Programme Manager

We are looking for an Education Manager who is passionate, energetic and inspiring to lead an Eco-Schools programme for a leading UK charity.

You will be working for an iconic and dynamic charity, providing first-class solutions to environmental challenges. For more than 60 years, they have campaigned for cleaner, greener places and delivered programmes aimed at encouraging organisations and individuals to reduce their environmental impact. The work of the charity has never been more informed, important and urgent.

Position: Education Manager (internal title)

Location: Wigan or London with regular travel and the ability to work from home as required

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £38,495p.a. (Wigan) - £40,495p.a. (London)

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: Competitive salary, 27 days’ annual leave (pro rata), plus bank holidays, pension scheme with both employer and employee contributions, healthcare cash plan, 24/7 employee assistance helpline and access to employee perks, cycle-to-work scheme, life assurance plan, learning and development opportunities, including staff development days. Flexible and supportive employer, with a core hours’ system and time-off-in-lieu arrangements

Closing Date: 09:00 Monday 29 November 2021

Interviews: week commencing 06 December 2021

About the role:

Using world-class research and working with partners, the charity design game-changing campaigns that inspire the Nation to cut waste and litter and improve recycling as well as programmes that set the standards for clean, accessible and attractive beaches, parks and green spaces and are proud to inspire and educate millions of children.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an individual to lead, shape and grow the charity’s Eco-Schools programme, ensuring effective and impactful delivery across England.

About you:

As Programme Manager you will be passionate, energetic and inspiring with outstanding project management skills and astute financial acumen.

You will have an interest in the environment and an understanding of how children can lead impactful action. You will be an excellent communicator and have strong proven project management, financial skills, commercial awareness and an ability to make an immediate and positive impression. We are looking for a self-starter focused on delivering results.

The charity are an inclusive and flexible employer and particularly welcome applications from all sectors of the community including under-represented groups in the charity sector.

Other roles you may have had experience of could include: Programme Manager, Director of Programmes, Change Management, Head of Programme Delivery, Programmes Director, Strategic Programme Manager, Education Manager, Environment Programmes, etc.

Salary: £44,202 to £46,818

Location: Powerhouse, Manchester (Flexible) 

Full time, Perm

We are hoping to secure an exciting new service and are therefore inviting applications from experienced Managers to lead our £5m Connect to My Future programme, supporting NEET and at risk of NEET young people across Greater Manchester, part-funded by the European Social Fund (ESF). We are passionate about ensuring that our services are directly informed by the voice of young people and to do this you will work with partners, service users and our Youth Voice Coordinator.

We are looking for a Contract Manager who will:

• play a key role in leading the strategic direction of the Connect To Your Future project
• deliver the Project’s objectives through our direct delivery team and our supply chain
• develop strong and productive strategic relationships with the commissioner and key stakeholders including leads within the 10 local authorities of Greater Manchester
• lead a small contract management team responsible for our direct delivery.

You will be:

• skilled in managing people and leading a high performing team to meet their targets
• have a strong social purpose, with supply chain and relationship management skills
• skilled in managing large budgets (ESF an advantage)
• experienced in delivering ‘payment by results’ contracts and be skilled in the multi-tasking required of a successful manager.

If you feel this is a great opportunity for you and you have the relevant qualification and experience please submit your CV and covering letter byClosing Date of 1st December  2021. 

Interviews will take place w/c 06.12.21, location : TBC

To view a full job description see attached.

The position of Diocesan Secretary is central to supporting and encouraging the mission and ministry in relation to Blackburn Diocese Vision 2026. We are seeking someone with a strong Christian commitment and endless enthusiasm for the challenges that still lie ahead of us; an outstanding manager with exceptional leadership and administration skills.

You should be able to encourage, counsel, challenge, persuade and motivate, with pragmatism and good humour, while working very closely with me and the Bishop’s Leadership Team (BLT) to enable and implement our agreed strategic approach.

We are keen to hear from candidates who:

• Personal Christian faith and leadership  experience of the life of the local church, deeply prayerful, open to the prompting of the Spirit, motivated by mission & evangelism, committed to mutual flourishing and the richness of all traditions in the Church of England
• An understanding of, and vision for, the flourishing of the Church’s presence in, and service to, all of our communities
• Experience of senior leadership and management in a complex organisation of significant size
• Financial and budgetary experience  at a senior management level
• A successful record of leading and developing a high performance team

Diversity - The Board of Finance believes that diversity enables us to thrive and develop and is committed to race equality, welcoming applications from UK Minority Ethnic backgrounds

Interview date Friday 17 December 

We have an exciting opportunity for Finance and Operations Manager to join a small team. This is a new role and it will report to the Head of Finance. We are looking for a people-focused problem solver, with good financial acumen and a track-record of successfully managing projects. The successful candidate will bring experience working in a financial accounting context and – crucially – must be able to reconcile accounts to trial balance. Beyond that, however, the successful candidate might be someone stepping into a management role for the first time, or someone with an existing track-record at the level.

We are a small friendly, supportive workplace with a good sense of humour. We work closely together, always looking at better ways of working together and collaborating. We have very flexible working patterns and most of our team work remotely. We are happy to discuss various work arrangements with the right candidate. 

UpRising champions diversity, social mobility and equality in all we do. The majority of our alumni come from a Black, Asian, minority ethnic or White marginalized background and over half our programme participants are the first in their family to get into university; others join us with trade apprenticeships, HNDs, or NVQ Level 5 qualifications. 

Our Mission is to open up the pathways to leadership for talented young adults
from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds and to equip them with the
knowledge, networks, skills and confidence to fulfil their leadership potential, find
new opportunities and transform the world around them through social action.

Our Vision is for public leaders to better reflect and represent the communities
they serve; with the motivation and character to bring about a substantial shift in
power, enabling more people to take charge of their future and positively change
their communities.

Person Specification

You are financially literate – You are part qualified, fully qualified or have experience to this level. You understand SORP accounting rules and have applied them previously. Have a track-record of financial management experience. You are highly numerate and have an analytic approach to your work.

You have a good understanding of Operations – Able to manage and coordinate external consultant contracts. Conducting IT projects from beginning to end with little support. General understanding GDPR and H&S processes. Advised/completed recruitment and induction process for staff. Managing ad-hoc IT projects with various stakeholders.

Working with others - You proactively identify business needs, scope and plan minor and major projects to address them, and successfully drive the project to completion, involving and engaging colleagues appropriately throughout. You are able to train and explain finance to non-finance team members. You develop and maintain excellent working relationships with formal and informal stakeholders at every level – with the young people on our programmes, with staff in each department, with our external consultants, with our Trustees and with others. You build trust and can stand in the shoes of others.

Organised and prioritise - You are well-organised, plan and have good attention to detail. By doing so, you manage your own time well and respect the time of others. You juggle multiple deadlines and have a track-record of balancing multiple tasks and responsibilities. You are meticulous and able to priorities conflicting needs.

Effective and efficient – You are constantly reflecting on working practices and improving where necessary. You take initiative and is proactive in your approach to work. You create change that benefits all and is in aligned with organisation strategy.

Problem solving – You are able to problem solve in a complex and rapidly changing environment. Personal resilience and the ability to stay focused in a rapidly changing environment.

IT ‘savvy’ – You have skills at a level that supports strategy, troubleshooting, dealing with suppliers as well as report writing, email, internet and database. You have op to date knowledge of IT systems for SME’s or Charities. You are able to use excel to a high level, using pivot table function and complex coding to manipulate data for end user ease.

You’re aligned with our mission - You have lived experience and/or an understanding of the critical issues surrounding equality, inclusion and diversity, including structural issues around race and class, and how they impact programme participants with specific reference to their leadership and employability experiences. You believe that, with the right support, everyone has potential to achieve excellence, whatever that means for them.

How to Apply

Deadline to apply: Sunday 28th November 2021

The application process itself will be straightforward:

- We will ask you to provide us with two documents: your CV (2 pages max); and a completed application form that has sections which enables you to set out clearly how your skills and experience match the items listed in the person specification for the role.

Please apply as soon as you can: we will interview candidates as appropriate applications are received. Please apply to the email address in the job pack.

Please note that to keep our recruitment process open and fair, we will not negotiate
salaries outside the advertised range. Position remains open until filled.

Head of Communications and Engagement

We are currently seeking a Head of Communications and Engagement to develop and deliver the charity’s communications, marketing and engagement strategy.

It’s a really exciting time to be involved with an ambitious and growing organisation that’s committed to bringing the property sector together to create real social change.

Position: Head of Communications and Engagement

Location: Home-based/remote working (with occasional visits to the London office)

Hours: Full Time (37.5hrs per week)

Salary: £46,000 - £52,000 pa

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: 25 days per year (not including bank holidays) pension, free annual flu jabs and annual sight tests, cycle to work scheme, ½ day a month entitlement to volunteer for a charity of your choice in work time, interest-free annual travel card loans, an employee assistance programme, staff discount scheme, health insurance, support for external mentoring, free fruit every week and scope for flexible working.

Closing Date: 12pm 29th November 2021

The Role

Working closely with Leadership Team and Board of Trustees, the Head of Communications and Engagement will be responsible for overseeing the organisations ambitions to create an impactful engagement strategy that amplifies its position within the real estate industry over the coming three years.

You’ll work across the organisation, driving the ambitious engagement strategy forward to really change the conversation between the charity and the property industry. You’ll work with all departments to provide direction and support to improve fundraising and impact outcomes including developing marketing plans for growth for events, creating holistic engagement plans for the businesses that supports and embeds impact in the hearts and minds of supporters.

This is a pivotal role in the Team, and the successful candidate will have the opportunity to put their stamp on communications as the charity evolves and grows, in line with the new strategic aims.

Due to the current situation, staff are currently all working remotely but plan to return to the central London office in the near future but expectations on colleagues to be in the office will be minimal (at least once a month). Instead, you will be able to design a working pattern that suits you, your family, the needs of the job and the team. We hope this encourages candidates from across the UK to apply.

About You

As Head of Communications and Engagement, you will be an experienced, senior communications and marketing professional with good experience across the whole mix including digital, social media and PR. Ideally with charity sector experience, but certainly with a keen interest in the cause and passion for communications for good.

You’ll be an effective, passionate and thoughtful communicator. Leading a small and professional team, you will provide support, challenge, and development to the colleagues for whom you have management responsibility and promote effective collaboration in all that you do. We’re looking for a confident, positive self-starter, who is good at looking for solutions, a great-people person and brilliant planner.

In return…

The charity has an ambitious mission to end youth homelessness, so it’s an exciting time to join this dynamic and growing organisation. Along with an excellent benefits package, there are career development and flexible working opportunities.

About the Organisation

As the property industry’s charity working to end youth homelessness in the UK, the organisation brings remarkable businesses and individuals from across the property industry together to support charities providing accommodation for young people who are or have been homeless, or who are at risk of homelessness in the future. Through a unique network of corporate partners, it invests funding and expertise where to achieve lasting impact.

You may also have experience in areas such as Communications, Communications and Engagement, Engagement, Digital, Digital Communications, Content, Corporate Partnerships, Supporter Engagement, Fundraising, Supporter, Programme, Programme Manager, Homelessness, Vulnerable Adult, Housing, Policy, Media, Donor, Major Donor, Marketing, Marketing and Communications, Head of Marketing, Head of Communications, Head of Marketing and Communications, Marketing Manager, Communications Manager, Director of Marketing and Communication’s, Creative Content, Director of Engagement, Head of Marketing and Engagement, Marketing and Digital, Digital Communication, Digital Engagement, Fundraiser, Fundraising, Brand, PR, Public Relations, External Relations. 

A unique opportunity has arisen to join the Health & Safety Team at The Prince’s Trust. We are looking for someone who’s creative and enthusiastic to become the new Regional Health & Safety Manager. This role will involve supporting Scotland, North and Central England and preferably based in Birmingham, Manchester or Leeds.

All our work is geared towards supporting disadvantaged young people aged 11 – 30 and giving them the opportunity to create a better future through employment, education and enterprise. You will act as a trusted advisor on health & safety matters associated with the work we do to support young people. By helping build a strong safety culture and implementing a robust Safety Management System you will ensure The Prince's Trust complies with its legal obligations and achieves its strategic aims.

Through good risk management, you will enable programmes and events to operate safely and more effectively and allow colleagues to make a positive difference to the lives of young people. With our strong network of supporters, volunteers, employers and delivery partners, you will provide guidance and assurance that safe systems of work are in place.

You will work independently to maintain consistent H&S compliance in the regions of responsibility and play an active role in leading the continual improvement in H&S performance through stakeholder engagement, monthly reporting, management meetings, delivering training and communicating information in user-friendly language that is engaging.

With established experience in Health and Safety and professional qualifications, you will bring new ideas and innovative ways of working safely and supporting people’s wellbeing.

Please click 'apply now' to be directed to our website.

About the Role

As a Recruiter at St John Ambulance, you will work closely with managers and directors to source great candidates for a wide range of roles. You will do this by developing multi-channel campaigns to attract candidates for high volume and specialist roles throughout England.

You will engage with candidates through advertising, social media and tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter. You will plan and attend careers events to champion the great opportunities St John offers. Working closely with the Recruitment Manager and HR team, you will help improve recruitment & selection practices and guide managers through the process.

This role can be based at any manned SJA office.

Please see the job description for more detail (this can be viewed on our website or once you click apply)

About You

You will be a passionate recruiter who has previously worked in an in-house recruitment role or agency and have experience working on a broad range of assignments including high volume and niche roles. St John Ambulance is a charity, but we are also a large, complex and commercial organisation, so you must be able to build strong relationships with people at all levels and be proactive and innovative in achieving results.

About Us

St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, providing first aid, keeping people safe at events and working alongside the NHS in response to 999 calls.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of people learn how to save a life through our training, education and youth programmes.

Over the next decade, we have bold ambitions to help transform out-of-hospital care, having a positive impact on the people we treat and the communities we serve.

We are a team of 1,600 employees and 18,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through first aid.

You will receive;

• Competitive salary & pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Health and Wellbeing portal - Access to financial, health and wellbeing guidance and support.
• Discounts - Blue Light, NHS Discounts and SJA discounts including discounts on mobile phone, gym membership, cinema, restaurants, holidays and shopping-including your weekly food shop.

Interview Date: w/c 6th December 2021

Application Review Date: w/c 29th November 2021

We may review applications before the Application Review Date, however, if you apply after the Application Review Date, your application may not be considered. We will accept applications until we have successfully filled the role.

We are committed to increasing the diversity of our team and making sure we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, so are particularly interested in applications from women, trans and non-binary people, as well as those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and those with different accessibility needs.

Please note: St John does not accept speculative CVs and will only review CVs sent in application for an advertised vacancy.

Recruitment Agencies: We are not utilising the services of recruitment agencies for this vacancy and will accept direct applications only. Any speculative CVs submitted without invitation will not be considered.

At BACKUP North West, we believe no young person should experience homelessness. For the young people that do, Backup aims to be an outstanding provider of high quality, holistic housing and support services. We want to find the right person to help us see our vision.

We are looking for someone to manage one of our projects - Project Front Door. What is needed right now is an experienced manager able to hit the ground running and manage this service with a specific brief. That brief is to a) improve outcomes for young people using the service b) improve young people’s experience of it, their customer journey and c) support the team, as individuals and a collective to improve and excel in their delivery of the service.

Project Front Door aims to provide intensive daily support to homeless 16-25 year olds who are not ready or able to live independently and need to learn the life skills to prepare them for move on. 

Please go to our website to apply for this job, we do not accept CV's.

Role title: Senior Operations Manager

About Rethinking Economics

Rethinking Economics (RE) is an international network working to build a better Economics in society and the classroom. We started as a student movement in 2012 and have since grown to become a registered charity with a 10-person staff team. Through a mixture of campaigning, events and projects, we support over 100 groups in over 30 countries around the world, alongside thousands of supportive members of the public, to reform the university Economics curriculum to make it more pluralist, critical and applicable to the real world.

Rethinking Economics is undertaking an exciting transition process in which we are developing and expanding the future of the organisation.

Over the next year we will be implementing an anti-oppression strategy and developing our project management systems. We hope to grow our staff team and in particular grow our work internationally.

What we’re looking for

Effective operations are at the heart of everything we do. We are looking for an experienced professional who can take the lead on implementing our anti-oppression strategy and its recommendations, while also working with the team to best identify how we should work together efficiently, safely and effectively. You will have a good understanding of UK HR, employment and recruitment law and good practice. You will have experience of monitoring evaluation and project and organisational management for small organisations. 

This is a new role and the successful candidate will have a real opportunity to make their mark on the HR function of Rethinking Economics. Your skills will support a small organisation to continually develop and grow – a keenness to thrive in a fast-paced changing environment is essential. 

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion

We are committed to providing equality and fairness for all and not to discriminate on grounds of gender, marital status, racialised identity, ethnic origin, colour, nationality, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, mental health, religion or age. We encourage and celebrate the different qualities that our colleagues, and others we work with, bring to our work. And we believe that seeing things from a wide range of different perspectives helps us to resolve problems, adapt our approaches and develop as an organisation. We want to bring greater diversity to our team and we’re keen to hear what you think you’ll bring from your own background and experience (beyond your professional skills and knowledge). 

Terms & Conditions

Reporting to: Co-Director, Community

Starting salary: £30,420 - £33,970 pro rata per annum on the basis of an offer by the organisation which cannot be negotiated

Start date: January 2021 (negotiable)

Contract type: Fixed term (with likely offer of permanent contract after first year)

Benefits: Statutory pension 5% matched, 25 days holiday pro rata in addition to winter break between Christmas and New Year, access to bespoke economics education, person centred training opportunities, yearly cost of living increase.

Hours: 2 or 3 days a week. Evening and weekend work will be sometimes be necessary, for which time off in lieu can be claimed. We support flexible working across the whole team. 

Location: Remote, UK based. The role could involve regular UK travel. Travel costs will be reimbursed. Whilst the COVID-19 pandemic is ongoing, you will not be expected to travel.

Purpose of the Role: 

To lead on the operations for the organisation, ensuring that the needs of staff team are fulfilled and they can work safely, efficiently and feel supported by the organisation as a whole.

Responsibilities

Main Areas of Responsibility

• Implementation of RE’s anti-oppression strategy

• HR policies and procedures

• Digital office management

• Recruitment

• Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation

• Project Management

Key Skills and Experience

The role profile asks for a wide range of competencies and we recognise that we are unlikely to find a candidate who fits every requirement. If you fit some of the essential and/or desirable criteria and believe you have the potential to learn the other areas of the role, we’d like to hear from you. A strong background in organising and movement building within Economics or educational reform would be of great advantage.

Essential Knowledge and Interest in Economics

• An interest in and understanding of Economics, particularly a knowledge of alternative and pluralist Economics
• A passion to reform Economics teaching and practice

Operations - Technical Competencies & Experiences

Essential

• A strong understanding of HR good practice and anti-oppression strategy
• Experience of supporting an organisation to respond operationally to growth
• Experience of successful recruitment processes and good practise
• An understanding of how remote teams work best 
• Experience of mediation or conflict resolution 
• A ability to use varied online tools to support your work and the work of the team.
• An understanding of how to implement systems and tools in an organisation particularly in relation to monitoring and evaluation.
• Experience of planning and delivering successful projects that deliver measurable results

Desirable

• Experience of working with volunteer organisers in an operations role
• Experience of designing or implementing an anti-oppression or HR strategy
• Proven track record of delivering engaging and impactful systems and tools that improve the productivity of a staff team.
• Experience of line management
• Experience of planning, resourcing and scheduling strategies for a small organisation

Essential Values and Behaviours 

• Commitment to RE’s Values of Justice & Fairness, Diversity & Inclusion and Collaboration.
• Ability to adapt to a constantly evolving environment and a movement that is growing
• Self-reflective, willing to listen and consider other points of view.
• Ambitious, dynamic and energetic, constantly reflecting on RE’s effectiveness and
• seeking ways to improve our impact.
• A critical and strategic thinker, able to both see the big picture and have an eye for
• detail.

Essential Organisational Competencies & Experiences

• Ability to communicate complex information effectively to different audiences.  Adapting communication style as necessary and targeting communications to ensure that information is understood and has influence.
• Ability to bring together colleagues from different teams to work on projects or initiatives, or create networks, develop partnerships to support the aims of Rethinking Economics.
• The use of initiative and creativity to combine complex ideas or processes or quickly evolving ideas and situations.
• Experience of overseeing the work of external suppliers, contractors or freelancers and holding them to account for quality, delivery and timeliness of work.
• Working with a high degree of independence and self-direction.
• Experience of strategic leadership of a particular team, programme, or function.
• Experience of monitoring and reporting on financial resources

We’re looking for a Service Designer to join our team to:

1. Collaborate with team members to lead the human-centred and community-centred pieces of work with organisations across the asylum and refugee sector.
2. Develop the existing digital products which run across the Good Practice & Partnerships team with support from external developers and support the development of services alongside team members
3. Innovate with the team to understand the changing needs of organisations and their communities to design ways of increasing collective impact.

Our Good Practice and Partnership (GPP) team connects, collaborates and works with over 250 organisations to build capacity and co-design solutions to the challenges they face. The team has built strong, trusting relationships with organisations and work with them to build offers which respond to asylum seekers and refugees’ needs.

Since 2017 the GPP team has been working closely with CAST and SIDE Labs to learn and build design and digital skills and experience within the team to both develop services across the team and build skills across the sector. In 2018 we transformed a traditional service delivery model and created Asylum Guides, a programme which now supports several organisations to provide legal information to asylum seekers across England and Wales.

The Digital Design for Good Practice project is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund under its Digital Fund Programme. The project takes a design-led approach to developing, testing and sharing new services and products to improve service delivery in the asylum and refugee sector, with a focus on immigration legal advice, early action service design and volunteer-led legal literacy programmes. This work aims to benefit 80,000 refugees and people seeking asylum in the UK.

At the beginning of the pandemic we launched our Digital Design for Good Practice project as the Coronavirus Response Project to bring organisations together to adapt to the crisis. We partnered with SIDE Labs throughout the pandemic who provided digital expertise and upskilled the team through collaborative working and peer learning. We published the Coronavirus Asylum Handbook bringing together 40 organisational responses to the pandemic at the end of March 2020 and this was followed by several design sprints centred around different key issues organisations were having to come to terms with. We built a microsite to host learning, guidance and sector stories as well providing a digital space for the other projects across GPP. We also started a monthly newsletter, an online meetup group and a community Slack workspace. In January 2021 we ran the Explore Programme which supported 12 organisations to adapt their services to respond to the challenges posed by Covd-19 and in March 2021 two Experts by Experience Groups Pilots which supported organisations to set up user groups and learn from each other. Insights and learning from the Digital Fund Programme so far highlights our role in supporting other organisations to develop digital skills during the pandemic.

We’re currently reviewing needs and learning and the Service Designer will join the team to lead on the delivery of internal and external design projects as well as developing existing products and supporting design skills development across the team.

To succeed in this role you will have:

• Knowledge and experience of human-centred and community-centered methodologies
• Significant experience working in service design, applying user research, user-journey mapping, prototyping and co-design
• Excellent project management skills and ability to plan and manage own workload
• Insight into the needs, hopes and experiences of asylum seekers and refugees in the UK, and the organisations providing services to them, especially in relation to justice, homelessness and poverty

We want to make sure that we reach to as many potential candidates as possible and that we make the process very accessible so we will be running two ‘info’ sessions where interested people can come and find out more about the role, the work of the Good Practice and Partnerships team and the application process.

Please find further information on these sessions, and advice and information on how to apply by following the link to our Jobs page on the Refugee Action website.

Those with lived experience as a refugee are encouraged to apply.

Closing date: 29th November

Interviews: 14th December (Remote interviews)

Bury VCFA/Beacon is seeking an experienced Administrator, preferably from a health or social care environment

Key Tasks include –

• acting as a first point of contact for clients, members and partners;
• providing general admin and clerical support to the staff team;
• updating and maintaining databases; 
• drafting routine correspondence;
• handling post and emails;
• researching and providing reports and information to the team as required.
• assist with social-media and preparation/circulation of VCFA newsletters and e-bulletins, upon request
• assist with maintenance of the organisational database, Simply Connect, ensuring it is accurate and up-to-date;
• ensure that referrals to the Beacon Service are dealt with in a timely manner including co-ordinating appointments/diaries and providing follow-up contact with clients

Experience of charity/nonprofit work is an advantage but not a requirement

The Prince’s Trust is looking for an experienced individual giving fundraiser, to manage our individual supporter programme. This role will be managing income for the whole individual support programme, putting in place the essentials to allow for future growth, and recruiting new donors while deepening support with our current donors. This role will be line managing an individual supporter executive.

The Prince’s Trust is ambitious to grow our unrestricted income, and this role will be essential for that. You will be leading a small programme, with the aim to transforming it so that we have a significant larger, more sustainable income which can meet the long term need to support more young people. You will be working closely with colleagues in our legacy and mass events teams to maximise life time value from our supporters.

The successful candidate will be experienced in delivering direct marketing and multi-channel campaigns; able to create new products from scratch to create growth – not being scared to take the charity into totally new markets and spaces; have a good knowledge of the individual giving charity market; be supporter focused – able to respond to the needs of supporters; be able to use data and insight to make informed decisions, and build business cases; be able to work with multiple internal stakeholders to ensure that processes and infrastructure work to create world class supporter experience; experienced in testing, learning and scaling fundraising products; understanding of the role of branding and propositions in driving IG.

Our Fundraising team are looking for someone who has experience in principle giving campaigns and will bring excellent donor insight and strategic thinking as our new Campaign Prospect Development Lead.

As we launch our new £150m campaign in the run-up to our 50th anniversary in 2026, this role will be responsible for implementing the prospect research strategy, working with our Campaign Board members to network map their contacts as well as generating the insight and analysis required to drive performance so we meet our ambitious income targets. 

Ideally, you will have extensive prospect research experience including using a fundraising CRM database for prospect management and understanding of how to conduct due diligence in line with our Ethical Fundraising Policy. We are looking for someone who has exceptional communication skills, confidence in working with senior stakeholders and shows strong leadership in driving action and problem-solving within tight timeframes.

Perks for working at The Trust:

• Great holiday package! 30 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays. Office closure the days between Christmas and New Year
• Fantastic Family leave! Receive 13 weeks full pay and 13 weeks half pay for maternity and adoption leave. Receive 8 weeks full pay for paternity leave.
• Flexible working! Where operationally possible, you can work hours to fit in with, school hours or care arrangements for example and you can also work from home.
• Interest-free season ticket loans
• Benefits platform! Everything from health and financial wellbeing support to discounts on your favourite restaurants, shops and cinemas
• In-house learning platform! Develop your skills for your career and your role
• The Trust will contribute 5% of your salary to the Trust Pension Scheme
• You can volunteer for and/or attend events – music festivals, The Prince’s Trust Awards, active events etc.
• Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary)

This is your chance to join an amazing team that works to reform economics education around the world and play a huge part in bringing our international movement together for only the second time. We are excited to launch our search for our next International Gatherings Organiser

Role title: International Gatherings Organiser

Rethinking Economics International.

Rethinking Economics (RE) is an international network working to build a better economics in society and the classroom. We started as a student movement in 2012 and have since grown to become a registered charity with a 10-person staff team. Through a mixture of campaigning, events and projects, Rethinking Economics International supports over 100 groups in over 30 countries around the world, alongside thousands of supportive members of the public, to reform the university economics curriculum to make it more pluralist, critical and applicable to the real world.

We have organised one International Gathering in 2018 and where we brought together our movement of economics and related subject students together to think about strategy and develop a sense of community. The International Gathering that the successful candidate will organise will be modelled on this event.

Rethinking Economics International is undertaking an exciting transition process in which we are developing and expanding the future of the organisation. We will be accepting candidates from the UK, Germany and candidates based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The successful candidate will plan and deliver an international gathering of 70 attendees in Paris and possibly one other location, with the support of the staff team. 

What we’re looking for

Someone who has experience in designing and facilitating training and networking events, particularly in a student or community organising setting. You will be passionate about the need to reform economics education and for developing leadership in movements. 

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion

We are committed to providing equality and fairness for all and not to discriminate on grounds of gender, marital status, race, ethnic origin, colour, nationality, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, mental health, religion or age. We encourage and celebrate the different qualities that our colleagues, and others we work with, bring to our work. And we believe that seeing things from a wide range of different perspectives helps us to resolve problems, adapt our approaches and develop as an organisation. We want to bring greater diversity to our team and we’re keen to hear what you think you’ll bring from your own background and experience (beyond your professional skills and knowledge). 

Terms & Conditions

Reporting to: Co-Director: Networks

Starting salary: £25,857 - £27,885 per annum pro rata for 4 or 5 days a week. Equivalent figures for Germany or South Africa currency will be calculated using the exchange rate on the day of offer. Any offer made will be non-negotiable.

Start date: January/February 2022 

Contract type: 9 months with possible extension.

Hours: 4 or 5 days a week based on 7 hours per day. Regular evening and weekend work will be necessary from time to time, for which time off in lieu can be claimed. We support flexible working across the whole team. 

Benefits: Statutory pension increasing to 5% matched from April 2021 (only applicable to the UK candidates, negotiable for candidates based elsewhere), minimum 25 days holiday pro rata in addition to winter break between Christmas and New Year, access to bespoke economics education, person centred training opportunities, yearly cost of living increase.

Location and Travel: The role will require regular international travel to events or to our or one of our partners offices. Any work-related travel will be reimbursed, not including commuting.

For UK based applications – Remote/Flexible 

For South Africa based applications –Office based/Flexible. You will need to be within commutable distance to Institute of Economic Justice, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein, Johannesburg.

For Germany based applications – Remote/Flexible. Our partners are ZOE. Institute for future-fit economies, Thomas-Mann-Str. 36, 53111 Bonn, Germany. For those seeking an office role, candidates will need to be based near or commutable to Bonn. Remote roles can be based anywhere in Germany but you will be required to travel to Bonn on average once per month.

Purpose of the Role: 

To plan and deliver an International Gathering of up to 70 of our members that combines training, networking and peer learning.

Responsibilities

Main Areas of Responsibility

• Designing the strategy and project plan of the International Gathering in collaboration with the Co-Director: Networks

• Project managing the event including monitoring and evaluation

• Designing the schedule for the event and co-creating sessions with the Staff Team, network and other external partners

• Overseeing the logistics of the event (travel, budget, venue) with the support of the staff team

• Facilitating and leading on large sections of the event

Person Specification - Key Skills and Experience

The role profile asks for a wide range of competencies and we recognise that we are unlikely to find a candidate who fits every requirement. If you fit some of the essential and/or desirable criteria and believe you have the potential to learn the other areas of the role, we’d like to hear from you. A strong background in economics, organising, movement building and event organising would be of great advantage.

International Gathering Organiser - Technical Competencies & Experiences

Essential

Experience of facilitating meetings 

Experience of conference organising or training events

Experience of working with student or youth organisations / campaigns

Familiarity with key debates surrounding economics education

A good understanding of Organising strategies and tactics

An understanding of leadership development

Experience project managing large in person events

Desirable

Experience of working with external partners to co-design an event

A deep understanding of anti-oppression work and how it relates to events

An understanding of movement and organisational strategy and how these events are

Experience of monitoring and evaluation

Economics 

An interest and understanding of economics, particularly a knowledge of alternative and pluralist economics

A passion to reform the economics discipline

Essential Values and Behaviours 

Commitment to RE’s Values of Justice & Fairness, Diversity & Inclusion and Collaboration.

Ability to adapt to a constantly evolving environment and a movement that is growing

Self-reflective, willing to listen and consider other points of view.

Ambitious, dynamic and energetic, constantly reflecting on RE’s effectiveness and

seeking ways to improve our impact.

A critical and strategic thinker, able to both see the big picture and have an eye for

detail.

Ability to excite others for a given topic or project.

Ability to work in a self-directed, independent way.

Essential Organisational Competencies & Experiences

Ability to bring together colleagues from different teams to work on projects or initiatives, or creating networks who work in partnership with us to support our work and aims.

Ability to manage own workload to meet agreed deadlines and standards with minimal day-to-day supervision.

Ability to identify good working practices, apply to your own work and to teams that you work in