TERMS: Full time (35 hours per week) Fixed term until March 2023 with potential to move to a permanent contract pending further funding.
LOCATION: London, Cardiff, or remote within UK

Elrha is looking for an experienced Innovation Manager to apply their skills in Elrha’s fast-paced and creative Humanitarian Innovation Fund (HIF) and lead on the strategic development and delivery of the HIF’s thematic area on the inclusion of people with disability and older people. This is not a fundraising role; the HIF aims to improve outcomes for people affected by humanitarian crises by identifying, nurturing and sharing more effective and scalable solutions.

Our Innovation Managers are passionate about identifying the most pressing humanitarian problems, analysing opportunities for innovation, working with sector experts to investigate solutions and designing funding calls (innovation challenges) to address them.

This is a varied role which includes providing technical oversight and management of the innovation portfolio to achieve its maximum impact, through fostering effective partnerships and providing support to grantees. This role carries a high level of independence which requires the ability to work autonomously whilst working collaboratively with sector and technical experts in humanitarian inclusion. It includes targeted advocacy, developing and sharing technical expertise on managing humanitarian innovation both internally as well as externally through thought leadership and external representation of Elrha.

We are looking for exceptional candidates with a good mix of skills and experience across three areas: innovation, facilitation and inclusion.

1. Innovation: You will bring significant experience of developing creative innovation journeys and bringing ideas from conception to completion. You will have strong project management expertise to lead innovation processes in collaboration with key stakeholders and sector experts. Candidates will need a firm theoretical and practical grasp of key innovation concepts, tools and approaches. We welcome experience from the private, public or voluntary sectors.
    
2. Facilitation and communication: The role requires the ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with diverse stakeholders and audiences. You will need to demonstrate a track record of organising and facilitating interactive, inclusive and accessible workshops — both in person and remotely - and convening interdisciplinary and diverse groups. Your communication skills will extend to the ability to write and talk about Elrha’s work, presenting compelling stories about our innovations to achieve maximum impact within the sector.
    
3. Inclusion: Our new inclusion specialist will need expertise and experience working on sensitive and complex issues in an ethical and thoughtful way, for example with vulnerable or marginalised groups or protection in inclusion. The successful candidate will demonstrate an ability to listen to, learn from, and promote the voices of people with lived experience of the issues we work with. You will either have, or be in a position to build, a technically credible and respected profile in the humanitarian inclusion space, allowing you to provide excellent technical oversight and effective management across this thematic portfolio of innovation grants.

Please demonstrate clearly in your application how your experience is different from standard programming or delivery experience. For example, how have you drawn on innovation tools and approaches to identify and solve priority problems? Please note that we will assess your communication skills on the quality of your personal statement and CV as well as any presented achievements.

About Elrha

Elrha is a global charity that finds solutions to complex humanitarian problems through research and innovation. We fund and support projects that go on to shape the way in which people across the world are supported during a crisis. We are based in the UK, but our roles have a global reach. We’re an established and respected part of the humanitarian community, working closely and meaningfully with our fellow networks and actors to make change happen.

Remote Working

Elrha employees are currently working remotely within the UK in line with UK Government guidance. In early 2022 we will transition to flexible and hybrid ways of working (i.e. a mixture of remote/home and office-based working) as social distancing restrictions ease.

We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

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

Salaries and benefits

Jobs are positioned within the salary structure on the basis of evaluation. New employees will usually be appointed at the bottom of the grade, however the appointed salary may also take into account the relevant experience a candidate brings to a role. Elrha is committed to paying staff in a fair and equitable way and will benchmark all salary offers in line with the pay of existing staff.

Elrha also has a comprehensive benefits package including 25 days holiday entitlement which increases year on year, 5% employer pension contribution (3% employee contribution) and life cover.

Pre-employment Checks

Any employment with Elrha will be subject to the following checks prior to your start date:

• a satisfactory police record check to include a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and/or an International Criminal Record Check (If applicable)
• receipt of satisfactory references
• proof of eligibility to work in the national location for this role

Elrha is a wholly owned subsidiary of Save the Children. We are able to benefit from a range of support services provided by Save the Children UK, including recruitment systems. For this reason you will be directed to Save the Children UK’s job portal upon clicking ‘apply’.

Please ensure you read the full job description and complete the Personal Statement as requested in the application process. We look forward to hearing from you.

Closing date: 3rd October 2021   
Interviews: w/c 11th October 2021

Grants Manager - Justice Together Initiative

£45,000

Full-time, permanent (flexibility considered)

Central London and remote

The post-holder would need to be based in the London office for at least 2 days per week but could choose to work from home and/or from our Guildford office for part of the week. 

Justice Collaborations is a subsidiary charity to The Legal Education Foundation, which was formed to host the Justice Together Initiative - a £10million collaboration of 12 funders aiming to transform access to justice in the UK immigration system. 

Launched in 2020, the Justice Together Initiative has been set up to operate for a decade. Our vision is that people who use the immigration system can access justice fairly and equally, so that they can get on with their lives. Our mission is to build a community of people and organisations with diverse backgrounds, strengths and experience to transform access to justice in the UK immigration system. Through grant-making and collaboration, we will connect lived experience, front-line advice and influencing strategies to create lasting change.

A first round of grants has been awarded for specialist immigration advice and work to influence the wider system. The second grants round is now open.

This is an exciting role, which offers the opportunity to work with colleagues on a new programme that meets an urgent and changing need. The post-holder will be responsible for ensuring that the process for grant applications and assessment runs smoothly. They will work with the Head of the Initiative to understand the national and local context for immigration advice in the regions and nations of the UK, proactively identify potential applicants and build relationships of trust with grant partners and other key stakeholders. 

They will form part of a small and collaborative team together with the Head of the Initiative and Grants Officers, one of whom works solely on the initiative and another who is seconded part-time from The Legal Education Foundation.   They will report to the Head of the Initiative and work closely with grants and administrative staff within The Legal Education Foundation.

The successful candidate will have a passion for the values of equity and justice, and will be able to demonstrate a personal style that fosters collaboration and trust. They will have experience of managing grants or projects, developing and managing relationships with stakeholders and an understanding of the UK immigration system and/or advice sector. They do not need previous experience of working for a funder in a grant-making role. 

We are actively seeking candidates whose expertise and skill is combined with lived experience of the issues facing people in the immigration, asylum or nationality system including a deep understanding of the structural barriers that prevent equal treatment and undermine access to justice. We value and recognise the powerful insight that lived experience will bring. However, we respect that people’s identity is not defined by their experiences of immigration control and we do not expect people to describe their personal experience at any stage during this recruitment process or during their work at Justice Together.

How to apply

Your application should comprise a CV along with a supporting statement of around two sides of A4 indicating how you meet the person specifications of the role and your motivations for applying.

Closing date: 4th October 2021 

Following pre-qualification by NFP Consulting, there is a two-stage process for shortlisted candidates comprising an initial remote interview followed by a panel interview held on site at our central London office and in strict observance of COVID regulations and advice that apply at the time.

Job title: Grants Manager
Reports to: Chief Executive, RSTMH
Hours of work: Full time (this role is office based in Holborn, London)
Salary: £36k
Job type: Contract to Feb 2023 initially

Job summary

The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) is a charity and society of over 1,400 members from 94 countries, who work in, or are interested in tropical medicine and global health.

We aim to save lives, alleviate diseases and improve equity and access to health through improving our members careers and combining their skills and experience with our own knowledge to call for change in policy, funding and research.

Every year RSTMH provides small grants of up to £5,000 each to early career researchers and global health professionals around the world, to try and ensure that the pipeline of research, translation, implementation and policy work on global health is full of innovative plans and projects.  We want to inspire the next generation of tropical medicine and global health discoveries as much as we can.  In the last 4 years the programme has grown by a factor of 4 in terms of submissions and by a factor of 6 in terms of awards, so it is an exciting time to be leading this area of work.

To help us manage this programme we’re looking for an experienced Grants Manager who can manage all aspects of the programme from marketing through assessment, to award, ongoing communications and monitoring and evaluation.

RSTMH is a small team so the candidate needs to be happy to work alone, and also be an effective team player. They should be equally comfortable leading partner relationships, developing marketing information, writing a communications strategy, advising potential grantees on terms and conditions, and running reports on the online submissions platform.  The candidate needs to be responsible for the programme budget on behalf of RSTMH and our funding partners, and have excellent project management and relationship building skills.

Summary of the role

• Taking ultimate responsibility for the delivery of the RSTMH small grants programme, including managing relationships with our grant funding partners, volunteer assessors and awardees
• Developing and overseeing processes to streamline the marketing, assessment and delivery of grants to successful applicants
• Improve communications, monitoring and evaluation strategies to optimise the programme and its longer term outcomes
• Ensuring the grants are an integral part of RSTMH, reflecting and complementing wider organisational activity and strategy

Key tasks

Key tasks

• To manage the international RSTMH small grants programme, working with the Chief Executive, including-
  • Develop marketing information for the small grants programme and help disseminate this to our existing and new networks
  • Provide support and advice to potential grantees, managing their expectations where necessary
  • Efficiently administer the grants application process through
    • Carry out an initial assessments of grant applications
    • Assign the applications to global assessors and managing that process through to finalising assessments and producing a shortlisting report
    • Work with the Chief Executive to make recommendations to the Grants and Awards Committee
    • Produce shortlisting reports for RSTMH funding partners according to their criteria
    • Finalise grantees and working with the RSTMH to make awards
    • Evaluate the project reports as part of the wider review of the Programme
• To manage relationships with our global network of voluntary assessors and also past and current awardees including
  • Establish relationships with global assessors and grantees including phone calls, webinars and face to face meetings where possible
  • Work with global assessors and grantees to ensure compliance with our grant processes including reporting and evaluation
• Draft reports about the programme for the Chief Executive, Grants and Awards Committee, Board of Trustees and funding partners
• Maintain quality data records on grant activity, through the RSTMH resources
• Ensure we meet our obligations under our agreements with our funding partners
• Carry out such other tasks as the Chief Executive may from time to time deem necessary

Person Specification

Essential

• At least 3 years experience of working in grant management, overseeing grants being given out
• Understanding and experience of developing a monitoring and evaluation process
• Ability to juggle multiple priorities and manage own time
• Excellent verbal and written communication and skills
• Excellent at building relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Strong organisational and project management skills with the ability to meet challenging deadlines and targets
• Strategic thinker, happy to undertake operational work
• Strong IT skills, including MS Office applications and database management
• A demonstrable commitment to the aims and objectives of RSTMH
• Diplomacy and the ability to manage sensitive data in a confidential and appropriate manner
• Methodical and able to meet agreed deadlines
• Flexible approach to changing circumstances, prepared to re-order priorities when required

Desirable

• An understanding of the environment for grant making for charities
• Experience of working in a small team
• Experience of writing grant applications

Closing Date: 5pm on the 10th October 2021. We may review applications as and when they come in, and may close the process early if successful, so would urge early applications. 

To Apply and for More Information:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website. 

No agencies please.

Are you an experienced grants manager looking for your next challenge?

Are you interested in working for a dynamic social change organisation?

We’re looking for an experienced funding programme manager to help us distribute £100k to our Fellow applicants whose Seed and Scale-up funding applications align with the RSA’s areas of programmatic focus for making social impact.

Key skills we’re looking for are:

• Strong organisational skills, and the ability to maintain an integrated process of announcing grant rounds, putting together a panel of volunteers to shortlist, creating a collective and sound process of assessments and finalizing, responding to all enquires with professionalism, and ensuring the details of each round are fully integrated on the website, CRM, and application packs.
• Able to work within a busy team environment and support colleagues with strong interpersonal skills, and the confidence and ability to communicate effectively.
• Excellent time management skills and ability to multi-task
• Strong experience working with a CRM database and the ability to logging in and streamlining all the relevant correspondence
• Experienced in digital communications and ability to update the website accordingly
• A commitment to the RSA’s mission and ideally be able to demonstrate an interest in the key research areas of the organisation.

To find out more about this role, please visit our website.

About Us

We are the RSA.  The royal society for arts, manufactures and commerce.  We’re committed to a future that works for everyone, a future where we all can participate in its creation. With over 250 years of heritage in making significant social impact, we bring together, our rigorous research, proven change process, influential ideas platforms and our global community of over 30,000 problem solvers united in a desire to deliver solutions for lasting change.

To achieve this, we ask everyone – our staff, our Fellowship, our collaborators, our partners and wider society – to commit to our values and world view, and strive to achieve genuine positive impact in our lives. This isn’t something we can achieve overnight. But we are asking you to join us all on this journey. The commitment you make now, is a commitment to be with us, to shape us, to challenge us, and to stimulate us all, to find better ways of thinking, acting and delivering change.

It represents the pact you sign when you join us. A pact that represents everything we do, every decision we make, and every action we take.

And it represents how we act. In a way that represents our values, with rigour and proven processes. A relentless spirit. Open minds, and an open door.

We bring to life our Commit to Impact brand idea through every organisational touchpoint, so we can ask everyone who interacts with us: will you?

We invite you to be part of this change. Join our community. Together, we’ll unite people and ideas to resolve the challenges of our time.

We offer great benefits, including 29 days holiday (plus bank holidays), additional wellbeing allowance, free fellowship throughout employment and lots more!

Apply

In order to apply, please click ‘apply for this job’ on our recruitment page and submit your CV. You will also be required to answer a series of questions. You do not need to submit a cover letter.

Please submit your application through the RSA website. We cannot accept applications via email. All applications will receive an automated response.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 9am 4 October 2021. Interviews will be on 12 and 13 October 2021. Please allow 90 minutes for a presentation and interview questions followed by meeting the team. A second interview may follow on a 1:1 basis if you are successful in the initial stage.

Please note that we cannot accept late, incomplete applications, and we can only consider candidates who apply through the online application process.

Prospectus is delighted to be working with the English National Opera to recruit their new Head of Grants. ENO exists for everyone, creating new experiences with opera that inspires, nurtures creativity and makes a difference. The Head of Grants will join a successful and creative development department.

The Head of Grants will create and lead a strategy to research and identify prospective funding opportunities to support the work of ENO. As the department looks to grow income toward £6m a year, you will plan and implement a strategy to achieve a revenue funding target from Grant-making organisations for lots of projects and revenue funding too. Line managing the Grants Manager and reporting to the Development Director, you will use a wide variety of research and relationship tools to secure funding from UK and international grant-makers, updating existing partners on progress with ENO projects too.

The selected candidate will have a fantastic track record within grants fundraising and will be excited by the prospect of joining a unique and innovative development team. There's so much to fundraise for, and the selected candidate will have experience of ideally securing grants of £50,000 and above. You will be able to build positive relationships with staff and trustees within grant-making organisations and will enjoy building relationships with directors, conductors, designers, and musicians alongside the awesome ENO team.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. Do let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments to our process.

In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and the application forms to complete. We will also arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You will then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.

The Grants Officer will help unlock vital funds for hundreds of kinship carers, making a difference to the lives of thousands of children, every day. Ready to change lives? Join us.

Benefits: 30 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata) and pension.

About the role:

We are continuing to develop our frontline support to be able to help more kinship carers across England and Wales.

You’ll be part of our Advice team and as our Grants Officer you’ll talk to our kinship carers, discuss their needs, their priorities and then write charitable grant applications on their behalf.  You will oversee the grants process, including co-ordinating the purchase of items, collecting receipts for items as required by the funders and liaising with all teams to ensure timely receipt of funds within the charity and to the kinship carers.

You’ll train and supervise our grant volunteers, as required, ensuring that we’re delivering a high impact service for our carers.

Who we’re looking for:

Kinship carers are at the heart of all we do. This role could be the difference between a kinship carer being able to dress their child for school properly, being able to buy a fridge, take a first holiday to the seaside… or going without.

We are looking for someone who can write persuasively and capture and present the key information to create a successful grant application. The successful applicant will be compassionate, empathetic and organised. We are looking for someone who can balance process and also understand the needs of our carers.

You will be hearing stories from carers in crisis, which will be tough.  So as a team, we make time to make sure your well-being is also looked after and that we support each other. In return we will offer you training, supervision and the opportunity to work as part of a supportive team.

About Kinship:

Kinship is the leading kinship care charity in England and Wales. We offer kinship carers financial, legal, practical and emotional support and understanding from the moment they need it, for as long as they need it. Our expert advice, information and guidance helps with complicated and stressful decisions that so many kinship families have to make. We’re always there to support them through difficult times and celebrate the good.

Kinship carers are strong and determined. Together, they are powerful. We help them build communities of support and action by connecting families locally and across England and Wales.

We’re at the heart of kinship networks, partnering with, and influencing, service providers, local and national government and other organisations. We give everything we have to fight for each family and their rights, changing society until every kinship family is recognised, valued and supported.

About our Advice Service:

Our Kinship advice and support service was set up in 2011 and has helped over 15,500 kinship carers.

The demand for our service is growing each year and the number of kinship carers we support has increased by more than 300% since the service was set up. 

We’re now able to extend our advice service and develop a new project providing advice to special guardians and other kinship carers across England and Wales. 

Our service is independent, confidential, and non-judgmental. Our professional advisors give advice on available benefits, allowances and how to navigate child services.

We also signpost kinship carers to other organisations and apply for grants on behalf of carers.

We’re a friendly team, passionate about doing good better. If that also sounds like you, why don’t you join us?

To apply, please send a CV and a 1 to 2-page cover letter in Word format, along with a completed Equal Opportunities form. The cover letter should include responses to the following questions:

• Why do you want the role of Grants Officer at Kinship?
• How do you meet the requirements in the person specification?

Closing date: 9am on Friday 24 September 2021

Interview date: Friday 1 October 2021

Interviews may be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, so early application is strongly advised.

Kinship is committed to attracting, developing and retaining a diverse workforce, with a broad range of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives, and we encourage applicants from those groups currently under-represented in our organisation and sector. Kinship operates a blind recruitment process in-house and any identifying information will be removed from your application prior to shortlisting.

Our partner is a young, but leading and growing human rights organisation with programmes in Asia and Africa. They are seeking an experienced senior grants accountant to act as the interface between the finance and programmes team, responsible for the financial management of grants.

Responsibilities

• Support in the preparation of the annual budget and forecasts, and assist with the preparation of monthly management accounts, including variance analysis and commentary.
• Undertake due diligence assessments of new partners and financial assessment of new grant proposals from new and existing partners, and lead on partner investigations.
• Review financial reports from partners, and offer support and capacity building in financial and grants management.
• Work with the institutional donor team to ensure to monitor grants expenditure and meet grants compliance requirements.

Requirements

• Experienced grants accountant, educated at least to degree level. An accounting qualification is highly desirable but not essential.
• Demonstrable knowledge of financial and grants management within an international charity. Knowledge of institutional grants, including DfID, EU, US government grants.
• Experience of working with implementing partners or grantees – undertaking due diligence and supporting with capacity building. Experience of working in a grant making organisation is desirable.
• Strong management accounting, reporting and analytical skills.
• Strong IT skills, including advanced MSExcel skills

This is a 6 month contract, with an immediate start preferred. The role is only open to those candidates with the right to work in the UK. The successful individual will be expected to be in the London office 2 days/week.

Owned by our employees and a foundation, Ecorys is a world-class research-based consultancy that helps our clients make a positive impact on society. From research and evaluation, through to project management and communications, we are leaders in providing the evidence and advice that our clients need to tackle the issues that affect communities around the world. Our 500 strong staff are justifiably proud of our innovative and thought-provoking contributions to policy and programme delivery.

We aim to achieve our business objectives in an environmentally sustainable and socially responsible way, giving 1% of our profits to charity each year. Our working culture promotes personal and career development. Ecorys operates a hybrid working policy; flexible and part-time working is fully supported. We are an equal opportunities employer. We are welcoming and inclusive, and we want the diversity of our backgrounds and experiences to benefit our work and our team. We value our collaborative and entrepreneurial team culture. We have a great benefits package with 25 days holiday, company bonus scheme, wellbeing support and opportunities to get involved in team events and company away days.

About the role:

The Programme Management Unit(PMU) is a team of 70 based in our London and Birmingham offices.  Staff hold a breadth of skills in programme management, grant administration, assurance services and capacity building.  We have expertise managing grants to large national charities and public institutions through to small grassroots community groups and individuals, including activities and organisations representing high financial risk.  Together with colleagues in Policy and Research division, we maintain policy knowledge encompassing careers and employment, education and training, children and young, sports and health, and civil society.

As a Senior Programme Manager (Business Development) within our Programme Management Unit (PMU), you will play an important role in securing , developing and delivering new grant management contracts for Ecorys on behalf of UK funders.  Senior Programme Managers take day-to-day responsibility for grant programmes or elements of programmes, including design and development of systems, processes and procedures during start-up, planning and co-ordination of inputs, and reporting on progress and risks.  They support and manage teams of people to ensure high quality delivery and compliance with client requirements. They often work alongside external partners/ specialists and associates, as well as staff and experts from other parts of the business.

This role will focus on development of our UK grant management services, bringing commercial and market awareness, contacts, and knowledge of trends in UK funding practices to help PMU to expand our portfolio of contracts. 

Occasional working outside normal office hours, travel within the UK, and occasional nights away from home may be required.

This is an exciting time to join Start Network in this new role.  We are looking for a talented grant management professional with sound financial acumen and a passion for detail and deadlines, who can lead on the development of our grant management processes and procedures.

Based in the operations and finance team, this is also an opportunity to work closely with resource mobilisation, programme and project teams across the global membership.

The International Grants and Finance Officer contributes to the effectiveness and impact of our work by supporting the Finance, Operations and Resource Mobilisation teams to ensure sound financial, grant management, and administrative practices across Start Network.

The post holder will ensure that the financial and administrative systems and procedures for the programmes and budgets are of high quality and compliant with donor and legal requirements.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

• Working knowledge of institutional and international donors, grant management; compliance and audit processes
• Proven ability to develop and manage complex budgets and financial systems
• Demonstrable experience of managing multiple deadlines requiring attention to detail
• Experience of setting up, coordinating and implementing admin and financial processes
• Experience of capacity building of colleagues and or partner organisations
• Experience of building relationships across diverse teams and geographies
• Excellent communication skills and ability to communicate complex technical issues and information
• Ability to draft and produce financial and budget narrative reports for colleagues and donors
• Intermediate skills in Microsoft Office 365, specifically Excel

DESIRABLE SKILLS

• Knowledge of French, Spanish, or Arabic language is highly desirable

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Grant Management Reporting (40%)

• Work with fundraising and programme teams to ensure smooth running of donor preliminary assessments, start up and close out processes,
• Lead on the development of specific subaward grant processes where appropriate
• Work with resource mobilisation to set up systems and processes to ensure compliant, timely and accurate donor reporting

Grant Administration and Training (20%)

• Working closely with the resource mobilisation team oversee grant management processes for Start Network including calendar and tracking procedures

• Act as point of contact for donor travel, security and event management support
• Act as point of contact for the resource mobilisation team for donor due diligence processes

Financial and budget management (40%)

• Feed into the development of financial procedures for successful project implementation
• Support the finance team to ensure smooth payments to grantees and service providers
• Support preparation of team specific and project budgets as required for presentation to prospective donors and or governance committees
• Coordinate the availability of management reports for internal and donor reporting
• Monitor income and fund transfers from donors and where relevant grant custodians
• Reconcile financial reports for accuracy and expense coding in line with relevant systems and procedures
• Work with the resource mobilisation teams to support donor-related internal and external audit requirements

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

About Start Network

Start Network is made up of more than 50 aid agencies across five continents, ranging from large international organisations to national NGOs.

Start Network’s vision is for a locally-led humanitarian system that is accountable to people affected by and at-risk of crises.  We aim to achieve this vision by making systemic-level shifts in the way humanitarian assistance is approached and delivered by:

• Shifting power and decentralising decision making to locally-led networks and organisations
• Creating a global humanitarian financing system that is increasingly focused on reducing risk, anticipating and acting ahead of predictable crises.
• Incentivising and informing innovative, contextual, and sustainable solutions for crisis-affected communities.

OUR VALUES

Across all areas of our work, we aim to be the change we want to see, working to uphold the following principles and expecting the same from our staff, hubs and members:

• We put people first: the communities we serve come first in our decision-making and programming
• We are brave: we have great ambition and are willing to explore new things and are willing to take risks to achieve it
• We operate collectively: we leverage the value of working as a network, sharing risk and resources and learning together
• We are inclusive: we see the value in diverse perspectives and work to remove the barriers that prevent voices being heard
• We are open: we work transparently and with integrity, building mutual trust in all levels of our work, from governance to programming
• We are ethical: we behave and operate based on key principles of anti-racism, non-discrimination, and anti-colonialism

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

• 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-based questions which are blind- reviewed by our team to avoid personal bias.

Closing date: Sunday 26 September at 23:59

Any offer of employment is subject to relevant checks. Please refer to our privacy statement and candidate privacy notice regarding treatment of your data.

Trust and Foundations Manager
We are With You 
Full time (4 days considered)
Home/office hybrid working patterns
London
Up to £38,888 (ILW)

We are With You (formerly Addaction) is a charity providing free, confidential support to people experiencing issues with drugs, alcohol or mental health.

We work with people on their own goals, whether that’s staying safe and healthy, making small changes or stopping an unwanted habit altogether. This means giving people support in a way that’s right for them, either face to face, in their local service, community, or online.

To date the charity has derived almost all its income from commissioning bodies such as local authorities and NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups. The pattern of provision and the funding priorities are ever changing and the pressure to deliver more for less is ever increasing. This is why we need you to join a small team to diversify income.

This is certainly a role to make your own as you will be building new relationships, re-establishing lapsed relationships, prospect researching, building compelling cases for support, in addition to monitoring income and expenditure budgets. 

Your remit will be to develop the trust and foundations strategy in collaboration with the Head of Fundraising and specifically, to identify prospective trusts and foundations whose strategic objectives match those of the charity, and to develop, manage and lead all trust and foundations applications, ensuring that targets are met. 

The successful candidate is likely to be able to demonstrable a track record of researching and securing income from trusts and/or foundations, relationship building and networking with external and internal stakeholders and funders.

How to apply

Early applications encouraged as role is available now.
 
Application is by way of a CV and a Supporting Statement.

Initial closing date:    10.00a.m. Monday 4th October 2021

The format of the interviews will be determined by the COVID-19 guidelines and restrictions that apply at the time.

The Grants Administration Co-ordinator is responsible for the smooth running of grants systems, payments, and processes. 

The role holder will work closely with the Grants Administration Manager, Finance and Executive teams to provide a joined-up Grants administration function.

Key Accountabilities:

Major Grants and Place-based Projects

• Management of the grant application process for all funding streams, including communication with applicants identified by Executives following research visits.
• Provision of assistance to Executives in monitoring the progress of grants awarded and ensuring adequate evaluation of impact and timely reporting to the Trustees.
• Production of papers on recommended grant applications for consideration at the Grants Committee, and production of relevant papers for the Board Pack.
• Assisting the Deputy CEO in monitoring the progress of grants awarded, and ensuring evaluation and impact systems are adhered to by grantees
• Overseeing the Activity Grants processes and supporting Place-based Rank Associates.
• Management of the grant reporting process to external funders of the Foundation including liaising with Finance, Executive and Associate teams to coordinate information and responses.

Matched Trading

• Management of the end to end process for applicants and grantees.
• Design and develop robust progress reporting processes

Administration

• Production and dissemination of the Grants Committee pack to staff and trustees.
• Developing and supporting the application processes for other grant programmes without direct responsibility.
• Managing the grant payment process in collaboration with colleagues.
• To support Executives with ad hoc assignments, and to represent the Foundation as necessary.
• Ensure the Salesforce CRM is kept updated with grant promises and payment data to ensure accurate financial reporting and forecasting.

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An independent charity has a unique opportunity to join their growing team as Performance and Funding Manager (Grants). This role offers flexible hybrid working. You will lead on performance reporting against plans including against funding grants and present to a wide range of audiences.

Key responsibilities for the Performance and Funding Manager (Grants):

* Negotiating, developing and managing public grant agreements
* Lead the production of monthly, quarterly and annual donor reports
* Key stakeholder engagement internally and externally at multiple levels
* Lead on development and production of high quality business plans
* Lead the development and use of monitoring and performance assessment tools
* Identify and lead the preparation of bids for additional public funds
* Grant manage additional public funds ensuring achievement against objectives

Extensive experience of grant or any funding donor management and reporting. Used to identifying, assessing and responding to risks. Experience of management roles in organisations accountable for public sector funding. Good knowledge of managing public funding grants, including legal, financial and technical requirements. Ability to influence, negotiate and manage the actions of others including remote. Ability to absorb and evaluate complex qualitative and quantitative information quickly and to draw out and report on salient conclusions. Able to translate performance trends into clear, concise and accurate reports and presentations. Comfortable presenting to multiple levels of diverse audiences.

If this exciting new opportunity sounds like you, then please do get in touch! To apply for this Senior Planning, Performance and Funding Manager vacancy, please email your CV to our Office & Specialist Support Team quoting the reference number J75576DW . All applicants must be eligible to work in the UK.

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.

Fundraising Manager 

Here at Doorstep Library we believe in the power of words to take you places. We are a not-for-profit community organisation dedicated to bringing the gift of books and the joy of reading into the homes of families across London who need our support, reading with them and their children to inspire a love of books, of stories and storytelling, and to instil a lifelong passion for reading.

In 2020, we had a successful year of fundraising in which we met targets and expanded our donor base. Now in our 10th year, we will shortly be expanding into our fourth London borough as well as launching our new Online Reading Corner service – bringing our unique service to even more families. At this exciting time for the charity we are looking to recruit a Fundraising Manager who will increase our income to support these plans and extend our reach.

Job Purpose:

• Managing the delivery of an ongoing trusts and foundations partnerships and community giving fundraising strategy;

• Using excellent writing skills to put together trusts and foundations funding bids, with the support and guidance of the Head of Fundraising & Partnerships;

• To manage the charity’s fundraising operations including coordinating prospect research and prioritisation, managing workflows, and ensuring effective stewardship of trust and foundations grants and community giving.

At present all non-project delivery staff are working fully from home. Remote working, with occasional travel to London for meetings would be considered as a long-term option.

THE ROLE

We are looking for an exceptional Fellowships and Project Manager to work with over 500 Fellows from across the private, public and social sectors, who are all committed to working with purpose and using their power to work for the common good.  You will project manage and coordinate activities for Fellows who have completed the 18-month Fellowship Programme. 

Leaders on the Fellowship Programme explore the nature of responsible leadership and practical approaches for tackling complex organisational change. The Fellowship team support these leaders after the Programme to continue to have the vision, courage, influence and network to drive significant change in pursuit of societal good.

There are 2 areas of focus aimed at supporting a vibrant community of Fellows to make change:

Deliver our post-Fellowship programme

• Plan and manage a series of events and communications to enable Fellows to remain actively engaged with responsible leadership, with each other and with the Forward Institute, including Discovery Sessions and our Annual Fellowship Forum

• Manage logistics, including venues, catering, materials, budgets etc. for events.

• Work with the Fellowship Director and partnerships team to develop Fellow engagement plans and liaise with our partner organisations to bring together Fellows inside the same organisations.

• Build networks for Fellows interested in working and collaborating together in interest groups (e.g. climate change, inequality, mental health and wellbeing, technology etc)

• Produce analytics, research and materials to support the Fellows to maintain strong connections

Support Fellows to more effectively lead change

• Work with the Fellowship Director and Programme Director to support  change projects that Fellows undertake in their organisations.

• Keep track of Fellows’ progress with projects, making connections with other Fellows and individuals where relevant.

• Work with Fellows to support the delivery of FI workshops in their organisations.

• Convene groups of Fellows and stakeholders in partner organisations, helping them to build a shared agenda for change and disseminate thinking and practice. 

• Identify, record, and amplify stories of Fellow collaboration and change after the programme

• Assist with other tasks as required.

ABOUT YOU 

We don’t expect the person we hire to have ALL the following but hopefully this gives you a sense of what would enable you to thrive in this role and in our team:

APPLY IF…

• You’re a good communicator; comfortable working with leaders more senior to you and everyone across our team. You can clearly disseminate and communicate

• You love networking and making connections with different stakeholders to consider how to make a community work for its members

• You have experience working in or with large organisations on change projects 

• You have strong attention to detail, in particular when it comes to organising events, and are happy working both independently and in collaboration with others on the team

• You are strategic and can think on your feet, with strong organisational skills that help you manage and achieve competing priorities

• You understand what it takes to really make things happen in a growing organisation

• You are passionate about what we are trying to do and you see this as an opportunity to align your values and purpose with a successful social enterprise with big ambitions

• You have an aversion to jargon, you provide clarity in complex situations and have the ability to focus on what really matters

YOU’LL LOVE IT HERE IF YOU…

• Are optimistic, bring warmth and good humour to work, have a strong collaborative work ethic and bring positive intent to every situation

• Are fascinated by different organisations and sectors – and would appreciate the responsibility of having access to some of the UK’s most influential institutions

• Have a curious mind and are always open to the insights and perspectives of others

• Love the idea of working somewhere people share your values and are fully focused on making a meaningful impact on the world

• Would enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, are happy to work without a big support structure around you, and would like to grow with a small but ambitious organisation as it develops over time

BENEFITS

CORE DETAILS

• Salary: £38-45k, based on seniority and experience

• Type: It is envisaged that this will be a full-time role.

• Start date: To start as soon as possible

• We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees.

OTHER BENEFITS

• The opportunity to shape the activity of a high profile initiative, and to work closely with a wide range of extraordinary thinkers

• Working for an organisation where we take our values and purpose seriously, and work hard to practice what we ‘preach’

• An intense but fun working environment, where everyone is enthusiastic about their job (as well as things outside it) 

• Join a talented, diverse team with lots of opportunities to learn. We’ll surround you with smart and driven people who have a vested interest in your development. 

• Private health insurance with Vitality (which also provides discounted gym membership)

• Pension allowance (5% employer contribution)

• A book allowance to build the Forward Institute library 

• Generous holiday allowance – and a sensible approach to flexible working

LOCATION

• Our office is in Clerkenwell, although we’re currently working mainly from home. We expect to return to the office in a hybrid model (2-3 days per week) from the autumn, subject to covid.

TO APPLY

• Please  apply by sending your CV and Covering letter answering the following two questions:

• 1. What is it that you are passionate about and what makes you a great fit for the Forward Institute?

  2. Why you are interested in this specific role? And working with us?

• The deadline for submissions is 9am on Monday 27th September 2021

• First round interviews will take place the week of 4th October and second round interviews the week of 11th October. Please state if you envisage this being a problem.

• You will need to hold any relevant Visas/Work Permits