WHO WE ARE

Small Green Shoots was founded in 2009. We are dedicated to increasing career opportunities for NEETs (not in education, employment or training) within the music and creative industries. We are the only UK arts organisation with both a black female Chair and black female CEO. We have 85% BME staff and 100% from low-income backgrounds (or parents with less than £24k per annum household earnings).

Founder Natalie Wade acknowledges that some of the shoots will have absolutely no previous awareness of what a ‘professional’ job means, so her approach to training begins with social skills - how to introduce yourself, how to hold yourself in meetings, building confidence, how to write minutes.  On the artist side, throughout the past 10 years Natalie and SGS have been vital in helping kickstart the careers of artists such as Jorja Smith, Mahalia and Emelie Sande - providing funding for recording sessions, video shoots and much more.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We’re looking for an engaging, nurturing, resourceful, community minded team player, with excellent relationship building and leadership skills, who shares our vision and values and wants to bring their own ideas and energy to the table.  The ideal candidate will be an inspiring people manager, have built credibility in a creative industry (preferably music), have solid business acumen, and previous experience working in either non-profit arts or a youth organisation.  A natural communicator, you’ll be as comfortable chatting with our Shoots as you are updating the Board, getting the best out of everyone and making meaningful progress every step of the way.

The Managing Director will lead a staff team of 9, plus 10 part-time trainees and a rolling programme of work-placements. They will have the support of the outgoing CEO who founded the organisation 10 years ago and report to the trustees of this innovative youth-led charity. 

We need an MD who can demonstrate their executive leadership skills, a dynamic person with a passion for the arts and the impact of art on the lives of young people.  Someone who will guide the development of a vision and strategy for the organisation’s long-term growth and will provide strong leadership for the Board, staff and our young beneficiaries.

The MD will support the organisation in reaching its potential in terms of profile and in realising its goals for artistic excellence, youth training / education / employability within the creative industries, financial stability, fundraising and audience engagement. They will be responsible for galvanising the Board, staff and stakeholders in contributing to and supporting Small Green Shoots mission. 

Responsibilities will include:

• Executive Leadership the organisation, working with the Board to update, maintain, and execute Small Green Shoots’ Strategic Plan. 
• Lead the planning and management of all Development and Fundraising programmes to meet financial development goals. This includes overseeing communication with donors and patrons when it relates to fundraising or institutional advancement, ensuring best practices are being used in stewarding and overseeing our database and ensure that best practices are being used in recording and analysing data.
• Oversee and manage finance operations and our financial reporting. This includes provision of financial reports to the Treasurer of the Board of Directors and to the wider Board and ensuring financial systems and internal controls are adequate to for Small Green Shoots and guard against fraud and waste.
• Serve as the lead ambassador of Small Green Shoots in the community, cultivating of donors, funding bodies and creative industries
• Provide additional support for and attend meetings, fundraisers, events, celebrations etc.
• People Management; Manage, coach, and supervise Small Green Shoots employees and ensure that our employment policies and reporting are consistent with the Law and our commitments to representation and diversity and are regularly updated/reviewed.
• Oversee recruitment, training, coaching and retention of Small Green Shoots staff, this includes fostering an office culture of teamwork, generous collaboration, clear communication, effective delegation, and mutual support.
• Overseeing contracts of staff, freelancers and consultants.
• Board Relations: Work with the Chair of Trustees to identify need for committees and prioritize work of the Board, provide short quarterly written reports to the Board. Support the development of the Board through active cultivation and recruitment. Serve as liaison between Board Committees.
• Communications and Technology Management: Ensure that Small Green Shoots has the information, communications, and technology systems that it needs to be effective. Ensuring that our external communications are consistent and representative of the organisation.

THE PERSON

The ideal candidate will:

• Possess demonstrated business acumen along with strong management and leadership skills.
• Have the vision and enthusiasm to design and execute Small Green Shoots’ development as a charity in the short, intermediate and long-term and help us achieve sustainable growth into the future.
• Be a passionate communicator with the ability to establish long-lasting, productive, relationships with the Board, staff and community of stakeholders and funders.
• Have proven ability to generate earned income and philanthropic support and a passion for organizational development.
• Be able to deliver compassionate, unique, people centred approach to the job role.

Qualifications

• Proven executive experience in non-profit arts or youth organization.
• Previous experience of interacting with Boards, Volunteers and Funders.
• Proven experience building revenue and philanthropic support, including bid writing.
• Experience of working with the Arts Council England.
• Level 3 in Safeguarding young people and vulnerable adults (Desirable).
• At least 2 years of experience in youth work. (Desirable).
• At least 1 year of experience in recruitment. (Desirable)

Small Green Shoots is an equal opportunities employer and believes diversity in the workforce leads to positive and effective working environment. 

Beyond The Page aims to contribute to a strong, positive inter-cultural community in east Kent, in which women born outside the UK participate as confident, active citizens. We provide safe, creative and high-quality English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) programmes for migrant women, and work with local partner agencies and residents to develop activities and services which support multi-directional integration.

Our current Director is stepping down and we are looking for someone to lead our organisation as we develop new services and strengthen our team. BTP is recognised as having pioneered ground-breaking community work, through its creative partnership of ESOL, Natural Voice and community arts practices. Whilst continuing to focus on local grassroots activities, we are now engaging with a wider network of women through our online Chatrooms project.

Chief Executive Officer: full time, starting salary £33,799 - £34,728 (NJC pt31)

We are recruiting a suitably experienced CEO to guide Beyond The Page through its next stage of development. In particular we are looking for someone who can demonstrate:

• A deep motivation and commitment to integrating practices and policies of equality and social justice in our work
• Knowledge, experience and understanding of the challenges faced by migrant women in learning English and settling in the UK
• Strategic awareness and the ability to lead an organisation into a new stage of development
• An ability to work collaboratively and allow creativity to thrive within a teaching and learning environment
• A track record of securing funding from trusts, contracts or other income-generating activities

How to apply: visit our website for full job description, application form and contact details. 

For an informal chat, please email Sheila Macdonald at the address given in the application pack.

Closing date: 5pm Monday 24th May 2021

Interviews and practice assessments take place in 3 sessions over 3 weeks, from Monday 7 June. The final session will be face to face. If you may have difficulty attending during this time, please advise us when you apply.

Ideal start date: September 2021

Female only applicants.
BTP provides lawful services to women only. This post is advertised under Schedule 9 Part I of the Equality Act 2010.

Right to Succeed is a fast-growing national charity, working to deliver place-based and educational change in the most disadvantaged communities. Together, alongside their local and national partners, Right to Succeed delivers coordinated, impactful programmes aimed at improving outcomes for vulnerable children and young people, their families and wider communities.

We are looking for an Executive Assistant to provide first-rate support to the Chief Executive, the wider Senior Executive team and the Board of Trustees. The ideal candidate will be highly organised, resourceful, and have high attention to detail, as you will be responsible for the day-to-day coordination of all relevant meetings and travel arrangements.

You will be a professional self-starter with an excellent eye for detail, and will take a keen interest in understanding the work the Charity does on the ground.

To apply for this role, please submit your CV and a supporting statement detailing how you meet the requirements of the person specification via CharityJob.
 

Executive Assistant
Job reference: 17.6.178
Location: Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Head Office, York, North Yorkshire, YO24 1GN
Salary: £26,200 p.a. plus up to 9% Employer Pension Contribution
Contract type: Permanent
Working hours: Full time

Do you have significant PA and administrative experience including the ability to take minutes and service meetings? Are you a determined, yet friendly professional? Are you highly organised and able to work under pressure and to competing deadlines? If the answer is ‘yes’, then we have an exciting opportunity for you.

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust are looking to appoint an Executive Assistant. You will provide support to the Chief Executive to maximise their effectiveness and impact in our growing charity.  The role has specific responsibilities to support governance of the Trust by supporting the Chair, Trustee Board, its sub-Committees and working groups where needed.

You will support the Chief Executive to work across the Trust to undertake governance, strategy and organisational development, staff and stakeholder engagement and effective reporting for the organisation. The work programme will range from administrative support (diary organisation, travel arrangements, meeting preparation etc.) to collaborative work with senior staff (such as preparing papers or agendas) to undertaking research to support the work of the Chief Executive and Senior Leadership Team.

Closing date for receipt of completed application forms and accompanying equal opportunities monitoring form is 9am Wednesday 12th May.
Interviews will be held on Monday 24th and Tuesday 25th May.

Please note that applications received after the closing deadline will not be considered.
Please note we don’t accept CVs

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the Apply button to be directed to our website where you can download the job description and application form.

We are committed to creating a Movement that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves and to reach their full potential. We want our people to flourish, just like nature.

YWT Company 409650; Charity no. 210807.

No agencies please.

Introducing Global Climate Collaborative

Global Climate Collaborative (GCC) is a new international organisation seeking to make a distinct and important contribution to tackling climate change — the greatest challenge facing humanity.

Our analysis: to overcome this challenge, we need to generate the political and societal will to take the specific actions needed to rapidly reduce emissions from different sectors. While an incredible array of organisations is building pressure to achieve this and winning many battles, we believe we need both to deepen trust and collaboration among these organisations and to expand this community in order to accelerate progress and increase our collective impact. We aim to make a significant contribution to this.

As a strategic convenor, we will bring together civil society, business and new champions for climate action. We will enable high-impact international and national coalitions to secure decisive action by governments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, likely focusing on two to four issues annually. We will not focus on the international negotiating process.

In addition to convening campaigns GCC also aims to deliver wider and lasting benefits to the climate struggle, by enhancing connections and learning on how we achieve our shared goals among a diverse network of allies including the private sector. 

GCC is currently housed by fiscal sponsor Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, who are responsible for issuing contracts. 

Values

Our starting point is a commitment to practice four core values in all that we do.

1. Courage: we are highly ambitious for the impact we want to achieve, and determined to be open-minded and innovative in the strategies we develop to achieve this.

2. Collaboration: we work with others in all that we do.

3. Diversity: we reflect the diversity, scale and complexity of the climate struggle in our recruitment, our geography, and our external relationships.

4. Learning: we listen and learn from leaders driving change on climate, and learn actively from our own experience.

Summary of Responsibilities

The Executive Assistant will be a vital member of the GCC team, providing critical, executive administrative support to enable the Chief Architect and GCC to operate effectively as a fast moving and developing start-up NGO. 

The Executive Assistant will produce written briefings and carry out basic research where needed to support the Chief Architect in leadership of GCC. The duties associated with the role will evolve significantly as GCC evolves. 

The Executive Assistant reports to the Chief Architect.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage calendars, negotiating and managing the needs of individuals or groups requesting time with, or information from, the Chief Architect and other senior staff; commit their time based on an in-depth understanding of priorities.

• Assist the Chief Architect and other senior staff in preparing for meetings and appointments with external partners and allies, donors, board members and staff and external constituents by securing information and supporting materials from others. 

• Take minutes of Leadership Team meetings, board meetings, and other meetings as needed.

• Chief Architect email management — identifying priority emails, ensuring follow-up is completed, drafting responses as needed.

• Ensure there are clear agendas and defined purposes to meetings, set up meeting rooms, conference calls and video conferences.

• Develop relationships with and act as a liaison with staff and external stakeholders, sustaining a high level of professionalism in interactions on the phone and via email.

• Draft written products and respond to information requests.

• Assist with research related to key organisational goals.

• Organise and support recruitment processes for new GCC staff.

• Complete and process expense reports.

• Create and maintain filing and other administrative systems.

• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Person Specification

The ideal candidate will bring a proactive, creative and tactful approach to making logistics run smoothly, and will have strong interpersonal communication skills.

Essential

Experience

• At least two years work experience supporting an executive or senior-level manager in a similar function with a proven track record of autonomously managing a complicated schedule

• Experience and understanding of working in an international campaigning organisation

• Demonstrated experience in handling sensitive information in confidence and with discretion.

Competencies

• Resilience for working in a fast-paced, start-up environment

• Ability to work independently, and successfully handle and prioritize diverse, simultaneous tasks.

• Desire and ability to take initiative, and to learn as you go.

• Meticulous attention to detail, reliability and organizational abilities

• Poised, confident, tactful and flexible approach to communications.

• Excellent judgment, tact and discretion. 

• Ability to manage upwards and sideways

• Demonstrated experience working with and across teams and time zones

• Strong interpersonal skills with demonstrable ability to get results working with a wide range of stakeholders.

• Excellent oral and written communications ability.

Qualifications

• Commitment to the values of the Global Climate Collaborative.

• Proficiency in office and collaboration tech tools, including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.).

Desirable

• Experience working in a start-up environment

• Demonstrated research skills

• Understanding of the climate issue and commitment to action on climate change

• Fluency in a second language, other than English.

Location

Remote, from Europe or UK.

Salary

Salary will be competitive, and depends on location.  Indicative range for Belgium: € 32.000-37.000

Diversity is a matter of principle for us. It is also critical to our long-term success. GCC aims to recruit leaders with different experiences, networks and perspectives, to help us design strategies that can be highly effective in many different national contexts and with different stakeholders.

Executive Assistant

You will join us as an Executive Assistant and will provide administrative support to the Chief Executive including managing the Chief Executive’s calendar: meetings and travel and supporting the Chief Executive in her engagements on social media. You will be the first point of contact for Office management and will oversee HR admin functions and filing systems.

Executive Assistant Responsibilities:

- Manage the Chief Executive’s diary: organising meetings, travel and filing expenses and ensuring the Chief Executive has all the necessary info and documents.
- Providing social media suggestions (in consultation with the Communications team).
- Undertake administrative tasks for meetings including taking minutes.
- Assist the Trustees in the organisation of UK Board and Sub-committee meetings, including preparing and circulating documents and taking minutes.
- Organise new staff and Trustee recruitment and onboarding activity.
- Manage HR systems and ensure that staff HR files are complete and up to date.
- Review, improve and maintain filing, process and record-keeping systems on a regular basis.
- Oversee the management of the office space including liaising with contractors, landlords and other third parties, ensuring all kitchen and office supplies are fully stocked.
- Manage the Team email and phone systems, adding and removing users and maintaining the appropriate level of access for each of the team members.

Executive Assistant Requirements:

Essential

- Strong written and spoken English, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Previous Personal Assistant (PA) experience.
- Confident engaging on social media and a good understanding of what engages a diverse audience on international development issues.
- Excellent diary management skills.
- Attention to detail, proactive with good organisational and time management skills.
- Co-ordinating and organising meetings including taking minutes.
- Office and administrative experience.
- Excellent IT skills including proficiency in Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
- Experience in working to tight deadlines and under pressure, juggling numerous and different priorities.
- Ability to use Word to create and edit documents.
- Flexibility, problem solving and good judgement.
- Friendly, collaborative and a team player.
- Interest in working for a small, dynamic organisation.

Desirable

- Experience in providing social media support to Chief Executive.
- Experience of HR administration.
- Experience of developing efficient processes.
- Experience of working in the charity sector.
- Knowledge and understanding of Africa and the development context.

Amref Health Africa UK champions equity, inclusion, and diversity in every aspect of our work. We encourage applications from candidates from a broad range of backgrounds. We respect and value the many different ways in which individuals can demonstrate the experience, skills and potential we seek.

About Amref Health Africa UK:

Amref Health Africa is Africa’s leading health charity. We work with women and girls to secure the right to health and break the cycle of poverty. Headquartered in Nairobi, we are a truly African organisation, partnering with communities across the continent to create lasting change.

Location: London

Contract Type: Fixed Term, Maternity Cover (14 months)

Hours: Part Time, (3 days/wk)

Salary: £30,000 per annum FTE

Benefits: an attractive and competitive salary, a commitment to employee development, high levels of engagement and involvement, time off in lieu (TOIL) for work outside of standard hours, flexible working, with core hours of 10am - 4pm, generous pension scheme, holiday allowance (25 days + bank holidays + 3 additional days at Christmas), season ticket loan, cycle-to-work scheme.

You may have experience of the following: PA, Personal Assistant, EA, Executive Assistant, PA to CEO, etc.

Ref: 98452

As someone who defines themselves as disabled, you willresponsible for operating, maintaining and facilitating the use of a Personal Assistant (PA) platform. This platform will allow both direct payment holders and PA’s to register their details onto a website. The purpose of the website is to match suitable PA’s with direct payment holders. 

Key Duties 

Support to direct payment holders who are considering using the PA register. 

• Facilitate the smooth operation of the PA platform, addressing any issues with its use. 
• Monitor the online platform of both direct payment holders and PAs and when appropriate raise any safeguarding concerns. 
• Support direct payment holders with the recruitment process, including accessing applications, reference and DBS checks and interviewing PAs. 
• Develop links and professional relationships with other stake holders and social work teams. To support a healthy level of referrals. 
• Develop a PA market by raising awareness of the PA role to Haringey residents interested in becoming a PA, direct payment holders, stakeholders and voluntary organisations. 
• Assist the Independent Living Adviser with monthly peer support sessions for disabled people interested in using the PA register. 
• Monitor placements at predetermined timescales
• Manage and co-ordinate volunteers

Providing support to individuals who are considering becoming a Personal Care Assistant for the first time as well as experienced Personal Care Assistants 

• Provide information and advice on becoming a PA. 
• Ensure individuals understand the obligations and responsibilities of being a PA. 
• Facilitate monthly support sessions for individuals interested in becoming a PA. 
•  Support individuals to make informed choices around employment they are seeking. 

Community Engagement

• Lead on engaging with key stakeholders, disabled people and the wider community to embed the Social Model of Disability in everyday life. 

• Engage with local groups, including faith groups and hard to reach disabled people to raise awareness of and increase the membership of Disability Action Haringey. 

How to apply: Please click on the 'Apply with CharityJob' button to submit your Cv and covering letter. Applications that do not include a covering letter will not be considered.

Executive Assistant

We have an exciting opportunity for an Executive Assistant to proactively support and assist the Communar at a local Cathedral.

Position: Executive Assistant

Location: Chichester, with flexible and home working considered

Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week

Salary: £33,000 pa

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: Pension contribution, 34 days’ leave including Bank Holidays, Employee Assistance Programme, Free onsite parking and flexible working opportunities

Closing Date: 5pm 4 May

First interview: 13 May

Second interview: 21 May

The Role

The Executive Assistant position is an exciting, hands on role providing proactive support to the Cathedral’s Communar, Chapter and leadership team and its associated committees and institutions. You will assist in facilitating the smooth running of Cathedral processes, and delivering assigned projects including the forthcoming registration of the Cathedral with the Charity Commission.

Duties include:

• Proactively manage the Chapter’s governance responsibilities, meetings and papers
• Managing other governance bodies including the Cathedral Council, Fabric Advisory Committee, Finance Committee, College of Canons, St Mary’s Hospital, Morse Boycott and Traditional Choir Trusts.
• Operating with a high level of autonomy, liaising with others to research and create committee content, drafting of papers, reports, presentations and correspondence for review.
• Lead the registration of the Cathedral with the Charity Commission in the new Cathedrals Measure.
• Supporting the management of the Cathedral’s safeguarding responsibilities.
• Database administration support.
• Development of office information sharing and collaborative working capabilities including intranet.
• Managing and administering other medium scale projects and processes as required.
• Supporting the Communar and sometimes other senior staff and clergy with regard to diary management, venue booking, meeting management and other administrative support.
• Elements of office management and administration as required.

About You

As Executive Assistant, you will have a desire to understand and engage with the Cathedral’s Christian mission and comfort in supporting its role as a living church.

You will have experience of:

• Working in similar role
• Working closely with senior staff and board members
• Building and managing effective relationships with a range of stakeholders in complex organisations

You will have:

• The ability to assimilate and present information effectively

• Evidence of creativity and innovation
• High level of organisational and IT
• Excellent written and presentational skills
• The ability to follow and interpret board or committee meetings and to produce accurate minutes

Experience of charity governance would be an advantage in this role.

About the Organisation

The Cathedral is a living, working place of worship that has been at the centre of life in Chichester for over nine centuries. It is the Mother Church of the Diocese of Chichester which covers East and West Sussex and it is also a visitor attraction, a venue for music and the arts and an all-round hub for the community welcoming over 350,000 visitors each year.

You may also have experience in areas such as Personal Assistant, PA, Executive Assistant, Assistant, Executive Support, EA, Executive Assistant to, Administration Manager, Church, Faith, Executive,

Be right in the middle of things, helping keep the organisation moving, for a busy charity renowned for its amazing work with some of Britain's most excluded people.

About Us

First Love Foundation, a Christian charity, was founded 10 years ago with a desire to see the transformation of society through the pursuit of justice, dignity, and equality for all members of the society. Our vision is for Britain without poverty and our work is underpinned by the belief that no one regardless of faith, ethnicity, socio-economic background, or any other factor should live in poverty or go through this type of crisis alone.

Based in the east end of London, First Love Foundation works with families and individuals experiencing crisis i.e. ‘income-shocks’ ranging from incorrect denial (or suspension of) welfare support, serious ill health, debt, homelessness, right through to domestic violence, trapping them in a continuous cycle of poverty.

We respond to poverty and crisis through the delivery of our highly regarded solutions-oriented Enabling Lives Programme. The programme provides instant access to high-quality support and advice at the point of crisis.

Our mission is ‘to empower people to create their own independent lives by working alongside them with love”. This mission and our theory of change have been carefully developed over many years on the front line, helping people in crisis and learning what it takes for people to break the cycle of poverty.

With projects already in the pipeline that will serve to help even more families and individuals make the journey out of their crisis, we have scope for scale which needs to be supported internally by strong management of crucial areas of the charity’s operations.

About the Role

This is the ideal role for someone who loves being in the thick of everything that goes on in a team, keeping things moving and on track. You will have strong organisational, administrative and diary management skills, a passion for justice and a desire to tick things off to-do lists.

Key responsibilities are across the following core functions:

• Day to day management of the Office & its facilities
• PA Support to the Chief Executive, Chief Operating Officer and Board of Trustees i.e. diary management, minute-taking
• Administrative support to team members responsible for the following areas
  • Finance
  • HR
  • Health & Safety
  • Fundraising & Marketing
  • IT

Time and diary management skills, attention to detail, good IT skills and a high level of accuracy are important.

Communicates with:

First Love Foundation colleagues / External Partners, Donors and Suppliers / Volunteers / Churches

The successful candidate must be in sympathy with the Christian values, purposes and aims of First Love Foundation.

Background:

National FASD is dedicated to supporting people affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), their families and communities. It promotes education for professionals and public awareness about the risks of alcohol consumption during pregnancy.  National FASD is a source for information on FASD to the general public, press and to medical, social care and educational professionals. 

Role purpose:

The organisation is going through a period of growth and needs a proactive, experienced executive assistant/office manager to help us ensure our administration runs smoothly and efficiently. This person will work closely with our Chief Executive.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Help schedule and manage the itinerary of the Chief Executive
• General accounting, budgeting, financial reporting and spreadsheet maintenance
• Liaising with bookkeeper/accountants
• Ensuring organisational reporting deadlines with HMRC, Charity Commission, etc
• Liaising with vendors
• Helping to ensure helpline and materials requests are responded to in a timely manner and ensure publication stock is maintained
• Helping monitor and prepare funding reports and proposals
• Administering and advertising the online e-learning course and other training as needed
• Overseeing merch sales
• Overseeing logistics and registration for events such as Brain Bases, roundtables and other events
• Helping to identify ways to improve our organisational efficiency and efficacy
• Participating in planning and evaluation of programmes and projects

Location:

We are willing to consider flexible arrangements, for example a split between working in the office and at home – with regular meet ups scheduled. We place a priority on engaging people with lived experience with FASD and are open to creative suggestions to make that possible to the extent we can. Due to COVID we have recently relocated the office to Ware, Hertfordshire, with on-site parking and within a short walking distance of the train station.

Note:

We hope this position might be extended at the end of the one-year contract, if funding is available.

Person specification

The ideal candidate will be dynamic and creative, energised by the idea of contributing to a charity with an important mission. Candidates should be at ease with computers and budgeting, and be ready to work with a team of consultants, colleagues and like-minded organisations to ensure National FASD is implementing best practices administratively with sensitivity for our key stakeholders and under the guidance of our trustees.

Qualifications:

• Preferably at least 3 years’ experience working in a related field, either in paid work or through volunteering
• DBS check

Knowledge:

• Experience with FASD (or another neurodevelopmental condition) either through professional experience or lived experience is preferred
• Familiarity with the charitable/third sector

Skills, abilities, competencies:

• Ability to work independently and juggle several projects
• Must have experience using a range of computer programmes such as Quickbooks, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SurveyMonkey, Zoom and/or an ability to easily learn new computer software

Experience:

• Experience tracking budgets and accounts
• Experience with administrative responsibilities
• Experience with how a small charity runs
• Experience with vendor and stakeholder relations

Personal attributes:

• Creative and dynamic approach to solving challenges and planning
• Willingness to work in an informal, relaxed atmosphere
• Attention to detail and deadlines
• Willingness to take professional development courses
• Absolute commitment to a no-shame/no blame ethos when discussing issues related to alcohol in pregnancy

To Apply:

Please email a cover letter explaining why you want to work for National FASD, your c.v. and an example of related experience that you think shows what skills and energy you can bring to National FASD.

Please familiarise yourself with our three websites before applying to see the kind of work we do.

Deadline for applications:

28 April 2021; interviews for those short-listed - week of 3 May.

Start date:

We hope the person can be in post by 17 May.

To apply please click the yellow "How to Apply" button above.

About Hammersmith, Fulham, Ealing and Hounslow Mind

This is an exciting opportunity to join and support a fast growing and dedicated team supporting the wellbeing of the communities across West London.

We’re here to make sure that everyone suffering with a mental health problem gets the help they need to recover. We listen, support recovery, fight stigma and work with partners to take action. We provide services for adults, children and young people, signposting for everyone and training and consultancy for employers.

Role Purpose

You will provide comprehensive, confidential and high-quality secretarial and administrative support to the Chief Executive Officer. Where appropriate, you will liaise and work with other members of the team.

You will also be responsible for the robust management of the CEO’s diary, quality assuring briefing material, ensuring that all matters relating to the CEO Office activities are appropriately escalated and managed to ensure successful delivery. You will manage the time of the CEO in a way that ensures visibility across the Charity and beyond, and which helps to support meeting agendas, ensuring that the CEO is fully prepared for the meetings with all necessary documentation provided.

Contract is fixed term until 31st March 2022 (with potential to extend) for 2 days per week.

We are an equal opportunities employer; and are proud to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.

Post is subject to a DBS check

We have an exciting consultancy opportunity for an Executive Assistant to the Chair of the Independent Expert Group (IEG). The post-holder will also provide support to the key governance groups of the Global Nutrition Report:

• The IEG
• The Technical Advisory Working Group (TAWG) of the Nutrition Accountability Framework (NAF)
• The Stakeholder Group.

The Executive Assistant will need to be comfortable with a range of tasks, from liaising with senior-level external personnel, to making taking minutes and arranging meetings and travel logistics.

The role requires a high level of maturity, forward thinking and self-discipline. The post-holder will be expected to operate at a high level of professionalism and be a skilled stakeholder manager.

We are looking for someone with a minimum of five years’ experience of providing senior/executive-level support or proven academic equivalent. You will need to have excellent social and interpersonal skills, with the ability to develop relationships with internal personnel and key external contacts.

The successful candidate will need to be highly organised, with excellent time management skills, ensuring that the Chair can focus on the strategic and important work while managing the urgent tasks for them. Prior experience of working within the sector or within the political arena, and experience of liaising with stakeholders around the world, would be an advantage.

If you would like to contribute to increasing the impact of a dynamic organisation committed to ending poverty, we would love to hear from you. Please download and read the full Terms of Reference and submit your CV and cover letter online.

Chief Executive Officer
Salary Scale: C35 – C41 (£58,279.71 - £65,632.42 per annum)
Hours: 37.5 (plus additional on-call hours)
Location: Dartington, Devon

We are seeking an inspirational Chief Executive Officer to join our independent charity, someone who shares our vision and values, consistently achieves excellence, invites innovation and thrives on making a positive difference to the people we serve.
As Learning Disability Champions with over 20 years of success, Lifeworks work to support people with learning disabilities to have a great life. We are committed to creating opportunities for these people and their families so that they can reach their full potential and are engaged with and valued by their communities.

The opportunity to join as our new Chief Executive comes at an exciting time for the charity. We are at a pivotal time in our journey having successfully adapted ways of working during the Covid 19 pandemic. We are now seeking to grow our assets, resources and expertise to support more people than ever before.

We are seeking an individual with experience of developing or leading strategy using a creative approach, who has successfully developed and implemented growth strategies. Someone with high levels of emotional intelligence and the ability to influence, you will bring senior level experience, having led and empowered effective teams and managed broad budgets. You will provide inspirational leadership to colleagues, empowering them to exceed expectations and ensuring a culture of collaboration.

As Chief Executive Officer, you will lead and guide your management team and support them to adapt and develop their services to ensure sustainability and identify opportunities for new ways of working, delivering plans that meet strategic aims.

Reporting to the Chair of Trustees, the role of Chief Executive will support the Board of Trustees in fulfilling their responsibilities in the governance of the charity and will bring good strategic and analytical skills coupled with the credibility and gravitas to represent the charity, motivating and empowering through values driven leadership.

Potential candidates will need to be fully motivated to provide the dynamic and inspiring leadership needed to ensure the charity grows and to be able to support the Charity’s vision, mission and values. You will have already had a successful career at senior management level and have an outstanding track record of inspiring leadership and delivery. You will ideally have previous experience leading in the Charity sector, however we will consider applications from a wide range of backgrounds, but you must be able to show a strong and detailed understanding of Regulatory Frameworks within the care and education sectors.

If you have the ambition, credentials and values to help steer our charity to the next level, we would love to hear from you.
Any offer is made subject to satisfactory references to the charity and an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring service (DBS) will be essential if successful.

To apply please provide a comprehensive CV, including details of your achievements in each role. Please include a supporting statement, explaining how you believe your skills and experience match the requirements of the role, directly addressing the criteria as outlined in the person specification. Please also outline your motivation for applying for this role.

Closing date: 15th May 2021
Interview date: Week commencing 24th May 2021

Prospectus is excited to be partnering exclusively with Animal Free Research UK to help them recruit for a new part time PA to join the team. Animal Free Research UK aims to create a world where human diseases are cured faster without animal suffering by pioneering excellence, inspiring and supporting scientists and influencing change to end the use of animals and improve medical research. Through a scientific grant programme they support two centres of excellence in the UK, and a PhD and Post-Graduate Funding Programme that trains the next generation of animal free researchers with original science and the repurposing of current scientific knowledge.

This post is offered as a permanent role, 21 hours a week spread across 4/5 days, paying £28k per annum pro-rata and will be fully home based. The organisation offers 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays.

The new PA will provide holistic executive support to the CEO, acting as their right hand, ensuring their time is managed effectively and they are always well informed and prepared. The PA will also manage the CEO's relationships with key stakeholders and take responsibility for managing a range of projects and research activities. On the day to day, the role will lead on prioritising, planning, coordinating and overseeing logistics for meetings and engagements, preparing relevant papers and resources, taking and circulating minutes. It is a broad position which will support the wider organisation on behalf of the CEO's office. This includes providing support to the Trustees and senior management team as and when required, alongside contributing (with supervision) to the development and coordination of events, including the annual conference in the winter.

The successful candidate will possess experience of supporting a senior leader and be well versed in diary management, organising meetings and preparing reports. As the CEO's ambassador it is essential the PA has exemplary writing skills and thrives in communicating with stakeholders at all levels and across all mediums. A track record in managing a diverse portfolio of work, including projects and events development will be critical for success in this exciting role. A dedication to the mission and goals of Animal Free Research UK is essential.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds. Please let us know if we can help you with the application process in any way. We are more than happy to make any reasonable adjustments to enable all interested candidates to apply.

In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance and begin to prepare your supporting statement. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.