific messages in an inspiring and motivational way. We are leveraging our position on a national and international stage and you will be a key member of our team driving this work forward.

We are excited about our future and the impact that we know we can create and you will share this ambition. Our research strategy embraces innovation, entrepreneurship and collaboration and these will be core to your approach. This role requires someone with outstanding relationship building and influencing skills to engage and influence right across our organisation, contributing to our wider fundraising and communications strategy, meeting major donors and engaging with the media as well as supporting our committed staff and dedicated Board of Trustees as well as the research community.

We know our life-changing research can make a real difference to the lives of everyone affected by sight loss. If this is a mission that you would like to be part of, we would love to hear from you.

To apply for this role click the apply button.

The closing date for this role is 10am on Monday 9th March 2020.

Location: Dual located between Lingfield, Surrey and Young Epilepsy’s London office (Victoria).

Contract: Permanent

Salary: Up to £80,000, depending on skills and experience.

Young Epilepsy, the charity that works to create a society in which young people living with epilepsy can thrive and fulfil their potential, is seeking a Director of Fundraising and Communications to lead, develop and deliver their fundraising, communications and marketing strategies and to grow national reach and profile.

Epilepsy affects almost six in every 1000 children and young people, and is one of the most common serious long-term conditions in childhood. Young Epilepsy is the leading charity helping affected young people and is at the forefront of advocating for them for positive changes in attitudes across society and towards greater understanding of the condition.

The organisation is looking for a dynamic, driven leader to oversee delivery of the charity’s existing fundraising plans and generate new funding opportunities through networking and developing partnerships. Using partnerships and philanthropy to secure transformational gifts will be a key part of the role to triple current levels of income over the next 3-5 years. The role will also require developing a PR and social media strategy as well as an integrated communications plan, and identifying a new range of income streams, with a particular emphasis on using digital technology.

Young Epilepsy are looking for demonstrable experience of working at a senior strategic and operational level in fundraising, marketing and communications, as well as a significant track record in securing major funding partnership including companies and philanthropy/major donors. You must have a good understanding of fundraising strategies and models to increase income with a broad experience of implementing them. You will also possess excellent communication, digital and relationship-building skills and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment. Finally, you will be a self-starter that can bring a positive, proactive, entrepreneurial and commercial approach to the role.

For an informal conversation prior to applying to this role, please contact Suzie Spooner on +44 (0) 7960 932 315. Or Anton Packheiser +44 (0) 7749 858597

Post Title: Director of Operations

Role Status: Full time (35 hours), Permanent.

Organisational Base: Office Based

Reporting To: Chief Executive Officer

Salary: £58,000 to £66,000 + £6,000 Car Allowance and Benefits package

The organisation

As the charitable arm of the English Football League (EFL), the EFL Trust was established in 2008 to oversee the remarkable and diverse work of their Football Club Community Organisations (CCOs). Our core purpose remains to support the CCOs to help us achieve our vision of stronger more active communities. This is best achieved when the power of both the Football Club and the CCO are brought together. We also continue to work with a significant number of key partners whose ambitions we share, such as DWP, DCMS, MHCLG, Department for Education, NCS, Sport England and the NHS. We are confident about the pivotal role we can play in helping them to meet our shared objectives.  In the past year we have invested over £18 million in our network, more than ever before. We remain committed to providing a world class service to our network of partners to help them maximise and quantify their impact.  We will continue to embed a culture within the EFL Trust where improvement is a habit and our people are encouraged to challenge and innovate.

The role of Director of Operations

This exciting new role has a principal focus on developing business services, processes and technology which will support the development of EFL Trust and its network. The Director of Operations will also support the CEO with the overall executive leadership and growth of the organisation, articulating and upholding the ethos and expectations of the EFL Trust. The Director of Operations will manage collaboration between the EFL Trusts’ Business Services Department and the remote Business Development Team, effectively communicating priorities and delivering efficiencies across all business operations that ensure excellent value for money.  The role will foster a positive, values driven culture, ensuring staff at all levels across the organisation are inspired and encouraged to succeed and prosper. There will be a requirement for national travel, which can entail overnight stays away from home and often work outside normal office hours.

The individual

This is an exceptional opportunity for an individual with excellent business acumen and experience, to assist the CEO in providing ambitious strategic direction across the EFL Trust. You will be an exceptional leader that is resilient and flexible, with the ability to challenge in a positive way. Significant experience in a senior business operations position within a regulated environment and knowledge of incorporating robust performance management frameworks ensuring accountability and the integrity of the quality of projects aligned to contract compliance is essential.

We are keen to hear from people whose skillset includes, a flexible, resilient and adaptable attitude towards work, with the ability to be creative and innovative and demonstrate their determination to continually motivate and inspire. We would particularly like to hear from those with a successful record of contract delivery and compliance, using quality assurance systems, including service user participation to improve overall services.

For the candidate information pack and application form please follow the links for EFL Trust and EFL job sites

Benefits Package:

• Generous Company Pension Scheme, with an EFL Trust contribution of 10% of basic salary.

• Cash Health Plan

• Opt-in private healthcare 

• 23 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays), rising to 25 days after 5 years.  Holiday year commences 1st January. (Holiday purchase scheme in operation).

• Generous car allowance

Closing Date: 12 noon Friday 21st February 2020.

Interview Date(s): Stage 1, 4th or 5th March 2020

Stage 2, 26th March 2020 

Candidates must be available for interview on the dates indicated.

Interviews will be held at EFL House, 10 – 12 West Cliff, Preston PR1 8HU

STT is a unique group of highly motivated individuals with roles that transcend multiple sectors such as business, intelligence analysis, community activism, creative campaigns and digital communications. The organization is at a pivotal moment in its history. The success and growth of the organization means we are now looking for a dedicated Operations Director to help us achieve our vision.

This is a newly created, full-time role within the STOP THE TRAFFIK team conveniently located in London Waterloo.  You will lead the management team and ensure the effective delivery of the strategy.  We are looking for someone who has the experience and drive to add value to our growing and globally recognised organization.

As a member of the STT Executive Team you will need to display exceptional leadership and business acumen and have a presence in the office to build strong bonds and professional relationships. You will need to enjoy working in a fast-moving and pressured working environment that thrives on participation, collaboration and innovation.

In return for your commitment and hard work, you will become part of a friendly, dynamic team of professionals, as well as:

• 25 days annual leave pro rata (plus Bank Holidays) rising to 30 days after 2 years.
• Flexible working practices
• Joining a non-contributory pension scheme with 7% employer contributions
• the opportunity to join a Health Cashback plan

We’re looking for a dynamic person to join our team who wants to make a difference and is passionate about health and care services.

The purpose of the role is to provide operational management for an effective, inclusive and high quality local Healthwatch. To facilitate our ability to improve health and social care services and challenge where necessary, underpinned by robust intelligence gathering arrangements. And to ensure that the work of Healthwatch Wakefield conforms to all required principles, objectives and statutory obligations, and meets all contractual requirements between Healthwatch Wakefield and Wakefield Council.

If you would like to discuss the role please get in touch.