Post Title:Executive Director   

Accountable to: Chair and Trustees of London Arts in Health Forum

Salary: £47,000 pro-rata

Time commitment: Part-time, three days a week. 

Location: Hybrid working: a combination of office and team-working based (8, Botolph Alley, EC3R 8DR) with homeworking. The ability to travel for meetings and speaking engagements when necessary. 

Access and equality:  

London Arts and Health is committed to being an inclusive employer and contractor, welcoming staff and consultants from various backgrounds and all protected characteristics. We welcome and encourage applications from individuals currently underrepresented in arts and health, including disabled people and racially minoritised candidates. In compliance with the Equality Act, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet all the essential criteria.

Background:  

London Arts and Health (LAH) is a registered charity that creates and promotes opportunities for the arts to reach everyone in society – regardless of their health or personal circumstances. It has two primary focuses - creating opportunities for people experiencing health and care needs to engage with the arts and raising awareness of the health and wellbeing benefits of engaging with high-quality creative activities.

We believe that participating in the arts and offering routes to using creativity makes a crucial difference to the health and wellbeing of individuals and society. LAH is a central pillar in the fast-emerging world of arts and health. LAH has been at the forefront of this work for many years and is widely respected for its support to individual artists, patients and service users, health professionals, and the wider public. The organisation works collaboratively in everything it does, partnering with a vast range of stakeholders to increase the impact the arts can have on the health of everyone in society. 

People with acknowledged health needs (mental and physical) are traditionally excluded from the arts. Yet, research increasingly indicates that engaging in creative activity has wide-ranging health and wellbeing benefits. LAH exists to challenge traditional inequalities by generating more and better arts experiences for everyone.

Over the past three years, the Charity has seen a complete overhaul with a new name, rebranding, several new websites, digital tools and a new temporary home in the middle of the City of London. We have also recruited nine temporary staff through the Kickstart scheme, significantly increasing the resource available to the Charity.

LAH is in a strong position with a solid fundraising plan and theory of change which the new Executive Director will deliver. The Charity is currently implementing many income generation plans, and a leader with an entrepreneurial outlook would fit well with the Charity. 

The Charity appointed a Head of Digital in 2020, which has improved and increased our digital presence with many high-profile platforms and tools being scaled up nationally, alongside our partner, the Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance. We are currently implementing a new membership programme and offering our City Arts and Health Hub space for members to work, network and exhibit. The Director will oversee this rollout to ensure the opportunity is well marketed. 

The role:  

Our ambitions for LAH and the wider sector are high, including new projects networks and events, an expansion of Creativity and Wellbeing Week, and a specific focus on increasing the diversity of the field of culture and health practice.

Your role will be to lead the organisation and deliver this activity, managing staff and supporting the board in achieving its strategic vision for the organisation. You will be a passionate and compelling advocate for the impact of the arts on health and wellbeing. You will be highly experienced in the arts and/or health with a proven capacity to collaborate with diverse partners. You will be great at combining strategic vision with a willingness to deliver practical solutions, and you will have a track record of implementing and delivering change.

Over the next year, we want to deliver the new strategic vision and establish permanent staff contracts, alongside delivering our core business. You will demonstrate experience and understanding of running a small charity with a small staff team to best support our goals, with outstanding partnership working and a proven track record of effective fundraising and change management.

Key Responsibilities

To lead London Arts and Health delivering the key commitments in our business plan, including Creativity and Wellbeing Week 2022, our regular newsletter, our social media outputs and providing advice and support to the arts and health sector.

1. To deliver on our agreements with Arts Council England and other funding partners.
2. To oversee good governance and timely and complete reporting to the Charity Commission and Companies House.
3. To support and manage the Head of Digital and other staff and volunteers.
4. To lead on the Creativity and Wellbeing Festival. Including forging partnerships, seeking sponsorship and in-kind support and creating a programme of headline events.
5. To build a close working relationship with the Trustees to ensure a robust strategic direction and delivery plan for the next five years.
6. Deliver our fundraising plan to deliver new projects and ensure new income and grants.
7. To manage and deliver on our new membership plan and launch of our new City Arts and Health Hub. Both of which are potentially significant income streams for the Charity. 
8. To work with the Treasurer to ensure that appropriate monthly financial management and controls are maintained and that the Charity's financial health, including expenditure and income, is clearly reported to the Trustees. To take mitigating action as required.
9. To lead on stakeholder relations, including co-chairing the London Action on Arts and Health Stakeholder Group, alongside Arts Council England and The GLA, representing LAH on the Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance, and other bodies and groups as appropriate.
10. To act as an ambassador for the Charity and to speak publicly when needed.

To apply to this position please follow the link to the London Arts and Health website where you will be able to view the full job description and view the details required to submit your application.

The Partnerships Development Officer will work as part of STEM Learning’s highly effective fundraising team, contributing towards our ambitious targets by securing additional support from our existing network of funders and increasing the number of new corporate supporters for the ENTHUSE Charitable Trust. STEM education has economic, social, cultural and ethical value, with positive impacts on social mobility, diversity and inclusion, and this role will enable us to reach more young people than ever before.

The Role

You will be responsible for leading the stewardship of our rapidly growing group of funders:

• Streamlining management and communications with existing partners
• Developing creative ways we can engage with existing funders
• Corresponding effectively with funders using creative and engaging methods of communication
• Creating “wow” moments to build personal connection between funders and our mission
• Finding stories that will engage new partners and illustrate our mission to our existing supporters
• Ensuring reporting requirements and funding criteria for all grants are met
• Leveraging our impact evidence and working closely with our evaluation team

You will also have lead responsibility for:

• Launching and managing an individual giving / small gifts programme
• Developing and implementing a strategy for legacy donors

In addition to working with existing partners, the Partnerships Development Officer will:

• Take personal responsibility and accountability for proactively building networks, making contacts, generating leads, and securing new funding partners
• Grow strong sustainable relationships with existing as well as potential funding partners, demonstrating excellence in stewardship
• Work with the team to build, manage and maintain a pipeline of prospects and ensuring timely progression through each stage from identification to stewardship
• Be an outstanding advocate for STEM Learning and the ENTHUSE Charity in line with the core values of the organisation.

Our Ideal Candidate

• We’re looking for a natural relationship builder, someone who is passionate about fundraising with the ability to spot opportunities to grow partnerships
• Experience of working in fundraising, contributing to the generation of significant income and securing high value partnerships
• Strong organisational skills, enthusiasm and tenacity
• Track record in building and sustaining excellent relationships with supporters and funders
• An excellent collaborator, who enjoys working with colleagues to create propositions around the charity’s strategic priorities
• The knowledge and expertise to work with the team to build a robust pipeline of prospective partners for the organisation
• Ability to independently develop and deliver high quality pitches and written proposals
• Take a proactive role in feeding into the partnership development strategy, generating ideas, and bringing external insight
• A confident networker, able to represent the charity to external stakeholders, build relationships and reputation and communicate effectively
• Specialist knowledge of trends and developments in the sector, through completing relevant training, reviewing relevant press and publications and keeping up to date with industry news

Our Benefits

• 30 days holidays plus bank holidays
• Access to a fantastic pension scheme, where employer contributions are currently 21.4%
• Access to a salary sacrifice and staff benefits scheme including cycle to work scheme; health cash back plans; free eye tests; discounted vouchers
• A comprehensive employee assistance programme

To Apply

Please submit:

• Your up-to-date CV, including your full postal address, email and contact telephone number.
• A covering letter (no more than the equivalent of 2 sides of A4) explaining your interest in the role and where you saw it advertised.
• Contact details of two referees, including your current/most recent employer (please note, references will not be approached without your permission).

Closing date for applications: 17 January 2022

• Interviews likely to take place week commencing 24 January 2022

Do you want to improve the lives of people with disabilities and vulnerable people?

Humanity & Inclusion (HI) is an award-winning international humanitarian and development organisation. Working alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, we take action and raise awareness in order to respond to their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respects for their dignity and fundamental rights.

Our UK team is looking for an enthusiastic and committed individual to join us as a Programme Funding Officer (PFO). This is an exciting and varied role working across the funding cycle from the early stage of new opportunities through to grant management. You will be regularly in touch with our country teams, supporting them to engage with UK institutional donors in-country and advising them on compliance for both grants and commercial contracts. You will also get a chance to support partnership development, as well as get involved in advocacy and policy influencing. If this sounds like the next role for you, we’d love to welcome you to our friendly and dedicated team.

The Institutional Relations team is responsible for donor engagement and influencing, institutional funding, and partnerships in the UK. It comprises the Head of Institutional Relations and two Programme Funding Officers.

As part of HI’s 2016-2025 strategy, we have ambitious targets for growth in institutional funding from UK donors, and more broadly, a focus on building strategic relationships with key UK donors and partners. Given the changing external funding environment and evolving context in the UK, we are looking for an individual who is willing to be flexible and adapt to the context in order to meet the organisation’s needs and have the biggest impact for people with disabilities.

The main purpose of this post is:

• Improving our track record for UK and other funding by increasing internal understanding of donors and funding mechanisms in your portfolio, supporting high quality submissions, grant management and donor compliance
• Strengthening relationships with, and generating and managing income from UK and other institutional donors and partners

People in poverty pay more for essentials such as energy, insurance and credit. This is known as the poverty premium. Fair By Design (FBD) is dedicated to ending the extra costs of being poor. FBD is run by the Barrow Cadbury Trust but please note it is not a grants programme.

We are looking for a talented individual with a track record of successfully delivering communications and public affairs to join our team.  Using your skills and experience you will help us to achieve our mission of eliminating the poverty premium by ensuring our communications are persuasive and impactful and that our messages are heard by policymakers and those in power. This will require knowledge of communications platforms and tools, as well as experience in providing a communications function for an organisation.  In addition to developing and delivering our external-facing communications, you will also be part of a small team, where you’ll be responsible for our internal communications, from providing the secretariat to our Steering Group and supporting our evaluation work, to diary and event management

The Barrow Cadbury Trust is an independent charitable foundation seeking a just and peaceful society which recognises the equal value of all people.  Largely working in partnerships with others, we use all our resources – our grants, our people and our name – to bring about structural change, thus increasing social justice and equality.

We have a strong commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion and we encourage applications from people with personal experience of the social justice and human rights issues we seek to address.

Are you passionate about the power of sport and physical activity and believe in the positive impact it can have on young people's lives?  We are looking for someone who thinks outside the box, is innovative and looking for an opportunity to really make a difference in 2022 and beyond.  In addition, you will play a key role in supporting the development and delivery of our broad range of events and residentials.  You will need to have excellent communication and organisational skills, and be able to work autonomously as well as within a team and use your professional judgement to find solutions to issues as they arise. 

The Sport Development Officer role is critical to the success of our team and the successful delivery of expanding sport offer. The post holder will be focused on the management and support of a portfolio of youth and community organisations delivering on our Getting Active programme, as well as leading on our newly launched Sport For Development Learning Grants. Responsibilities include recruitment, due diligence, programme delivery, programme budgets, programme monitoring evaluation and learning.

EMERGENCY is an international organisation that provides free, high-quality healthcare to victims of war, poverty and landmines, alongside building hospitals and training local medical staff. Founded in 1994, EMERGENCY has treated over 11 million people in 19 different countries and currently operates in Afghanistan, Eritrea, Iraq, Italy, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Uganda, and Yemen.

EMERGENCY UK is an independent charitable organisation that supports EMERGENCY’s projects with fundraising and communications activities.

Who are we looking for and what will you do?

EMERGENCY UK is looking for a Communications and Fundraising Officer to become an integral part of its small, London-based team. EMERGENCY UK oversees communications and fundraising for EMERGENCY around the world, meaning that this role will be truly international in scope. You will work on a range of activities focused on growing public awareness of EMERGENCY and its fundraising reach.

Key responsibilities would include:

Communications:

• Work closely with colleagues in the London and Milan offices to develop and implement a communications strategy that raises awareness of EMERGENCY’s work and acquires new supporters and donors.
• Create and edit content for social media and websites.
• Manage updates on social media and websites.
• Collect and use analytics to learn audience preferences and shape content.
• Analyse key trends and benchmark online communications.
• Proofread, edit and adapt content for written publications such as the annual Activity Report and quarterly magazine.
• Liaise with freelance translators to ensure timely and accurate translations of a range of material from Italian into English.
• Create, edit and adapt press releases for international media contacts.
• Maintain and update media database.
• Use media engagement platform to distribute press releases.
• Compile media monitoring reports.
• Support on organising and implementing public-facing communications activities and events.

Fundraising:

Individual and community giving

• Implement individual and community fundraising initiatives.
• Ensure the donor database (Salesforce) is updated and accurate at all times.
• Work closely with the Senior Fundraising Officer to develop and implement supporter journeys.
• Work closely with the London Volunteer Group to plan, implement and manage fundraising activities and events.
• Attend community fundraising events organised by the volunteers qualified third parties.

Trusts & foundations 

• Work closely with Senior Fundraising Officer and Milan Office Trusts & Foundations team to identify and develop suitable trust and foundation grant opportunities.
• Provide support writing project-based donor proposals.
• Provide support with submission, tracking, follow up, and reporting of trust and foundation applications.

Other tasks

• Attend and assist with events (to be assigned within the scope of the position, as and when necessary)

Person Specification

• Outstanding writing skills and close attention to detail
• Fluent English language ability
• Professional experience in the UK charity sector
• Proven track record of results in communications / fundraising
• Proactive approach to communications / fundraising
• Knowledge of key communications / fundraising principles and trends
• Ability to analyse data to inform strategy
• Experience of using digital marketing and fundraising tools
• Experience of using email marketing, social media, and crowdfunding platforms
• Experience using Wordpress would be beneficial
• Experience using Salesforce would be beneficial

The role will be based between home and EMERGENCY UK’s London office (in the London Fields area), and initially be contracted for 12 months, starting in February/March 2022.

Our partner, a ground-breaking, rapidly growing healthcare organisation, looking to inform & educate communities and influence changes in behaviour to improve health & wellbeing outcomes. They are seeking a Finance Officer to join their close-knit team in London.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate accounting records for the UK office, review the transactions from the overseas offices on a monthly basis to ensure that they are coded properly and input them into the software.
• Ensure that the organisation is legally compliant with requirements in the UK and in the countries it operates, prepare VAT returns and support in the preparation of consolidated accounts, statutory returns (Companies House & HMRC), and in preparing for the annual audit.
• Assist with the banking, including setting up accounts, making payments and reconciling accounts.
• Manage the monthly payroll process for both the UK and international offices,
• Supporting the preparation of donor/funder reports.
• Finance business partner to the UK & overseas offices, to answer any queries, provide support as required and ensure that controls, policies and procedures are upheld.

Person Specification

• Accounting professional with at least 3 years of experience in a similar charity finance role, specifically with an understanding of controls & processes in an organisation with multi-country operations, and knowledge and experience of UK taxation, Accounting qualification is desirable.
• Grants finance knowledge in a donor funded environment is strongly desirably.
• Strong IT skills, including advanced MSExcel skills and experience using other software.
• Business partner, with proven experience of successfully working with colleagues in the UK and in overseas offices. Excellent communication and people skills.
• Strong attention to detail, ability to multi-task and prioritise a varied workload.
• Additional language (Spanish, Portuguese, French) is desirable.

At present, this role is home-based, however once restrictions ease, candidates will be offered hybrid working with the individual expected to be in the office for part of the week in London. This role is only open to candidates with the right to work in the UK. Candidates are being considered on a rolling basis, and so early applications are strongly recommended.

OPERATIONS OFFICER

This is an exciting time to join Start Network in this new role in our Operations Team, an opportunity to work closely with all our teams, Hubs and local members.  We are looking for a talented operational professional with a passion for project management and strong administrative skills. The Operations Officer will also contribute to the effectiveness and impact of our work by being responsible for reviewing, updating and maintaining operational policies and procedures and supporting staff to use them, whilst ensuring that these align the organisation to work on behalf of our members.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS 

• Demonstrable experience of managing multiple deadlines requiring attention to detail

• Experience of setting up, coordinating, and implementing administrative processes 

• Excellent communication skills

• Intermediate skills in MS Office 365

ABOUT START NETWORK 

The Start Network is made up of more than 50 aid agencies across five continents. Together, our aim is to transform humanitarian action through innovation, fast funding, early action, and locally driven humanitarian action.We're tackling what we believe are the biggest systemic problems that the sector faces. Problems including slow and reactive funding, centralised decision-making, and an aversion to change mean that people affected by crises around the world do not receive the best help fast enough, and needless suffering results. Our work focuses on responding to these problems.  This includes shifting power closer to where crises happen, providing fast, early and predictable function and sharing learning and innovative ways of working. 

The Start Network is at a critical point in its journey. We have grown and diversified our membership over the past 10 years. We are now set to evolve into a decentralised “network of networks” by 2025 in line with our vision and principles. We are currently working with five national and regional networks (called hubs) made up of predominantly civil society organisations in Pakistan, DRC, Guatemala, India and the Pacific. They are developing locally owned ways of anticipating and responding to humanitarian crises. We aim to support the emergence and development of further hubs in the coming years.  Our ultimate ambition is to devolve leadership, membership, programming, and decision making to the hubs, while the central team transitions to become a service provider.

We are committed to protecting people, particularly children, at-risk adults and affected populations from any harm that may be caused due to their encountering the Start Network as well as responding effectively should any harm occur.

We are also committed to safeguarding staff from any forms of bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and abuse of power as outlined in our Dignity at Work policy.

We embrace diversity, promote equality of opportunity, and eliminates unlawful discrimination.We are an equal opportunities employer and treat every application on merit alone.Start Network particularly welcome applications from disabled, black, indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC), and LGBT+ and non-binary candidates and offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet our essential selection criteria.

Our roles are open to discussion about flexible working.  While our team is office based, home working is part of our culture.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES FOR THIS ROLE

Operational Support

• Support the Operations Manager to design, promote and implement procurement and contract management systems, acting as first point of contact for internal queries 

• Lead on development and implementation of supplier diversity strategy 

• Develop and manage Start Network’s asset management policy and systems 

• Support with project management administration for Operations and Change Manager

• Act as point of contact for health and safety, first aid, travel and security, working with the operations and change manager to ensure that the policies and processes are in line with business needs 

Information Technology 

• Act as point of contact for IT support and onward to our outsourced service provider ensuring speedy issue resolution 

• Lead on building staff capability and confidence to access, store and retrieve information on Start Network’s document management system to meet evolving business needs 

• Support the development of Start Network’s software systems including grant and project management, MS Office 365 applications to support growth and collaborative working 

Business Planning and Strategic Initiatives 

• Coordinate organisational business planning and statutory external reporting process 

• Coordinate Start Network donor and partner due diligence requests 

• Support the Operations and Change manage to develop and implement a capacity support framework for members including coordinating peer member capacity building and sourcing external capacity building experts and consultants where needed 

• Be responsible for communicating and measuring our performance against environmental policy 

Undertake such other surge duties and responsibilities as the Operations & Change Manager or Chief Finance and Operations Officer may have from time to time. 

PERSON PROFILE

Communicator - Able to convey complex information concisely to different audiences 

Strategic Thinker - Deliver results with awareness of impact on others internally and externally by considering the positions and perspectives of relevant stakeholders 

Collaborative - Actively promote collaboration by spotting and breaking down barriers to siloed working, connecting colleagues, teams and initiatives 

Leader - Willing to share own expertise with others in the organisation and network, both formally and informally 

Able to adapt and learn - Balance the need to follow systems and processes with the courage, identifying when systems and processes do not align with the mission, suggesting alternatives 

Action Oriented - Deliver results in pursuit of our mission by holding yourself to account for your work, taking decisions relevant to your role and supporting colleagues whilst having fun

Start Network Culture

• To carry out the responsibilities of the role in line with the Start Network Code of Conduct and with a commitment to safeguarding adults and children

• A commitment to the Start Network vision, principles, values and approach

• The Start Network team is an agile group of individuals who use their experience and skills across the network, so flexibility to work in and with different teams and functions is a part of our culture. 

OUR OFFER TO YOU 

• Being part of a pioneering organisation that is bringing about system change 

• Centrally located ‘WeWork’ office with free access to communal space and onsite drinks 

• Access to cultural talks, events, pop-up sales, and a place to meet and socialise after work

• Discounts at local cafes and restaurants in association with WeWork

• Flexible working with options to work from home and remotely some of the time 

• Contributory pension 

• Life assurance equivalent of three times your salary

• Family friendly policies, particularly maternity pay (21 weeks full pay) 

• Training and development opportunities for individuals and cross-organisationally 

• 25 days’ holiday, bank holidays plus 2 paid company days over the Christmas period 

• Cycle to work scheme 

APPLICATION

We work with Applied,an online recruitment platform designed to allow teams to measure candidates on what matters. Rather than relying on CVs and cover letters, Applied allows you to demonstrate your skills and abilities through competency-basedquestions which are blind-reviewed by our team to avoid personal bias. 

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and we reserve the right to close applications early if we reach a satisfactory number of applications. Early applications are therefore highly encouraged.

Please note that any offer of employment is subject to relevant pre-employment checks. Please refer to our privacy statement and candidate privacy notice regarding treatment of your data. 

You will manage and develop a portfolio of trust donors, as well as identifying and cultivating prospective funders, giving you an exciting opportunity to grow and develop this funding stream for the organisation.

You will also develop and market a basket of legacy products to build and steward productive legacy pledger relationships.

The successful candidate will have demonstrable experience in fundraising, excellent communication skills and the ability to think strategically and creatively. The ability to work independently to tight critical deadlines is essential.

If you'd like to be part of a small and passionate team of people supporting the work of thousands of volunteers in prisons across England and Wales, we would love to receive your application!

This job is based at our Support Office in Westminster, with the opportunity for remote working available.

Applicants wishing to work part-time hours will be considered. Please state this preference in your application.

Please see the full job description attached.

Please apply via the Charity Job website with a full CV and cover letter.

About us

Christian Aid exists to create a world where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty. We are a global movement of people, churches and local organisations who passionately champion dignity, equality and justice worldwide. We are the changemakers, the peacemakers, the mighty of heart.

About the role

This role is based in the Policy, Public Affairs and Campaigns Department (PPC) which has approximately 60 staff based across the UK, Kenya, Bangladesh, Columbia and India. We form part of an integrated Christian Aid programme of advocacy, development and humanitarian projects that deliver real change for people living in extreme poverty.

This critical role provides a range of key business support functions, specifically the reporting and monitoring of grant-funded projects delivered by specialist staff within PPC and the administration of financial grants out to global and regional partners via our international programme management system. The post holder will also work with the PPC Finance Business Partner to support the departmental budgeting and forecasting processes and maintain oversight of the processing of payments through the finance systems.

Working across the department and with the Programme Quality and Operations division the post holder will have a role in championing ways of working that align with CA strategy and systems drive operational excellence and innovation that leads to smooth and effective business processes. This will include the coordination of a new PPC quarterly dashboard to track progress, improve decision making and assess the impact of the work we do against the change we want to see.

This is a fast-paced working environment that needs to be able to respond with agility to changing political, social and economic contexts both at a global level and in the countries we work. The post holder may also be asked to coordinate and administrate discrete projects within the department and to provide surge business or administrative support as directed by the PPC Director.

This role is based in the UK in the London office with the opportunity to work from home on some days each week in line with Christian Aid's hybrid working policy.

About you

We are looking for someone with great organisational skills and ability to initiate, plan and organise work within agreed parameters with experience of working in a busy commercial, public sector or charity environment. This post will work closely with the PPC directorate team including the Executive Assistant and the Head of Strategy and Development, and will also need to work across and between teams with the ability to build relationships and to work co-operatively as a member of an interdisciplinary and international department. A high degree of self-motivation and the excellent time management will be essential in managing competing demands and meeting deadlines.

The successful applicant will also be able to demonstrate specific skills in creating and using spreadsheets for financial management and managing information, including use of web / intranet-based systems and databases. You will have experience in budget monitoring, creating and maintaining financial systems, and using spreadsheets for financial analysis and management. and you will be able to present complex data for managers, programme and finance colleagues. You will have a strong project administration background and direct experience of administering grant payment processes and of producing financial and narrative reports to donors.

This role requires a clear and confident manner, excellent written and spoken communication skills and experience of supporting a range of business processes including payments and in order to train others in administrative, financial and information management systems.

Further information

This role requires applicants to have the right to work in the country where this position is based.

From 1 July 2021, the process for completing right to work checks has changed and we can no longer accept EU passports or ID cards as valid proof of right to work, with the exception of Irish citizens.

There are now two types of right to work checks: a manual check and an online check. A manual check can be completed against relevant documentation as outlined by the Home Office. An online check can be completed if you hold digital proof of your immigration status in the UK. We will require your share code and date of birth to carry out this check. Please see Government website for more information on acceptable documents.

All successful candidates will require either a Basic or Enhanced Disclosure Barring Service certificate (DBS) and a Counter Terrorism Sanction check as part of your clearance for commencing your role with us. Information will be forwarded to you by the HR team with your offer.

We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in its workforce. We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

Christian Aid is committed to providing a safe and trusted environment for every person connected to the work we do; and to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour including sexual harassment and exploitation, abuse, and financial misconduct. Any candidate offered a job with Christian Aid is expected to share and demonstrate our values and adhere to Christian Aid's Safeguarding policy and sign Christian Aid's Code of Conduct.

You can expect a wide range of rewards and benefits, including a generous holiday allowance, a season ticket loan, and flexibility that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance.

Competency questions (if required)

As part of your application you will be asked to demonstrate your suitability by giving answers to the following questions:

Q1) Please give us an example of when you shared your knowledge and skills to help others be more effective in their role. What was the situation? What knowledge or skills did you have to share? What was your particular task or responsibility? What action(s) did you take to help someone(s)? What were the results? Were you successful? How did you know?

Q2) Tell us about a time when you had to establish and maintain relationships with a wide range of contacts and networks based on mutual rapport and respect. What was the context? Why did you need to establish the new relationships and why was your attitude to this important? What was your task? What outcomes were being sought? What actions did you take? How did you take them? What was the impact of your actions? Were you successful?

Reporting to: Director, International Human Rights Programme.

Location: Office-based, London with potential for one day working from home and up to 25 per cent travel annually.

Salary: Starting salary £50,000

Terms: Full-time position / Permanent subject to satisfactory six-month probation. Applicants must have the right to legally live and work in the UK

Who we are

The Oak Foundation commits its resources to address issues of global, social, and environmental concern, particularly those that have a major impact on the lives of the disadvantaged. With offices in Europe, Africa and North America, Oak Foundation makes grants to organisations located in approximately 40 countries worldwide.

About the International Human Rights Programme

The International Human Rights Programme (IHRP) supports work aimed at protecting the fundamental rights of the individual. This includes efforts to secure accountability for gross human rights abuses, to protect and enable human rights defenders, to advance LGBTQI rights and to reduce arbitrary detention in a criminal justice and immigration context.

The programme has a grant-making budget of USD 30 million per annum to support activist organisations in our key geographies (EU, US, Russia, India, Myanmar, and Brazil). We provide core, project, and seed funding in multi-year grants. The IHR Programme is based in London and comprises a diverse team of a director, five programme officers, a programme assistant, and a fellow.

Job purpose

Recent years have seen a marked deterioration in the quality and substance of political discourse. Human rights (and the liberal values underpinning our rules-based system) have come under sustained attack. These developments have rendered citizens susceptible to demagoguery and political manipulation, and nations easy quarry for potential autocrats. These information challenges have become even more acute in the context of the pandemic.

The programme officer will be responsible for the development of a new stream of grants within the programme’s strategy to address the production, packaging, and dissemination of malign content (including fake news, deep fakes, and disinformation). Grants will address:

• The means of content production, e.g., bots and artificial intelligence.
• The packaging, targeting and distribution of content, including through data collection and exploitation, algorithmic curation, and microtargeting.
• Broader infrastructural challenges, namely platform regulation and internet shutdowns.
• The programme officer will be expected to liaise with other programme colleagues working on how technology can be deployed to advance civic activism and advise on the scope of digital rights more broadly.

The programme officer will be expected to liaise with other programme colleagues working on how technology can be deployed to advance civic activism and advise on the scope of digital rights more broadly.

Main Responsibilities

The programme officer works under the supervision of the programme director. In that capacity they are expected to:

• Contribute to the development of the programme’s strategic directions, including through the (co)drafting of various submissions and reports to the Advisory Panel meeting.
• Contribute to the setting of programme budgets and provide input on the internal allocation of funds.
• Develop new granting opportunities in line with strategic directions.
• Represent the programme in a variety of settings, including among peer groups and at public events.
• Maintain primary responsibility for management of the grant portfolio (or part thereof) from point of initial inquiry to assessment and final recommendation to the President/Trustees/Advisory Panel meeting.
• Conduct the monitoring and evaluation of grants, including through the conduct of site visits.
• Work with Oak’s administrative and programme management staff to report on the progress of individual grants and broader portfolios.

Position requirements

• University Degree and at least 7-10 years relevant professional experience in human rights with a strong interest and knowledge of digital challenges to the information sphere (an advanced degree may substitute for 1-2 years of experience).
• Proven research and analytical skills and some management experience.
• An understanding of non-profit and/or governmental financial reporting and budgeting.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Willingness to travel (approx. 20-25 per cent).
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• At ease using contemporary software (word processing, Excel, PowerPoint, email).
• A commitment to Oak’s organisational values.

Benefits for UK staff

• 23 holidays + 11 public holidays + office closed between Xmas and New Year.
• Health care contribution.
• Personal pension scheme, to which the Oak contributes 10% of the gross salary.
• Eco-transport subsidy.

Discretionary grant budget of USD 50k/per year from first full calendar year.

The deadline for applications is Sunday 30th January 2022

About Us

 

The National Lottery Community Fund is the largest community funder in the UK - we’re proud to award money raised by players of The National Lottery  to communities across the UK. Last year alone we gave out over half a billion pounds (£508.5 million) of National Lottery funding to over 11,000 community projects across the UK, enabling even more people and communities to bring their ideas and ambitions to life. We support a wide range of health, educational, environmental, and charitable projects with grants ranging from as little as £500 to multi-million-pound programmes. 86% of our new grants were for less than £10k.

At the heart of everything we do is the belief that when people are in the lead, communities thrive. National Lottery funding is open to everyone and we’re privileged to be able to work with the smallest of grassroots groups right up to large UK-wide charities. We have changed how we work across the Fund to help us serve people and communities more effectively, working flexibly and on their terms; working closer to communities.

About the Role

 

We are looking for a Knowledge and Learning Officer to join the National Lottery Community Fund. The position can be based anywhere in the UK either working from home or one of our offices.

The Knowledge and Learning Officer role will focus on supporting colleagues, grant holders and stakeholders to share, create and use their insights to create lasting change.

The role will primarily be looking to exploreand understand the different approaches to delivering grant making we use and how these can improve the difference our funding makes to our grant holders and communities.

You will be developing and leading our teams learning on specific areas of focus for example participatory grant making.

Supporting funding teams across the UK to understand the difference, impact and effectivenessof these approaches. This will be through the development and delivery of a learning plan and sharing this through events, webinars, blogging and other ways of sharing learning.You will also be involved in supporting a community of practice to share learning and insights across the Fund.

   

The role will be dynamic and fast paced working with a dedicated team of staff to deliver on common goals and innovative pieces of work. This might mean chipping in to support assessment of applications, grant management and other areas of work when required. 

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: 37 Hours per week, flexible working considered

Location: UK Wide

Interview Date: W/C 28th February

Essential Criteria

 

• Ability to nurture, develop and promote effective relationships and communication with colleagues, community organisations and other external agencies in order to share learning
• Ability to design and deliver learning approaches that develop robust evidence and insights about a topic or programme
• Curious mindset to understand, research and to make sense of things with others. We need someone who cares about the detail and the context and looks for ways to find out more.
• Ability to write and speak about complex ideas, information and impact in an engaging and accessible way

Desirable Criteria

 

• An understanding of equitable funding and/or equitable evaluation approaches
• Experience of managing learning or evaluation programmes

For You

 

We seek to develop our staff and offer a wide range of personal development opportunities.

We offer a wide range of generous benefits including:

• Generous annual leave and company pension scheme
• Flexible working to support staff with their work/life balance, taking into account things such as caring responsibilities, worship and attendance at religious festivals
• Enhanced paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Season ticket and cycle to work loans
• Paid volunteering leave

Equal Opportunities

Equality, diversity and inclusion in our grant-making, and amongst our people, are all vital to our success in supporting people and communities to thrive.  We believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with.  We are committed to being an inclusive and great place to work, and recognise our people come from diverse backgrounds. We are a Disability Confident employer and positively welcome applications from disabled people.

Job Title: Corporate Fundraising Officer

Salary: £26,000-£28,000

Duration: 35 hrs per week, 1 year fixed term (renewable, with the possibility to become permanent)

About Providence Row
At Providence Row, our vision is that everyone has a safe home and a community in which to belong. In order to achieve this, we want to support and accompany people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness on their journey to recovery, especially those who are most vulnerable and least likely to access services elsewhere.

We work with around 1,200 homeless and vulnerably housed people a year in London, offering an integrated service of crisis support, advice, recovery, learning and training programmes. Central to our work are our core values of Compassion, Respect, Inclusiveness, Empowerment and Justice. These inform the content, style and delivery of all our services.

The role

The Corporate Fundraising Officer plays a pivotal role in our small but committed team. Working in close collaboration with the Head of Corporate and Community Fundraising you will be responsible for all aspects of corporate volunteering, including managing our Garden Sponsorship Programme. Other responsibilities include corporate account management, delivering supporter engagement events, researching for new business and general fundraising admin.

This role offers huge potential for personal and career development. Further details about the role can be found in the attached Job Description.

The position is advertised as full time and has strong potential to become a permanent role within the fundraising team. The role will be 75% homebased (remote working), you will be expected to work in our office in Aldgate when volunteering activities or events are taking place.

The ideal candidate

Passionate about contributing to providing quality support to some of the most vulnerable and excluded people in London, you will have the drive and ambition to proactively and effectively grow a key area of Providence Row’s income generation and volunteering support.

The ideal candidate will have excellent organisational skills with great attention to detail and strong communication skills. They will be confident in working with internal and external stakeholders and able to come up with innovative ideas and solutions to engage supporters. You will be a team-player who wants to work with like-minded people in a vibrant and friendly fundraising team.

To apply, please send your CV and covering letter (No longer than 1 A4 page) via Charity Jobs.

Covering letters are preferred for all applications via Charity Jobs.

The deadline for applications is 3rd February 2022, interviews will be scheduled for the w/c 7th February.*

*Please note, applications will be reviewed as and when received, so early applications are encouraged.

Starting Salary: £35,002 - £36,479 per annum (inc London Weighting)

Contract: 2-year fixed term contract

Full time: 35 Hours Per Week

Location:  London (this role will be based in London but there will be some flexibility to work remotely in the UK).

This role will be recruited for on a rolling basis and we reserve the right to close it prior to the closing date. Previous candidates need not apply.

Job Profile

The International Programme Funding Officer (IPFO) works closely with programme and funding colleagues to develop high-quality programmes and projects that enable CAFOD and its partners to maximise income from institutional donors. Through this work s/he helps extend the reach and impact of CAFOD’s programmes in delivering positive and lasting change for some of the world’s poorest communities. 

The IPFO is based within the Integrated Funding & Business Innovation team (IFBI). S/he leads on establishing, maintaining, and strengthening relationships with key global and/or UK-based donors; developing and driving donor funding engagement strategies; leading on proposal development and contract management; identifying new funding opportunities and fostering innovation and shared learning among colleagues and partners, including through the institutional funding Community of Practice. Where relevant they will be expected to collaborate and develop synergies with other fundraising streams within CAFOD. 

Donor lead responsibilities are a component of this role; the post-holder will hold and develop expertise on a portfolio of allocated donors to be determined (CAFOD works with the UK Government, UN, START, DEC, EU, various other Governments etc it is expected that the post holder will have experience of working with such donors). S/he works with funding colleagues as well as with programme staff, thematic advisers, and colleagues in the Finance,  Fundraising and Advocacy and Education Groups, to help build CAFOD’s reputation and grow income across an agreed donor portfolio. The post-holder may undertake some international travel to support overseas teams and partners with proposal development and contract management activities, as well as to meet with key donors and/or collaborate with INGOs and sister agencies within the Caritas Internationalis confederation.

The post-holder reports to the International Development Funding Team Leader. S/he is not a budget holder but may carry out some supervision tasks for other staff members, consultants, or volunteers. 

For further information on this vacancy and the application process, please visit the CAFOD website.