Evaluation And Learning Manager Jobs in Belfast

As Regional Manager you will represent, manage and co-ordinate FoodCycle for your allocated regional Projects. Our Projects are spaces where volunteers are empowered to run their own community meals using surplus food.

You will manage local relationships with venues, community partners, supermarkets and volunteer recruitment channels to enable this to happen. You will continually be looking to increase our impact by working towards targets of increased meals served to our guests, expanding our existing Projects and setting up new ones within Yorkshire and The Humber.

As an excellent communicator, you will manage the volunteers at each Project ensuring they are trained, supported and on-message with FoodCycle strategy, ensuring that volunteers are confident enough to self-organise and make a success of their Projects.

You will have experience of programme planning, delivery and development including community led/owned programmes. You will also have experience of building relationships with a range of stakeholders, including other charities, local authorities, funders and local champions. A full driving license and access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential for this exciting role.

How to apply:  Please upload a CV of no more than two sides, and a covering note/letter of no more than two sides explaining why you are suitable for the role, via our vacancy website.

Deadline for your application:  20th December, however we will interview candidates as applications come in. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early, and we encourage candidates to apply asap!

Benefits:  We offer 26.5 holiday (including Christmas close down) plus bank holidays, and a flexible and friendly work environment. Staff benefit from our private medical package and our pension scheme, available after three months.

This role is home based with frequent travel to projects in Leeds, Sheffield, Hull and Bradford.

FoodCycle is an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity and inclusion. We are a Disability Confident Scheme member. Please email our Recruitment inbox if you require assistance or adjustments when applying.

Please note that you will need to have existing Right to Work in the UK to apply for this role. We do not hold a sponsor licence therefore we are unable to provide Visa sponsorship.

Engineers Against Poverty (EAP) is a leader in infrastructure and international development with strong links with development agencies, government and industry. We develop research, policy and practice in infrastructure investment, labour standards, climate change, transparency and accountability and local content in line with our mission to help reduce and eventually eliminate poverty.

EAP is seeking a self-motivated Programme Manager to help deliver quality results with its growing portfolio of programmes. Across the programmes you oversee, you’ll be responsible for coordinating their successful delivery of quality results.  Initially you will focus on an anti-corruption programme funded by the US Government and EAP’s contribution towards FCDO’s Green Cities and Infrastructure programme. You will work with EAP's senior leadership and its advisors, project partners and beneficiaries, funders and other stakeholders to maximise positive impact. You’ll strengthen EAP's programmes by managing specific budgets, KPIs, project plans, sub-grants and monitoring and evaluation efforts using established systems.

The programmes and projects you will work on will vary and evolve over time, as we strengthen donor and client relationships together. You’ll also have a role in shaping our future work, contributing to business development by coordinating grant proposals, commercial bids and strategic partnerships. You will also help to organise board meetings and international workshops.

Across all our programmes, professional communication, branding of EAP and stakeholder (new) engagement and management is key. Programme delivery is rarely linear so you must be comfortable in rapidly evolving and dynamic environments.

The appointee will also take on for the same role for CoST, the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative – a transparency and accountability programme which operates in 20 countries and for which EAP hosts its International Secretariat. 

You will be working remotely with in-person team meetings usually held in London 4 to 5 times a year. We are open to candidates living outside of the UK.

If you wish to apply, pllease submit a CV with a one page covering letter by 10am GMT Monday 11 December 2023.

About SafeLives

We are SafeLives, the UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for everyone and for good.    

Last year alone, 14,000 professionals received our training. Over 80,000 adults at risk of serious harm or murder and more than 100,000 children received support through dedicated multi-agency support designed by us and delivered with partners. In the last six years, over 4,000 perpetrators have been challenged and supported to change by interventions we created with partners, and that’s just the start. 

Together we can end domestic abuse. Forever. For everyone.

Role Summary

The Senior Research Analyst will be responsible for working with and supporting the Research Manager, and wider SafeLives Research, Evaluation & Analysis team. They will support the Drive Partnership to ensure our data and reporting remains rigorous and robust by taking a lead role on the ongoing research design, data collection, analysis, and delivery of our work.

They will manage, analyse, interpret, and present data and information to the Drive project team and local and national stakeholders in order to optimise the quality of implementation of the Drive model, ensure that the project achieves the greatest possible impact, and inform broader policy and practice in working with high risk/high harm perpetrators to disrupt abuse.

Benefits include a generous package including 25 days’ holiday per year plus public holidays, employee pension scheme with 4% employer contribution, Cycle2Work scheme, access to a 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and Flexible Working.

If this challenge sounds as exciting to you as it does to us and you believe you have the qualities we have described, please take a look over the job description and submit a 500-word cover letter and CV.

Closing date: 9:00am on Wednesday 27th December 2023.

SafeLives is a committed provider of equal opportunities for all, please see our job description for full details.

No agencies please.

Do you want to be part of creating a more just and equitable society? Facing History & Ourselves uses lessons of history to challenge teachers and their students to stand up to bigotry and hate. Join our growing team to help us ensure more young people grow up to be critical and empathetic thinkers, who are equipped to stand up against injustice and play their role as active responsible community members. As part of our growing programme team, you will help us to bring Facing History’s approach and resources to a growing number of educators and provide support to them as they implement our work in their classrooms.

Role Overview

The Programme Associate delivers Facing History training and support to educators, helps to build and engage our network of teachers and, using Facing History’s pedagogical framework, creates clear and accessible curriculum materials and resources.

The Programme Associate will initially be managed by the Executive Director and be accountable to our Senior Programme Associate (responsible for programme delivery) and Senior Curriculum Developer (responsible for developing and adapting educational resources) respectively for work that falls into their areas of responsibility.

This post holder will be required to attend meetings in London and there will be travel across the UK. Proximity to good transport links is therefore essential.

Key Duties and Accountabilities

Working alongside the programme team, the postholder will have the following key duties and responsibilities:

1. Programme Delivery: planning, preparing for and delivering training for educators both online and in person. 

2. Teacher Community Support and Engagement: creating relationships with teachers across our community, and running events and opportunities for them to engage more effectively with the organisation. Supporting the development of our teacher engagement journey and implementing new elements of this as they are developed. Supporting our developing online communities, and working to build and expand membership and engagement with them. Supporting evaluation and monitoring of the work, utilising relationships with teachers to secure their participation in surveys, focus groups and evaluation studies, as needed. Working with the Programme Administrator to ensure that regular communications go out to the educator network and to keep the database up to date. 

3. Programme Partnerships: alongside the Senior Programme Associate identifying and developing partnerships with schools, academy trusts (England), regional bodies and third sector organisations who can help to disseminate our work and become potential delivery partners.

4. Content Development: alongside the Senior Curriculum Developer, developing web- and print-based content for teachers and students, including lesson plans, units, study guides, and other resources. Researching, writing, and summarising complex histories to provide context for resources. Maintaining knowledge and expertise in best practices in teaching, pedagogy, and assessment, and ensuring those practices are reflected as appropriate in Facing History content. Providing content for our Ideas This Week website page and providing other means of supporting teachers to respond to current events in their classrooms. In conjunction with the Programme Administrator write / review content for Facing History UK social media activity linked to existing and newly developed resources.

Other: contributing to the smooth operation and effectiveness of the charity as part of a small team, representing the charity at events and conferences as required, and supporting the work of other members of the team as reasonably required.

Performance and Learning Coordinator

UK Hybrid*

Starting salary for this position is £34,572 per annum (plus contributory pension)

About MAG:

MAG (Mines Advisory Group) is an international humanitarian organisation based in Manchester, UK, and working in 32 countries. We remove landmines and unexploded ordnance to release safe and productive land for communities, and work to reduce the threat of armed violence by supporting governments to safely manage weapons and ammunition. In 1997, MAG was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for our work campaigning for the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention.

About the role:

The Programmes Performance and Learning Coordinator will play a key role organisationally by enhancing our ability to report on the efficiency, effectiveness, and impact of MAG’s work. The PLC will support MAG’s Contract Director working on the monitoring, evaluation and learning of complex, multi-country contracts, including the UK FCDO Global Mine Action Programme (GMAP) and the Dutch MFA Mine Action and Cluster Munitions (MACM) programme. They will support programmes to gather and analyse data in order to monitor the impact of our projects and programmes; contribute to internal and external evaluation processes and produce relevant, robust case studies and learning products to share inside and outside the organisation. The PLC will work in collaboration with programmes and technical staff to adapt project and programme delivery to improve programme performance.

About you:

The ideal candidate should possess proven expertise in monitoring and evaluating projects, demonstrating a track record in handling complex programs with a focus on outcome assessment. They should have adeptness in qualitative and/or quantitative data analysis and a background collaborating on projects with government, INGOs, or local partners. Essential is the ability to nurture successful relationships with donors and partners, alongside a strong representation skill set for engaging with external stakeholders in public forums. Proficiency in project planning tools like Theory of Change, Logframe, or results-based management is crucial, as is familiarity with MEAL approaches. Additionally, the candidate should exhibit collaborative prowess, working seamlessly with partners, and possess the capacity to craft and deliver compelling external materials like presentations, blogs, statements, and case studies.

Further information and how to apply:

For the further information on the role, the application pack and details of how to apply, please visit the MAG website by the closing date of 11th December 2023.

Please note that as part of MAG's commitment to safeguarding, this post is subject to background checks before an offer of employment is confirmed. For more information on MAG’s approach to safeguarding here and background checks here. You can also find more information in the candidate information pack, available on our website.

MAG is committed to the principles of diversity, equality and inclusion. If you think you would be suited to one of our roles we would welcome your application regardless of your background. We strive to provide an inclusive and supportive working environment where all employees feel respected and supported in fulfilling their potential.

Location: Globally Remote

Location type: Remote

Reporting to: Executive Director

Annual salary: $100,000 - $150,000 USD

Contract type: Permanent

Working hours: Full-time

Candidate level: Director

Background

The Climate Emergency Collaboration Group (CECG) is a regranting collaboration made up of some of the world's largest climate philanthropic funders. We use our convening and philanthropic power to facilitate stronger collaboration, coordination, and campaigning from the global climate movement in pursuit of increased climate action around the UN climate talks and other international summits. CECG is fiscally sponsored by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA), a 501(c)(3), as a Sponsored Project within its charitable-giving fund.

Purpose of role

The MEL Director will be responsible for leading CECG’s data-based monitoring, evaluation, and learning processes. They will oversee the development of our funder reports, support our programmatic staff in maximizing the impact and learning opportunities of our grantmaking, and will work with grantees and other partners in the field to help establish and implement best practices, with a focus on collaboration and capacity-building.

The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated self-starter who will work closely with CECG's leadership team in improving the effectiveness, efficiency, and adaptability of the climate moment. This role will collaborate closely with the Executive Director, Operations Director, and program staff to help advance CECG's mission of advancing multilateral climate solutions.

This is a fast-paced and dynamic role at the intersection of philanthropy, grantmaking, campaigning, strategy, and advocacy to support global climate diplomacy.

Primary responsibilities

MEL systems thinking:

· Develop and implement a multi-year MEL strategy for the organization – including internally and externally focused work streams.

· Oversee and iterate on CECG’s Theory of Change, in line with CECG’s new 3 Year Plan.

· Design and implement a robust Results Framework in partnership with CECG’s Executive and Programmatic Directors, ensuring alignment with CECG’s 3 Year Plan.

· Work with Operations and Program directors to ensure annual strategies are aligned with CECG’s Results Framework.

· Develop and oversee MEL and grantmaking quality standards, including a mechanism for assessing and implementing improvement plans.

· Help develop and embed a culture of evaluation and learning across the entire CECG team, including the development and implementation of targeted Key Learning Questions, and using organisational data to drive learning, knowledge sharing and capacity building.

CECG funder reporting:

· Partner closely with CECG’s funders to develop universal reporting templates and KPIs for the 6+ foundations that support our work.

· Oversee and project manage the development of our annual end of year report for our funders, as well as any bespoke or mid-year reports.

· Ensure CECG funder feedback is continually integrated into CECG’s grantmaking.

Grantmaking:

· Work with programmatic staff to identify appropriate outcomes and KPIs for key CECG grants, with a focus on identifying opportunities for data-driven insights to inform future learning and strategic development.

· Identify, implement, and train the team on the tools and processes CECG needs in order to maximize its MEL process and the strategic impact of its grantmaking and programmatic spending.

· Work with other CECG staff to ensure risk identification and risk management best practices are embedded across CECG’s grantmaking, while ensuring CECG’s work remains innovative and ambitious.

· Work with Grants and Campaign Managers to iteratively improve upon CECG’s grantee contracting and reporting processes and templates.

· Work with the programs team to identify and implement evaluation programs for key CECG grantees.

External coordination and representation:

· Partner with CECG funders and their MEL teams, along with other climate regranting organizations, to enhance transparency and develop collaborative and coordinated best practices across grantee reporting (both with re-granters and NGO partners).

· Work with key grantees and grantmaking partners to identify opportunities for levelling-up the field’s MEL, KPI, and reporting practices, with a focus on equity, trust-building, minimizing labor for grantees, and maximizing impact, alignment, capacity-building, and iterative learning.

· Act as an ambassador for CECG at key conferences, with funders and grantees, and across other partner meetings, and showcase CECG’s role as a leader in the collaborative philanthropic ecosystem.

Additional responsibilities:

· Support in the development of best MEL and KPI-development best practices for key CECG grantees, with a focus on capacity and efficacy-building.

· Develop and implement MEL training materials for CECG grantees, with a focus on building up the field – particularly for Global South and youth-led organizations.

· Identify, through a MEL lens, opportunities for how CECG can further support the growth, development, and capacity-building of its grantees.

Qualifications, skills and experience

Skills:

· Team player with excellent interpersonal skills, and a strong commitment to servant leadership.

· Outstanding judgment, resourcefulness, and ability to problem-solve, troubleshoot, and follow projects through to completion.

· Outcome-oriented with an entrepreneurial approach.

· Excellent oral and written communication skills.

· Excellent quantitative and qualitative analytical skills, with a focus on great attention to detail.

· Highly resourceful and a keen problem-solver who is eager to take on new challenges.

· Strong time-management skills and the ability to organize and coordinate multiple work streams

· International stakeholder management experience.

· A strong knowledge of international climate change politics, with a focus on multilateralism and the UNFCCC process.

· Outstanding stakeholder management skills.

· Ability to exercise tact and diplomacy in organizational and stakeholder settings and the ability to build and maintain relationships with a wide array of people from diverse backgrounds.

· Advanced skills with common office software (including Google Sheets/Excel).

Experience:

· 10 years minimum experience using data-driven insights to inform organizational learning.

· Extensive expertise in designing, evolving, and managing MEL frameworks (including ToCs and results frameworks) at a strategic, organizational, and project level.

· Demonstrable track record of embedding a learning culture at an organizational level.

· Significant experience working effectively on multiple projects simultaneously, setting priorities, organizing time, and identifying resources for projects as needed.

· Experience in philanthropy and grant management.

· Significant experience working effectively on multiple projects simultaneously, setting priorities, organizing time, and identifying resources for projects as needed.

· Experience working with a remote, international team.

Additional information

· This will be a full-time (40 hours/week) remote role, preferably able to and will require considerable time collaborating with staff and stakeholders in multiple time zones.

· Staff in the US are employed by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors; benefits include healthcare, a 401(k) matching program, and 5 weeks of paid time off.

· CECG is committed to providing equivalency of salary & benefits across its global team and maintaining a sustainable and positive working environment for all team members.

· This is a remote role, and we welcome applications internationally, especially candidates from or in the Global South. Some international travel may be required. CECG is an international team, with the majority of the team working remotely.

The deadline for application is 7th January 2024

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Daryl Upsall International actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. In recruiting candidates, we seek candidates with the proven skills required; irrespective of race, gender, religion or belief, age, disability or sexual orientation.

Who we are

Speakers for Schools is a national social mobility charity. We work across the UK to inspire young people and help prepare them for the world of work through innovative programmes and practical experiences of the workplace. Through our Research and Policy work we seek to change the landscape to ensure every young person has access to high quality work experience opportunities.

We work in partnership with schools and a network of over 700 leading employers to deliver outstanding opportunities for the young people who need our help the most, be they from under-represented groups or areas of disadvantage.

In the last two years our team has grown significantly as we embarked on a mission to help as many young people as possible and to scale our operations accordingly. We are now entering the next phase of that journey which is to focus on the quality of our impact, with work experience for all at the heart of our offer, while exposing young people to all their possible futures through our network of inspirational speakers.

To keep growing and developing our charity and our impact, we need the very best people.

We have huge ambition for both the young people we exist to serve and for our people who all deserve the opportunities to grow, develop and realise their full potential.

We are committed to diversity, inclusion in all forms, while maintaining a culture that is supportive, transparent, values driven and driven by a determination to be the best.

Speakers for Schools Values

PASSION:  We are committed to levelling the playing field for young people across the UK, creating social mobility and tackling disadvantages.

AGILITY:  We challenge our ideas of what is possible in order to better meet the needs of those we support. We are human, make mistakes, learn, evolve and adapt.

INTEGRITY:  We act with empathy and bring our authentic selves to work every day. We value and respect the talent, time and intentions of those we work with.

COLLABORATION:  We are one team with one mission and only by working together can we deliver better outcomes for young people. We support each other unconditionally and feel motivation in shared success as well as individual progress.

DIVERSITY:  We know it takes people with different ideas, strengths, identities, interests, and cultural backgrounds to make our organisation succeed. We encourage constructive debate and critical friendship.

Role Summary

This role is crucial in driving forward support for, engagement with and coordination of high-quality and high-impact multi day work experiences for high-need young people across the UK. Experts in the coordination and delivery of multi-day work experiences.

Key Duties / Responsibilities

Strategic purpose:

• Responsible for the end-to-end delivery of opportunities from initial programme scoping with non-income generating employers to securing commitments, monitoring young person applications, programme design and implementation, and employer follow up.

Engagement:

• Responsible for account management of corporate partnerships as agreed by the development team
• Securing commitment from employers to deliver multi-day work experience opportunities.
• Account management for employers throughout their work experience journey.
• Supporting the account management of corporate partners by delivering on their work experience programmes as agreed by the business development team and coordinating with other programme teams to ensure committed delivery takes place.
• Training employers to use SfS products in the coordination and delivery of their placements, including but not limited to Portal and Google Classroom.
• Working closely with Delivery Partners to ensure seamless delivery of work experience opportunities.
• Leading on all employer engagement and meetings with your dedicated accounts.
• Developing and disseminating impact reports to employers at the end of their contract and in line with impact and evaluation framework.
• Working closely with Education team to ensure school engagement in areas of work experience activity and in line with charity’s target areas.

Delivery:

• Providing best practice guidance and advice on work experience programme set up and content.
• Responsible for delivery and completion of own work experience placements and the operational and administrative activity required.
• Providing cover and support for other Work Experience Managers as required.
• Taking ownership of own capacity management using capacity management frameworks to help inform future workload planning.
• Adherence to data compliance, standards, guidelines and best practices to ensure our data integrity and consistency.
• Represent and work to our values as, fostering a culture of positivity, support, respect, and inclusivity, while taking personal responsibility for their attitude, performance, and development.
• Ensure safeguarding best practice is enshrined in all organisational activity.

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
• Sociable and confident and able to build and maintain relationships with multiple stakeholders
• Excels at organising their workload and enjoy driving work forward independently
• Has a growth mindset, able to challenge and provide innovative solution

Desirable

• Experience working / creating networks in the South of the UK
• Experience of account management
• 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
• Interpreting and using data in Excel and Powerbi

Benefits offered at Speakers for Schools:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Morning of your birthday off
• Pension scheme
• 3 voluntary days per year
• Wellbeing Programme
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption package
• Subsidised office furniture
• Perkbox discounts
• £500 a year training allowance

Diversity at our core

Speakers for schools is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating discrimination.

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.

About the role

At Animals Asia, donors are an integral part of the organisation. We know they are every bit as passionate about our goals as we are and, without them, our work would not be possible.

The Foundations team sits within the Global Partnerships team, made up of Foundations, Philanthropy, and Corporate partnerships. Our aim is to find and build relationships with new partners who can make a significant difference to Animals Asia, while also managing relationships with existing partners. Working closely with the Trust or Foundation to align motivations and help them see how their money is being spent and reporting back on the impact of their donation.There is significant scope for growth with the Global Partnerships Team as Animals Asia enjoys increasing brand awareness.

The main purpose of this role is to support the work of Animals Asia by developing strong relationships, cultivating and stewarding a portfolio of charitable trusts, foundations and grant giving bodies in order to meet and exceed agreed income targets. Your portfolio will be global, consisting of donors from around the world, therefore knowledge of international fundraising from foundations is an advantage.

You will build and maintain existing relationships, providing exceptional donor experience, while focusing on new business research and growing your portfolio of 5 and 6 figure donors.

Overall Objectives

• To deliver the Foundation strategy.
• To research and acquire new trust and foundation partners.
• To build relationships - engaging, cultivating, and stewarding a portfolio of existing and new trust and foundation partners, providing effective and timely relationship management, including comprehensive grant reporting.
• To meet and exceed agreed income targets so that we can meet our growing program needs.

Relationship Management and Donor Stewardship

• Build trusting relationships and implement the highest standards of donor stewardship to manage a portfolio of qualified prospective and existing partners.
• Cultivating and soliciting a portfolio of high-value prospective trusts and foundations capable of making 5 and 6 figure donations.
• Work closely with colleagues in the Global Partnership team to find engaging, exciting funding propositions including solutions to generate unrestricted income and multi-year gifts.
• Find innovative and ‘surprise and delight’ opportunities to engage supporters.
• Create engaging and meaningful communications to keep donors well informed on the progress and impact of projects.
• Implement personalised relationship building and stewardship plans that include regular phone calls, and in-person and virtual meetings.
• Ensure donors and internal stakeholders fully understand and agree with any commitments.
• Ensure CRM is updated with all donor interactions and communications.
• Ensure proper follow-up on all funding applications, whether successful or not, to fully understand donors and prospects motivations.

Prospecting and Research

• Significantly grow your portfolio by identifying, researching, and qualifying new 5-figure + prospects:
• • Carry out prospect research.
  • Qualify new potential prospects.
  • Develop and lead on detailed cultivation and solicitation plans for high value prospects to achieve targets, and update plans on CRM.

• Identify appropriate funding opportunities that align with donor motivations.
• Create the appropriate stewardship plan for donors in your portfolio based on their motivations and needs, proactively developing relationships with them.
• Carry out due diligence to ensure partners meet our ethical guidelines.

Solicitation

• Develop stewardship plans for current, lapsed, and prospective donors in your Portfolio.
• Maintain cultivation and stewardship plans on the CRM and a calendar of approaches, for both existing and qualified prospects.
• Work collaboratively with the rest of the Trusts and Foundations team to capture project information and prepare high-quality proposals.
• Be proactive in ensuring you develop an excellent knowledge of Animals Asia’s work, liaising with colleagues as required, to prepare and present first class presentations and proposals.
• Represent Animals Asia at networking events, knowledgeably and passionately articulating our need for support.

Fundraising strategy and planning

• Work collaboratively with the rest of the trust and foundations team to build the team’s strategic growth and provide the best possible partnership opportunities.
• Work collaboratively with the wider Global Partnerships team to maximise networks and uplift income.
• Deliver against agreed income targets.
• Acquire, retain and grow the value of partners for Animal Asia.

Reporting and Budgets

• Work to ensure that income opportunities for your portfolio are maximised.Ensuring that donations from donors in your portfolio match the giving capacity of the partner.
• Track income on the appropriate pipelines and CRM, ensuring that reporting is Accurate.
• Ensure that proposals include 20% operational support, unless clearly stipulated otherwise by the donor.
• Ensure effective work plans are in place to deliver the projected income and achieve all financial and non-financial KPIs.
• Prepare regular reports and evaluations for your line manager as required.

Program knowledge and team development

• Be proactive in ensuring you develop an excellent knowledge of Animals Asia’s work, liaising with colleagues as required.
• Work collaboratively with the Trust and Foundations team to develop high quality application and reporting materials for all partners.
• Build strong working relationships with colleagues from across the organisation to gather information for updates, reports, and proposals.
• Support the Animals Asia’s ‘one-team’ philosophy, making sure the greater global needs are put ahead of any team or market goals.

Continuous Improvement

• Contribute to the on-going review, development, and implementation of changes to improve the productivity and efficiency of Animals Asia.
• Identify best practice fundraising models and make recommendations and implement as part of continuous improvement.
• Participate in staff training and performance and development appraisal process to assist in the achievement of Animals Asia’s objectives and mission.

Other

• Promote and advocate Animals Asia to the public.
• Follow established Animals Asia procedures and policies.
• Proactive attendance at team meetings, relevant seminars, and staff meetings.
• Proactive in keeping abreast of new fundraising initiatives and trends in the sector.
• Represent Animals Asia at internal and external functions and events as required.
• Develop an in-depth knowledge of best practice in the charity sectors that Animals Asia operates to establish Animals Asia as a leader in Trust fundraising globally.

The above job description is intended to be an outline of the duties and responsibilities for this role. This is not an exhaustive list, and it is likely to change over time. You may be expected to undertake other duties that are commensurate with this role and grade.

Person Specification - Essential (E) & Desirable (D)

Experience & Knowledge

• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with experience communicating to a broad range of people. (E)
• At least 5 years fundraising and relationship management experience, including the ability to initiate and develop strong, mutual, results focused, relationships to maximise revenue. (E)
• Proven experience of soliciting 5 figure + grants. (E)
• Demonstrable experience in developing and leading new business generation. (E)
• Proven experience of working constructively and collaboratively with colleagues from different teams. (E)
• A flexible approach to managing and prioritising workload. (E)
• Understanding of confidentiality privacy regulations. (E)
• Compassion for animals and an understanding of animal welfare issues and conservation. (E)
• The ability to develop strategic plans and to analyse performance. (D)
• Demonstrable experience of investigating and establishing new networks. (D)

Skills/Attributes

• Able to work effectively and on your own initiative in a small diverse and busy cross-functional team environment with minimal supervision. (E)
• Excellent organisational and time management skills, including ability to manage workflows and balance competing priorities. (E)
• Encourages continuous improvement, learning from mistakes and failures. (E)
• Can write professionally and persuasively using a variety of communication styles. (E)
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to network and build relationships assessing reactions to own approach and adapting language and style to achieve a positive conclusion. (E)
• Competent in the use of MS word, Excel, and ability to use databases for recording and reporting. (E)
• Financially aware and numerate. (E)
• Solution focused with a creative approach to issues and a ‘can do’ attitude. (E)
• Focuses resources on delivering results in line with Animals Asia’s Mission & values. (E)
• Thoughtful, kind, and considerate. (E)
• Manages own stress levels well and remains resilient, seeking support as appropriate. (E)

Circumstances

• Be prepared for some international travel on occasion. (E)
• Able to work occasional extended hours as required. (D)
• Able to accommodate global meetings early morning / late evening. (E)
• Able to work from home. (E)

Conditions and Benefits

Place of work : Work from home.

Dept/Team : Global Partnerships.

Working hours : Full time – standard hours are 37.5 hours per week. Flexible working to accommodate working for a global organisation and individual circumstances.

You may also be required to work additional hours by way of overtime either as and when requested to do so by Animals Asia or when the proper performance of your work so requires.

Reports to : Global Director of Partnerships.

Manages : N/A.

Budget responsibility : Yes.

Probation : The appointment will be subject to the satisfactory completion of a three-month probationary period.

Annual leave : If based in UK : 24 days per year and 8 bank holidays.  The holiday year runs from 1 January to 31 December.

Other benefits : Flexible working, Pension Scheme, Access to Life Works, health and wellbeing platform, Training, as required.

How to apply

Your supporting statement is critical and should not exceed two pages. Please demonstrate how you meet the above criteria and our values.

Interested parties please click "Apply via website" to apply by attaching your cover letter and CV.

Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Personal data collected will be treated in strict confidence and used solely for recruitment purposes.

Animals Asia values candidates with different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We welcome applicants of every ethnicity, age, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, socioeconomic status, disability, or veteran status. We are committed to building an organization that creates an inclusive environment for all.

Closing Date : Friday 8 December 2023

ACTION AGAINST HUNGER UK

TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR:

Localisation evaluation of Action Against Hunger’s response for the DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal

Summary table 

Countries covered

Moldova, Poland, Romania and Ukraine

Dates

Phase 1: March to August 2022

Phase 2a: September 2022 to August 2023

Phase 2b: September 2023 to 2024 (exact month TBC)

Type of contract

Temporary contract for a team of evaluation consultants

Overall objective of evaluation

· Evaluate Action Against Hunger’s DEC-funded response to the Ukraine crisis using the cross-cutting theme of localisation.

· Determine the strengths and weaknesses of local partnerships delivering humanitarian assistance in Moldova, Poland, Romania and Ukraine.

· Assess the extent that localisation enhanced the ability of Action Against Hunger to apply the Core Humanitarian Standard.  

1. BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE

Established in 1979, Action Against Hunger  is a non-governmental organisation that aims to provide solutions to hunger. Our mission is to save lives by eliminating hunger through the prevention, detection and treatment of under-nutrition, particularly during and after emergency situations linked to conflicts or natural disasters. We focus on nutrition, health and healthcare practices; food security and livelihoods; water, sanitation and hygiene and advocacy. In 2022, Action Against Hunger worked across 55 countries.

The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) brings together fifteen of the UK’s leading aid charities to raise funds in response to major international humanitarian crises. Each are experts in humanitarian aid and specialise in different areas of disaster response. They come together to fundraise quickly and efficiently at times of crisis overseas and speak in one voice and make fundraising more efficient once an appeal is launched.

Action Against Hunger became a member of the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) in 2018.  As a DEC member organisation, the AAH Network has supported the DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.

 A DEC-funded response has been delivered by Action Against Hunger in Moldova, Poland, Romania and Ukraine. Activities began in March 2022 and will come to an end in 2024.  

The DEC has funded Action Against Hunger to deliver a response to the Ukraine crisis, focussed on cash-based interventions, mental health and psychosocial support as well as the distribution of food items and hygiene kits. Refugees, IDPs and  host communities have been targeted by the intervention.

The rationale for conducting this evaluation is to strengthen the ability of Action Against Hunger to deliver localised humanitarian responses in the future. This is an increasingly important consideration for the Network. Action Against Hunger is committed to shifting the power to local and national civil society, as well as putting people and communities at the centre of programming. This evaluation will collect evidence and make recommendations about how this objective can be achieved.

Action Against Hunger’s Local Partnership Policy defines what the Network understands by localisation and local partnerships. This document also sets out a commitment to partnering with local/national (L/N) actors wherever possible, to acknowledging, respecting and strengthening the capacity, leadership and systems at a L/N level while learning from L/N actors and to ensuring our work always adds value and complements that of L/N actors. (This policy document was not in place for the whole of the response, as a result it will be used as a theoretical framework in a formative evaluation to identify learning areas.

The evaluation should also build upon and respond to Options for supporting and strengthening local humanitarian action in Ukraine: a scoping exercise report, published by the DEC in November 2022. This document identified the following four key priorities for promoting localisation within the context of the Ukraine response:

· Funding and financial management,

· Capacity strengthening and organisational development,

· Equitable partnerships, and,

· Coordination and collaboration.

2. OBJECTIVES AND FOCUS OF THE EVALUATION

The first objective of this consultancy is to determine the strengths and weaknesses of Action Against Hunger’s partnerships with L/N actors formed in response to DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal funding. The focus of this evaluation will be partnerships with L/N actors that have no previous humanitarian experience. Across the four countries, the Network has developed formal and sustained partnerships with a wide variety of local organisations (including local non-governmental organisations, national government ministries, local government and community-based organisations). One focus of the evaluation will be to draw lessons learned from the successes and challenges of working in partnership in Ukraine and neighbouring countries to integrate into Network-wide learning

The second objective of this evaluation is to assess the extent that localisation has enabled Action Against Hunger to apply the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS) within the Ukraine response. The CHS is the benchmark used by both the DEC and Action Against Hunger to define what quality and accountability mean in the context of humanitarian action. It will therefore be the standard by which the evaluation team assesses the intervention. Each of the nine CHS commitments will be used as criteria to structure the evaluation findings. Questions using the CHS are proposed in Table 1 below. (These questions are preliminary and the appointed evaluation team are welcome to make additions or modifications.)

Table 1: Proposed evaluation questions structured using the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS)

CHS Commitment number

CHS Commitment

CHS key action

Proposed evaluation question

1

Communities and people affected by crisis receive assistance appropriate to their needs

1.2

To what extent did local partnerships enable the design and implementation of appropriate programmes based on an objective assessment of needs and risks, and an understanding of the vulnerabilities and capacities of different groups?

2

Communities and people affected by crisis have access to the humanitarian assistance they need at the right time.

2.2

Did local partnerships lead to the planning and implementation of programmes in a timely manner, making decisions and acting without delay? If yes, how was this achieved? If no, why were there delays?

3

Communities and people affected by crisis are not negatively affected and are more prepared, resilient and less at-risk as a result of humanitarian action

3.3

To what extent did the response facilitate the development of local leadership and organisations in their capacity as first-responders in the event of future crises?

3.4

Did Action Against Hunger and local partners plan a joint transition or exit strategy in the early stages of the humanitarian programme that ensures longer-term positive effects and reduces the risk of dependency?

4

Communities and people affected by crisis know their rights and entitlements, have access to information and participate in decisions that affect them

4.2

To what extent did local partnerships enable communication in languages, formats and media that are easily understood, respectful and culturally appropriate for different members of the community, especially vulnerable and marginalised groups?

4.4

Did localisation encourage and facilitate communities and people affected by crisis to provide feedback on their level of satisfaction with the quality and effectiveness of the assistance received, paying particular attention to the gender, age and diversity of those giving feedback? If yes, how did this happen? If no, why not?

5

Communities and people affected by crisis have access to safe and responsive mechanisms to handle complaints

5.3

Did local partnerships manage complaints in a timely, fair and appropriate manner that prioritises the safety of the complainant and those affected at all stages?

6

Communities and people affected by crisis receive coordinated, complementary assistance.

6.2

Did Action Against Hunger complement activities of national and local authorities? If yes, how was this complementarity achieved? If no, why not?

Did Action Against Hunger empower L/N to represent themselves in relevant clusters and working groups?   

6.4

Did Action Against Hunger share necessary information with local partners, local coordination groups and other local relevant actors through appropriate communication channels?

To what extent was there clear communication between Action Against Hunger and L/N actors?

7

Communities and people affected by crisis can expect delivery of improved assistance as organisations learn from experience and reflection

7.3

To what extent did Action Against Hunger and local partners share learning and innovation with each other?

8

Communities and people affected by crisis receive the assistance they require from competent and well-managed staff and volunteers

8.3

To what extent did Action Against Hunger enable local partners to develop and use the necessary personal, technical and management competencies to fulfil their role?

Did Action Against Hunger’s approach to supporting L/N partner indirect costs enable the development of local institutional capacity?

9

Communities and people affected by crisis can expect that the organisations assisting them are managing resources effectively, efficiently and ethically

9.1

Did localisation lead to the design of programmes and implementation of processes to ensure the efficient use of resources, balancing quality, cost and timeliness at each phase of the response?

3. DEFINITIONS

Action Against Hunger defines a local partnership as:

A relationship between Action Against Hunger and one or more local and/or national actors that work together to achieve a defined and shared goal, which contributes to the L/N actor’s work. This relationship may be short-term and operational, or long-term and strategic. Such a relationship is based on shared interest and complementarity, is constructive and dynamic in nature, and mutually beneficial – for our partners, for Action Against Hunger and, most importantly, for the people and communities we serve. (Action Against Hunger, ‘Localisation Partnership Strategy’, pp.5).

Local and national actors are defined as those who are:

· present in locations before, during and after a crisis,

· accountable to national/local laws as well as social and cultural norms,

· accountable to communities and the government where they work, and,

· led by local nationals where they work, and not internationally affiliated in terms of branding, governance, or financing (that results from that affiliation). (Ibid.)

4. EVALUATION PROCESS AND METHODOLOGY

Evaluation approach

Interested candidates should submit a technical proposal that incorporates the following methodological considerations:

· We are open to a range of methodologies, provided brief justification is given in the proposal.

· We anticipate findings will be based on the triangulation of evidence.

· The evaluation will use a participatory methodology. This is defined as L/N actors being empowered to shape the evaluation, findings and recommendations from inception phase to report writing.

· A multi-country perspective should be adopted, and findings should be relevant to the response as a whole.

Data collection techniques and sampling

The three data collection groups for this assessment are representatives of local/national (L/N) actors, Action Against Hunger stakeholders and communities and people affected by crisis. Primary data must be collected from all four locations considered by the evaluation (Moldova, Poland, Romania and Ukraine). The evaluators should therefore budget and plan for in-country and face-to-face data collection. It is expected that the evaluation team will rely on purposive sampling techniques. A quantitative survey using probability sampling is not a requirement of this evaluation.

As a minimum, the following methods should be used by the evaluation team:

· A document review,

· Key informant interviews with L/N actors,  

· Key informant interviews with Action Against Hunger team members across the Network,

· Qualitative techniques (for example, focus group discussions) to collect data in collaboration with communities and people affected by crisis, and,

· At least three case studies featuring detailed information about local partnerships formed by Action Against Hunger during the Ukraine response that have a wider applicability in terms of recommendations and lessons learnt for the rest of the Network.

Data analysis

A systematic and rigorous plan for analysing qualitative data should be adopted by the evaluation team (for example, thematic analysis).

5. TIMEFRAME AND DELIVERABLES  

The diagram below (Figure 1) suggests an indicative and preliminary workplan for this project. Note that this workplan is subject to change. All changes would be communicated by us in advance and further details can be drawn out during inception phase. The evaluation team are required to abide by DEC Evaluation Guidance. This document specifies that the final report should be submitted no longer than one month after programme activities finish. Data collection in each country should begin while programme activities are on-going and no later than one month before the end of the intervention.

Figure 1: Preliminary evaluation workplan

There are three deliverables for the assignment: a) an inception report, b) an evaluation report, and  c)) a findings and recommendations workshop to include both Action Against Hunger and L/N representatives. The structure of the evaluation report should include as a minimum:

· List of abbreviations/acronyms/tables/figures,

· Executive summary,

· Background and context of the Ukraine crisis,

· Evaluation purpose, objectives, scope,

· Methodology (data collection methods, sampling strategies, limitations and challenges), 

· Findings,

· Case studies,

· Lessons learned,

· Conclusions, and,

· Recommendations.  

6. SAFEGUARDING AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS

The evaluation team will be expected to follow the Action Against Hunger International Code of Conduct, the Action Against Hunger UK Anti-Bribery Policy, the Action Against Hunger UK Child Protection Policy and the Action Against Hunger UK Modern Slavery Policy. 

7. PROFILE

Action Against Hunger welcomes proposals from consultants who can demonstrate that, as a team, they meet the following criteria: 

· A team leader with at least eight to ten years’ experience delivering evaluations of humanitarian interventions – Essential,

· All other team members should have at least five year’s evaluation experience related to the humanitarian sector – Essential,

· An understanding of localisation/shifting the power/the Grand Bargain – Essential,

· Experience working successful with L/N humanitarian actors – Essential,

· Qualitative research skills – Essential,

· Experience of delivering participatory evaluations – Essential,

· Knowledge of cash-based interventions – Essential,

· Knowledge of mental health and psychosocial support – Essential,

· Working knowledge of Ukrainian and Russian – Desirable,

· Experience of conducting evaluations in the context of the Ukraine crisis – Desirable, and,

· Relevant national languages (Romanian and Polish) – Desirable.

8. APPLICATION DETAILS

The deadline for receipt of applications is Friday 8th December. The budget ceiling for this assignment is £55k inclusive of VAT.

Communications Manager
National Numeracy
Full time or Part time by negotiation (minimum 0.8 FTE)
Home based anywhere in the UK with around nine days per year in the Brighton office, or hybrid working
Permanent role paying £40,280 per annum

Charity People are delighted to be partnering with National Numeracy to recruit for a Communications Manager to join their talented team. The Communications Manager will promote the work of National Numeracy, inspire public engagement with their services and bring their mission and vision to life for external audiences.

This is a brilliant opportunity for someone who is highly motivated with bags of ideas and initiative to join the only independent charity in the UK dedicated to improving the nation's numeracy at a time when the profile of our charity and the numeracy issue is rising.

The charity's vision is for everyone in the UK to get on with numbers so they can get on with life. Their mis­sion is to improve how people understand and work with numbers in day-to-day life - sparking better opportuni­ties and brighter futures. They want to empower everyone in the UK to have the number confidence and numeracy skills that allow them to fulfil their potential at work, home and school.

About the role

As Communications Manager, you will be highly motivated to continually improve communications work, paying attention to meas­urement, evaluation and learning, analysing re­sults and providing insight for evidence-based improvement.

You will be responsible for:

• Ensuring the delivery of consistent, effective and positive messages to promote and protect the charity, their work and reputation across a variety of platforms, turning complex information into simple, compelling narratives.
• Building and maintaining effective relationships across the organisation and with external stakeholders including policymakers, the public, the media, funders and other partners.

• Managing relationships with broadcast, print and digital journalists, cultivating opportunities for positive media coverage and engaging content for the organisation's channels.
• Working with the internal teams to ensure key ac­tivities and messages are aligned to the organisation's wider strategy and perform well.
• Working with the Campaigns Manager on commu­nications work for the organisation's annual awareness day, National Numeracy Day, and other campaigns throughout the year.

• Working with the Digital Engagement Manager to develop content for digital marketing, web, email marketing and social media.
• Managing two Communications Officers

About you

We'd love to see applications from individuals with the following skills and experience:

• Proven experience of managing communication plans covering complex issues
• Proven experience of dealing with broadcast, print and digital journalists.
• Ability to spot and cultivate opportunities for positive media coverage.
• Ability to strip down complex information into simple, compelling messaging and narratives.
• Experience of line management.
• Ability to build and maintain effective relationships across the organisation and with external stakeholders.

Deadline: Only because this role has been previously advertised, we will be accepting applications on a rolling basis. If this disadvantages you in any way at all, please contact Alice and she'll ensure that you don't miss out.

If you'd like to find out more about this role please reach out in the first instance to Alice at Charity People with an up-to-date CV. Alice will then be in touch to arrange an initial call and to talk through your experience, the role, and the application process.

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

Recently featured as an Escape the City Top 100 Places to Work, The Girls’ Network is an award-winning charity with a large and growing network of supporters, mentors and schools across eight regions of England.

We are now looking for a Senior Network Manager to join our London team.

FUNCTION: 

To manage the effective implementation of programme delivery and development in your area. This role will work with staff, schools and corporate partners to ensure that we deliver impact for the girls and young women we serve.

WHERE THE ROLE FITS: 

Reporting to: Programme Delivery Lead.

Direct Reports: Network Managers (x3)

PAY BAND:

£33,600 per annum

Additional £2,500 London weighting after one year in role if applicable

CONTRACT:

Permanent

HOURS:

5 days per week, 37.5 hours

LOCATION: Home based with regular travel across Central, North and South of London. Our expectation for the role is for the successful candidate to live in London.

WHAT WE DO

Young people from lower income families are 40% less likely to go to University than wealthier peers (Dept for Education, 2020) which can have a lifelong impact on earning potential. Covid-19 has deepened inequalities (Social Mobility Foundation, 2022) and negatively impacted on young people's wellbeing (GirlGuiding, 2020). We believe that no girls should have their futures limited by their gender, sex, ethnicity, background, or parental income and they should be supported to realise their ambitions, to discover their self-worth, and to develop their capacity to shape their world and their futures.

We work in communities of least advantage across England to deliver two core programmes to achieve this vision. Through our mentoring programme we connect 14-19 year old girls with a mentor and a wider network of role models who are women and deliver opportunities which help them to build life skills and nurture their ambitions. Based on the idea that 'you can't be what you can't see', our mentors often help girls to broaden their horizons and create a more positive vision of their futures. After the programme, the mentees can join a free, lifelong network of support - our Ambassador Community, which offers further opportunities to reach their goals, build their confidence and to share their voices and experiences.

Our programmes help girls and young women to develop the knowledge, skills, self-belief and opportunities to thrive, and to be supported as part of a network that champions them and ensures their voices are heard.

THE ROLE

Purpose: To manage the effective implementation of programme delivery and development of the London area. This role will work with staff, schools and corporate partners to ensure that we deliver impact for the girls and young women we serve.

Manage The Girls’ Network mentoring (and other) programmes in your region:

Partnership development:

• Develop effective partnerships with new schools, recruiting them into The Girls’ Network’s programme to enable your team to meet regional targets. Maintaining relationships for successful renewals.
• Collaborate with fundraising colleagues during the engagement process of new corporate partners, to ensure regional targets and needs are met e.g. income, mentor numbers, programme content.
• Oversee delivery of mentor opportunities for the region’s corporate partnerships, ensuring MOUs are met, referring any issues of concern to the Fundraising team for support and guidance.
• Provide relevant information to fundraising and MERL colleagues on any Tier 1 partners in the region, to enable production of evaluation reports
• Lead on delivery of the region’s awareness events, acting as the key contact person.
• Collaborate with the Fundraising & Communications team on key campaigns, e.g. International Womens’ Day, to reach key audiences and help build awareness and support income generation.

Mentor Community Development:

• Work with Mentor Community Lead and the fundraising team to identify regional mentoring needs and coordinate the implementation of a mentor recruitment and engagement plan in your region, ensuring your region has an appropriate amount of mentors to run programmes.
• Lead on the implementation and delivery of the region’s events, acting as the key contact person.

Safeguarding support and leadership:

• Provide day-to-day safeguarding support for the Programme team across London – escalating issues to the Safeguarding lead where appropriate.
• Provide feedback on key safeguarding risks or issues, and needs for development or training to the Safeguarding Lead

Monitoring and evaluation:

• Oversee the collection of regional data and ensure that your staff keep Salesforce up to date with mentee, mentor, schools and partners relationships to effectively track the progress, and impact of mentoring relationships.
• Periodically evaluate and report on the progress and impact of The Girls’ Network initiatives in the region.
• Hold overall responsibility for regional targets, reporting to SLT.
• Manage and allocate the budget for the mentoring programme in the region, to cover workshops, celebration events, travel etc

Line Management of region’s Network Managers:

• Manage Network Managers in the region, through regular 1:1s and accountability of reporting.
• Support the wellbeing and professional development of your regional team.
• Cover or support with programme delivery when needed.

Grow our network in your region:

• Identify opportunities for growth in the London region and work with SLT to develop regional strategy
• Advocate and promote The Girls’ Network at every opportunity to raise awareness of the charity and encourage community members to become mentors

Programme Leadership within The Girls’ Network Team:

Learning & Development

• Provide shadowing opportunities to Network Managers in other regions.
• As agreed with the Programme Delivery Lead, travel to other regions to provide targeted training to other NWMs.
• Coordinate Network Managers’ induction and recruitment.

Responsibility for an additional workstream:

• Each senior network manager is responsible for progressing aspects of programme workstream to timelines agreed with the accountable member of SLT. These may vary with need over time. Workstream to be agreed with Line Manager, but may include worksteams such as:
• Safeguarding
• Programme Process and Resource Development
• Prgoramme Development
• Sales Development etc

WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE ROLE

Essential skills, knowledge and attributes:

• You are deeply passionate and driven to achieve equal opportunities for all and will keep the girls we work with at the heart of everything
• You have excellent project management skills, are target oriented and will work towards achieving the KPIs of the role
• You care about the details and have excellent organisational skills, as well as being able to understand and drive towards the bigger picture
• You are excellent at managing a variety of stakeholders both face to face and at distance/online. You have the ability to create and maintain strong relationships with a variety of people from senior leaders in schools, local authorities, corporate organisations, line reports and volunteers
• You are proactive, solution focused and quick to learn
• You are flexible in your approach to working with a small organisation and understand the time and resources it takes to deliver
• You are able to plan and prioritise your own workload, supporting others to do the same
• You have a high standard of computer literacy (e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and are able to adapt quickly to new systems as required.

Desirable skills, knowledge and attributes:

• Have experience using a CRM system / Salesforce for tracking communications and income, and to create reports
• You have safeguarding experience

OUR BENEFITS

We want to help everyone achieve more at work as well as in their personal lives and in their wider career, so that they feel proud of the part they play at The Girls' Network. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity in employment and to developing working practices and policies that support work-life balance.

Benefits:

• Pension scheme; employer contribution of 3% and employee of 5%
• 27 holiday days per year, plus public holidays (pro-rata)
• Extended and comprehensive sick pay policy
• Enhanced Family Leave pay policy

Learning & Development:

• Annual training budget upon completion of your probation period
• Professional development support and allocated time off for training
• Continual learning and development through team days and whole staff training.

The Way We Work:

• Flexible working policy: we respect that people have commitments and provide flexible working hours through discussion
• A positive and supportive team culture, regular check-ins and optional social events
• Working from home allowance to support you with essential tech needs
• We support you with a Girls’ Network buddy who you can reach out to beyond the induction period.

OUR VALUES

• We are young-person centered: our work and our decisions are centered around the girls and young women that we serve
• We are curious: we listen, we learn, and we do something about it
• We are unashamedly ourselves: we are authentic and celebrate each other for who we are
• We are ambitious and courageous: we know that might mean doing things differently or taking a risk. We acknowledge our strengths and when we need help
• We believe in the power of connection: that we can achieve more by working together.

YOU CAN'T BE WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE 

We want to ensure that our team is inclusive and representative of the girls we work with, so we particularly welcome applications from individuals who have experienced of one or more of the following: being from a low-income family; have received free school meal; being the first in your family to go to University; identify as Black, Asian or another ethnic minority background. We have an active and cross organisational Equity, Diversion and Inclusion Strategy in place. We are a proud supporter of Show the Salary and The Halo Code.

HOW TO APPLY

Please submit a copy of your CV along with a supporting statement (no more than two pages) outlining how you meet the competencies outlined above.

• Final deadline is Monday 4th December 2023.
• Interviews will be held online the week commencing 11th December 2023.
• Please email Lydia with any questions about the role, oraganisation, or to discuss adjustments required for the interview process and beyond.

We are delighted to be recruiting a Programme Development Manager to join our Programme Development & Operations team here at Mary’s Meals International. In this impactful new role, you will have responsibility for working with and guiding the global programme development team, in strengthening our school feeding approach and driving innovation, simplicity and stewardship within our school feeding programmes.

Reporting to the Programme Development Lead and working in close collaboration across our Programme Affiliates, Programme Partners, and Programme Operations teams, you will contribute to the implementation of strategic plans, as well as the development of key policy documents, research projects, and on-going data management for programmatic excellence activities. Managing data from our programmes and working closely with Programme Operations, this work will contribute to programmatic excellence and good stewardship of our resources, as we keep our promise to every child receiving Mary’s Meals.

Key responsibilities include:

· Strengthen capacity and capability within the programme development space across our Programme Affiliates and Partners.

· Manage and coordinate relevant and timely research to respond to programme issues and opportunities.

· Identify trends, issues, and opportunities across our programmes, and propose and lead upon ways to explore, understand, document, and implement these.

· Lead and manage research work, including the analysis of findings to promote learning and continuous improvement at a global level.

· Drive simplicity and stewardship in all programme activities, supporting the evolution of our school feeding approach, including identification of good practices and innovations outside of Mary’s Meals.

· Work closely with the Programme Development Lead, to manage and support the development of key policy documents.

· Take a key role in refining the needs assessment process, including continually monitoring need, creating, and refining tools and processes and conducting specific country-level needs assessments.

· Work with the communications team, to ensure responsible knowledge transfer through to other functions of our international team, ensuring the development lens is being communicated effectively.

Our ideal candidate will bring solid experience of quantitative and qualitative research design, implementation, and analysis. Relevant experience of monitoring and evaluation is essential, and experience of working in an international development context, with remote teams, would be highly beneficial. You will have exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with experience of building strong trust-based relationships and building capacity across a broad cultural and geographical spectrum. Understanding the role of school feeding in development would be beneficial and you will demonstrate a solution focused and values driven approach to your work.

This is a global role, we are happy for you to work remotely, in a way that best supports your work life balance and there will be a requirement to travel to countries where Mary’s Meals operates, as part of your role.

Mary’s Meals is a global movement supported by people from all walks of life and we are focused on one goal – that every child receives a nutritious daily meal in a place of education. We continue to change the lives of over 2.4 million children who today will receive Mary’s Meals. We are a values-driven organisation, we believe in the innate goodness of people, respect the dignity of every human being and family life and believe in good stewardship of the resources entrusted to us. In line with our values, Mary’s Meals is fully committed to a culture of safeguarding.

Mary’s Meals is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work and we expect all the Mary's Meals family to share this commitment and work in the best interest of the communities we serve. Our safe recruitment practices ensure that only those that are committed to our high standards join our movement. This role undertakes regulated work with children, and you will be required to register with the Protected Vulnerable Group Scheme or local equivalent before undertaking your role.

This is a fantastic role within our Programmes team, where your daily work has real impact, if you are looking for more from your role, then we would love to hear from you.

About us 

Myeloma UK is the only organisation in the UK dealing exclusively with the incurable blood cancer myeloma and related conditions. We are committed to bringing together the best and brightest people to help us ensure that every patient has an empowered present and a hopeful future.

Our ultimate goal is to find a cure and make myeloma history. Until then, our mission is to help every patient live well with myeloma for as long as possible. We are committed to diagnosing myeloma earlier, discovering and sharing knowledge, transforming the patient experience and influencing positive change in care.

About the role

 This is a new role within the Philanthropy and Strategic Partnerships team responsible for developing and leading our major donor programme. Myeloma UK is embarking on an ambitious five-year income generation strategy, which aims to increase income from £5m to £10m by 2028. This position will play a critical role, working alongside the Head of Philanthropy and Strategic Partnerships to double the income we raise from major donors and family trusts by securing 5-6 figure grants for a range of innovative and life changing programmes – including patient and family support, research and advocacy. The Philanthropy Manager is also responsible for managing and supporting the Philanthropy Officer in securing mid to high level donations from individuals.

The major donor programme at Myeloma UK is established - we have a strong community of existing high-level supporters and have identified significant potential donors within our community - but these opportunities have not been fully leveraged in the past. Building on this foundation, and a major fundraising Gala planned for Spring 2024, there is a significant opportunity to transform this area of fundraising and this role will be instrumental in delivering a step change in our approach. The role requires outstanding relationship building skills, and the ability to work with high-net-worth individuals, to build credibility and trust and inspire them to support Myeloma UK.

About you

You will be an experienced major donor fundraiser with the ability to secure 5-6 figure gifts and lead others to do the same. You will be a strategic thinker, who is ready to lead and implement our major donor strategy alongside the Head of Philanthropy and Strategic Partnerships.

We need someone with exceptional relationship management skills with the ability to nurture high value relationships and also work closely with senior colleagues, Trustees and other volunteers to build deep and long-lasting donor relationships. It will be crucial to work closely with colleagues across the charity to identify fundraising priorities, develop fundraising propositions and involve them in the cultivation and stewardship of key relationships.

You will be a skilled communicator and negotiator with the ability to communicate complex scientific information in an engaging way. We need someone who can build relationships from scratch, uncover donor motivations and convey the importance of Myeloma UK’s work to inspire support.

 How to apply

 If you think you would be a great fit for this role, get in touch and tell us more about yourself by sending us a CV that sets out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements together with a covering letter telling us more about you and what you think makes you a good candidate for this role.

Applications close on Sunday 10 December. Interviews will be held remotely w/c 18 December 2023. You may be asked to do a task prior to your interview.

Myeloma UK is an equal opportunities employer and always welcomes applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates.

Please note, you will be asked to provide evidence of your eligibility to work in the UK prior to interview selection.

UK (Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh, London or Manchester)

Closing date: 3rd December 2023

Save the Children UK has an exciting opportunity for a collaborative and tenacious individual with extensive strategic campaigns experience to join us as our Campaigns Manager where you will work with a multidisciplinary team of changemakers to tackle the biggest issues facing children today – climate change and inequality.

About Us

Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm.  When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave.  We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.

About the role

As Campaign Manager, you will develop and deliver campaigns that are engaging, impactful and deliver our strategic objectives. You will be adept at using theories of change to build innovative and practical  strategies with tactics that reach a variety of stakeholders and audiences – including children and youth. You'll build strong relationships internally and externally to support collaboration across teams and working in coalition.

In this role, you will:

• Lead Save the Children UK's campaign strategy on one priority area in our SCUK organisational strategy (climate change and global inequality).
• Lead the development and implementation of campaigning and organising projects that are engaging, impactful and deliver our strategic objectives.
• Work closely with mission colleagues to ensure that their work represents campaigning and organising best practice and innovation, and with Fundraising & Marketing colleagues to deliver our Supporter Engagement strategy.
• Actively maintain positive working relationships outside of your role, across the organisation and with key regional and national staff.
• To support the development of strong relationships with key campaigning and organising partners and coalitions.
• Monitor and evaluate campaign activity and contribute to organisational and team evaluations, including commissioning, interpreting and sharing campaigns insight work.

 

About you

To be successful, it is important that you have:

• Experience of leading development and delivery of impactful campaign strategies, with knowledge and understanding of a range of campaigning and organising tactics, and a track record of success.
• Knowledge of working with civil society actors to deliver change and ability to effectively manage and work within networks and coalitions.
• Understanding of target institution structures, processes and procedures.
• Understanding and experience of using a theory of change approach to shape campaign strategies.
• Excellent communication skills, and experience building rapport and communicating effectively with a wide range of people at all levels and situations (on the phone, face to face and in writing), including in relation to highly confidential and sensitive material.
• Commitment to Save the Children's vision, mission and values.

 

What we offer you:

Working for a charity provides one of the best benefits there is – a sense of purpose and reward for helping others. However, we understand the importance of giving back to our employees to ensure a happy and healthy working environment and work/life balance.

• We focus on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration, health and wellbeing both in and outside of work.
• We provide a wide range of benefits which will reward your hard work, motivate you, and inspire you to work to improve the lives of children every day. You can read more about our benefits here.

To learn more about the position, please review the Job Description in the attached Documents.

Closing date: Sunday 3rd December

Please note:

To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.

Ways of Working:

Remote First – The majority of our roles can be performed remotely, however you may work from the office as often as you wish. Whilst you will be predominantly  working from home,  we may at times require you to come to your contracted office (up to 2-4 days per month or 6-8 days per quarter).  Note: This will be agreed with your Line Manager and team. This is intended to be time spent on collaborating with colleagues and relationship building. 

On-site – There are certain roles that cannot be performed remotely and so your role will be based in an office location and you may occasionally be able to work from home.

Flexible Working - We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: 

Save the Children UK believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation where all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can be "Free to Be Me". We are not looking for just one type of person - we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think. 

We are especially interested in people whose childhood experiences - of life on a low income, of migration, of being in a racialised community, of the care system, of being LGBT+ or in an LGBT+ family or living with (or with someone with) a disability - help us to see things we might otherwise miss. Whatever your story is we want to hear it because we know that different voices, ideas, perspectives and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of children around the world. This is the reason why we are all here.