We are looking for a passionate Support Services Officer to play a key role in offering support and information to women and their loved ones affected by cervical cancer, cervical cell changes and those with concerns or questions about the cervical screening or HPV vaccination programs. You will also be responsible for offering additional support through our Callback service and the day to day running of our Ask the Expert service providing online medical clarification. The ideal candidate will be self-motivating, and a clear communicator with strong supportive and multi-tasking skills

This is a full time, one year fixed term contract.

To apply for this role please send a CV and a covering letter to Debbie Shipley, Support Services Manager

Applications without a covering letter will not be considered.

Closing date for application:  5pm on the 29th January 2021

Interview date:  Friday 5th February 2021

Use your experience and skills to make a difference for people with dyslexia and dyscalculia by joining our growing team.

We are looking for a part-time Helpline & Support Services Manager to improve and enhance our helpline and support services to deliver prompt, effective information and guidance.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the British Dyslexia Association, the charity that is the voice of dyslexic people. The successful candidate will join our team and manage the growth and development of our helpline and pilot new support services, to increase our impact for people with dyslexia and dyscalculia.

The Helpline & Support Services Manager will be responsible for developing the British Dyslexia Association helpline and trialling new ways for us to support and advise people with dyslexia and dyscalculia. Our well established and much valued helpline sees many incoming calls and emails every day, and this role will work with a colleague and our helpline volunteers to embed efficient ways of working.

We are contacted every day by people in need of help or advice, including parents whose children may not be getting the support they need at school, or employees whose workplace has not made reasonable adjustments. We offer expert advice and empathy, to help our callers access the support they need. This role will ensure that everybody with dyslexia has somewhere to turn when they need help. 

About you

We are seeking a candidate with expertise in dyslexia, who understands the challenges that people face at different stages of life, and how to overcome societal barriers. Dyslexia is a recognised disability but we want everyone to understand the advantages of thinking differently. Our support services focus on empowering individuals to make positive change happen.

You will need good knowledge and understanding of dyslexia and/or neurodiversity, including children/education/SEND.

As the charity moves into a new era, you will be at the heart of positive change.

To apply

Please view the Recruitment Pack for full details of this position. We invite applications with an up-to-date CV and cover letter explaining how your skills and experience match our requirements, and why you would like the role.

CLOSING DATE: 12 Noon, Monday 8th February 2021

Interviews will be conducted remotely, week commencing 15th February 2021

Please note: as we expect post Covid to have regular visits to our Bracknell office in Berkshire, applicants should live a reasonable distance, around 1-2 hours max travelling time.

• £31-35,000 (dependent on experience)
• 24-month initial contract (with possibility of renewal)
• Full-time (37.5 hours per week)
• 26 days’ holiday per year
• Fully remote during the pandemic, then based in London, Liverpool or Manchester, though we have flexible and remote working arrangements in place

The Cares Family is an anti-racist organisation committed to advancing anti-racism. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people, who are under-represented in our organisation. We are an equal opportunities employer.

ABOUT THE CARES FAMILY

The Cares Family’s mission is to help people find connection in a disconnected age. Our objectives are to reduce loneliness and isolation amongst younger and older people alike; improve people’s connection, belonging, purpose and power in a rapidly changing world; and bring people together to reduce social, generational, digital, cultural and attitudinal divides.

Those relationships have had a dramatic impact. 98% of young people involved say they have a stronger connection to the community. 73% of older neighbours involved say their isolation is reduced; 86% are better able to appreciate the changing world; and 77% say their relations with young people have improved. Neighbours report feeling reduced loneliness, improved understanding across generations, a deeper sense of belonging, and “part of something bigger”.

But as the Covid-19 pandemic has shown, loneliness is not just a personal crisis for younger and older people; it’s also a broader public health crisis and a national political crisis. So, as well as improving individual lives and community togetherness, The Cares Family has started to have an impact at the systemic and cultural levels too – through storytelling and campaigning work that are rapidly increasing our profile and making an even bigger difference.

We are therefore at a moment of opportunity to make an even bigger difference in the year ahead. We plan to do that with our ‘Action, Voice, Power’ strategy – increasing our local action with new projects, raising up the voices of human experience through new communications and campaigns, and working to ensure national and local government make new investments to reduce loneliness, and build connections across perceived divides.

ABOUT OUR IMPACT AND LEARNING

The Cares Family has undergone four external evaluations which demonstrate the impact of our work. However, measuring the value of human relationships, which are necessarily subjective, in a way that is simultaneously scientific, community-led and respectful of people’s full stories, is challenging.

We are therefore seeking to build on the learning from our four evaluations, to embed impact evaluation techniques that are consistent with our community-first philosophy, and to do so in a way that challenges top-down evaluation approaches which can be reductive and isolating.

To do so, we need to raise the bar on our monitoring and evaluation, data capture and analysis; to set up better processes to analyse and evaluate that data for learning purposes; and to put in place an organisational Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning framework to enable us to better measure our outcomes.

ABOUT THIS ROLE

We are therefore seeking a Head of Impact and Learning with a solid understanding of monitoring and evaluation approaches as well as systems, data, analysis and, crucially, people.

This is a new role and an exceptional opportunity for an innovative social researcher to design and develop simultaneously values-led and robust evaluation. Working closely with our delivery teams and with input from our neighbours, you will embed outcomes monitoring into our day-to-day activities, and evaluate our programmes and projects in a meaningful way.

TO READ THE FULL JOB DESCRIPTION AND FIND OUT HOW TO APPLY, PLEASE VISIT THE CARES FAMILY'S WEBSITE. 

We are looking for a driven, innovative and experienced digital professional to lead our new multi-disciplinary Digital Dept. The team has been established to harness the potential of digital communications in delivering against the charity’s growth, engagement, research and organisational excellence objectives.

The Head of Digital spearheads ARUK’s expertise in, and application of, all digital channels. They will have sector-leading knowledge of consumers’ digital expectations, and a proven record in delivering against those needs. They will work across the organisation, setting a vision and proactively making the case for digital communication and campaigns, working collaboratively with their peers to deliver for our supporters and other important stakeholders.

With their technical understanding, they will also play an important role in digitally upskilling the entire organisation, moving ARUK towards a model of central digital leadership with devolved team-level expertise.

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

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

Key responsibilities include:

• Helping to establish the newly independent Digital Department at ARUK, supporting positive team development, relationship building, growth and goal setting.
• Working collaboratively within the Dept and beyond to assess ARUK’s digital capabilities and setting a new digital vision for the charity - developing and delivering the strategies to achieve it.
• Devising, implementing and monitoring annual Operational Plans for the Digital Department, working with peers and the Director of Communications, Engagement and Brand.
• Budgetary responsibility for the Digital Department.
• Work alongside the Head of IT and Head of Data and CRM, to lead our cross functional technology and systems working group, driving continuous improvements in how our audience experiences and interacts with ARUK
• Horizon scanning, identifying best practice and trend insights from the sector and beyond to allow ARUK to innovate, and to drive any opportunities within the organisation.
• Developing a comprehensive overview of end-to-end supporter journeys and how digital can enable effective stewardship, cross-sell and deliver an experience for supporters that meets high expectations.
• Acting as Digital Ambassador on key cross organisational projects, and leading cross-org working groups as appropriate.
• Analysing appropriate performance data to draw insights that inform our work.
• Developing cases for digital change and investment that demonstrate clear ROI and key indicators of digital performance
• Supporting ARUK’s leadership in understanding and championing digital transformation

What we are looking for:

• A strong leader, with experience of establishing new teams and functions.
• A passionate advocate for digital communications, and an ability to inspire those around them.
• A collaborative personality, and a relationship builder.
• Excellent understanding of best practice in digital communications, and sound technical experience.
• Experience of business and strategic planning and budgeting.
• A keen analytical eye, and a willingness to challenge and improve.
• Someone with an eye on the future. Alzheimer’s Research UK embraces innovation and is open to new ideas and ways of working.  
• Experience of working with senior leadership and maintaining high level agency and stakeholder relationships.
• Willingness and ability to travel independently in the UK and to work outside of regular office hours when needed.
• A confident and friendly manner; would feel at ease representing the charity to a range of audiences.

Location: Granta Park, near Cambridge.

Salary: Circa £65,000 per annum, plus benefits

Please download the Vacancy Pack for more details.

The closing date for applications is the 31 January 2021, with interviews likely to be held on the 10 or 11 February 2021. Please indicate in your cover letter if you are unable to attend on any of these dates.

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

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

Position: Digital Engagement Manager
Type: Full-time (35 hours per week), permanent
Location: MS National Office, NW London (Currently home-based)
Salary: Circa £47,220 per annum
Salary Band: Band H, Level 1
Department: Digital and Content

At the MS Society, we make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.

Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.

Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive environment where you will make a difference.

About this job

We are looking for a passionate and dedicated people person to lead our digital engagement function.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to work alongside a team of experienced channel specialists, providing leadership as we continue to innovate across our ever-growing digital channels.

You must love collaborative working, always seeking opportunities to work alongside teams to help them develop their digital engagement strategies for campaigns, appeals, new technology and products.

You will use your understanding of 360 campaign management, the supporter journey and personalisation to share content that drives income and engagement across our website, social media, email, video, influencer and paid marketing channels.

As an experienced people manager you will always be looking for ways to empower and motivate your team. You will love working with them to create new ideas and new ways of working to help increase our impact.

Together you will lead on a series of exciting projects including evolving our digital and content strategies, launching a brand new forum and developing tailored email programmes to help people live better with MS.

You will be joining us at an exciting stage of our digital programme as we shape the way we engage with supporters. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a supportive and vibrant team, who are dedicated to making a difference for people with MS.

We offer 35 days annual leave (including bank holidays), travel loan and various other benefits such as supported developmental opportunities.

The MS Society is in the midst of an exciting, transformational, period which builds on our great history and will drive us towards achieving our mission and vision as we embark on our new 5 year strategy.

Part of this exciting transformation will include an office move from our current National Centre in Cricklewood, NW London to a different location in London. We are currently defining where and what type of accommodation this will be and we really want our staff to be involved in that decision.

Closing date: 9am on Wednesday 6th January 2021

In order to apply for this role, please submit an updated CV and supporting statement indicating how you meet the criteria as set out in the person specification in the attached job description

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity. 

No agencies please.

An exciting opportunity to work with one of the UK’s most iconic brands, the Eden Project, and contribute to shaping our future growth and development with actionable audience insight and analysis. Eden is a major tourist attraction, educational charity and social enterprise in one, with plans to build Edens in every inhabited continent on the planet and engage individuals worldwide with our mission: to connect people with each other and the living world, exploring ways we can work together towards a better future.

We are looking to appoint a suitably experienced and qualified senior manager to build on our desire to place audience insight at the heart of our organisation, to better inform our decision making and drive improvements to business performance. The Head of Insight will transform our approach to data and insight, through the development of a framework of core audience intelligence tools to deliver actionable organisational insights. They will play a lead role in evaluating our programmes and products, with a particular focus on Eden’s developing digital platforms. Reporting to the Marketing Director, they will work collaboratively with key teams and stakeholders throughout Eden in embedding an audience-led approach across the organisation to inform the future direction of marketing, programmes and events, digital strategy and on-site interpretation. The right person for the job will have a passion for using data and insight to input into everything from everyday problems to strategic decision making, and be adept at working across multiple projects, teams, and cross functional groups.

Based at the Eden Project site and offices in Cornwall, currently remote working.

Closing date: 12 noon Wednesday 3 February 2021
Interviews (by video conference): w/c 8 February 2021

Ambitious College is London's only registered Specialist College dedicated to educating and training young people with a primary diagnosis of autism aged 16-25. The college is currently based on two permanent campuses co-located and in partnership with mainstream further education colleges.

Ambitious College is an award winning, Ofsted “Good” day college. We believe that every young person attending Ambitious College deserves a fulfilling, happy and rewarding life. Our person-centred educational approach ensures we focus on the individual learners requirements at all times. We are proud to be an inclusive college with a diverse co-hort that values difference.

If you are ambitious about making the ordinary possible for young adults with autism, can inspire, lead and innovate we would love to hear from you.

We are seeking to appoint an outstanding and innovative Deputy Head who has:

• High expectations of our learners achieving their goals and aspirations, along with a commitment to providing education that promotes excellent progress and improves life chances, ‘making the ordinary possible'.
• Experience of successfully leading and managing a transdisciplinary team to ensure young adults are prepared for adulthood.
• Experience of working in a culture of change.
• Extensive teaching experience with young adults with complex special education needs.
• Experience of ensuring the objectives outlined in the service development plan are realised through a regular cycle of development planning, implementation, review and evaluation.
• Experience of leading, managing and supporting the development of colleagues through coaching or mentoring.

What we offer:

• Excellent CPD including a wide-range of in house and external training courses.
• As a growing organisation there is opportunity to progress your career.
• Competitive annual salary paid over 52 weeks.
• Annual staff recognition awards.
• Cycle to work scheme up to £5000.
• Season ticket loans.
• A wide range of wellness programmes including: virtual yoga & zumba classes, running club, art & cooking classes and learning programmes.
• Employee Assistance Programme, to help you balance your work, family, and personal life.
• Access to physiotherapy.
• On-site parking. 

The position will require regular travel to both college sites.

Role Closes: Sunday 31st January 2021

Applicants informed of outcome: W/C 1st February 2021

First stage interviews: Thursday 11th February 2021

Second Stage Interview: W/C 15th February 2021

Start date: As soon as possible.

To find out more about this position please find attached the recruitment pack entailing the role details. For an informal discussion regarding this exciting senior leadership role, please follow the link to our website. 

Ambitious about Autism is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and we warmly welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates. We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit.

Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

JOB TITLE: Head of Partnerships

REPORTS TO: CEO

HOURS OF WORK: Full time, 35 hours per week (requests for 0.8 FTE will also be considered). Some flexibility around working hours.

LOCATION: London but currently working from home until safe to return to office environment. In future, it is likely that there will be significant flexibility around home working.

SALARY: £45,000 - £50,000 (depending on skills and experience)

BENEFITS:

• 30 days annual leave (not including bank holidays)
• Pension scheme
• Training and development opportunities
• The opportunity to work flexibly

Causeway Education is a charity supporting young people to overcome barriers in accessing Higher Education. Our mission is to ensure students have the support they need to explore options effectively, make ambitious choices and produce outstanding university, college and apprenticeship applications.

We are looking for a dynamic and creative Head of Partnerships to join us on the next stage of our journey. The pandemic has made our work more urgent than ever, and we are scaling up to meet this challenge. If you share our passion for ensuring progression is not determined by privilege, then we’d love to hear from you.

We actively work to improve diversity in Higher Education therefore personal experience of overcoming these barriers, or experience of supporting young people from underrepresented groups, will be a valuable asset to the organisation.

We are a small and friendly team usually based in Hackney, London. Despite currently all working from home, we have established a number of ways to keep in regular contact and continue to support each other. We will go out of our way to welcome a new member of the team.

Please do get in touch with any questions, or to arrange an informal chat with our CEO, Sam Holmes (please use enquiries contact details available on our website)

How to apply

Please send your CV and a covering letter of no more than 2 pages explaining how you meet the criteria for this role.

Closing date for applications is 5pm on Monday 18th January 2021 and 1st round interviews will be held w/c 25th January.

About Causeway

Causeway is a small, ambitious charity with national reach, supporting young people to overcome barriers in accessing higher education.

We exist to make sure that progression is not determined by privilege.

We believe that, with the right support in exploration, choices and applications, all young people can find and realise their ambition.

In our unequal society, some young people face far greater challenges than others in accessing Higher Education. Dedicated teachers, advisors and outreach professionals work tirelessly on redressing these inequalities. We are there for all those confronting these barriers, helping to bring about:

1.) Expert support

We give teachers the skills and resources they need to ensure all their students can navigate HE applications effectively.

2.) Transformational outreach

We help universities, charities and corporates to develop initiatives which inspire and equip participants to take their next steps.

3.) Outstanding applications

We support students directly, providing impactful workshops and mentoring to help them successfully clear the hurdles of a complex application process.

In 2019-20, we helped 3302 students submit high quality applications. Alongside this, we gave expert support to 189 schools and colleges, helping staff to hone their provision so applicants are better served year after year.  We have an ambitious strategy to significantly increase our reach and impact over the next 5 years, building capacity in our education system and directly supporting students. We currently deliver annual applicant-facing support on behalf of a number of universities, charities and corporates, and this provides a sustainable income stream for the organisation. We aim to grow this portfolio of annual programmes. This will give us the freedom to further develop our vital capacity building work, which involves innovative pilots often funded by bids to trusts and foundations. We are therefore seeking a Head of Partnerships specifically to help us grow our portfolio of annual funded programmes, principally through developing new links with corporates and other stakeholders.

Purpose of the role

As Head of Partnerships, you will be key to expanding our regular income base, enabling Causeway to realise its vision, mission and strategic ambitions. Specifically, you will help us increase and deepen our corporate partnerships in order to grow our portfolio of annually funded programmes. These are likely to consist of workshops, mentoring and other services such as recruitment and content design to enhance the impact corporate outreach programmes. To this end, you will need to:

• Develop and deliver a strategic partnerships plan that supports the future sustainability of Causeway.
• Play a pivotal role in growing our corporate partnerships and increasing income generation.
• Communicate our impact and successes to cement existing relationships and develop new ones.
• Oversee long term relationships with all groups of stakeholders, including by supporting other staff across the organisation.

As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, you will input into overall strategy and take on other specific leadership responsibilities. One of these will be to oversee the delivery of Causeway’s communications and marketing strategy. Significant experience in this area is not an essential requirement for the role as we would expect to bring in external consultancy to help draw up a targeted strategy.  We will also provide support through training where necessary.

Causeway is a small organisation where staff have regular opportunities to take on new responsibilities and we are keen to support team members to develop additional skills and areas of expertise. If you have knowledge, experience or an interest to develop further in any of the following areas, we would be interested to hear about this:

• HR
• Marketing
• Communications
• Digital
• Programme design and innovation
• Teaching and pedagogy
• Workshops and events
• Research
• Monitoring and evaluation
• Trust fundraising
• Young people’s voice

Key responsibilities

• Develop an effective pipeline for new business from corporate prospects. This will build on our portfolio of successful workshops, mentoring and other services such as recruitment and content design to enhance the impact of corporate outreach programmes
• Establish KPIs for the corporate partnerships function that help deliver a sustainable portfolio of partnerships that meet agreed targets, including for income generation.
• Lead, develop and maintain demonstrably successful relationships with all partners.
• Develop relationships with key partners such as professional bodies to secure wider partnership working.
• Provide regular analysis on the market, identifying patterns and opportunities that Causeway could capitalise on.
• Analyse trends, data, demographics, pricing strategies, and other information that can potentially improve marketing and sales performance using Salesforce.
• Contribute to the development of organisational strategy and the wider income generation strategy to support this.
• Oversee the delivery of the communications and marketing strategy, including overseeing marketing materials, Causeway’s website and social media accounts.
• Work with all staff across the organisation to embed the partnerships and communications strategy.
• Provide partnership content for newsletters, website and all communication channels.
• Report on progress against targets to Causeway Education’s Board of Trustees

Person specification

Essential

We are more interested in what you could do than what you have already done, hence the emphasis on skills over experience.

Experience

• Securing and managing significant partnerships (preferably with corporates)
• Business development including understanding need, development of proposals and pitches from initiation to launch.

Skills and knowledge

• Creative thinking: the ability to generate and implement new and innovative ideas
• Strategic mind-set and the ability to understand and help achieve an organisational vision and ambitions
• Lead prospecting and new business sales skills
• Strong interpersonal skills: able to interact with different audiences and all levels of people and be persuasive in approach
• Able to cultivate long-term relationships with corporates
• Excellent communications skills, both verbal and written, and exceptional presentation skills
• Strong ability to lead and motivate across the organisation
• Relevant research skills: able to source information, statistics and research trends for partnership building
• Demonstrable organisational skills: able to manage multiple projects both small and large
• Excellent time management skills with the ability to prioritise work and meet deadlines
• Good understanding of the importance of safeguarding

Desirable

There are a number of different paths the successful candidate may have taken to develop the skills and experience needed for this role. The following list is not intended to be exhaustive, but instead to give a sense of the range of experiences which are relevant:

• Personal experience of structural inequalities, or experience of supporting young people from underrepresented groups
• Experience of working in Widening Participation
• Experience of teaching, or other role in education sector
• Experience of working in corporate outreach
• Experience in a charity supporting young people
• Experience of programme design and innovation
• Experience of trust fundraising
• Experience of design and implementation of creative and effective marketing strategies
• Experience of digital marketing including the use of all social media channels
• Experience of business-to-business sales
• Training relevant to position, such as a qualification in fundraising or business development

Personal Qualities

• Passionate about helping young people access Higher Education
• Committed to Causeway’s values of ensuring our work is high-quality, collaborative, practical and evidence-led
• Entrepreneurial and ambitious
• Clear commitment to diversity and inclusion
• Flexible and adaptable to meet needs of the post
• A positive outlook and sense of humour
• Resilient, collaborative, diplomatic and emotionally intelligent
• Results-focused with the desire to personally deliver tangible outcomes
• Educated to degree level or having relevant qualifications or experience indicating the ability to apply an appropriately high level of analytical skills.

ROYAL FREE CHARITY

HEAD OF COMMUNICATIONS

SALARY - £50,000-£55,000 per annum -subject to skills and experience

37.5 hours a week over five days

Base – initially home working then office based at Royal Free Hospital

The Royal Free Charity stands at the threshold of its most important period of development. The pandemic has shown just how vital is its support for the staff and patients of our three hospitals across north London and our generous donors have never been more ready to enable us to provide it. The need for our support for globally-important research has also never been more clear.

We now need world class communications to underpin all our conversations: with our staff, our hospital colleagues, our donors, our other partners. This is your opportunity to make sure we get them right.

If you have the right experience, and the confidence and the imagination, to steer the messaging of our expert and ambitious teams; and if you feel excited at the idea of creating a new benchmark in philanthropic healthcare communications, we want to hear from you.

The head of communications will be reporting to the director of engagement and communications.

The main purpose of the role:

To lead on the organisation’s media campaigns, brand, communications (both external and internal), marketing, social media and digital engagement, ensuring the RFC is an exemplar for NHS charities in terms of public and member engagement. Develop and implement a communications and messaging strategy that ensures significant growth in the awareness, engagement and participation in our work from people across north London and beyond, wherever the trust offers services.

Benefits:

28 days’ paid holiday plus UK bank holidays each year.

Enrolment into the pension scheme.

To apply for this post, send a Word document CV with a 500-word statement addressing how you meet the criteria set out in the job description and person specification: qualifications, experience, skills, knowledge and personal qualities. Please ensure you include your last employer and dates of employment within your CV. 

Closing date for application: Thursday 21 January 2021, 12 noon.

Interview date: Thursday 28 January 2021

Upmo is an Edinburgh-based charity that provides support and opportunity for adults with learning and other complex disabilities. Upmo was started in 2006 by Josh Barton and inspired by the belief that services for adults could truly be exciting, dynamic and meaningful.

In 2006, adults with learning disabilities lacked opportunities in higher education and there was a lack of understanding around individual needs. Those who understood the needs of service users operated with limited scope to encourage, inspire and motivate. As a result, many service users were isolated and desperately in need of opportunities to become more socially engaged, active and valued.

The response from Upmo was combining progressive learning within an educational curriculum and the development of support service provision – placing the needs of students at the heart of services. Since 2006, they have delivered these tailored support services alongside a respected curriculum of creative workshops, educational activities and vocational programmes. They encourage students to build confidence, use imagination and develop life skills and help them to play an equal, rewarding and contributing role in society.

The local authorities in Edinburgh and The Lothians love the fresh and innovative approach. Upmo is Scotland’s leader in providing exciting, dynamic and meaningful services to adults with learning disabilities and/ or autism.

Everyone at Upmo has the students and their families at heart and come to work motivated and passionate to help take the organisation forward successfully on its journey. They want to make a difference to the lives of adults with learning disabilities through tailored support and learning opportunities that will develop their potential and play an equal role in society. Upmo believe that they can be the exemplar model for Scotland and achieving this across the country, not only in Edinburgh and The Lothians, is a real driving force for everyone.

Upmo has plans to create “The Upmo Performing Arts Hub” in Leith - a bespoke and purpose-built arts centre and performance space, but this has been disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic. While this aspiration has not diminished, external funding support has been re-prioritised to support their response to the ongoing crisis in the immediate term. Focus on creating an arts hub at the very heart of a new campus style approach for the charity endures and its creation is a major long-term objective for Upmo to ensure culture becomes accessible to all.

In 2020, Andrew Thomson was appointed as the first CEO of Upmo with a clear objective of propelling the organisation forward. Bringing a wealth of experience, Andrew has brought new thinking and drive to Upmo. Working alongside the Board, he has set the future direction of Upmo. A restructure has already taken place and to continue expanding operational activities two new departments – Corporate Services and Development, are being established with 4 additional appointments.

The Head of Development will have two key roles: to oversee the organisational communications strategy so as to enhance the positioning of Upmo with their partners and stakeholders including deep engagement with students and their families; to assist in the development of new income streams from alternative social enterprises.

This role is part of the Senior Management team and will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer and work closely alongside the Head of Operations and Head of Corporate Services. The Head of Development will line manage a team of 3 – the new Communications Officer, a Digital Support Officer and an Enterprise Support Officer.

To be considered for this role, you will have held a similar management role focused on income generation or business development and demonstrate significant growth and development of a previous organisation. You must be a confident and proven leader with significant experience in communications, development and management. Excellent written and verbal communication skills and organisational skills are essential alongside being self-motivated and driven. You will be experienced working to deadlines, multi-tasking and working under pressure.

It is important that all applicants have a firm belief in inclusion, fairness and equality evidenced through work practice or personal experience. You must have a desire to ensure people are at the heart of decision making and an ability to balance this with the needs of Upmo.

How To Apply

Please contact BTA to request an information pack, full job description and person specification.

You are advised to get in touch well in advance of the closing date to give us time to consider your application and pre-interview the strongest applicants.

Closing Date: Sunday 7th February 2021

Interview Date: Wednesday 17th February 2021

This search is being conducted exclusively for Upmo by BTA (Bruce Tait Associates). Our leadership team have all worked in the voluntary sector and we use this experience to match organisations and individuals to create great appointments.

This role is mostly home-based, with regular co-working days and ad hoc meetings in the Oxford/Warwickshire area when permitted.

Join an agile social enterprise working to support healthcare workers to deliver high quality care in low and middle-income countries globally. Lead us in building innovative, impactful high-quality products and services, initially focusing on the launch of a unique digital offer to support remote e-learning via the new PCI Academy.

About PCI

PCI was launched as a social enterprise in 2014 by Red Whale | GP Update, one of the UK’s leading providers of continuous medical education (CME) in primary care. We are a small ‘virtual’ team with big ambitions.

PCI seeks to find sustainable solutions for delivering quality and cost-effective front-line healthcare worldwide. This encompasses a major focus on learning and development for healthcare workers. PCI had already started developing and testing remote models of delivery, and, given the impact of Covid-19, we are accelerating this process and shifting from a primarily face to face learning model to a blended model in which digital learning plays an important part.

This is an exciting time to be working with PCI as we are rapidly scaling up our digital capabilities to deliver existing and new projects with a wide range of partners, from the WHO and the UNHCR to Ministries of Health to NGOs. Our distinctiveness lies in our peer-to-peer learning style and pragmatic, case-based approach to putting that learning into practice.

You’ll be working alongside a friendly and supportive operational team, and a network of Clinical Associates. In delivering the project, you’ll work closely with the CEO, Head of Programmes and Clinical Director. You’ll also have the support of a Digital Project Manager reporting directly into this role whose responsibilities will include managing our Learning Management System.

The role:

• Strategic Leadership of the PCI Academy (70%)

The Academy, currently in beta phase, is due to launch in Spring 2021. It will become a hub for all PCI learning and a central component to our work strengthening primary healthcare globally.

• Lead on the initial launch of the PCI Academy with its inaugural course and initial cohorts
• Provide strategic leadership to the next phase of PCI Academy development (spanning commissioning content, design, user experience, accreditation)
• Scope, design and incorporate social learning opportunities through cohort-based learning and online communities of practice
• Develop professional development opportunities for PCI Academy alumni, in turn serving to diversify PCI Faculty and create learning within and across LMIC.

• Development of PCI products and services (25%)

Working closely with the Clinical Director, build on PCI’s distinctiveness to develop and refine its existing and new products and services (from distance mentoring programmes to Clinical Decision Support Tools). Apply design thinking and user experience perspectives to:

• ensure PCI’s Clinical Associate network has the resources, frameworks and guidance necessary to deliver consistently high-quality services;
• enable PCI’s target audience to seamlessly access a portfolio of relevant and impactful services;
• clearly define and communicate the overall PCI offer to existing and potential partners

• Innovation and change management (5%)

In order to harness evolving technologies and best practices:

• Scan the horizon for new trends and innovations in the global health ecosystem and beyond
• Identify ways in which PCI can make use of emerging technologies in ways that are feasible from an operational and financial perspective (such as through grants and participation in research partnerships)
• Promote established and emerging best practice in capacity development, innovating to enable multi-directional learning and peer-to-peer knowledge exchange.

About You

You will combine experience of working strategically and collaboratively to develop and deliver products and services whilst also bringing digital savvy and insight from the global health sector.

We’d love to hear from you if you are…

• Curious and possess a learning mindset: you are passionate about yourself and others’ learning and are open to new tools, experiences, and ways of doing things
• A compelling influencer: you have the knowledge and skills that it takes to get people excited about PCI’s approach to (digital) pedagogy, and you can effectively work with clinicians and understand their needs and feedback
• Agile & adaptable: you’re flexible in the face of change and comfortable with ambiguity
• A fast worker: able to work at pace to ensure efficiency without compromising quality
• A problem-solver: you’re a self-starter who takes challenges in your stride, maintaining a positive and energised outlook which motivates those around you
• A stickler for the detail: you’re highly organised and set and maintain exceptionally high standards for your own and others’ work

The ideal candidate would also have:

• Developed and launched new learning and development offers, preferably in LMIC markets
• Designed innovative active, social and applied learning experiences
• A keen interest in the evolution of new technology solutions and their application
• Experimented with fully online and blended delivery models
• Knowledge and understanding of global health priorities and trends

Equality Statement

Equality and diversity is at the core of PCI values. Staff and consultants are expected to work collectively and individually to promote a constructive and sensitive approach to others from a variety of backgrounds, where the work of others is valued and respected. We actively encourage applicants from BAME and other under-represented groups.

Head of Press – Maternity Cover
Location: King’s Cross, London*
Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 per annum, pro rata
Contract: 10 Months Fixed Term Contract

Art Fund is the national fundraising charity for art. We believe that art can make you see, think and feel differently, and through our work we help make art more accessible to as many visitors as possible, wherever they are. We give grants to help museums and galleries acquire works of art for their collections, share them with wide audiences, and support the training and professional development of curators. We are supported by our growing membership of 159,000 through the National Art Pass, as well as the generosity of many trusts, foundations and other individuals.

The Head of Press will widely communicate Art Fund’s work as the national charity for art. They will work with our hundreds of museum and gallery partners across the UK to publicise how Art Fund’s support has helped them do more: from buying, commissioning or conserving works of art, to sharing them across the UK, to providing funding and opportunities for curators.

The Head of Press also plays a key role in helping shape and deliver the communications campaign for Art Fund Museum of the Year, the largest museum prize in the world. They will contribute to the fundraising activities of Art Fund through supporting media relations campaigns for projects on our crowdfunding platform Art Happens to promoting the National Art Pass to ambitious public appeals to help save important works of art. They will also work closely with colleagues on Art Fund’s work lobbying for positive changes to policies to better protect UK museums and their collections.

They will implement and evaluate the Art Fund’s PR, communications and public affairs strategy, working in close collaboration with the Director of Communications and other key staff members. The post holder will be thoroughly involved in all aspects of Art Fund’s work and be a ‘go to’ person for members of the media and the internal staff team for their wide knowledge of the sector and our support. 

They will be skilled at managing and getting the best from external PR agencies, freelancers, suppliers and partners. They will be confident creating position statements and Q&As, briefing media, managing complex media enquiries, and preparing senior staff for interviews, being keenly attuned to reputational risk. They will work closely and collaboratively with other members of the Communications team to actively contribute to a communications and content strategy which serves the needs of the organisation.

Closing date: 19th January 2021

For more information:
Please download the Job Description included below and click the apply button to attach your CV, it will be sent automatically to us. 

Thank you for your interest in Art Fund. We will review your application and will contact you if you have been selected for interview.

We receive an overwhelming number of responses to our posts and unfortunately, are unable to reply individually to every applicant or provide feedback.

*The role’s location will be our King Cross office (2 Granary Square, London N1C 4BH), with all staff currently working remotely, as will the successful candidate initially. However, once we are back in the office, there would be a reasonable expectation for them to work from the office, as regularly as everyone else.

No agencies please. 

Head of External Relations

We have an exciting new role for an experienced leader to drive the external marketing communications and income generation for a new division within the charity.

Position:  Head of External Relations

Location: Flexible as homeworking supported

Salary: Circa £40 - 45k dependent on experience

Hours: Full-time

Duration: 12 months Fixed Term Contract (becoming permanent if funding allows)

Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays and 5% Employer pension contribution

Closing Date: 9th February 2021

Final Interview Date: 15th and 16th February 2021

About the Role

There is a great deal of untapped potential for a proactive leader to unlock and the case for support has never been stronger. The charity has a high-profile patron, highly active trustees, dedicated staff and a newly appointed CEO who is passionate about education and the development of young people.

This new, senior role brings together external relations and income generation and is an amazing opportunity for someone to build on a strong existing portfolio with an excellent team. In particular, the Head of External Relations will be responsible for an integrated External Relations Strategy and its operational delivery that includes:

• Marketing, profile raising and public relations (on and offline)
• Income generation (Local Authority level, fundraising and partnerships)
• Public Affairs/Policy PR and campaigning
• Membership marketing
• Research and Impact evaluation

About You

The Head of External Relations position is an exciting and challenging role, at the heart of an agile organisation with a strong record and reputation, with the potential for real and profound change for children and young people. You will have direct experience of working across a broad range of the specialist areas of responsibility identified above. If you lack specific personal experience of working in a particular area, you will be asked to demonstrate evidence to support your potential to do so and an understanding of the factors that will drive success.

You will have experience of:

• Hands on strategic and operational delivery of digital/social media, PR and Public Relations campaigns
• Leadership and mentoring
• Successfully working with Trustees/senior partners and at Board level
• The education sector

As Head of External Relations, you must be able to lead in a rapidly changing internal and external environment to ensure the charity can maximise opportunities and manage the challenges it faces.

Applicants are asked to provide a current CV and 2-page covering letter outlining evidence against the essential criteria in the job description, clearly identifying the skills and experiences applicable to the role.

A satisfactory basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be a requirement once a conditional offer of employment is made to successful candidates. 

In Return…

Work for an organisation with excellent work life balance policies, where flexible working is promoted and the culture of the organisation is to nurture staff through effective leadership and excellent team working.

About the Organisation

With increasing numbers of children and young people affected by social, emotional and behavioural difficulties inhibiting their progress and limiting their life chances. The charity has developed a range of interventions and support to give vulnerable children and young people the opportunity to be the best they can be. Whether it is delivering certified training, supporting whole-school or authority-wide nurturing schools approach or promoting evidence-based research, the charity is providing quality support and resources to make nurturing provision a reality for pupils across the UK and beyond.

Other roles you may have experience of could include External Relations, External Affairs, PR, Public Relations, Marketing, Marketing and Communications, Communications, External Marketing, Income Generation, Income Generation Manager, Head of Income Generation, Head of Fundraising, Fundraising, Partnerships, Public Affairs, Policy, Policy and PR, Membership, Research, Research and Impact.

The face of power has changed. Until recently, people treated unfairly could often point to a person responsible: that policeman stopped me for no reason, that corporate boss cut my pay, that bureaucrat denied my mother a visa.

Injustice remains, but today it often hides behind a technical veneer.  Decisions that affect the lives of thousands are made, or heavily influenced, by computer systems the public was never asked about and they don’t yet see. From insurers to police to Amazon and Facebook, power is exercised through algorithmic systems used to grade us and sort us.

That’s where we come in. Foxglove is a new non-profit that exists to make tech fair for us all.  In just a year, we’ve won all three of our first cases fighting for tech justice in the UK. A fairer future is within reach. This summer, thousands of students across the UK suddenly saw data power being exercised when their school grades were slashed by a government algorithm. They rose up against this injustice, and their protests – combined with a legal case and a campaign we ran – forced change.

We’re now recruiting for a Head of Communications. The post holder will be responsible for all public communications: they will run our social media and develop campaigns and will also support our traditional press engagement. They'll have a great eye for a story, a pithy approach to social media and will brim with ideas for creative content. They'll lift up the people we help, amplify our demands and wins, and grow our supporters and followers.We know this is a broad role, and we are looking for someone up for a challenge.

About us 

Foxglove is a small, growing team of lawyers, activists and communications specialists. We investigate, litigate, and advocate for justice in technology. We’re working across Europe, helping some of tech’s most vulnerable workers organise for better conditions. We’re standing up to the tech giants who exploit our attention for profit. And we’re pushing to control abusive tech that’s trafficked from the UK and Europe to abuse people abroad.

In our first 12 months we’ve forced disclosure of secret contracts between tech giants and the NHS—the ‘NHS Covid-19 data deals’. We’ve put a stop to a Home Office’s racist ‘visa streaming algorithm’. We helped make grading fair for every student in the UK by challenging the Ofqual algorithm. And we’ve helped over 360 Facebook workers speak out against their harmful workplace conditions. We’re just getting started. We hope you want to join us.

We’ve punched above our weight in terms of press coverage, having been featured in the New Yorker, the New York Times, Vice, the Guardian, the BBC, the Today Programme, Good Morning Britain and more, but we are looking to grow our reach and audience with your help.

About you 

You are an exceptional communicator. You write and speak with absolute clarity and concision. You have an uncanny knack for using creative stories to bring a case or campaign to life. 

You are a self-starter with the initiative to set your own tasks and find opportunities, but the team-spiritedness to contribute to a shared goal and celebrate others’ work. You’re OK with light-touch administrative support and will ‘muck in’ for the team when you need to.

You value a workplace that is fun and irreverent, and you know social change is a marathon, not a sprint. We think it takes collective effort to build something that lasts, not a hero or a martyr.

If you are a top-flight communicator and the Foxglove mission excites you, we would love to hear from you. We are actively working to improve our diversity – because an effective and creative team is made of people from different walks of life.

The role

This role will be responsible for digital communications and campaigns, press engagement and social media. This is an essential position to the organisation. Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to: 

Social media:  

• Developing and implementing a social media strategy 
• Managing our social media accounts and responsibly expanding Foxglove’s social media
• Contributing to and overseeing the creation of engaging social media content, including video and graphics 
• Tracking the success of social posts

Campaigns and supporter engagement:  

• Working with the wider team to create video and written content for the Foxglove website and social media accounts 
• Developing digital campaigns and content to support our cases and projects 
• Implementing and developing our brand visual identity guidelines 
• Writing compelling copy for the Foxglove website 
• Bringing our work to life across multiple mediums

Press:

• Working with journalists, placing stories and managing relationships 
• Undertaking proactive media work, including developing and pitching news stories and feature articles to journalists
• Working with the directors to develop media and press coverage around our cases and projects
• Drafting and coordinating press releases, op-eds and briefings to the media 
• Helping coordinate and organise press conferences and meetings
• Building contacts with journalists around the world and developing Foxglove’s existing relationships, maintaining internal records 
• Evaluating the success of our press work with the wider team. Gathering press roundups and data on coverage as appropriate 
• Arranging media interviews for Foxglove staff 
• Maintaining excellent press office systems including contact databases, media monitoring arrangements and coverage logs 

Other:

• Developing and implementing a communication strategy 
• Managing ad hoc work with US communications agency

Person specification 

Essential

• An interest in tech-justice and Foxglove’s areas of focus 
• A clear, creative and concise communicator - verbally and in writing
• An ability to deliver high quality work on deadline 
• Thorough understanding of all forms of media including social media and a track-record of securing media coverage on challenging issues 
• A self-starter / able to work independently
• Willingness to muck in and support other members of a small team as required
• Right to work in the UK
• An ability to think and act strategically 

Length and salary 

The role is a 12-month fixed term full-time role. The annual salary is £50,000 per annum less any required deductions for income tax and national insurance. Please note that our pay is transparent and non-negotiable. UK wide and international travel may be required.

How to apply 

To apply please visit the Foxglove website and complete the application form and send it to us by the deadline of 20 January 2021 at 9am. 

Foxglove is new and we are growing. We are striving to build a team that is truly inclusive. We will create a diverse and adaptable environment where we support people to do their best work. We believe an effective and creative team is made up of people from different walks of life.

We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants with disabilities, provided they meet the minimum criteria as specified in the person specification / job description. 

If you would like to discuss this role before you apply, we would love to hear from you. If any part of this process causes you difficulty, please get in touch with us.

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