Education And Training Manager Jobs in Westminster, Greater London
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You will oversee the annual programme of BJAA trainings in collaboration with the Training (TC), the Postgraduate Committee (PGC) and New Approaches to Theory (NAT) group. You will also oversee selection coordination for Intensive, Modified Entry Scheme and psychotherapy trainings.
Essential criteria
The successful candidates will be able to demonstrate some aspects of the following. Please download our JD for full essential and desirable criteria:
· A clinical qualification in Jungian analysis, psychoanalytic or psychodynamic therapy with an openness to Jungian approaches.
· Commitment to growing and developing excellent trainings.
· Willingness to develop new ideas and work collaboratively with other training directors.
· Commitment to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion
· Good general computer literacy including competency in Microsoft Office, databases, Zoom and Microsoft Teams, and the ability to be self-supporting;
Desirable criteria
· Some experience of teaching, delivering education and/or supervision would be beneficial, however not essential.
· Some experience of delivering a service (training or clinical), managing a budget or working within teams that helds budgets would be beneficial, however not essential.
A DBS check will be undertaken by the bpf.
As part of our due diligence checks we will consider anything in the public domain related to your conduct or professional capacity. This will include us undertaking searches of previous public statements and social media, blogs or any other publicly available information. This information may be made available to the panel, and they may wish to explore issues with you should you be invited to interview.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
With the recent publication of the first national Kinship Care Strategy, this is an exciting time to join our growing and impact driven charity. Importantly, you’ll be committed to our mission to improve recognition and support for kinship families, and you’ll be ready to play an integral role in creating a system that works for kinship families so they are more able to find the support they need, when they need it.
Kinship is seeking to recruit an experienced individual to lead on developing strategic relationships with partners to support the successful delivery of our new national Kinship Carer Training and Support Service, funded by the Department for Education.
This role will suit a proactive and dynamic individual with the ability to plan and deliver a national approach to map organisations and services that are in contact with kinship families, develop effective relationships, and create referral pathways into the Training and Support Service. Working with a range of stakeholders including schools, healthcare providers, national and local charities, and cultural and faith organisations, you will help connect the ecosystem of support for kinship families across England.
Excellent communication and presentation skills, accurate and timely use of our Salesforce CRM, effective collaboration across teams within Kinship and excellent attention to detail will be key to achieving our goals.
What you'll be doing:
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Working with the Head of Network Development to plan and execute a new strategic approach to developing partnerships with relevant organisations
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Building an up-to-date and accurate picture of the organisations in contact with kinship families
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Leading on the development and ongoing management of partnerships across a wide range of organisations including education and health, charities and cultural and faith groups
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Establishing connections between partner organisations, the Training and Support team, peer support groups, Kinship’s services, and the wider ecosystem of kinship support
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Proactively using our Salesforce CRM database to record, collate, and analyse information to inform delivery and evidence effectiveness of your work
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Collaborating effectively with internal colleagues and external partners to collect and share information and to develop and deliver effective plans to reach and engage kinship carers
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Collaborating with the marketing team to develop integrated plans or reaching and promoting Kinship to key organisations
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Being a credible and knowledgeable face of Kinship, including preparing and delivering high quality presentations, in person and online, to raise awareness about the Training and Support Service and other services and programmes
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Promoting available resources including the online information hub, Kinship Compass to kinship carers
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Collaborating with partners to attend awareness raising workshops on the Training and Support Service, establish referral pathways, and improve signposting to support
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In collaboration with the training team, supporting the development and delivery of high quality and engaging training and support roadshows and events for kinship carers
What you’ll need to demonstrate:
Essential Requirements include:
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Experience of delivering a strategic engagement plan to develop strong, collaborative relationships with a range of stakeholders, ideally in a relevant role and organisation
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Experience of proactively and successfully identifying and securing new relationships, managing a pipeline, and account managing relationships
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Excellent project management skills with proven ability to work across teams and coordinate work and activity to achieve organisational objectives
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Ability to respond quickly and effectively to external opportunities and developments
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Excellent communication skills, with an ability to present information clearly, accurately, and persuasively
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Ability to represent Kinship confidently and effectively with a range of audiences
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Experience of using databases to manage and build relationships (ideally Salesforce)
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Experience of working in a fast-paced environment, responding with flexibility and agility to changing and competing priorities and emerging opportunities
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Able to work on own initiative and take responsibility for own area of work
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Ability to apply Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion Principles in all areas of work
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Empathetic, with an understanding of the lived experience of kinship carers and the children and young people they care for.
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Confident user of Word, Excel and PowerPoint
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Ability to travel to meet the needs of the role
Desirable
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Experience of kinship care
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Own vehicle and clean driving license
Kinship is an equal opportunities employer. We warmly welcome applications from appropriately qualified people from all sections of the community and aim to promote diversity.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Full or part-time from 4 days a week
As Grants Manager, you will be a member of the Biomedical Grants and Policy Department and will take oversight for the delivery of a sub-set of the Academy’s UK and international grants portfolio to support our strategy - notably our strategic priority to support the next generation of researchers to reach their full potential.
Working in a small team will give you the opportunity to develop line management skills, set and manage your budgets, and be directly involved in securing funding for our schemes.
You will keep abreast of developments in UK medical research funding policies and the wider career policy context to ensure that the Academy's grants schemes remain innovative, attractive and fit for purpose.
Benefits
- Salary progression framework.
- Hybrid and agile working.
- 29 days annual leave including Christmas closure dates, plus bank holidays.
- Pension (the Academy contributes 7.5% of gross salary to a pension scheme, with an employee contribution of 3%).
- Life assurance.
- Season ticket travel loan (interest free).
- Family friendly benefits (enhanced maternity and paternity leave, coaching for parents returning to work).
- Subscription to Headspace and Class pass.
- Staff training to support your development including EDI training.
For more information and to apply online, please visit our careers portal.
Closing date: 5.00pm on Friday, 19 April 2024.
Interview date: w/c 29 April 2024.
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We believe that a young person's success should be determined by the talents and abilities they have, not where they come from.
Improving social mobility is a team effort and we work in partnership with UK plc including Barclays LifeSkills, KPMG, M&G plc, Mace and the NHS to spark interest and engage young people from underserved communities to think big about their futures.
- Could you be our new Programme Manager, ready for the next step in your career?
- Can you imagine yourself managing several high-profile employability campaigns with some of the UK's best known businesses?
If you share our values of ambition, inquistiveness and equity and inclusion, and want to work in a team that supports 50,000+ young people build their skills and confidence every year... read on...
What you will be doing in this role
You’ll be a brilliant project manager, putting building relationships at the heart of your work. You like be organised and enjoy working in partnership with a variety of people and implementing practical solutions to meet your goals.
You could be supporting some of our longest running and successful partnerships helping young people discover exciting opportunities across industries such as healthcare, technology, construction and the financial services.
You can balance competing priorities and deadlines to keep projects moving towards their goals and are comfortable making decisions after gathering insight and information from colleagues and partners.
Key areas of responsiblity
- Multiple projects management
- Team management for programme delivery
- Systems and administrative processes for operational delivery
- Building exceptional relationships
- Evaluation and reporting
You will bring the following experiences:
- Track record of managing multiple projects with a variety of stakeholders from the public and commercial sector
- Direct line management of staff
- Track record of achieving targets and objectives
- Use of IT, data, and systems to operate efficient programmes, evaluate and measure their success
- Monitoring and evaluation of outcomes to assess impact
- Budget and resource monitoring
- Understanding of and interest in educational programmes
You will have the following skills:
- Excellent written communications and speaking and listening skills
- Confident using MS packages including Teams, PowerPoint, Forms, Excel and Word and comfortable using technology to enhance our activities.
- Planning and organisation
- Problem-solving
- Decision-making
Salary: £35,000
Annual leave: 28 days + Bank Holidays
Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours pw (part-time hours min 22.5 pw)
Contract: Permanent
Place of work: Hybrid
You do not need to live in London for this role. You will be working from home (IT equipment provided), with 2-3 individual days per month on average in London for team together days in a co-working space (please consider this as a commutable distance as these are considered commuting days.
We are interested in hearing from candidates who are seeking part-time working. Please note this in your application.
You can submit a covering letter with your CV.
For our safer recruitment processes, CVs must cover all work history since leaving education - please provide a note outlining any gaps in employment.
While we encourage the use of innovative technology in our work, we want to hear your voice and personality in your application. We will check applications for use of AI generated text.
Successful applicants will need to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the role, including completing our Safer Recruitment process, references from past employers and Disclosure and Barring Service checks.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About the team
The Digital team was created in 2022, with aims including ‘to update our use of systems so that they better meet our needs, provide answers more quickly and easily, and increase the robustness and efficiency of the ways we use data’ as well as to ‘help us change the way we work, not just the systems we use.’
Until now a one-person team, we are adding the CRM and Analytics Manager role to provide a greater focus for development of our key data systems, and to meet increased demand from across Impetus as we drive use of CRM. The team works cross-organisationally, providing development for, collaborating via established working groups with, all teams within Impetus.
About this role
We are looking for a talented professional with a passion for maximising the value of data, who is looking to join an organisation where they can put their skills to use across all aspects of our operations. You will join at a key time to develop and embed our work in this area, providing key support to all of our teams as well as expanding and improving the range of data available to us.
You will lead on the development, administration, and staff engagement with, and training on, our Salesforce CRM system. This will include data from, and collaboration with, all departments of Impetus, including our donors and prospects, our collaboration with partner charities, and our communications with email audiences. You will also manage the relationship with our existing Salesforce partner agency, drawing on them for additional support resource and coordinating broader development projects.
You will also aggregate, visualise, and draw relevant insight from data across our systems, including Salesforce, Google Analytics, and our social media platforms. In time, we will look to combine our own data with other external and open data. Since Impetus is in the early stages of making the best use of this cross-systems, cross-organisational data, you will have broad freedom and responsibility to set the overall direction of development, in collaboration with relevant teams, as well as the specific dashboards and other outputs that you create.
The successful candidate will have experience developing and drawing value from Salesforce, including both technical development and collaborating closely with teams to drive engagement and best practice. You will also have experience of working with a broad range of data to produce high quality visual and analytic outputs and a commitment to enabling data-driven decision-making.
This position requires someone that can collaborate with a wide variety of teams as well as frequently working independently and with a high degree of autonomy. You will be able to own CRM for an impactful, curious, and growing organisation, as well as providing it with the usable insight it craves to further grow and deliver impact.
Key responsibilities
CRM:
- Own the development and administration of our Salesforce system
- Work with all teams at Impetus to maximise their engagement with Salesforce and provide relevant training
- Collaborate with our Salesforce support partner to leverage additional administration, and development project, resource
- Gather information and data to identify business requirements and processes for adding to, or further developing on, Salesforce.
- Evaluate technical solutions in terms of meeting business requirements.
- Work closely with stakeholders, including the project team, to ensure requirements are fully and accurately understood.
- Collaborate with the Comms team to ensure we are making the most effective and efficient use of Pardot for our email lists.
- Develop reporting within Salesforce.
- Answer staff queries and ad hoc requests.
Analytics:
- Lead the development, and administration of our data integration and transformation and Data Warehouse systems
- Lead the development of our organisational reporting (initial development in Domo, but likewise open to moving to e.g. PowerBI)
- Working with the Comms team, developing and reporting from Google Analytics
- Identifying and using open data, for example from government departments around employment and education
Collaboration:
- Aiding the development of a culture of data literacy and data-driven decision-making across Impetus
- Working with charity partners to develop foundational data and reporting capabilities
- Working with third parties providing data and insight to our partners or the wider sector
Person specification
Essential
- Advanced knowledge of, and significant experience with, Salesforce development in a professional context
- Significant experience of collaborating closely with varied stakeholders to determine requirements, evaluate solutions, and plan development
- Demonstrated ability to manage and interpret varied datasets to inform strategic decision-making
- Knowledge of reporting tools, for example PowerBI or Domo, together with a track record of creating dashboards and driving their adoption
- Knowledge of SQL
- Experience with MS Office suite
- Strong attention to detail with a clear and diligent working approach.
- Ability to work independently and use initiative to manage a busy and varied workload
- Excellent project management and planning skills, including effective contingency planning and responsibility for managing actions, people and priorities.
- A proactive and solutions focussed approach
- Experience working with agencies and partners
- Excellent team player, willing to work flexibly and collaboratively to respond to changing organisational needs/priorities
- Excellent written and oral communications skills with the ability to communicate effectively in a range of formats to a range of audiences (e.g. reports, presentations)
- A commitment to Impetus’ mission
- A commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion
Desirable
- Knowledge of Snowflake, Python, Google Analytics 4
- Significant experience of Salesforce administration
- Experience with cross-system automation tools e.g. Zapier, Power Automate
- Experience scraping and using open data
- Experience working in the charity or not-for-profit sector
Our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion
We believe that a diverse workforce leads to an organisation that is more open, creative and gets better results.
We want our team at Impetus to represent the diversity of the people and communities we serve. We also want our team to be one where different experiences, expertise and perspectives are valued, and where everyone isencouraged to grow and develop.
We want to reach a diverse pool of candidates. We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that potential employees may need to in order to be successful.
We recognise the importance of a good work/life balance. We do everything we can to accommodate flexible working, including working from home, working part-time job shares and other arrangements.
Please just let us know in your application or at any stage throughout the process (and beyond) if these are options you’d like to explore.
Impetus is an equal opportunity employer and is determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, race, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, or marital status. We value diversity and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.
How to apply
Click on the URL link below
You will need to:
- Complete the online form (including the equal opportunities monitoring form)
- Upload a comprehensive CV and supporting statement.
The supporting statement should be no more than two sides of A4 and should address the criteria in the person specification.
You should also include the contact details of two referees, one of whom must be your current or most recent employer. Referees will only be approached with your express permission.
As part of our commitment to flexible working we will consider a range of options for the successful applicant. All options can be discussed at interview stage.
The deadline for applications is 9am Monday 15 April 2024
Interviews
First round interviews will take place: 23 and 24 April 2024
Second round interviews will take place: w/c 29 April 2024
You will also be required to provide proof of your eligibility to work in the UK.
Personal Data
Your personal data will be shared for the purposes of the recruitment exercise. This includes our HR team, interviewers (who may include other partners in the project and independent advisors), relevant team managers and our IT service provider if access to the data is necessary for performance of their roles. We do not share your data with other third parties, unless your application for employment is successful and we make you an offer of employment. We will then share your data with former employers to obtain references for you. We do not transfer your data outside the European Economic Area.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Systems Training and Support Officer
Location: Agile working
Contract: Permanent, subject to funding
Hours: 32 hours/4 days working per week
Starting salary: £27,445
Who we are
Safer London is a charity working with young Londoners and families who are affected by violence and exploitation. We believe that when a child or young person comes to us they are just that – a child or a young person: we don’t define them by the issue that has brought them to us. By working alongside young Londoners, their families and peers in the places where they spend their time, we can create a safe London not just for them but for everyone.
Who you are
Would you like to make a difference to the lives of Young Londoners?
Do you enjoy helping people get the best out of online systems, designing and delivering high quality training and resources?
Do you have the expertise to provide support to users of case recording systems?
If so, you might be just who we are looking for!
If you are committed and resilient, and believe you have what it takes to help us to improve the lives of young Londoners and their families please apply.
What the role involves
Key responsibilities
1. Ensuring that there are regular training opportunities for both new starters and those requiring refresher sessions or updates when new functions or forms are released.
2. Running system training drop-in sessions to assist with queries / hear feedback, and relaying information from these to the Information Governance and IT manager.
3. Working with the Learning and Development Coordinator to establish an evaluation method and implement this to enable us to assess the effectiveness of each training session and using this to improve future delivery.
4. Produce effective training materials and guidance documents, and develop and maintain a training area on our case recording system, including the creation of dummy forms and files for new users to access and use as a training sandbox.
5. Producing and maintaining a catalogue of training resources, ensuring links to practice-based guidance are established and maintained.
6. Performing case recording system changes to forms and lists as directed by the Information Governance and IT Manager
7. Support the Data Reporting and System Support Lead with regards to user administration and user support at times of absence and increased need
8. Supporting with training on additional systems directed by the Information Governance and IT Manager, including on the efficient use of SharePoint and Teams
9. Developing training courses for various systems, using our LMS (currently Rise)
10. Acting at all times in line with safeguarding legislation and guidance in addition to Safer London’s practice guidelines and wider pan-London processes and protocols.
11. Undertaking any other duties as required and commensurate with the level of this post.
Additional Information
Safer London is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect anyone who works and volunteers with us to share this commitment. As part of this commitment we will request a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) check, as well as references covering the last five years, for the successful candidates.
We value diversity and encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We know that in order to make London a safer place for the young people that live here we need a diverse range of perspectives, experience, and knowledge.
What we offer
Safer London continually reviews its pay and we currently offer the following benefits package to all our employees:
• Agile working. This means you have will have the flexibility to work in different locations including from home, our office in Southwark and/or community locations (libraries/co-working spaces) when you are not delivering face to face work in the community.
• Flexible Working: our Flexible Working Policy allows requests to work flexibly from the start of your employment.
• A contributory Pension Scheme.
• Interest-free Season Ticket Loans.
• A Cycle to Work Scheme.
• A Mental Health Helpline.
• Death in Service Benefit.
• Opportunities to develop and progress your career, including an extensive programme of courses and acting up/additional responsibilities roles.
• An initial Annual Leave allowance of 28 days holiday, rising to 30 days after 3 years and 33 days after 5 years, plus bank holidays and other statutory holidays; part time employees receive a pro-rata entitlement.
Sound good? Here’s how to apply
To apply for this role, complete the online Webrecruit application form which can also be accessed via the Safer London website or for further information about this role and working for Safer London, please refer to the Job Pack. Please complete the online application form and submit it as soon as possible: Safer London runs a rolling recruitment process which means that applications are shortlisted and invited for interview within one week of receipt. As soon as a suitable candidate is found no further applications will be considered.
Please make sure you find the Job Description on the left-hand side of the Webrecruit page after you click ‘Apply Now’ or find it on Safer London’s Website.
As part of the online application, you will be required to confirm you have read our Privacy and Cookie Policy and Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy.
Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, or experience any technical issues when trying to access and/or complete
the online application form, please find our contact information in the Job Pack.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Please note that we don’t accept CVs.
Safer London is not a sponsoring organisation for foreign nationals, and you must be able to show proof that you have permission to live and work in the UK in order to be considered for this role.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We’re an award-winning charity that runs local learning centres in the heart of communities where the young people we
support live. Our centres provide an innovative education programme which includes practical learning support and
motivational and confidence-building activities for children and young people aged 7-18. Our aim is to inspire students from
the least advantaged neighbourhoods to broaden their horizons and achieve their full potential.
As the UK’s leading university access organisation, our staff team is helping thousands of young people each year.
From Spring 2024 we will have forty-three centres and extension projects across England and Scotland, with a
number of new centres planned for 2023-24, and ambitious plans to scale-up our provision further over the coming years.
We are looking for people who will thrive in a fast-paced, rewarding role helping to change the lives of young people by taking up a fixed-term full-time role as an Education Worker at one of our centres in London. You will work closely with our existing team, supporting the delivery and organisation of the IntoUniversity programme in the centre.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
BACKGROUND
Over the past 90 years, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has developed unparalleled expertise in responding to emergencies and helping uprooted communities to rebuild. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. The IRC is on the ground in more than 40 countries, providing emergency relief, relocating refugees and rebuilding lives in the wake of disaster.
The IRC is committed to a culture of bold leadership, innovation in all aspects of our work, creative partnerships and, most crucially, accountability to those we serve. The IRC is a tireless advocate for the most vulnerable.
IRC UK
IRC UK is part of the IRC global network, which has its global headquarters in New York. Our team in the UK works to raise the profile, deliver policy, and practice change, and increase funding to help restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Since 2021, IRC UK has also provided integration services directly to refugees in England, a programme that is rapidly growing.
IRC Education Programming UK
IRC has been delivering education programmes in the UK since May 2022. This consists of the Healing Classrooms Programme (and its various iterations) and the Healing Spaces programme. The Healing Classrooms programme delivers trauma-informed training to schools and teachers to help them better support refugee and asylum-seeking students. The Healing Spaces programme is similar but provides training to volunteers and staff that support refugee and asylum-seeking youth outside of school settings.
The Purpose of the Role
Key Working Relationships:
The position reports to the Education Manager, UK. The position supervises the Education Officer. The Senior Education Officer also works closely with and receives technical guidance from RAI education technical units and the senior integration officer, as well as the grant management team.
Key Accountabilities
Programme design and delivery
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Lead Healing Classrooms design processes that ensure programmes are aligned to IRC’s Outcomes to Evidence framework, evidence-based, and appropriate to context to maximize impact.
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Lead on the delivery of all Healing Classrooms programmes, including in-person and online.
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Take an innovative and leading role in creating resources and webpage updates.
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Continue to improve and adapt the Healing Classrooms programme to meet the needs of schools, councils, and educators in the UK.
Coordination and management
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Manage the Healing Classrooms Education Officer.
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Meet regularly with staff, and partners to assess progress toward objectives, discuss issues and assist in finding solutions to identified challenges.
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Update the education manager regularly on progress.
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Analyse data emerging from the education program and ensure that this analysis informs programming.
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Engage effectively with IRC staff (comms, procurement etc.) to ensure effective delivery and promotion of the programme.
External Relations
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Develop effective working relationships with key partners – including NGOs
and civil society, public authorities at the national and local levels and education institutions.
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Identify and develop strategic partnerships with UK partners for education programming
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Support in the development of new business opportunities to allow the portfolio to grow and develop;
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Essential
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Progressively responsible relevant work experience, esp. in the implementation of education projects in support of asylum seekers, refugees, and migrants
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Solid understanding of the UK education system and challenges for students with immigrant backgrounds.
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Experience teaching in a UK school is preferred but not essential.
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Professional written and oral communication skills in English
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Experience crafting non-traditional, innovative programming and creating suitable
organisational structures; strong proposal writing skills.
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Proven diplomatic and networking skills: the ability to effectively handle a variety of internal and external relationships including with education sector leaders and government staff;
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Ability to respond to multiple priorities promptly, producing high-quality outcomes.
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Ability to travel occasionally to the service delivery area.
You must have the right to work in the UK. We will be closing this advertisement early if we get high turn out for this role. Salary for this role is £43,400 per annum pro rota , 6 month contract, possibility to a extension. Full time.
The application deadline for this role is 4th of April 2024.
IRC UK strives to be an equal opportunities employer. IRC-UK is committed to equality of opportunity and to non-discrimination for all job applicants and employees, and we seek to ensure diversity inour workforceregardless ofgender, race, religious beliefs, nationality, ethnic/national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability.
IRC UK welcomes applications from all candidates, including underrepresented groups and refugees who have the right to work in the UK.
IRC UK will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application and/or interview process, and for essential job functions if appointed to a role. Please contact us if you may need such adjustments.
Main Purpose of the Job
- To design, deliver and manage a structured education programme to schools, alternative education settings, youth organisations, corporate volunteers and our community.
- To engage with the local community by providing outdoor and indoor learning and environmental events and activities for children and young people.
- To market the educational opportunities of Vauxhall City Farm to schools and organisations in Lambeth and targeted London Boroughs and to maintain strong working relationships with schools and partners.
Main Responsibilities:
- To promote, deliver and staff a range of educational programmes at Vauxhall City Farm around the areas of farming, animal care, food production, wellbeing and environmental and sustainability themes.
- To develop and run programmes in line with the National Curriculum that meet the needs of specific audiences with a focus on under-represented audiences and those with complex needs.
- To lead on the facilitation of inclusive, interactive and engaging workshops.
- To design and conduct formative and summative assessment to measure the impact of our educational programmes.
- To use assessment and data to report on the impact of programmes for funders and trustees. - To recruit and manage educational staff and sessional workers.
- To build and maintain relationships with schools, educational organisations and community groups in Lambeth and the surrounding boroughs.
- To create educational resources for programmes at Vauxhall City Farm.
- To manage the administration of educational programmes and bookings.
- To design, develop and manage outreach programmes to schools and organisations.
- To attend education related meetings representing Vauxhall City Farm with or in lieu of Deputy CEO.
- To work closely with the Events and Marketing team on publicity and marketing of education programmes, events and activities.
- To work with other staff to improve and maintain the interpretation of the farm, to enable a wide audience.
- To follow all Vauxhall City Farm policies and procedures, especially equal opportunities, health and safety and child protection.
- To ensure that all Health and Safety requirements visiting groups are implemented and adhered to.
- To ensure high levels of Safeguarding of children and young people in accordance with our safeguarding policy.
- To work flexible hours, including some evenings and weekends.
- Other duties as require
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Education Programmes and Partnerships Lead
The organisation has received an exciting round of funding that is allowing it to offer training and resources for free to schools in Bradford.
We are looking for a creative and driven individual who is passionate about the power of stories to improve children’s wellbeing and has a good understanding of children’s wellbeing and literacy.
Position: Education Lead
Location: Remote (frequent travel to support schools in Bradford)
Hours: Full time (possibility to negotiate a flexible contract such as 4 day a week role or term-time working)
Salary: £33,500 - £40,000 per annum pro rata dependent on experience
Contract: Fixed Term Contract, with possibility of extension
Benefits: 5% pension contribution, 27 days holiday (rising by 1 day per year of employment) plus bank holidays.
Closing Date: 22nd April 2024
Interview Date: End of April/ Start of May
The Role
You will be joining a social enterprise that provides teachers with training and resources so they can use popular, diverse and engaging stories to teach children skills that will help improve their wellbeing whilst enhancing their literacy.
This is a small organisation, so we are looking for someone who is excited about the job description, but who is also interested in learning more about all aspects of running a social enterprise and keen to support the strategy and growth beyond their job role.
Key responsibilities include:
Story Project Training and School Partnerships
· Effectively represent and promote the organisation to school leaders, teachers and other stakeholders.
· Ensure a smooth initial launch of the Project in every school.
· Organise and conduct training for schools.
· Through regular visits to and network meetings with schools, provide on-going embedded professional learning and support to teachers throughout the year as needed.
· Proactively monitor school’s adherence/fidelity to the organisations model, taking proactive action to resolve problems that arise.
· As a new school year approaches, secure commitments from returning schools and find and target new schools to join the programme
Story Project Programme Development
· Oversee the curriculum, making sure resources are up to date.
· Make changes to the curriculum and resources based on feedback from schools.
· Oversee the creation of new resources on topics that can further support children’s wellbeing.
About You
You will be passionate about all aspects of running a social enterprise and keen to support the strategy and growth beyond your own job. You will have experience of providing engaging and impactful training sessions, with a creative approach to planning resources. A highly motivated individual with excellent interpersonal and organisational skills, you will have a proven track record of leading projects in education or a related field and experience of building effective relationships and stakeholder management.
You will also have/be:
· Strength in both written and verbal communication
· Proven ability to work independently
· Self-starter and quick learner
· Ability to adapt and embrace a changing environment
· Ability to drive and access to a car for work purposes
You will be asked to submit your CV (maximum 2 A4 sides) and a covering letter to (maximum 1 side of A4) which should detail:
· Your experience related to the job description.
· Your relevant experience and why you’re interested in this role at this point in your career.
· Your ability to be resilient when things are not going the way you thought, including clear examples of past experiences.
· Tell us about how our organisational mission is in line with your values.
As a social enterprise that values and celebrates people's diversity and champions opportunities for all young people, the organisation are keen to receive applications from people who have experienced disadvantage and from those who are of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities who are currently underrepresented in the organisation.
All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service disclosure. Copies of the Safeguarding Policy and Safer Recruitment Policy are available on request.
You may also have experience in areas such as Education Lead, Education Project Manager, Story Project Manager, Story Project Lead, School Partnerships Lead, School Partnerships Officer, Story, Story Telling, Story Project, Education Project, Education Programme, Training, Trainer, Teacher, Teaching Assistant, Primary Teacher, School Teacher, EYF, Early Years, Nursery, Nursery Nurse.
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
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We are Made in Hackney
Made in Hackney started life in 2012 as a community cookery school working across London with the mission of tackling the climate crisis, health inequalities and bringing communities together using the power of plants. We provide diverse culinary education, inspiration and support networks needed to ensure no one is left behind in the transition to a plant-centred, planet-friendly diet.
When you join Made In Hackney – you become part of a pivotal movement where a new type of food culture is being formed with care, compassion and justice at its core.
We are seeking a highly motivated and strategically minded individual to become our Operations Manager. You will have experience of working in a senior role in the areas of operations, HR and governance. You will help the charity comply with health and safety requirements, safeguarding best practice and data protection and lead in developing organisational policies.
You will have a passion and flair for improving operational processes and efficiency, administering CRMs, and monitoring and evaluation to ensure we operate in the most effective way. You will not shy away from problem solving operational challenges and thrive in supporting the core team (of 10 staff) to ensure the smooth running and ongoing development of the organisation. We appreciate you may not have all the experience outlined in each category below but if you excel in a few key areas please still apply.
The experience of working for Made in Hackney is varied, unique and rewarding. There is plenty of room for the successful candidate to be creative and bring new ideas for developing services.
Responsibilities include:
HR & Training
- Lead the organisation’s HR function, keeping abreast of latest guidance in employment law and HR legislation and act as the lead liaison with Croner external HR support;
- Ensure employment practice is legally compliant and fair (including management of recruitment, selection and onboarding, flexible working, diversity & equal opportunity, disciplinary/grievance, termination), with a focus on being a fully inclusive employer;
- Oversee monthly staff salary payment and coordinate with external payroll provider;
- Oversee arrangement and monitoring of staff training and lead on implementing staff wellbeing initiatives eg. socials, team building days etc;
- Coordinate regular team meetings and arrange meeting venues where necessary, to ensure effective communication and mutual support.
- Oversee any organisational structure reviews and ensuring a system is in place for staff to receive regular and motivational feedback, and feel supported and able to perform their role;
- Review, update and create risk assessments and organisational policies on a regular basis to incorporate latest government guidance and legislation (eg. Health & Safety, Safeguarding) and ensuring they are reviewed by the Board on a regular basis;
- Lead on organisation’s DBS process, supporting core team to keep an overview of outstanding DBS checks needed in their project teams;
- Act as MIH’s Safeguarding Lead – conducting regular reviews of safeguarding policy and procedures, overseeing safeguarding training for staff and volunteers and completing regular refresher training to comply with best practice;
- Data Protection Lead - ensuring Data Protection Policy is updated and adhered to by everyone in the organisation, regularly updating and responding to any data breaches;
Salesforce Admin
- To be the main point of contact for technical support and training needs for core users, and to develop the Salesforce platform to improve organisational efficiency, relationship management and income generation. Training will be provided to support this role.
- Act as the system administrator and manage admin functions including assigning new users, creating reports, dashboards, surveys and application forms etc;
- Onboard and train new users, and grow level of expertise among the core team;
- Implement custom features when new work streams/programmes are set up and as organisational needs grow;
- Oversee support partnership with external technical support and training provider.
- Support the Fundraising Manager and Community Programmes Manager with the creation of reports and dashboards in salesforce to present programme outcomes for funder and trustee reports and the MIH Annual Report;
- App Integration – use apps such as Mailchimp and 123 Form Builder (survey software) and integrate with Salesforce
Governance and Strategy
- Participate in team meetings and contribute to Leadership Team meetings where appropriate.
- Contribute to strategic discussions on the future path of the organisation.
- Lead support to Board of Trustees assisting Chair with trustee meeting, keeping Charity Commission website updated, and assisting with trustee recruitment, induction and training, and board reviews etc;
- Act as the lead staff team representative on Resource & Remuneration board sub-committee
Venue Management
MIH has a part time Venue Manager who is responsible for the general upkeep and maintenance of the ‘Liberty Hall’ kitchen venue. The Operations Manager will oversee them and support on key areas of venue management in the following ways:
- Manage relationship with venue partner ‘Clapton Commons’ to ensure key services of venue are running smoothly and represent MIH in oversight committee meetings;
- Ensure venue and office equipment is safe to use and repaired/replaced/PAT tested in a timely manner;
- Ensure venue meets latest Health & Safety requirements, Fire Safety Standards and is fully accessible;
- Support acquisition of new kitchen equipment when required, such as ovens, hobs etc either from a donated source or purchased from a supplier;
Finance
- Organise quarterly budget meetings between core delivery team and Finance Manager to go through budget and expenditure;
- Ensure finance team understands the requirements and deadlines of board meetings and provide reminders to them for preparing the required financial reporting.
Apply with a CV outlining your career history and relevant experience for the role and a cover letter outlining what has attracted you to apply for the role of Operations Manager at Made In Hackney and what makes you the right candidate for the role.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Who we are:
Muslim Aid is a UK faith-based international development organisation that provides support to communities around the world affected by disasters, conflict, or endemic poverty without regard to their social, religious, or ethnic background.
Established in 1985, Muslim Aid has facilitated the engagement of the British Muslim and non-Muslim community in support of its work in a variety of ways. Over the years, its humanitarian work has included responses to major crises around the world including, famine in East Africa, earthquakes and flooding in Pakistan and Bangladesh as well as conflicts in Syria and Yemen.
We place strong emphasis on long-term development projects that build the capacity of local people helping themselves. In addition to the 5 country offices worldwide we also work with multiple partner offices focusing on sustainable Development Programmes and providing humanitarian relief during times of crisis.
Summary of the role:
The Procurement & VFM Manager reports to the Head of Finance, serving as a technical lead on procurement and logistics matters. The role involves introducing, developing, and implementing best practices across our UK headquarters, providing technical support to Country Offices. The aim is to support Muslim Aid in delivering high-quality, accessible, and reliable emergency/humanitarian aid across its UK headquarters and Country Offices, involving challenging and encouraging engagement in the ongoing development of procurement and logistics systems, policies, procedures, and associated planning.
The post holder will manage the procurement and logistics framework and tools to strengthen the capabilities and knowledge of all stakeholders, ensuring the adoption of best practices and industry standards across global operations. Working closely with key stakeholders, the Procurement Manager will help identify and develop a robust system and framework across business operations to support ongoing logistics and procurement activities. The role also includes overseeing all education and training provided to staff, volunteers, consultants, and those associated with Muslim Aid.
About the Role:
- Manage and develop the procurement and logistics resource and strategy for UK headquarters, offering technical support to Country Offices for local strategy and planning aimed at strengthening local procurement capacity and resources.
- Assist and support UK and Country Office Focal Points, as well as wider staff, in establishing and developing local procurement networks to support local implementation
- Set up and maintain a supplier database, conduct relevant due diligence checks for Muslim Aid suppliers, partners and other stakeholders.
- Apply critical analysis to ensure that we meet and exceed our commitment to building a transparent, standardised, ethical and safe supply chain for all internal and external stakeholders and all those connected to Muslim Aid.
- Periodically review Muslim Aid’s Global Procurement policy and procedures, reporting mechanisms, risk registers and other procedures managed/supervised by UK and Country Office teams and partners.
- Lead the development and implementation of value for money strategies to ensure that the charity delivers its services efficiently and effectively.
About You:
To be successful in this role:
- Education to degree standard with a professional qualification in a relevant field.
- Experience of procurement and logistics practices within developing countries.
- Proven experience designing, facilitating, and evaluating procurement training programmes/workshops in different cultural and organisational contexts and at a range of levels.
- Good interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate and form effective partnerships with internal and external stakeholders, demonstrating patience, tact, diplomacy and sensitivity to culturally diverse environments.
- Ability to accurately and systematically assess/evaluate environments, with an eye for detail and the ability to spot inconsistencies and potential threats thereby developing solutions and tools to improve risk assessments.
- Good organisation, coordination and project management skills.
Why you should apply:
If you have a passion to support in delivering high quality, accessible, and reliable emergency/humanitarian aid across its UK headquarters and Country Offices as a Procurement and VFM Manager, then we would like to hear from you.
Benefits you will enjoy if you work for us:
- 37 days holiday (including Bank Holidays and Privilege days)
- Hybrid working
- Paid time off for medical appointments
- 2 hours lunch break on Fridays
- Time off in Lieu (TOIL)
How to apply:
Please submit your CV and Cover Letter.
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You’ll be the driving force behind psychology careers guidance, by delivering the BPS careers strategy and expanding opportunities for aspiring and qualified psychologists at every stage of their professional journey.
From undergraduate to chartered status, you'll provide them with relevant and engaging career information across diverse pathways, including research and practitioner psychology, new workforce roles supporting the NHS long-term plan, and psychology graduates working in other commercial settings.
Leading our student ambassador program, you’ll recruit and empower students to promote BPS within their universities and collaborate with the student committee to design a strategy and help them deliver their objectives.
Hosting regular career events, such as the Psychology Careers Festival, you'll leverage expertise from our membership and employer networks to provide comprehensive and engaging programs.
Your impact will extend to fostering relationships with educational institutions and employers, identifying collaboration opportunities to meet workforce demands, and working with our member networks to represent the various domains of psychology to aspiring psychologists.
You’ll have proven experience in careers advice, with strong leadership skills to build stakeholder and student relationships, and will manage a diverse portfolio of content creation and event management.
Join us in driving meaningful change within the BPS community, empowering psychologists to make informed career choices.
We offer a friendly, values led working culture with an excellent benefits package that includes:
- Agile & flexible working
- Generous leave entitlement
- Occupational pension scheme
- Cycle to work scheme / free eye care vouchers / Winter flu vaccinations
- Tailored learning & development
- Employee Assistance Programme counselling
- Life Assurance Scheme
- Discounts scheme with local and national organisations
How to apply.
To apply, please send your CV and a covering letter detailing how you meet the criteria in the job description.
The closing date for applications is 11.59pm on Sunday 07 April 2024
The British Psychological Society is committed to a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, irrespective of your background or circumstances.
We are only able to accept applications that can demonstrate a right to work in the UK; we are unable to sponsor people requiring a work visa.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a sufficient number of suitable applications for the role are received. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Due to the large number of applications we receive, it is not possible to update you on the progress of the application until after the closing date. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has not been successful on this occasion.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Risk & Assurance Manager to join our Audit, Risk & Governance Team. This role will require the successful candidate to support to the Head of Audit, Risk & Governance in the implementation and oversight of effective risk management and assurance policies and procedures for the whole organisation.
Role Requirements
You will attend the Audit & Risk Committee and other board committees from time to time to present on risk and assurance. With experience of delivering 2nd line risk and assurance activities within large, complex or heavily regulated organisation, you will be effective in building professional relationships and influencing and collaborating with colleagues from all disciplines and at all levels.
You will need to engage effectively with frontline and support colleagues to really understand the needs of our beneficiaries and the risks to the charity more broadly. The ultimate objective of risk management at The Children’s Trust is to ensure the charity continues to deliver high-quality, safe and effective and financially sustainable services for vulnerable children now and in the longer-term.
Although the role does not have any formal direct reports, the Risk & Assurance Analyst will have a dotted line into the Risk & Assurance Manager, providing support particularly on business continuity but also on risk management as and when necessary.
With experience of working in a complex environment, across a large and diverse workforce, you will be exceptionally organised with a high-level of attention to detail. You will naturally possess excellent inter-personal skills, and an ability to consult and positively engage with key stakeholders across the organisation.
Terms and Conditions
PLEASE NOTE: The Children's Trust Application Form MUST be completed and submitted, for your application to be considered. As part of the shortlisting process, gaps in employment will be examined and further explored during the interview process.
Strictly no agencies, please.
As we often receive high levels of applicants for our roles, we regret that we will only be able to contact those applicants who are shortlisted for interviews. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, please assume you have not been shortlisted for an interview on this occasion.
About Us
The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing expert rehabilitation, education, therapy, and care at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK, via our Brain Injury Community Service.
Boasting a beautiful 24-acre site in Surrey, we are located just outside of London, close to the M25 (accessible via Junction 8, A217 to Tadworth) and easily accessible via National Rail, by way of: Clapham Junction, Sutton, and Epsom.
Staff Benefits
The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including, adoption pay, time off for fertility treatment, enhanced paternity leave, paid carers leave, time out days for those experiencing menopause symptoms, time off for gender reassignment.
We also offer additional annual leave days for those with long service, with entitlements ranging from 35 to 41 days (including bank holidays) depending on your length of service.
Other benefits include free on-site parking; a staff shuttle service from Epsom and Sutton train stations to Tadworth Court, subsidised cafeteria, on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability), the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme, and the opportunity to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.
Equal Opportunity Employer
To help us achieve our ambition to give children and young people with brain injury and neurodisability the opportunity to live the best life possible, we want to accurately reflect the UK’s diverse population. We want equity, diversity, and inclusion to be at the heart of everything we do, and our people, services, and culture to reflect the diverse needs of all. Through our diversity and inclusion strategy, we have made a commitment to increase the diversity of our charity and create an inclusive culture. We have networks across the organisation working to ensure that these aims are met - including an LGBTQIA2S+ group, Ethnic Diversity Group, and Spark – our broad EDI group. Read more about our EDI work here. We welcome applications from all who share our ambition regardless of background. We will strive to ensure that any reasonable adjustments are made in respect of interview and working arrangements.
Online Searches
In accordance with statutory safeguarding and child protection guidance, online searches will be conducted for shortlisted candidates before interview. The online searches will be conducted by a person who is independent of the interview and selection process and will focus on relevant information returned via searches of the candidate’s name (and variations thereof). Social media searches will be limited to professional platforms such as LinkedIn. Any concerns relating to suitability for work with children and young people will be forwarded to the interview panel, for discussion during the interview.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Campaigns Manager
Salary: Salary: £34,237 - £38,325 (depending on experience and with potential for progression)
About Voice 21
Voice 21 is the national oracy education charity. We exist to empower every child to use their voice for success in school and life. Our work transforms learning and life chances through talk by increasing access to a high-quality oracy education for those that need it most.
Voice 21 is leading the conversation to prioritise oracy within schools and teaching. In July 2023, the Labour party announced its commitment to prioritise oracy and speaking lessons as part of its future mission for education. As a result oracy has become a major talking point, with the topic and Voice 21 appearing on the front pages of the national newspapers and leading discussion on TV and radio.
Your opportunity
Tackle a vital challenge, with great people. Voice 21 exists to transform young people’s learning and life chances through talk and we are aiming to be working with 2,000 schools a year by 2025. To reach this goal we recruit great people and give them real responsibility, training and support.
Output-focused culture, with flexible working opportunities. We have an agile and flexible approach – our team can work when and wherever works best to deliver the requirements of their role. For staff working at home, we support them to create a workspace and provide technology that enables them to work effectively.
Real development opportunities. We believe in supporting people to develop the skills they need to be excellent – whether this means funding external training, finding a mentor to support them or giving them the time to learn from others in the organisations through our regular CPD sessions. We also offer paid study leave for team members taking part in formal studies outside of work.
For more information on why we think you should apply for the role, see the “Why work for us” section at the end of this job description.
Your purpose
This year Voice 21 are recruiting to a newly formed Communications, Campaigns and Public Affairs department to help address these challenges. As Campaigns Manager, you will support the Head of Communications, Campaigns and Public Affairs to make oracy education ordinary, co-ordinating and project managing communications campaigns as well as leading content delivery. In doing so, you will play an integral role in ensuring all children, regardless of their background, find their voice for success in school and in life.
Your responsibilities
● Play a senior role in the Communications, Campaigns and Public Affairs team, as part of the wider Learning, Impact and Influence directorate
Campaigns (70%)
● Responsible for developing and delivering integrated campaigns working closely with Fundraising, Marketing, Customer Service and Service Delivery teams.
● This will include, but is not limited to: growing charity awareness, recruitment and retention, growing our advocacy base and policy change campaigns
● Taking a lead role in development and project management, you will deliver our national campaigns and business as usual communications projects
● Utilising matrix management, you'll bring internal and external teams and freelancers together to oversee all aspects of our campaigns.
● Engaging the entire marketing mix, you'll develop, implement, integrate, and evaluate campaigns across various channels, including PR, digital, advertising, and influencer amplification
● Planning, delivering and leading purposeful and planned communications cycles & campaigns
● Delivering and using implementable insights from analysis and user intelligence
Content and brand (30%)
● Creating, co-creating and commissioning communications materials and content and proactively spotting new opportunities to raise awareness of our work across the sector
● Implementation of the communications strategy and ensuring content constantly delivers against strategic needs
● Spotting reactive opportunities for content creation in line with the communications strategy
What the role might look like:
Within 3 months, you’ll have:
● Become embedded in the organisation’s systems and processes
● Built strong relationships with key members of staff
● Started leading the coordination of communications across the institution
● Contributed to our brand development
● Contributed to our public affairs campaign strategy and delivery
Within 6 months, you’ll have:
● Deliver project management template for campaigns delivery
● Built strong relationships with colleagues from around the organisations including in Fundraising, Marketing, Customer Service and Service Delivery teams
● Make recommendations for improving coordination systems and processes to better grow awareness of oracy and capacity to make policy changes
● Deliver strong analytics and insights systems
From 6 months onwards, we expect for you to be fully embedded in the organisation, delivering sector-leading campaigns and enjoying your working life!
This job is for you if you…
Have experience in these areas
● Project managing campaigns and business as usual from conception to delivery and evaluation
● Matrix managing projects with staff from across various departments
● Co-creating content with staff from various departments and personally creating multi-channel content in multiple formats
● Using analytics and user intelligence to deliver insights which meaningfully shape campaigns
● Strong eye for detail, including in copywriting and proofreading
● Ability to form excellent working relationships, internally & externally
You may also have experience in these areas
● Relevant experience in and a strong understanding of the education sector
● Experience project managing in an organisation with staff with content creation responsibilities dispersed across various teams
Reporting lines
Reporting to: Head of Campaigns, Communications and Public Affairs
Managing: None
Where you’ll work: Remote, with travel to our London office and elsewhere for meetings. Occasional overnight stays may be required depending on where you are based.
Contract: Permanent, subject to successful probation review at 3 months.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.