Purpose of Position

Located in London’s Mayfair, overlooking Green Park, the Royal Air Force Club offers first class surroundings and a ‘home from home' to its 24,000 members, predominantly serving and former officers of the RAF and Allied Air Forces and their families. Founded in 1918 and opening its doors in 1922, the Club’s charitable aim is to continue to support the Royal Air Force by preserving and fostering the esprit de corps and traditions of the RAF.

The Royal Air Force Club is a registered charity and over the past 6 months, in response to the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Club has launched and executed a successful £500,000 appeal.

We are seeking a specialist fundraiser who will be instrumental in setting up an infrastructure, scoping the tools and developing the income generation strategy for corporate sponsorship, major donors and high net-worth individual givers for the short, mid and long term.  

You will have a strong track record of cultivating relationships with a wide range of supporters and stakeholders and will take ownership of the Club’s income generation strategy for corporate sponsorship and major donors, to develop and deliver a costed annual plan to meet an annual income target. 

The role would suit a highly experienced, self-motivated fundraiser with specialist knowledge and experience in the high/exclusive end of corporate income generation and major donors.   

As a specialist fundraising resource, you will be ‘hands on’ and adept at working under your own initiative, however, you will work closely with the Chief Executive and Club Manager. In addition, the Club also has a Trustee-led Fundraising and Legacies Sub-Committee in place and this individual would work alongside the Committee to help support and guide activity.

You will be joining an organisation committed to delivering outstanding provision for its members, and a staff team committed to the ethos of the Club. 

Your passion and commitment to the cause will be critical to your success in the role, as will your ability to articulate with great confidence, the huge impact that the RAF Club has on its membership, past, present and future. This is a new post, which will be reviewed after one year.

Job Description

The Head of High Value Income Generation will be expected to:

• Develop long term income generation from appropriate local, national and international corporates
• Support Club leadership in developing an income stream from High-Net-Worth Individuals
• Be an ambassador for the Club embodying and communicating our values at all times 
• Lead on development of an income generation plan, alongside the General fundraising plan, to provide a pipeline of income that will grow the existing programme and ensure the Club’s future financial resilience
• Prepare timely follow-up reports, working to demonstrate evidence of impact, outcomes reached, measure value for money and evaluate success and learning
• Utilise the Club’s existing membership and hospitality database to full effect, ensuring GDPR is adhered to at all times
• Accountability for Gift Aid compliance and claims alongside the Director of Finance
• Accountability for compliance and control of the Fundraising Code and GDPR pertaining to fundraising activity

Person Specification

To be appointed the candidate must be able to evidence and demonstrate the following:

Essential:

• At least 3 years’ relevant experience, including the development and co-ordination of corporate and major donor fundraising, to help support successful capital project appeals
• Sustained and demonstrable success in raising substantial income for similar sized charities from a mix of sources including major gift, community and corporate activities.
• Ability to operate effectively at the highest/senior levels of corporate and major donors
• An excellent knowledge of the corporate world and how best to match appropriate potential sponsors with the Club 
• Expertise in strategic planning and working to and achieving set KPIs
• Ability to manage information and record the profile and fundraising activity of donors on a database
• Ability to multi-task to overlapping deadlines and a good eye for detail
• Ability to make risk analyses and time-cost ratios to focus effort on the fundraising activities that are most appropriate and will have the highest chance of success
• Ability to budget manage to ensure targets are met
• Excellent interrelationship, communication (written and verbal), presentational and arithmetical skills, leading to income generation
• Up to date knowledge of GDPR and fundraising legislation.

Preferred:

• Relevant knowledge or experience of the Royal Air Force, RAF Charities or military heritage
• Certificate or Diploma in Fundraising/Member of Institute of Fundraising

Benefits:

The Royal Air Force Club is a wonderful working environment and we are proud to offer a competitive total rewards package that includes a generous pension scheme, an extensive employee discount programme, learning and development programmes and regular engagement activities.

• Sunday Times Top 100 Not for Profit Employer
• Caterer Top 30 Best Places to Work

As an equal opportunities employer, the Royal Air Force Club is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join The Royal Air Force Club.

As Head of Frontline Innovation, you will lead the first half of the Year Here Fellowship. This will involve securing paid partnerships with frontline organisations across London and curating a powerful learning experience for our Fellows.

Frontline service sits at the heart of Year Here – giving the Fellows a chance to gain the insight and legitimacy that comes from working with people living through tough realities. You’ll make sure that our Fellows make a meaningful contribution in their placements and drive innovation that has lasting impact.

It’ll be really varied. In any given day you might be trying to sign up new placement partners, designing a learning session or coaching a Fellow on their frontline innovation project idea.

As part of Year Here’s management team, you’ll also contribute to strategic initiatives across the whole Fellowship. The Head of Frontline Innovation will report to the Fellowship Director.

This is a London-based role. We are open to full-time or 4 days per week.

Your responsibilities will be to:

• Co-create the frontline phase of the Fellowship – working with faculty to impart the curriculum and create a powerful learning experience.
• Secure paid partnerships with frontline services across London.
• Lead programme setup, guiding Fellows from offer through to day one.
• Draw on your frontline experience to coach our Fellows to success.
• Be the face of Fellows’ frontline learning experience.

Who we’re looking for

• You have a solid frontline background – with a track record of improving services and innovating new solutions.
• You’re a confident manager of projects and commercial partnerships.
• You’re a bold and creative facilitator.
• You’re insatiably curious about how people learn and grow.
• You’re committed to social justice, diversity and inclusion.
• You’re not afraid of working hard in pursuit of a big vision.

Wandsworth Care Alliance wish to recruit a new Manager for their Mental Health Projects as the existing Manager is retiring.

Do you have the experience and skills in managing projects dealing with the complex issues of mental health service delivery and development?

Would you like to make a real difference as to how health and social care providers deliver the services that mental health service users in Wandsworth need?

As the Mental Health Projects Manager, you will attend meetings as a “critical friend” with commissioners and providers as well as organising and running mental health service user groups.

Find out more by reading our Role Description and Person Specification.

Application closing date: Midday Tuesday 4th May 2021

Interview dates: w/c Mon 10th May 2021, to be confirmed.

We are a social mobility movement committed to ensuring that every young person experiences educational equity.

As an award-winning, fast-growing charity our mission is to support young people from disadvantaged communities to identify and fulfil their potential. Working in partnership with schools, we deliver academic tutoring programmes that improve a pupil’s grades, confidence and independence so they can win places at top universities and on high level apprenticeships.

Having turned seven years old in February 2021, we’re at an exciting stage of growth and have ambitious plans to scale our impact and reach. This coming academic year, we are supporting over 2500 pupils. Currently working across London, the South East, the West Midlands and the South , we are looking to thoughtfully scale our academic programmes into hard-to-reach deprivation areas; develop a primary strand to our work; and increase the impact of our programmes.

The West Midlands has been one of our key emerging hubs. Since 2016, we have developed partnerships and relationships across the region with schools, universities and collaborators. We are now looking for a leader to realise the region’s full potential.

We need an outgoing self-starter to drive our work in the West Midlands forward, making it a sustainable hub that delivers real social impact. As the public face of the organisation, you will be responsible for partnership development, profile raising and managing our programmes from volunteer recruitment all the way through to evaluation. This is an in at the deep end role and you will flourish in a small dynamic team with real influence in decision making.

Key Areas of Responsibility

Growing the West Midlands as a sustainable CoachBright region:

• Generating new school leads and securing programmes
• Generating income outside of school programmes
• Growing a strong and supportive network of schools, Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs), universities, corporate partners and others
• Ensuring retention of volunteer coaches (meeting minimum targets set termly)

Create a thriving community of social mobility advocates among university students and young professionals:

• Delivering recruitment strategy for West Midlands programmes to meet termly targets
• Training volunteers in coaching and our pedagogy.

Oversee multiple in-school programmes across the West Midlands:

• Setting timelines for programme start and finish dates
• Communicating with school staff weekly to provide feedback following sessions
• Visiting schools to oversee quality. Programmes to include a mixture of Core Programme: University student volunteers coach pupils in Yr 9-13 and Peer to Peer Programme: Year 12 pupils coach pupils in Yr 7-10.

Programme Design and Delivery

• Contributing to the design of current workshops and creating new workshops when needed
• Running in-school and virtual workshops for groups of pupils (KS3-5) and facilitating university trips at the start and end of our programmes

Managing partnerships with West Midlands universities:

• Maintaining regular contact with relevant staff members in outreach and or/volunteering teams at each university
• Managing room bookings for events at university campuses

Line managing a team of Programme Officers and Head Coaches:

• Managing a team of up to 6 full-time programme officers
• Delivering training for Head Coaches in the West Midlands
• Holding 1-1 appraisals to monitor performance and set actions

Embodying our values (humility, high expectations, serving the team, responsibility and resilience) and demonstrating commitment to our mission.

Person Specification

Essential characteristics and experience

• Passion for social mobility: we have big aims and are looking for those who share our desire to make education fairer in the UK so a person’s background does not determine their future.
• Relationship building and facilitating: this a public-facing role so you will love communicating and delivering workshops to groups as well as communicating our mission to a wide range of stakeholders (business leaders, senior members of MATs, universities etc.)
• Organisation: working in a fast paced young organisation you’ll be able to work between different programmes and workstreams.
• Resourcefulness: we’re a small, dedicated team - you must be a self-starter prepared for practical roles with lots of responsibility. A willingness to stay solution-focused with last minute challenges is a must!
• Young People: experience in a school or youth organisation as a facilitator.
• Flexibility: the role will occasionally involve working evenings & weekends
• Full clean driving licence: the role will involve substantial travel across the region visiting our partners.

Desirable knowledge/experience:

• 2-3 years frontline experience working in a school or social sector for example as a teacher or workshop facilitator.
• Experience recruiting volunteers.
• Experience of working in a small team and working independently.
• Experience measuring and evaluating the impact of youth-based programmes.
• Experience of sales in an education context.
• Knowledge of programme design, pedagogy or coaching.
• Knowledge of UK university sector, including knowledge of the UCAS process.

Benefits:

• An opportunity to contribute to a young, exciting social enterprise with scope to input widely and take on new roles.
• Starting Salary: £28-30k per annum
• Annual Leave: 28 days pro rata
• Office space: initially working from home. Longer term to be based between our West Midlands Office (Birmingham City University) and partner schools with travel to other regions.
• Training: we are a reflective organisation and keen to support your professional development. Opportunities include being matched with a mentor in the social sector and becoming an accredited Executive Coach

Key Information:

• Length: 12 months (with likely extension dependent on performance and funding)
• Hours: Full Time
• Reporting to: National Programme Manager
• Responsible for: Region and its programmes
• Start Date: June-August 2021 (flexible for the right candidate).

TO APPLY:

Please email your CV and a cover letter of no more than 350 words to Robin by no later than Friday 4th June, 12pm.

Please note: We will be interviewing successful candidates on a rolling basis, so may close the post at any time. Early application is therefore highly encouraged. 

About the job.

• Applications close: 9am, Monday 10th May 2021 (Please note that late applications cannot be accepted)
• Salary: £35,000 - £39,500 p.a. (+ £3,000 London Weighting, where applicable)
• Contract: Full-time, permanent
• Hours: 37.5 hours per week. We are open to agreeing a flexible working pattern to best suit the successful applicant.
• Location: London or Birmingham (with travel to London for meetings). Remote working initially until staff return to office-based working.
• Interviews: Tuesday, 18th May 2021 (TBC)
• Start date: ASAP
• Function: Partnership Team
• Reporting to: Partnerships Director

About The Access Project

In the UK today, students from the most advantaged backgrounds are six times more likely to make it to a top university compared to their least advantaged peers. To change this, The Access Project supports students from disadvantaged backgrounds to access top universities, through a unique combination of tuition and in-school mentoring. We work with them to make good applications, get the grades and transition to university.

Our approach works: our students are more than twice as likely to place at top universities compared to similar peers.

Through the COVID crisis, we have remained student-focussed and continued our support by rapidly moving all provision online. In summer 2020, we were selected as a Tuition Partner for the highly competitive National Tutoring Programme, in recognition of the quality of our work. This partnership has enabled us to expand and we now serve 1,700 students in London, the East and West Midlands and Bradford. As the country emerges from COVID, tackling educational disadvantage is an urgent social challenge - a challenge we aim to meet by expanding our footprint and reaching more students than ever before.

Why we need you

We are looking for an experienced communications professional to capitalise on our media profile and brand awareness as we expand into new regions. You will be finalising and embedding a new communications strategy while we prepare for our next phase of growth.

The pandemic has put the national conversation on higher education, inequality and social mobility into the spotlight. The Access Project has the insight, data and student stories to be prominent in this debate and has achieved a significant increase in national media coverage over the last year. Making the most of the charity’s growing profile will play a central part in attracting more volunteers and donors, raising awareness of the educational disadvantage and influencing change.

The successful candidate will be passionate about levelling the playing field for disadvantaged young people in education, with significant experience of communications strategy development. You will have a strong editorial eye and copywriting skills. You will build strong relationships with colleagues across the organisation and with journalists and ambassadors for our cause.

Some initial focus areas for the role will be:

1. Work with the Partnerships Director and senior management team to finalise an integrated communications strategy. As part of this, identify key pieces of work to take forward and recommendations for the future structure of the communications team.
2. Lead a review of TAP’s website, refreshing content and consulting across the organisation to produce recommendations for redesign and future maintenance of the website.
3. Secure high profile press coverage for The Access Project around A Level results day in August and proactively spot and take advantage of other media opportunities as they arise.
4. Look into the feasibility of TAP using high profile ambassadors to build its profile and how these would be managed, and research candidates.
5. Line management of our Senior Communications Officer.

Please see below/attached for full job description and person specification

Job description

Integrated Communications Strategy

• Development & implementation of integrated communications strategy to support TAP’s strategic plan.
• Set appropriate indicators of success for effective delivery.
• Develop processes, tools and ways of working to deliver integrated communications.
• Participate in external relations working group to develop stakeholder relationship strategy and public affairs objectives.
• Ensure best practice in crisis communications and reputation management for TAP.

Raising TAP’s profile

• Develop powerful campaigns and secure national, regional and local press and broadcast coverage to raise the profile of The Access Project, placing us in the national conversation around social mobility, equality and university access.
• Develop media campaigns to support communications strategy objectives.

• Build relationships with journalists, proactively pitch stories and maintain a media contacts database.
• Make the most of local and regional press opportunities where our partner schools and universities are based.
• Coordinate interviews and brief spokespeople.
• Facilitate media training for TAP spokespeople.
• Keep track of relevant news and policy developments in social mobility and higher education.
• Help to source and steward high-profile ambassadors for TAP.
• Grow our profile in the higher education sector, promoting us as leaders in our field through specialist HE platforms.
• Ensure The Access Project is nominated for relevant awards.
• Work with MPs and relevant select committees to gain traction for TAP on priority policy areas.

Communicating our impact and student stories

• Ensure our sector-leading impact is clearly communicated on our website, social platforms and other channels.
• Ensure our student stories are told in a compelling way, working with colleagues to source these and giving guidance on interviewing and storytelling techniques where needed.
• Work with our student ambassadors to bring their voice into media coverage.
• Develop publicity materials for the organisation including our annual review, brochures, leaflets and short films.
• Ensure the privacy and safety of the young people we work with in all communications and media work.

Developing our messaging and brand

• Ensure our brand guidelines are up-to-date, practical and accessible
• Work with colleagues across the organisation to ensure they have suitable messaging and materials for their key audiences (e.g. funders, volunteer tutors, school partners).

Internal Communications & cross-organisational collaboration

• Ensure joined-up communications plans across TAP.
• Contribute to internal communications, including our internal newsletter.
• Editorial oversight of internal communications platform.

Line managing our Senior Communications Officer

• Provide oversight and guidance; develop and monitor objectives..
• Create opportunities for professional development.

Person specification

Essential

• Experience developing and implementing an organisational communications strategy.
• Proven track record of pitching and securing press and broadcast coverage.
• Superb copy writing skills.
• Ability to convey complex and technical information in an appealing way, understanding the needs of different audiences.
• Ability to form excellent working relationships with colleagues, journalists and ambassadors.
• Flexible and able to work under pressure to short deadlines.
• Good knowledge of digital communications and what a good digital and social strategy looks like.

Desirable

• Knowledge of the higher education and social mobility policy environment.
• Line management experience.
• Experience of brand development.
• Experience of crisis communications and reputation management.

For detailed information regarding this job opportunity, please see the following link below to our online application portal.

Head of Food Bank

North Paddington is an evolving dynamic charity providing emergency food and complementary support to local people experiencing temporary food crisis. Our mission is to draw on the strengths of the local community, provide an accessible service to meet the immediate needs of the local people, enabling them to find their route out of food poverty.

NPFB was set up to help address ‘hidden hunger’ and issues about the lack of food which affects thousands of people in crises across the UK’ with a particular emphasis to support the people in North Paddington. The organisers of the North Paddington Foodbank share in the vision of ‘creating a nation where no-one has to go hungry’ and join the collective effort to make London a Zero Hunger City.

Role overview:

We are looking for a Head of Food Bank to strategically lead the Charity in its endeavours to serve the community.

You will manage and work alongside the Head of Operations who is currently responsible for a team of 13 staff and further volunteer teams.

We are looking for a candidate with proven strategic and operational experience in leading teams of circa 15-20 staff with the ability to inspire, motivate, develop, and drive a committed, dedicated, and diverse staff and volunteer team. You will have strategic experience of running an organisation in the areas of Finance, Fundraising, Human Resources, Stakeholder and Trustee relationship management. The Head of Food Bank is responsible for ensuring the charity is best serving the local community and working in partnership to secure the best possible ideals from its wider stakeholder and partner organisations.

The role requires a self-starter who is competent leading cross functional activities who enjoys a hands-on approach. This position involves regular communication with the Trustee board on status and risks and with the Head of Operations to ensure effective management of the staff team and execution of the NPFB Code of Conduct.

Key Job Responsibilities:

Leadership

• Working to ensure that the Head of Operations is supported and running an efficient, effective, service provision for the beneficiaries of the food bank.
• Offering guidance where needed and developing best practises in conjunction with Head of Operations.
• Advocate for and sustain a culture of continuous improvement.
• Ensure that contract performance and financial targets are consistently achieved and, where they fall short, take appropriate remedial action to drive improvement keeping the board informed.
• Liaising with the Head of Operations in regards to monitoring and evaluating the performance of supplier contracts. Driving performance and offering advice and support when required.

Organisational Strategy, Policies and Procedures

• Lead on the development and implementation of the Charity’s annual operational plan which incorporates goals and objectives that align with the strategic direction of the organisation.
• Review existing methods for monitoring and evaluation and propose and develop robust additional strategies to collect and report on qualitative and quantitative outcomes evidence for internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure appropriate processes are in place to comply with legislative requirements and good practice including GDPR, health and safety, risk management and HR.
• Keep abreast with key developments in the Sector and with Charity Commission regulations
• Advocate for equality and diversity within the organisation, developing a culture of inclusion.

Financial planning and fundraising

• Develop a strong understanding of the charity’s finances.
• Produce annual budget and cashflow in conjunction with the trustees and monitor and update these regularly.
• Devise a one-year fundraising strategy incorporating diversification of funding streams. Identify suitable funders and submitting regular high-quality funding applications.
• Develop corporate support, individual giving, and community fundraising.

External stakeholder relationships

• Actively explore and promote opportunities for partnership and other forms of collaborative working.
• Develop and maintain strong professional relationships with Westminster Council Senior Managers, current and prospective donors, partnership organisations with a view to optimizing funding opportunities and client outcomes.
• Raise the profile of NPFB to external organisations to increase awareness of the need for our services, the difference we make and introducing new supporters to the organisation.
• Local government Influencing and advocacy on behalf of clients, tackling societal systems negatively impacting service users.

Support to the Board of Trustees

• Regular communication with the Trustees on key matters including risk, emerging issues, performance targets etc.
• Produce reports for Trustee Board meetings e.g., service delivery statistics, client profile and outcomes information; financial reporting and bid writing schedule.

Human Resources Planning and Management

• Responsible for full review of recruitment practice ensuring changes are made to the process to become up to date with current legislations and best practice as well as promoting diversity.
• Reviewing staffing needs and setting budgets with Head of Operations.
• Liaising with Head of Operations to ensure performance is being managed and staff are achieving targets in relation to customer service and working in line with the NPFB code of conduct.

Responsible to: ​Chair of the Trustees and Board of Trustees

The list of duties is not definitive, and the Charity reserves the right to amend the list of duties as the Charity and job role evolves.

This post will require an enhanced (full) DBS check to be undertaken.

The job of a Save the Children's UK Head of Brand is busy and varied.

• Are you a highly experienced brand marketeer with track record of leading and delivering successful brand campaigns?
• Do you have strong leadership skills?
• Do you have a real passion for translating brand positioning into action?
• Are you motivated by our vision of creating a world where every child doesn't just survive, but thrives, and can go on to change the world?

If the answers to these questions are yes, we would love to hear from you!

 About Us

Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.

Job Purpose

The role of Head of Brand plays a critical role in our journey of becoming a more brand inspired organisation and help us to meet our objective of becoming a loved brand. We've made great progress in the last few years to develop a compelling new positioning with a distilled articulation to help everyone understand the role they can play in building our brand, and have seen some really positive shifts. We've also used our brand articulation to develop a new three-year integrated campaign platform, to ensure that everything we do is consistently and distinctively building our brand. This role comes at the critical delivery stage of our new direction.

As Head of Brand, you will lead and develop an outstanding team of brand specialists who are focused on successfully building the Save the Children brand in the UK. You will be expected to apply deep expertise on brands and branding to help shape the overall brand strategy and ensure successful implementation across the organisation. You will head up a team of 2 Senior Brand Managers and 1 Brand Manager and play an essential leadership role on the Brand and Creative SLT and F&M extended SLT (ESLT), making sure teams have knowledge and skills to become more brand inspired and helping them to achieve our brand objectives. You will also play an active role in the Global brand team, providing expert insight and helping to shape the direction for the Save the Children movement.

As a rights-based organisation, we are committed to anti-racism and actively opposed systemic oppression of any form. The role holder will visibly lead our commitment to celebrate diversity, challenge inequality, and build an inclusive environment for every one of our employees so we can better represent the children we protect.

 Main Accountabilities

• Lead the implementation of our brand proposition and strategy within the team and by internal stakeholders
• Prioritise and define brand-building activity to feed into the annual and quarterly planning process, working closely with the Head of Strategic Marketing Planning, and lead on the scoping and development of brand-led initiatives.
• Work closely with ESLT to ensure brand remains a key priority within their business areas and clear brand KPIs are set and monitored so that all activity is brand-inspired.
• Identify opportunities for our brand through trends, data, insight and market analysis, to scope and define new ways to achieve our objectives and provide a clear pipeline to feed into our planning process and refine our brand strategy.
• Lead and develop a team of highly skilled brand specialists, providing clear direction and all-round branding expertise. Ensure the team have a clear vision and manage their training and development programme, working with Squad leads to identify areas for development.

Person Profile

Essential Technical Skills:

• Deep expert knowledge of brands and branding with a strong track record of in working on brand development and a real passion for shaping brands. 
• Highly experienced brand marketeer with track record of leading and delivering successful brand campaigns.
• A strategic thinker with experience of successfully influencing and directing strategic brand development in a complex stakeholder environment. Ability to provide expert advice and shape strategies.
• Strong creative credentials with a real understanding of the importance of creative excellence, and the components of the brand’s visual and verbal identity.
• Ability to set clear direction, prioritize ruthlessly and manage expectations of multiple stakeholders.

• Strong leadership skills with experience in leading a high performing communications team.

Personal Skills:

• Excellent communication and presentation skills including the ability to build rapport and credibility across multiple stakeholders, internally and externally at all levels.
• Energy, drive and initiative; will push self and others to achieve; a positive and proactive team player.
• Commitment to Save the Children’s mission, values, and brand behaviours.

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

It has been a testing year for everyone, including charity leaders, many of whom are facing increased demand with reduced resources in a tough influencing environment. We are looking for a head of advocacy who can think boldly and creatively to address these challenges.

ACEVO is the network for social sector CEOs, here to inspire and support our members throughout their careers, to help them create the biggest possible difference. We want someone whose advocacy and communications work is built on values of inclusion, collaboration and mobilisation.

ACEVO’s vision for its advocacy work is to help shape the agenda on issues that matter to our members, and ensure their voices are heard by those who have the power to effect change.

You will help us:

• Support and enable our members to lead strong, sustainable organisations that meet the needs of their beneficiaries.
• Celebrate the dedication, professionalism and expertise of civil society leaders.
• Represent the experiences and needs of our membership to those with the ability to make positive changes for the sector.
• Stimulate debate that guides the improvement of sector standards and stronger leadership.
• Work with partner organisations to drive collective cross-sector change.
• Mobilise our members to work alongside us to achieve ambitious changes to policies that negatively impact civil society.
• Achieve political change by pursuing reforms which are both aspirational and practical.

You will head up ACEVO’s small but impactful advocacy team and set our advocacy, policy and external comms priorities in line with our organisational strategic objectives. You will oversee our output of policy positions, research, briefings, press statements and reports. You will work with the chief executive to set the tone and agree the messaging for our external communications.

You will be a key part of the senior management team, contributing to both the development of our strategy and effective delivery of our strategic objectives.

We welcome applications from people seeking flexible working. The current post-holder works 28 hours a week, but we welcome applications from those seeking a five-day week, or from job-share applicants. You will be home based but with frequent visits to London to meet up with the team and attend events (one to three times a week when Covid regulations allow).

We’re offering a salary of £50k (FTE), 28 days holiday a year (plus bank holidays) and good pension benefits. In our most recent staff survey, 100% of our team said they enjoy their job and would recommend ACEVO as a great place to work.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a Zoom-based interview between 10-12 May, with second interviews for finalists being held on 17-19 May.

Location: UK (working remotely with intermittent travel to the London office)
Salary: £48,576 (0.8 FTE equivalent £38,861)
Length of contract: Initially, 2 years (Part time 0.8 FTE)
Visa requirements: Must have the right to work in the UK

KEY PRIORITIES

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
● Provide thought leadership and direction for the agency’s global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion strategy
and approach
● Ensure inclusive approaches across our work - through programmes and operations teams, addressing
areas defined by the annual data capture
● Work with Hub Directors to ensure continuous evolution of their national action plans
● Membership of the internal anti-racism group

Accountability & Responsibility
● Maintain full oversight of, and advise, on all People aspects, and provide support to the agency’s Global
Leadership on people related matters and initiatives
● To ensure that the agency is compliant and adheres to all HR UK legal requirements (where applicable)
● To advise on all high level employee relations issues from across the globe in line with best practice,
experience and knowledge.
● To own, design and amend all People policies and processes for the Agency.
● To lead on all internal people related reporting, providing timely and accurate information to the
agency’s leadership - ensuring recommendations are informed by people related data
● To be part of the People and Culture Committee updating and relaying on all people related progress.

Leadership

● To be part of the Programmes and Operations global leadership team.
● Member of the International Safeguarding working group.
● Own and manage all allocated ‘People’ risks on the Agency’s Global Risk Register
● To demonstrate confidence and autonomy when making both operational and strategic People
decisions on behalf of the Agency
● To advise and support on all change initiatives/projects within the Agency
● To provide quality advice and support to all Global Hub Heads and Directors

Team & Performance Management
● Working with Hub teams, review, maintain, improve and embed performance management systems
throughout the global agency
● Lead the ongoing development and implementation of the People team priorities
● Take ownership for the operational day-to-day running and leadership of the People unit
● To lead by example at all times and to actively support those through their career progression

Interested candidates should download the Terms of Reference and complete the application form on the website by Sunday 9th May.

First round interviews are scheduled to take place on 12th May 2021 and second round interviews will take place on 14th May 2021.

We are looking to recruit a Head of Prospect Development to join our successful team. This is an opportunity to join a remarkable Development and Alumni Relations office to lead the strategic vision and operational planning for the Development Research, Due Diligence, Prospect Management and Business Intelligence teams.

As a senior member of Development and Alumni Relations, you will build on the significant successes the team has already delivered whilst developing new initiatives, ensuring the provision of world-class information management and research systems to underpin the fundraising and alumni aspirations of the University.

You will deliver the strategy for data centric insights to fundraising priorities and prospect portfolio management, and will lay the groundwork for the fundraising process through comprehensive strategic analysis of donor pools, philanthropic giving trends and the exploration of key relationship networks.

The position of Head of Prospect Development is key to ensuring that we continue to lead the sector in this area. Development and Alumni Relations reflects the University's mission - innovating and transforming approaches to fundraising, leading the sector and working at the cutting edge of what we do. We have transformed Higher Education fundraising and launched an ambitious campaign in 2015. The "Dear World... Yours, Cambridge" campaign for the University and Colleges of Cambridge is raising £2 billion to continue to respond to the world's greatest challenges.

The Head of Prospect Development is a career-defining opportunity - we have incredible momentum and we want you to help us get to the next level!

If you are someone who is driven, passionate and innovative, has significant experience of leading and managing research, prospect management, or business intelligence in a fundraising environment, and is able to work at the most senior levels collaboratively and effectively, we'd love to hear from you.

This role is based in central Cambridge, however the successful candidate may need to work remotely in the first instance. This can be discussed at interview.

Our Financial Planning & Analysis team are looking for someone who is commercially astute to become the new Head of Finance, for the Operations and Commercial departments of the Trust.

The Financial Planning & Analysis function is responsible for strategic, commercial financial advice and financial performance management for the Trust including management accounting, financial bid support, budgeting, and forecasting activities. The team provide key analysis and insights for budget holders and senior leaders to inform decision making and drive effective, sustainable, and commercial planning.

This role has responsibility for the Commercial advice to Management Teams, Business Planning & Budgeting, monitoring of monthly expenditure, challenging senior teams driving value for money within our operations and commercial departments. Review of expenditure accruals / deferrals. Training budget holders to improve financial management & accuracy of monthly management accounts. You will also be managing a remote team of finance managers and deputising for the Senior Head as and when required.

You will initially be based from home and then based at one of our key centres with the opportunity to work flexibly. There will also be opportunities for you to work with Young People and witness the fantastic work of the Trust. 

Camphill Village Trust has one simple vision… To see more people with learning and other disabilities lead a life of opportunity. We have an exciting opportunity for a Head of Fundraising to join the team and play an integral role in enabling the charity to fulfil this vision. Camphill Village Trust is a leading, long established and progressive UK charity that encourages, enables and supports over 500 people across a range of housing and support models and through a range of urban and rural communities and services. This is a hugely exciting time to be joining the Fundraising team as the charity is looking to grow and develop and this brand new role will provide the opportunity for someone to implement exciting plans and contribute to the evolving strategy to ensure success.

As Head of Fundraising, you will be responsible for leading a small but brilliant team and for ensuring budgets are met and the strategy is successfully implemented. This is a unique opportunity as it will allow the successful applicant to adopt a key management role but also remain actively involved in fundraising activity specialising in one of a number of income streams. Major Gifts, Individual Giving and Legacy Fundraising are all areas of growth for the organisation so you will have the opportunity to contribute directly to income generation by specialising in one of these disciplines alongside your management responsibilities. This truly is a wonderfully unique opportunity to join highly reputable and successful organisation in a varied and interesting capacity.

To be considered for this role you should come to us with a breadth of experience across various income streams along with line management experience. Ideally, we are looking for someone with experience within Major Gifts, Individual Giving or Legacy Fundraising however a demonstrable personal track record of generating income in other income streams will also be considered. Perhaps most importantly you should be a strong and confident communicator easily able to lead and inspire others and work effectively as part of a team and with a high level of independence. This is an inherently values based organisation with a positive culture and clear mission and in order to thrive in this role you will need to be supportive of the charity’s values and passionate about it’s wonderful work.

As a national charity, the Trust is able to consider applicants from across the UK who are willing to work through Microsoft Teams and attend meetings in any of our nine communities. However, candidates should be aware that the Appeals Office is in Botton Village on the North York Moors and occasional office presence will be beneficial.  Travel to the office may be paid for candidates living some distance from the office. Part-time applicants will also be considered and the organisation offers a range of generous benefits while actively promoting a healthy work-life balance.

The recruitment for this role is ongoing, and the position will close when a sufficient number of suitable applications have been received. If you wish to express an interest in this role, please apply directly or contact Charlie or Leanne at Charity Horizons for more information. 

Charity Horizons is an equal opportunities employer and as such actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from all suitable candidates irrespective of age, disability, hidden disability, race or national origin, religion or belief, gender, gender expression, political view, sexual orientation, medical condition and pregnancy.

Vacancy Reference Number:

HOEd/P/UK-R1

Position title:

Head of Education

Reports to:

Programme Director

Location:

Muslim Hands, 148 – 164 Gregory Boulevard, Gregory House, Nottingham, NG7 5JE

And

Remotely

Hours of Work:

Full-time, 35 hours per week

Salary guideline:

(Up to) £42,000.00 per annum (commensurate with experience)

Terms of Employment:

Permanent Contract (with a 6-Month Probationary Period)

Application Process & Closing Date:

Send an up-to-date CV and supporting Covering Letter by Email by no later than Friday, 26th March 2021

Approx. Interview & Role Commencement Date(s):

ASAP thereafter

Note: Strong Applicants may be contacted sooner, ahead of the closing date, to hold a Zoom Interview with Muslim Hands.

About Us:

Muslim Hands is a UK faith based international relief and development organisation working in over 40 countries worldwide. The headquarters of Muslim Hands is based in Nottingham, with additional operational function of the - fundraising team located in London. There will be occasional travel between the two locations.

Muslim Hands UK is seeking an enthusiastic, dynamic and passionate individual to lead our Education work. Education is a core part of Muslim Hands Vision and strategy as we grow.

Purpose of Post: to provide strategic oversight and management of the Muslim Hands Education and Orphan Sponsorship portfolio. To ensure Muslim Hands programmes are meeting the needs of the communities we serve and benefit from wider learning from the sector.

Role Overview:

The Head of Education will ensure the implementation of the MH Programmes Strategy within the Education and Sponsorship portfolio.

The Head of UK Education will report to the Director of Programmes and will manage the Education and Sponsorship teams.

The candidate will have demonstrable experience of successful delivery of international education programmes and project management.

Main Responsibilities:

• Strategy
  • To ensure that the MH Programmes Strategy and theory of change for MH education programmes aligns with and in support of MH’s global strategy.
  • Carry out regular performance and annual review of education programmes based on strategic aims and KPIs
• Programme Management
  • Review proposals of proposed interventions to ensure innovative projects and programmes are designed adhering to sectoral standards, principles in accordance with guideline on humanitarian interventions and best practice
  • Effectively coordinate and liaise with partners to ensure education sector good practices are utilised in MH education programmes
  • Ensure the successful implementation of project cycle management tools within MH education and sponsorship programmes.
  • Ensure MH education programmes are in line with sector and international standards on programme quality
  • Support the current education MEAL frameworks and tools and ensure effective programme oversight
  • Ensure the programme is in line with MH policies and procedures
  • Ensure all programmes are in line with due diligence, risk procedures etc.
• Finance and compliance
  • To ensure effective implementation of projects through progress and financial reporting
  • Ensure the MH education programmes meet local and international compliance requirements
  • Ensure documents and relevant procedures are correctly and appropriately applied.
• Networking and Influencing
  • To significantly raise the profile and visibility of MH education Program
  • Represent MH on national and regional platforms. To develop understanding, support and to work in collaboration with education focused organisations
  • Coordinate with internal stakeholders to ensure the internal visibility of MH programmes
• Capacity Strengthening 
  • Provide insight into education trends to all relevant internal stakeholders and become a champion for education programmes internally and externally
  • Build on current trends such as Education in Emergencies, education partnerships, programmes knowledge and awareness to improve quality of MH education programmes 
  • Ensure the vision, values and aim of the programme continue to be embedded in all areas of work and are clearly communicated internally and externally.
  • Ensuring areas of MH are in line with current education programmes trends
  • Ensure the capacity MH education programmes are reviewed and developed through teacher training programmes, infrastructure reviews, curriculum planning etc.
  • To work closely with colleagues and partners with relevant technical expertise to ensure (planning, monitoring, fundraising, M&E and governance and other appropriate support is available for programmes.
• Communication and Marketing
  • To provide key case studies to the Communication department in Fundraising to create further opportunities by highlighting key stories, which heighten the awareness of the education and sponsorship programmes.
  • Provide all relevant education and sponsorship updates to the Communication department via the programmes reporting officer, including producing quarterly reports for them to share updates with our donors.
• To undertake all tasks and duties in an effective, efficient, transparent, and wholly accountable manner
• Ability to demonstrate current eligibility to work within the United Kingdom.
• Ability to provide a valid DBS certificate (issued within the last year) when requested by Muslim Hands; OR Undertake to provide full cooperation for Muslim Hands to perform a DBS Check at the required level appropriate for this / similar role.
• To demonstrate Muslim Hands’ values and ethics in own working practices, approach, and conduct.
• To support with fundraising activities from time-to-time, including occasionally helping with Live TV Appeals during our peak periods.
• To undertake any reasonable responsibilities as required by line manager

Note: This job description will change from time to time due to changes within the Organisation as well as the updating of procedures within your department.  If there is a major change to your role then a new job description will be produced.

About the Successful Candidate:

Essential:

• Ability to demonstrate current eligibility to work within the United Kingdom
• Must be able to either:

1. Provide a valid Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) certificate (issued within the last year) when requested by Muslim Hands; OR
2. Undertake to provide full cooperation for Muslim Hands to perform a DBS Check at the required level appropriate for this / similar role.

• Uphold Muslim Hands’ Organisational Values

Education:

Essential:

• University Degree (BA, BSc).

Desirable:

• MBA, or masters level degree in International Development or related subject.

• Experience

Essential:

• Experience of programme management in low- and middle-income countries.
• Experience of leading and managing teams.
• Experience on managing education programmes

Desirable:

• Charities/INGO experience.
• Experience of working with institutional donors
• Experience of managing a portfolio of international education programmes

This is a very rewarding position for the right person. If you feel this is you please send your CV with a cover letter explaining why you feel you are suitable quoting the above reference number!!

Deadline for applications is Friday, 26th March 2021, however, we reserve the right to end the application procedure early should the right candidate be found. 

NB: Unfortunately, we will only be able to contact successful candidates so if you have not heard from us by the closure date unfortunately your application will have been unsuccessful.

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