This role is based in the UK and open to individuals with unrestricted right to live and work in the UK. At this stage we are unable to offer sponsorship opportunities. Therefore, you must currently hold the right to work in the UK.

Summary of the role:

The Programmes Partnerships team will manage all partner relationships and be responsible for the timely, high quality programmes delivery. Primarily responsible for programmes strategy and proposal development, the team will also act as a primary interface between Muslim Aid and its partners and beneficiaries, as well as with donors and other programmes stakeholders.

The Programmes Partnerships Manager will hold the direct relationship with partners, lead on partner contracting, monitor programmes delivery (budgets and outcomes), convene and facilitate networks and provide a primary interface between the organisation and its partners.

The key responsibilities of this role are to provide relevant technical and management advice and support to ensure partners are effectively and efficiently implementing funded projects whilst ensuring monitoring of programmes activities in compliance with Muslim Aid’s strategy. The role will lead the identifying new partners and ensure Muslim Aid is strategically positioned globally.

About the Role:

The main responsibilities of this role will be to:

1. Manage existing relationships and be responsible for identifying and developing new relationships with organisations with whom Muslim Aid’s work has operational and strategic synergy.
2. Establish, maintain and expand partnerships and alliances with various strategic partners from development organizations, government, and civil society organisations to ensure active participation and promotion of active citizenship approach.
3. Participate in the development of global strategy, planning and policy development considering Muslim Aid experience and capacity in partnership programming.
4. Work with partner organisations to contribute to the achievement of the SDGs.
5. Collate and compile reports and produce data which feed into the Annual Report of Muslim Aid.
6. Undertake monitoring and assessment field visits to partner countries to ensure programmes are implemented as proposed, contracted and per donor guidelines and standards.

About You:

To be successful in this role:

1. Educated to Bachelor’s degree level.
2. Understanding of development programmes design, implementation and evaluation.
3. Experience of working with proposals, budgets, data and reports.
4. Proven experience in monitoring and evaluation of programmes; using of quantitative and qualitative research data collected in support of programme development.
5. Knowledge of SPHERE, CHS and DEC Accountability Framework priorities and other humanitarian/development sector initiatives and standards.
6. Experience of working on emergency and/or disaster preparedness programmes in developing countries.
7. Strong and well-developed analytical skills coupled with experience of writing quality proposals and reports Strong analytical abilities.
8. Willingness to travel at very short notice.

Why you should apply:

If you are a driven and ambitious individual who will not only maintain our relationships with our programme partners but will also be able to create new ones, then this is the job for you. If you have exceptional analytical and attention to detail skills, then this role may be for you.

You must complete an application form for this role. We do not accept CVs.

Muslim Aid’s recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to the safety and protection of children and vulnerable adults in our care/employment. Successful candidates will be expected to undergo a DBS check. In addition, all successful candidates for finance roles will undergo an Experian Credit Check.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief or age. 

Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Applications will be accepted until closing date, however, Muslim Aid reserves the right to initiate interviews and the selection process on a rolling basis with the aim of identifying an appropriate candidate as quickly as possible.

NOTE: We will review your application and see if you are a good fit for the position, and for us. Due to the volume of applicants, we are unable to contact everyone so if you are selected to continue to the interview process, we will be in contact with you.

Sightsavers has a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Manager to join the Disability Inclusive Development Fund Management Team (DID FMT)

Location: Haywards Heath, UK (flexible locations and working arrangements within the UK may be considered)

This is a key role in a proactive and motivated fund management team. The Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Manager will support the Associate Programme Director in the strategic direction of the DID Programme’s Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) strategy. They will be responsible for its technical direction, implementation and continuous improvement as well as the delivery of quality quarterly and annual reporting to FCDO.

The Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Manager will lead a team of two Officers and a network of 11 technical MEL consortium partner representatives. They will direct the MEL team to that monitor, manage and support projects to progress and adhere to DID MEL requirements and processes throughout the project life cycle. They will work with the MEL Network to ensure the project M&E frameworks align to the MEL strategy and support achievement against the programme M&E results framework, theory of change and the DID business case.

The Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Manager will further develop and implement DID’s adaptive management approach that guides its oversight and reporting system of over 20 active projects.

This is a really involved role with a detailed job description which may be found by following the application link. The post holder will work in close collaboration with the Associate Director on partnership, contract and risk management and developing MEL for inclusive programming as applicable and is expected to travel up to 10 weeks per year.

The Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Manager will

• direct, implement and improve the DID programme’s MEAL strategy and its processes, tools and guidance
• be responsible for the management of the DID oversight and reporting system that supports the delivery of its adaptive management approach and donor reports
• develop and implement the DID programme’s data quality assurance processes, guidance, tools and activities to ensure robust Results Framework reporting
• manage the DID MEL Team, Lead the MEL Network and significantly contribute to the DID FMT’s programme management and DID programme governance groups

About you:

We are looking for an experienced, creative, insightful and proactive individual to provide strategic and technical MEL support and guidance. You will have:

• experience working in the international development, the humanitarian sector and/or relevant sector. Experience in a management role with direct reports preferable.

• experience in project management and programme monitoring, evaluation and learning with the ability to manage large, complex pieces of work and to produce key deliverables on time.
• experience in developing, rolling out and continuously improving MEL systems, process, tools and guidance.
• experience in complex stakeholder management or consortium management is an asset.

• an understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity for people with disabilities.

• experience of producing analytical reports or communication materials for a wide range of audiences.

• experience in understanding and responding to the complexities of working across multiple countries and continents in an international development organisation.

The ideal candidate will be educated to at least degree level in a relevant field (international development/ relations, public health, education, gender studies, human geography or policy) and ideally to Master’s degree level with a strong grasp of disability inclusion.

We anticipate that remote interviews will take place on 17, 18 and 19 November 2020 and are keen to make a recruitment decision soon after this.

Programme Manager

Full time: 37.5 hours per week

Fixed term for 2 year initial contract

This is an excellent opportunity to join The Poppy Factory at an exciting period of expansion in its activities supporting veterans as we look to work collaboratively with the NHS and other partners. The Poppy Factory Employability Service has supported over a thousand veterans back into work who have some form of mental or physical health challenge in relation to employment.  We are ambitious about supporting many more veterans into meaningful and sustainable work as we look to expand our service with a number of pilot programmes.

This role will lead on the management of The Poppy Factory pilot programmes across England and Wales, and the establishment of a dedicated programmatic hub to ensure strong governance and implementation. Working collaboratively with the Director of Operations and the Employability Managerial team, you will draw on evidence and best practice in the design, development and implementation of The Poppy Factory programmes. 

Are you:

• Experienced in programme and project management?

• A strategic thinker, eager to build on the foundations we've put in place to design and implement a programmatic hub? 
• A creative problem-solver who asks questions to learn more about a situation and is thoughtful and tenacious in working with others to find a range of possible solutions?

The successful candidate for this role will have a sound track record of conducting monitoring and evaluation of service delivery programmes.

This role is based at our head office in Richmond, however we can be flexible to combine office- and home-working arrangements (currently all roles are home-based).

The Poppy Factory aims to be an exemplar employer.  We provide competitive terms and conditions of employment including:

• A generous Company Pension scheme
• Company-paid life assurance
• Funding available for permanent employees to study for the Level 6 Diploma in Career Guidance & Development 

For the full job description and more information about the role please download the Candidate Pack. 

How to apply

To apply for this position please submit your CV and a covering letter clearly outlining how you meet the essential criteria in the person specification. You may address your covering letter to Abigail Boyle, Director of Operations. 

The post is anticipated to close at midnight on 5 November 2020, with interviews expected to take place on 12 & 13 November. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, so we encourage candidates to apply promptly. 

WE ARE LOOKING FOR AN EXPERIENCED MANAGER TO JOIN OUR TEAM ON A FIXED TERM CONTRACT

Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding role working for an organisation with the feminist agenda at the core of its ethos?

Do you believe in our values; to listen and support, to empower and respect, collaborate, innovate, and take accountability?

Then Advance could be the career choice for you!

Role: Community and Co-locations Manager

Salary: £31,000 - £35,000 dependent on experience

Location: Hammersmith with responsibility for the Tri borough area (Hammersmith and Fulham, Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea)

Contract: Fixed-term contract until November 2021

Hours: 35 hours per week

About Advance:

Established in 1998, Advance is an award-winning innovative non-profit organisation supporting women and girls experiencing domestic abuse and those women in the criminal justice system, enabling them to live safe, violence-free and equal lives. We are at the forefront of developing whole systems change services, establishing the first teams working within statutory settings to reach women and girls such as in police stations, hospitals, social care and probation services.

We are a passionate and dedicated team who believe in empathy, empowerment, collaboration and innovation and accountability. These qualities characterise our work with women and girls experiencing trauma, reaching over 6,000 women and their children each year.  The organisation has recently expanded its services, with annual income of £4m and approx. 90 staff working across London.

In brief, you will:

• Support and line manage domestic abuse frontline workers, including providing day to day guidance on practice matters and case management to ensure staff adhere to their responsibilities in relation to policies, procedures, best practice, and safeguarding adults and children, and that clients receive a service that is appropriate to needs, risk and safety 
• Ensure the service is adequately staffed, and provide cover where necessary
• Recruit, induct, train, develop and performance manage the domestic abuse frontline workers, groups facilitators, volunteers and students including appraisals, supervision, and probation reviews to ensure that work is of a consistently high quality
• Represent Advance in meetings and support the Senior Services Manager in the development and maintenance of strong relationships and management of partnerships to ensure effective service delivery, communication, and puts service users at the heart of the partnership activity for new and existing services 
• Ensure line managed staff work within the organisation’s ethos and ensuring organisational objectives are translated into individual work plans with clear and realisable targets.
• Support the Senior Services Manager with the planning and implementation of new service developments and contacts and participate in multi-agency working parties and focus groups, as appropriate.
• Ensure staff training and development needs are regularly evaluated and that appropriate training, coaching and learning opportunities are provided
• Oversee preparation of reports for case conferences, MARAC and court, and attend as necessary
• Ensure feedback from service users is used to improve services and is captured throughout the programme of support at a range of intervals and through a range of methods

What we offer:

• 30 days holiday plus public holidays, pro rata for part time, and a day off for International Women’s Day
• Pension scheme
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme

• The opportunity to work in a flexible, supportive environment with a team of committed, inspiring women and we will support you as you to continue to build your skills and experience.

For more information, please find the full job description attached.

The closing date for applications is Sunday 15th November

Interviews will take place week beginning 23rd November

To apply, please send your CV along with a supporting statement setting out how you meet the criteria for the role and indicating where you first saw this role advertised, your notice period and salary expectations.

Please note that any offer of employment will be made subject to references and confirmation of the right to work in the UK and satisfactory enhanced DBS check

PLEASE NOTE: This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010. 

Advance is committed to equality and diversity and strongly encourages applications from women with disabilities, from BME backgrounds and the LBT community, and with personal experience of the criminal justice system.

Evaluation Officers needed for the Youth Endowment Fund to help make the best decisions on which projects we fund and to design and execute the evaluations to learn about what works to prevent youth violence.

Reports to: Senior Evaluation Officer, Youth Endowment Fund

Salary: £36,461-£38,380

Location: Central London 

About the Youth Endowment Fund

The Youth Endowment Fund exists to prevent young people and children from becoming involved in violence.

In recent years there has been a significant increase in violent crime. Homicides, assaults, robberies and offences involving weapons have all seen sustained growth. For children and young people, there have been particularly large increases in those who are both the perpetrators and victims of offences involving knives. This is a tragedy. Every child captured in these numbers is an important member of our community and society has a duty to protect them.

The Youth Endowment Fund is a charity with a £200m endowment and a mission that matters. Founded by youth charity Impetus and its partners the Early Intervention Foundation and the Social Investment Business, we exist to prevent children and young people from getting caught up in violent crime. Many organisations have this calling. Our unique role is to identify what works best and spread the good news. We do this by finding the very best ways to prevent youth violence, funding great initiatives and working to scale them up and spread great ideas.

Making this happen is a massive challenge. We will only succeed if we build a fantastic body of knowledge about youth violence and make it very accessible. Central to this is designing, commissioning and managing complex and rigorous impact evaluations with experts in the field, alongside working closely with key stakeholders and local areas to ensure that evidence changes policy and practice in a way that prevents young people from being caught up in crime.

As an integral member of our evaluation team, you will be part of making sure we make the best decisions about what we fund and we design and execute the evaluations to learn from it about what works to prevent youth violence.

Key responsibilities

The core of your job is to ensure that we evaluate excellently so that we can find out the very best ways to prevent young people and children from becoming involved in violence.

As an Evaluation Officer, you will:

• Support the evaluation team to design and implement the processes for assessing the quality of evidence underpinning applications people and organisations make for funding.
• Provide recommendations on which applications should be approved for funding based on your assessment.
• Choose the best evaluation partner for each project through launching invitations for our panel of evaluators to apply, assessing the technical quality of their applications and making recommendations, assisting with appointments and providing ongoing monitoring and quality assurance of their work with grantees.
• Lead the development of the evaluation design with grantees and evaluators, ensuring they put in place a plan to generate the best learning from the funded activity through workshops, consultative meetings and proposal reviews.
• Communicate frequently with evaluators, including regularly solving problems and making autonomous decisions about the projects you oversee.
• Review regular monitoring reports from evaluators and provide approval for payments, making sure their milestones are effectively achieved and the work stays on budget.
• When it comes time to develop and write the final evaluation report on a project, serve as the main point of contact for the evaluation partner, providing a rigorous review and feedback on the report and ensuring that it is an accurate reflection of the learnings from the project.
• Support the evaluation team in the development of the principles and protocols we need to deliver robust and respected evaluations.

• Contribute to making sure the evidence we produce is communicated in a clear and accessible way which will drive sustainable change. This is critical to everything we do at the Youth Endowment Fund.

About you

You are this sort of person:

• You are committed to preventing young people and children from becoming involved in violence:  You are passionate about the impact of prevention and early intervention. You don't want your days to pass without making a difference.
• You are experienced in evaluation: You have a strong knowledge and technical expertise in evaluation methodologies including the ability to critically appraise the design of randomised control trials and related approaches.
• You really know what makes great research and quality evidence:  You can design and draft high-quality research proposals including the sample, measurement and analysis. You are confident in assessing the quality of evidence that underpins interventions and can guide decisions on grant applications.
• You are an excellent communicator:  You can produce technical documents that accurately report methodological and statistical information. You will combine this with experience of communicating complex evidence and analysis in a simple and accessible format to non-experts.
• You are highly organised and like working in a team:  You have excellent project and time management skills with the ability to deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced environment. You are a valuable addition to any team by supporting others and working collaboratively. You are flexible and able to work on your own initiative.
• You are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion: You believe and act in a way that celebrates and encourages a range of experiences, views and values.

You may have, but they are not essential:

• a post-graduate (Masters or PhD) qualification. This is in a relevant field such social science, social policy, public health, health services or other field, with a significant quantitative component, or relevant experience equivalent to a Masters qualification.
• good knowledge and understanding of crime, serious violence or other relevant areas: This could include areas such as child development, parenting or children’s mental health from fields such as psychology, neuroscience or education research. You know the facts, understand the issues, know the key people and can discuss the theories. You are knowledgeable on this topic and very at ease discussing it with experts.
• experience of commissioning evaluation and research: This includes managing research and analysis from external contractors. Experience designing and carrying out your own research would be an asset, as would experience of the ethical review process. It is even better if you have experience carrying out applied research methods including quantitative and qualitative approaches.
• great quantitative analysis skills: This includes experience of using advanced analytical software such as R, Stata or SPSS
• knowledge and understanding of intervention and prevention science
• knowledge and experience of evidence synthesis: You know the different approaches and have carried out your own evidence synthesis projects.

While it is not a criterion, we are especially interested to hear from applicants who have lived experience of youth violence.

It is also important to us that the people we hire do not discriminate. We believe in being inclusive and giving everyone an equal chance to succeed. Applications are welcome from all regardless of age, sex, gender identity, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, race, sexual orientation, transgender status or social economic background.

To Apply

Applications close midnight, 15th of November 2020.

You should include the contact details of two referees, one of whom must be your current or most recent employer. Referees will only be approached with your express permission. You will also be required to provide proof of your eligibility to work in the UK. As part of our commitment to flexible working we will consider a range of options for the successful applicant. All options can be discussed at the interview stage.

First round interviews will take place over three weeks from the 9th of November 2020 until the 27th of November 2020.

Second round interviews will take place from the week commencing 23rd of November 2020.

This position will require a DBS check to be performed, but a record is not a block to performing this role.

Job Title:  MEAL & Partnership Lead

Principal Location: Buea, Cameroon.

Contract: Full Time, 7 month fixed-term contract

Salary: £20,000 - £22,000 per annum 

Background

Street Child believes that every child deserves the chance to go to school and learn. Our projects focus on a combination of education, child protection and livelihood support to address the social, economic and structural issues that underpin today’s education crisis. We partner with local organisations and communities to deliver our locally rooted programmes, using evidence to drive learning and the refinement and scale up of programmes to create maximum impact for the most children at the lowest cost. We pride ourselves on being willing to go to the world’s toughest places where others won’t, including remote, hard-to-reach areas and fragile, disaster-affected states across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Since 2008 we have helped over 318,000 children to go to school and learn and supported over 29,000 families to set up businesses so they can afford the cost of educating their children.

We are looking for a motivated and dynamic candidate to lead on monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL) in an exciting emergency response project, and to drive the development of Street Child’s partner capacity development approach in Cameroon. 

Role Purpose

This role will lead on the MEAL and partner capacity building elements of a large multi-sectoral emergency response project.  This includes leading on the design and implementation of project monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning frameworks/activities, as well as designing and driving a capacity development plan that is aligned to the needs of the partner and staff. 

Key Responsibilities

Project monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (60 %)

• Lead the design and implementation of the project MEAL framework, including MEAL plans, data collection processes, tools and methodologies
• Provide training and coaching to partners staff on the use of the MEAL system and tools 
• Support the project team to plan and conduct field (mobile) data collection and monitoring to ensure transparent, accurate and timely data collection
• Ensure timely data analysis for review and reporting purposes
• Work closely with the project team to design and manage beneficiary feedback mechanisms, including technical support on developing and monitoring an effective complaints and response mechanism (CRM)
• Actively promote sharing of learnings from assessments, reviews and evaluations internally and externally
• Collaborate with the project manager and other team members to ensure follow-up/action based on MEAL findings and recommendations  

Partnerships & Capacity Development (40%)

• With the support of the project manager and working closely with the partner team, drive the partner capacity development process including: capacity (self-)assessment, design capacity development plan, sourcing relevant training/coaching/mentoring support, tracking progress on capacity development plan
• Work with global partnerships team to ensure Cameroon approach is aligned to the global approach, and to contribute to sharing of lessons, tools, best practices
• Seek opportunities to allow Street Child to be involved in regional or national discussions on partnerships, capacity building and localisation

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level or higher

Desirable

• Master’s degree in related field; or attendance at specific relevant training courses

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Previous M&E and/or programmes experience within the humanitarian field, working in complex and volatile contexts

• Demonstrated experience developing M&E tools including MEAL frameworks, indicators, qualitative and quantitative data collection tools etc.
• Strong working knowledge of humanitarian standards and principles of good practice 
• Experience in capacity building and team building

Desirable

• Experience and/or knowledge working on education in emergencies and/or child protection in emergencies programming
• Experience working in support of local partners

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Excellent spoken and written English
• Self-starter with ability to assess problems and recommend solutions
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Adaptable and able to work flexibly as a part of a diverse team

Desirable

• Proven coaching/capacity building skills and organisational development experience

Other

• Able and willing to travel, sometimes in insecure environments

Benefits

Attractive benefits are included – details available on request. Please note that this role is unaccompanied and not suitable for candidates looking for a family posting.

Apply Now

Please click 'How to Apply' to see full details of where to send your application. Closing date for applications is midnight UK time on Friday 30th October. We will review applications as they are received and reserve the right to bring forward the closing date. Pre-employment checks will be required as part of our recruitment process in line with our Safeguarding Policy. Street Child welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Senior Evaluation Officers needed for the Youth Endowment Fund to help lead making the best decisions on which projects we fund and to design and execute the evaluations to learn about what works to prevent youth violence.

Reports to: Head of Evaluation

Salary: £44,401-46,738

Location: Central London

About the Youth Endowment Fund

The Youth Endowment Fund exists to prevent young people and children from becoming involved in violence.

In recent years there has been a significant increase in violent crime. Homicides, assaults, robberies and offences involving weapons have all seen sustained growth. For children and young people, there have been particularly large increases in those who are both the perpetrators and victims of offences involving knives. This is a tragedy. Every child captured in these numbers is an important member of our community and society has a duty to protect them.

The Youth Endowment Fund is a charity with a £200m endowment and a mission that matters. Founded by youth charity Impetus and its partners the Early Intervention Foundation and the Social Investment Business, we exist to prevent children and young people from getting caught up in violent crime. Many organisations have this calling. Our unique role is to identify what works best and spread the good news. We do this by finding the very best ways to prevent youth violence, funding great initiatives and working to scale them up and spread great ideas.

Making this happen is a massive challenge. We will only succeed if we build a fantastic body of knowledge about youth violence and make it very accessible. Central to this is designing, commissioning and managing complex and rigorous impact evaluations with experts in the field, alongside working closely with key stakeholders and local areas to ensure that evidence changes policy and practice in a way that prevents young people from being caught up in crime.

As an integral member of our evaluation team, you will be part of making sure we make the best decisions about what we fund and we design and execute the evaluations to learn from it about what works to prevent youth violence.

Key responsibilities

Your job is to lead a team to make sure we evaluate the work we fund excellently and select the experts we partner with to do so. You and your team will make sure we fund work that will best help us learn what works to reduce youth violence. You will also support the Head of Evaluation to make sure our approach to evaluation, including the principles, protocols and procedures we use, are excellent and highly respected.

As a Senior Evaluation Officer, you will:

• Help shape the evaluation approach for each round of funding we launch, ensuring that we design a funding application that will allow us to review the quality of evidence underpinning proposals and likelihood for learning for each potential project.
• Contribute to the review of applications for funding from a learning perspective and make recommendations on which applications should be approved.
• Design and maintain the Youth Endowment Fund’s guidance and procedures for commissioning evaluations, consistently looking for ways we can improve the way we do this and implementing those improvements with your teams.
• Maintain and champion the processes and systems the evaluation team uses to organise and store a large amount of information about the status of projects.
• Lead a team of Evaluation Officers to choose the best evaluation partner for each project and to design evaluations of projects with grantees and evaluators. You will do this by:
  • Providing the knowledge, skills and support they need to carry out their work effectively;
  • Providing regular feedback and coaching;
  • Providing quality assurance for their work;
  • Ensuring all the evaluations your team oversees stay on track to achieve their milestones and stay on budget, supporting the Evaluation Officers to course correct when needed;
  • Reviewing and approving final evaluation reports;
  • Leading by example by directly commissioning, designing and managing some evaluations yourself.
• Lead one-time strategic evaluation activities identified by the Fund, such as commissioning an evaluation for activity that we do not fund or commissioning work to review our measurement tools.
• Make sure the evidence we produce is communicated in a clear and accessible way which will drive sustainable change. This is critical to everything we do at the Youth Endowment Fund.
• Support the management of our panel of evaluators and expert panel.
• Represent the Youth Endowment Fund externally as requested at events, roundtables or partner meetings.
   

About you

You are this sort of person:

• You are committed to tackling youth crime:  You are passionate about the impact prevention and early intervention has. You don't want your days to pass without making a difference.
• You are experienced in evaluation and research: You have significant experience in carrying out or commissioning research in academia, government or a related sector and a strong knowledge and technical expertise in a range of analytical and evaluation techniques, such as randomised control trials and quasi-experimental designs. You have designed and carried out your own research and have experience carrying out applied research methods including quantitative and qualitative approaches.
• You have a post-graduate (Masters or PhD) qualification. This is in a relevant field such social science, social policy, public health, health services or other field, with a significant quantitative component, or relevant experience equivalent to a Masters qualification.
• You bring the best out of your colleagues:  You have experience leading and empowering others to manage their workload to achieve amazing results.
• You really know what makes great research and quality evidence:  You can design and draft high-quality research proposals including the sample, measurement and analysis. You are confident in assessing the quality of evidence that underpins interventions and can guide decisions on grant applications.
• You are an excellent communicator:  You can produce technical documents that accurately report methodological and statistical information. You will combine this with experience of communicating complex evidence and analysis in a simple and accessible format to non-experts,
• You are highly organised and like working in a team:  You have excellent project and time management skills with the ability to deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced environment. You are a valuable addition to any team by supporting others and working collaboratively. You are flexible and able to work on your own initiative.
• You are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. You believe and act in a way that celebrates and encourages a range of experiences, views and values.

You may have, but they are not essential:

• good knowledge and understanding of crime, serious violence or other relevant areas: This could include areas such as child development, parenting or children’s mental health from fields such as psychology, neuroscience or education research. You know the facts, understand the issues, know the key people, and can discuss the theories. You are knowledgeable on this topic and very at ease discussing it with experts.
• great quantitative analysis skills: This includes experience of using advanced analytical software such as R, Stata or SPSS
• knowledge and understanding of intervention and prevention science
• knowledge and experience of evidence synthesis: You know the different approaches and have carried out your own evidence synthesis projects.

While it is not a criterion, we are especially interested to hear from applicants who have lived experience of youth violence.

It is also important to us that the people we hire do not discriminate. We believe in being inclusive and giving everyone an equal chance to succeed. Applications are welcome from all regardless of age, sex, gender identity, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, race, sexual orientation, transgender status or social economic background.

To Apply

Applications close midnight, 15th of November 2020.

You should include the contact details of two referees, one of whom must be your current or most recent employer. Referees will only be approached with your express permission. You will also be required to provide proof of your eligibility to work in the UK. As part of our commitment to flexible working we will consider a range of options for the successful applicant. All options can be discussed at the interview stage.

First round interviews will take place over three weeks from the 9th of November 2020 until the 27th of November 2020.

Second round interviews will take place from the week commencing 23rd of November 2020.

This position will require a DBS check to be performed, but a record is not a block to performing this role.

Ambitious College has a career defining opportunity for an exceptional person, who can inspire, lead and innovate. If you are ambitious about making the ordinary possible for young adults with autism, share our forward thinking, open minded values then we would love to hear from you.

We are an Ofsted “Good”, award winning Day College for young people aged 16-25 with a primary diagnosis of autism, some of whom have additional disabilities. We believe that every young person attending Ambitious College deserves a fulfilling, happy and rewarding life. Our person-centred educational approach ensures we focus on the individual learners requirements at all times.

Our mission is to make the ordinary possible for children and young people with autism and we do this through living our five values; we are ambitious, we value difference, we are open, we are team players and we are experts.  

What we offer:

• Excellent CPD including a wide-range of in house and external training courses.
• As a growing organisation there is opportunity to progress your career.
• Competitive annual salary paid over 52 weeks.
• Annual staff recognition awards.
• Cycle to work scheme up to £5000.
• Season ticket loans.
• A wide range of wellness programmes including: virtual yoga & zumba classes, running club, art & cooking classes and learning programmes.
• Employee Assistance Programme, to help you balance your work, family, and personal life.
• Access to physiotherapy.

We are seeking to appoint an outstanding and innovative Deputy Head who has:

• High expectations of our learners achieving their goals and aspirations, along with a commitment to providing education that promotes excellent progress and improves life chances, ‘making the ordinary possible'.
• Experience of successfully leading and managing a transdisciplinary team to ensure young adults are prepared for adulthood.
• Experience of working in a culture of change.
• Extensive teaching experience with young adults with complex special education needs.
• Ensure the objectives outlined in the College development plan are realised through a regular cycle of development planning, implementation, review and evaluation.
• Experience of leading, managing and supporting the development of colleagues through coaching or mentoring.

The position will require regular travel to both college sites.

Role Closes: Sunday 8th November, 12 noon.

Applicants informed of outcome: Monday 9th November 2020.

First stage interviews: Friday 13th 2020 (Virtually).

Second Stage Interview: Monday 16th November 2020. (In Person).

Start date: As soon as possible.

To find out more about this position please visit our website where you can find the recruitment pack entailing the role details.

Ambitious about Autism is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and we warmly welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates. We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit.

Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

Reports to: Head of Programmes, Youth Endowment Fund

Salary: £36,500-£40,000, dependent on experience

Location: Central London

About the Youth Endowment Fund

The Youth Endowment Fund exists to prevent young people and children from becoming involved in violence.

In recent years there has been a significant increase in violent crime. Homicides, assaults, robberies and offences involving weapons have all seen sustained growth. For children and young people, there have been particularly large increases in those who are both the perpetrators and victims of offences involving knives. This is a tragedy. Every child captured in these numbers is an important member of our community and society has a duty to protect them.

The Youth Endowment Fund is a charity with a £200m endowment and a mission that matters. Founded by youth charity Impetus and its partners the Early Intervention Foundation and the Social Investment Business, we exist to prevent children and young people from getting caught up in violent crime. Many organisations have this calling. Our unique role is to identify what works best and spread the good news. For this reason, we only fund people and organisations when we can work together to learn from what they are doing and use that learning to affect change.

Key Responsibilities

Our Programme Managers are critical to our mission to learn what works. They have deep knowledge and experience in either the youth sector, policing, social work, children’s social care or education and they identify, assess, fund and support people and organisations working in their field to prevent youth violence. With the support of our YEF evaluation experts, they make sure everything we fund is set up so we can learn from it.  They also work with people and organisations to build their capacity to engage with rigorous learning activity.

This role, Programme Manager – Youth, will have a specific focus and you may have previous experience working for a charity or other organisation focused on the youth sector. You’ll be our expert on the programmes team when it comes to our grant making with the youth sector. However, you will still be a part of managing grants for all areas of our work.

As a YEF Programme Manager – Youth, you will:

• Develop and execute plans to fund work that will help us learn something about what works to prevent youth violence. You will make sure that it is easy and efficient to apply for our funding and that we build effective relationships with people who apply.
• Make sure we choose the best organisations to work with through carrying out the assessment of funding applications, getting to know potential grantees and conducting site visits.
• Make sure with everything we fund, we maximise what we can learn from it. You will work with expert evaluators to make sure each project is designed with a learning component. You don’t need to be an expert in evaluations yourself, but you do need to understand why they are so important to learn what works and help people and organisations engage effectively with them.
• Build strong relationships with our grantees and provide ongoing management and support through the life of their YEF funding. You will also be responsible for monitoring the performance of grantees and ensuring targets are met.
• When we learn something works, help the people and organisations we fund to imbed this into their work. You will be constantly thinking about how we can get people and organisations to use robust evidence and learn from each other. This is critical to everything we do.
• Report to our team and external stakeholders regularly on the projects we are funding. You will look for trends and areas where grantees may need support and think creatively about how we provide it.
• Represent the Youth Endowment Fund at external events.

About You

You are this sort of person:

• You don't want your days to pass without making a difference. You want to play a significant part in a charity that is making a difference.
• You want to work in a job that makes young people safer. This issue matters to you. You do not need extensive experience in grant making, you can learn that. You will be an incredible member of our team if you are committed to understanding the challenges facing young people and the people and organisations working to support them and are inspired by a mission to find what works to prevent violence.  
• You have delivery experience. You know what it’s like to support young people and deliver programmes within the youth sector. When a person or organisation we fund is facing challenges, you can relate from first-hand experience.
• You make wise decisions. You are able to take in a lot of written and numerical information, synthesise and analyse it and make good decisions about what we fund and don’t fund. You’re good at spotting when things might not go to plan and aren’t afraid to speak up about it. You’re also excellent at spotting people and organisations who may not be experienced in writing grant applications but are doing really effective work that we could learn from. 
• You are an optimiser. You think creatively about how to overcome challenges. You are curious, hungry to learn and always looking for ways to improve our work to have the greatest impact on young people’s lives.
• You are known for being very well organised and getting things done. You are used to dealing with and organising a large amount of information and know how important systems and processes are to staying on top of things. You like getting into the numbers and the details. But at the same time, you can effectively ‘zoom out’ and make sure you and your team are keeping plans on track.
• You win people over. People tend to warm to you and respect you. You work very well in a team. You have built good relationships with people at every level inside and outside the organisation and have managed large networks of stakeholders with different interests and priorities. You are excellent at customer service and can handle any issue that comes up with the people and work we fund.
• You are an excellent communicator. Whether in writing or verbally, you are great at distilling a lot of information and communicating a powerful idea. You’ll be in regular communication with our grantees, and you’ll be known for being both professional and supportive and for giving great feedback.
• You are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. You believe and act in a way that celebrates and encourages a range of experiences, backgrounds and values.
   

While it is not a criteria, we are especially interested to hear from applicants who have lived experience of youth violence.

It is also important to us that the people we hire do not discriminate. We believe in being inclusive and giving everyone an equal chance to succeed. Applications are welcome from all regardless of age, sex, gender identity, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, race, sexual orientation, transgender status or social economic background.

To Apply

Applications close midnight, 15th of November 2020.

You should also include the contact details of two referees, one of whom must be your current or most recent employer. Referees will only be approached with your express permission. You will also be required to provide proof of your eligibility to work in the UK. As part of our commitment to flexible working we will consider a range of options for the successful applicant. All options can be discussed at the interview stage.

First round interviews will take place over three weeks from the 9th of November 2020 until the 27th of November 2020.

Second round interviews will take place from the week commencing 23rd of November 2020.

Due to the large number of applications we receive, it is not possible to update you on the progress of the application until after the closing date.  If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has not been successful on this occasion.

Your personal data will be shared for the purposes of the recruitment exercise. This includes our HR team, interviewers (who may include other partners in the project and independent advisors), relevant team managers and our IT service provider if access to the data is necessary for performance of their roles. We do not share your data with other third parties, unless your application for employment is successful and we make you an offer of employment. We will then share your data with former employers to obtain references for you. We do not transfer your data outside the European Economic Area.

This position will require a DBS check to be performed, but a record is not a block to performing this role.

Job Title: Programme Manager
Hours: Full time, flexible options available
Salary: £34,044 including London Weighting
Contract: Permanent
Based: London, currently working remotely

The Living Wage Foundation was launched in 2011 by Citizens UK to tackle in-work poverty and ensure that workers earn enough to live on and participate in family and community life. Citizens UK is the home of community organising with diverse civil society alliances set up to develop leaders to work on the issues that matter to them, such as the Living Wage. Other projects include PACT (Parents and the Community Together) and Sponsor Refugees to add depth to the impact of Citizens UK’s work.

The Living Wage is a movement of businesses, organisations and people who believe that a hard day’s work deserves a fair day’s pay. The real Living Wage is an independently-calculated hourly rate based on the cost of living and announced each November during Living Wage Week, our annual celebration of a growing network of nearly 7,000 Living Wage Employers.

The Living Wage Foundation celebrates employers that voluntarily choose to pay the real Living Wage through an accreditation scheme that recognises a long-term commitment to fair pay and has secured pay rises for 250,000 low paid workers.

The Living Wage Foundation has an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic team as a Programme Manager. We are looking for a highly motivated and organised individual with the ability to build relationships with employers to grow the Living Wage network, to develop projects that will grow our accreditations schemes and proactively influence change.

• Build and manage relationships with employers to support them to pay the real Living Wage and seek accreditation.
• Create, develop and employ the tools and knowledge available to inform and advise employers on implementing the Living Wage throughout their organisation.
• Communicate evidence for change to influence key stakeholders to become Living Wage employers, recognised Service Providers or Living Wage Funders and to champion the Living Wage to their networks.
• Monitor and evaluate the impact of our work to refine our strategy and deliver projects in an efficient way.

For more information on the application process please click on 'Apply' now. 

Citizens UK is committed to being an inclusive employer. We value a diverse workforce and encourage those with an interest in this role to apply, regardless of whether they meet all the required criteria. We invest in our employees and support them to develop the skills and knowledge required to deliver their role. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates to represent the communities we work in.

I am currently looking for an experienced Project Manager for an inspirational children's educational charity. In this exciting role you will be responsible for project managing and supporting an integral campaign across England, with a particular focus on supporting the local leaders/coordinators in each area and ensuring they are meeting their key milestones and targets.

Main purpose of job:
Agree project milestones and campaign targets with each local area
Develop and deliver training, to support the local areas and ensure they are equipped to deliver the project
Chair calls with the local leaders/coordinators on a weekly basis
Support, along with the Campaigns Officer, the local leaders/coordinators with campaign delivery
Work closely with the local leaders/coordinators to ensure they are meeting key milestones for the project and ensure they are meeting all contract requirements
Support the Evidence and Policy Manager and local areas to ensure the required data, cases studies and evidence in support of the evaluation are collected
Ensure claims for expenditure are received, processed and paid quarterly in line with grant requirements

Develop and maintain project plans and budgets, and report on these as required
Track campaign metrics from campaign activities on a fortnightly basis
Provide reports and updates internally to ensure effective communication about the project and delivery
Develop, with the Campaigns Officer, materials to support external communication

Skills:
Awareness of the importance of the home learning environment
Good knowledge of schools and education, and parental engagement
Understanding the principles of effective communication

If you are immediately available and have the above skills and experience, please apply online today!

Sightsavers is looking for a Technical Expert in Developmental Evaluation to work with us on a consultancy basis and ensure the successful completion of a developmental evaluation project in Kogi State, Nigeria by building the capacity of the project’s in-country consultant and Sightsavers’ Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) team to undertake developmental evaluations.

Sightsavers is in the process of appointing an in-country evaluation consultant to undertake the developmental evaluation for this project. The in-country consultant will be an experienced evaluation consultant, however, based on a recent evaluation skills scoping exercise that Sightsavers undertook in Nigeria, the in-country consultant is likely to have limited knowledge and experience of developmental evaluation and adaptive management. Therefore, Sightsavers seeks to appoint a developmental evaluation technical expert to provide remote support and guidance to the in-country consultant and Sightsavers’ MEL team in conducting this developmental evaluation.

The project: Piloting an Inclusive Health Approach to Improve Quality and Equity in Access to Eye Care Services for Women and Men with Disabilities in Kogi State, Nigeria is anticipated to have a duration of 24 months with an additional inception period of 6 months. We anticipate that the Developmental Evaluation Technical Expert will provide 20 days remote support throughout the project with the majority of this guidance being provided between November 2020 and January 2021 (during the inception period) although it will be ongoing throughout the project.

Full details of the project, Scope of Work, Outputs/ Deliverables and budgets can be found within the Terms of Reference

Specific activities will include:

• Supporting Sightsavers to appoint a suitable in-country consultant
• Assessing the needs of the appointed in-country consultant based on their CV/s, experience, draft evaluation inception report, evaluation requirements, programme and project documentation
• Developing and implementing capacity building and advisory plan for the in-country consultant and MEL team based on the needs assessment
• Working with the in-country consultant to finalise the evaluation inception report and ensuring the in-country consultant is clear and confident in executing the proposed plan
• Supporting and advising the in-country consultant to execute the plan and make adjustments based upon the implementation of the project
• Providing feedback to the MEL team on a periodic basis on progress of the contract, learnings and advice in executing developmental evaluations
• Completing a close out report including recommendations

Please note, there is no travel involved in this consultancy, all support will be provided remotely.

How to express your interest:

To express your interest to undertake this assignment, please complete our combined Expression of Interest (EoI) and Budget Form which can be found via the application link.

Interested bidders are also requested to attach an example of previous similar work.

We anticipate that interviews will be held on 10 November and 17 November 2020 and the agreement signed by the end of November 2020.

Expressions of interest should only be made using the EOI Form

Prospectus is delighted to be supporting King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust as they look to appoint a Strategic Programme Manager (Health) into the organisation on a 1 Year Contract.

King's College Hospital Charity makes a difference to the lives of patients, family and friends using the three Hospitals within King's College Hospital Foundation Trust by funding projects that enhance every aspect of health care. They work closely with the teams who care for patients to develop exciting initiatives that improve that improve health and well-being, work that helps to prevent people from becoming ill, and projects designed to improve diagnosis, treatment, care and patient experience.

The Director of Grants and Insight (DG&I) is looking to bring in an experienced and engaged Programme Manager to support the Charity's grant-making team in gathering better data and insight to inform their work. You will work with the DG&I, senior team and trustees to develop an impact framework.

You will also focus on developing strategic evidence-based programmes and will have significant input into developing the Charity's overall plans. Developing programmes and the Charity's insight function will require engagement with stakeholders from within the Charity, Hospital, community and patient groups. Where a programme has fundraising potential you will work with fundraising colleagues to help create cases for support.

The ideal candidate will be someone who combines practical experience, expertise in social science, research and evaluation, curiosity, and determination to create impact. You will have previous experience of programme development, including working with multiple stakeholders, in line with organisational needs and funder requirements. You will have demonstrable understanding of social science methodologies and practices, including engagement with patients and communities and impact and evaluation frameworks. You will have excellent communication skills with the ability to build mutually beneficial relationships. A passion for health is an essential feature for this post.

Data Systems & Insight Lead  

Based at: The Pokesdown Centre, Bournemouth (Temporary home working during Covid-19 pandemic)

Hours: Full time 37 hours over 5 days per week or part Time 30 hours over 4 days per week

Salary: £30,362 to £33,634 per annum for working full time 37 hours per week, pro-rata £24,617 to £27,270 per annum for working part time 30 hours per week 

An exciting opportunity with the new post of Data Systems & Insight Lead to support Help & Care to maximise the difference we make to people and communities through high quality data management, insight and impact analysis.

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic insight analyst who has a proven track record of gathering statistics, providing analysis and understands the importance of data management.  

You will be the responsible lead for the development and adoption of the organisation’s Customer Relationship Management (CRM) System - Salesforce Enterprise and other business use software. There will also be a need to support and train staff with using the systems and software to their full potential. The candidate will need to have the ability to present information in different formats to both internal managers and Partner agencies.

The work is busy and challenging but the teams are supportive, and the work is rewarding. This is an opportunity to be innovative whilst contributing to a developing team. This role is part data management, part technical systems support and part project analysis/reporting.

As a charity, Help & Care aims to be at the forefront of digital innovation, and this exciting new position will play a significant role in advancing this ambition.

If you feel that you can contribute in this way, we would like to hear from you.

For an application form and application pack please download the pack from Help & Care's website.

The closing date for application forms to be received is by 12 noon on Monday 9 November 2020 and interviews will be held week commencing 16 November 2020.