About The Role

Permanent
Hours: 35hrs p/w
Days: Monday- Friday
Location: Flexible working - 50/50 split between home-working, and 175 St John Street, Farringdon
 

The Trusts & Grants team is a dynamic team consisting of a Head of Trusts & Grants, two Senior Trusts & Grants Managers, two Trusts Managers (one of which is this position) and a Trusts Officer. We have achieved significant growth in the past few years, securing several six and seven figure grants – the team has an income target of £3.3m for next FY – and there is huge potential to grow the income of the team from £2.75m this year, with support from an empowering Director of Fundraising, a committed and invested CEO and a well-connected and effective Development Board.

The Trusts Manager will be working closely with the Head of Trusts & Grants and will have the chance to manage warm relationships with and secure new five and six figure grants from large UK and worldwide charitable trusts, government sources and other public sector funding sources.

Excellent writing skills and attention to detail, confidence in managing relationships with funders and the ability to manage multiple priorities and work to tight deadlines are all essential. Experience of producing comprehensive applications and reports for funders is necessary as well as the ability to work with senior management internally, developing excellent relationships with colleagues.
 

Diversity and Inclusion

Place2Be is committed to equal opportunities and anti-discrimination practices and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. We are particularly interested in attracting applications from applicants from diverse backgrounds as they are underrepresented.

About You

The successful candidate will have:

• demonstrable experience of raising at least five (and ideally six) figure grants from charitable trusts/ government funders/ other public sector funders
• development and understanding of project budgets, used to ensuring the detail is accurate 
• excellent, compelling writing skills, analytical, methodical, able to produce accurate work to a high professional standard
• previous experience within a busy and fast moving environment with competing deadlines 
• strong interpersonal and communication skills; ability to communicate and influence others through both verbal and written media and demonstrates the ability to build and sustain relationships
• a flexible, ‘can-do’ approach with enthusiasm for going ‘above and beyond’ for donors, providing exceptional stewardship

Interview Dates: Monday 14th February 2022 ZOOM Video Interview

In return we offer you a range of fantastic benefits including:

• Enhanced Annual Leave entitlement
• Robust Learning and Development Programme
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance, 4x Annual Salary
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mobile Phone Discounts (EE Network)
• Cycle purchase and season ticket loan schemes
• Extended Maternity/Paternity Pay

If you share our core values of perseverance, integrity, compassion and creativity and have the counselling skills and patience to support some of the UK’s most vulnerable young people and families, we would love you to join us. It’s sensitive and demanding work – but hugely rewarding and fulfilling - you will be helping to give young people a brighter future.
 
Please view/download the full Job Description and Person Specification on our website for further details.

Grants Team Leader

• Full time, Permanent
• £32,635 - £35,515 per annum (depending on experience) plus pension, medical and dental insurance
• 25 days holiday (plus 3 additional days to be taken between Christmas and New Year)
• 4pm finish on Fridays
• Central London location (Covent Garden) – Hybrid work pattern – minimum of 3 days from the office, maximum of 2 days at home. Please note staff are currently working from home in accordance with the latest government advice.

REPORTS TO

Grants Manager

OVERVIEW

The Masonic Charitable Foundation is looking for a Grants Team Leader to manage a team of Grants Officers to provide an excellent and responsive service to applicants and stakeholders.

You will maintain high standards of quality, ensuring policy is applied and processes followed, keeping team members engaged and delivering against our service expectations. Day to day duties include management of a team of seven, providing advice and guidance on complex applications and contributing to the continuous development of policy and process. This is a key role within our grant making team which provides an important contribution to the overall department’s success.

You should have experience of managing a team or you may have experience of supporting your colleagues and you are looking for the next step in your career. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and a commitment to providing an excellent service to our applicants and stakeholders are essential. You must be positive and enthusiastic, be organised with good IT skills and have experience of grant-making. You should also have knowledge of one or more of the following; health, care, education or state benefits.

MAIN DUTIES

• To manage a team of Grants Officers to provide a high quality service to members of the masonic community
• To ensure the team processes applications and responds to contact from applicants and stakeholders within agreed timescales
• To support the team with guidance and advice on complex applications, policy and process
• To maintain accurate records on monitoring and evaluation information
• To build and maintain excellent working relationships with internal and external stakeholders

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential

• Experience of supervising a team
• Experience of grant-making
• Administration and case management
• Strong IT skills - using Microsoft Office applications
• Excellent communication skills; written, telephone and face to face
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Resilience
• Ability to work independently
• Strong attention to detail
• Good understanding of basic GDPR principles

Desirable

• Good understanding of UK state benefits
• Knowledge of health, care or education sectors
• Complaint resolution
• Experience of working with grant-making systems
• Knowledge of safeguarding

HOW TO APPLY

Please submit a CV and covering letter explaining why you are interested in the role and how you meet the person specification. Please note that we will be unable to consider your application without a covering letter.

Deadline for applications:  9am 7 February 2022

Date for interviews:  w/c 14 February 2022

Head of Charity Grants (Maternity Cover)

• Full time, Twelve Month Fixed Term Contract
• £56,350 - £61,322 per annum (depending on experience) plus pension, medical and dental insurance
• 25 days holiday (plus 3 additional days to be taken between Christmas and New Year)
• 4pm finish on Fridays
• Hybrid work pattern – minimum of 3 days from the office, maximum of 2 days at home.
• Central London location (Covent Garden)

REPORTS TO

Operations Director

OVERVIEW

The Masonic Charitable Foundation is seeking a Head of Charity Grants (maternity cover) to take responsibility for their Charity Grant’s programmes at this exciting stage of the department’s growth and development. The post holder will lead on strategic direction of the department and support the Grants Manager with overseeing the Team to deliver the varied grant programmes.

This is an excellent opportunity to join an efficient team who are currently embedding a new application process to enable them to become a more responsive funder within the sector. The post holder will have the opportunity to help shape, deliver and monitor this new application process at a very pivotal point in development. Furthermore, the post holder will be a member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) working closely with this group and other leaders within the organisation, Grants Committee, Trustees, members and other stakeholders to implement a new strategy from 2022.

The role is varied and will involve seeking out strategic opportunities to help the MCF to reach the most disadvantaged in society and ensuring the delivery of Charity Grants activities are in line with the MCF KPI’s and values. The day to day accountability includes the development and management of a grants team, budget analysis and reporting, relationship management and operations, including the appropriate tracking of grant applications, award decisions, grant payments and grant outcome reporting. The post holder will recommend changes to grant scheme eligibility and criteria as required and will use best practice and evidence-based learning to guide good governance and process in quality assuring the grants function. There will also be some travel nationally to monitor and assess charities as well as to promote MCF and the Charity Grants programmes to donors and other stakeholders.

The current MCF Charitable Grant programmes include: Children and Young Person support, Older Person support, Medical Research, Hospices and occasional disaster relief grants. The successful candidate will have knowledge and experience of two or more of these areas.

To be successful in this role it is essential to have significant experience within the third sector and have a background in grant-making. The candidate is required to have extensive people management experience, along with the ability to build and maintain positive relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders, including experience of working with Boards and Committees. They will be required to have strong report writing skills, excellent verbal and written communication, including presentation skills, and the ability to complete analytical assessment and research on grants. There is also a requirement to have an understanding of Charity finances and accounts.

HOW TO APPLY

Please submit a CV and covering letter explaining why you are interested in the role and how you meet the person specification. Please note that we may be unable to consider your application without a covering letter.

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. 

Want to make a positive difference to society whilst accelerating your career in the charity sector? 

Merchant Taylors’ Boone’s Charity is an arm of the Merchant Taylors’ Company, with a vision to be a long term provider of high quality almshouses in the Borough of Lewisham that improves lives across the generations.

Merchant Taylors’ Company began as a medieval organisation in 1327. Once linked to the tailoring industry, today we are a network of members from a diverse range of backgrounds who share a passion for community, education and philanthropy.

We are an organisation dedicated to progress, fairness and people. Members volunteer their time, skills and donate to empower a range of charities and support a number of associated schools across the United Kingdom. We help people to achieve their full potential despite life’s challenges. To meet our ambitions, we provide an engaged and driven workforce that ensure we continue to be City leaders. 

You are an exceptional person who will enjoy: 

• Providing a great service to our Over 57s independent living residents at our 34 flats sub-let from One Housing in Christopher Boone’s Court, Lewisham, London 

• Improving processes for the benefit of residents and driving casework to a successful conclusion 

• Contributing to shaping our strategic vision to build almshouses for young people affected by homelessness 

• Working closely with our senior team to support the board of trustees of Merchant Taylors’ Boone’s Charity. 

This is a great opportunity if you are interested in gaining transferable experience of senior management issues in a charity setting, and motivated by providing great customer service.

An existing qualification in housing is not required - sharing our values and showing the right behaviours are what matter most to us.  We’re looking for a positive, proactive person who enjoys bringing their intellect and commercial awareness to their work, connect with residents and with stakeholders at all levels from grassroots to board, and are transparent in all that they do. 

Media Defence is a charity that helps media to defend their rights. We support independent media, journalists and citizen journalists who are under legal threat by making sure that lawyers are available to defend them. We engage in strategic litigation to improve the regulatory environment for media freedom, make grants to organisations in various countries to run media defence programmes, and build the capacity of the lawyers and organisations we work with on issues of media law. Media Defence was set up in 2008 and has established itself as a leader in the field.

About the role

Media Defence is looking for a highly motivated and energetic individual with a commitment to excellence and professionalism to join the team as a Project Assistant. In this role, you will support Media Defence in administering the Empowering Women in Digital Rights Advocacy project, which develops legal communities, in particular women lawyers, to defend, promote and strengthen freedom of expression online. Under this project, Media Defence:

1. conducts litigation surgeries for lawyers in sub-Saharan Africa on litigating digital rights cases and accessing regional and international human rights mechanisms;
2. fosters active and collaborative networks of lawyers, including through facilitating their engagement with sub-regional and international digital rights events and peer learning networks; and
3. provides grants to national media defence centres and lawyers to ensure that online media, bloggers and journalists have access to skilled lawyers and receive legal representation free of charge.

Your main responsibilities will be focused on ensuring the smooth organisation and logistics for the litigation surgeries and networking events, which will take place both online and in person (depending on international travel restrictions). You will be an enthusiastic team player with great organisational skills and a keen eye for detail.

Main Responsibilities

1. Assist the Training Manager in the organisation of regional litigation surgeries and networking events to develop litigation and advocacy skills, including contractual, financial and logistical aspects, for example, assisting participants in obtaining visas and booking flights that comply with donor requirements.
2. Work closely with the Training Manager to onboard consultants for developing training materials and update and maintain Media Defence’s Training Resource Hub and eReader.  
3. Co-ordinate with colleagues in the production of newsletters, communications materials, and updates for lawyers in the network.
4. Undertake administrative tasks to ensure accurate record-keeping as required by the donor and Media Defence’s policies.
5. Ensure compliance to donor terms and refer any questions to Finance and Operations Director.
6. Work closely with the Training Manager, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer, Fundraising and Communications Officer and Finance and Compliance Officer to generate timely and accurate donor reports.
7. Carry out any other duties commensurate with the post.

This role may require occasional international travel.

Person Specification

Essential

• Educated to a degree level or equivalent.
• Experience of organising training, logistics and international travel.
• Ability to work independently and flexibly as part of a small team, with a strong commitment to learning and improvement.
• Competent IT user, conversant in Excel and other Office systems
• Excellent time management and organisational skills, including the ability to organise logistics to multiple events in a fast-paced environment.
• Proven experience of working with, and relating to, a diverse range of people and a pleasant, diplomatic manner and disposition in interacting with colleagues at all levels, as well as with Media Defence partners.
• Fluency in English with excellent writing and editorial skills.
• Proven ability to work in a multi-cultural environment.
• Passion and commitment to the mission and vision of Media Defence.
• Right to work in the UK.

Desirable

• Experience working with external partners based outside the UK.
• Previous experience of administering donor funds and of budget management.
• Good working knowledge (spoken and written) of French.

Equality and diversity are fundamental to our mission. We are committed to the recruitment and retention of individuals from diverse backgrounds and who reflect the diverse communities in which we operate.

Our Centre of Excellence, delivered in partnership with NCFE, is the first of its kind launched in the UK in 2020, and cited in the Government’s Skills for Jobs white paper as being a high-quality development programme. The programme draws on our unique insights into global skills systems to over 80 countries and nations to mainstream excellence in skills development. Through our partnership with NCFE, we are transferring innovations in teaching and training to educators, influencing standards of practice across technical and vocational education and training (TVET).

Central to the programme is our team of High-Performance Skills Coaches, who lead the development and delivery of a transformative workforce development programme drawing from a global network of experts. They train, coach and mentor educators across various institutions to supercharge the quality of teaching, training, and assessment, embedding world-class practices and techniques.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to build on their industry expertise in digital skills, engineering and manufacturing or green technology and their experience in TVET, by having access to a global network of experts and a mandate to bring that learning back into the UK.

The successful candidate will also receive professional development through training, coaching and mentoring to support them in the role of High-Performance Skills Coach.

At WorldSkills UK, we have big ambitions to help the next generation, our education system, and the economy.

We are working to help create a world-class further education system that tackles vocational snobbery head on, so more young people get better opportunities and are not written off because going to university isn’t right for them.

We are working to showcase that the WorldSkills UK way of mainstreaming global best practice is working to drive up standards in training, helping more young people and employers succeed.

We are working to help create a more inclusive skills system that gives more young people from diverse backgrounds a better chance of success in work and life.

We are a unique platform working with leaders in education, business and governments across the UK and our partners across the world.

As an employer ourselves we aim to be truly inclusive, offering a hybrid and collaborative working culture. We pride ourselves on having a flexible approach to our working practices and are happy to discuss flexible working options with suitable candidates. Although operating from a London-based headquarters, we welcome applications from candidates across the UK and will always consider requests to work from other locations on a case-by-case basis subject to business requirements.

Join us, if you are ambitious to shape the future of further education, change lives and help create a world-class skills economy for the UK. Because when young people succeed, we all succeed.

WorldSkills UK is an independent charity and a partnership between employers, education, and governments. Together, we are using international best practice to raise standards in apprenticeships and technical education so more young people and employers succeed.

We are a proud member of WorldSkills, a global movement of over 80 countries. WorldSkills supports young people across the world via competitions-based training, assessment and benchmarking, with members’ national teams ultimately testing their ability to achieve world-class standards in the biennial ‘skills olympics’. The insights we gain from training as part of this global network help us raise standards across the UK.

At WorldSkills UK we strongly value equity, diversity and inclusion and recognise that it is critical to our success. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all who work with us and strongly welcome applications from diverse backgrounds. WorldSkills UK is an equal opportunities employer that encourages applications from anyone who meets the specific criteria of the post regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender reassignment, marital and civil partnership status, pregnancy, religion or belief or sexual orientation. We particularly encourage applications from those from diverse groups, such as women, members of the BAME and LGBTQ+ communities, to join us as at WorldSkills UK.

We are a member of the Disability Confident Scheme and guarantee interviews to all disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies, and we are committed to making reasonable adjustments at all stages of the recruitment process for candidates to perform to the best of their ability.

Sightsavers is looking for a collaborative and self-motivated Programme Manager – Trachoma to work on the successful delivery of our trachoma elimination programmes

Salary: £43,000 per annum

Location: UK remote - with occasional travel to Haywards Heath, when possible

Contract: Two Year Fixed Term Contract

Hours: This is a full-time role with some flexibility around hours worked and some home working

About the role

As part of our mission to protect sight, Sightsavers works to treat and prevent neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), a group of infections such as blinding trachoma, which affect more than a billion people worldwide. 

We are looking for a Programme Manager to ensure the successful delivery of various trachoma elimination programmes funded through unrestricted and other grants, making a significant contribution to the elimination of blinding trachoma. This role will also support business development initiatives.

A major part of this role will be programme delivery. Key duties will include:

• Ensuring the accurate project and annual planning and budgeting of grant funded programmes
• Ensuring Risk Assessment and Mitigation Actions (RAMA) requirements are supported
• Ensuring countries’ alignment to trachoma related preferred practices
• Supporting assigned countries with their dossier preparation
• Working with and through the in-country partners to oversee project management of all SAFE implementation aspects of the programme in assigned countries
• Closely monitoring progress and collating and disseminating project progress, providing project reporting
• In coordination with other teams and stakeholders, monitoring budgets and ensuring that agreements, due diligence reports, individual country and consolidated log frames are maintained
• Working closely with the Accelerate Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) team on monitoring and evaluation of the programme

The Programme Manager will also provide support for the development of new proposals including working with the Institutional Fundraising and Trusts teams. This is an involved role, please read the job description for full details.

About you

This is an ideal opportunity to build upon your previous programme/ project management experience. To succeed in this role, you will need:

• a degree or equivalent experience in a relevant discipline
• extensive experience in programme/ project management in the private, humanitarian or development sectors
• the ability to work collaboratively and build stakeholder consensus
• the ability to identify key risks, problem solve and rapidly escalate critical issues
• good analytical and IT skills
• an understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity for persons with disabilities

The following would also be advantageous but are not essential:

• A detailed understanding of all trachoma related preferred practices
• French/Portuguese language
• Experience in developing country contexts

As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people living with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.

Benefits

In addition to our modern, collaborative offices being an easy 20-minute train journey from Brighton or 45 minutes from London, we offer some fantastic benefits.  Our comprehensive benefits package includes generous annual leave allowance, pension, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and wellness discounts.

Next steps

To apply for this exciting new opportunity, please complete an application via our recruitment portal. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying. Please note that there will be an expectation that you can occasionally visit our offices in Haywards Heath, West Sussex (RH16 3BW)

We anticipate that remote interviews will take place in late January/ early February 2022 and the evaluation process will include a presentation to be prepared by shortlisted candidates in advance of this.

Location: London office, Chesterfield office or home worker
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Salary: £41,249 per annum (London office-based), £38,158 per annum (rest of UK)
Benefits: Read more about what we offer on our website
Contract type: Maternity Cover - 12 months fixed term
Travel: Occasional travel to London and Chesterfield offices
Closing date: 27 January 2022

Through our diversity and inclusion strategy, we have made a commitment to increase the diversity of our charity and we welcome candidates from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. We want our employees, volunteers and trustees to represent the broad diversity of the communities of which we are a part.

Summary

Versus Arthritis is the UK's largest charity dedicated to supporting people with arthritis. We pride ourselves on cultivating a society that creates change and gives strength to people living with arthritis and related conditions in the UK.

We are recruiting a 12-month maternity cover for an experienced Senior Procurement Officer to join our Procurement team. It's a great time to join the Procurement team, having just gone through a very successful audit of processes and compliance. This role is based within the Planning and Operations Directorate and will help to deliver cost effective, compliant contract delivery and ensure fit for purpose innovative sourcing solutions. This is critical in delivering a strategic and commercial service

About the role

As one of our Senior Procurement Officers, you will work with a wide range of stakeholders at all levels, having your own portfolio of contracts and projects.

The successful candidate will be an integral part of the Awards and Procurement team, delivering professional procurement & contract management to stakeholders on a diverse range of procurement activity. You will work on a number of tactical and strategic procurement activities including the implementation and management of category strategies and the creation and delivery of new contracts. You should have significant experience of preparing tender documentation and using e-procurement systems and will be responsible for developing effective analytical tools to track spend and supplier performance feeding into commercial insight by identifying and mitigating risk and areas for improvement.

You will also be key in helping the Procurement Manager to develop and deliver a new Procurement Strategy and Procurement Policy.

Key requirements

Our ideal candidate will have:

• Significant experience of leading, planning, managing and delivering high value procurement projects from end-to-end market engagement.
• A passion for delivering excellent customer service with the ability to problem-solve, accompanied by excellent planning and organisational skills with a keen eye for accuracy and detail.
• Professional qualifications in Procurement such as MCIPS would be a distinct advantage or be able to demonstrate evidence at a strategic level.
• A high level of commercial acumen.
• The ability to influence, negotiate and persuade others, including senior leaders in the organisation, external stakeholders and internal colleagues, and communicate with a wide range of stakeholders at all levels.
• The ability to read, write and develop key elements of commercial contract terms.
• Desirable experience in managing IT type contracts, with knowledge of SAAS terms.

How to apply

To apply you MUST submit:

1. a concise, up-to-date CV
2. along with a completed supporting statement form demonstrating how you meet the key requirements set out in the job description and person specification for the Senior Procurement Officer role
3. please include where you've seen this role advertised.

Email your completed application by 27 January 2022.

Interviews

Interviews expected: 9 February 2022

About us

There are 18.8 million people living with a musculoskeletal (MSK) condition like arthritis in the UK. Arthritis causes pain, fatigue and isolation every single day. It can impact on the ability to work, our relationships and take away our independence. We don't accept this.

We are Versus Arthritis. We are volunteers, healthcare professionals, researchers and friends, all doing everything we can to push back against arthritis. We're reaching out to everybody with the information and support they need, funding vital research and changing the way society sees arthritis. Together we'll keep running, researching, in?uencing, volunteering, advising, chatting, baking, listening. We won't stop until no-one has to tolerate living with the pain, fatigue and isolation of arthritis.

Join us and use your skills, knowledge, passion and energy to help us defy arthritis.

Read more about what we do, working for us and what we offer on our website.

Promoting equality in the workplace.
Promoting and supporting diversity in the workplace.

Versus Arthritis is a Registered Charity No: 207711 and in Scotland No. SC041156.

At What Works for Children’s Social Care, the Programmes team is responsible for funding the delivery of promising programmes or interventions in children's social care (typically through Open Funding Rounds, or occasionally through direct awards) - as well as their accompanying evaluations. In addition to this, we also fund systematic reviews in key priority areas and have recently launched a Spark Grants Scheme to support early career researchers and others underrepresented in research. Crucially, the Programmes team works closely with our internal Research team who provide technical support and quality assurance on evaluation. 

The Directors of Programmes lead a team of eight, which consists of a Head of Evaluation Programmes, a Head of Education Programmes, three Senior Programme Managers and three Programme Managers. The successful candidate will ultimately be responsible for the successful delivery of an existing portfolio of over 30 projects as well as distributing millions of pounds in grant funding to support innovative projects in children’s social care each year. The role is available on a permanent, part time (0.5FTE, job share) basis.

The Person 

Values: 

1. Personal commitment to improving outcomes for children and young people, and their families. 

2. A passion for the agenda around What Works Centres and the broader agenda around evidence-based policy and practice in public services. 

Skills and Abilities: 

1. Quality written and oral communication, able to produce high quality written reports, deliver impactful presentations, and facilitate discussions. 

2. Proven project management skills including project planning and managing multiple stakeholders. Ability to manage multiple projects and prioritise accordingly, working independently. 

3. The ability to work a fast paced organisation to deliver excellence across your programme of work 

4. Entrepreneurial flare 

Knowledge and Experience: 

1. Significant understanding of education or children’s social care, either as a researcher or a funder, or both. 

2. Experience of working at senior level within an organisation, and helping to shape and deliver organisational strategy 

3. Experience as a substantive funder of research and or interventions 

4. Experience in leading a team managing complex projects including a large number of stakeholders, both evaluators, local authorities, and charities. 

5. Experience building and working within frameworks for funding and reporting 

6. Passion for using evidence to improve the lives of young people and their families 

7. Excellent written and oral communication skills, including experience of public speaking and delivery of training to a social work audience. 

8. Understanding of, and commitment to, working to meet the needs of a diverse group of beneficiaries and stakeholders and the challenges and barriers associated with this. 

9. To undertake any other duties appropriate to the level of the post that may be reasonably required. 

10. Experience managing people who manage others

11. A commitment to ensuring the inclusivity of everything we do. 

12. Experience working in a fast paced, start-up environment (desirable) 

13. Understanding of organisational development and implementing cultural change in organisations and across the sector. (desirable) 

14. Experience of maintaining multiple stakeholder relationships. (desirable)

15. Politically aware and reflective. (desirable) 

Please see the attached application pack for more details.

Equality and Diversity

WWCSC is an exciting and fast-paced place to work. We are proud to have a diverse team and we are committed to building on this and ensuring our workplace is inclusive and accessible. We welcome candidates from minority and marginalised groups and given our subject area, we are also keen to see applications from people who have lived experience of the children’s social care sector. Please help us monitor this by completing our Equality and Diversity monitoring form (attached)

Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we're tackling the root causes of gender inequality and child poverty, and we are now active in more than 70 countries worldwide.

Are you ready to take a leading role in growing Plan International UK’s support to humanitarian crises globally? Are you driven to achieve results and prepared to hold yourself accountable to add value to our Disaster Risk Management Unit at Plan International UK? This is an exciting time to join as we implement a range of ambitious plans designed to make us ‘the’ best among our peers.

We are looking for a Senior Programme Manager with exceptional management and leadership skills to oversee the development and supervision of Plan International UK’s humanitarian portfolio as part of the Disaster Risk Management Unit within East and Southern Africa, Asia and the Pacific. In this role, you will lead a multi-disciplinary team (Programmes Specialists and Technical Advisers) to successfully develop innovative humanitarian proposals and implement our institutional funded projects in compliance with donors’ requirements, ensuring our projects are gender sensitive or transformative.

You will have extensive project and budget management experience in the humanitarian sector, with responsibility to raise and manage major donor grants working closely with your team and our partners. We would also like you to lead on strategic and innovative initiatives and workstreams within the wider team to further advance the rights of children especially girls within a humanitarian context.

You will be a successful manager and leader, setting a strong role model example with proven ability to create cohesive professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders. You will be skilled at using your formal and informal networks to raise our profile, to get things done and influence others.

Please click on the button below to apply.

The deadline for applications is 9:00am on Friday 28 January 2022.

Interviews will take place on 8 and 9 February 2022.

We are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children, young people and adults in our work.  We, therefore, apply rigorous recruitment and selection processes to ensure that only those who are suitable are recruited to work for us.  Accordingly, appointment to all our roles is subject to a range of vetting checks and for this role this will include a Basic check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working for us; this will depend on the circumstances of any offences

Plan International UK is committed to being an inclusive employer and we welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds

SCI Foundation

Director of Development

Location: London, SE11 – Hybrid working, home-based with travel into London office (minimum 4 days per month)

Salary: Circa £70K per annum

Terms: Permanent, full-time (flexibility of hours considered)

The international public health charity, SCI Foundation, which is consistently ranked globally as one of the most cost-effective non-profit initiatives, is seeking a Director of Development.

SCI Foundation’s aim is to improve the health of the poorest and most marginalized people in the world, enabling them to reach their full potential. Working in partnerships with Governments in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Foundation helps to deliver impactful public health programmes, working towards the elimination of preventable diseases such as schistosomiasis – a disease caused by parasites which affects over 250m people globally and causes an estimated 200,000 deaths a year.

The Director of Development is a brand new role within the charity with the scope to innovate the organisation’s income generation approach. Reporting to the Chief Executive, this position is a key member of the senior management team and you will be joining at an exciting time when the organisation is redefining their strategic direction and identity. This role presents an opportunity to experiment with new and innovative ways of generating income, as well as building on tried and tested fundraising techniques.

The ideal candidates will have extensive experience of income generation in charities and/or social enterprises from frontline delivery to leadership and strategy development. You will have a track record of securing multi-million gifts from a range of International Development funds, global institutions, Trusts and Foundations, and high-level donors or social investors. You will also have exceptional financial and leadership skills and enjoy and thrive on the challenge of creating a new and bespoke funding strategy to match SCI’s cause, impact and values.  

If you require an informal conversation prior to applying to this role, please contact Suzie Spooner on +44 (0) 7960 932 315

PLEASE NOTE: We will be longlisting applications as soon as we receive them, so please apply early to register your interest.

CLOSING DATE: Monday 14th February, 9am GMT. 

Job Purpose and Background in summary

Are you looking to join the global race to stabilise both the environment and the economy? Are you looking for a role that combines your professional experience with an ethical focus? CDP is where business leaders, financiers and policymakers turn for innovative, systemic solutions. This is an exciting, impact-oriented role working on a globally significant issue – the global water crisis. You will drive the day-to-day operations of the Water Security Team globally and be involved in the delivery and management of key outputs, analysis and strategic relationships. You will support the production of cutting-edge research, advocacy and innovation to mobilise the world’s largest coalition of non-state actors to tackle the global water crisis. You will be responsible for leading delivery of at least one funded project within the suite of the Water Security team. Ultimately, you will be working to put water at the heart of business, financial and policy decision-making.

For project deliverables, the successful candidate will work with various teams across CDP and external project partners to ensure the highest impact is achieved; deliver key interventions such as thought leadership research, capacity building and engagement; provide day-to-day coordination of activities across internal functions and teams; and will own relationship management and reporting back to senior directors.

About CDP 

CDP is a global non-profit that drives companies and governments to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, safeguard water resources and protect forests. Voted number one climate research provider by investors and working with over 590 institutional investors with assets of over US$110 trillion, we leverage investor and buyer power to motivate companies to disclose and manage their environmental impacts. Over 9,600 companies with over 50% of global market capitalization disclosed environmental data through CDP in 2020. This is in addition to more than 940 cities, states and regions who disclosed, making CDP’s platform one of the richest sources of information globally on how companies and governments are driving environmental change. CDP is a founding member of the We Mean Business Coalition. 

About the Water Team 

Established a decade ago, CDP’s innovative Water Security initiative has driven a step change in the way in which the private sector engages with water issues. As we turn our sights to the future, we are seeking a dynamic individual to join our Water Security Team and support the delivery of CDP’s Water Security Strategy globally.

Key responsibilities include:

• Cooperating with teams across the organization, including CDP’s regional offices, to achieve our objectives on water security, as set out in the global water security strategy, with a focus on:

• Supporting effective corporate action and engagement globally

• Supporting effective investor engagement and action
• Supporting CDP’s global policy and public affairs team, with a focus on the Sustainable Development Goals and grant deliverables
• Supporting CDP’s engagement on water security with cities, states and regions.

• Supporting the development of the water security questionnaire, scoring methodology and accompanying guidance. This includes building thought leadership knowledge from CDP’s 4 main stakeholders: corporations, investors, policy makers and cities
• Supporting the development and execution of CDP’s water security strategy through carefully planned research, data and insight gathering. This includes leading on annual analysis and production of CDP’s global water security reporting output

• Organising, executing and supporting CDP’s water security work, presenting at selected events and preparing and giving webinars where appropriate
• Collaborating on projects and initiatives both within and outside of CDP, that advance our water security strategy
• Building water-related capacity within companies and investors via webinars, workshops, briefing notes and public speaking.
• Engaging networks and convening and attending workshops.
• Leading relationship management with the project team and partners.

• Supporting donor reporting requirements for CDP (including performance reporting).
• Tracking progress against planned outcomes
• Support fundraising efforts for CDP’s work on water security globally.

The precise description and nature of your job may vary from time to time and you may be required to carry out other duties as necessary to meet business needs.

Required skills and experience:

• At least 4 years’ applied professional experience, in either the private, finance or policy sectors with significant experience of advancing environmental agendas in any of these sectors.
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience of the global water issues and the role of corporations and investors
• Strong quantitative data analysis skills and experience in using and maintaining databases.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with previous experience of producing written research outputs
• Detail-oriented and organized thinker who can juggle multiple, competing priorities

• Proven ability to multi-task and meet deadlines
• Passion, confidence, and initiative. A self-starter who can work independently and part of cross-functional teams in a matrix organisation.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work with teams
• Excellent and/or advanced experience of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

Desired skills and experience:

• An ability to quickly process complex information and bring new perspectives to solve challenges.
• An understanding of the corporate reporting landscape and investor expectations around water security.
• Experience of working in a global, non-profit organization.
• Effective influencing skills.
• Strong diplomacy skills and experience in working across multiple teams.

• Experience of managing projects, including budgets, reporting, monitoring and evaluation.

This is a full time, permanent contract based at CDP’s headquarters in Central London, UK; reporting to the Associate Director – Water Security. Flexible working is fully embraced by the organisation and we encourage you to explore this at interview.

Salary and benefits: range £37,643 to £40,000 dependent on experience, annual discretionary bonus scheme (dependent on company performance), 30 days’ holiday excluding bank holidays, a generous non-contributory pension provision, life assurance, and others.

Interested applicants must be eligible to work legally in the UK. We cannot sponsor this role.

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.