Starting Salary: £42,440 - £44,137 p.a.

Contract: 10-12 months from September 2020

 

Job Profile

Are you an inspirational communications leader who is passionate about leading on powerful and persuasive campaigns that will change the world? And do you have experience of managing multi-disciplinary communications teams, a strong purpose-driven brand and the ability to source powerful content?

The Communications team is looking for a Head of Creative Content for the next 10-12 months to lead on the delivery of our new aspirational proposition that no one should be beyond reach of the love and care they need to thrive. You will manage a talented and diverse team of ten including photo/film producers, writers, graphic designers and a communications planner committed to telling compelling stories that will inspire our new younger target audience and embolden our existing supporters, particularly relating to how CAFOD is responding to the global Coronavirus crisis.

And you will lead on the implementation of our new content strategy that will help us to tell more powerful, authentic and emotive stories to connect with our new audience. You will work closely with colleagues in the communications group including media and digital as well as international teams, fundraising, campaigns and education.

We are looking for someone with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to influence others. As well as having a nose for a good story, experience of telling stories visually on a range of channels, and a flair for guiding the production of persuasive campaigns and simple, powerful messages within a purpose-driven brand. You will enjoy managing a diverse team and be adept at building relationships across teams to achieve engagement and fundraising objectives – always keeping CAFOD’s target audience in mind. And you will be skilled at providing constructive feedback and managing conflict with sensitivity and honesty.

Key Responsibilities

Line management of the Creative Content Team:

• Line managing the Creative Content Team – a team of writers, designers, photographers, film-makers and a communications planner including carrying out regular 121s, agreeing objectives and development plans and facilitating team meetings. This includes 4 direct reports and 5 indirect reports.

 Leading on CAFOD’s content strategy and implementation: (2.5 days a week)

• Lead on implementation of CAFOD’s content strategy and plan, working alongside international staff, national offices and partner staff as well as supporter facing and communications teams in England and Wales to identify and gather content that supports CAFOD’s brand story.
• Lead on commissioning and sourcing content from both CAFOD’s overseas programmes and England and Wales, including commissioning overseas freelance photographers, film-makers and story tellers and leading on sourcing content from the Caritas network and sister agencies working closely with the media and international teams
• Lead on design and delivery of content gathering training in England and Wales and overseas to enable CAFOD staff, partners and volunteers to gather usable, quality content for the organisation to be delivered by Comms Group experts.

Managing CAFOD’s brand strategy

• Leading on messaging and strategy for CAFOD’s supporter communications alongside supporter-facing teams in line with No one beyond reach

• Developing and maintaining the No one beyond reach toolkit ensuring brand adherence across all channels and promoting the key values of the brand to internal stakeholders
• Leading on brand campaigns and communications that target new and existing audiences

Managing CAFOD’s priority messaging schedule and promotion:

• Responsible for producing a schedule of CAFOD’s priority messages for the year with colleagues from supporter facing teams and keeping the corporate priority schedule up to date

Overseeing the delivery of key communications outputs, alongside supporter-facing teams:

• Ensuring that all outputs are creative, well-targeted, engaging, professionally-produced and on-brand, with content suitable for a range of channels and supporting corporate priority objectives, and offering maximum Return on Investment for CAFOD
• Working with key teams to ensure that processes for commissioning, designing and producing key outputs are efficient and effective, and offering an ‘agency-standard’ quality of creative concepts and final product
• Overseeing the production of our supporter magazine, ensuring that its content, design and targeting fits with our strategic objectives and builds engagement with existing audiences
• Working with key teams on the development of fundraising and advocacy campaigns

Managing the team budget and overseeing the maintenance of key corporate management tools:

• Managing the team budget and deciding how it can be most effectively deployed for maximum benefit against the agreed strategic objectives of the team, including decisions on priorities and objectives for overseas travel by communications staff
• Overseeing the maintenance of an effective and efficient production schedule and content collection calendar

This list of duties and responsibilities is by no means exhaustive and the post holder may be required to undertake other relevant and appropriate duties as required. This job description is subject to regular review and appropriate modification.

Safeguarding for Children and Vulnerable Adults

CAFOD recognises the personal dignity and rights of children and vulnerable adults, towards whom it has a special responsibility and a duty of care and respect.  CAFOD, and all its staff and volunteers, undertake to do all in our power to create a safe environment for children, young people and vulnerable adults and to prevent their physical, sexual or emotional abuse.  CAFOD is committed to acting at all times in the best interests of children and vulnerable adults, seeing these interests as paramount.  Any candidate offered a job with CAFOD will be expected to adhere to CAFOD’s Safeguarding policy and sign CAFOD’s Code of Behaviour as an appendix to their contract of employment and to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents. This post has responsibility for people who have contact with children, young people and vulnerable adults. Applicants will be subject to specific checks related to safeguarding issues.  The post holder is required to present or obtain a Disclosure from the DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service). 

Person Specification /Essential Criteria

Understanding our context

-Understanding Catholic identity: Able to develop strong links with the Caritas Network and other organisations

-Understanding CAFOD: Able to explain what is distinctive about CAFOD as a Catholic development agency

- Understanding international development: Able to demonstrate an understanding of solidarity and human dignity in the way people are portrayed and recognise that there are complex challenges in development.

Working together

- Managing ourselves: can be relied on to achieve results, even in the most pressing circumstances

- Working with others: build positive and productive relationships with all colleagues; provide clear and honest feedback

-Communicating: confront conflict and disagreements to achieve a satisfactory conclusion

Making change happen

-Managing resources: proactively monitor expenditure and use of resources, aware of financial position.

-Achieving results: Look for better processes and ways of working to achieve results

-Managing our performance: take a proactive approach to managing performance and developing the team

-Taking the lead: share ideas and bring people with me in making change happen; act quickly and decisively to deal with emerging problems.

Job-specific competencies

1. Experience of managing a multi-disciplinary team, preferably in a communications or creative environment
2. Experience or ability to devise and implement effective strategies to target key priority audiences based on audience research and data evaluations
3. Ability to spot good fundraising and media stories that will provoke an emotional reaction and increase income and engagement

Desirable Criteria

1. Experience of managing a purpose-driven brand
2. Experience of delivering skills training remotely: ideally in story gathering, photography and film
3.  Experience of working with photographers, film-makers and story-tellers, particularly those based overseas 

 CAFOD staff are currently working remotely due to the Coronavirus pandemic. We don’t yet have a date for staff to return to our office in London and are keeping the situation under review. We will try to accommodate varieties of working arrangements during this time. Please talk to us about flexibility in your interview. We are keen to discuss your requirements.

Please click here for a full list of CAFOD’s Staff Benefits

 Come and join us and help make a real difference in the lives of the world’s poorest communities.CAFOD is an equal opportunities employer. Recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.

About us

Christian Aid believes that everyone, regardless of faith or race, is entitled to live a full life, free from poverty. We believe in tackling the root causes of poverty, not just the symptoms. And we believe the world can and must be changed so there is equality, dignity and freedom for all. If you're as driven as we are to make this change happen, and want to inspire others to help make it happen, then join us.

About the role

This is a critical role in the Fundraising and Supporter Engagement Leadership Team, developing and implementing a sector leading public engagement offering for Christian Aid.

This is a new role. Bringing together Christian Aid's marketing capabilities and aligning them with two of the largest income streams - legacies and individual giving. This role will lead the development and implementation of expert product strategies in these two critical routes to market, to achieve Christian Aid's growth ambitions. They will also develop an inspiring and cohesive audience-led comms strategy, working closely with the Head Community Fundraising and Public Engagement so that all our communications integrate and show the impact of Christian Aid's work, inspiring people to support us.

About you

You'll be a proven leader, with bags of energy, proven individual giving and legacy fundraising skills and a cutting edge marketer. You'll have a proven track record of meeting and exceeding income targets in these two areas and building high-performing and ambitious teams. As a brilliant marketer, you'll be able to deliver stand-out campaigns by collaborating with great agencies to think differently and make the best use of budgets. A team player but also a self-starter, you'll have great connections, role model accountability for our teams and be able to create an inspiring vision while being hot on detail. You'll collaborate effectively with teams across the organisation, prioritising resources to create the greatest impact for Christian Aid.

Further information

This role requires applicants to have the right to work in the country where this position is based.

We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in its workforce. We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

You can expect a wide range of rewards and benefits, including a generous holiday allowance, a season ticket loan, and flexibility that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance.

We’re looking for a senior fundraiser and leader to drive income generation and external communications for an incredible social mobility organisation that has worked with children, families, and schools for over 30 years to break the long-term cycle of deprivation. They look beyond school settings to address the barriers affecting school attendance and learning, building a vital and effective bridge between school and home life that results in better attendance, pupil behaviour and attainment.

There is a great deal of untapped potential here for a proactive fundraiser to unlock and the case for support has never been stronger. They have high-profile patrons, highly active trustees who understand fundraising (including one who is herself a senior fundraiser), a phenomenal CEO who worked her way up to the top job and is brilliant with donors, and a loyal donor base that has more capacity to support. This new, senior role brings together their fundraising and external relations, and is a super opportunity for someone to build on a strong existing portfolio with an excellent team..

It's a brilliant job, please get in touch for a confidential discussion. Head office is in east London and the culture is one of pragmatic flexibility. 

About the role

• Reporting to the CEO, the Head of External Relations is a newly-created position that sits on the SMT that will provide the leadership needed to support income growth and brand development to meet robust expansion plans.
• The post-holder will lead and motivate staff in activities to grow voluntary income and build the charity’s profile, reputation, and brand externally to a broad range of stakeholders across government, the education sector, families and donors.
• The Head of External Relations will also support the CEO in strengthening relationships with the charity’s high-profile patrons and supporters, as well as managing and growing their own portfolio of influential, high-value donors.
• The post-holder will be responsible for managing two Senior Partnership Managers and the Communications Manager and will oversee seven other members of a fundraising and communications team which currently raises c£1.5m from a largely high value donor base. Full breakdown can be discussed.
• The role offers a range of benefits which include flexible working, a family friendly environment, and remote working.

About you

• You will have proven leadership skills, experience of managing and developing staff, personal experience of securing philanthropic gifts from major donors (or equivalent), outstanding communication skills, and a passion for education.
• This is a great opportunity for a talented leader and relationship manager who is highly motivated and excited by the prospect of building and developing their own team and shaping fundraising and communications at a crucial time in the organisation’s growth and for the families it supports.
• We are ideally seeking someone who has led a multi-income stream team in a small or medium size organisation

Salary

• £55,000-£60,000
• We will consider looking at the same salary for fewer days for an exceptional, senior candidate – please ask.

To Apply

• The final closing date for applications is Friday 12th June 
• Interview dates will be confirmed nearer the application deadline and arrangements made in line with any current government guidelines relating to Covid-19.
• In the first instance please send a CV that contains full fundraising figures.

This is a very exciting time for Keychange. Following the strategic remodelling and disposal of some of our property portfolio we will be in receipt of a capital sum for the re-development, purchase and build of new care and support communities.

Our mission is to Create Caring Communities, which demonstrate our Christian Values, Ethos and Behaviours.

Keychange currently operate eleven care home communities for older people and two housing communities for homeless young people. These communities are located across England.

In addition Keychange has recently adopted a new strategic action plan which sets out a clear direction for growth, expansion, improving quality and sustainability. New opportunities will include acquiring new properties and partners, expanding our services into outreach and community programmes, as well as celebrating the charity’s 100 years of operating in 2020. Established in 1920 Keychange is a charity and company limited by guarantee and is led by a Board of Trustees, who govern the Charity in terms of strategy, policies, legal duties, quality and sustainability.

Head of Finance, Keychange is a Christian Charity, Creating Caring Communities.

This is a Senior Leadership role to develop and lead our Finance Strategy for day to day operations as well as our mission and business expansion and sustainability.

Keychange currently provides eleven Care Communities for older people and two Housing Communities for Homeless younger people, all across England.

We are looking for an experienced finance lead to work closely with the CEO, senior colleagues, finance team, managers and trustees to strengthen our existing financial processes and to develop new business plans and opportunities.

This post has an occupational requirement for the post holder to have a personal, active Christian faith

For full Role Description and Person Specification and Application form please email us as below

Closing Date for applications 12noon Monday 22nd June 2020

Initial Date for Interviews 1st and 2nd July 2020.

Head of Business Development

This is an exciting new role leading our clients first Business Development Unit focused on statutory funding, commissioned services, and innovative pilots. The Head of Business Development will be responsible for developing and delivering a strategy to increase impact and income in this area - in time to over £1m. You will lead a team of high-performing individuals, who have experience of managing and/ or bidding for commissioned services and projects to deliver that strategy. This is a unique opportunity for a senior leader to take something with great potential to the next level, and reap the rewards of seeing the impact this makes of the lives of people in crisis.

Head of Business Development Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Director of Policy and Development, you will work closely with Directors, the CEO and the Fundraising team to secure funding for pilots and ‘proof of concept work’, that could be commissioned services of the future, funding to continue existing commissioned services and statutory sources of income to fund their core services and key projects.

Head of Business Development Requirements:

The successful candidate will be results driven, have a make things happen approach and bring a consistent track record of developing strategic partnerships and securing income to increase impact. You will have excellent senior leadership skills, focused on developing a strategic vision, in motivating a skilled team, in garnering support from colleagues and external networks and in delivering against targets and deadlines

About Our Client:

They are an independent charity that relies on donations. Their Vision is that every missing person is found safe.

Somebody goes missing in the UK every 90 seconds. They are a non-judgemental, highly skilled team of staff and volunteers working around the clock for everyone who needs us. They provide free 24-hour confidential support, help, advice by phone, email, text and online, including the opportunity to reconnect. They also coordinate a UK wide network of people, businesses and media to join the search when someone goes missing.

Location: Mortlake, South West London but homeworking at present

Job type: Part Time, Permanent.

Hours: 21 to 28 hours per week

Salary: £40,000 to £45,000 pro rata

Closing date: 8th June 2020 (23.59pm)

1st Interviews: (by video) 15 June 2020

Second Interviews (by video) 19 June 2020

Start Date: from July 2020

You may have experience of the following: Business Development Manager, Head of Business Development, Sales Manager, New Business Development, Account Management, Client Relationship, Senior Sales Executive, Business Development, Head of Sales, Account Manager, Senior Account Manager, etc.

Ref: 93079

Justice Studio is a values driven consultancy entering an exciting new phase of development in our mission to reduce social inequality.We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly skilled colleague to manage our expanding portfolio of work.If you are dynamic, driven, and passionate about social justice, then please apply.

You will be in an exciting new leadership role as our organisation grows, helping us to set up new programme management systems, pursue new opportunities, and manage and expand our portfolio of projects.  Your roles and responsibilities will have the potential to grow as we grow. You will be key in facilitating this growth. 

We are based in London and work both in the UK and across the world for governments, charitable and not-for-profit organisations, and social enterprises that are striving to promote global social equality.Our work for them spans strategy, research, policy and advocacy and demonstrates impact. Since our establishment in May 2011 we have undertaken over 75 social justice consultancy and research projects for a range of clients in over 30 countries.

Job title: Head of Programmes
Salary Band: £55,000 – £65,000 per annum, pro-rata, depending on experience 
Hours: 3-4 days a week. We are happy to be flexible for the right candidate. 
Job Location: Caledonian Road, London, N7
Reports to: Managing Director
Line managing responsibilities: Senior Researchers
Anticipated Start Date: July 2020           

Overview

The Head of Programmes is a key strategic and technical role. You are the linchpin of the organisation with responsibility for leading our varied range of social justice consultancy projects in the UK and internationally. You will source and establish relationships with key new clients and partners, excelling at representing Justice Studio to our clients.

Roles & Responsibilities

Business development:

• Formulate strategies, new directions, and techniques to grow the company, and utilise networks with clients, consultants, and counterparts to advance successful new business opportunities. 
• Lead market positioning for contractual business opportunities, and actively lead the development of Justice Studio’s track record in the social justice sector.
• Apply in-depth technical expertise to new business efforts, and Justice Studio’s knowledge base. 
• Design, lead and supervise proposals and other relevant technical assignments for projects in the UK and internationally, including management of proposal writing teams to ensure that members are delivering high-quality, winning proposals, within designated timeframes, whilst effectively coordinating workloads. 
• Cultivate partnerships with international firms/organisations as well as local, in-country partners.
• Contribute to overall business strategy, improvement and innovation.

Leading Programmes: 

• Lead Justice Studio’s approach to programme management. 
• Work with the team to design and improve Justice Studio’s programme management systems.
• Provide leadership and oversight of Justice Studio’s portfolio of projects and programmes in the UK and internationally. 
• Manage a team of staff and consultants based in the in the UK and remotely. 
• Provide management, quality and technical advisory support to project teams to ensure achievement of project outcomes in respect to time, quality and cost, and the management of projects risks. 
• Develop effective and collaborative working relationships with our key clients, Partners, sub-contractors and consultants to ensure all stakeholder expectations are incorporated into project management decisions. 
• Monitor programmatic financial performance including expenditure against budgets and forecasts, including staff costs, operating expenses and procurements. 
• Support and oversee contractual compliance in all areas, including the team’s adherence to contract and reporting requirements as well as any relevant in-country regulations.
• Liaise with programme subcontractors; issue and manage contracts, oversee budgets and invoices, and assess deliverables to ensure they meet Justice Studio’s high technical and quality standards.
• Write, in-put into, review and provide commentary on project technical work and project reports. 
• Oversee liaison and communication with Justice Studios’ associates, identifying and recruiting new associates with technical expertise who may be available for short and long term assignments.
• Delegate, supervise, and evaluate performances for Justice Studio staff and consultants, providing regular, constructive, and courageous performance feedback and taking prompt action to resolve performance issues. 

Safeguarding Lead:

• Actively embody Justice Studios values and ethics, fostering a workplace culture that is respectful, collaborative, trusting and open.
• Oversee and manage the reporting, recording and escalation of safeguarding risks within our projects, programmes and the organisation as a whole. 
• Be Justice Studio’s safeguarding focal point, providing oversight and recording of safeguarding issues and risks; training and building the capacity of our staff and consultants; keeping abreast of any relevant safeguarding legal and policy developments and updates.

Qualifications

Essential:

• Degree in relevant subject, advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum 8 years of technically relevant work in project and programme management in the consulting sector. 
• Understanding and fluency in programme administrative, accounting, and management systems with an ability to instigate systems. 
• Relevant experience of business development within the consulting sector including designing and leading tender submissions and bid teams.
• Interest in both the UK and international social justice contexts and projects.
• Ability to work effectively independently and as part of a team. 
• Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and concisely both orally and in writing. 
• Demonstrated ability to build and manage working relationships with clients, partners, and technical experts.
• Strong knowledge of MS Office applications.
• Fluency in English
• The right to work in the UK 

Desirable:

• Technical experience in one or more of the following fields: safeguarding; child and social protection; criminal justice; disability; gender, masculinities, and women’s rights; housing and homelessness; race and ethnic minority discrimination; older people and social care. 
• Experience managing projects for the Department for International Development (DFID) or other large UK government departments.
• Relevant staff supervisory experience.
• Fluency in Spanish, Arabic, or French. 

Over the past seven years, Frontline has leveraged its success to build committed, high impact partnerships with a number of prestigious supporters including corporates, individuals, trusts and foundations. With significant support already pledged in our major gifts programme, the charity is now prioritising sustainable income growth in order to accelerate its impact and expansion.

We are recruiting an exceptional and experienced fundraising manager to work closely with the external relations director, our Senior Leadership team including the chief executive and the Board of Trustees to lead and manage the growth of Frontline’s fundraising programme, which has a current annual target of up to £2 million. This exciting role will suit a tenacious and inventive relationship builder, keen to make their mark on a growing and dynamic charity. The head of fundraising will devise and implement strategies to build and manage partnerships, working creatively to establish new income streams from major donor sources. They will also support our work with corporates, trusts and foundations.

Reporting to the external relations director, this role will manage two fundraising officers – one who leads on trust fundraising, and the other on corporate partnerships. A  fundraising and events coordinator, who sits in the communications team, also supports the fundraising team. The postholder will be a member of Frontline’s leadership group, representing the Fundraising team at monthly meetings with other heads of department and the Senior Leadership team.

Do you want to play a key role in the only organisation which supports disadvantaged young people of Irish heritage in the UK?  Despite the current scenario we all find ourselves in, we are still hiring. With event-based fundraising on hold for the foreseeable future, the Irish Youth Foundation (UK) is seeking a dynamic, self-starting individual who will relish the opportunity to lead our fundraising efforts as it celebrates its 30th anniversary and plans for the next 30?

More information on the organisations we support can be found on our website.

The Role:

As Head of Fundraising and Development you will identify, develop and nurture relationships with new and prospective supporters for the IYF whilst maintaining the valued support of existing philanthropic and corporate donors.

You will have the support and expertise of IYF’s newly appointed Patrons, Board of Trustees and development advisors.

The office is London based, but this position affords considerable flexibility in hours and location of work.

The Organisation:

The Irish Youth Foundation (UK) was established in 1989 and is the only national charity in the UK specifically aimed at helping disadvantaged young people of Irish heritage and their families.

IYF has awarded more than £5 million to help improve the lives and opportunities of young Irish people in Britain and Northern Ireland. Grants are awarded annually to a wide range of organisations and community groups, along with Irish students at UK colleges and universities.  The IYF (UK) supports charities tackling poverty, mental health issues, education and a variety of other needs. Recipients include Artillery Youth Centre in Belfast, Irish Community Care in Liverpool and Irish Film London.

At the IYF (UK) we are proud of our reputation as a lean and nimble foundation where the vast majority of the funds raised go where they are most needed:  projects supporting the young people themselves. Despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the IYF (UK) is well funded and will maintain it's 2020 grant awards as well as making an emergency fund available for organisations and community groups most affected.

Remit:

• Work with the Board of Trustees to develop the Strategic Fundraising Plan, targets and KPIs
• Income generation from new revenue streams: particularly focused on corporate philanthropy and CSR.  Consolidate existing philanthropic sources, including revenue from the extensive support base
• Devise and implement donor acquisitions strategies and, in consultation with the Board, develop a committed group of financial supporters
• Manage the fundraising budget and ensure industry guided ROI
• Enhance the charities digital presence (including social media) to raise profile and support fundraising efforts
• Have regular interaction with the Development Group alongside strategic support from the IYF Chair

Person Specification:

• An affinity with IYF’s mission, belief in the power of philanthropy
• Strategic capability and commitment to increase charitable income generation from private sources
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to communicate effectively and appropriately with staff, companies, high level donors, volunteers and the public
• Confident presenting to senior people
• Strong self-motivation and ability to work independently and attend evening events as required

About the Role

Christian Aid is looking for an outstanding individual to lead our UK advocacy and campaigns. The postholder will head a team of 15 people that influences government and parliament, leads our campaign strategy, mobilises our campaign supporters, and engages youth and child audiences in schools and churches. She or he will ensure that our advocacy and mobilisation is rooted in our policy and programmes, and leads to real change in the lives of people suffering from poverty and injustice. They will have the judgement, energy and experience needed to make Christian Aid a visible, robust and influential voice in the UK, who inspires our supporters and effectively engages those in positions of power. The successful candidate will be a strategic thinker, excellent communicator, and experienced in initiating and leading projects. They will represent Christian Aid externally, and be skilled at building networks and managing teams. They will be committed to Christian Aid's vision and values. We work with people of all faiths and none, to tackle poverty and injustice, and are an equal opportunities employer

Further information

This role requires applicants to have the right to work in the country where this position is based.

We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in its workforce. We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

You can expect a wide range of rewards and benefits, including a generous holiday allowance, a season ticket loan, and flexibility that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance.

US: Hi, we’re Possible – we bring people together to create bold, beautiful solutions in response to the climate crisis. Whether that’s connecting the world’s first solar railway, mining renewable heat from underneath London’s parks, leading calls for a televised climate debate or launching a ground-breaking employer scheme to incentivise clean holiday travel - we’re always thinking of new ways to cut carbon that involve and benefit the public. 

YOU: Are you someone with a passion for tackling climate change in a way that gets everyone involved? Are you a creative thinker with a positive, practical attitude able to turn ideas into reality? Do you get fired up by working with communities to breathe life into innovative climate solutions that improve lives today? Does solving difficult problems float your boat? If so, we should talk.

The world’s recent social and political awakening to the climate crisis has been overtaken by the much more immediate crisis of the pandemic, but in the background the climate emergency continues to demand urgent action. In this turbulent and challenging time, Possible’s work on inspiring climate solutions that everyone can contribute to is needed more than ever. Transport is a key area where the UK has veered a long way off track, with carbon emissions actually rising in recent years instead of falling. But with travel patterns turned on their heads by lockdown, new futures are now becoming visible where the car is no longer king.

Possible have secured funding for a major new campaign to reduce private car dominance in cities, showing how achieving the big reductions in motor traffic needed to meet climate change targets will also dramatically improve health outcomes and quality of life for people living in cities. The ‘new normal’ post-covid cannot be one where people shun public transport for private cars, or our climate goals will be impossible to meet. 

We need a senior campaign manager to lead the team delivering this landmark programme to kickstart the process of making private cars obsolete in our cities - accelerating the move to a zero carbon Britain built by and for everyone. We need an experienced leader who knows how to support local community changemakers as well as working with city authorities and local political leaders, leveraging bottom-up grassroots activism to drive city-wide transformation. Our ideal candidate will have a proven track record in campaigning and experience of successfully leading a team, including project management oversight and multiple line management responsibilities.

+ About the role

You’ll be a senior member of the campaigns team, working closely with and reporting to the directors, with responsibility for delivering Possible’s Car Free Cities projects for a minimum two year period starting in July 2020. You will be based in Possible’s London office in Camden Town (pandemic permitting), on either a full time or 0.9FTE basis, depending on preference. With the directors’ support, you will be managing annual budgets of hundreds of thousands of pounds and a team of up to six staff, some working remotely from other cities, alongside key relationships with academic partners and overseas consortium members in Paris and New York. 

You’ll work collaboratively with the communications team to spread our key messages far and wide, and leverage the greatest impact possible in our target communities and beyond. You’ll also work closely with the rest of Possible’s senior management team to cultivate and maintain a positive and supportive working culture amongst the whole workforce as well as within your own team. You’ll also work across the campaigns, fundraising and comms teams to develop the most effective mobilisations techniques, building capacity in our supporters to escalate action and bring their communities with them.

Working within strategy and project plans that have been collaboratively developed, you’ll be free to put forward your own ideas for campaign activities, particularly in response to changing events. You’ll be adaptable to overseeing delivery of different tactics based on need, from online petitions to research and report publication, lobbying of city administrations and politicians, grassroots community organising, pioneering innovation and publicity grabbing interventions.

As a key member of the Possible family you’ll be part of a small, passionate, nimble, unique and positive organisation that cares about its people, its projects and, ultimately, the planet.

+ Person specification

Competencies can be demonstrated by both paid and voluntary experience.

Must haves

• Track record of planning and delivering successful campaigns and projects.

• Experience of leading a team, including line management.

• High standard of written and spoken communication skills.

• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work with colleagues and project partners such as campaigners, volunteers and funders, internally and externally.

• Excellent organisational and time management skills.

• Ability to think creatively and generate new campaign and tactic ideas.

• Ability to digest, understand and analyse information independently.

• Adaptability, enthusiasm, appetite for learning and ability to take initiative.

• Passion for working with the public to take action, and for helping increase the capacity of people to act and activate others around them.

• Commitment to Possible’s positive approach to climate campaigning and passionate about achieving climate justice.

• Working knowledge of UK climate and transport context and policy.

Nice to haves

• Experience of public meeting facilitation.

• Experience of working with distributed organising tactics focused on widespread public participation.

• Experience of working with mainstream media and social media.

• Event management experience.

• Community organising experience.

• Contacts in local government and existing networks of transport / environmental activists and NGOs.

• Experience of digital marketing or campaigns.

• Experience of international working.

• Understanding of cultural and behaviour change campaigns and strategies.

• Basic research skills.

• French language skills.

+ About Possible

Here at Possible, we have a vision for a low carbon Britain that has been built by and belongs to everybody.

To get there, we dream up projects, build tools and spread success stories to make sure everyone has the help and inspiration they need to play a role in tackling climate change. Our work cuts carbon, but because we work on cultural as well as technical levels, we get people talking about climate change action too. We want our projects to be infectious, so it is always about more than just a solar panel here, or an LED there - it’s about groups of people working together to change the world.

+ Our Values

Inclusivity  Trust and respect   Creativity   Shared ambition

Positivity  Caring and kindness  Integrity  Openness

Not just buzzwords to make us feel warm and fuzzy, these are the values we are guided by in our actions and our organisational culture. Away days help to keep these values alive and we work together to keep our team as supported, empowered and cared for as possible. We’re run by a team of directors rather than one single CEO, and we’re committed to reducing hierarchy wherever possible.

Workplace benefits include:

• 25 days paid holiday (+ bank holidays and three days at Christmas)

• Flexible working

• Paid volunteer leave

• Bike to work scheme

• Paid journey days for low carbon holiday travel 

• Childcare vouchers

• Good maternity and paternity leave

• Employer pension contribution

Outward facing, relationship driven Head of Fundraising sought. Interviews will take place through June.

We are recruiting an exceptional and experienced fundraising manager to work closely with the external relations director, our Senior Leadership team including the chief executive and the Board of Trustees to lead and manage the growth of the fundraising programme, which has a current annual target of up to £2 million. This exciting role will suit a tenacious and inventive relationship builder, keen to make their mark on a growing and dynamic charity. The head of fundraising will devise and implement strategies to build and manage partnerships, working creatively to establish new income streams from major donor sources. They will also support our work with corporates, trusts and foundations.

Reporting to the external relations director, this role will manage two fundraising officers - one who leads on trust fundraising, and the other on corporate partnerships. A fundraising and events coordinator, who sits in the communications team, also supports the fundraising team. The postholder will be a member of the leadership group, representing the Fundraising team at monthly meetings with other heads of department and the Senior Leadership team.

We are seeking someone with an outstanding track record across Corporate Partnerships and Major Relationships, who is driven to lead fundraising at a thriving and growing national organisation. If that sounds like you please get in touch with Nick at Charity People to find out more.

Closing date: 9am, Monday 8 June 2020
First round interviews: Monday 15 June 2020
Second round interviews: Tuesday 23 June 2020

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

• Lead on cultivation and stewardship of Major Donors with an income target of circa £1m
• Work alongside CEO and Director of External Affairs to strengthen and promote case for support
• Line management responsibility of two executives covering Trusts and Corporate Fundraising (combined target of £1m)
• Provide vital fundraising expertise and leadership both internally to stakeholders, and externally to donors

Head of Corporate Partnerships
Dogs Trust
Highly Competitive Salary

Dogs Trust is looking to appoint an outstanding individual as their new Head of Corporate Partnerships. 

This is a new role which has been created to support the growing work of the Corporate Partnerships and Corporate Development Teams, with responsibility to develop a strategy that will deliver a significant increase in corporate income to support the work of the Dogs Trust.

You will be joining one of the fastest growing brands in the charity sector and be responsible for converting the high public awareness and love for the Dogs Trust’s work into relationships with some of the best-known brands in the UK and globally.

The mission of Dogs Trust is to bring about the day when all dogs can enjoy a happy life, free from the threat of unnecessary destruction. Although it has well over a hundred years of history, it was the charity's decision to embrace a non-destruction approach to dog welfare, 50 years ago, that defines Dogs Trust. From that point on Dogs Trust has led the dog welfare sector in every venture; the proactive and reactive measures the charity has delivered since then have brought the numbers of dogs put to sleep in government shelters down by 97%. Today Dogs Trust is the UK’s largest dog welfare charity and, as a charity solely funded by the donations of its amazing supporters, success through Corporate Partnerships has never been more important. 

Based in London and reporting to the Deputy Director, Philanthropy & Corporate Partnerships, this role is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact on Corporate Fundraising at Dogs Trust. You will lead on the charity’s commercial relationships and play a critical role in developing the Corporate Partnerships Strategy. Providing expert leadership in the development of new-business strategy as well as retaining and uplifting existing corporate partnerships, you will hold specialist knowledge in new business and account management at a senior level within a national charity setting. You will also have extensive experience of leading teams to six and seven figure partnerships in a charity setting, the ability to think strategically, and the skills to both develop and implement strategy.

The people who work at Dogs Trust bring ambition, passion and a determination to succeed in all they do, coupled with warmth, integrity and a sense of fun. You will combine a genuine love for dogs and their welfare with a professional, ambitious and can-do attitude - you will think big and get the job done in a collaborative and engaging way. 

If you are a highly-talented fundraising leader, passionate about dog welfare and hungry for a career-defining leadership challenge, then we want to hear from you. 

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This is an important and senior new role within a growing business development team and an important time for Solace.  We have a strong track record of working in partnership with a wide range of organisations across sectors, notably women and girls, housing & homelessness, criminal justice, social care, welfare and health.  We work with second tier organisations as well as delivery providers and are increasingly raising our voice about issues that directly affect the rights and services that women and children have access to, calling out injustice and working to end violence and abuse against them.

We are therefore formalising our presence in the public affairs arena and this is your chance to influence policymakers, system change, and ensure the voices of women are fully represented.  As an experienced manager, and feminist, you will lead a small team including a new post of Public Affairs Manager and report to the Director of Business Development.  This is your chance as drive forward a brand new public affairs agenda, working alongside partners, second tier organisations to work for change and ensure all voices are represented.  

Solace is an innovative, exciting, grass roots charity working across London. We offer great employee benefits including three per cent employer pension contribution, generous holiday entitlement and a focus on learning and development. You will be joining a team of committed and inspiring individuals whose dedication has saved the lives of thousands of women, men and children in the capital.

Solace values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applicants from black minority and ethnic communities.