Independent Age works to ensure that as we grow older, we all have the opportunity to live well with dignity, choice and purpose.  To achieve this we provide information, advice and connection services for older people; campaign on the issues that matter most to them around health and care, poverty and loneliness and provide capacity building support to others working in the sector.

This is an exciting time to join Independent Age as we work on our new ambitious strategy for 2021 – 2023 and increase our profile, impact and reach so more people can live a happy, connected and purposeful later life.  We want to find talented individuals from diverse backgrounds to join us on this journey.

The Volunteer Engagement Assistant will support with delivering central communications to our volunteers across a variety of methods including digital channels and social media. They will also support with delivering both virtual and in-person volunteer events. The successful candidate will create innovative and engaging content for our volunteers and develop a range of opportunities for volunteers to discuss ideas, give feedback and be celebrated and thanked for their support, creating a true sense of belonging to Independent Age and our work. The post holder will also be responsible for ensuring that volunteers are provided with essential updates, information and guidance to carry out their roles in a timely manner. 

We are seeking a driven and organised team member who can communicate effectively with a range of staff and volunteer audiences, both verbally and in-writing. You should have a track record of creating engaging digital communications and strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive working relationships across all levels. You will have knowledge and experience of working with remote volunteers and volunteer managers, an understanding of effective volunteer engagement strategies and reward and recognition programmes. The ability to use virtual platforms such as Teams, proficiency in Outlook, Microsoft Word and PowerPoint and experience of Customer Relationship Management systems such as Salesforce are also essential for this role. 

At Independent Age we live by our values. We are Purpose-driven; compassionate; expert; collaborative; accountable; inclusive.

We champion inclusion and celebrate diversity within and outside our charity to create a culture where everyone knows that they belong and can bring their whole self to work. 

We hire from a variety of backgrounds as we know this makes our charity stronger.

If you are passionate about our cause, share our values and believe you have the skills for this role, then we’d love to meet you. 

We offer two incremental salary increases for everyone joining us, one at successful completion of probation and the second on the first anniversary of starting with us.

We know that a good work life balance helps us perform at our best, so we provide support to attain this with flexible working hours and regular remote working opportunities. 

We also offer great benefits including 28 days annual leave plus public holidays, a generous pension scheme with life assurance and fantastic learning and development opportunities.

Independent Age is committed to safeguarding and follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding those we work with. We therefore ask that you supply your full work history with explanations for any gaps in the application documents you submit and if offered the post, we will require two employment references including your current or most recent employer.

To apply, please visit our website to submit a cover letter detailing how your skills and experience meet the criteria within the Job Description and Person Specification, along with your CV.

Interviews to be held in week commending 14 February.

We run a range of youth projects in Newham including Young Achievers Group (YAG) for young people with special education needs and disabilities; Youth4Youth, a youth leadership programme; and our latest programme, SKY – an employability and coaching programme.

The successful candidate will support the delivery of youth programmes and build positive relationships with young people and staff in the VCS, local authority and educational institutions in Newham.

Primary tasks:

• To grow, develop and ensure Aston-Mansfield’s youth projects are delivered successfully and to act as a representative of Aston-Mansfield at appropriate forums and events.
• Supporting the development, implementation and evaluation of Aston-Mansfield’s youth projects.
• Build relationships with a range of providers and stakeholders across the youth sector in Newham
• Work with and for young people to support them in getting involved in Aston Mansfield
• Engage and support young people with diverse needs

Specific tasks:

• To ensure that youth activities and outcomes are planned, prepared and implemented, in consultation with young people and staff
• To develop and implement outreach model to recruit numbers of young people on to youth projects
• To ensure that the youth activities are delivered in line with Aston-Mansfield’s safeguarding policy and procedures
• To develop new and existing relationships with partners to ensure the successful delivery of youth programmes and raise the profile of Aston-Mansfield’s work with young people
• To support preparing high quality monitoring reports for funders and for the Aston-Mansfield board
• To ensure that the day to day administration of youth projects delivery including petty cash, risk assessments are accurate and up to date
• Identify opportunities for young people
• Develops and maintains an awareness of services and programs for young people
• Actively participates in team meetings, professional development activities, staff retreat and other activities
• Create content across social media channels
• Performs other relevant duties

Want to use your administration and project support skills to play a vital role in making clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone everywhere?

Join WaterAid as Leadership and Learning Team Apprentice to change normal for millions of people so they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty and change their lives for good. On top of that you'll be joining a 2020 Great Place to Work® award-winning organisation.

The WaterAid Leadership and Engagement team have a global remit responsible for facilitating high levels of employee engagement and performance across WaterAid, through the development of integrated leadership, learning, talent management, engagement and internal communications strategies.

As our Leadership and Engagement Team Apprentice you will make an important contribution to WaterAid's global strategy by providing high quality administration and project support across all our global leadership, management, talent and learning and development programmes.

This is a fixed term full time role for 24 months to support the successful completion of the Level 3 Learning and Development Apprenticeship. The role is based in the UK with flexibility in working hours and remote working with our office in Canary Wharf.

How to Apply:
Apply Now! To see the full job description, please click 'Apply'. Please apply by submitting your CV and a Cover Letter in a single document in either Word Document or PDF format. Applications will close one minute before midnight on 8th February 2022.

In this role, you will:

* Provide complete logistics and administrative support for our learning, talent, management and leadership programmes across WaterAid.
* Provide administration of our learning management system including managing users and all other LMS administration and reporting.
* Support Learning & Development Manager with skill development programmes associated with the new strategy.
* Provide administrative support for psychometric assessments and 360-degree feedback including setting up assessments and managing responses.
* Process?invoices?and expenses, ensuring complete and accessible records and reports on reasons for variances.
* Provide contract management support ensuring compliance and best practice including the upload and registration of all Leadership and Engagement Team contracts on to WaterAid's contract register.

To be successful, you'll need: 

* 1- 2 years of experience in providing excellent office administration support to a team or an individual.
* Great organisational, time management and prioritisation skills and the desire to support others to be effective and efficient in their work.
* Excellent accuracy and attention to detail.
* Good diplomatic interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) including across geographical and cultural boundaries.
* A good listener.
* A flexible and pro-active approach to work including the ability to identify and manage multiple and changing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

The salary for this apprenticeship is £22,382 and the benefits include:

• 36 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
• Option to buy an extra 5 days annual leave
• We offer a generous pension plan with employer contribution of up to 10%
• Wide range of flexible and agile-working arrangements
• Season Ticket Loan Free annual eye tests
• Pay as You Give charitable giving scheme
• Enhanced Maternity and Adoption/Surrogacy pay, Shared Parental Leave and Paternity Leave
• Sabbaticals
• Volunteer Day

Additional Information:

WaterAid is located in Canary Wharf, London and this will be your location and contract base. Please be aware that this role is UK based only. WaterAid is open and supportive of flexibility. We are currently defining our approach to hybrid working. The right balance between office and home-based working should be agreed with your line manager. Your flexibility requirements and that of the role will be discussed at the interview stage with you.

Please note that we are unable to provide sponsorship for this post. In order to apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your right to work eligibility in the UK.

WaterAid is committed to ensuring that wherever we work in the world there is no tolerance for the abuse of power, privilege or trust. WaterAid reinforces a culture of zero tolerance towards any form of inappropriate behaviour, abuse, harassment, or exploitation of any kind. The safeguarding of our beneficiaries, staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf, is our top priority and we take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All staff and volunteers are required to share in this commitment through our Global Code of Conduct. We will conduct the most appropriate pre-employment references and checks to ensure high standards are maintained.

WaterAid is an equal opportunities, disability-confident employer and committed to achieving the highest standards of diversity, fairness and equality. Should you have a disability and require any additional support, please contact us.hu
 

Job title:                 Employer Engagement Lead London 

Location:                Remote working in London

Responsible to: Head of Engagement London & South East

Salary: £36,000 to £41,500

Contract: Full time, 37 hours a week

Closing Date:        Friday 21st January 2022 at 12:00pm

Interview Date:     Wednesday 2nd February 2022

Please apply as soon as possible submitting your CV and a one page covering letter which outlines your specific interest and ability to successfully fill this role, as well as your salary expectations and current notice period.

Please note, if you do not provide a covering letter your application will not be considered.

Why us?

Speakers for Schools are a dynamic, swift-moving and fast-growing charity. We are on a mission to support a million young people across the UK annually by 2023. Having taken the first steps on the road to achieving this, our team has grown then fold in the past two years. This has supported growth in our employer network from 70 to 700 leading employers and 3800% growth in the number of work experience places offered during the same period.

We want to level the playing field, making sure that all young people can access inspirational opportunities and experiences to fuel their ambition.

We are united and unique in our mission to transform lives through raising aspirations of millions of young people every year. Each year, 1,500 senior leaders, celebrities and industry experts deliver a difference to by sharing their story with students in schools and colleges in every corner of the UK. We connect employers such as Disney, The Bank of England, Spotify PwC and almost seven hundred others to communities to provide access to the top opportunities for all across the UK. With us, you will be part of inspiring a generation to reach higher, broaden horizons and get equal access to the top.

To keep growing our charity and our impact, we need top talent and we are committed to treasuring, developing and supporting them to thrive within their roles. 

Role Summary

Supporting the Head of Engagement in your region, you will take a lead role in focussing on relationship building in your community and will be responsible for connecting a network of schools, colleges, employers and partners in your dedicated region. You will line manage a team of Regional Engagement Managers in working to deliver our customer experience across a portfolio of programmes, forging a regional ecosystem to provide quality experiences for young people with regional employers.

Key Duties / Responsibilities

• Providing line management support to the team of Regional Engagement Managers, including managing probation periods, carrying out 121s, measuring performance against objectives, carrying out termly appraisal reviews and absence management.
• Outreach to and onboarding of new host employers, helping to grow our employer network to reach ambitious targets for Experience and Progression Programmes (and others as they develop).
• Supporting the Head of Engagement to map activity and work strategically across the region
• Outreach to and onboarding of education and training providers, supporting our Progression Programme to reach ambitious targets.
• Account managing relationships with participating employers, education & training providers, supporting them in the design of programmes (where appropriate) and engagement with our leading technology platform.
• Outreach to discount and opportunity providers, helping grow the range of discounts and opportunities for young people through our Youth Card programme.
• Delivering commercial income from employers, and education & training providers to meet regional income targets.
• Responsible for delivery and completion of own operational and administrative activity.
• Supporting programmes as needed on any contact, phone conversations with stakeholders, programme delivery tasks and wider charity work in support of wider organisation aims and needs, particularly during peak delivery periods.

Key skills and experience:

Essential: -

• Previous experience in managing and supporting a diverse team to deliver both individual and team targets
• Must be resident in your own region or have knowledge and experience of business in the region
• Experience in a similar environment working with a variety of stakeholders
• Demonstrable experience working with corporate or high-profile stakeholders on youth engagement programmes (ideally related to work experience, future talent or corporate social responsibility/citizenship in some way)
• Extensive experience connecting with senior leaders, selling through talent, recruitment or CSR solutions
• Clear and concise communicator, capable of producing written content to a professional quality
• Proven capability of working through high volumes of work and securing targets across varying objects within delivery
• Sociable and confident and happy building and maintaining relationships with multiple stakeholders
• Strategic thinker and can change tactics while still meeting larger objective
• Experience of leading a team to deliver commercial income

Desirable: -

• Previous experience working with HR/Recruitment/CSR/Engagement teams an advantage
• An understanding of the UK Education System and a familiarity with careers provision within UK schools and colleges would be an advantage
• Experience of implementing business opportunities and new ideas to generate growth
• Use of the Salesforce CRM to track relationships and ensure proper data management
• Working towards high targets delivering commercial income

Benefits offered at Speakers for Schools:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Morning of your birthday off
• Pension scheme
• CharlieHR perks
• Perkbox
• £500 a year training allowance

Diversity at our core

At Speakers for Schools, we are committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce, and eliminating discrimination. Our aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. Diversity is at our core, join us.

How to apply:

Please apply as soon as possible by submitting your CV and a one page covering letter which outlines your specific interest and ability to successfully fill this role, as well as your salary expectations and current notice period.

Appointees are subject to a successful DBS check, as contact with young people is likely.

You must have the right to work in the UK to apply.

The Journey to joining Speakers for Schools:

The closing date for this role is Friday 21st January 2022 at 12:00pm. 

Successful candidates will be invited to interview on Wednesday 2nd February. Please note, as part of the interview process you will be required to prepare a presentation. The details of the presentation will be shared with you in the interview invitation

Due to the volume of applications, we receive, it is not possible for us to reply to everyone therefore, if you have not heard from us by Wednesday 2nd February 2022 please presume your application has been unsuccessful.

Our new team member will start ASAP.

Job title:Employer Engagement Manager London 

Location:Remote working in the London 

Responsible to:Head of Engagement London & South East 

Salary:£28,000 to £40,500 (£40,500 is inclusive of a £2.5k London Weighting for qualifying colleagues)

Contract:Full time, 37 hours a week 

Closing Date:        Thursday 20th January 2022

Interview Date:      Tuesday 1st February 2022

Please note, if you do not provide a covering letter, your application will not be considered. 

Although this role is based remotely, having knowledge of employer engagement in London is required. Please note, you may be required to travel to client locations in and around London; therefore, for some roles you should live within a commutable distance without impacting productivity or adding a substantive financial burden to the charity, to be successful in your application. 

Why us? 

Speakers for Schools is a dynamic, swift-moving and fast-growing charity. We are on a mission to support a million young people across the UK annually by 2023. Having taken the first steps on the road to achieving this, our team has grown tenfold in the past two years. This has supported growth in our employer network from 70 to 700 leading employers and 3800% growth in the number of work experience places offered during the same period.   

We want to level the playing field, making sure that all young people can access inspirational opportunities and experiences to fuel their ambition.   

We are united and unique in our mission to transform lives through raising the aspirations of millions of young people every year. Each year, 1,500 senior leaders, celebrities and industry experts deliver a difference by sharing their story with students in schools and colleges in every corner of the UK. We connect employers such as Disney, The Bank of England, Spotify, PwC and almost seven hundred others to communities to provide access to the top opportunities for all across the UK. With us, you will be part of inspiring a generation to reach higher, broaden horizons and get equal access to the top.   

To keep growing our charity and our impact, we need top talent and we are committed to treasuring, developing and supporting them to thrive within their roles.  

Role Summary  

Working for the Head of Engagement in your region, you will focus on relationship building in your community and will be responsible for connecting a network of schools, colleges, employers and partners in your dedicated region. You will work to deliver our customer experience across a portfolio of programmes, forging a regional ecosystem to provide quality experiences for young people with regional employers.   

Key Duties / Responsibilities: -  

• Outreach to and onboarding of new host employers, helping to grow our employer network to reach ambitious targets for Experience and Progression Programmes (and others as they develop).  

• Outreach to and onboarding of education and training providers, supporting our Progression Programme to reach ambitious targets.  

• Account managing relationships with participating employers, education & training providers, supporting them in the design of programmes (where appropriate) and engagement with our leading technology platform.  

• Outreach to discount and opportunity providers, helping grow the range of discounts and opportunities for young people through our Youth Card programme.  

• Delivering commercial income from employers, and education & training providers to meet regional income targets.  

• Responsible for delivery and completion of own operational and administrative activity  

• Supporting programmes as needed on any contact, phone conversations with stakeholders, programme delivery tasks and wider charity work in support of wider organisation aims and needs, particularly during peak delivery periods.  

Skills / Experience / Knowledge:-  

Essential   

• Experience in a similar environment working with a variety of stakeholders  

• Clear and concise communicator, capable of producing written content to a professional quality  

• Confident liaising with and managing relationships particularly with stakeholders from all levels  

• Comfort and experience in working with technology and data management  

• Proven capability of working through high volumes of work and securing targets across varying objectives within delivery  

• Sociable and confident and happy building and maintaining relationships with multiple stakeholders  

• Excels at organising their workload and enjoy driving work forward independently  

• Strategic thinker and can change tactics while still meeting larger objective  

Desirable  

• Previous experience working with HR/Recruitment/CSR/Engagement teams an advantage  

• An understanding of the UK Education System and a familiarity with careers provision within UK schools and colleges would be an advantage  

• Proficient use of the Salesforce CRM, to track relationships and ensure proper data management.  

Benefits offered at Speakers for Schools:  

• Flexible working 

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays  

• Morning of your birthday off   

• Pension scheme   

• CharlieHR perks   

• Perkbox   

• £500 a year training allowance   

Diversity at our core   

At Speakers for Schools, we are committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce, and to eliminating discrimination. Our aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.   

We welcome applications from all, including those where employment has been affected by Covid-19 and those seeking to change careers. Diversity is at our core, join us.  

How to apply:    

Please apply as soon as possible submitting your CV and a one page covering letter which outlines your specific interest and ability to successfully fill this role, as well as your salary expectations and current notice period. Please note, if you do not provide a covering letter your application will not be considered.   

Appointees are subject to a successful DBS check, as contact with young people is likely.   

You must have the right to work in the UK to apply. 

The Journey to joining Speakers for Schools:  

The closing date for this role is Thursday 20th January 2022. 

Successful candidates will be invited to interview on Tuesday 1st February 2022. Please keep this date free as alternative dates may not be possible.  

Our new team member will start ASAP.  

If you have not heard from us two weeks after the interview date, please presume your application has been unsuccessful.   

Richmond Mind is the leading voluntary provider of mental health support in the borough. We see an increasing need for mental health support both in our existing service users and the wider population and you will be joining us at a time of significant opportunity for development.

We want to ensure service user voice is heard and services are co-produced to ensure services are designed that meet their needs. You will lead on arranging and delivering a series of consultation and engagement events designed to hear from our current, and potential, clients and stakeholders across our range of services.

Our peer led services provide individuals with a unique opportunity to offer and receive support in order to improve the quality of their own, and others’ lives.You will coordinate and support our dynamic and exciting team of peer volunteers (who all have their own lived experience of mental health issues), to increase the wellbeing and resilience of our members through a programme of group support and activities. 

We are looking for an individual who is passionate about motivating and coaching individuals with mental health issues, and with an understanding of how the recovery approach can support both volunteers and members on their journey to recovery. As well as having an empathy with the core values of RB Mind, the successful applicant will have experience of consultation, supporting volunteers, facilitating groups, and an awareness of the boundaries we work within when supporting vulnerable adults. The applicant will be enthusiastic and self-motivated, and must be able to work on their own initiative. 

Benefits of working for RB Mind:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays per year, increasing by 1 day per full year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days) [pro rata].
• Bonus 1 day of annual leave per year over the festive period (subject to Trustee approval) [pro rata]
• Flexible working/Option of working from home (subject to CEO approval)
• Paid time off for medical appointments
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Training and personal development opportunities
• Staff away days and socials
• Access to shared resources and training opportunities via Mind Federated Network

Richmond Borough Mind values diversity and difference. We welcome applicants from all sections of the community, particularly individuals with lived experience of mental health problems.

ICT Support Team Leader

Contract: Full time, Permanent
Hours: 35 per week (choice of two shifts 9.00am – 5.00pm or 9.30am – 5.30pm)
Location: London, Finsbury Park
Salary: £41,495 - £48,134 per annum. Please note that the starting salary is £41,495 per annum, with an opportunity to progress up the scale over time.
Closing date: 10 February 2022
Expected date of interviews: TBC
REF: VA504

We have an exciting opportunity for an ICT Support Team Leader to join us at Freedom from Torture. You will lead and manage an established support team of four and be responsible for ensuring that your team provide a proactive and reactive technical IT support service. You will lead the team in providing a continuous efficient and satisfactory service across all 300 (circa) ICT service users. You will ensure that the day-to-day ICT administrative tasks and technical support requests assigned to your team are resolved in accordance with operation strategy, SLAs and with minimum business impact. You will also assist the ICT Manager in various ICT related projects and deputise for the ICT Manager during periods of annual leave.

About you
To be successful in this role you must have demonstrable In-depth knowledge of the TCP/IP network protocol and the services that use it. You must also have In-depth knowledge of Office365, Exchange Online, Azure Active Directory, Intune MDM, Teams and SharePoint environment.

It’s also important that you are friendly and able to deliver a good levels of customer service across the ICT system users. You must be able to develop a strong customer-focused culture and provide technical leadership to the team. It’s essential that you have solid experience of Windows operating systems including server ones and are able to troubleshoot complex hardware and software problems.

In return, we offer a competitive package, with a generous 30 day annual leave entitlement, and 6% employer pension contribution.

How to apply

To view the Job Description and Person Specification, please click the link provided.

Please note a CV and a cover letter addressing the job description and person specification of the role are mandatory to be considered for the position. For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Cuong Nguyen, ICT Manager at our London Centre. Contact details are on the apply link.

About us
Freedom from Torture is dedicated to healing and protecting people who have survived torture. We provide therapies to improve physical and mental health, we medically document torture, and we provide legal and welfare help. We expose torture globally, we fight to hold torturing states to account and we campaign for fairer treatment of torture survivors in the UK.

We campaign for national and global change, using evidence from our services and survivor voices to protect and promote survivors' rights and hold torturing states to account. We are proud to play a significant role in the global anti-torture movement. Survivors, active and empowered, are at the centre of all of our work.

Freedom from Torture is committed to its responsibilities under safeguarding, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure, as well as a need for full employment history and up to date employment references.
Freedom from Torture is an equal opportunity employer. People with lived experience of torture or asylum, from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQIA+ individuals and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

No agencies please.​

Future of London is looking for two new members of our small, dedicated team: an experienced Team Administrator and a Leaders Programme Coordinator.

Team Administrator

The Administrator will work to support our small, dedicated team in internal operations, external events and other engagement activities. We work with those shaping the future of London, and this is great opportunity to make a difference by helping to create more equitable and sustainable cities.

Day to day tasks will include managing email and telephone enquiries, providing operational and basic IT support, office management, CEO diary co-ordination, HR admin, supporting internal and external events, and marketing and communications activity.

This job is for you if you’re motivated by helping others, are well organised, and interested in cities.

Leaders Programme Coordinator

Our Future London Leaders, Leaders Plus and Greater Manchester Leaders Plus courses are for the professionals shaping our cities, now and in the future. The Leaders Programme Coordinator will help promising candidates share best practice, hone their skills, nurture innovative thinking, and connect meaningfully with colleagues from different organisations and sectors.

This is a fantastic opportunity to make a positive impact on our urban environment and build your professional network, working alongside Future of London’s small, dedicated team.

The role provides administrative and event support for our Leaders programmes, plus a number of key FoL networks. Core tasks include handling telephone and email enquiries, managing stakeholder and supplier contacts, event support, database management and website updates.

TPP is delighted to be working with Resuscitation Council UK and supporting with their search to hire a new Director of Engagement & Influencing. This is an opportunity to join an organisation focused on saving lives through the delivery of evidence-based clinical guidance, training courses and initiatives to ensure everyone across Society has the skills and is willing to save a life if they see someone who has collapsed and is not breathing normally.

As an experienced senior level communications professional, you will be joining our client at an exciting stage of their growth and be an integral part of delivering the Vision to 2030. Their mission is to ensure that everyone who has a cardiac arrest has access to appropriate cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Work to address the health inequalities in this area is a crucial part of the organisation’s work going forward

As a member of the senior management team, you will have overall people management responsibility for a team of communications and engagement specialists and play a key part in increasing awareness, achieving influence, leading internal communications and delivering inclusive communications along with championing diversity across a range of audiences and key stakeholders.
 

Your duties & responsibilities will include:

• Developing a marketing, communications and stakeholder engagement strategy relating to all key areas of resuscitation and the organisation’s Vision to 2030 and strategic plan.
• Stakeholder engagement and relationship-building, including governments, the NHS and partner organisations
• Developing public policy positions and messaging for specific audiences including external stakeholders and decision-makers.
• Identifying opportunities to influence the wider healthcare agenda and raising RCUK’s profile as a key player and partner for decision-makers.
• Developing and strengthening RCUK’s external communications, including social media, media and email communications.
• As part of the Senior Management Team, developing, helping prioritise and delivering the strategic plans underpinning Vision 2030.
• All external communications, including media and digital channels.
• Maximising the impact and reach of RCUK’s brand and website.
• Leading the Engagement and Influencing department working across communications, policy, stakeholder, marketing and insight disciplines.

Your background, experience and skillsets will include:

• Experience of working at a senior management level in either a communications and marketing, policy or engagement role.
• Demonstrable experience of providing proactive leadership and vision to evolve an innovative programme of influencing and engagement work.
• Demonstrable experience setting strategies and plans at a departmental or organisational level.
• Demonstrable track record of engaging with decision makers and key influencers.
• Proven experience in building effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, partnership building and networking at senior level.
• Demonstrable experience of planning and implementing challenging, innovative and measurable communications plans to generate quality results and engagement.
• Experience of working across all communications disciplines including media, PR, internal communications, stakeholder engagement and digital.
• A strong track record of positioning an organisation to achieve tangible outcomes in a competitive communications environment – including development of brand, identity and messaging.
• Experience in developing and managing budgets.
• Excellent knowledge of health and social care policy, of the NHS and of parliamentary processes across the four nations of the UK would be beneficial but not essential.

We are currently looking for a Deputy Director for our Patient, Public and Stakeholder Engagement team within our Communications and Engagement Group.

This is a full-time opportunity, on a permanent basis. The role will be based in 10 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf London, E14 4PU. Please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas. Informal hybrid working arrangements may be available as agreed with the line manager.

Who are we? 

The MHRA is transforming to be a world class regulator through making the right benefit risk judgements and delivering the right outcomes for patients. We have an exciting opportunity in our multi award-winning Communications and Engagement group for a new Deputy Director for our Patient, Public and Stakeholder Engagement team. This is a new role and you will oversee the delivery, evaluation and continuous improvement of all aspects of our patient and public involvement strategy, working with colleagues and senior stakeholders across the agency and externally.

What’s the role? 

This is a senior leadership role and the successful candidate will work with and influence colleagues, providing strategic advice, ensuring we put patients first and delivering a step change in our patient and public engagement. You will develop and deliver programmes of engagement activity with a wide range of stakeholders, including patients, public, healthcare professionals, industry, academia, and research bodies. You will advise senior leaders on high-profile, confidential and sensitive engagement issues, developing engagement strategies and approaches.

Who are we looking for? 

With a demonstrable track record of successful leadership and management in engagement roles, you will bring significant experience of developing impactful patient, public and stakeholder engagement strategies and delivering complex engagement programmes at a senior level, using a range of tools and techniques, including an understanding of customer and business insights. 

You will be able to engage with internal and external stakeholders at the highest level and be adept at leading programmes and projects across functions. A confident self-starter, who can operate independently and manage conflicting priorities while delivering strategically, your depth and breadth of knowledge within engagement roles will be vital to your success 

If you would like to find out more about this fantastic opportunity, please read our Job Description and Person Specification! 

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The selection process: 

We use the Civil Service Success Profiles to assess our candidates, find out more here. 

• Online application form, including a statement of suitability of no more than 2000 words. Please ensure all application questions are completed in full; your application may not be considered if any responses are left blank. Our applications are CV blind, and our Hiring Managers will not be able to access your CV when reviewing your application.
• Presentation, to be prepared as part of your interview, with further information being supplied when you reach this stage.
• Interview, which can include questions based on the Behaviour, Experience, Technical and Strengths Success Profiles. 
• An engagement exercise with existing members of the Communications and Engagement Group and a fireside chat with the Director of Communications. 

Applicants are assessed on whether they meet any mandatory requirements as well as the necessary skills and experience for the role. Applications are scored based on the statement of suitability provided. You can view the criteria for this role in the job description.

If you require any disability related adjustments at any point during the process, please contact us as soon as possible. 

Closing date:23rd January 2022

If you need assistance applying for this role or have any other questions, please contact us.

Candidates will be subject to UK immigration requirements as well as Civil Service nationality rules. Further information on whether you are able to apply is available here. 

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check as well as animal rights and pro-life activism checks. People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment. A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government. 

Any move to the MHRA from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility here.

Successful candidates may be subject to annual Occupational Health reviews dependent on role requirements. If you have any queries, please contact us.

In accordance with the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles our recruitment and selection processes are underpinned by the requirement of selection for appointment on the basis of merit by a fair and open competition. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should firstly contact Mira Mepa, Head of Recruitment and Operations. 

If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission at: 

Civil Service Commission 

Room G/8 

1 Horse Guards Road 

London 

SW1A 2HQ 

We’re delighted to be working with a fantastic children’s charity who are looking for a Supporter Relations and Operations Manager to join their team. You’ll manage and coordinate the work of the Supporter Operations/Supporter Relations team to ensure a high-quality service is provided to their supporters. You’ll train your team, whilst also coordinating the workload of the team as well as working collaboratively within the organisation to identify opportunities to improve supporter stewardship.

You’ll be the first point of contact for questions on processes and complex queries within the Supporter Operations team, as well as manage the day to day running of the quality assurance programme in the Supporter Relations team. Experience of leading a team is essential for this role as you will be line managing 4 direct reports and being the go to person for any queries and concerns.

You will need:

• Experience managing a team in a fact paced environment
• Experience developing working relationship across a wide range of internal stakeholders
• Experience in an operations/customer service team obtained from commercial or charity sectors
• Ability to develop a team to deliver excellent customer service

Location: Remote

Deadline: ASAP

Salary: £30,000 - £37,000

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable roles. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically, supporting people to find their perfect role within the not-for-profit sector.

We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here.

If enough applications are received the charity reserve the right to end the application period sooner.

Are you looking for an opportunity to develop communications strategy and wider stakeholder engagement for a high impact organisation?  Can you help IHP tell our story of how we support people in hard to reach, vulnerable and disaster-hit communities to access medicines?  We work with stakeholders ranging from healthcare companies who donate medicines to logistics partners and international aid organisations who deliver the healthcare products in programmes all over the world.  So in this role every day will be different.

We’re looking for someone with successful experience in communications and a drive to build IHP's brand and increase our impact.   We need someone who can tell the right story, to the right people, at the right time.  You will be able to get colleagues in front of donors, industry leaders and opinion formers to ensure we can raise our profile and resources, and so deliver our vision.And you will help us package our new commercial venture, based on our groundbreaking technology and efficiency. 

You will need to be motivated by your Christian faith and want to be part of a team who are committed to high standards and making a real difference.   We are a 21 strong staff team with high levels of employee engagement and a culture that is described as warm and inclusive. 

International Health Partners (IHP) supports people in hard-to-reach, vulnerable and disaster-hit communities to get the medicines they need, by coordinating the safe and responsible donation of long-dated medical products. We work with our strong network of global healthcare, logistics and NGO partners, to source and send treatments to where they are needed most, to help prevent the needless suffering caused by a lack of access to healthcare.  Our work is needed now more than ever. The global outbreak of COVID-19 has further highlighted the urgent need for improving access to medicines and for strengthening health systems.   In the last two years, IHP has sent over ten million treatments to vulnerable communities around the world including places such as Yemen, South Sudan and Haiti.

Please view the full job description and person specification for more details about the role including how to apply. 

IHP is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Staff regularly spend time together praying for IHP’s work and there is an occupational requirement for the post holder to have a personal commitment to the Christian faith.  Please make it clear in the application how you meet this requirement.

We offer excellent benefits including a company pension scheme and a generous holiday entitlement.

Job Title: Project Lead, UK Aid Match

Location: UWS offices in Vauxhall, London (Flexible working arrangements can be considered)

Job Type: 9 month Fixed Term, Full Time Salary £36k- £40k dependent on skills and experience, plus 4% pension contribution.

United World Schools is an equal opportunities employer and actively promotes diversity and strongly encourages applications from within Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities and under-represented groups. 

Responsibilities 

Project Management & External Relationship management

• ● Provide overall project management of the UK Aid Match campaign for UWS, with a robust project management framework, including management of senior internal and external stakeholders.
• ● Ensure terms of contract are adhered to and that activities take place within the framework of relevant legislation.
• ● Agree guidelines and technical specifications internally and with the UK Aid Match team to establish ‘in principal’ ways of working at the start of the campaign.
• ● Work closely with external agencies and freelanders to develop campaign messaging, look and feel.
• ● Manage the required documents and sign off for all campaign assets with the Social Change Agency for the delivery of the campaign. 
• ● Work with colleagues across departments to monitor where content is used, and calculate how many opportunities to view (OTV) the UK Aid match logo and messaging the campaign delivered. This will feed into the wider communications evaluation for the FCDO at the end of the campaign.
• ● Mapping and coordinating all of the different activity, tracking and reporting on project performance.
• ● Ensuring activities are delivered on time and to budget
• ● Communicating project milestones and successes to the wider organisation

Fundraising, Marketing and Communications

• ● Keep internal UK Aid Match team on track to deliver objectives and support in driving the success of the fundraising for the campaign.
• ● Ensure that the project delivers maximum return in fundraising as the key objective, but also communications and brand awareness.
• ● Manage stakeholders appropriately, communicating the project effectively and managing expectations where necessary. 

Essential Requirements

• • Exceptional project management skills and experience of managing a UK Aid Match campaign; structured management of complex, cross-organisational projects.
• • Knowledge of fundraising and communications techniques and sector trends
• • Experience working in a fundraising and/or marketing communications team to lead projects that generate income and raise brand awareness.
• • Excellent communication skills and ability to manage a range of senior external and internal key stakeholders. The postholder will also need to engage, support and work alongside various colleagues within the organisation.
• • Demonstrable knowledge of sector regulations and ability to implement systems for compliance.
• • Experience of managing tight budgets and working to be cost effective
• • Demonstrable experience of writing clear and informative project and activity plans, including developing good practice, guidance documentation and communicating it to others.
• • A self starter with creative, entrepreneurial energy and confidence to take calculated risks and tenacity to manage setbacks.
• • Commitment to our vision, mission and values.

Desirable

• • Experience in marketing and communications delivery for an international NGO.
• • With limited in-house capacity this post will need to provide a supportive and advisory role to ensure the successful delivery of the campaign’s marketing strategy and approach.
• • Experience of events management and knowledge of fundraising events/activities for the mass market

Behaviourial Competencies:

• • Leading and engaging: Builds team commitment and engagement with UK Aid Match.
• • Working collaboratively: Pro-actively seeks and builds a collaborative environment and working relationships.
• • Communicating and Influencing: Take multiple steps to ensure excellent communication and influence relevant stakeholders.
• • Solutions focussed: Ability to adopt a strategic approach to solving problems and tackling challenges.

UWS is committed to the safeguarding of children and ensuring we recruit safely is central to this commitment. All applicants will be required to undertake a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check as a condition of employment.

How to Apply

To apply for this position, please send a CV (max 2 pages) and one page supporting statement to outlining your suitability for the role. Due to the urgency of the role, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. To avoid disappointment, apply as soon as possible. Interviews will be held on w/c: 10th Jan 2022

Queries: For any questions about the role, please contact Constance, the Associate Director of People and Culture

About Us

Unique among members’ clubs, our vision is of a future where lasting good work, a secure home and a supportive network are a reality for those affected by homelessness. Our mission is to break the cycle of homelessness We deliver our mission through our Employment Academy, through which participants experience a holistic programme of long-term support, helping them secure good work, a secure home and a supportive network.

About the Role

We are looking for a proven leader of commercial operations to join our Senior Leadership Team. You will be responsible for the day-to-day experience of members and guests in the building, for maximising our commercial hospitality offer and for ensuring the organisation has the infrastructure it needs to thrive now and into the future.

Specific responsibilities include:

Ensure a high-quality commercial hospitality offer for members, guests and participants on work experience, including:

• Support the Head of Hospitality to ensure an outstanding member experience, including excellent food, drink and service that delivers impact, exceeds customer expectation, and delivers financial return.
• Develop and ensure high quality and profitable private hire strategy, offer and end-to-end operations, ensuring these complement members’ use of the House (working closely with the Director of Engagement)
• Ensure high quality work experience, training and accreditation for Employment Programme Participants is structured and supported throughout your department.
• Ensure all visitors, members, guests and staff in the House consistently experience a welcoming, safe and beautiful building, including a streamlined and consistent House experience, from reception to departure.

Lead the Hospitality & Operations Department to ensure the House is a great place to work

• Lead the full Hospitality and Operations Teams, providing support and troubleshooting as needed and evolving culture and values
• Develop and nurture the hospitality management team
• Support the Head of Hospitality to develop a positive work culture within the broader team; with our mission and impact embedded at its core
• Ensure and facilitate effective cross-team working with other teams across the House

For further information and to read the full job description, please visit our 'careers' page on our website.

How to apply

To apply for this role, please submit a CV and a supporting statement that outlines your skills and experience and what you would bring to the role (no more than 2 sides of A4)

Timetable:

Deadline for applications: Monday 7th February, 9am.

1st round interviews: Friday 11th February

Final round interviews: w/c 14th February

Intended start date: Ideally on or before 1st April

We look forward to hearing from you!