We are passionate about the power of education in transforming lives, are you? 

PEAS believes that every young person in Sub-Saharan Africa should have the opportunity to go to secondary school. We build and run high quality schools in underserved rural communities where children previously had limited options after finishing primary school. Since 2008 we have built a network of 32 schools (28 in Uganda and 4 in Zambia) educating over 14,000 children and creating over a 1000 jobs. PEAS has strong external data of impact, happy funding partners and an excellent reputation within the international education sector.

At scale, PEAS schools and their support/supervision structures are financially self-sustainable. This means that there is a finite target for fundraised income. The PEAS school network is on a journey to becoming fully financially sustainable but, along the way, we need philanthropic partners to support our work. 

This is an exciting time to join PEAS, we are in the process of developing our new organisational strategy (2022-25) which will include several exciting new areas for growth in our work - so there will always be new ambitious targets to hit. The successful candidate will play a vital role in delivering this strategy. 

The Opportunity  

As Partnerships Lead, you will take the lead for securing new income for PEAS as well as developing and delivering a first-class stewardship programme for PEAS’ strategic partners (Technical Education specialists), corporate, major donor and trust and foundation supporters.

You’ll be joining a small team of extremely committed, proactive, effective and values aligned fundraisers. This team is well supported by the rest of UK, Uganda, and Zambia teams – we are proud to have developed a strong ‘everyone’s a fundraiser’ mindset at PEAS, thus avoiding the traditional division between programme and fundraising. So, the successful candidate will need to be able to collaborate and build strong relationships with colleagues in all three countries. 

This is an exciting role for an energetic and resourceful person with strong strategic, relationship, communication and organisational skills who will inspire and engage prospective and current partners with PEAS’ work to foster and continually strengthen long-term relationships.

The ideal candidate will have experience raising six figure amounts from a variety of funder types and will be able to adapt their style and approach accordingly. Experience working in Education and International Development is preferable.

Key areas of focus  

Proportion of time spent on each area are approximates.

1. Manage a portfolio of funders to maintain and increase support from PEAS’ current donors which will include strategic partners, corporates, trust and foundations, major donors and potentially institutional funders (50%)
2. Identifying and securing new funding opportunities (40%)

1. Take an active role in developing engaging communications for current and prospective partners (10%) 

The ideal candidate  

No matter the role, we are looking for people who believe in what we do and how we do it; is passionate about transforming lives through education and aligned to our values. 

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• At least three years experience in account and project management.
• Experience of preparing substantive reports, budgets, proposals, presentations and undertaking pitches to secure funding and support.
• Proven track-record in meeting income generation and other targets in a fundraising or commercial context.
• Excellent MS Office skills, particularly MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Desirable

• Knowledge and experience in donor account management (ideally in strategic partners, institutional, corporate, major donor and/or trust and foundations), or similar roles within the not-for-profit or commercial sector.
• Understanding of current international development issues and an understanding of, and commitment to, PEAS’ aims and values.
• Experience working in an Education setting/organisation focussed on Education.
• Experience working in Uganda, Zambia or sub Saharan Africa desirable

Skills and Abilities

• Ambitious and goal-oriented, always looking to push yourself, and the team, to achieve the most you can in your role.
• Flexible with the ability to adapt to a changing funding landscape.
• Motivated to work to financial targets.
• Proven ability to build strong and lasting relationships with senior external stakeholders and confident enough to make “the ask” to turn positive contacts into income for PEAS.
• Ease in maintaining good, positive working relations with colleagues.
• Ability to juggle priorities and work on own initiative.
• Ability to lead and influence projects without managing those projects
• Ability to motivate and inspire colleagues, including remotely.
• Exceptional written and interpersonal communication skills with strong attention to detail.
• Willing and able to work occasional unsocial hours and occasional travel overseas.

Benefits  

• £34-38K based on experience
• 28 days’ annual leave + bank holidays
• Matched contribution based pension of up to 6% 
• Flexible working
• International travel
• Being part of a small and friendly team who are all committed, supportive, driven and values aligned 

Please review the full job pack for full details including the responsibilites of the role and who we are looking for. 

It’s an incredibly exciting time to join Independent Age and help make an impact on the lives of older people. This is a crucial role for us, and we want someone brilliant to help transform our existing information and advice offer creating a brilliant service that reaches those who need us most. There will be a focus on the development of new, exciting and accessible digital and telephone services that reach a diverse range of people. We want to create forums, groups and platforms that enable people to connect, offer advice and share their stories, fostering a sense of community and peer support.  

The ideal candidate will have a strong affinity with our mission and will be driven by making a real difference. You should have significant leadership experience and understand the challenges and opportunities of developing a range of national services designed to support older people.

We’re looking for someone who is gifted at developing and deepening relationships with these churches and their leaders. You need to be someone who wants to grow their involvement with CPAS’ ministry and also be able to grow financial support for CPAS within this important group of supporters.

We’re looking for someone who can build on our existing relationships, foundations and links and establish new ones in order to grow the number of people reached through our ministry and to help increase both regular and one-off donations to CPAS enabling us to support our work in line with our refreshed vision and strategy.

Major Donor Relationship Manager

Permanent contract

35 hours per week

£37,646 per annum (plus allowances)

Benefits

Location is Whitecross Studios, 50 Banner Street, London, EC1Y 8ST

The Children's Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 130 years. We run local services that support children when they are at their most vulnerable and in desperate need of help. We're there for children, every step of the way.

This role sits within our Engagement and Income directorate, which works to secure strategic funding relationships to ensure our organisation can provide services for children who urgently need support. Your role will be to lead our ambitious strategy in growing our Major Donor fundraising income and relationships.

We are currently looking for a Experienced Major Donor Fundraiser, with a successful track record of securing new major donor income, including individual gifts in excess of £50,000 to join our dynamic, and exceptionally ambitious team.

A key part of this role will be your ability to Identify, cultivate, secure income, and steward relationships to deliver maximum long term impact and income through effective personal relationship management with Major Donors.

In order to be successful in this role, you must have:

-To develop and deliver strategies for maximising long term engagement and income from new Major Donors

-To deliver against ambitious financial targets. To manage, monitor and report on income and expenditure budgets for the geographical or thematic area of responsibility, and in line with organisational priorities

-Work with the Head of P&T to develop an overall Major Donor fundraising strategy. Growing specified relationships in line with organisational priorities

-Be the knowledge leader for Major Donor fundraising throughout the High Value directorate and wider organisation - working closely with key internal stakeholders and volunteers

The Children's Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children's lives happier and safer.

Every day we're changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.

The Children's Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.

The closing date for applications is 23:59pm on 4th of October.

Interviews will be held on the week commencing 19th of October.

CRM Project Manager

Understanding Recruitment are delighted to announce we are now working in partnership with the London Air Ambulance on a very exciting CRM Project Manager vacancy, as they look to embark on a large-scale transformation. Having celebrated their 30 years of existence in 2019 The London Air Ambulance have saved the lives of over 40,000 people to date with over 1500 people saved last year.

The London Air Ambulance are looking for an experienced CRM Project Manager who can drive and deliver a new supporter CRM system that is in line with their supporter and fundraising goals. You will be responsible for the implementation of new CRM's from the development of the planning stage all the way through to production. This is a brilliant chance for a Project Manager who has CRM implementation experience across multiple projects to work for a leading organisation as they continue their growth.

As the CRM Project Manager you need to have strong extensive project management experience, and ideally from a charity / fundraising background. The successful candidate must be able to communicate the plans to the wider business to ensure everyone is onboard with the implementation, strong stakeholder engagement skills is essential. The CRM Project Manager must be comfortable with leading the Change Management philosophies across all departments to ensure the success of the implementation. Working for the London Air Ambulance you will be able to take advantage of their flexible working environment / working from home while also making the trip to their London office based in Aldgate for essential meetings.

Skills required for the CRM Project Manager: 
- Strong & proven project management experience 
- experience in leading a fundraising CRM implementation across a charity
- Strong focus on change management
- Experience in gathering requirements from senior stakeholders  
- Prince2 qualification or similar

CRM Project Manager / Project Lifecycle / Prince2 / CRM / Programme Manager
Location: Aldgate, Central London (Work from home 2-3 days per week)
Salary: £55,000 - £65,000 + Brilliant benefits

*** Please apply ASAP to be considered for this fantastic opportunity***

Apply now for immediate consideration regarding this excellent opportunity!
Understanding Recruitment is acting as an employment agency for this vacancy.

We’re looking for someone who is gifted at developing and deepening relationships with supporters giving between £500 and £2,500 a year (including those giving through family trusts).  You need to be focused on growing financial support for CPAS, working with donors and trusts, (new and existing) and enjoy project work too such as leading on sourcing projects and pledges for the annual ‘Big Give’ fundraiser.

We’re looking for someone who can build on CPAS’ existing relationships, foundations and links in order to increase giving to CPAS, enabling us to both continue and expand our work in line with our refreshed vision and strategy.

A prestigious membership organisation urgently seek a CRM Officer to assist them with a migration project.

Key Accountabilities:
Provide first-line support and troubleshooting on issues with the new CRM platform and third-party tools. The CRM is Click Dimensions
Perform end-user administration tasks
Maintain CRM contact data records for the organisation, overseeing data cleansing and update initiatives, and looking for continuous improvement to increase the functionality and accuracy of the data held within the CRM
Increase the utilisation of the CRM through user engagement, extract data, produce tailored reports and respond to other user requests
Provide support and CRM training to staff on an ongoing basis to best utilise the system, implementing how to guides, resolving user issues and interfacing with external support as required.
Create and manage CRM export and import processes to support team requirements

Knowledge and skills required
Proficient in the use of CRM systems with hands-on experience and good understanding of Microsoft Dynamics 365 is essential. Experience of Donor strategy is desirable but not essential
Hands-on, functional knowledge of Click Dimensions is essential
Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office 365, with advanced skills in Word and Excel
Good interpersonal and communication skills with people at different levels, and ability to work with both technical and non-technical users
Flexible and adaptable to varying needs, with the ability to prioritise tasks and workload
Clear precise attitude with methodical attention to detail
A strong team player with a proactive, flexible and mature approach
Ability to working on own initiative and self-sufficiency on a day-to-day basis
Provide excellent customer service to end users

We are looking for an Office Manager to be the key person of the organisation's central operations, providing an effective administrative support function at our offices. You will need to be proactive, systematic and solutions focused, have two years administrative experience, be literate, numerate and have good IT skills and the ability to provide a high quality,professional service to our clients and the beneficiaries we support. Excellent communication and negotiation skills, a willingness to explore new ideas and approaches, learn new skills and take on new challenges is essential. Experience of working in a growing charity or income-generating organisation in the sector, and direct exposure to and knowledge of the needs of the Latin American communities and the charity sector will be distinct advantages.

The post is part-time, 28 hours per week over four days. Flexible working arrangements may be available and you will occasionally be available on evenings or weekends.

How to apply

If you are interested in joining our team, please visit the Job vacancies section on our website and submit your completed application and monitoring forms by the 6th of October 2020.

Interviews will be held on Thursday 15th of October 2020

We may receive a large number of applications and unfortunately we may not be able to reply to everyone. If you do not hear from us five days after the deadline, please assume you have not been shortlisted. We wish you good luck.

We welcome applicants for all age groups, backgrounds and genders. We are a London Living Wage Employer.

Hours per week: 15

Fixed term until 29 October 2021

Citizens Advice Runnymede & Spelthorne is seeking a motivated and creative individual to help transform our training and development offering for our staff and volunteers. This is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic candidate to create a new, structured and supportive approach to our learning while having a direct impact on the organisation’s objectives of helping our local community.

Citizens Advice Runnymede and Spelthorne provides advice to over 3000 people a year, helping them with over 11,000 different problems including housing, debt, benefits and employment. We have a small professional team working alongside 35 volunteers to provide advice across Runnymede and Spelthorne. We are a local charity at the heart of our community entirely funded by grants and donations, and we are a member of national Citizens Advice.

About the role:

The role will report to the Chief Officer and lead on the training and development of volunteers and staff.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the strategy on the Training and Development of new volunteers and staff

• Ensure that all volunteers reach and maintain the level of competence required for their role as specified by Citizens Advice

• Working with the Advice Services Manager to ensure that the quality standards set out by Citizens Advice are met through case checking and providing feedback where required

• Develop and deliver group training sessions as needed

• Ensure appropriate tracking and documentation of learning in accordance with Citizens Advice

• Co-ordinate training delivery with external partners as needed

• Ensure ongoing analysis of training needs based on current and future requirements of the business

• Develop and monitor metrics to evaluate the success of training

Person Specification:

• Well organised with the ability to prioritise your own work

• Experience with training of staff in either 121 or classroom environment

• Effective facilitation and presentation skills

• A strong team player, who is able to work with the minimum amount of supervision

• Experience in learning design and delivering training programmes

• Experience leading a team over geographically dispersed sites

• Track record of delivering business transformation through training that is innovative

• Demonstrable ability to motivate, lead and enhance the team

Closing Date: 11/10/2020

Community Engagement Manager

£34,000 per annum

Full time, home-based, office based in Ladbroke Grove, W10

Health and social care are never far from the news and have an impact on all of us. Joining Healthwatch Central West London will give you the opportunity to work as part of a skilled and knowledgeable team working to make the voices of patients and service users heard.

Healthwatch uses evidence from local communities to shape or challenge how the provision of health and social care is planned and delivered across the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, the City of Westminster and Hammersmith and Fulham borough. It is a busy time in these boroughs, but there are opportunities to make a difference.

About us

• Healthwatch Central West London is an independent charity and membership organisation working to ensure local people’s voices count when it comes to shaping and improving local health and care services.
• We work with and support people and organisations in the London boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster.
• We also provide information to help people access and make choices about their health and wellbeing services.
• Our work is coordinated by three borough-based groups with support from a small staff team who are passionate and dedicated to their work.
• We are funded by the three local authorities in the three boroughs with a seat at the table of the local Overview and Scrutiny Committees and Health and Wellbeing Boards.

We are looking to recruit a Community Engagement Manager who will have the exciting opportunity to identify and develop new opportunities, help with delivering current projects and generally be involved in the day-to-day management of the contracts.

You will be line managing people from the team who are delivering projects. You do not necessarily need to have a management experience but be enthusiastic to learn. We are happy to send you on a training and support you.

We are looking for strategic thinkers who are comfortable taking the role of ‘critical friend’ and developing positive solutions, enjoy public engagement, and have a positive and can-do attitude. The ideal candidates will have experience in the health and social care sector.

We are looking to appoint as soon as possible.

We offer generous annual leave, flexible working hours and other benefits such as 5% pension scheme.

In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, and to ensure the health and wellbeing of everyone who works for Healthwatch CWL and their families we have put in place a new working arrangement – remote working from home - to reflect what is a rapidly changing situation.

To apply for this role, please submit a CV and a covering letter addressing how you meet the person specification.

Applications without covering letter will not be considered. Previous candidates need not apply.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

The deadline for applications is end of 8th October 2020.

Please note that this role may requires a DBS check.

Healthwatch CWL is a member of the Disability Confident employer scheme.

Debates around Black Lives Matter, mass remote working, inequality in our education system exposed by Covid-19 restrictions and debates about privilege – our society and our world of work is very clearly at a turning point.

As a social mobility charity, The Brokerage is in the fortunate position to influence that change in a positive, practical and meaningful way, working with underprivileged young people from state schools. We partner with corporates in the City (financial and professional services) that want our help with building and accessing a different talent pool and change organisational practices to create a post-inclusion culture where people from all backgrounds can thrive and be themselves.

The Brokerage is at a critical and dynamic point having recently launched a strategic re-direction, innovative new services and a relevant new brand, all supporting our vision of a world where a young person’s ability and aspiration alone determine their career path. At the heart of this exciting new direction is implementing our new partnership model to ensure that The Brokerage is both re-positioned as a Changemaker with corporates and ensures sustainable funding of its activities.  

To achieve this The Brokerage is currently recruiting for a Partnership Manager. This is an incredible opportunity for a proactive relationship-builder who enjoys working within a fast-paced environment as part of a dynamic, results-driven team. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in helping us achieve our vision well as contributing to the development and implementation of our 2020-22 strategic plan.  

We are less interested in your experience and more in your personality and attitude: we are looking for someone highly motivated, energetic and engaging who loves building and maintaining successful relationships. We are a small team and there is so much potential for us to grow so you will need to be extremely proactive, resourceful, good at spotting opportunities but equally good at turning those opportunities into revenue-generating, sustainable partnerships. Most importantly, you’ll be the interface with our corporate partners, representing The Brokerage brand, so a client service attitude, ability to work at pace and very high standards are a must.

We particularly welcome applications from candidates who have a lived experience of our beneficiaries’ characteristics (e.g. are from a BAME and/or underprivileged background).

Role purpose

The Brokerage is looking for a Partnerships Manager to support the Senior Partnerships Manager to implement our new partnership model, researching and recruiting new partners and ensuring existing partners are happy and participate in our journey of becoming a corporate Changemaker.  

In addition, the Partnerships Manager will work closely with the marketing and communications team to build the brand of The Brokerage and collaborate with the delivery team to ensure successful service delivery. They will also support with writing funding applications when necessary as indicated by the Senior Partnerships Manager.

Main duties

• Undertake research into prospective corporate partners and alongside the Senior Partnerships Manager convert a percentage of these into paid corporate partners on The Brokerage’s partnership model
• Attend meetings with prospective corporates for/with Senior Partnerships Manager where necessary
• Manage all corporate partnerships, for their 12-month duration, maintaining regular contact and a high quality relationship with each organisation
• Communicate details of The Brokerage’s value add assessments with key corporate contacts and where necessary, deliver parts of the assessment insight gathering sessions to corporate audiences
• Ensure that the quality and content of each partnership agreement is in line with agreed partnership level and The Brokerage’s strategic direction
• Gain regular, high level updates from Senior Programme Managers to ensure all elements of the agreed partnerships are being delivered. All updates to be fed back to Senior Partnerships Manager via weekly partnerships meetings.
• Be a key driver in the development and delivery of The Brokerage’s employer support services including:
  • Organising and delivering The Brokerage’s regular Corporate Leaders Forums, virtually and in-person when possible
  • Workshops for employers around the lived experiences of our young people
• Work with relevant Programme Manager and corporate partners to confirm and secure internships for Summer Placement Programme.
• Undertake research into and apply for additional funding The Brokerage can access from trusts, foundations and statutory funders, monitoring and tracking the progress of these applications.
• Work closely with the marketing and communications team internally to build the brand of The Brokerage
• Play an active role in the delivery of The Brokerage’s strategic objectives and participate in The Brokerage events and activities as required.
• Undertake any other reasonable duties as requested by line manager.

Person Specification

Essential

• Energetic, engaging and self-motivated personality
• Committed client service attitude
• Ability to independently build rapport and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to manage competing priorities overseeing multiple partnership agreements at once, ensuring their successful delivery
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Excellent IT skills, including demonstrable usage of the Microsoft Office suite.
• Work to tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment and still produce quality outputs.
• Demonstrable knowledge of and interest in issues surrounding social mobility, education, as well as corporate diversity and inclusion programmes

Desirable

• Knowledge of a CRM database (Salesforce or equivalent)
• Ability to undertake desk-based research

Please apply by sending your CV and a cover letter, stating your motivations for applying for this role and how your skills match the person specification, addressed to Susheel Sharma.

Closing date for applications:  Thursday 8th October 2020 at 1700

Telephone/Zoom interview: Monday 12th or Tuesday 13th October 

Face to face interview (for selected candidates): Thursday 15th or Friday 16th October 2020*
*There will be two interviewers and social distancing will be maintained during the face to face interview at our office, 65 London Wall, EC2M 5TU. 

We are looking for a Relationship Manager – Major Donors to join a well-loved Children’s Charity which some very current topical fundraising propositions.

Your role will be to identify, cultivate, secure income, and steward relationships to deliver maximum long term impact and income through effective personal relationship management with Major Donors.

This role will have a new business focus.

For this role, you will need:

• Strong knowledge of developing and managing new, mutually beneficial relationships


• Strong knowledge of and successful track record in delivering significant new income through personal approaches to Major Donors.


• Expert knowledge of Major Donor fundraising methodology


• Good overall understanding of other relationship fundraising audiences and methodologies


• Good overall knowledge of fundraising audiences and approaches to segmentation and audience communications

Closing date: asap

Salary: £ 37,646.

 

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call me on 020 30 062787 or email [email protected].

If enough applications are received the charity reserves the right to end the application period sooner.

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we are experts in charity recruitment and excel at matching fundraisers to charity jobs. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically and supporting people to find their perfect fundraising jobs.

Alzheimer’s Research UK is the UK’s leading dementia research charity dedicated to diagnosis, prevention, treatment and cure. Backed by our passionate scientists and supporters, we’re challenging the way people think about dementia, bringing together the people and organisations who can speed up progress, and investing in research to make life-changing breakthroughs possible.

By working at Alzheimer’s Research UK, you will be part of an organisation that has been recognised nationally as an outstanding place to work. In 2020, we were listed 39th in the prestigious Sunday Times 100 Best Not-for-Profit Organisations to Work For.  We were also awarded a 2-star accreditation by Best Companies, recognising outstanding levels of workplace engagement and were listed in the 75 Best Companies to Work For in the East of England.

The Research Informatics Team are responsible for leading the coordination of the Early Detection of Neurodegenerative Diseases (EDoN) initiative. EDoN is a growing and exciting collaboration with more than 13 organisations. This partnership will create a digital toolkit and machine learning models to enable the detection of specific dementia causing diseases decades before overt cognitive symptoms become apparent. The EDoN coordination group led by the Research Informatics Team, provides support to the EDoN initiative and its partners in the following areas: project management, policy and ethics, communications, capacity building, governance and legislation.

The Senior Research Informatics Programme Manager will lead, manage and coordinate the activities across the Research Informatics Team to support the EDoN initiative and its partners to achieve their goals.  Reporting into the Head of Research Informatics, the Senior Research Informatics Programme Manager will help to lead the coordination of technology projects related to early detection, lead the operations of the EDoN coordination group, facilitate the engagement across the EDoN initiative and guide the success of the development and adoption of the EDoN toolkit for early detection

Main duties and responsibilities of the role:

Collaboration

• Contribute to the strategic direction and operational aims of the EDoN initiative, by identifying solutions and making recommendations.  Support the collective decisions made and act as a key advocate to implement and embed the agreed activities.
• Identify and communicate emerging issues of significance and propose solutions to key stakeholders.
• Work closely and collaboratively with Teams across ARUK to maximise the potential of all activities relating to EDoN.
• Support the EDoN Implementation Teams (Hubs), especially the Digital Hub with the evaluation, development and adoption of technology, platforms and applications for capturing, managing and visualising complex data.
• Work with the three Hubs and technology providers to set the strategy, roadmap, and feature definition for the development of the EDoN toolkit.
• Work with the Research Informatics Engagement Manager to identify and facilitate strategic collaboration opportunities for the EDoN initiative, especially with technology providers.
• Work with the Research Informatics Project Manager to ensure the implementation teams deliver on time, within scope and budget.
• Work with the key stakeholders to identify and mitigate risks and develop and promote a strong governance framework.

Best Practice

• Apply best practices in business analysis/user-centred design processes, including user stories and task modelling, user journey mapping, usability and feasibility testing, stakeholder management to ensure working groups successfully discover and meet user and stakeholder goals.
• Drive processes for effective engagement, including facilitating internal and external workshops/meetings, coordinating training, and networking activities to support EDoN data science activities.
• Apply best practices in project management processes, to coordinate and support delivery across internal cross-functional teams.

Team Management

• Provide strong leadership and support to the Research Informatics Team, through coaching, mentoring and developing individuals to deliver an effective and efficient service across the charity.  Carry out performance appraisal meetings and effectively promote team building and collaborative working to deliver the strategic and operational plans.
• Responsible for inputting into and translating the Research Informatics Team strategy and for executing the operational plans for the team.
• Accountable for the strategic/operational performance of the Research Informatics Team.
• Responsible for identifying third party needs for the Research Informatics Team and following risk, compliance and procurement procedures.

Relationship Management

• Represent the Research Informatics Team internally and externally, supporting the Head of Research Informatics to maintain excellent working relationships with internal teams and external partners.

Influencing

• Deliver engaging presentations and messaging.
• Represent ARUK at external events such as at national and international conferences. 

Other

• Provide support with the annual operational planning, budgeting and reforecasting process, ensuring that actual expenditure delivers within budgeted targets.
• Continuously develop professional knowledge and expertise, attending relevant meetings and conferences to ensure up to date knowledge is relevant to the role.
• Undertake any other relevant duties and projects delegated by the Head of Research Informatics in line with the responsibilities of the post.

What we are looking for:

• Doctorate in technology or biomedical research, or equivalent experience
• Excellent analytical, organisational and communication skills
• Excellent skills supporting and coaching colleagues
• Excellent skills delegating work and empowering direct reports
• Proven work experience in project management and coordination, ideally for clinical, data or technology projects
• Experience in designing and delivering digital products, such as software applications, toolkits, and IoTs/wearables
• Proven skills in workshop facilitation/moderation
• Experience fostering and strengthening strategic collaborations in the context of public-private partnerships
• Experience of leading and managing a team
• Exemplary leadership skills with both practical and short/long term strategic vision; ability to build relationships and inspire confidence and respect at all levels; strong team player.
• Excellent communicator – able to build rapport and demonstrate strong influencing, negotiation skills and decision-making skills; excellent listening skills, receptive to feedback and demonstrates flexibility, curiosity, and an ability to learn.
• Ability to explain complex information to all stakeholders.
• Ability to write and present comprehensive reports to the relevant stakeholders.
• Demonstrates and encourages ownership and responsibility; drive/motivation - has a “can-do” attitude and is committed to delivering results and strives for continuous improvement.
• A good blend of strategic and analytical thinking; innovative personality; able to see the bigger picture and set future direction.
• Strong ethical standards and a high level of personal integrity.

Location: Granta Park, near Cambridge.

Salary: Circa £50,000 per annum, plus benefits

Please download the Vacancy Pack for more details.

The closing date for applications is the 6th October 2020, with interviews to be held on the 14th October 2020, via Microsoft Teams. Please indicate in your cover letter if you are unable to attend on this date.

To be considered, please create an online account using our Online Recruitment System which can be accessed through our Job Vacancies Page. You will be able to attach a CV and covering letter to your application, track your application and view other vacancies that may be of interest.

To view further details about this role and the benefits of working for us please visit the Alzheimer’s Research UK website.

We are looking for an experienced and talented Fundraising Manager who can develop and execute an effective fundraising strategy to deliver growth across a wide range of existing and new income streams.

You will have the proven ability to research and develop winning fundraising applications, negotiate sponsorship deals and develop and maintain positive relationships with donors. A natural multi-tasker, you will have the flexibility to manage a varied workload, juggling responsibility for meeting bid deadlines, ensuring delivery of fundraising events, reporting to funders and managing key corporate accounts. With attention to detail and excellent written and verbal presentation, you will also have the negotiation and project management skills to co-ordinate the production of complex bids and budgets.

Age UK Hammersmith and Fulham works to improve the quality of life and enhance the status and influence of older people. Between now and 2022, we intend to diversify our income, particularly from unrestricted sources, to sustain and develop our work. The Fundraising Manager role is a new management post, working closely with the CEO and sitting on the Fundraising Committee with Trustees.