Are you a proven fundraiser, looking for your next challenge in an organisation changing children’s lives around the world?

As Viva’s Global Funding Manager you will lead our fundraising from trusts, foundations, statutory bodies and other charities and take it to the next level. Working closely with other members of the Fundraising and Network Development Teams you will research new opportunities, develop relationships and nurture those already giving. 

Experienced in raising funds from statutory bodies, trusts and foundations, you will have the ability to write and edit effective and successful proposals, liaising with colleagues and funders in the UK and internationally, working under pressure and meeting deadlines.

You will be an excellent communicator – face to face, on the phone and in writing. You will be committed and highly organised. You will have strong administrative skills and a proven ability to manage a dynamic workload effectively.

Viva is dedicated to changing more children’s lives so they can fulfil their God-given potential. We are reaching over 4 million children in 28 countries through our 39 partner networks, which comprise over 5,000 churches and community organisations.

Are you ready to join our highly-motivated, dynamic and creative team, and play a crucial role in helping Viva increase its impact, sustainability and reach?

To apply, please click on the 'Apply' button for full application details. The closing date for applications is midnight on Monday 12 October 2020. Interviews will be held on Thursday 22 October 2020. 

This is a full-time position based at our office in Oxford, or from home, with a salary of £25,000 to £32,000 (depending on experience).

The Communications Officer will work within a small dynamic fundraising team and will offer an opportunity to deliver a rich cross-section of communications, marketing and donor relation skills in a leading international development organisation specialising in microfinance.  The post-holder will work closely with the Communications manager to create and share high-quality, compelling content to aid brand awareness and income generation for the organisation. 

We are looking for an ambitious, creative and proactive individual to support the development and delivery of Opportunity International’s communications activities, with a particular focus on growing our online presence with impactful digital content and campaigns.

The candidate will have excellent writing skills, be a confident communicator and an organised self-starter. You will have demonstrable experience of managing a diverse workload and being able to prioritise tasks and meet deadlines.

Main Responsibilities:

COMMUNICATIONS AND CONTENT CREATION

• Work with the Communications Manager to collate stories and media for production of marketing materials such as newsletters, annual summary, appeals and donor reports.
• Develop the production of new high-quality, branded materials for external communications (e.g. leaflets, posters, t-shirts, event materials etc).  This will involve managing multiple stakeholders (e.g. designers, printers, donor managers).
• Support the Communications Manager with the production of content and creatives for larger media appeals, direct mailings and events. 
• Effectively write, edit and proofread copy for different audiences and channels.
• Support the Communications Manager with any new initiatives eg storyboarding new videos, coordinating production of new video or media gathering trips.
• Assist with developing and managing external media relationships and with the drafting of press releases, marketing copy and news stories.

DIGITAL

• Manage and work with a freelance digital marketer to improve the optimisation of our digital channels – testing, SEO, adwords, development of lead generation campaigns, and analysing performance data.
• Regularly update the charity’s website with relevant content, and look to improve and optimise where possible.
• Prepare and manage regular compelling content for social media channels (twitter).
• Plan, schedule and write monthly enewsletters for our core supporters and send these out using our email marketing software.
• Manage our YouTube channel, upload videos and create infographics.

GENERAL

• Manage the uploading of new media resources onto a global media database.
• Support the use of the donor database to segment and tailor communications more effectively.  Helping to analyse, research and report on what campaigns were effective, and our supporter profile etc.
• As part of the wider team, assist with general administrative duties including, hosting visitors, supporting volunteers, etc. Provide administrative and organisational support on a range of marketing initiatives and events to support the effective communication and fundraising of the organisation.
• Undertake any other reasonable duties to support the operations of the charity.

The role is 1 year fixed term contract (with possibility of extension).  For full Job Description and Person Specification please click on additional documents link below.

To apply:
Please send your CV and Cover letter detailing how your skills, knowledge and experience match our requirements.
We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates and people living with disabilities.

Closing date:  Midnight Sunday 11th October 2020
Interviews: Week commencing 19th October 2020

Seeking a motivated, self-starter who is passionate about supporting young people through relationships education.

The Covid-19 pandemic has put relationships education in the spotlight. With many family relationships being put under immense pressure due to the social and economic challenges created by lockdown, it is more important than ever to provide young people with the opportunity to consider what a healthy relationship looks like and what their future relationship ambitions might be.

Explore is a small but established educational charity. We provide young people with the time and space to explore healthy relationships. Our youth-led sessions are facilitated by our specially trained team of Local Development Officers and provide a rare opportunity for young people to ask adults about their experiences of relationships and marriage in order to inform how they might approach creating and sustaining healthy and happy relationships for themselves in the future.

We are seeking a part time (2 days per week during school term time) Local Development Officer to run our Buckinghamshire region. This role will involve:

• Engaging with secondary schools in your region, to promote Explore’s mission and to offer sessions using Explore’s methodology
• Negotiating session pricing with schools, using the guidance provided by Explore
• Coordinating, planning and leading on school session days, including facilitating some sessions, with the support of volunteers and other colleagues where needed
• Recruiting high quality volunteers in your region to ensure sessions can run effectively and to a high standard
• Communicating regularly with existing Explore volunteers in your region to keep them engaged in Explore’s mission and their role within our work
• Reporting to schools, volunteers and colleagues on the impact of each session using electronic feedback requests developed by Explore
• Providing weekly progress reports to your Line Manager, the Operations Manager

Skills, Experience & Qualities we are seeking:

• Experience of working with young people, ideally in a youth work or educational setting is essential
• Experience of influencing and / or negotiating fees for a product or service is desirable
• Experience of working in the educational sector in some form is desirable
• Ability to facilitate, coach, mentor and / or teach is highly desirable
• Ability to connect and engage with young people is essential
• Resilient, with the ability to adapt to unfolding situations
• Personal qualities of patience, integrity and a sense of humour would be an advantage
• Strong active listening skills, excellent communication skills and the ability to work as part of a remote team

We are an educational charity however our organisational values and culture are aligned to a Christian ethos. Applications are accepted and encouraged from individuals of all faiths and no faith. We would expect the successful candidate to share our values of compassion, kindness, treating others fairly, acting ethically at all times, and being respectful.

This role is part time two days per week during school term time.

This role is home based however the successful candidate will be required to travel to schools within their region regularly and will be expected to attend occasional team meetings / training days further afield.

PLEASE APPLY THROUGH CHARITY JOB BY SUBMITTED YOUR CV (MAXIMUM 2 PAGES) AND A COVERING LETTER (MAXIMUM 2 PAGES) OUTLINING YOUR SUITABILITY FOR THE ROLE.

Supported Living Support Worker Based in Kennington, near Oxford.

Salary: £12.50 per hour equivalent to £24,375 per annum plus an additional £1,820 per annum based on 1 Sleep In per week 

Full or part time positions, 37.5 hours per week, Permanent, well established Charity for Learning Disability, autism and sight loss/difficulties

We are looking for highly experienced Male Support Workers.

Are you looking to be a part of an amazing specialist team to support a young man and help him at the beginning of the next chapter of his life, starting a new journey outside of an institutional setting into his own home where he can thrive, be happy and achieve things he never thought possible. Yes, there will be the need for some rules to start off with, but these will need to be based on how to support the person to be the absolute best he can be,  not to curb their lust for life permanently. To help with this you will need to work in partnership with him, his family and a wide range of professionals to help him enjoy the things he loves, such as getting out in his community, building connections and hanging out with friends and family.

You’ll be part of a team that includes support from a positive behaviour consultant. This will provide you with the additional expertise needed to create exceptional person centred support and overcome any challenges that may get in the way of the progress that is needed. Your day to day management will come from an experienced, passionate leader who will work alongside you. This will assist you with your own leadership and interactions that will in turn enable the person to move forward in his life creating community connections, friends, hobbies, interests, and work.  Being passionate, creative and values led will really help you in achieving the small and bigger goals and outcomes that we all see as part of a safe, happy, healthy and empowering life.

The service has two homes next to each other in Kennington, this particular role, is to work with one particular person. Give us a call and we call talk some more about this amazing opportunity

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• To work as part of a team and be values driven
• Engage with and follow support plan/risk guidelines
• Follow key behaviour strategies and feedback on the effectiveness of these
• Ability to confidently deal with behaviours that challenge
• Provide key worker support 
• Act as an advocate for the young person
• Be resilient, positive and professional 
• Participation in a wide range of activities in the persons home and community 
• Flexibility to work e.g. early morning, evening, weekends, sleep-ins 
• Use own initiative and think of solutions 
• To see life as fun and every moment as an opportunity for involvement and learning

• Are you a skilled accounts professional with excellent bookkeeping skills and a good attention to detail?
• Are you experienced in data entry and record keeping?
• Are you a friendly and effective communicator and team player?
• Are you interested in environmental issues?

If your answer is ‘Yes’ to all these questions then this could be the role for you.

International Tree Foundation (ITF) is a small charitable company that works with communities in the UK and across Africa to deliver forest restoration and tree planting projects. ITF supports community-led forest restoration and tree planting initiatives to conserve and restore forest landscapes, reverse biodiversity loss, improve livelihoods, and the resilience of communities to the effects of climate change. Our mission is particularly important in the current climate, and we are planning for future growth. This is an exciting time to join our small team based in Oxford.

Key duties include:

• Playing a key role in the accurate and efficient management of the organisation’s finances
• Tracking income and expenditure using our accounting package and database systems
• Providing financial information to other team members so that they can make good decisions
• Providing administrative support for the organisation

This is a part time position for 28 hours per week based at our offices in Oxford. There is some scope for flexibility in the hours worked. The starting salary offered is £24,283 - £27,594 per annum pro rata (£19,426 – £22,075 actual) depending on experience.

The deadline for applications is 9:00 am on Monday 12th October. Interviews are expected to be held in our offices in Oxford on Tuesday 20th October.

Head of Business Development & Marketing
£42,5K to £47,5K pa
Witney, Oxfordshire, or flexible working with travel around the UK

Aesop runs a range of services and projects which use the arts as a solution to address a range of health challenges.  We are a small and ambitious arts enterprise organisation now seeking a Head of Business Development and Marketing to join us in this newly created post. As part of the senior management team, you will lead on developing, implementing, and monitoring a new Business Development & Marketing strategy. Reporting to the Chief Executive & Founder, this is an exciting opportunity to sell our existing and successful range of services and programmes across the country as well as working with the Head of Services to develop new offers to existing and new clients.

To succeed you will need a strong track record in business development including achieving sales targets. You will also need extensive knowledge and understanding of current marketing and communications trends, including a strong understanding of digital marketing and communications. Your ability to lead and motivate a team, together with your well-developed understanding of equality and diversity, strong relationship building skills and superb organisational skills are also essential requirements.

You will be based at home and/or at the Head Office in Witney, Oxfordshire, but will be expected to visit the locations of potential clients and Aesop programmes. As such, the candidate will need to have access to a vehicle.

Due to the nature of our programmes, you will need to be available to work on occasional evenings and weekends.

Closing date for applications: Monday 5 October 2020
Proposed interview date: We anticipate interviews will be held w/commencing 19 October 2020

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION
Please click 'Apply' to be redirected to our HR Partner's website to submit your application. 

No agencies please. 

We are committed to equal opportunities and values diversity in its workforce.