Role: Trusts & Major Donors Consultant

Reports to: CEO & Founder

Location: Remote working

Days: 8 days / month  

Payment: £250 / day

About Abram Wilson

Inspired by the critically acclaimed and award-winning musician Abram Wilson, we are here to champion underrepresented and unrecognised talent. We provide visibility, access and opportunity within an industry which is often closed to all but the most privileged. 

We meet young people exactly where they’re at – whether that’s at school, in the community or online – and encourage them to find their unique musical identity.

And we offer practical support to emerging musicians and music professionals by sharing valuable connections and opportunities.

We’ve worked with +200 performing artists, providing strategic support to 45 and delivered 72 gigs to nearly 10,000 audience members.

Since 2015 we’ve reached over 10,000 YP in deprived areas with performances and 650 participants with +550-hours of participatory arts workshops in London and Birmingham in partnership with Hackney Empire, Church of Sound, Premises Studios, National Maritime Museum and THSH Birmingham.

Our purpose

We inspire, connect and open doors to the music industry so that young people from disadvantaged and diverse backgrounds have an equal chance to realise their creative potential.

Our vision

A music industry that genuinely reflects the best image of our society so any young person is able to see it as a place for them and can participate in, and collectively contribute to the next generation of talent. 

Our values

• We challenge inequality

Promoting inclusivity and equity in music.

• We pay it forward

Sharing our knowledge, skills, and networks with the next generation

• We work tirelessly

To encourage young people to find and use their creative voice

• We are champions

Of untapped, undiscovered and unrealised talent

What’s the role?

We’re looking for a Trusts & Major Donors Consultant to work with us on maintaining relationships with current donors and securing new major donors for Abram Wilson.

Am I someone you might be looking for? 

Are you self-motivated and passionate about securing income from trusts and foundations and major donors?

Do you have a can-do and confident attitude with strong experience in managing your own portfolio of trusts and foundations?

Do you have experience in securing new grants, increasing funders’ grants from previous years, securing multi-year grants and stewarding trust and foundations relationships?

Do you also have experience in managing your own portfolio of high-net-worth individuals including securing new major donors, increasing donors’ gifts and stewarding major donor relationships?

Are you proud of your written and verbal communication skills?

Do you have excellent attention to detail and can you anticipate problems before they arise?

Are you happy with the idea of working remotely, and as part of a small virtual team?

Can you work independently and prioritise a varied workload?

Are you organised, proactive and dedicated to putting in the work and building relationships with both our current and prospective funders and major donors?

If you can answer yes to the majority of these questions, then we’d love to hear from you!

Please note, that we are actively seeking candidates who are from minoritised backgrounds. 

That sounds like me! What exactly is the role though?

You’ll work with our founder to agree on targets before:

• Undertaking research and becoming the lead point of contact for increasing our income from trusts and donors through research and relationship building
• Creating a strategy for identifying, cultivating, securing, and stewarding new trusts and donors
• Creating pitches, proposals, and cases for support as part of your approach and adapting as needed
• Securing multi-year financial commitments from trusts and foundations
• Securing annual gifts of £1,000 or more from individuals
• Reporting back to funders and donors in a timely fashion
• Regularly liaising with our Impact and Programmes team to:
  • collate information for proposals and pitches
  • collate qualitative and quantitative data for reports
• Regularly liaising with our Marketing and Comms team on:
  • our communication plan with donors through socials, emails, letters, and reports demonstrating the impact of gifts
  • identifying individual donors who have the potential to connect us to trusts and foundations and increase their donations
• Pro-actively keeping our trust pipeline, an internal filing system for trusts and donors, and database updated
• Liaising with our Founder & CEO regularly on planned applications, projected income and any deadline changes

Sounds like a job for me! How do I apply? 

Please send a 1-2 page CV and cover letter of 1-2 pages OR a five-minute video explaining the following:

• Why you’re interested in the role
• Why do you think you’d be good at the role with examples of where you have excelled in the areas we’ve listed above
• What is it that attracts you to Abram Wilson the charity and the programmes we deliver 

When is the deadline?

Deadline to apply: 4th July 2022 at 10 am and we anticipate interviews will be a couple of weeks after that via Zoom. 

When are the interviews? 

We have blocked the 20th, 21st and 22nd of July for interviews. 

Can I find out more before I apply? 

You can book a call with our CEO & Founder to discuss the role and what we might expect from an application between 22nd June – 30th June. This will be subject to availability. 

If you’re successful with an interview, we will make sure you’re clear about what kind of questions we’ll be asking so you can prepare accordingly. 

Access requirements

Please let us know if our application process needs to be adapted for your access requirements. 

Any Ts & Cs I need to know about? 

● This is a self-employed post

● The fee is paid monthly in arrears upon receipt of an accurate invoice

● We work remotely so you’ll need a laptop, access to good wi-fi and Microsoft Office

● If you’re engaged to work with us, you must be able to provide the correct documents as proof of your right to work in the UK

● Having Public Liability Insurance is vital, can be acquired once position has been filled

About T1International

T1International is a non-profit run by people with and impacted by type 1 diabetes for people with type 1 diabetes. We do not accept funding from the pharmaceutical industry or any medical device manufacturer to maintain our independence and ability to speak out freely.

T1International is leading the charge in the fight for affordable insulin and supplies worldwide. We believe in a world where everyone with type 1 diabetes has the opportunity to thrive, with affordable and sustainable access to the medicine and supplies they need. We are an international organization, founded in the UK. We are patient led in our work and values, and our team and community reflect a range of allies from caregivers, to parents, to partners to those committed to health equity work.

In 2019, we became a registered 501(c)(3). T1International USA is a financially independent organization but works as a subdivision of T1International. All macro-level strategy and leadership is led by the global T1International team. T1International and T1International USA are both purely remote teams, with staff throughout the United States and abroad. T1I is a remote office environment; you will collaborate with colleagues and advocates who are based across the United Kingdom and the United States. 

T1International is also a woman-led organisation that celebrates equity, diversity, and inclusiveness on our team, with our volunteers, and among our partners. We strongly encourage candidates who identify as people of color, people with disabilities, LGBTQ, and/or gender non-conforming to apply.

About the role

The role of the Global Advocacy Manager (GAM) will be to support our advocates around the world as they carry out advocacy plans to improve the lives of people with diabetes in their communities. The GAM will be responsible for providing advocacy training through our toolkit and online training model, working to implement and update our systems for monitoring successes, and helping advocates overcome challenges. This is a new role at T1International, taking on the work previously done by the Executive Director and informed by a recent consultant assessment of our tools. 

T1International currently has two Advocacy Managers in the USA who support our 37 US-based volunteer Chapters. There will likely be some learning and overlap between this role and those roles. The person taking on this role needs to be prepared to build upon our existing systems and processes to formalize this role, while maintaining strong attention to detail and executing exceptional communication skills to ensure supportive and balanced engagement with advocates in a variety of challenging situations. 

Responsibilities

• Work closely with T1International’s Executive Director to understand the communities and individuals we work with and to get to know our health advocacy training, tools and resources 

• Deliver regular advocacy trainings and coordinate monthly meetings and collaboration with and between advocates across the world in many different time zones

• Coordinate Global Advocacy Network (GAN) volunteers and work closely with advocacy partners; assign tasks, and offer continued support in carrying out advocacy plans

• Continue the formalization of the advocacy training program by implementing and creating standard operating procedures that allow for country and case flexibility 

• Prepare content for monthly meetings (resources, guidance, talking points) as needed

• Upkeep and utilize our monitoring and evaluation process for the advocacy training, including tracking long-term impacts and key indicators necessary for reporting to funders and securing future funding 

• Potential to monitor and track budgets for advocacy projects and/or advocacy grants 

• Continually review what is working and what needs improvement with advocacy training, support and engagement of T1International’s GANvolunteers and other partners

• Communicate regularly and promptly with supporters, contacts, partners, media, and stakeholders; building strong working relationships 

• Act as a supportive external ambassador of the organization, represent T1I to key external constituencies when needed, including both formal and informal presentations such as making speeches, and attending conferences and other meetings as necessary

• Understand and continually learn about the needs of the community to build capacity and and support advocates

• Any other duties highlighted by the Executive Director and mutually agreed

Person Specifications

• Demonstrated experience with global and digitally-led advocacy related to health, ideally patient-led advocacy

• Direct personal experience with diabetes or from a community that is underrepresented in the diabetes space preferred, including strong understanding of the lived experience, management, treatment, terminology and impacts of type 1 diabetes (and other types of diabetes)

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; outstanding leadership qualities and the ability to inspire and connect with diabetes advocates and community leaders

• Is able to prioritize, work independently with deadlines and goals, think critically, and problem-solve with good, independent judgement

• Strong track record of consistency and results with monitoring and evaluation 

• Comfortable executing big-picture community organizing and programming strategy as well as detailed tactical plans, and moving between these levels

• Works effectively as a member of a team and communicates to resolve any conflict or confusion 

• Strong virtual presentation, training, and facilitation skills with an emphasis on inclusion/equity

• Excellent organizational and administrative skills; keen attention to detail; ability to work simultaneously on multiple projects at various stages of completion with minimal direct supervision

• Good problem-solving skills and a positive, professional attitude with sound judgment, flexibility, and determination within a young and growing team and organization

• Ambitious and results-oriented initiative and a desire to learn, pitch-in, and anticipate new projects; ability to collaborate, including working closely with staff and volunteer team within T1I, as well as with external partners

• Demonstrable stakeholder management skills, including but not limited to: recruiting and mobilizing volunteer supporters to take action, lead groups, and conflict management

• An absolute commitment to the highest ethical and professional standards, including discretion and an absolute commitment to maintain confidentiality 

• A understanding and alignment with T1International's mission, vision and approach to sustainable change

• Experience with computers, Google Workspace, social media, and database programs, including working knowledge and experience with Salesforce, desirable

• Is fluent in English (written and oral); other languages desirable

To apply, please see more details on our website. We will request:

1. Resume (2 pages max)

2. Cover Letter addressing person specifications (2 pages max)

3. Work Sample: a community-facing resource or communication with advocates or volunteers

Office Manager (Job share)

21 hours per week, to ideally include Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
Salary: £25,700 – £27,000 pro rata

Based in central York with occasional travel

Friends Provident Foundation is a small, independent, endowed charity based in York - with a big ambition to build a fair economy and better world. A belief in equity and social justice, striving for fairness, truth and integrity, empowering communities and stewardship of the Earth underpins all we do.

We are seeking an Office Manager to join our small, friendly team, in a job-share role.

We are looking for someone who is proactive and solutions focused, able to work well independently, as well as part of a team. The ideal candidate will have 2 years administrative experience, be literate, numerate, have good IT skills and the ability to provide a high quality, professional service to those whose work we support and our Board of Trustees. You will have excellent communication skills, a willingness to explore new ideas and approaches, learn new skills and take on new challenges.

The post is based in our office in central York, although this could be combined with some home-working. The role involves some travel within the UK from time to time to attend Trustee meetings and other events.

If you share our values and ambitions and are interested in joining our team please visit our website to download the

We welcome applicants from all age groups and backgrounds and are committed to flexible working arrangements. We are a Living Wage employer. 

Deadline for applications: 9am on Tuesday 12 July 2022

Are you looking for the flexibility of a home-based role in a dynamic organisation bringing about positive social change? 

Shaping Our Lives is looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated and experienced Project  Manager to manage and deliver several rewarding and innovative inclusive involvement projects. You will need two years’ experience of managing projects and of working in the fields of inclusion and involvement.

The Project Manager  will be critical in maintaining our reputation as a leading provider of inclusive involvement services. Key tasks are:

1. Building on Shaping Our Lives’s track-record, excellent reputation and 26 years of being a leading voice in the inclusive involvement of service users, marginalised communities, Disabled people, their carers and the user-led organisations they are part of.

2. Managing the lottery funded 'Inclusive Involvement Movement' four year project  and other research and action projects.

3. Completing all project reporting and monitoring requirements.

4. Delivering project related activities which may include: doing research, providing training and mentoring,  facilitating consultation, engagement, involvement or co-production activities with people from communities that commonly experience discrimination and inequalities.

5. Supporting the Involvement Manager to secure and grow income through a mix of partnership research, consultancy services and grants.

6. Knowledge of working accessibly and inclusively is a requirement for this post. Understanding of the culture of a small user-led organisation would be an advantage. 

BirdLife International is the world’s largest nature conservation partnership. Through our unique local-to-global approach, we deliver high impact and long-term conservation for the benefit of nature and people.

As the Trusts & Foundations Manager, you will play a significant role in supporting the income generation that is needed to deliver BirdLife International’s new 10-year strategy. The postholder will manage a portfolio of Trusts and Foundations, securing significant levels of funding for BirdLife’s programmes and maximising sustainable net income for BirdLife International. You will proactively develop new business opportunities and ensure the potential of existing relationships are fully optimised and ensure the highest quality of stewardship and donor care is maintained to drive committed support.

The ideal candidate will have

· Trust & Foundations experience along with a proven oven track record in delivering partnerships and securing significant funding from trusts and foundations.

· An ability to explain complex, scientific issues to different audiences.

· An international outlook with a working understanding of, and respect for different cultures.

· Demonstrable experience in complex stakeholder management, leading others across a matrixed environment, including ability to influence and gain agreement for ideas and proposals from a variety of stakeholders.

· Excellent business partnering, communication and relationship building skills.

Please click ‘Apply via website’ to be directed to the website of Peridot Partners, our recruitment consultants, and contact them to discuss the role in more detail.

About the role

Throughout the global pandemic UnLtd have been able to maintain support for social entrepreneurs and the Business Development & Partnerships Team has played a significant role, securing over £50m from statutory funders, trusts and foundations including the National Lottery Community Fund, Comic Relief and DCMS.

The Business Development & Partnerships Team will continue to play an important role and will be accountable for generating a further £21m over the next three years.

We have already secured £9.7m of this leaving us with a remaining target of securing £11.3m over the next three years.

You will be accountable for developing and managing a pipeline of prospects with the goal of securing six and seven figure partnerships with trusts, foundations and statutory funders. You will work closely with the Head of Business Development & Partnerships and other internal stakeholders to co-manage partner relationships, ensuring UnLtd delivers, evidences, and communicates impact.

What we are looking for

We are looking for a dynamic Trusts fundraiser who has proven experience of securing high value partnerships/grants (from 5 figures) and managing and developing long term relationships.

The successful candidate must be a strong communicator, able to express ideas with clarity verbally and in writing to a range of audiences including but not limited to creating, writing and selling compelling cases for support.

Equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging are core to our culture, values and strategy – as are our aspirations in social justice and positively shaping our sector. Our new Trusts & Statutory Fundraising Manager will be passionate about developing partnerships which drive our inclusion ambitions, our impact and our long-term financial health.

Please click ‘Apply via website’ to be directed to the Peridot Partners website and to contact the advising consultants to discuss this role in more detail.

The Impact Officer is an exciting role in Big Issue Invest (BII) to join the Impact Team while BII and the wider Big Issue Group launches a new strategy and new impact investment funds. The Impact Officer will play a key role working with the Impact Team to develop the impact frameworks of new funds, ensure quality impact data collection and analysis of BII investments and support the team in sharing our impact lessons and stories. In particular the Impact Officer will have the opportunity to work on our flagship fund tackling inequality in the UK, The Growth Impact Fund (GIF). The role will also coordinate with learning and evaluation partners and with the ‘Impact Advisory Group’ (a group of external advisors supporting the GIF team to deliver the impact set out in the fund aims). 

The Impact Officer will build on BII’s current impact management processes to ensure quality impact management and reporting is delivered throughout our investment processes. This includes working with the impact team to improve our impact due diligence toolkit and measurement approach to develop an impact framework against our strategy and fund theories of change. Our strategy is linked to the 2022 to 2027 Big Issue Group strategy and so the Impact Officer will have the opportunity to work with the Senior Impact Manager for Group to ensure our BII work coordinates with our overall impact story of Big Issue Group. The role will coordinate with learning and evaluation partners and with the ‘impact advisory group’ (a group of external advisors supporting the GIF team to deliver the impact set out in the fund aims). 

Skills & Experience 

• Impact analysis skills either through direct frontline experience, working with social and direct investors, as a consultant or grant maker
• Strong analytic and quantitative skills, including experience with database development and data analysis
• Report writing to share impact performance of funds, investments or projects to a wide range of audiences
• Experience working within the social sector or within an organisation or environment that’s primary aim is to deliver social benefit 
• Ability to ensuring accurate and timely impact management reporting to key stakeholders 

Salary and Benefits include:

•    Holiday entitlement starting at 25 days per year plus bank holidays on top, increasing by 1 day for each year of employment up to 30 days

•    Company sick pay starting at 5 days of full pay, increasing by 5 days with each year of employment (up to 6 weeks)

•    Paid time off to care for a sick child or grandchild and a sick or elderly relation

•    Enhanced contribution to our workplace pension 

•    Enhanced maternity/paternity pay

•    Comprehensive flexible working policy open to all staff from day 1 of employment

•    Perkpal employee benefits platform offering discounts at over 1500 retailers, cinema tickets, gym membership and legal/financial advice 

•    Free-of-charge BUPA healthcare cash plan scheme covering everything from dental and physiotherapy costs through to private consultations and scans

•    Access to our Employee Assistance programme which includes counselling and a range of therapies 

•    Life cover - a lump sum for your family or loved ones if the unexpected happens

•    Comprehensive programme of professional skills training

Workplace details: 

This role can be based anywhere in the UK. There will be a requirement for regular travel to our head office in Finsbury Park, London.

The Big Issue Group committed to equal opportunities and committed to promoting and enhancing diversity, equality and inclusion. We welcome and encourage applicants from all members of the community and particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities, Black, Asian, or Minority Ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQIA, and from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds.

Our Group Mission 

Building a world that works for everyone. Challenging, innovating, and creating self-help and sustainable business solutions, that dismantle poverty now and for future generations

Monitoring and Reporting Lead

We are looking for an experienced Monitoring & Reporting Lead to join our newly established and quickly growing Evidence & Impact Team.

You will be working for a charity that represents 100% of the NHS charity sector in the UK as members. Helping the NHS tackle today’s challenges and tomorrow’s opportunities.

Position: Monitoring and Reporting Lead

Location: Warwick – Homeworking/ Flexible working with regular travel

Salary: £35,500 - £41,000 per annum

Hours:  Full time - 35 hours per week

Benefits: 10% pension contributions, 28 days annual leave, access to Reward Hub and weekly wellbeing time, training, and development opportunities.

Closing Date: 

The Role:

As Monitoring and Reporting Lead you will work collaboratively with colleagues from across the organisation to further develop and implement monitoring and reporting structures for grants programmes. You will need to be experienced, proactive, creative, and flexible in this, as this is a developing area of work for the organisation.

You will need to work closely with the Grants Team in the development of their grants database to ensure that capability to capture and record KPIs/monitoring data is included in this, and the system can deliver necessary reporting requirements. You will need to be able to analyse data, identify trends, and utilise data visualisation tools to build dashboards, as well as make evidence-based recommendations for software for data analysis and visualisation. You will also be expected to maintain oversight of reporting requirements to corporate partners and funders and provide data to the fundraising team in an appropriate and agreed format.

A key part of the role will be building relationships with the membership of 240 NHS charities to embed a culture of monitoring and reporting and empower NHS charities to see the value and engage with this.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing organisation, with the chance to get involved in new projects that will help shape the future of the charity, and help to care for NHS staff, patients, and volunteers.

About you:

This is a developing area of work for the organisation so we are looking for someone proactive and creative, with good attention to detail, who can build relationships, recognises the importance of high-quality data and is experienced in all aspects of data management. We are looking for someone who is keen to learn, develop and be flexible to meet needs in a growing team and organisation.

Essential skills and experience include:

• Experience of utilising CRM systems to record and manage data
• Experience of designing Theories of Change and setting KPIs
• Experience of designing monitoring and reporting frameworks, aligned to Theories of Change, and implementing approaches to collect this data
• Experience of designing outcomes tools and embedding these in projects and programmes
• Experience of commissioning and managing relationships with external contractors
• Experience of utilising data analysis software
• Experience of utilising data visualisation software to produce dashboards (e.g. PowerBi)
• Experience of reporting to funders and supporters

If you are passionate about the health and wellbeing of our nation, we would love to hear from you.

Other roles you may have experience of could include: Data Analyst, Impact Analyst, Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist, Data Manager, Insight Analyst, Monitoring Lead, Reporting and Analysis Manager, Insight Manager

Belong’s vision is of hope, rehabilitation and recovery for victims and perpetrators of crime. We inspire change by providing long term, individualised responses to conflict and crime through restorative Justice, psychotherapy, mentoring, and training for criminal justice professionals.

Last year marked our tenth anniversary, and there is much for us to celebrate! Growing steadily from our London based beginnings, we now support over two thousand people who have been victims or perpetrators of crime across England each year. This year we are working from a range of prisons including HMPYOI Isis, HMPYOI Feltham, HMPYOI Brinsford, HMPYOI Aylesbury, HMP Winchester, HMP The Mount, HMP Coldingley, HMP Featherstone, HMP Brixton and HMP Send. In addition, we deliver restorative justice, mentoring and psychotherapy in a range of community settings. Belong fosters a working environment where everyone’s voice is listened to. The culture of the organisation is one that puts people first and the charity enjoys high staff morale and good staff retention. We will provide you with the support and training that you need to do your job, as well as opportunities to develop your skills and progress within your career.

We have recently launched our strategy for 2022 – 2024. This outlines our ambitions to continue to sustainably and ethically grow our reach so that we can offer powerfully unique change opportunities to even more people. Please read more about us and our work on our website, being sure to enjoy our 2020-21 annual report which you can find on our publications page on our website. 

We are seeking an inspiring, empathic, driven leader with solid experience of working in the criminal justice sector, preferably including prisons, to play a major role in shaping the services and support we provide. As Head of Programmes, you will lead the development and growth of our restorative justice, mentoring, psychotherapy and training programmes. You will take forward our ethical, person centred and thorough approach to supporting people, championing innovations to improve our work whilst identifying and developing opportunities for growth and expansion. Whilst increasing the number of individuals who can access our support, you will strengthen durability and resilience in our internal systems. You will ensure that the effectiveness of our work is well-evidenced and clearly demonstratable to funders. With line management responsibility for a team of up to five staff members, you will model our values of perseverance, respect, inspiration, restoration and empowerment. We particularly welcome applications for this position from candidates who are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, who have had personal experience of the criminal justice system and/or who have current enhanced prison security vetting.

Please apply for this position by emailing via the button below with a detailed covering letter outlining how you meet the skills, experience and knowledge requirements outlined in our Job Description and Person Specification document. Please also send us your CV. Applications for this position close at 11.30pm on Thursday 14th July 2022. Interviews for this position will be held on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th August 2022.

Applications for this position are particularly welcomed from people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with lived experience of the criminal justice system, and/or with current enhanced prison security vetting.

Just Treatment is a growing patient-led campaign fighting to ensure everyone gets the healthcare they need by demanding the government acts to put patients before corporate profits. We believe the only way we can win this is by building a movement of those directly affected by the problem to challenge the power of the pharmaceutical and health industries. We're looking for a Head of Organising & Campaigns to oversee our work taking on big pharma and fighting for an effective, public NHS. You'll know how to oversee the creation of a brilliant, collaborative campaign strategy, and understand how to get volunteers and staff to put it into action. You'll have a deep understanding of organising. And you'll be committed to taking on David Vs Goliath battles to win health justice.

Location: Flexible location, global, home-based.

Salary: US$120-150k based on experience and location, adjusted based on the cost of labour for the country in which the candidate resides. Candidates must have the right to work in the country they are applying from.

Reports to: Executive Director

Contract Type: Permanent Employment.

Background

The Urban Movement Innovation Fund (UMI Fund) works to connect, align, and strengthen people-power for a more socially just, zero carbon future. UMI Fund believes that people-powered movements are critical to creating a zero-carbon world, generating the drive and popular support necessary for huge political, cultural and technological shifts. Drawing together and amplifying the efforts of NGOs working on technical or policy solutions with those of campaign or grassroots groups and movements working to increase citizen engagement and activity. UMI Fund´s goal is to dramatically accelerate humanity’s transition to a zero-carbon world. UMI Fund is a convenor of the field, an advisor to philanthropy, and a grant maker.

We are seeking a highly diplomatic and entrepreneurial person; someone comfortable taking initiative, who thrives in a fast-paced environment. They will lead the daily operations and nurture effective and collaborative systems and culture for UMI Fund. This position will support the UMI Fund’s grantees, staff team, Co-Executive Directors, and the Fund’s donor advisory board by developing and maintaining systems for the programmatic, financial, operational, and other emergent work of the fund. This position will manage at least one direct report with the expectation that this will increase as the staff team grows.

Primary Responsibilities

UMI Fund’s small team operates collaboratively and flexibly with sometimes overlapping responsibilities. Team members have specialisms, but we avoid siloes in work delivery. Within this context the Director of Operations will work with the Executive Directors to provide leadership and support to team members while taking responsibility for ensuring first class operations across the organisation. They will line-manage a number of staff and functions and take responsibility for the following:

Operational Planning and Implementation

• Act as a thought partner to the Executive Directors (EDs), donor advisory board, civil society advisory group and fund staff to support and implement the UMI Fund Strategic Framework.
• Oversee the operational systems that support UMI Fund programme and grantmaking strategies, in conjunction with UMI Fund staff, participating foundations and civil society partners.
• Advise the Executive Directors on all aspects of Organisational Development and, where delegated, lead development or change processes to support UMI Fund’s organisational journey.
• As appropriate, work with field partners to share expertise, experience and best practice around operations and organisational development, fostering mutual support with peers and partners.

People and Culture

• Support the Executive Directors in striving to continually improve working culture and conditions; prioritising diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and team positivity.
• Manage positive employee engagement processes and monitor organisational progress on our DEI journey and on team members’ work-life balance, sense of belonging and job satisfaction.
• Develop and oversee personnel and organisational policies in collaboration with the EDs, including organisational training to ensure core competencies and skills across the team.
• Provide input and guidance to staff, including support for career development and individual training needs; ensure best-practice management of confidential and sensitive personnel issues.
• Monitor and supervise contractors and ensure fair practices in our relationships with consultants.
• Oversee recruitment, onboarding, communication and policy development that promotes equity, diversity and inclusion, supports new staff and the longevity and satisfaction of existing staff.
• Support the events team to create accessible, safe, inclusive online and in-person events; empower the team to innovate and nurture creativity in event design and facilitation.
• Lead the organisational approach, in both policy and implementation, on the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults.

Systems, Technology and Data Management

• Maintain and improve key systems, tools and technology; continually identify and act where processes and practices should be updated or formalised.
• With UMI Fund’s Administration Manager, work in partnership with UMI Fund’s fiscal sponsor, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA) to oversee grants management, contractual, HR, and legal resources and continually develop this key partnership.
• Support the events management team in maintaining systems, skills and capacity for high quality, innovative events, convening and meetings.

• With RPA and UMI Fund team, oversee and improve knowledge management systems; e.g. grants & vendor management, CRM, finance, accounting, and human resources.
• Manage tech vendors and ensure systems (e.g., website, event management, data storage, CRM etc.) are secure, well maintained and tailored or integrated for best fit.
• Develop and maintain efficient, effective data systems, information security and data protection.
• Ensure UMI Fund compliance with data protection legislation, GDPR and privacy best practices.

Financial Planning and Management

• Oversee financial systems, procedures, and internal controls in conjunction with UMI Fund’s fiscal sponsor, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA) and Executive Directors.
• Lead the organisation’s budgeting, financial planning and projections, in consultation with the EDs, enabling the organisation to achieve its objectives while remaining financially sustainable.
• Oversee financial reporting and analysis, with timely and accurate reporting to the donor advisory board and other key stakeholders.
• Oversee relevant team members and systems, and monitor and support the fiscal sponsor, to ensure that grant and vendor records are maintained with required and appropriate documentation, payments are processed on time, and necessary approvals are in place.

Experience and Qualifications

The following offers an aspirational view of our ideal candidate profile; however, we encourage applications from candidates with a wide range of experiences and backgrounds, especially those from underrepresented groups.

• Extensive experience working in non-profit or similar organisational environments and working with diverse, international teams.
• Substantial experience of non-profit operations management, including people and culture, operational systems, compliance and staff welfare.
• Substantial experience in non-profit accounting, budgeting, and finance.
• Experience implementing diversity, equity and inclusion policies and programming.
• Experience in supporting major donor and/or foundation fundraising is desirable.

Skills and Attributes

The following offers an aspirational view of our ideal candidate profile; however, we encourage applications from candidates with a wide range of experiences and backgrounds, especially those from underrepresented groups.

• Tact, humility, flexibility, openness and a good sense of humour.
• Proven ability to build and maintain positive work relationships and partnerships.
• Excellent collaborative and facilitation skills.
• Strong analytical, negotiation, and communication skills.
• A demonstrated commitment to the values of inclusion, equity and social justice.
• High level of written and spoken English; additional language skills are desirable.

• Knowledge and work experience in collective action or movement building is desirable.
• Knowledge and experience working on the agency, voice and power of women, youth, Indigenous Peoples, frontline communities, or other disadvantaged social groups is desirable.

Additional information

• This will be a full-time remote role with a necessarily flexible schedule. The UMI Fund is committed to providing equivalency of salary & benefits across its global team and maintaining a sustainable and positive working environment for all team members.
• Staff in the US are employed by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors; benefits include healthcare, access to a 401(k), and paid time off. Staff outside the US are employed by an employer of record in the country in which they reside.
• The salary range for this position is dependent on experience and location.
• This position will require international travel and considerable time collaborating with staff and stakeholders in multiple time zones.

Salary - £32,000 - £35,794 + up to £5,000 accountancy allowance

The Government Property Agency is changing the way the Civil Service works and is at the forefront of Government's transformation agenda; reshaping the relationship civil servants have with their place of work. The Agency is central to the delivery of key Government policies including moving 22,000 Civil Service roles out of London by 2030 and tackling climate change by contributing to the Net Zero agenda. To do this we are delivering a major change programme across the UK and consolidating our portfolio in order to save £1.4 Bn over 10 years.

Beyond the bricks and mortar, the GPA is about providing great workplaces for our people. Through programmes like Hubs, Whitehall Campus and Smart Working you will be in the vanguard of creating model working environments and promoting flexible working practices. The postholder can be based at any of the GPA locations with Finance presence outside London with offices in Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Newport, Norwich, Nottingham and Swindon.

The responsibilities of the Client Finance Support will include:

• Form a strong, collaborative partnership with all of GPA’s Client Finance Managers, Client Managers and wider stakeholders.
• Maintain a close working relationship across the Client Finance, Property Finance, Workplace Services Finance and GPA’s outsourced Property Partner teams to ensure activities are aligned and support delivery of a ‘one team’ approach.
• Develop, maintain and keep current a comprehensive working knowledge of the GPA Directorates, their capabilities and operating processes.
• Provide professional and administrative support to the team including responding to emails, group inbox management, holiday lists, diary management and supporting meetings.
• Attend regular meetings with Clients and other Finance teams, preparing/circulating key papers; also recording minutes along with progressing and closing out agreed actions.
• Provide professional and governance support to the team in managing business-as-usual and change activities, including business process re-engineering, to ensure that processes and controls operate efficiently and effectively.
• Provide administrative and organisational support to Finance Change projects to ensure that activities remain on track and that risks and issues are properly owned and managed.
• Own the development of project documentation as required e.g. risk registers, risk logs plans, process charts etc.
• Manage collation and ensure regular updates are made to key Client information aligned to client information sheets.
• Send out papers/agendas/requests for information and take responsibility for drafting Permanent Secretary and Client Review briefs for use by the Executive and driving forward completion of Client actions.
• Data management including shared folders and handling requests for information and data including the preparation of written responses to routine enquiries.

Key Skills & Experience

• Relevant finance qualification
• An excellent communicator both orally and in writing.
• Strong planning and organising skills.
• Have significant business management/ administrative experience, providing support to teams and a track record of achieving successful change outcomes in prescribed timescales.
• Highly IT literate and experienced at using multiple software tools including Spreadsheets, Word, PowerPoint and other GPA systems as required.
• Experience in an Estates/Property environment and senior stakeholder management would be helpful

For more information, please apply using the link, or contact Michael Swinburn or Jack White at our retained search agent, Robertson Bell.