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We are seeking a dynamic Programme Manager in our Enterprise Hub team in Northern Ireland.

The role

Our Enterprise Hub programmes provide tailored support, from training on how to commercialise your innovation, to developing the right leadership skills to scale your company.

As Programme Manager, you will manage and further develop a range of activity aimed at identifying and supporting the next generation of engineering entrepreneurs from within Northern Ireland to engage with Academy programmes.

Working closely with the Head of Regional Engagement and with colleagues within the Enterprise Hub team, across other Academy directorates, and other key Academy stakeholders you will identify opportunities to grow the Hub’s engagement with potential applicants in Northern Ireland, making appropriate connections within the vast knowledge, expertise and experience of the Academy’s Fellowship and the Enterprise Hub’s network.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for someone with experience of managing projects, budgets and partnerships, someone who is experienced at planning and hosting events and who is ready to help introduce Northern Ireland's engineering and technology community to the support available from the Royal Academy of Engineering.

You will have a commitment to diversity and inclusion and a conviction that listening to a diverse range of voices and stakeholders results in improved outcomes. Naturally, you’ll be highly organised with excellent time management skills and an effective communicator – both verbally and in writing.

You will have workable knowledge of the Northern Ireland engineering and technology and wider entrepreneurial eco-system.

Above all, we are looking for someone with initiative, flexibility, and the drive to learn new skills to help us support engineers as we strive to build a more sustainable society and inclusive economy that works for everyone. If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.

Who are we?

The Royal Academy of Engineering is harnessing the power of engineering to build a sustainable society and an inclusive economy that works for everyone. In collaboration with our Fellows and partners, we’re growing talent and developing skills for the future, driving innovation and building global partnerships, and influencing policy and engaging the public. Together we’re working to tackle the greatest challenges of our age.

With a diverse workforce and an inclusive and supportive culture, we look to attract candidates from wide and different backgrounds who have a passion for the role engineering plays in society. Our aim is to make the Academy the best place to work for the staff we have and those we seek to attract.

Why work for the Royal Academy of Engineering?

We’re looking for people who are driven to make the world a better place. If you’re passionate about what you do and want to work collaboratively with talented colleagues to make change happen now and for future generations, we want you to get in touch.

This is the perfect time to join us. We have a dynamic, visionary CEO, a strong leadership team and an ambitious and exciting strategy. The value we bring as experts in our field and change agents is highly recognised and makes the Academy a motivating place to be. Our work today builds on a long, proud history with a focused and ambitious future which we’d love you to be part of.

We are looking for talented people who want to make a difference, to join our team – is this you?

Company Benefits

The Academy offers a fantastic package of additional benefits including:

• BUPA cash plan
• Private medical insurance
• Regular social activities
• Independent Financial Advice
• Generous holiday allowance
• Non-contributory pension scheme
• Health and wellbeing programmes
• Wellbeing days and office wide Christmas leave
• Significant investment into your personal and professional development.

Location

Our Enterprise Hub in Northern Ireland is based in Ormeau Baths, an award-winning coworking space in the heart of Belfast City Centre. The role will require occasional travel to the Academy's light, spacious offices based in a fantastic location in central London with views over St James’s Park and close to the West End. We operate hybrid, flexible working practices with a baseline 2 days a week in the office.

For more information and to apply, please visit our careers portal.

Closing date: 10.00am on 22 August 2022.

Interviews will be held virtually on 24 - 26 August 2022.

About On Purpose

On Purpose is a unique community of people who are using their careers to create positive social and environmental impact.

We develop people who put purpose before profit, and who will help bring about an economy that works for all – an economy that is equitable and sustainable for the long-term.

Our Associate Programme will celebrate its twelfth year in 2022. Running twice a year, the year-long programme works with a select group of high-potential career changers from a range of professional backgrounds, matching them to work with purpose led organisations, and supporting them through inspiring learning and development.

On Purpose operates as a social enterprise. We are a member of Social Enterprise UK, a founding UK B Corp, and a London Living Wage employer. We are based in London, near London Bridge, with offices in Paris and Berlin.

Working here puts you at the heart of an inspiring mix of people and organisations working to create positive change.

Scope of role

The Programme Delivery Manager will support the running of our year long programme that develops people to become leaders in the impact economy. As a member of the team, the Programme Delivery Manager will have the rare and exciting opportunity to gain access to the training and development we provide our Associates (programme participants), helping them to grow as leaders.

Most of the time in this role will focus on two key areas:

Ensuring that On Purpose delivers a world-class learning & development programme

• Supporting the Head of Programme Delivery to design and sequence the year-long training syllabus
• Timetabling and planning the training programme
• Finding and briefing trainers for sessions
• Helping to evaluate and improve the training year with each iteration
• Hosting and working towards delivering training sessions
• Supporting on the logistics of training sessions

Creating a positive programme experience for Associates

• Being the main point of contact for Associates on week to week matters
• Having oversight of the organisation and logistics of all Associate events (including induction and residential trips)
• Sending monthly evaluations to associates, reviewing the results and checking in with associates where necessary

The role will also include the following:

Managing On Purpose’s pro bono coaching network

• Recruiting coaches and matching them with On Purpose Associates
• Managing coach relationships through the year
• Debriefing with coaches at the end of each year and evaluating the coaching element of the programme

Developing the wider On Purpose community

• Working with Marketing Coordinator to run and manage community events.
• Work with On Purpose International on the strategy for On Purpose community building
• Generating and implementing ideas around engaging On Purpose Fellows (alumni who have previously completed the programme) over the long run

Supporting on the recruitment of new Associates

• Screening applications and helping to lead interviews for potential Associates

Like all members of the On Purpose team, you will contribute to wider strategic initiatives, and have the opportunity to work in collaboration with On Purpose team members in our other cities. We are a very inclusive organisation and people at all stages of their career and length of service at On Purpose are asked their opinions and encouraged to share ideas.

This role will work with the whole team but will work most closely with and be managed by the Head of Programme Delivery. The role will also work closely with the Programme Coordinator and may include some management of their work depending on skill set and preference.

Skills profile

Person Profile:

• Genuine passion for social and environmental impact, using business for good and the mission of On Purpose.
• Strong organisational skills, with ability to keep multiple workstreams on track while also adapting to the changing needs of Associates
• Practical problem solver with a pragmatic approach and an eye for detail
• Excellent verbal and written communicator with the ability to build strong relationships and connections within and beyond On Purpose’s community
• Comfortable delivering training and facilitating groups
• Experience of or interest in training and developing others
• A strong desire to learn, improve and grow through working in this role

We are a community that welcomes diversity in all forms, through different professional and personal backgrounds, and encourages applications from anyone who’s passionate about purpose-led work irrespective of previous experience - this could suit someone right at the beginning of their career, or someone with a few years of work experience in the sector.

Remuneration, benefits and holidays

We care about everyone we work with and thus have high aspirations for what we’ll each get out of working at On Purpose. We want our time working together to be challenging and rewarding as well as fun and enjoyable.

This is a full-time position with a salary in the region of £27,000-£29,000, dependent on experience.

Other benefits include:

• The chance to work at a genuinely purpose-first organisation, that strives to drive a fundamental shift from profit to purpose, creating an economy that serves the wellbeing of all
• A trusting, collaborative and flexible working environment
• A pension scheme with a 5% employer’s contribution
• A £750 personalised learning budget to help you grow and develop, access to the rolling-programme of top-quality events and training we offer to our Associates and wider community
• The opportunity to volunteer with causes you care about
• Organisation-wide offsites with team members from across our London, Paris and Berlin offices
• A 25-day holiday allowance, plus UK bank holidays and your birthday!

Applications

To apply, please click the link below where you will be asked to answer questions about your interest in and fit for the role, upload your CV, and share your contact details.

The deadline for applications is midday on Thursday 25th of August.

If you are successful, the next stage will be a video interview early in the week commencing 5th September. We would like the successful candidate to start by the beginning of October, but there is some flexibility on this.

Are you looking for an opportunity where your skills will make a difference in helping to end homelessness and rebuild lives?

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our Women’s service in Reading, providing accommodation and bespoke support to homeless women with complex needs.

The Nova project is a is a joint enterprise between Reading Borough Council, St Mungo’s and other local partner agencies providing a specialist women’s service in the heart of Reading; this barrier-free accommodation service for female clients; provides essential support to meet individual needs, while ensuring a safe place for residents to call home throughout their recovery and progression journey.

In the rewarding role of Deputy Manager you will:

• Work closely with the service manager to ensure the effective day to day running of the service and work with the team to provide a safe and supportive environment for female clients in which to build confidence and ‘promote opportunities’ for positive change.

• Provide supportive supervision and line management to staff ensuring high quality, person centred support is provided to clients with a broad range of support needs.

About you

Above all, we are looking for someone committed to the overall aims of the service and working with a recovery focused, person centred approach and the ability to empower individuals to make positive changes. In addition you will have:

• Some experience of managing staff and volunteers; or the willingness to develop these skills.
• The ability to effectively prioritise your own time and workload and come up with practical ideas to improve services.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build and maintain relationships with a variety of people.
• A good understanding of the issues faced by homeless or vulnerable women and the problems they might face in accessing services.  

*For genuine occupational requirement reasons we are looking to appoint a female only for this post (exemption under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9).

How to apply

Closing date: 10am on 24 August 2022

Interview and assessments on: 1-2 September 2022

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) applicants, as they are under-represented within St Mungo’s at mid- management level.

To find out more and apply please go to the St Mungo’s careers page on our website.

To view the job description and guidance on completing your application form, please click on the ‘document’ tab on the advert page on our website.

What we offer

• Excellent Development and Growth Opportunities
• A Diverse and Inclusive Work Place
• Great Pay and Other Benefits

About the Youth Investment Fund

The Youth Investment Fund (YIF) is a £368 million fund created by the UK government to create, expand and improve youth facilities and services in England to drive positive outcomes for young people.

YIF is being delivered by a partnership between Social Investment Business, The Key Fund, National Youth Agency and Resonance.

Together, we aim to deliver grants for up to 300 facilities in selected eligible areas across England by 2025 that represent positive value for money, are environmentally sustainable and enable positive activities for young people aged 11–18 (up to 25 for young people with SEND).

This funding will drive value-for-money facilities that youth organisations can afford to sustain. Using innovative construction techniques, as well as supporting redevelopment projects that expand youth service provision, the YIF will achieve savings on facility running costs, so that resources can focus on activities that enrich young people’s lives.

It will support projects to level up youth provision, assessing and distributing grants so that local youth facilities and services can be the best they can be.  For further information please visit the Youth Investment Fund website.

About this role:

This role will be employed by Social Investment Business (SIB) on a fixed term contract until March 2025.

Hybrid – Remote based with some mandatory travel to London (approx. 8 times per year).

For over two decades, Social Investment Business has provided finance and support to charities and social enterprises. We empower these organisations to do what they do best - serve the communities they operate within.

Find out more about what we do plesae visit the Social Investment Business website.

Our values are: People First, Curious, Bold, Collaborative, Accountable

For further information on our values and our generous benefits please visit our website.

This role will support the Director of People and Values (P&V) on the implementation, planning and creation of learning and development across the organisation.

Key responsibilities

1. Support the Director of P&V to embed the strategic training plan.
2. Co-ordination and management of learning where relevant, across the organisation and audit of new and existing L&D interventions.
3. To support the organisation to provide upskilling or retraining where required on new projects or funds.
4. Research, develop, and plan cost effective learning programmes, development initiatives and frameworks.
5. Working with stakeholders across the organisation, as well as the leadership team, to identify development needs and ensure the delivery of strategically aligned L&D solutions.
6. Source and manage third-party training providers.
7. Ensuring the application and effectiveness of learning, with a key focus on the transfer of learning to the workplace to support operational excellence.
8. Working with the Learning and Influence team on evaluating and evidencing the impact of learning.
9. Working with the Learning and Influence team on collating and evaluating employee engagement regularly.
10. Promote a culture of continuous learning.
11. To support the Director of P&V on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, including networks, information, action plans and training.
12. To support the Director of P&V with the management of the L&D Budget
13. To work within the organisation's values, principles and processes to achieve operational excellence.
14. To adopt our continuous improvement and learning ethos.
15. To support and embed equality, diversity and inclusion into day-to-day behaviours and activities within your role as well as contributing more widely across SIB’s commitment to E, D & I.
16. To support and contribute to the implementation and delivery of SIB’s strategy.
17. In agreement with manager to undertake other tasks and work on cross team projects that support the objectives of SIB as required.

Core competencies

• Commitment to quality, equality, diversity, inclusion and customers.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Team player with the ability to work independently.
• Experience of providing organisation wide training delivery.
• Experience of planning, co-ordinating and researching the most appropriate learning.
• Experience of understanding organisation delivery and creating L&D to support that. • Delivering learning interventions in a blended & agile manner.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Able to manage information and people sensitively and confidentially.
• Able to build strong working relationships across the organisation and with partners.

Desirable competencies

• Social sector experience.
• Qualification CIPD or other relevant L&D

This is an exciting opportunity to join our London Hub as we seek to recruit a Youth Development Lead who will support young people based in and around London, with a specific focus on Enterprise. The role will initially require a blended approach to Office and Home working, in line with government guidelines, but will eventually be based in our London Hub in Tower Hamlets and Southwark, with flexibility needed to travel across London.

Our Enterprise Youth Development Leads help young people aged 18-30 to learn about self-employment and to decide whether starting a business is right for them. We ensure service users have the tools and skills they need to launch their businesses through our Explore Enterprise Course and offer mentoring, workshops, and funding to support new entrepreneurs at every stage of their business start-up journey.

This role is perfect for you if you have skills and experience in Self-Employment and are passionate about supporting young entrepreneurs to develop their businesses. The work you do both independently and as part of the Sussex team will raise the aspirations of young people and help to transform young lives.

Suitable candidates may have one or more of the following:

• Qualifications in Business Management

• Experience in having set up their own business

Key parts of this role will include:

• Delivering workshops and training on entrepreneurship

• Providing 1-to-1 support directly to our service users

• Supporting the development of business plans and financial forecasts

• Working closely with volunteers and partner organisations to support our Young People

• Working with wider colleagues to achieve a positive outcome for service users

The role will also involve accurately completing paperwork, using our internal customer relationship management software to actively onboard and manage our Young People and day-to-day general administration.

We are looking for someone who:

• Is an effective communicator and collaborator, passionate about delivering excellent customer service and making the right decision for young people

• Will thrive in a busy and dynamic role and is able to engage in challenges with optimism and resilience
  Is able to work efficiently and effectively to manage multiple priorities and deadlines

• Can confidently work as part of a team, with other departments across the organisation and externally with delivery partners and volunteers

• Has experience of working on their own initiative to achieve individual and team objectives  

• Can write, develop, and deliver lesson plans both face-to-face and virtually, utilising digital technology (including MS Teams)
  Has a fine attention to detail and can process paperwork in a timely and accurate manner

• Has a strong understanding of the challenges young people from within The Trust’s target groups might face

We work with young people from every background, so we are passionate about building a diverse workforce that represents the young people we support. We therefore welcome applications from everyone who meets the essential criteria for the role. If you believe you have the passion and skills to help young people change their lives and enter entrepreneurship, then we would love to hear from you. 

Salary: £40,000-£45,000 per year
Location: Greater London
Job Type: Permanent

Experienced CRM Manager required for brand new role with very well known British social enterprise organisation.

THE COMPANY

My Client has over 30 years of experience changing lives and putting £400 million into over 500 social enterprises since 2005.
Today the organisation brings together media, investment and service initiatives to help create innovative solutions and unlocking social and economic opportunity for people in the UK living in poverty.

THE ROLE

This is a newly created role designed to deliver first class customer centric digital performance across all digital platforms.
As part of the Marketing & Communications team, this role is central to delivering against new and evolving targets around optimal customer acquisition, engagement and retention, using a fully integrated and data-informed approach to drive revenues.

The organisation is actively seeking to connect with their customers, target the right audiences at the right time, with the right message and experience, so this role is pivotal in influencing how they interact digitally with current and future customers.

The marketing team meet up in the North London office every Thursday, Other working days can be from home or from the office - whichever preferred.

YOU

In order to be considered for this role my Client is seeking CRM candidates with experience of:

- HUBSPOT - used to build segments and activate campaigns.
- Analytics, data-driven and well-versed with Excel.
- E-Commerce.
- Detail-oriented.
- Stakeholder management.
- Experience with HTML and CSS (JS and SQL would be desirable)

So pleased do share your details if you're an experienced CRM candidate, looking for your next opportunity and interested in the social enterprise sector.

Salary: £40,000-£45,000 per year
Location: Greater London
Job Type: Permanent

NB: You must be eligible to work in the UK

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At the Public Interest News Foundation (PINF), we want everyone in the UK to benefit from public interest news that speaks to them, for them and with them. We work with print and digital news providers of all shapes and sizes, focusing in particular on independent providers with turnover below £2m. These innovative social enterprises are developing new models of journalism, but they face great challenges.

Since we started work in March 2020, we have provided independent news providers with funding and leadership development opportunities, backed up by original research. Now, we want to strengthen the support for our mission among policymakers in the UK Government and devolved administrations.

As Campaigns Manager, you will have lead responsibility for the success of the ‘News for All’ campaign, which aims to promote the value of independent public interest news to policymakers and stakeholders. You will also be responsible for coordinating the Public Interest News Network, through which we work with a range of our partner organisations. And you will make sure that our core communications are clear and compelling.

We are a small, dedicated team with big ambitions. We work remotely from home or in co-working spaces, with get-togethers at least once a month. We all contribute to PINF’s evolving strategy, and we support and stretch each other to do our best work.

We are committed to building a diverse team who can bring their experiences from work and home into this role. Therefore, we actively encourage applications from Black, Asian or minoritised groups, LGBTQ+ people and people with disabilities.

You will have the following skills and attributes:

• Advocacy. You will be able to develop and deliver an effective campaign, drawing on your excellent knowledge and understanding of the UK’s political framework to build effective working relationships with Ministers, MPs and Peers, members of the devolved administrations and civil servants.
• Communications. You will be able to use your outstanding written and verbal communication skills, including copy-writing and public speaking, to draft and deliver output including speeches, consultation responses, blog posts and comment pieces.
• Media. You will be able to engage effectively with print, digital and broadcast journalists, and manage PINF’s social media channels.
• Policy. You will be able to distil complex policy issues into clear and compelling positions by drawing on internal and external research. You do not have to be a sector specialist when you start the role, but you should be able to build your knowledge and understanding rapidly.
• Partnerships. You will be able to build a coalition of organisations and individuals, drawing on your skill for effective working relationships and your instinct for collaboration to engage and empower people from all backgrounds and experiences.
• Administration. You will be able to stay on top of your workload by using relevant software (including Microsoft Office, e-campaigning tools and content management systems), keeping accurate and up-to-date records, and prioritising between competing tasks.

In your first 12 months as Campaigns Manager, you will:

• Lead on the successful delivery of the ‘News for All’ campaign, through which we are working in partnership with a range of organisations and individuals to ensure that policymakers support independent news providers through the forthcoming Digital Competition Bill and other areas of public policy.
• Co-ordinate the Public Interest News Network, through which we are developing our relationships with our partner organisations, to ensure that we contribute as effectively and efficiently as possible towards our shared aims.
• Build PINF’s profile and reputation with key audience groups, including not only policymakers, but also independent news providers, philanthropists and big tech companies, through a running programme of media and social media communications.

Benefits

We are a small and friendly team of dedicated people who work remotely with a high degree of responsibility and autonomy. We meet at least once a month in London, and we can cover reasonable travel costs for employees who are based outside London to attend these meetings. We can also pay for employees to use co-working spaces in their local area if they prefer not to work from home. We are happy for employees to manage their own time, so long as they are available to take calls and meetings and respond to emails within normal office hours (9.30am-5.30pm, Monday-Friday). The Campaigns Manager will be entitled to 28 days paid leave, including bank holidays.

At PINF, we are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive organisation. We offer flexible working arrangements to support staff from different backgrounds, and we particularly encourage applications from people whose backgrounds are under-represented in the news media.

We intend to appoint the Campaigns Manager on a twelve-month full-time contract (40 hours per week with an hour each day for lunch). With further funding, we hope to develop this into a permanent role, so, for the right candidate, this could be the start of a long-term involvement with the Public Interest News Foundation. Permanent employees receive matching pension contributions of 5% and can participate in our salary sacrifice scheme to lease an electric car.

Are you passionate about the environment, sustainable transport and supporting local communities? Do you want to act on that passion and make a vital and positive contribution to Moray communities and the environment?

If so, come and join our team!

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Moray Carshare (MCS) in the role of Operations Manager. You will be responsible for the overall effective running of the operations of MCS in alignment with our strategy, vision, purpose and ethos.

Bringing energy, drive(!) and a positive mind-set and approach to the post and organisation, you will be reliable, possess customer service skills and ideally, supervisory experience, while being comfortable in dealing with cars and e-bikes. In addition, you will both support and lead change as MCS develops its operational systems and strives for improvement across all spectrums of our service.

In exchange for your dedication, commitment and hard work, we offer a comfortable and stimulating working environment (Findhorn Social Enterprise Hive), 28 days annual leave (inclusive of public holidays), a competitive salary and the opportunity to be part of a charity that is embarking on an exciting new chapter as we lay the foundations for the development and expansion of our service.

We welcome applications from under-represented minority groups.

Job title:Senior Relationship Manager

Location: Home/office based assigned to an office in Launceston, Bristol, London, Manchester

Reporting To: Head of Developing Communities

Contract: FTC to 31 March 2025

Salary:£48,000-£55,000

Date Closes: 4th September 2022

Role Purpose:

Reporting to the Head of Developing Communities this role plays an important part in the provision of capital grants to our charity and social enterprise customers working in the youth sector as part of the Youth Investment Fund (YIF).

We are looking for someone who has previous experience of funding of property / real estate / asset acquisition or redevelopment (which could be in the form of capital grants or lending) and managing a team of funding managers.  This is a great opportunity for someone to be involved in making a difference to young people.

The Youth Investment Fund (YIF) is a £368 million fund created by the UK government to create, expand and improve youth facilities and services in England to drive positive outcomes for young people.

YIF is being delivered by a partnership between Social Investment Business, The Key Fund, National Youth Agency and Resonance.

Together, we aim to deliver grants for up to 300 facilities in selected eligible areas across England by 2025 that represent positive value for money, are environmentally sustainable and enable positive activities for young people aged 11–18 (up to 25 for young people with SEND).

This funding will drive value-for-money facilities that youth organisations can afford to sustain. Using innovative construction techniques, as well as supporting redevelopment projects that expand youth service provision, the YIF will achieve savings on facility running costs, so that resources can focus on activities that enrich young people’s lives.

It will support projects to level up youth provision, assessing and distributing grants so that local youth facilities and services can be the best they can be. 

This role will be employed by Resonance Ltd, a leader in social impact investing and a growing company, so you’ll need to enjoy working in a fast-paced work environment with a friendly and supportive team.

Our values are:

• We are a bridge, not an institution
• We believe there is always a solution
• We build trusting and transparent relationships, one investment at a time
• When we strive for mutual profit, all of society benefits

Key Responsibilities:

1. Responsible for managing a team of up to four Relationship Managers at Resonance who are assessing and managing capital grant investments as part of the Youth Investment Fund (YIF) and oversight of the grants under management of the team expected to be c. £90m+
2. Support Relationship Managers and make decisions on grant execution that fall outside of the procedures/standardised grant and security documentation, drawing on legal counsel support as required.
3. Ensure approval decisions and funding conditions are clearly communicated to the Relationship Managers.
4. Ensure that the funding assessments by Relationship Managers are completed to a high quality across the ‘three pillars’ of the YIF: organisational resilience, construction/redevelopment project viability and supported activities for young people. This may include coordinating support from experts and the wider YIF partnership.
5. Provide input and proposals to the Director of Investments and the Head of the Youth Investment Fund that help contribute to the ongoing improvement and development of the funding programme.
6. Authorise funding drawdowns, reviewing that the Relationship Managers have undertaken all the required checks and that approval conditions have been met.
7. Sign off facility letters and security (where applicable).
8. Ensure that the Relationship Managers are undertaking robust monitoring of grant and grants are being draw to schedule.
9. Discuss potential variations to the terms of funding with the Relationship Managers (including challenging situations where the organisation is not able to bring the capital project in on time and on budget or is otherwise in financial distress) and approve variations in line with delegated authorities or recommend for approval to the grants committee as required.
10. Relationship Managers (RMs) will be undertaking grant assessments and due diligence in conjunction with NYA and Construction consultants, and the assessment panels and grant committees will make all grant award decisions. This role oversees the production of assessment reports by RMs and co-ordinates with the senior member of the RM teams across SIB, Key Fund and Resonance, who are managing RMs at their organisations.
11. Support and/or lead on relevant YIF projects as and when required.
12. Support Head of Developing Communities on other projects as required.
13. To work within Resonance’s mission, vision, values, and processes to achieve operational excellence.
14. To adopt our continuous improvement and learning ethos.
15. To support and embed equality, diversity and inclusion (ED&I) into day-to-day behaviours and activities within your role as well as contributing more widely across Resonance’s commitment to ED&I.
16. To support and contribute to the implementation and delivery of Resonance’s strategy.

Skills and Experience:

Core competencies

• Commitment to quality, equality, diversity & inclusion, and customers.
• Team player with the ability to work independently.
• Experience of construction, real estate or property funding (capital grants or lending).
• Experience of managing a team of funding relationship managers or assessors, and excellent leadership skills.
• Commercial lending or social investment – Significant experience of subjective funding – social investment or commercial funding to include significant experience of transaction management and execution.
• Credit cycle: Experience of working in commercial lending or social investment through at least one previous credit cycle.
• Working at pace: Ability to work to deploy funding at a fast pace, whilst retaining control and oversight.
• Commercial awareness and numeracy skills – experience of talking to and understanding businesses and organisations.
• Strong attention to detail – experience of reviewing detailed information and picking up key details.
• Problem solving – experience of finding problems and assessing why problems occur. Adaptability and flexibility to changing needs and ability to deliver results under pressure.
• Communication – strong interpersonal and influencing skills and the confidence to effectively communicate at all levels.
• Organisation/time management – experience of managing a large amount of data and delivering results within specified timescales to a high standard.
• Strong IT skills.
• A passion to help financially viable charities and social enterprises access funding

Desirable competencies

Knowledge of the voluntary, community, and social enterprise sector, particularly the youth sector.

Journey Enterprises is a local charity, which was founded by parents of young people with learning disability and complex needs 40 years ago

Our Hub Managers sit in the Middle Management Team (MMT) and are responsible for management of their Hub  premises, services and Staff.

As key managers in the Organisation, a Hub Manager manages a team of 8 -12 Staff consisting of employees, volunteers and practice-based student placements. Staff roles encompass: Company-wide Specialists, Senior Life Skills Coaches, Life Skills Coaches, Drivers, Activities Specialists. We also host occasional student placements, typically from health & social care, psychology & education disciplines and creative arts.

Hub Managers work with the Operations Manager to design and deliver programmes to develop Clients’ life and employability skills. Our Hubs accommodate up to 45 people daily who have intellectual disability and complex needs and we deliver a varied programme of activities weekly both on and off site. Clients choose their activities to meet the needs set out in their Care & Support Plans or Education and Healthcare Plans. All are designed in a Person-Centred Approach and Positive Behaviour Support approach enabling us to create bespoke programmes for each person.

Journey’s Clients are funded by Local Authority Adult Social Care or the NHS and have an assigned Care Manager responsible for approving the individual activities programme. Some families may also self-fund additional days in service.

Unpaid Carers (families) are involved in Care & Support planning and encouraged to attend Person-Centred review meetings, and other events, at Journey. We recognise and value the knowledge, expertise and role of unpaid carers and consult with Carers regularly as expert partners.

Hub Managers work collaboratively to develop enterprise and community fundraising initiatives, each providing opportunities for Clients to further develop their skills and service to the community, and for Hub Managers to build partnerships in their local area.  These partnerships enable us to build resources, funding for services and opportunities for Client work experience. They also act as critical referral pathways for new potential Clients and volunteers.

Hub Managers are given an opportunity to take on whole-Company part-time responsibilities for which they are paid at SP9 (pre specialist qualification) or SP10 when qualified.

Hub Managers are the public face of their Hub and our liaison with Adult Social Care.  They maintain regular contact with Care Managers and are encouraged to attend networking and provider forums externally whenever possible. 

Job title: Lead Relationship Manager

Location: Hybrid, remote based 1 or 2 days/week to one of the offices

Covering Yorkshire & Humber and the Northwest of England

Reporting To: Chief Executive

Contract: Full time, fixed term contract to March 2025

Salary: £50,661

Date Closes: 7th September

Role Purpose:

Reporting to the Chief Executive this role plays an important part in the provision of capital grants to our charity and social enterprise customers working in the youth sector as part of the Youth Investment Fund (YIF). 

We are looking for someone who has previous experience of funding of property / real estate / asset acquisition or redevelopment, (which could be in the form of capital grants or lending) and managing a team of funding managers. This is a great opportunity for someone to be involved in making a difference to young people.

The Youth Investment Fund (YIF) is a £368 million fund created by the UK government to create, expand and improve youth facilities and services in England to drive positive outcomes for young people.

YIF is being delivered by a partnership between Social Investment Business, The Key Fund, National Youth Agency and Resonance.

Together, we aim to deliver grants for up to 300 facilities in selected eligible areas across England by 2025 that represent positive value for money, are environmentally sustainable and enable positive activities for young people aged 11–18 (up to 25 for young people with SEND).

This funding will drive value-for-money facilities that youth organisations can afford to sustain. Using innovative construction techniques, as well as supporting redevelopment projects that expand youth service provision, the YIF will achieve savings on facility running costs, so that resources can focus on activities that enrich young people’s lives.

It will support projects to level up youth provision, assessing and distributing grants so that local youth facilities and services can be the best they can be.

This role will be employed by Key Fund. 

Key Fund Investments Limited (KFI) is a social enterprise that provides support and mainly modest amounts of funding and investment, to enable the development and growth of other community and social enterprises. It operates across the Midlands and North of England, particularly targeting those enterprises working in deprived communities or with marginalised groups of people. 

The mission of KFI is to provide the ‘right kind of money at the right time’ for the development and growth of sustainable and impactful community and social enterprises that are unable to secure financial support from elsewhere. 

Our values are: 

PurposeCommitted to achieving our goals to bring about positive social impact. 

Responsibility Believe in what we do and expect the highest standards at all times.

IntegrityDemonstrate honesty and credibility making mutual trust possible. 

RespectGenuine in the support, empathy and care that we supply to individuals. 

CourageChallenge and to push the boundaries to open doors to the future. 

Key Responsibilities:

1. Responsible for managing a team of four relationship managers who are assessing and managing capital grant investments as part of the Youth Investment Fund (YIF) and oversight of the grants under management of the team expected to be c. £90m+ 
2. Support relationship managers and make decisions on grant execution that fall outside of the procedures/standardised grant and security documentation, drawing on legal counsel support as required. 
3. Ensure approval decisions and funding conditions are clearly communicated to the relationship managers. 
4. Ensure that the funding assessments by relationship managers are completed to a high quality across the ‘three pillars’ of the YIF: organisational resilience, construction/redevelopment project viability and supported activities for young people. This may include coordinating support from experts and the wider YIF partnership. 
5. Provide input and proposals to the Director of Investments and the Head of the Youth Investment Fund that help contribute to the ongoing improvement and development of the funding programme. 
6. Authorise funding drawdowns, reviewing that the Relationship Managers have undertaken all the required checks and that approval conditions have been met. 
7. Sign off facility letters and security (where applicable). 
8. Ensure that the relationship managers are undertaking robust monitoring of grant and grants are being draw to schedule. 
9. Discuss potential variations to the terms of funding with the relationship managers (including challenging situations where the organisation is not able to bring the capital project in on time and on budget, or is otherwise in financial distress) and approve variations in line with delegated authorities or recommend for approval to the grants committee as required. 
10. Relationship managers will be undertaking grant assessments and due diligence in conjunction with NYA and Construction consultants, and the assessment panels and grant committees will make all grant award decisions. This role oversees the production of assessment reports by RMs and co- ordinates with the senior member of the RM teams across SIB, Key Fund and Resonance, who are managing RMs at their organisations. 
11. Support and/or lead on relevant YIF projects as and when required. 
12. Support the Director of Investments/CEO on other projects as required. 
13. To work within the organisation's values, principles and processes to achieve operational excellence. 
14. To adopt our continuous improvement and learning ethos. 
15. To support and embed equality, diversity and inclusion into day-to-day behaviours and activities within your role as well as contributing more widely across Key Fund’s commitment to E, D & I. 
16. To support and contribute to the implementation and delivery of Key Fund’s strategy. 
17. In agreement with manager to undertake other tasks and work on cross team projects that support the objectives of Key Fund as required

Skills and Experience:

• Commitment to quality, equality, diversity & inclusion, and customers. 
• Team player with the ability to work independently. 
• Experience of construction, real estate or property funding (capital grants or lending). 
• Experience of managing a team of funding relationship managers or assessors, and excellent leadership skills. 
• Commercial lending or social investment – Significant experience of subjective funding - social investment or commercial funding to include significant experience of transaction management and execution. 
• Have previously held delegated authorities in relation to funding. 
• Credit cycle: Experience of working in commercial lending or social investment through at least one previous credit cycle. 
• Working at pace: Ability to work to deploy funding at a fast pace, whilst retaining control and oversight. 
• Commercial awareness and numeracy skills – experience of talking to and understanding businesses and organisations. 
• Strong attention to detail – experience of reviewing detailed information and picking up key details. 
• Problem solving – experience of finding problems and assessing why problems occur. Adaptability and flexibility to changing needs and ability to deliver results under pressure. 
• Communication – strong interpersonal and influencing skills and the confidence to effectively communicate at all levels. 
• Organisation/time management – experience of managing a large amount of data and delivering results within specified timescales to a high standard. 
• Strong IT skills.

Desirable competencies 

• Knowledge of the voluntary, community, and social enterprise sector, particularly the youth sector. 

Our client, a leading London University, are recruiting for a temporary Research and Enterprise Administrator to provide key support for the department's research and enterprise projects. This role is offered on a full time basis, for three months in the first instance, and will be on a hybrid working basis

This position will be instrumental in supporting the school's research and enterprise administration, involving proposal administration, budgeting and financial monitoring as well as reporting. You will guide research staff through the submission process for research grants and contracts as well as support managers with setting out budgets for awarded projects. Supporting various aspects of the process, you will also be responsible for generating reports on project expenditure and progress.

In order to be considered, you will have worked in a similar role and have experience with university funding administration. With strong administrative and numeracy skills as well as interpersonal and communication skills, you will also be capable of analysing research proposals and maintaining financial records.

Please initially apply with a Word Copy of your CV - more information about the role and the organisation will be provided to suitable candidates.

As a specialist Recruitment Practice, we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application.

Background

The RSPCA is about to undergo the most fundamental transformation journey in its near 200 years. Despite serious financial pressures across the charity sector, the RSPCA is looking forward to the next stage of its long history.

We are looking to transform our service offerings, how we engage with customers, government bodies and partners across the animal welfare sector, as part of a new vision to ensure we are here for another 200 years. This is not just about bringing the RSPCA into the present, but re-establishing it as the forward-looking leader for animal welfare. 

Programme Aim

To produce a sustainable operating model that allows the Society to continue to help all animals most in need, those who have tragically experienced cruelty, neglect and abuse, whilst using a partnership model to ensure wider animal welfare is still serviced.

• Develop a sustainable & compliant model that delivers improved & evidenced animal welfare outcomes.
• Deploy our resources more effectively, reducing inefficiency & duplication.
• Work more collaboratively with others, internally and externally.
• Take a leading role in building capacity and standardisation among animal welfare networks.
• Transform our culture from inward-facing to outward-facing - we listen & we learn. 
• Adopt evidence-based innovation & best practice.
• Value, understand and promote our expertise & specialist knowledge. 
• Become role models for high-quality, focused animal welfare provision

Please note that these roles are being offered as 24 month fixed term contracts. 

Purpose of Senior Programme Manager for Animal Journey Programme:   

To manage the scoping, planning and delivery of a transformational change programme to remodel the front line animal welfare service provision to the public to ensure that the RSPCA is focussed on supporting the animals most in need. 

To manage senior stakeholder engagement and change management and to oversee the projects and to hold them, and other business leads, to account for delivery and to align with the broader change programme.

• Facilitate challenging conversations and creative commissioning / service design discussions 
• Build excitement around the vision for the programme
• Manage the programme plan, communications plan and RAID
• Working with the Partnerships team to develop a partnership building capability with other charities and government agencies to help deliver the necessary animal welfare services
• Revised processes & practises for animal centers, hospitals, wildlife centers and Inspectorate to support the partnership working
• Review and improvements in private animal boarding establishment use and private vet processes and practices
• Establishing a national networking, rehoming and fostering practice
• Establish appropriate welfare oversight and auditing
• Recommendations on improvements to MI/KPI tracking
• Recommendations on supporting systems & roadmap

Knowledge, skill and experience for Senior Programme Manager for Animal Journey Programme:

• Experience of running commissioning / service design programmes
• Experience of drafting commissioning documents and presentations
• Experience of having to lead creative thinking
• Experience of working and communicating at a strategic level with key stakeholders in order to build successful relationships and navigate top level politics, with evidence of managing by influence to achieve successful outcomes to complex business problems and proven experience of ensuring that projects remain viable and aligned to scope and strategy
• Experience of establishing strong governance structures and good reporting lines
• Experience of running projects for multiple business functions
• Extensive experience of stakeholder management, identifying, addressing and resolving differences between individuals and/or interest groups
• Experience of using project management tools to manage development activity
• Extensive experience creating Gantt charts, including resource leveling, dependency chains and critical paths
• Experience in controlling, reconciling and reporting on projects
• Experience of analysing complex data to produce useful management information
• Experience of using work package

Purpose of Senior Project Managers -Animal Journeys:

As one of our Senior Project Managers (PMs), you will play a key role within the project delivery processes at the RSPCA.

As a Senior PM, you will deliver complex projects using the RSPCA's Project Management Framework, successfully delivering the benefits and outputs of those projects to deliver business change across the organisation.

You will manage and create proactive, enthusiastic and delivery oriented project teams within a matrix reporting structure and you will be expected to actively build & sustain key stakeholder relationships, take ownership of project delivery and assess business satisfaction with delivered results.

You will control and report on program /project deliverables, progress against milestones, budget, resources, risks & issues in accordance with project governance framework already in place and seek to continuously work towards delivery excellence.

Knowledge and Skills Required for Senior Project Managers - Animal Journeys:

• Degree level or equivalent professional experience 
• Certification in an industry standard project management methodology
• Proven successful delivery of complex enterprise wide change management projects
• Experience of running projects for multiple business functions
• Extensive experience of stakeholder management, identifying, addressing and resolving differences between individuals and/or interest groups
• Proven experience leading a project team through matrix management
• Experience of using project management tools to manage development activity
• Extensive experience creating Gantt charts, including resource leveling, dependency chains and critical paths.

Behaviours required for all roles:

Delivering results  - Achieving impact and value for the customer through great performance management and empowerment
Communicating and influencing - Delivering inspiring and courageous communications and influencing others to achieve
Acting as one team - Creating a one team culture and achieving impact for our customers through our collective efforts across and outside of RSPCA
 

Enabling change - Building an adaptive, resilient organisation, managing change well to set ourselves up as a stronger organisation for the future
Engaging people - Building trust based relationships with a personal, honest and caring approach to one another
The roles will be hybrid; working from our London Hub in Blackfriars with a high focus on remote working. Trips to our hub will be for core collaboration.

Please note that these roles are being offered as 24 month fixed term contracts. 

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) is the nation’s largest funder of health and care research, awarding more than £1 billion a year of research funding from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). At the Grant Management Group, our 230+ staff based in Twickenham, SW London, manage over £550 million a year of research funds across NIHR research programmes, faculty and infrastructure, that accelerate and deliver world class research that transforms people’s lives.

We are expanding our team and are interested in speaking to Programme Managers interested in the translation of Medtech, digital health innovations and who are passionate about entrepreneurship.

The Role

You will play a key role in the Innovations team, supporting the day-to-day delivery of a translational funding programme. 

You will be involved in the commissioning of new competitions, and you will manage a portfolio of exciting projects led by small and medium enterprises, academia and NHS Trusts which are thriving to make an impact in the NHS and the UK economy.

You have a good understanding of the UK health innovation ecosystem and an appreciation of current and evolving technology developments and commercial exploitation routes and ideally you have some experience of working across industry, NHS and academia.

Key responsibilities

Programme operations and commissioning

• Supporting all aspects of translational funding, including scoping potential call themes, advising applicants, reviewing applications for funding and providing feedback to applicants 
• Supporting Programme Leads and the Assistant Director with the preparation of papers for Contract Management Board and /or Advisory Board meetings and strategic proposals for new initiatives
• Leading on continuous improvement activities across the team and drafting work instructions as appropriate

Due diligence, contracting and portfolio management 

• Undertaking due diligence of funding proposals, including reviewing the scientific, technical and clinical rationale, analysis of project budgets and value for money, evaluation of proposed intellectual property protection and freedom to operate positions and assessment of the proposed adoption and commercialisation strategies
• Negotiating funding agreements for projects recommended for funding, including the negotiation of milestones, financial arrangements and reporting requirements to enable successful project development
• Managing a portfolio of projects at various stages of development across different health tech sectors 
• Leading on portfolio analysis and collection of relevant metrics to support activities around programme promotion, business intelligence, impact and evaluation
• Contributing to the generation of case studies for programme promotion, customer reporting and shared learning 

Comms & engagement

• Supporting the delivery of communications and engagement activities or leading on elements thereof, including competition promotion and launch events, newsletters and annual reports
• Supporting engagement with small and medium enterprises, other funders and charities, the investment community, and other relevant stakeholders
• Planning and/or contributing to the delivery of key events and or initiatives such as alumni events
• Liaising regularly with internal and external stakeholders, including attending, organising and leading meetings, representing the funder’s perspective at project meetings to facilitate successful project development, and promoting and representing funding programmes at external events

Staff management

• Direct line management of Programme Managers
• Assisting with recruitment and conducting the annual performance and development review process with direct reports
• Mentoring and training of new and existing staff
• Championing equality, diversity and inclusion within the team and the organisation

Candidate specification

• Educated to MSc/PhD level in biomedical, health or engineering sciences
• Experience of working in research management, technology transfer environment, health tech accelerators, start-ups and/or organisations supporting innovation
• Experience of working within multiple areas of the health, social care and life sciences sector including industry, academia and the NHS with proven experience in commercially focused projects
• Experience in managing diverse internal and external relationships 
• Understanding of intellectual property and commercial aspects in relation to research commercialisation
• Committed team player 
• Excellent presentation and communications skills
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proven organisational and prioritisation skills with the ability to manage own time to meet demanding deadlines and excellent attention to detail

Role Details & Benefits

• Salary up to £46500 PA 
• Wide range of core benefits
• Hours: 0900 to 1730 Mon to Fri
• Location: Twickenham / Hybrid Remote

Interested in learning more about this exciting position with the GMG Group, part of the National Institute for Health and Care Research the UK's largest and most prestigious funder of research, please submit your CV and cover letter and one of the team will be in touch.