Employer Services Business Development Leader Jobs in Leeds, West Yorkshire
Location: Home based with frequent travel to projects in Hucknall, Broxtowe-Aspley, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Mansfield and soon to be opening in Leicester in 2024.
As Regional Manager you will represent, manage and co-ordinate FoodCycle meals for your allocated regional Projects. Our Projects are spaces where volunteers are empowered to run their own community meals using surplus food. You will manage local relationships with venues, community partners, supermarkets and volunteer recruitment channels to enable this to happen. You will continually be looking to increase our impact by working towards targets of increased meals served to our guests, expanding our existing Projects and setting up new ones within East Midlands.
An excellent communicator, you will manage the volunteers at each Project ensuring they are trained, supported and on-message with FoodCycle strategy. You will have experience of recruiting and managing volunteers, as well as programme development and delivery.
This role will require some attendance at our Community Meals projects, to support with delivery as necessary, which will include evening and weekend work. A full driving license and access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential for this exciting role.
Benefits: We offer 26.5 working days (this includes 3.5 days for the Christmas close down) plus additional holiday for length of service, up to a maximum of 30 days (pro-rata for part-time). Our healthcare package allows staff to claim money back on healthcare bills and includes access to telephone counselling and online GP appointments.
How to apply:Please upload a CV of no more than two sides, and a covering note/letter of no more than two sides explaining why you are suitable for the role, via our vacancy website.
Deadline for your application:11.59pm on Monday 24 June 2024.
Interview process: Shortlisted candidates will need to complete a 30 minute task prior to being invited to interview (likely to be sent between 24 – 26 June)
Interviews: planned for Tuesday 2 July.
Inclusivity: FoodCycle is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from individuals of all backgrounds. We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone feels valued and respected.
Please note that you will need to have existing Right to Work in the UK to apply for this role. We are unable to provide visa sponsorship.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The For Baby’s Sake Trust is seeking a Director of Finance and Business Development to join their leadership team during a crucial period of growth. As the Director of Finance and Business Development, you will be responsible for leading change and developing strategies for growth and sustainability. The role involves creating new business opportunities and ensuring strong financial oversight.
If you share our passion for breaking cycles of domestic abuse and giving babies the best start in life, have a finance qualification, experience in strategic leadership in the charity or public sector, and enjoy finding creative solutions and driving positive change, this could be the right role for you.
The position offers a chance to work with a dedicated team in an award-winning charity that makes a significant, positive impact on families affected by domestic abuse. The Director of Finance and Business Development will be part of the Leadership Team, working together with the CEO and Director of Operations.
This full-time role, reporting to the CEO, comes with a permanent position and a salary of £75,000. It also offers the flexibility of working from home with occasional travel.
Closing date: 11.59pm on Sunday, 16th June 2024.
Interviews, which will be held in a central London location, are scheduled for the 3rd and 4th of July.
After we receive your application, we'll send you the link to the equal opportunities monitoring form—this is confidential and voluntary and won't affect the selection process.
For more information about The For Baby’s Sake Trust, visit our website.
People Business Partner
Reference: JUN20245591
Location: Flexible in England
Salary: £43,095.00 - £46,264.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension Scheme, Life Assurance Scheme, 26 days' Annual Leave
This is a permanent, full-time role for 37.5 hours per week.
We have a vacancy for a People Business Partner working within the People Business Partnering function and wider People Directorate.
Reporting to the Head of People Business Partnering, this role will be a vital link between the People Business Partners, Human Resources Operations and Learning and Organisation Development teams. We are looking for somebody with knowledge of the Business Partner role whose skills will meet the flexible needs of the business, who is able to oversee the end-to-end delivery of work and someone who can work on multiple activities at a time. The People Business Partner role aligns and works in partnership with the respective Directorate/business area to add value through the provisions of a range of people initiatives and interventions linked to Directorate and organisational objectives and priorities.
Working as part of the People Business Partnering team, the role will support ongoing transformational change by providing business insight, manage business and people risks and develop people solutions.
What's the role about?
This role will support the development and implementation of the Delivering our Strategy Sustainably work that underpins the RSPB wider business strategy and priorities.
The core part of the role of a People Business Partner is the ability to develop effective working relationships that influence across a range of stakeholders up to Leadership and Executive level. In addition, People Business Partners are expected to work collaboratively across functional areas and Directorates in the successful delivery of people services, initiatives, and outcomes.
Through providing support to senior managers and leadership teams, People Business Partners play a key role in planning, developing, and identifying solutions that create value and ensure organisational and Directorate level strategies are realised.
Some key areas of the role of a People Business Partner include:
- The use of Insight & Data to support decision making.
- Understand Directorate/business complexities and specific requirements and be able to act on these for purposes of People and business planning.
- Identify resourcing plans in collaboration with senior management to ensure the effective supply of high-quality talent.
- Support Talent and Succession planning to ensure the organisation can retain and develop talent in line with business capability requirements in the immediate and future term.
- Provide transformational advice on a wide range of organisational development and change management initiatives and interventions.
- Actively support the delivery of HR People services across the organisation, reducing risks and enhancing people services and activities.
- Support the development of capability and knowledge in managers and leaders so that they can effectively manage their people.
Essential skills, knowledge, and experience:
- CIPD graduate member or equivalent.
- Sound knowledge of employment legislation.
- Knowledge and understanding of people-based change processes.
- Experience working in the capacity of a HR Business Partner.
- Ability to manage resistance to change and manage expectations of senior managers.
- Ability to work collaboratively across a range of stakeholders and functional specialists.
- Ability to influence others.
- Able to establish, build and maintain relationships.
- Sound coaching, mentoring, presentation, and facilitation skills.
- Able to support managers in designing career paths to support the future needs of the organisation.
- Problem solving and creativity in generating practical solution to business challenges.
- Substantial HR experience both operationally and strategically.
- Proven experience of leading and managing complex employee relations issues.
- Proven ability to understand business issues and identify HR interventions to improve the business performance.
- Leading and managing change successfully.
- Use of key metrics to measure organisational performance and to inform and develop learning experiences for managers.
Desirable qualifications, knowledge, skills, and experience:
- MCIPD/FCIPD.
- Experience managing projects.
Closing date: 23:59, Sun, 23rd Jun 2024
We are looking to conduct interviews for this position from week commencing 15 July 2024.
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
As part of this application process you will be asked to provide a copy of your CV and complete an application form where you will have the opportunity to explain how you meet the criteria set above.
We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we are particularly interested in receiving your application. Contact us to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application.
The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
The RSPB is a licenced sponsor. This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship - the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.
No agencies please.
Business in the Community was formed in 1982, and with His Majesty King Charles III as our Royal Founding Patron, we are the largest and longest-established membership organisation dedicated to responsible business,
We want the UK to lead the world in responsible business.
We work with members to continually improve their responsible business practice, leveraging their collective impact for the benefit of communities. We grow the responsible business movement and collectively create a greater impact focused on:
- Developing a skilled and inclusive workforce.
- Ensuring work is good for everyone.
- Innovating to sustain and regenerate the planet.
- Building thriving communities.
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We are currently recruiting a Race Campaign Manager with project management experience and subject matter expertise to work in the Advisory and Member Services directorate. This role will support the Race Campaign Director to develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders and drive the campaign to achieve its goals.
The role will involve (but is not limited to):
- Being responsible for creating, organising and project managing business facing campaigns, tools and content to achieve tangible outcomes, impact and value for members.
- Providing expertise for the campaign area through maintaining excellent current awareness, understanding and strong networks
- Being the first point of contact for BITC Membership Relationship Managers on the campaign topics.
- Facilitating and managing working groups, action-learning groups, and or steering groups linked to the campaign, developing knowledge and engagement with key stakeholders.
The successful candidate will have:
- A deep understanding of how change can be achieved through campaigning.
- Experience of working collaboratively with various internal stakeholders and working on cross-divisional initiatives.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills as this role is responsible for creating partnership prospect documents, proposal documents and content for fundraising bids as well as representing and ‘speaking’ for the campaign on a variety of platforms.
The full job description and person specification is attached.
This role closes Sunday 30 June at midnight.
Interviews will take place week commencing 8th July.
Business in the Community are actively looking to recruit a diversity of talent. We embrace, respect and value the difference in our employees and we are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive environment that consists of fairness, dignity, and caring for everyone, and one that enables every employee to flourish and realise their potential.
We are a Race at Work Charter signatory and, alongside 1000 other Charter signatories, taking actions to encourage and support ethnic minority representation in recruitment, selection, and career progression as well as being committed to improve the working lives of our disabled and neurodiverse colleagues. We are also a real living wage employer.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Transforming Lives for Good (TLG) are a national Christian charity working in partnership with local churches to give struggling children a hope and a future. An exciting opportunity has arisen for an individual to join our award winning (Sunday Times Best Not for Profit to work for) team as Supporter Development Fundraising Lead.
The Supporter Development Fundraising Lead will play a crucial role. We are looking for a high energy, passionate fundraiser who is highly relational. You will work towards the income targets including regular, one off and mission pot donations. In addition, you will understand goals that work together with income, including acquisition and stewardship targets, applying your strong knowledge of the Code of Fundraising Practice across all our activities and ensure we work in a compliant way.
The ideal candidate will be familiar with fundraising methods including prospecting, research, making initial contact, and growing a connection to our movement through one-to-one conversations and other communications channels. We’re looking for somebody who is highly organised and able to deliver events from concept to finish. You will also be a team player, able to engage and motivate other team members to get on board with fundraising and bring their expertise to the process.
TLG is a Christian charity and, as a team, we want to bring our faith to the work we do; as such, we are recruiting an individual with a strong and vibrant Christian faith. TLG is also committed to safeguarding children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure via the DBS. We would welcome applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds, to enable us to better reflect the needs of the communities we serve.
Applications will be reviewed on application prior to the closing date. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date if a suitable applicant applies. The date of interviews is to be confirmed.
NDTi’s Programme Lead for Children and Young People holds a demanding and rewarding role in developing and enabling our people and teams to deliver a range of commissioned and grant funded work that furthers NDTi’s mission , positioning NDTi as a capable and creative partner of choice.
Working in the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) community is the mainstay of our current activity, and whilst your credibility and our work in this area will remain important to us in our shared future, we’re looking to appoint an inspiring and commercially savvy Programme Lead who will bring experience of working across wider, often complex systems and sectors within social care, education, health, and locality based supports, to expand our work and impact in new ways. Your experience and specialist knowledge could include Autism, Looked After Children, Young Offenders, Mental Health, and Wellbeing.
As a member of our Leadership & Strategy group, the Programme Lead will be responsible for resource planning, providing direction and great support to our colleagues, ensuring that the work NDTi delivers is consistently of high quality, and that the activities and achievements of the team contribute towards the strategic direction and priorities of the wider organisation.
With well-developed commercial and sector expertise, you will be a skilled and sensitive communicator with excellent planning and strategic development skills. You will need to demonstrate that you can influence and inspire stakeholders at all levels and be able to respond effectively to changing political and legislative opportunities and challenges, and achieve the funding and income needed to build our Children and Young People programme. You will need to demonstrate that you have the sector knowledge and skills to offer leadership to the programme team in turning ideas into commissioned or funded projects.
Why NDTi?
NDTi is a great organisation to work for, where we value well-being and a good work-life balance. We offer a welcoming, innovative and supportive environment where you’ll get to work with like-minded people. We will value your contribution and offer you opportunities to learn, grow and develop. We're building a multigenerational workforce. NDTi welcomes applicants of all ages. Come and work with us!
The rewards are great. We offer a 35 hour working week (we’re happy to talk about flexible working and this role will be based at home, with regular UK wide travel), a competitive salary, generous 8% contributory pension scheme and wellbeing benefits. We offer everyone on our team the same great benefits.
We value diversity and are passionate about ensuring our people reflect the communities we work with. We are taking positive action to address a current under-representation within our workforce and are offering disabled applicants and applicants from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds a guaranteed interview if they meet the minimum criteria for each role.
How to Apply
This is an opportunity to use your skills and experience, really make a difference, and be part of delivering an innovative and high-profile programme that will lead to positive and life changing outcomes for young people with additional needs.
As part of the recruitment process, we will be arranging online sessions where interested candidates can come along and hear from colleagues about the team’s current work. These will be held on:
Thursday 13 June 3:00pm-3:45pm OR Tuesday 18 June 2:00pm-2:45pm
The closing date for applications is 10.00am on Monday 24th June 2024
We will be holding in person interviews on 17th July 2024 in Central London
(Overnight accommodation can be arranged if necessary.)
Please refer to the Role Description and Person Specification for more information. Please forward your completed application form, CV and supporting statement by following the link on our web site.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Sightsavers is looking for a Head of Institutional Funding - a vital role within our expanding institutional funding team to lead the development and implementation of a portfolio of work currently focused on West Africa and lead on the development of strategic partnerships with individual institutional donors
Salary: £58,000 - £65,000
Location: UK remote - with very occasional travel to Haywards Heath, when required
Contract: Permanent
Hours: This is a full-time role with some flexibility around hours worked and lots of home working
We are looking for an experienced institutional funding expert to lead and manage a busy portfolio. This is a role in which the successful candidate will need to juggle multiple and complex projects. Key duties will include:
- Leading the development and implementation of a portfolio of work within the institutional funding team (IFT) currently focused on West Africa (17 Anglophone, Francophone and Lusophone countries), and lead on the development of strategic partnerships with individual institutional donors as prioritised.
- Providing direct line management and strategic support to a sub-team within IFT, that will support continued income growth and contract management, in line with the Institutional Funding strategy.
- Managing existing grant / contracts falling within the remit of this role and secure new income to the organisation.
- Supporting programme learning and capacity building of country office teams and partners and to deputise for the Director of Institutional Funding
This role is involved and multi-faceted with regular meetings across the organisation. This is a full-time role that may be worked from home for the majority of the time however some visits to our offices in Haywards Heath, West Sussex (RH16 3BW) will be required. On average this is likely to be twice per year. If you prefer to work from or are visiting our collaborative, modern office space, you will find it an easy 20-minute train journey from Brighton or 45 minutes from London. Programme travel to West Africa and other locations will also be necessary - we anticipate approximately three trips per year, usually of one week each.
Further information about the role.
This is a varied role, please read the for further details. As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.
Sightsavers offers some fantastic benefits. Our comprehensive benefits package includes generous annual leave allowance, pension, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and wellness discounts.
This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced individual with great multi-tasking skills from an INGO or consultancy background. To succeed in this role, you will need
- Extensive experience of working in government or statutory funding for an international development organisation
- Proven track record of having raised and managed significant funding from a range of institutional donors e.g. DFID, USAID, EC, major foundations
- Experience of support and capacity building of non-programme funding specialists in grant application and grant contract management
- Line management experience
- Demonstrable strong organisational and multi-tasking skills
- Established relationships with major multilateral and bilateral donors
- Excellent written and spoken communication skills
- Project coordination skills
- The ability to train and develop others' understanding
- An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity for disabled people
- Willingness and ability to travel overseas regularly for proposal development, workshop delivery and donor visits
- Strong spoken and written French would be of particular benefit
To apply for this exciting new opportunity, please submit a CV and covering letter via our recruitment portal. We anticipate that remote interviews will take place in late June/ early July and the evaluation process will include an initial timed, written task to be completed by shortlisted candidates in advance of this and a presentation at second interview stage. We are keen for the successful candidate to be in post as soon as possible but encourage applications from all candidates with the relevant skills and experience.
As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.
In line with its commitment to safe programming and recruitment, Sightsavers participates in the inter-agency (MDS) administered by the . Through collaboration with other MDS members, Sightsavers aims to ensure that there are no sexual exploitation, abuse or harassment issues relating to potential new hires and that we can respond systematically to checks from fellow MDS members. This ensures our work is accountable, delivered to a high standard and supports safeguarding across the development and humanitarian fields.
Location: Flexible within the UK. Blended or fully office based (from our offices in Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh or London).
Closing Date: 18 June 24
Ref: AR 1247
As Media & PR Lead you’ll help to shape and protect our reputation whilst promoting our business, values and mission. This is your opportunity to raise and maintain positive brand awareness through proactive media and public relations activities.
Who we are
Energy Saving Trust is a leading and trusted organisation, dedicated to promoting energy efficiency, low carbon transport and sustainable energy use. We aim to address the climate emergency and deliver the wider benefits of clean energy as we transition to net zero.
At Energy Saving Trust we don’t just offer jobs – we offer careers. For our people, being part of the effort to address the climate emergency makes working for us truly meaningful and rewarding.
Here are some of the benefits we offer:
• We offer an outstanding pension scheme including employer contributions of up to 9%, 11% or 13% (age-linked).
• Enhanced parental leave.
• Private BUPA insurance.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with service-linked increases as well as three goodwill days over the Christmas period.
• Staff wellbeing allowance of up to £25 per month / £300 per year.
The team
• The marketing communications department is made up of marketing, PR & events, content, and digital professionals who collaborate to deliver highly effective campaigns with impact.
• We successfully deliver campaigns for clients and consumers to deliver our mission.
• Our campaigns are designed to reach and empower audiences to take action to reduce energy and therefore carbon emissions.
• We take an agile and flexible approach, value collaboration and support continued professional development.
• We embrace a combination of home and office working and ensure there are regular opportunities to collaborate with colleagues in person.
Angela Howarth, Group Director Marketing & Communications at Energy Saving Trust said: “This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced PR professional to increase our brand profile and position, as we respond to the climate emergency. Leading a team, you’ll be creating our PR & events strategy, crafting key messages and collaborating with colleagues on campaigns. Every day is different. If you are an enthusiastic, organised, creative team leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment then this could be the role for you!”
What you’ll do
• You’ll be responsible for devising and leading our media and PR strategy and plans, as well as contribute to our corporate marketing communications planning.
• You’ll manage our PR & events team.
• You’ll proactively pitch our spokespeople for media interviews, working with our subject matter experts and policy specialists.
• You’ll write key messaging, press releases, media statements, speeches and other PR copy.
What you’ll bring
• You’ll have demonstratable experience as a media and PR specialist including previous crisis management experience.
• You will have managed and executed PR campaigns and secured thought leadership media coverage.
• You’ll have expert copywriting and editing skills and be able to produce clear and concise written copy, media statements and speeches.
• You’ll have excellent stakeholder and interpersonal skills with the ability to work with senior colleagues such as the CEO, COO and board members.
• You’ll be able to build a network of contacts both internally and with the media.
To apply click the Apply Button.
Applications close at 23.59 on Tuesday 18 June. First stage interviews are intended to be held from 28 June.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Reasonable adjustments: We are a Disability Confident Committed employer. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive of and accessible for, everyone.
If you think you may need additional support or reasonable adjustments made to any part of the recruitment process, please get in touch.
Flexible working: We offer a range of flexible working arrangements, including working from home, compressed or part-time hours, job shares and other arrangements. There is no need to justify your preferred working pattern and we encourage our people to work in whichever way helps them to perform at their best.
We will be happy to discuss this and our blended working model at the interview stage with you.
Please note, that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this post. To apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK.
Diversity and inclusion
Energy Saving Trust is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace where everyone can be themselves, with support to be their best.
We strongly encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds and with different identities and experiences to apply for roles with Energy Saving Trust.
We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and we ringfence a minimum number of interview slots for candidates who apply via the Disability Confident scheme and meet the minimum criteria for a role.