QuarterFive Fundraising Recruitment are partnering with Pro Bono Economics to appoint their next Development Director, a key SMT role that will lead income generation and diversification.

PBE use economic insight to empower the social sector, working with diverse organisations on a wide range of issues related to wellbeing including mental health, education, employment, poverty, volunteering and civil society.

This is an exciting opportunity to strategise and deliver PBE’s approach to income generation and diversification.

Building on PBE’s excellent reputation, you will take responsibility for fundraising and associated business planning in order to develop a sustainable strategy, with a focus on future growth.

You will work closely with their board of trustees, CEO and other members of senior management to expand their fundraising base among philanthropists, grant making trusts/foundations and corporations/corporate partners. Alongside this, you will manage the wider Development department, including a Fundraising & Events Manager, donor stewardship and a programme of fundraising events.

If you have senior, high value fundraising expertise and would like to raise income that enables charities to measure, understand and better articulate their impact and influence, we’d love to hear from you. Please see the link for further details and to get in touch for an initial conversation.

The aim of this new role is to promote and enable better access to local services for disabled people* living in Salford by capacity-building local D/deaf / disabled people-led, and impairment focused, VCSE groups and organisations.

To increase the capacity. resilience and voice of local groups and organisations supporting disabled people in Salford.

This project will strengthen the voice, influence and impact of these groups as they advocate for full access to services for D/deaf and disabled people in Salford.

Please apply via our website - deadline for applications is 7th January 2022

The Job Context: The Head of Marketing, Comms & PR will work directly with the CEO as a key member of the SMT. The candidate will take lead responsibility for development and implementation of the marketing and communication strategy.

The Organisation: Best Beginnings is a national charity established to help give every child in the UK the best start in life and reduce inequalities in outcomes. We aim to improve the health, wellbeing and life-chances of young children of all backgrounds, with a firm focus on tackling inequalities. We forge partnerships and collaborate with parents, local communities, front-line professionals, service providers, professional bodies, academics and policymakers to create, disseminate and evaluate innovative interventions and drive positive change

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a marketing and communication strategy for the organisation, in collaboration with CEO and the Senior Management Team (SMT).
• Lead strategic communications to drive the impact of our campaigns and messaging, grow our profile and increase our influence.
• Take responsibility for our overall communications strategy and planning and delivery all our digital activities and the positioning of our brand.
• Working with the SMT and relevant peers and teams like Fundraising, Delivery, Evaluations & Policy, Digital and Engagement to ensure their marketing and communications plans are created and delivered effectively.
• With a strong Editorial eye, develop and execute the delivery of presentations, videos, written content and infographics in line with current and upcoming projects
• Lead and develop a team to ensure all details are covered and that there is complete consistency and polish across all comms & marketing streams from the bottom up.
• Provide leadership and direction across member and volunteer engagement, ensuring good collaboration and consistent messaging.
• Manage the relationship with outsourced agencies where applicable and ensure they are fully briefed and aligned with the organisational goals and message.
• Bring innovation and best practice to your role, blending creative thinking with organisational operations and strategy.
• Optimise process within the wider marketing team, evaluate and implement new tools to drive efficiencies and maximise returns on campaigns.
• Bring digital product marketing experience to the team to ensure the app and technical team are supported in their communications and delivery.
• Work closely with the CEO and COO to raise the profile of the team via thought leadership opportunities, keynote speeches, awards, events, articles etc.

In line with our recent successes in adapting our business model, we have identified the potential for further expansion. In this newly developed role, the successful candidate will be collaborating across the Ri to maximise our income-generating potential, working in partnership in:

• Identifying the most appropriate prospects to target and the most suitable way of positioning Ri programmes to deliver long term and sustainable growth
• Developing international partnerships and sales
• Reviewing our approach to licencing and publishing
• Developing new revenue-generating customer propositions, including merchandise

To fully explore the income potential from commercial activity, the successful applicant will need to develop relationships across the Ri teams, including fundraising, digital, marketing, finance and programmes. They will be working as a business development partner with our small but committed team to realise our ambitions and deliver sustainable business growth.

About you

As the successful candidate you will have experience of working at a similar level, with a track record of success, ideally with a combination of not-for-profit and commercial expertise, and you will be:

• Confident across the range of development activities from the identification of growth areas, business planning through to implementation
• Experienced in asset licensing, ideally in a charity or not for profit
• Able to lead pitches, securing business from a variety of potential customers on a national and global scale
• A natural collaborator with strong interpersonal skills who can work at all levels
• Proactive, adaptable, and resourceful with a pragmatic, solution focussed approach

About Media Trust

At Media Trust, we believe it’s by giving everyone a voice that we’ll get to a more equal society. That’s why we’re proud to be working with hundreds of charities to strengthen their storytelling, advocacy and campaigning, press engagement and social media. We do this through media, communications and digital skills training delivered in partnership with our media and creative industry partners and by matching media industry volunteers with charities looking for comms support. At the same time, our youth programmes are giving thousands of young people the creative digital media skills, access, and mentoring support to break into the media. In this way, we believe we are doing our bit contribute to Britain’s levelling up agenda while also helping the media sector to be more responsible, representative, and connected. 

We can only do the work we do because of the fantastic media and creative industry support we enjoy. Our volunteers mostly come from Media Trust’s extensive network of media and creative sector industry partners including major broadcasters like the BBC, Channel 4, TV and Sky, creative agencies like Havas and Ogilvy, PR firms like Edelman, film companies like Netflix and Warner Media, and social media platforms including Facebook/Meta, Google, Snap and TikTok. We also have many freelance media and creative industry professionals who volunteer with us.

About the Role

We are looking to recruit a Head of Volunteering to be responsible for developing our volunteering strategy and managing all our volunteering activity. This will include our large-scale volunteering events matching many volunteers with many charities, the volunteering activity within our thematic-focused charity training programmes, our volunteer films projects where we match volunteer directors with charities looking for help to make a film about their work and our online matching platform where charities looking for pro bono help can find industry volunteers.

This senior role will involve collaboration across teams, working closely with Programme Managers in our Charity Services and Youth Teams, as well as Industry Engagement, MarComms and Digital Transformation.

This role is a fantastic opportunity for someone who combines experience in and a passion for matching good skills to good causes with a love of data, systems and processes, and who enjoys working both independently and across teams. It would particularly suit someone with experience of helping charities access volunteer support in media, marketing, content creation and/or digital skills.

The role includes line management of a small team. We are looking for an empathetic and experienced manager who is good at motivating others and supporting them to be their best selves. 

Key responsibilities 

• Manage all Volunteer and Charity engagement across Media Trust’s platforms and programmes including sign-up, training, monitoring, compliance and retention
• Lead on the development and implementation of Media Trust’s volunteer strategy, including liaising with funders and other key stakeholders, identifying growth opportunities and supporting new industry partner pitches and funding applications
• Leverage best practice and innovative ideas to drive a consistently optimal volunteering/mentoring experience for our volunteers, charities and young people across our platforms and programmes
• Gather learning and insights as the basis for developing new strategies to optimise our matching outcomes,  including identifying which specific skills are in the greatest demand by charities and young people at any time and working with the Industry Engagement team and Marcomms to secure more volunteers with these skills
• Manage and improve the performance of our Online Matching platform, working with our Digital Transformation team on platform upgrades to improve the user experience for Volunteers and Charities and Media Trust’s ability to make data-driven decisions about our marketing and other strategies for the platform
• Manage our large-scale Volunteering Events bringing together multiple volunteers and multiple charities, working closely with our Industry Engagement and Charity Services teams
• Manage and grow our Volunteer Films activity including managing and supporting the team to match charities with volunteer filmmakers and liaising with funders on projects that are funder-supported
• Support Media Trust’s Programme Managers on volunteering activity within their programmes
• Oversee ongoing data collection through interviews, feedback surveys, other formats, and Salesforce (CRM) for all our volunteering activity, particularly with a view to using qualitative feedback from volunteers and charities and insights from Salesforce to continuously improve our volunteering activity
• Work closely with our Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning team to monitor and measure the impact of all our volunteering activity and to produce high quality reports for funders and other stakeholders
• Promote and protect the work and reputation of Media Trust in the area of volunteering including representing Media Trust in pro bono and volunteering networks across the sector
• Work closely with the MarComms team to ensure we are effectively communicating the impact of our volunteers to our key audiences and to encourage more volunteer and charity sign ups
• Report, and where appropriate investigate, any actual or potential risks, accidents, incidents, safeguarding and data protection concerns, breaches of policy, complaints or other performance matters
• Ensure confidentiality of data is in line with Media Trust’s data privacy and GDPR policies
• Line management of our Volunteering Team comprising one Manager and a part-time Coordinator, and our Volunteer Films Team also comprising one Manager and a part-time Coordinator

 What we are looking for in you

• A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in the charity or business sectors, in roles focused on volunteer management and developing good practice, systems and processes to manage, evaluate and improve the user experience and outcome for volunteers and charities
• A good understanding of the challenges faced by under-resourced charities and an interest in building charities’ media and communications capabilities
• Exceptional stakeholder management experience
• Line management experience of a team
• An understanding of media, journalism, communications, campaigning, filmmaking and/or digital skills would be a plus
• Experience of using survey design software and CRM systems (experience of Survey Monkey and Salesforce would be an advantage)
• Experience of collecting experiences through interviews or questionnaires, analysing information, and producing clear evidence-based reports
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills – enjoys working with people, shows empathy and able to build and establish relationships with people from all walks of life
• Highly organised with the ability to plan, prioritise and manage deadlines
• Takes initiative, is pro-active and can work autonomously when necessary
• Commitment to equal opportunities and the values of Media Trust

The above job description is a guide to the work you may be required to undertake but does not form part of your contract of employment and may change from time to time to reflect changing circumstances.

How to apply

Please send an email with subject header Head of Volunteering, attaching your CV, a completed Equal Opportunities form, and a covering letter (max 2 pages) describing how your skills and experience match our requirements.

At Media Trust, we are committed to representing the communities we support. We warmly encourage applications from people of colour, individuals who identify as LGBTQIA, working class, disabled and those living with mental health conditions. We are happy to make reasonable adjustments for disabled applicants at any stage of the recruitment process – please get in touch to discuss.

Closing date: 9am on Monday 13 December 2021

Please note, due to the high volume of applications we expect to receive, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Working at Media Trust

Media Trust is an ambitious charity, full of passionate people. We are a small and dynamic team that works collaboratively and supports each other in a fast-paced environment. We are looking for motivated, agile and value-driven people to join our team.

We are based in WeWork Victoria, a vibrant co-working space with our own Media Trust office. There are regular activities and pop-ups throughout the week, ping pong tournaments and free barista coffee all day and prosecco/craft beer evenings. Other benefits include:

• Generous annual leave
• Flexible hours, to be agreed with line manager
• Part-time options considered for the right candidate
• Secure bike shed
• Pension contributions
• Volunteer days

Media Trust values and respects all differences in people (seen and unseen). One of the ways we do this is by actively encouraging staff to work in ways that best suit their needs and our flexible working policy outlines many of the options available, such as part-time and term-time working, job sharing, home working and working compressed hours. Please talk to us at the interview about the flexibility and equipment or other support you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.

We are looking to recruit an experienced Development Manager to maximise our fundraising capabilities. This will be an incredible opportunity to develop and deliver a fundraising strategy to grow sustainable income while engaging with and promoting new supporter relationships. This role has a special relationship with the Rochester Cathedral Trust whose objective is to provide financial support to assist the Cathedral. 

The Development Manager will work closely with the Trustees to maximise their personal contacts when making applications to trusts, foundations and individual donors.

The ideal candidate will be a confident communicator, with strong interpersonal skills who is able to build rapport quickly with all stakeholders. 

Rochester Cathedral is an equal opportunities workplace. You will be sympathetic to the ethos of the Church of England. 

In line with the Church of England’s safeguarding policy ‘Promoting a Safer Church’ 2021 we are committed to safer recruitment, training and people management practices. 

Closing date 9am on Monday 13th December interviews will be held early in the new year. We reserve the right to bring this date forward should we have a sufficient number of applications, so apply soon. 

Growing in Christ since AD604

Abbotsford, the home of Sir Walter Scott, is one of Scotland’s most important heritage sites. Now cared for by an independent charity, we are seeking a highly effective Development Manager to work with us.

The Abbotsford Trust is in the midst of celebrating Scott’s 250th birthday through a range of public events, restoration and visitor experience projects, and programmes supporting our local community. The anniversary is a milestone in our 10 year development plan ‘Writing the next Chapter’. We are now seeking a highly effective fundraising manager to work with us to build on our successes to realise our fundraising ambitions.

In this interesting and challenging role, you will be responsible for developing our fundraising strategy encompassing private philanthropy, trusts and foundations, and statutory bodies. You will be an excellent communicator, experienced in speaking with high net worth individuals and public figures and writing high quality funding applications. You must be able to speak with passion, conviction and sincerity about the cause, and have the ability to connect with a wide cross section of society to win support. As a small team run by staff and volunteers, you should be personable and flexible in your approach to others, and be prepared to be bitten by our passion for Scott and Abbotsford.

Full time £40,000 per annum. Home working options can be discussed.

Application Process

For more details of the role, please download the Job Description from our homepage.

Our award-winning Government Partnerships Team in Scotland seek someone with passion, drive and creativity to join us as Head of Partnerships on a Maternity cover basis.

You will manage relationships with a variety of public bodies, including national and local government, stewarding 7-figure contracts, developing new business opportunities and influencing policy-makers. Your work will be critical to delivering our work with young people, at a time when our support is needed more than ever.

If you can demonstrate success in a results-driven role, enjoy motivating and developing others,  thrive working on your own initiative and want to make a difference, this role is perfect for you. You will be joining an ambitious, supportive and close-knit team, with the flexibility to work from home and fit your hours around caring commitments.

For more information and to apply, please click 'apply now' to be directed to our website. 

Perks for working at The Trust:

• Great holiday package! 30 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays. Office closure the days between Christmas and New Year
• Fantastic Family leave! Receive 13 weeks full pay and 13 weeks half pay for maternity and adoption leave. Receive 8 weeks full pay for paternity leave.
• Flexible working! Where operationally possible, you can work hours to fit in with, school hours or care arrangements for example and you can also work from home.
• Interest-free season ticket loans
• Benefits platform! Everything from health and financial wellbeing support to discounts on your favourite restaurants, shops and cinemas
• In-house learning platform! Develop your skills for your career and your role
• The Trust will contribute 5% of your salary to the Trust Pension Scheme
• You can volunteer for and/or attend events – music festivals, The Prince’s Trust Awards, active events etc.
• Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary)

Are you looking to make an impact on some of the most challenging issues our society faces in a post-pandemic world? Do you want to work in an environment where you have the opportunity to contribute to solving major societal questions that shape the future of how we design work?

Timewise is a multi award winning social enterprise and the UK’s leading expert and thought leader on workplace flexibility. We provide a range of research, consultancy and training services and programmes to build more inclusive workplaces that work for employers, individuals, the wider economy and society. And we run Timewise Jobs, the leading website for quality part time and flexible jobs.

We support businesses in all sectors to make a flexible working a success – from the NHS to Google, and Lloyds Banking Group.  We are a trusted advisor to Government, social funders and think tanks alike who come to us for our straight-talking evidence-based approach about what works when changing business practice on flexible working, and our work features regularly in the media. 

As Timewise continues to grow, accelerated by the spotlight COVID19 has shone on the business need for flexible working solutions, we are seeking an experienced and dynamic person for an exciting new role. You will help us to shape the work of our Innovation Unit, which focuses on stimulating wider systemic change for those facing specific inequalities in the workplace due to their need to work flexibly.

This is a fantastic opportunity to step into a new role at Timewise and work on innovative projects, research and partnerships with organisations across the public and private sector, policy makers and employers, helping shape the future of this impactful social business.

Purpose of the role

As our Head of Partnerships and Practice you will be responsible for overseeing a range of research, social change programmes and partnerships within our Innovation Unit to build new insight into how to drive scalable action by both employers and policy makers on creating fairer flexible work for all. You will be working closely with our co-founder and Development Director and alongside our team of consultants and associates

Key responsibilities

Strategy and service design

• Contribute to the strategic development, design and growth of the Innovation Unit programme of work to ensure continued development of new programmes and partnerships. Your focus will be on how to stimulate fairer flexible work in places and communities, and through the systems that support wider labour market change.
• Support in the design and development of 2-3 new research projects each year to build further insight into the evolving state of flexible working, the business and societal benefits for flexibility, and to evidence the impact of Timewise’s interventions

Partnership building and income generation

• Work alongside the Development Director to secure new and recurrent partners and funding for the Innovation Unit programme of work through charitable trusts and foundations, national, regional and local government and corporate partnerships. Your specific focus will be on growing our place and systems work with an annual income generation target.

• Maintain and develop strategic partnerships to help Timewise to drive wider social change, and influence both policy and business practice by expanding partnerships with regional government networks, industry and trade bodies.

Project and People Management

• Oversee the delivery of several projects each year from design stage through to completion, to include design of evaluation approaches and undertaking report writing to share findings working closely with the Programme Director
• Ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget, working with both internal teams including finance and marketing, and with relevant partners and stakeholders
• Support, manage and oversee colleagues, consultants and associates on specific projects, with the potential in future of direct line management responsibilities as Timewise grows. In the immediate term a need for excellent horizontal people management skills and to manage ‘up’ to the Director proactively.

Communications

• Develop a range of materials to communicate projects to a range of audiences, working closely with the marketing and communications team. This could include blogs, sector specific articles, audio visual projects and social media.

• Undertake speaker engagements, and contribute to development and topics for Timewise events and roundtables
• Share on a frequent basis learnings and insights about policy, partnerships, programmes and practice with the wider Timewise team

About You

We are seeking a dynamic person who shares our passion for social change and driving workplace innovation. You will want to make a difference to how we design work in the UK and will have excellent relational and storytelling skills to inspire others to act and work with us. You’ll have some experience of service design perhaps honed from working within a think tank, social change organization or public sector body. You will have the ability to take a project from concept to delivery to dissemination. You will also be used to working autonomously and taking full accountability for the work you do. And as we are a relatively small organization with a big reach you will have both a willingness to be ‘hands-on’ as well as a strategic thinker.

You have

• A strong track record of delivering on a range of large scale, multi year, multi partner projects, preferably on either driving social change, tackling inequalities or working within the employment and skills system
• A strong track record of developing partnerships and income generation across charitable trusts and foundations, corporate partnerships and with and social and public sector partners
• Experience of programme and service design including approaches to designing research and projects that can influence change in public policy and/or employer practice.
• Experience in explaining new ways of working and gaining buy-in from partners, ideally working within an organisation driving social innovation
• An understanding of the wider policy landscape relevant to Timewise’s work including a passion for tackling workplace inequalities
• Personal authority and credibility at a senior level, and ability to build rapport quickly
• Excellent presentational and writing skills, with the ability to convey complex information persuasively including through proposals, research papers, project reports and blogs
• A strong interest in flexible working

As part of our new strategy for 2022-2030, we will be targeting all our work on key themes of money & poverty, and mental health & wellbeing, based on research with extensive groups of single parents.

The role of this Development Officer will focus on the development of our peer support offer on the theme of money and poverty. This will be evidence-based and drawn from the lived experience of single parents, be largely about peer guidance: single parents sharing their experiences, insights and knowledge as well as tips and coping strategies. 

This Development Officer will also oversee the final development and rollout of a programme called Money Buddies, which includes a toolkit and training programme for volunteers to support single parents avoiding crisis debt. We have worked with partners Renaisi, to develop this programme, and have created a support programme to help single parents identify priority areas of concern around money debt and support them develop an action plan to tackle the most pressing concerns they are facing, signposting to expert advice where needed.

You will work to produce content for regional newsletters and feed into mechanisms to share peer guidance around the theme of money and poverty, supporting the creation and dissemination of content, resources and face to face elements of our peer support service offer.

The Development Officer (Digital Groups) will oversee the development, piloting and set up, of digital groups within Gingerbread’s peer support services.  A key aspect of the role is to ensure that digital groups are developed to allow single parents to connect digitally with each other in a safe and supportive environment. The post holder will champion Gingerbread’s vision of a society in which single parent families are valued and where they and their children are treated equally and fairly.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• Support the development and piloting of digital groups as a service for single parents; this may include supporting with user research and testing as directed by the Peer Support Manager and in collaboration with other members of peer support and digital teams
• Liaise with our external digital support agency to assist with the creation of pilot digital groups, and troubleshoot any technical problems
• Lead on running any focus groups, consultations or coproduction activities to facilitate best practice in refining the model for digital groups
• Work with any external consultants who may advise us on specific community groups (e.g. single parent dads)
• Develop fair and transparent recruitment processes for volunteer digital administrators/moderators or group leads, to reflect the diversity of our beneficiaries and be a main point of contact 
• Develop and deliver training and support programmes for digital group participants, group leads, volunteer digital administrators and/or moderators which can be delivered remotely
• Escalate safeguarding concerns following Gingerbread protocols
• Collate and report on data relating to activity, demographics and membership of the digital groups
• To contribute to impact monitoring and ensure monitoring compliances are met
• Be an internal champion for the digital groups, sharing useful insights from users in a collaborative way to support Gingerbread’s wider objectives

About Theirworld 

Theirworld is a global charity aiming to end the global education crisis and unleash the potential of the next generation. We work to ensure that every child has the best start in life, a safe place to learn, and skills for the future. To achieve this, we are tackling the lack of political will, financial commitment and action that is currently preventing the realisation of inclusive, quality education for all children. We bring together experience and evidence from our research and projects alongside the passion and power of our campaigns and communications to unlock the big changes needed to end the global education crisis. 

Over the past two years, we have been in an exciting period of growth and transformation to assemble a world-class team of campaigners, communicators, policy experts, and project managers with phenomenal skills, commitment to our mission, and strong team spirit and creative energy.

About the role 

To help us deliver our 20th anniversary plan and build a strong foundation for the future, we are looking for a strong, experienced leader with a demonstrated track record to hire as our Head of Projects and Research, who will oversee:

1. Developing and implementing highly effective, focused, sustainable and scalable education projects which deliver impact at local levels and have the potential to unlock greater change.

2. Managing and executing an ambitious research agenda to fuel projects and campaigns in collaboration with top universities, academics and research institutions.

The successful candidate will have a good understanding of core education policy issues and stakeholders involved in global education. 

The Head of Projects and Research will report to the President of the organisation. You will work closely with our projects team, policy and advocacy team (focused on education financing, early childhood education, education in emergencies, and skills) and our communications team, as well as collaborate closely with our Global Youth Ambassador and Global Business Coalition for Education teams. The role will be based in our London office, with occasional domestic and international travel as required.  We are currently working with a hybrid schedule averaging 4-8 days per month in the office and the remainder of the time working remotely.

Main responsibilities: 

Research

• Identify opportunities to harness research to drive campaigns, youth engagement and influence policy and practice at scale 

• Oversee research partnerships, report production and project management

• Manage research from conception and contracting to production and dissemination 

• Liaise with researchers, designers, internal stakeholders and communications teams 

• Ensure quality and accuracy of Theirworld research products

• Implement a research pipeline which advances Theirworld’s core advocacy and campaign objectives, including current research initiatives underway in early childhood education, education in emergencies, progress to 2030, youth skills and finance. 

PROJECTS 

• Oversee the Theirworld project portfolio, further develop Theirworld’s project strategy and set goals aligned with the organisation’s vision and mission

• Further support and grow our innovation and pilot project portfolio 

• Identify opportunities to sustainably grow and scale existing projects through greater reach and/or depth 

• Liaise with the Fundraising team to identify new funding opportunities for projects  

• Contribute to overall programme strategy and annual budget processes   

• Implement best practice programme management, strategy, and processes in line with Theirworld's strategic aims and objectives 

• Ensure the appropriate systems and procedures are followed, ensuring best practices in project management

• Maintain and build strong partnerships with our existing partners to build greater local capacity and unlock larger system change through project work

• Monitor and implement the delivery of programmes to schedule, budget and to the highest level of quality

• Work with the team to develop theories of change and monitoring, evaluation and learning frameworks for programmes, in collaboration with Project Managers and implementers, when needed   

• Oversee project reviews to inform planning

• Drive continued improvements in internal and external monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) capability

• Enhance Theirword’s evaluation approaches and methodologies through innovative practices   

• Work with Project Managers to review the quality of the MEL data submitted and share knowledge gained through MEL project delivery and wider experiences with the internal team  

• Verify project close-out reports, and review other MEL-related deliverables  

• Develop, implement, and manage key performance indicators (KPIs) for each area of responsibility   

• Work with the Communications team to tell stories from our projects aligned with a broader organisational narrative 

Experience, skills and character 

You should have: 

• 8+ years’ experience in managing projects and research - ideally with a leading consultancy/agency, academic and/or non-profit organisation 

• Exceptional track-record of developing and delivering creative, pragmatic, and effective project and research plans, with previous experience in the global education or another development sector highly desirable 

• Strong strategic thinking and planning skills 

• Ability to lead project teams under pressure and to tight deadlines, while staying organised and focused to get campaigns delivered effectively

• Direct relevant experience in education (or international development) and a strong passion and interest in these issues 

• Excellent writing and communication skills 

• Experience with youth advocacy and engagement and engaging the business community would be a strong plus 

• A collaborative, hands-on attitude and team player approach 

• A problem-solving mindset and ability to take initiative and think outside the box 

• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills with good attention to detail, ability to work under pressure and to deadlines, and generally to have a high bar for quality in your own work as well as your colleagues 

• A commitment to Theirworld’s aims and a clear understanding of the contribution that projects and research can make to achieve our mission and how it can best link with other parts of the organisation’s work 

We are With You are looking for Business Development Partners to join our NBCR team - New Business and Contract Team.

We want experienced business development professionals or individuals with comparable and/or transferrable experience, to drive forward our strategy and ambition to develop and grow our services to reach more people.

We are one of the UK’s largest substance misuse and mental health charities providing services since 1967 (formally as Addaction). We believe everyone should feel comfortable getting the support they need and we design and deliver our services to achieve this. Our range of services include community and prison substance misuse, recovery services, community link workers, complex needs services, and children and young people’s services.

Responsibilities

Joining our national team of business development partners, bid writers and regional directorates means you’ll be taking on a key leadership role in the design and delivery of successful tenders. 

We are at an exciting stage as an organisation, with a clear focus on our strategy and a successful track record of winning new services that help more people. You’ll join a growing team and have the chance to share and further develop your skills, knowledge and experience, alongside a brilliant team of experts from across our organisation. 

The role

Working as part of the New Business and Contract Retention Team, you’ll be embedded in one of our 5 regional areas. You will have joint responsibility, alongside the Regional Director of Services, for retaining existing contracts and winning new business opportunities, and be responsible for leading all aspects of the tender process. 

You will lead and work collaboratively with a tender team that includes Directors of Services, clinicians, bid writers and departmental leads to develop service models, budgets and partnerships for tenders.

What we’re looking for

Within this role, you’ll need to think creatively and be confident challenging existing ways of working. The type of experience that you will bring to this role may include: 

• being an experienced manager and leader

• having a proven track record in business development or have worked in operational management, or other comparable leadership or management roles

• being a highly competent project manager, with proven experience of leading and managing complex tenders or other projects across a team.

On a personal level you’ll 

• be a confident and highly competent communicator who is able to engage and influence senior stakeholders

• have excellent IT skills, be highly numerate and be able to analyse and work with complex data and financial information

• be a team player, who respects the experience and skills of their team, and is able to give and receive feedback

• be committed to the values and work of We are With You.

Why work for us? 

As a team, we work flexibly to meet business needs; usually available during core business hours. When normal travel resumes, you should expect UK travel, overnight on occasions. We offer flexible working within the team to accommodate this and balance work and life commitments.

 Further information

• 1 x Permanent position - London and South East, 

• 1 x Interim 6 month post - Scotland

Both roles are full time for 37.5 hours per week.

Interviews will be held as suitable applications are received and take place virtually on Google Meet. If successful candidates are appointed then the advert will close sooner than the advertised date. 

About Police Now  

Police Now’s mission is to transform communities, reduce crime and anti-social behaviour, and increase the public’s confidence in the police by recruiting, developing and inspiring outstanding and diverse leaders in policing. We are working towards a day when every community, whatever the socio-economic background of its residents, can thrive without being fearful of crime. We are looking for high-performing, committed, mission-aligned individuals who will actively contribute towards this goal. 

It is important that Police Now’s workforce reflects the communities that we serve and are empowered to contribute their best. We are an equal opportunities employer committed to diversity and inclusion in policing and our Head Office, and view workforce diversity as a business imperative. We strongly encourage applicants from all backgrounds and walks of life. 

Police Now trains graduates and career changers with leadership potential to become inspirational police officers and outstanding crime fighters on our National Graduate Leadership Programme and our National Detective Programme. Our officers are supported for life so they can confidently progress through policing ranks as innovative leaders. We are a not-for-profit organisation of ~120 employees, with ambitious goals; we need impact and solutions-focused individuals who will accelerate us towards our mission. Everything we do and our culture is reflected in the Police Now Leadership Principles which are attached at the bottom of this page.

 The purpose of the role

We are seeking a commercial and mission-driven senior leader to become our Head of Finance. You will have strategic finance capabilities as well as core operational capabilities to manage the Finance and IT departments, and directly support the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in driving the strategic growth and sustainability of Police Now. You will operate as part of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), influencing decisions at an organisational level. You must be a confident in presenting to senior stakeholders and influencing peers; this role is crucial in ensuring that funds are used effectively across the organisation and that finance processes, controls and systems support our 120-strong workforce to achieve our mission.  

The role is broad with full responsibility for financial management, and ensuring our digital capabilities and systems are fit for purpose. You will manage a medium-sized team with the support of a Finance Manager and IT Manager, to deliver day-to-day operations and strategic projects. Whilst IT experience is an advantage, we are seeking a Finance leader with a passion and aptitude for data and technology and an analytical mind that can translate business requirements into technology requirements. 

The Head of Finance will develop these departments as strategic functions to drive high-performance and efficiency, working closely with the COO to implement our strategy. 

Key responsibilities

• Strategic finance: develop and maintain a high-performing finance function, producing bespoke financial analyses to meet Board and SLT requirements, and help drive strategic decision-making and risk management as a Senior Leadership Team member. Provide strategic advice and contribute to the development and sustainability of Police Now using financial planning and costing. You will work closely with the COO and CEO to analyse our cost per participant, and future investments
• Budgeting and cash flow: manage the annual budgeting process, subsequent reforecasts, and regular cash flow forecasting and monitoring to ensure the efficient allocation of resources and reserves to meet all of Police Now’s obligations; appraise and calculate value for money regarding investments and opportunities.
• Effective and efficient financial control: oversee the monthly management account process, working with the wider Senior Leadership Team / budget holders to ensure effective financial management; regularly review and develop financial controls, policies, and procedures; develop transparent financial reporting; and meet all finance and IT compliance needs. 
• Internal and external reporting: financial and IT reporting to the Finance, Audit, Risk & Resources Committee (as an executive attendee) and the Board of Trustees on a quarterly basis; oversee the external audit process including statutory filings. 
• Increasing commercial awareness: as the most senior finance expert in the organisation, you will be responsible for upskilling the organisation regarding financial matters and embedding a commercial mindset in operational delivery and contracting with forces. In particularly, increasing the commercial capabilities of our SLT.    
• Strategic technology: oversee and manage technology at Police Now HQ, including systems, devices, hardware and the evolution of the digital ecosystem and data architecture. In particularly, business partnering with the organisation to ensure our technology is fit for purpose for our digital delivery requirements with participants and forces, working with our in-house and outsourced technical experts. 
• IT security and data governance: responsible for maintaining appropriate cybersecurity measures at Police Now, and that data is managed appropriately and safely across the business and systems by staff in eyes of our Board, Committees, and force partners. 
• High-performing team and operations: develop a high-performing, highly organised Finance & IT team. Manage our IT department and Finance department to perform smartly and efficiently, providing robust and direct performance management, oversight and coaching. Provide support and training for junior members of the team where required and oversee day-to-day operations through the Finance Manager and IT Manager. Day-to-day operations include payments processes, expenses, compliance, payroll, grant reporting, device management and IT support (including managing outsourced suppliers). 
• Projects: on occasion, lead on finance or IT projects such as implementing new processes to maximise efficiency and decision-making, re-contracting with new outsourced suppliers and updating systems, as well as being a key advisor and senior representative on company-wide projects. 

What you'll need

• At least 5 years’ experience leading Finance teams in industry or in a professional services environment, and a demonstrated ability for developing high performing and inclusive teams (experience leading non-finance staff an advantage but not essential) 
• A full professional accounting qualification – ACA or ICAS qualified from a top-tier organisation is desirable 
• Excellent proficiency in Microsoft Office, in particular the use of Excel for analysing data, creating reports and data modelling
• Experience using cloud based financial systems (experience using Microsoft Business Central and WebExpenses beneficial)
• Previous Senior Leadership Team experience or proven experience working with and managing senior stakeholders in a client-based professional services environment; a demonstrated ability to present to senior management and/or Boards
• In-depth knowledge of all core financial processes and up to date knowledge of technical requirements and best practices (ideally with a working knowledge of Charities SORP)
• Specific IT expertise is not essential, however you must be able to demonstrate a passion and understanding of business technology, the key components of organisational IT, and how technology is a key enabler in the delivery of business operations
• An understanding of the basics of data architecture and how this translates to reporting and system design, management and development; knowledge of GDPR, the current data protection and IT security environment is desirable 
• Excellent numerical and problem solving skills, as well as strong line management and coaching experience 
• A demonstrated ability to advise and lead on a strategic organisational level as well as day-to-day operations, including experience in leading and delivering transformation projects; experience of working successfully in a changing organisation where flexibility, agility and adaptability are essential 
• Superb written and verbal communication skills and an excellent academic background

What you'll get from us

• A bright, airy, modern and buzzing HQ near Liverpool Street, Central London (Zone 1). This role will require a minimum of 3 days a week in the office. Please note that during the Covid-19 pandemic, online/remote inductions may occur. 
• A supported working from home set-up with the technology and certain equipment required.
• Competitive salary of £65,000 - £80,000 per annum  
• Flexible working. 
• 27 days holiday each year plus bank holidays (pro-rata). 
• Sanctus coaching (private mental health coaching for the workplace). 
• Access to the Vitality programme which includes healthcare benefits, an Employee Assistance Programme and discounts.
• Training opportunities for personal development.
• Participation in a pension scheme (with 5% employer contributions and 3% employee contributions).​​​​​​​

Please note

This job description is issued as a guideline. It is not exhaustive, and we would be pleased to discuss any constructive comments you may have. Due to the evolving nature and changing demands of our business this job description may be subject to change. You may, on occasions, be required to undertake additional or other duties within the context of this job description and according to the needs of the organisation.

Applications will be screened as they are received and invited to interview accordingly.  Police Now reserves the right to close the advert prior to the advertised date, should a suitable applicant be appointed.  Early applications are therefore encouraged.  

Please note that some roles within Police Now require certain levels of National Security Vetting or screening in order to effectively work with our partners. Therefore, we may ask you to complete this if you are successful.