We have an exciting opportunity for an organised and enthusiastic manager to lead our growing advice service. The role involves supervising and providing leadership and guidance to staff and volunteers in the advice team. As well as being responsible for the smooth running of the service, you will provide feedback and support to staff/volunteers to aid their development and ensure the advice provided to clients is accurate, appropriate and recorded correctly.

The ideal candidate

This is a forward thinking, energetic role for someone passionate about delivering high quality service to older people. Ideally, you will have proven experience of team management and leadership preferably in the advice or third sector and experience of working within a fast paced environment handling administration and information systems and client interactions. You must have excellent communication and organisational skills, with a commitment to developing a quality assured service.

The organisation

We are a locally focused charity with over 160 staff and volunteers across Birmingham and Sandwell. We provide free, impartial advice and information on a wide range of issues to people aged 50 and over. We are looking to grow and expand to reach more of the older people in Birmingham and Sandwell.

Fundraising Manager - Coventry and Warwickshire
Fixed Term (Until 30 June 2020 - Covering Secondment)
£26,500 - £31,000 + car allowance + benefits

Are you positive and results-driven with an impressive track record in fundraising, sales or marketing?

Why do we ask? Because one in three people will develop cancer in their lifetime and it’s our aim to raise enough funds to be there for each and every one of them. Regional fundraising already generates over £40m a year across the UK, but we need someone like you to help us raise much more and encourage more people to take part in what we do.

The candidates we are looking for will be experienced in working with and supporting fundraising groups and individuals, confident working independently, equipped with a strategic mindset, focus, drive and enthusiasm, as well as excellent communication and relationship building skills. You will be adept at planning and prioritising to meet the multiple calls on your time. Using all these skills and traits, you'll create and implement an innovative plan - one that maximises our impact in your area and delivers strategic financial and non-financial objectives through a network of local supporters and volunteers.

You'll be part of our ambition to inspire millions to get involved in reaching and improving the lives of people affected by cancer. As Fundraising Manager for Coventry and Warwickshire you would work with local supporters including individuals, community groups, volunteers and media contacts to raise awareness of our vital work and how each supporter can make a difference. You would support people to maximise their fundraising and recognise the difference that they are helping to make for people affected by cancer.

In return for your hard work and impressive results, we commit to actively developing you and our benefits include private medical insurance, life assurance, pension, generous leave, and interest free loans for season tickets and gym membership.

Macmillan’s Fundraising Managers are home-workers who travel extensively within the defined geographical area for their role. You must have a full UK driving licence at the time of application and the work will also require some unsocial and out of hours working. A car allowance is provided. There will be a requirement for flexible working to support evening and weekend events: you will be compensated for this with time off in lieu.

You may have experience of the following: Sales Manager, Regional Fundraiser, Corporate Fundraiser, New Business Manager, Area Sales Manager, Business Development Manager, Marketing Manager, Key Account Manager, Client Relations Manager.

Interview process
If you are shortlisted, you will first be asked to record a video interview. You will be shown several questions on screen and record your answers into your webcam. If you are successful at this stage, you will then be invited to a face-to-face interview on 10th October.

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Please submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to change the closing date of our vacancies.

We aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths so we seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool, reflecting the diverse nature of our society. 

We will support you throughout the recruitment process with any reasonable adjustments required in accordance with the Equality Act. Please contact the Recruitment Team if you require support.

Part Time – 4 days per week (28 hours) 

Salary: £40,000 - £44,000 (pro rata £32,000 – £35,200) dependent on experience

Temporary contract for 12 months or until the substantive post holder returns

Closing date: 9am, Friday 4th October

Interview date:  Thursday 17th October at our office in central Birmingham

UK charity Children’s Liver Disease Foundation (CLDF) takes action against the effects of childhood liver disease, providing information, emotional support, research funds and a voice for all affected. With innovative support programmes and development plans to increase our reach even further, the charity never stands still. Please find out more about the difference we make on our website.

It’s a really exciting time to join the CLDF team at a pivotal point of change and with a new strategy planned for 2020. CLDF are looking to recruit a bold, tenacious, driven, Fundraising Manager to provide maternity cover for a 12 month period. You will empower our Fundraising team and take responsibility for corporate and major giving income streams. You will be experienced in leading teams and engaging new support, with a passion for the life changing work we do, which you’re able to communicate and bring alive for a variety of audiences.

The Head of Fundraising role is key to the development of our innovative charity’s strategy. We’re looking for candidates with a proven track record in corporate cultivation and leadership who have the energy and tenacity to play a major part in ensuring the charity achieves its goals. Currently CLDF derives its income from a range of sources, of which community fundraising from supporters and families is the largest. We want to continue our journey in maximising our supporter care and make the most of opportunities to garner the support of new corporates, institutions and trusts to provide sustainable income for the development of the charity’s work.

If you are a passionate, creative, hard-working and tenacious fundraising professional with the leadership skills we need, then we are interested in hearing from you as soon as possible.

The Head of Marketing & PR is a new role, overseeing the Marketing, PR and Communications strategy for the Charity.

The hospital charity has been successful in driving internal communications amongst its hospitals, but is now seeking to raise its profile across the Midlands, showcasing what the Charity already funds and what it wants to raise money to fund in the future.

The Charity feels it needs to recruit someone with more knowledge of Marketing and PR, although they will also be responsible for delivering the internal communications channels.

As Head of Marketing & PR you will lead a small team in devising multichannel communications and supporter journey marketing campaigns that helps raise awareness of our work, builds our digital communities, and helps drive income generation through targeted engagement activity. 

You will work closely with teams across the charity and our hospitals to ensure that our marketing and communications' needs are met and that we become known as an organisation which delivers innovative, engaging and effective campaigns and communications initiatives in support of our beneficiaries.

As a professional with experience of communications, marketing (including digital marketing), social media, supporter engagement, brand development and media, your remit will include working closely with fundraising colleagues to develop, deliver and evaluate a schedule of donor acquisition and retention campaigns and to identity engagement opportunities across all marketing channels.

The ideal candidate will bring not only the gravitas and innovation to proactively lead a team to deliver exceptional results but also the creativity and ambition to see the Charity's brand increase across the Midlands.

This is a pivotal role which will have you working with staff and volunteers across the charity and our hospitals, to maximise our reach to both supporters and potential beneficiaries.

3 x Permanent – North, Central and South. Full time- 35 hours a week

Can be based in any Trust office in the UK, please let us know where you would be based if successful in your application. 

About the role

Countless talented young people across the country are unemployed, under-employed or looking for a better career. Meanwhile, the NHS (one of the largest employers in Europe) is currently in a staffing crisis with thousands of vacancies across hundreds of roles. See some potential to do some brilliant work? Us too! Could you be part of the senior team leading our programmes to get 10,000 young people into health and care careers over the next 3 years?

You might be the right person for our Senior Head of Operations (Health & Care) role.

You’ll be to be someone who…

• Wants to see things change. You’ll need to believe in your heart that all young people have limitless potential
• Is comfortable being uncomfortable. We’re a place where innovation is rife so change and uncertainty is inevitable
• Loves being around people. Capable of leading people to achieve amazing things; not being scared to ask people to dig-deep or to make difficult decisions
• Enjoys negotiating and problem solving with the capability to work at a strategic level but also to understand the practicalities of operational delivery
• Has a good understanding of the health and care sector and/or expertise in working with young people

You should know…

• We think big. We want to have impact across the whole country. That means we spend a fair bit of time on trains or on Skype
• We’re positive, proactive, solutions-focused people. We take a strengths-based approach to everything we do, believing anything is possible
• We’re super digital and data driven… or trying to be! If you hate tech or numbers, you might not love us. We work at pace, continually looking at our performance and seeing how we can improve.
• We’re recruiting 3 Senior Heads of Operations, one for each of our regions in England (North, Central & South)

In a nutshell, you’ll be responsible for…

• Ultimately, getting 10,000 young people into health and care careers over the next 3 years
• Developing excellent partnerships and overseeing the delivery of national contracts
• Managing large teams spread across a large geography
• ….and lots of other things detailed in the Job Description!

To apply for this vacancy please go to our website and complete the online application and make it clear which region you're applying for even if it's multiple.  To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to click here to download a copy of the Prince's Trust Behavioural Framework.

If you are selected for an interview, the first stage will commence on the 1st October. The second interviews will commence on the 3rd October if Central & North and the 4th if in the South region. Please ensure you are free on these days.

About The Prince’s Trust

We are a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome!

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years.  Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.  We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world.  We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

The Prince’s Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince’s Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we'd like a helping hand. We'll be in touch if we need you.

Ambition Institute is a graduate school for teachers, school leaders and system leaders. Our programmes help educators serving children from disadvantaged backgrounds to keep getting better. Through our suite of programmes we’re able to support educators at every stage – from new teachers through to leaders of groups of schools.

We are looking for a talented Associate Director to join our Programme Operations department. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring we have exceptional faculty delivering across Ambition’s programme suite, cost effectively and at a high quality. In this role you will provide strategic direction to event scheduling and facilitator staffing, coaching logistics and support, and assessment processes. The ideal candidate will be able to build and maintain great relationships internally and externally, establish and implement tight processes, and get to grips with the intent behind our programme design to ensure we allocate faculty best placed to deliver faithfully on this intent.

Our ideal candidate will possess the following qualities:

Essential

• A strong commitment to education, the non-profit sector and raising the aspirations, achievements and life chances of all children
• Ability to quickly grasp design principles underpinning Ambition’s programmes in order to be able to oversee strong fit of internal and external faculty to need
• Previous experience developing and embedding effective systems and processes
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with ability to manage senior stakeholder relationships
• Previous experience overseeing effective communication at scale
• Comfortable using excel and technology such as Salesforce, to be able to oversee systems used across the team
• Demonstrated experience in a previous role using own initiative and working with high levels of autonomy
• Previous experience managing multiple, competing demands
• Outstanding attention to detail and organisational skills
• Ability to manage sensitive information in a confidential manner

Desirable

• A good understanding of coaching, assessing and facilitator best practice
• A good understanding of the principles of effective training and development
• Good budget management skills

Our offer

We are happy to be able to offer you:

• Agile working - a dynamic and flexible internal culture that gives employees control over the way they work and supports wellbeing
• A competitive annual leave entitlement of 25 days, plus bank holidays
• A generous employer pension contribution of 11% (10% pension plus 1% NI rebate)
• Competitive salaries rates and life assurance
• Access to an interest free season ticket and bike loans, as well as eyecare vouchers
• An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which provides confidential support for employees on personal or work-related matters
• A robust learning and development offer that ensures your continuous professional development

How to apply

To apply or for any questions and queries, please visit our website.

Equality and diversity matters to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality.

Unfortunately, due to the number of applications we receive at this stage we will not be able to contact unsuccessful applicants.

Please note, that we will be moving to an exciting new office space in West London by the end of the year. Further details will be shared with you if you are appointed.

As an employer, we have a responsibility to prevent illegal working in the UK by ensuring that our employees have the right to work in the UK. Therefore, as part of the recruitment process to verify your eligibility you will be required to produce relevant documentation.

Marketing Campaigns Manager

c. £30,000pa

Birmingham Hippodrome B5 4TB

A great theatre needs great people.  We can only thrive by having the right team on board in a fast-paced, constantly changing, creative workplace.

About Us

Presenting the best in musical theatre, ballet and opera, dance, drama, comedy and pantomime, we work successfully with some of the world’s biggest international producers.  With our resident partners Birmingham Royal Ballet and DanceXchange; with collaborators such as Welsh National Opera and Sadler’s Wells; and with names like Cameron Mackintosh, the Royal Shakespeare Company, Qdos Pantomimes, and the National Theatre, dull moments don’t get a look in.

We are managed by a voluntary board of Trustees as an independent charity, delivering our exciting programme of Hippodrome Projects, from transformational learning to fabulous festivals. In our auditorium or Patrick Studio, in our conference spaces or restaurant, and in schools and communities, we make sure that everyone is welcome, we settle for nothing but the best and we bring flair to everything we do.

About the Role

Reporting to the Head of Marketing you will collaborate with colleagues across the organization to deliver our ambitious audience strategy. Your remit will be to, primarily, focus on selling tickets for our incredible range of stage shows, including Birmingham’s favourite pantomime. Leading a small team, you will work with visiting company producers and their agents and devise and implement effective marketing campaigns to meet sales and audience targets. This will involve delivering engaging output to strict budgets and deadlines.  You will be responsible for direct marketing and advertising campaigns utilising a range of channels including print, radio, outdoor and digital. You will also monitor effectiveness and use insight gained to improve campaign performance. Important will be the ability to take on new challenges and innovate.

A graduate you will have experience of marketing at a senior level in the arts, entertainments or attractions arena as well as achieving ambitious financial targets. You will be used to managing and briefing suppliers as well as marketing shows and services in an arts venue too. Able to translate strategy into plans and targets, you will have excellent marketing skills across design and print, advertising and sales promotion, direct marketing as well as digital. An excellent communicator, you will also possess strong relationship building, interpersonal and project management skills.

This role requires a creative individual with a close eye for detail, a competitive spirit and a passion for audience development. An ability to take on new challenges, innovate and collaborate within the team as well as across the organisation is essential.

To enjoy a new stage for your skills please visit our website via the link and apply online.

Closing date: 4th October 2019.

At Birmingham Hippodrome we are committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone.

Contract Type: Fixed Term 12 months

Hours: Full time, 35 hours a week

Location: Can be based in London or Birmingham

Our new Corporate Partnerships manager will be joining the team at a really exciting time as The Trust launches our bold new 5-year strategy.  This presents a wealth of opportunities for you to shape our partnership proposition to the retail sector, make a mark on some exciting partnerships, and raise the bar on how we steward and develop our partners more broadly.

The main purpose of the role is to manage an exciting portfolio of The Trust’s corporate partnerships, predominantly from the retail sector with the objective to raising funds across a broad range of income streams, including core investment, employee fundraising, events and commercial/customer activity.

As well as directly managing a portfolio of small-medium partners the role will also play a pivotal role working on the Trust’s exciting partnership with L’Oreal Paris.

To learn more about the role, please download the job description.

About The Prince’s Trust

We are a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome!

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years.  Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.  We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world.  We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

The Prince’s Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince’s Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please go to our website and complete the online application.  To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to download a copy of the Prince’s Trust Behavioural Framework.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we'd like a helping hand. We'll be in touch if we need you.

Permanent – Birmingham or London. Full time- 35 hours a week

An opportunity has arisen within the Management Accounting and Reporting Team for a pro-active individual with previous financial accounting and reporting experience. This is a pivotal role acting as the management accounting and reporting lead for the Trust's cost base, which includes national oversight of direct delivery (operational) costs as well as head office spend.

This individual will provide insightful reports to finance & performance business partners, budget holders and senior management enabling better decision making across the Trust. The role is best suited to someone who enjoys developing and enhancing the work of others as it will involve providing guidance and training to other members of the finance team.

To learn more about the role, please download the job description.

About The Prince’s Trust

We are a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome!

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years.  Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.

The Prince’s Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince’s Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please go to our website and complete the online application.  To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to download a copy of the Prince’s Trust Behavioural Framework.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we'd like a helping hand. We'll be in touch if we need you.

Fixed Term 12 months - Any Trust Office. Full time- 35 hours a week

We are looking for an Innovation Delivery Lead who will support an exciting period of growth and change for the organisation. Working with external suppliers and stakeholders across The Trust, the Digital Delivery Lead will work with the innovation team and be required to facilitate the delivery of innovation projects.

We're after someone who can:

• -Make clear,pragmatic and manageable plans for innovation projects
• -Exemplify positive customer service behaviors and promote a culture focused on ensuring customer needs are met
• -Establish how the business area compares to customer service expectations and industry best practice and identify necessary improvements in plans
• -Clarify strategies and plans, giving clear sense of direction and purpose for self and team
• -Confidently engage with stakeholders and colleagues at all levels to generate commitment to goals

This is a fixed term role for 12 months with the possibility of extension and can be based in any UK Trust office. To learn more about the role, please download the job description.

About The Prince's Trust

We are a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome!

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years.Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world.We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

The Prince's Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince's Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please complete the online application.To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to download a copy of the Prince's Trust Behavioural Framework.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we'd like a helping hand. We'll be in touch if we need you.

The Operations Manager is a new role, overseeing the service delivery projects run by the hospital charity, as well as assisting the Charity Chief Executive in the governance and financial reporting of the Charity including reporting to stakeholders and driving the strategic direction of the Charity.

They will oversee the governance of the hospital charity with staff working across all the hospital sites.

The Operations Manager will be responsible for the Charity’s homes from home, including Fisher House, our property for military patients and their families, the Activities Coordinators scheme and other projects delivering non-clinical support to patients and their families.

They will assist in the delivery of the Charity’s grant making programme, in particular around reporting outcomes and measurables.

Permanent. Full time- 35 hours a week

Location: Can be based in any UK Trust office

Design and development of our UK wide service delivery partnerships will be your responsibility as we embark on our new five year strategy we have an ambition to become the very best organisation within the sector and therefore will transform our partnerships to ensure we deliver the very best for young people.

You will ensure that national partnerships are developed to the highest possible standard that enables us to deliver the very best for young people. 

You will collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders organisationally and ensure that our delivery commitments are achieved in our effort to reach more young people through the highest possible quality partnerships. With exceptional project management skills you will ensure national partnerships are successfully implemented across the organisation and positively adopted by delivery teams.

With exceptional performance management experience you will ensure the review and monitoring of all high level delivery partnerships is undertaken, addressing challenges as and when they may arise, and

• The performance of our partnerships is monitored and evaluated ensuring every opportunity is maximised in the best interest of young people.
• We are strategic in our partnership approach and consistently seek out every opportunity to deliver our vision and strategic goals.

To learn more about the role, please download the job description.

To apply for this vacancy please complete the online application.  To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to download a copy of the Prince’s Trust Behavioural Framework.

About The Prince’s Trust

We are a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome.

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years.  Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.  We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world.  We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

The Prince’s Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince’s Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we'd like a helping hand. We'll be in touch if we need you.

Permanent – Birmingham. Full time- 35 hours a week

This is a key senior role within our Birmingham-based team, responsible for the effective management of the Financial Accounting function. Managing two staff, the team are responsible for the production and review of monthly financial information including balance sheet and cash flow, as well as production of statutory accounts and returns and overseeing audit processes.

To learn more about the role, please download the job description.

About The Prince's Trust is a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome.

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years.  Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.  We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world.  We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

The Prince’s Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince’s Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please go to our website and complete the online application.  To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to download a copy of the Prince’s Trust Behavioural Framework.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we'd like a helping hand. We'll be in touch if we need you.

Main function of the role:
To support the Head of Experience Days in planning, coordinating and expanding EDT’s STEM day programme - ‘First Edition’ and ‘STEM Family Challenge’, as well as contributing towards the development of the programme within the whole of the EDT and its educational schemes.

First Edition – provide ‘hands on’ activity days and visits to schools, colleges, companies and universities raising awareness of courses and careers in STEM for primary and secondary students across the UK.

STEM Family Challenge – raises awareness of STEM careers/ courses through an evening event in which representatives from industry and higher education attend and where families can take part in a fun ‘hands on’ STEM activity.

The Programme Coordinator will support the Head of Experience Days with the growth of the programme through identifying local sources of funding to apply for, develop and maintain existing and new relationships with schools, universities and companies and assist in increasing the number of Experience Day events and locations taking place each year.

Main duties and responsibilities:
This is a senior administration/project role, engaging the interest of teachers, parents, students and university staff – education, recruitment and widening participation staff in particular – and encouraging them to take part in the Experience Day programme to increase the number of student participants and the number of events and also where there are opportunities, to encourage participation in EDT’s other schemes.

The role will support the Head of Experience Days in the strategy and development of the programme.

The role will include:

• establish, develop, maintain and manage relationships with teachers and university staff
• building relationships with funders/sponsors, and applying for funding
• project based work to help ensure delivery of the Experience Day strategy
• preparing mailing lists and sending invites and confirmations to schools
• attending, representing and promoting EDT at some events
• Managing all operational and logistic requirements for the events, ensuring all relevant information is collected and passed onto participants
• Line Management of the Programme Administrator.
• Lead contact for all freelance delivery staff
• Lead for the CRM Processes for the Experience Days programme

Preferred person specification:

• Excellent communication skills (verbal, non-verbal and written correspondence)
• Strong customer facing management skills
• Attention to detail and excellent organisation skills
• Self management and prioritisation of workload
• To have a flexible approach to work and show enthusiasm with a genuine commitment to the programme

Experience required

• Experience of managing a heavy personal workload

• IT skills on email, Microsoft Excel and Word are essential.

• A proven track record of successful relationship management
   

A background or knowledge in events management and of educational establishments with customer facing experience will be beneficial.
Web Content Management and CRM database experience desirable.

Preferred person specification:

• An empathy with the Trust’s aims and objectives and being able to show an understanding of diversity and equal opportunities
• An ability to communicate professionally with excellent verbal, non-verbal and written correspondence with strong interpersonal skills
• A self starter, who is motivated, has ideas and uses initiative and common sense
• Excellent presentation skills
• The ability to work under pressure, prioritising work and meeting deadlines
• A flexible approach to work with enthusiasm and passion as well as a genuine commitment to the programme
• Excellent customer facing management skills
• A full clean driving licence is essential

Special conditions:
The post holder will be required to attend meetings and events and to travel off-site, possibly involving some overnight stays and will be required to work some evenings and weekends.

The successful candidate will be required to fulfil an enhanced CRB check, now the DBS (Disclosure Barring Service)