Do you want to play a key role in an organisation which stands up for children? Join us as a Senior Evidence and Learning Adviser and help us to generate the evidence that will unlock our understanding of the ways in which can reduce the impact of poverty on children’s lives and support their early learning outcomes.

Every child has the right to ensure that their basic needs are met, and to receive the encouragement and help which enables them to reach their full potential. The greatest barrier to this in the UK is poverty and inequality. Our mission is to secure a sustainable reduction in the number of children growing up in poverty and work to narrow the early learning gap between those children and their better off peers.

We believe this future is possible. It requires more money to be put back into the pockets of parents and carers, decent jobs, more opportunities for young children to play and learn, and policies and services which centre children and families’ needs, reduce discrimination, and that are designed to help children to flourish by preventing difficulties at the earliest possible stage: in pregnancy, at birth, in the crucial first 1,001 days of life and throughout childhood.

We work closely with the communities we aim to support. We recognise their diversity and strengths as well as the challenges they face, and we aim to reflect their diversity and experiences in our UK staff team.

The UK Evidence and Learning team generates evidence that enables us to secure changes to policy and practice, in every nation of the United Kingdom. Through our work, we demonstrate what is effective in improving lives for children and families; we collect evidence directly from children and families to help us understand how current practice affects their lives; we develop and test promising, sustainable interventions in communities; and we gather and synthesise evidence from local partners, organisations in our sector, and academia. We draw on all this learning to work with colleagues to influence decision-makers and advocate for policy and practice change, with and on behalf of families.

As a Senior Evidence and Learning Adviser, you will:

• Develop strategies for generating evidence and learning, especially focussing on qualitative research, participatory practice and other open research and intelligence gathering approaches.
• Undertake primary research and evaluation, analysis and evidence syntheses.
• Support teams to implement evidence strategies, building their capacity and confidence to support evidence and learning practice and ensuring that the approaches put in place are rigorous and practical.
• Support teams in developing and using theories of change and outcomes frameworks.
• Capture and disseminate our data and learning.

To be successful you will:

• Hold expertise in evaluation and evidence generation across a wide range of methods, although we are particularly interested in hearing from candidates with a strong technical background leading qualitative, ethnographic, innovation and participatory research practice.
• Have experience of and be confident in undertaking evaluation and research with both children and families and with marginalised groups.
• Hold expertise in learning and improvement methodologies and have experience of using data and evidence for improvement.
• Hold strong analytical skills, be able to interpret complex data and make it meaningful to others.
• Be adept at developing relationships and working with a wide range of individuals, teams and in different policy and practice contexts.
• Be a confident and experienced user of data analysis software, such as Nvivo or Atlas.ti

Diversity & Inclusion 
To help us attract and encourage applications from a wide range of people, we are holding an open information session so that you can find out more about working at Save the Children, the UK Impact team and our vision and mission for children in the UK.

Save the Children UK is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds.

At Save the Children we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure.

If you share our belief in the power of children, join the fight. It takes relentless determination, creativity, and a commitment to real change. Because every child should be able to make their mark on their world and help to build a better future. We look forward to hearing from you.

Finance & Administration Officer (CABB)
Reference: FEB20210360
Location: RSPB Northern Ireland - Belfast + Homeworking / Flexible
Salary: £21,718.00 - £24,294.00 Pro Rata
Benefits: Pension, Life Assurance, 26 days Annual Leave (pro-rata), potential job share
Duration: 9 months

The EU INTERREG VA-funded ‘Co-operation Across Borders for ‘Co-operation Across Borders for Biodiversity’ (CABB) project will contribute to the recovery of protected habitats (active raised and blanket bog) and priority species (breeding waders, hen harrier and marsh fritillary) at key sites across Northern Ireland, the Border Region of Ireland and Western Scotland.

The €4.93m project will support 2228ha of habitat to attain better conservation status and produce 8 Conservation Action Plans (CAPs) for Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Special Sites of Scientific Interest and Areas of Special Scientific Interest. Match funding is provided by the government of Ireland, the Northern Ireland Executive, Mines Restoration Ltd in Scotland and RSPB Scotland.

The objectives of CABB, are as follows:

• Mapping for 7 Conservation Action Plans (CAPs) preparation sites (Montiaghs SAC, Garron SAC, Pettigo SAC, Drumragh/ Pettigo SAC, Meentygranagh SAC, Croaghonagh Bog SAC, Lough Nilan Bog SPA. 1 site (Muirkirk Uplands SSSI) has already been mapped.  This objective will result in 8 protected sites of cross border relevance being mapped, one of which will be an actual cross border site. This objective will establish baseline data for use in CAP preparation, monitoring and evaluation.
• Development and implementation of CAPs for protected cross border sites.  8 CAPs will be prepared for the following protected sites: Montiaghs SAC, Garron SAC, Pettigo SAC, Drumragh/Pettigo SAC, Meentygranagh SAC, Croaghonagh Bog SAC, Lough Nilan Bog SPA and Muirkirk Uplands SSSI. 2,228ha will also be supported to attain better conservation status across the following 5 sites: Montiaghs SAC, Garron SAC, Drumragh/Pettigo SAC, Gruinart SPA and Muirkirk Uplands SSSI.
• Tangible conservation actions will be put in place for priority species to encourage sustainable natural regeneration of species populations. This includes the purchase of specialist machinery, capital works, works on sea wall and habitat trials.
• Development and sharing of best practice and enhancement of skills in ecosystem management.
• Develop databases to gather and share data on priority species and habitats.
• Education and outreach activities will be put in place resulting in greater awareness of protected habitats and species, their needs and the actions required for their recovery.

Key purpose of the role:

It is envisaged that the majority of your working week will focus on financial matters including claiming RSPB expenditure, auditing partner expenditure and minimising financial risk.

The outputs and objectives to be delivered via CABB are spread across South West Scotland, the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Each country will have staff allocated to the delivery of the programme. The majority of the Finance and Administration Officer’s (FAO) time will be focused in Northern Ireland, dealing with financial management including claiming grants mainly for RSPB NI and RSPB Scotland, auditing partner spend, liaising with external auditors, spend profiling and forecasting and on general programme administration, communications activity and on reporting to funders on progress. Grant claims are processed in euros.

The Programme Manager, to whom the FAO will be responsible, is the single point of contact for all partners and is the conduit of information to and from the Special European Union Programmes Body (SEUPB), managers of INTERREG VA funding. You will provide support to the Programme Manager in the dissemination of all relevant information to appropriate partners and stakeholders.  RSPB NI is the Lead Partner and the delivery partners are RSPB Scotland, BirdWatch Ireland, Northern Ireland Water, Butterfly Conservation and Moors for the Future.

The FAO will have the support of an RSPB Communications Volunteer. There will be scope to take on further volunteer support as appropriate.

Essential skills, knowledge & experience:

1. Excellent numeric skills
2. Highly proficient in the use of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
3. Proven relationship and partnership building skills
4. Proven financial management skills, including problem solving
5. Proven risk management skills
6. Proven diplomacy and negotiation skills and cultural sensitivity
7. Proven report and minute and note taking
8. Knowledge of financial management, including auditing
9. Knowledge of working in other currencies
10. Advanced spreadsheet skills
11. Experience of handling financial data – spreadsheets and databases
12. Experience of dealing with large project budgets up to and above £500k, involving multiple partners

During Covid 19 restrictions, the FAO will work from home. Following the lifting of restrictions and at a time when the RSPB deem appropriate and safe to do so, the FAO will be based in our RSPB Northern Ireland Headquarters in Belfast. It is anticipated that the FAO will have to travel several times a year across the project area for audit and other project management reasons. There is scope for flexibility on the location of work, depending on individual circumstances.

This post is a full-time fixed term contract running to the 31st December 2021, with the possibility of part-time extension to 31st March 2022 or further, subject to the availability of funding. 

There is scope for this role to be considered as a job share. The financial aspects of the role will involve 3 full days per week, with general administration and communications duties occupying the other 2 days.

The FAO will be part of RSPB NI’s Operations Team, a team of 55 staff working closely across NI with our Fundraising and Communications, Policy and Business Support Teams.

Closing date: 23:59, 03 March 2021 
We are planning on conducting interviews week commencing 15th March 2021.

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Position: Insight and Impact Manager
Type: Full-time (35 hours per week), permanent
Location: Flexible (currently home-based)
Salary: £38,506 - £43,897 per annum plus excellent benefits
Salary Band: Band F, Level 2
Department: Information and Support

At the MS Society, we make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.

Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.

Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive environment where you will make a difference.

About this job

In our Insight and Impact Manager role, you’ll be leading the collection, analysis, and presentation of evidence to measure our impact across our services. This is an important role that helps provide greater insight into the service needs of the MS Community.

You’ll be working closely with colleagues across the organisation to support the further development, promotion and innovation of our services to people affected by MS.

We’re looking for candidates with:

• A proven track record of data collection and analysis, using a range of techniques
• Experience in evaluating and organising information
• Experience of developing databases and data capture systems
• Excellent knowledge of the use and application of statistical techniques (eg. averaging, correlations, statistical significance)
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, graphs, and formulae.

We offer 35 days annual leave (including bank holidays), travel loan and various other benefits such as supported developmental opportunities.

The MS Society is in the midst of an exciting, transformational, period which builds on our great history and will drive us towards achieving our mission and vision as we embark on our new 5 year strategy.

As part of this exciting transformation, we’ll be moving from our current National Centre based in Cricklewood, London to Finsbury Park, London later this year. We’re expecting to be moving into our new office from August 2021.

Closing date: 9am on Wednesday 10 March

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We are committed to promoting equality and diversity. 

No agencies please.