Head of education practice jobs

Now is an exciting time to lead Humanists UK’s growing People Team. Having recently embarked on implementing Humanists UK’s first People Strategy, we want to unite our vibrant community of volunteers, staff, and consultants under one ‘People’ umbrella. The coming years will see us focus on modernising our approach to HR,  including how we recruit and retain the best people; establish a culture of continuous development; develop future-focused HR policy and practice; continue our positive progress on diversity and inclusion initiatives; and build happy, engaged teams.

As Head of People, your focus will be on keeping our people happy and productive. You will lead initiatives associated with our people strategy, including in areas of succession planning, talent management, inclusivity, change management, organisational and performance management, training and development, and compensation. You will lead our newly formed People Team to embed a professional, modernised HR function to serve our community of over 1000 personnel. 

You will be a part of the senior leadership of Humanists UK, reporting directly to the Chief Executive, and will provide strategic leadership by articulating HR needs and plans to the executive management team.

You will lead our HR function, providing line management to a People Team consisting of our People Advisor (Staff & Consultants), People Officer (Volunteers), and the fixed-term Project Manager who supports the development of our local volunteers in communities.

You will also line manage our Head of Humanist Care, who is responsible for the training and accreditation of our pastoral carers.

Your work on our equality, diversity, and inclusion priorities will be supported by a volunteer Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Action Group, drawn from across our personnel and charged with setting and achieving our ambitions in that area of our work. 

About Us:

BlindAid is London’s oldest sight loss charity, and offers support to around 1200 isolated, blind and visually impaired adults living across the 12 inner London boroughs each year. We are a mission driven organisation with an excellent reputation amongst service uses and stakeholders alike.  We have a positive, supportive culture and our team is absolutely focussed on delivering tangible, meaningful, and value-driven support for our service users.

We are seeking a Head of Fundraising to:

Design and implement a new fundraising strategy.

Increase sustainable income generation.

Raise awareness of BlindAid’s brand, mission and values and grow our supporter base.

This role is part of the senior management team and holds board reporting responsibilities.

We do not currently have any full-time fundraiser positions in the charity.

About You:

This role would suit an enthusiastic fundraiser who wants to take their next career step, working both strategically and operationally to grow a diverse income portfolio.

You have a track record of fundraising from trusts & foundations, managing legacy campaigns, individual giving as well as corporate income streams.

Statutory funding experience would be an advantage. You will lead on funding applications to trusts and foundations, corporates and major donors, and you are confident in preparing/delivering pitches.

You’ will have a proven track record of making successful bids to larger funders like Big Lottery/City Bridge Trust etc.

You will be confident in scoping, developing and delivering an ambitious fundraising strategy that will support long term objectives of the charity and a supporting operational plan, ensuring that all elements of BlindAid’s staff and trustees can be engaged.

You can lead on developing a creative and target driven fundraising team in line with the approved fundraising strategy.

You are able to develop an inspiring, attractive case for support on BlindAid’s behalf to meet the needs of the charity.

You can write fundraising related policies and processes in line with current legislation and best practice.

Fundraising is an essential element in our long-term plans for sustainable service delivery and we need passionate, dedicated people to help us continue to support isolated, blind, and visually impaired people going forward.

Essential qualifications, knowledge skills and experience:

• Degree level education (or equivalent experience in the third sector)
• A minimum of 5 years+ management experience in a fundraising role
• High-level fundraising experience of personally securing five/six-figure donations
• Outstanding communication skills.
• Experience of managing/developing a diverse funding portfolio
• Management of database/CRM systems
• Proficient in social media/digital communications
• Understanding and knowledge of legislation relating to fundraising/communications
• The ability to build and maintain professional relationships
• The ability to coach and develop team members

In return, we offer:

• A competitive salary.
• Options for hybrid / flexible working.
• 28 days annual leave, plus public bank holidays.
• Group Personal Pension plan with a 7.5% salary employer contribution.

We are looking for candidates who share our passion to support blind and visually impaired adults in London.

BlindAid is committed to safeguarding and the welfare of all service users. We are committed to the promotion of equal opportunities.

Disabled candidates - Equality and inclusion are at the heart of our mission. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled people. We guarantee interviews to disabled applicants who meet the essential job criteria. Please let us know if you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme.

This post is classed as having a high degree of contact with vulnerable adults and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. It is therefore subject to an Enhanced disclosure through the Disclosure Barring Service.

In order to be considered you must be eligible to work in the UK.

We’re an award-winning charity that runs local learning centres in the heart of communities where the young people we support live. Our centres provide an innovative education programme which includes practical learning support and motivational and confidence-building activities for children and young people aged 7-18. Our aim is to inspire students from the least advantaged neighbourhoods to broaden their horizons and achieve their full potential.

As the UK’s leading university access organisation, our staff team is helping thousands of young people each year. From Autumn 2022 we will have thirty-nine centres and extension projects across England and Scotland, with ambitious plans to scale-up our provision further over the coming years.

We are looking for people who will thrive in a fast-paced, rewarding role helping to change the lives of young people by taking up permanent roles as an Education Worker on IntoUniversity’s Graduate Scheme in Birmingham. We believe that our Graduate Scheme is one of the most exciting in the charity sector, providing exceptional training and experience, and the opportunity to work with young people and colleagues who will challenge and inspire you.

As a charity with social mobility as its core objective, IntoUniversity is wholly committed to equality of opportunity. We work with children and young people from a diverse range of backgrounds, and we believe that our staff team should be similarly diverse and representative.

The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be, and we recognise that we have much more to do in this regard. We are committed to building a culture where students, staff and volunteers are valued for the unique people they are. We therefore encourage applications from candidates from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds. In particular, we actively and warmly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, male candidates and candidates with a disability as they are currently under-represented within IntoUniversity.

If you believe that all young people deserve the chance to develop their talents regardless of their background and want to play a part in helping them succeed, then we would be delighted to hear from you.

We are looking for a relational leader passionate about youth work and who relishes the opportunity to shape and drive forward increased impact for youth workers, youth organisations and the young people they support.

What are the top 3 skills required to undertake this role successfully?

1. Experience of partnership working at a senior level with internal and external stakeholders
2. Strong communication skills and ability to form strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
3. Robust financial and project management

As Head of Membership and Sector Development your typical day may involve… you attending an innovation workshop to feed in member and youth sector insights into new programme development; attending an external contract management meeting with partners to report back to a funder; representing the organisation at a regional/ national youth sector meeting; drafting the Board and committee reports on the past quarter highlights and deliverables; collaborating with fundraising and programmes colleagues on a bid; checking in with team members re the development and delivery of elements of the core offer, such as the Quality Mark, Training and Networks to members.

What impact on London Youth will the successful candidate have? As Head of Membership and Sector Development you’ll provide strategic and budgetary oversight of the Membership and Sector Development team.  You’ll be a productive and influential member of the Leadership Team and be a key catalyst to fundraising, programme design and mobilisation of new work. You’ll provide an ambitious strategic direction to the team, ensuring each staff member can contribute individually and collectively to long term plan. Alongside the demands of delivering high quality services to members in the short term, data and digital transformation projects will be key to long-term success. Improvements in these areas will lead to increased impact on youth workers, youth organisations and the young people they support.

For further information on London Youth, the role and the team please read the attached Job Description and Specification.
 

Our commitment to anti-racism

In July 2020, we issued a statement committing to become an anti-racist organisation and to actively tackle racism. Since then, London Youth has worked with our staff and trustees to understand first the issues within our organisation, collaboratively developing a Theory of Change to define our areas of focus, approach and plan of action moving forward.

We have a Race Equality Action Stakeholder Group which is chaired by a London Youth member and trustee. This group includes representatives from across the organisation and oversees the implementation of our Race Equality Action Plan.

At the heart of youth work is the drive to level the playing field for all young Londoners to succeed, regardless of their backgrounds. Over two thirds of the young people we work with are from racialised communities and we know that without the opportunities which youth organisations provide, there would be limited experiences open to them.

About us

TIC+ is a charity established in 1993 serving Gloucestershire and surrounding areas. TIC+ reaches hundreds of children and young people every year as well as offering support & advice to parents & professionals. We work to ensure that every young person has easy, prompt, independent access to appropriate support according to their needs. We offer:

• Counselling – online, remote ( video & phone) and face-to-face for children and young people
• Anonymous online helpline for children and young people
• Counselling support for young people with eating difficulties
• Parent Support
• Psycho-educational workshops for children, young people, parents & professionals

We strive to ensure young people, parents and families feel accepted, safe & valued, so that they can say what’s on their mind, and be really listened to without the fear of being judged. We work with young people to help them build resilience & give them strategies to cope with situations they might be facing. 

About the role

We are looking for a dynamic, talented and experienced leader to join our senior management team as Head of Clinical Operations. This role will develop our services, ensure they are managed effectively, drive quality throughout our clinical team, ensure clinical integrity and oversee service delivery budgets . You will  help to grow our services, ensure they are based on the latest evidence and research as well as making sure they are sustainable and cost effective.

As part of the senior leadership team you will work with colleagues to deliver agreed organisational goals and objectives and build strong, productive relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.

About you

You will be able to evidence a successful track record of at least two - three years managing and developing services and teams and staff teams, ideally (but not essentially) within a clinical setting to deliver successful outcomes.

Key attributes we are seeking include:​

• Demonstrable track record of leading teams to deliver successful outcomes
• Degree Level qualification in Business/HR (or significant leadership experience in a Business/HR/Clinical setting)
• Knowledge of the importance of and experience of co-produced service development/improvements
• Experience in service improvement and evidence-based improvement methodologies
• Experience of managing services including workforce capacity planning and financial budget setting and forecasts.
• Proven ability to develop and manage projects to a high standard and within an agreed budget
• Experience of new service/business development
• Experience of influencing others to engage in new ways of working
• Expertise in the measurement of and communicating impact / outcomes to key stakeholders
• Excellent staff management and supervision skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to form productive relationships with internal and external partners
• Ability to problem solve and mobilise self and teams to respond to demand
• Team player with a ‘can do’ attitude
• Innovative and flexible

How to apply

We welcome informal conversations with prospective candidates about the role and the charity in advance of the deadline. Please feel free to contact Director of Clinical Services, Judith Bell

An application form and equal opportunities monitoring form are included within the attachment. We look forward to receiving your completed documents by 9:00am on 9th September 2022. Details on where to send your completed application form can be found within the job pack. Interviews for shortlisted candidates will take place on Wednesday 21st September 2022. If you have not been contacted within 2 weeks of the closing date you have been unsuccessful with your application.

Please note the successful candidate may be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check for this position.

We believe in creating a positive environment where our differences are respected and each of us feels valued for our contribution. Treating people fairly is part of our values and at the core of our culture. As an inclusive employer, all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of race, ethnicity, religion or belief, age, socioeconomic background, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity and caring responsibilities, marital status, nationality and disability including invisible disabilities and neurodiversity

We’re looking for an exceptional individual to develop and deliver our research, evaluation and public affairs strategies.  This work will help us to understand and provide insight into the challenges and difficulties faced by families with disabled children, the quality of services we provide and the difference our support makes for the families we serve. Our policy, research and evaluation work will be used to shape and inform decision making, both internally and externally.

In this role you will ensure that the voice of families is at the centre of our research and evaluation activity while maintaining oversight of emerging policy and legislation that may impact children, young people and their families or offer development opportunities to shape our policy position.

The successful candidate will be a self-starter with excellent communication and analytical skills, pro-active and driven to succeed. With sound knowledge of quantitative and qualitative methodology and best practice through the research cycle you will be a well-organised team player with the ability to handle pressure, prioritise workload and build and strengthen relationships with relevant stakeholders within the research community.

Ideally, you will also have knowledge of UK legislature and policy making institutions and processes, particularly that affecting disabled children and their families.

About us

Family Fund is a great place to work, for great people. We provide a challenging and rewarding working environment, where every staff member can make their mark. We are a values-based organisation, and we aim to show our values in all that we do. 

Family Fund is committed to inclusion, equality and diversity, and we welcome applications from all parts of the community. We are a Disability Confident Employer and all disabled applicants who meet the requirements for the role will be invited for interview. If you have a disability, and are happy to let us know, please highlight this in your covering letter.

A great opportunity to work flexibly from home / hybrid as our Head of Education.

The College of Paramedics has a proven track record of shaping the future of paramedic practice by driving forward educational standards for the profession, in pre and post registration and in Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and we are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate individual to join us as our Head of Education to lead the Education Directorate.

The Head of Education will manage staff, contractors and volunteers in the development and delivery of key projects which underpin the present and future of paramedic education throughout the United Kingdom and increasingly beyond into an emerging international community of Paramedicine. 

The Head of Education will be responsible for the efficient and effective running of the Directorate, including systems for planning and financial management, income generation, project management, quality assurance, team development and performance management.  As a member of the College’s senior leadership team – the Chief Executive Group – they will provide strong collaborative and cohesive leadership across the organisation, contributing to policy and planning, staff development, membership engagement and growth. They will be an able confident and competent communicator with an inspirational and inclusive leadership style, engaging effectively at all levels, from student members to the College of Paramedics Board and Council to national professional leaders and policy makers. 

Charity People is thrilled to be working in partnership with a tremendous Youth Charity. This is a fabulous education charity determined to ensure that all young people in the UK have access to high quality services that support their social and emotional learning.

Their vision is clear, and they work collaboratively with partners across the UK youth sector to develop shared approaches to learning, evaluation and continuous improvement.

Job Title: Head of Education and Training

Location: Anywhere in the UK (fully remote position)

Hours of Work: Full time; 35 hours per week

Salary: £48,000 - £50,000 per annum

JOB PURPOSE:

The Head of Education and Training is a new and critical role, created as part of a recent merger. With the charity's research and insight, they hope to re-establish an education and training function that supports quality relational practice. As such, they have created a dedicated post to lead, design and develop the education and training offer and approach, including the partnerships and relationships that will support it.

The Head of Education and Training will play a strong role in supporting income generation and will work closely with colleagues across the organisation to embed insights from research and evaluation activity into the education and training offer, alongside communicating with and reaching out to our networks.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

We are looking for an outstanding candidate with a deep understanding of relational practice, and how adults and young people learn and develop, socially and emotionally. You will need to be imaginative and proactive, with strong interest and high-level skills in building alliances and collaborations. You will need well-developed skills in designing learning content and associated resources, alongside being an exceptional facilitator, trainer and coach. You will need to understand the world of further and higher education and continuing professional development for youth workers in particular. You will also need to be comfortable bringing those skills into a fast-paced charity setting. An interest in and solid understanding of evaluation would be a distinct plus, as would an awareness of youth-focused public policy and system dynamics. You will have the ability to engage with humility and authenticity with a wide range of people and organisations working to support young people and their communities. You will be able to spot and make connections between relationships and areas of work and be alive to changes and patterns in the external policy and practice context and the opportunities they present for our charity.

There is an office space in Barbican which is available for use to those who wish to use it. The organisation has a drive to broaden their workforce across the country, so please do apply, wherever you might be (it is fully-remote after all!).

For lots more detail on this exciting role, please get in touch with Tegan Jones at Charity People if you would like to apply, please forward your CV and we can reply with the JD and other details.??

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Deadline:?We will be assessing applications on a rolling basis for this role. Please get in touch ASAP if interested; if you don't have a CV or profile ready to go by all means drop us a message and we'll be happy to chat first.?

Looking forward to hearing from you!

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 do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

RedbridgeCVS is the local umbrella body for the voluntary and community sector (VCS) in Redbridge. We are a small, friendly team based in central Ilford - just 20 minutes by train from Liverpool Street station. Every year we support over 350 voluntary and community groups, helping them to flourish and make a difference in their communities.

We are looking for a dynamic and strategic leader to join the team as our Head of Community Development. This is a varied and exciting role which will involve leading and developing our work with and for the local VCS, including:

- Practical and developmental support

- Voice, advocacy and influencing

- Building partnerships and supporting collaboration

- Nurturing an environment in which volunteering can thrive

You will lead across the programme to ensure synergy, leading to greater impact and stronger support for the local sector. The ideal candidate will be an ambitious leader with the drive to develop and build our work to meet the needs and aspirations of our members and the communities they serve.

If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you!

The closing date for applications is midnight on Thursday 25th August 2022. Interviews are expected to take place on Wednesday 31st August.

Please note that the role will be based at RedbridgeCVS, 103 Cranbrook Road, Ilford, Essex IG1 4PU; however, consideration can be given to a hybrid working pattern to enable working from home. Any hybrid working arrangement will be subject to a trial period and will be reviewed during the probation period.

At RedbridgeCVS, we recognise that our team is our greatest asset. We aim to create a culture where everyone feels valued, supported and fulfilled. We offer the following benefits to all our team members:

• A supportive learning culture and opportunities to develop in your role
• 28 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rata)
• A range of workplace wellbeing initiatives
• Flexible working opportunities
• Employer pension contribution
• Season ticket and cycle to work scheme

Sightsavers is looking for a Head of Content and Stories – a 12–13-month fixed term maternity cover contract role within our expanding campaigns and communications team.

Salary: Up to £54,000 per annum

Location: UK remote/ hybrid - with occasional travel to Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 3BW when required

Contract: 12-12 Month Fixed Term Maternity Cover Contract

Hours: This is a full-time role with some flexibility around hours worked and some home working

About the role

The content and stories team brings together content production and story gathering functions into one creative team. As well as delivering in these dedicated areas, we are responsible for responding to creative briefs on strategic communications projects. We develop long term creative campaigns and tactical content assets which inform, engage and persuade our priority audiences and help fulfil our communications, campaigning and organisational objectives.

We are looking for a passionate and talented interim Head of Content and Stories who can guide and inspire the team, providing creative and ethical leadership while continuing to embed our processes and adapt our approach based on learning.

The role has responsibility for implementing the creative strategy, ensuring our creative pillars and ethical storytelling principles guide everything we produce. And for championing ethical storytelling across the organisation, promoting the principles and consulting on fundraising materials.

The Head of Content and Stories needs to provide strong management to the team managers and work with them to ensure the three strands of the team collaborate and communicate effectively. The role also needs to manage the budgets for the team and for the directorate’s story collection and content production activity.

About you

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in leading creative development and delivering innovative campaigns as well as extensive experience in story collection. To succeed in this role, you will need:

• extensive knowledge and experience of devising and implementing successful content and story approaches to deliver strategic communication objectives
• a proven track record of developing and delivering creative communication campaigns that achieve high level change
• experience of creative thinking and brief management and leadership
• experience of managing a content and stories function as part of a wider communications department (or being part of function and contributing to the running of the team)
• experience of leading a team of creative professionals in balancing a challenging workload
• experience of working in, and knowledge of, international development issues
• experience of working in a politically sensitive environment and providing communications advice as it relates to ethical content policies and practices to senior colleagues
• experience of critically assessing creative materials
• experience of devising and maintaining systems and processes to ensure creative projects are delivered effectively
• the ability to operate with a high degree of flexibility in covering a range of activities and responding to urgent requests
• the ability to consistently horizon scan, model best practice and learn from success and failure to drive continuous improvement and innovation across content and story methods and practices
• demonstrable understanding of ethical storytelling issues and the integral role it plays in delivering strategic communications

This is a brilliantly varied role, please read the full job description for further details. As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people living with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.

Benefits

Sightsavers offers some fantastic benefits. Our comprehensive benefits package includes generous annual leave allowance, pension, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and wellness discounts. If you choose to work in or are visiting our collaborative, modern office space, you will find it an easy 20-minute train journey from Brighton or 45 minutes from London.

Next steps

To apply for this opportunity, please complete an application via our recruitment portal. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying. Please note that there will be an expectation that you can occasionally visit our modern and collaborative offices in Haywards Heath, West Sussex (RH16 3BW)

We anticipate that remote interviews will take place in late August 2022 and the evaluation process will include a role specific task to be completed by shortlisted candidates in advance of this.

We are looking to grow and expand our Retail team both in our charity shops and online. We are seeking a Head of Retail to join our growing team to provide insight, direction, strategy and leadership for our charity retail operation. This is a new role for Cerebral Palsy Cymru, and the successful post holder will help shape the Retail strategy for the charity so that we can grow our services for children and families in Wales living with cerebral palsy. 

We are seeking someone who has specialist experience of the charity retail sector and experience of growing a retail operation. You are impact focused and results driven, have excellent people, volunteer management and team working skills and are able to understand the role of brand within a retail setting. You’re excited to join this ambitious and passionate Welsh children’s charity as a key member of the senior leadership team who can really help us take our shops and E-Commerce operation to the next level.

Salary: £35k - £40k per annum dependent on experience

Location: Office based at our Children’s Centre in Llanishen Cardiff / provision for some home working, with travel to all Cerebral Palsy Cymru shops.

Line Manager: Centre Director

Sector: Disability / Children and young people

The role

The Head of Retail reports directly to the Centre Director and is a member of the charity’s senior leadership team, sharing collective responsibility to deliver Cerebral Palsy Cymru’s mission ‘to improve the quality of life of all children in Wales who have cerebral palsy’. The Head of Retail will be responsible for the strategic direction of the charity’s retail arm. This will include leading and developing the retail trading operation, providing and implementing business plans for new retail opportunities and holding direct responsibility for retail income. The post holder will be responsible for growing our retail income (circa £500k in 2019) while ensuring all activity reflects and promotes Cerebral Palsy Cymru’s brand, ethos and values

Key duties

- Lead development and implementation of the charity's strategies for Retail, including high street and E-Commerce

- Review and develop Retail operational systems and ensure staff are supported to work effectively 

- Contribute to the senior leadership team to support effective organisational leadership including business planning, budget setting and reporting, long term charity development, and governance

- Lead, inspire, manage and support the Retail team including line management duties for these members of staff

- Leverage the Cerebral Palsy Cymru brand in our retail settings for increased income and impact

Key requirements

- Significant experience of management within a retail setting including experience of managing people, managing relationships, team building and team development within a sales environment, including volunteer management

- Knowledge and understanding of the Charity retail sector including knowledge of EPOS systems and gift aid

- Impacts focused and results driven

- Supportive management style, ability to connect and motivate others, and empathy and commitment to Cerebral Palsy Cymru's values, purpose and environment

About Cerebral Palsy Cymru

We are the leading charity in Wales for children and families living with cerebral palsy. As a national Centre of Excellence and experts in the field of cerebral palsy, we provide specialist physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and speech & language therapy in a transdisciplinary way so that each child benefits from the combined expertise of our therapists. Our Family Support Service offers a listening ear, practical advice, and emotional support. We share our knowledge and skills through collaborative working, courses, national and international conferences. Cerebral palsy is the most common physical disability in children in the world and our mission is to improve the quality of life of all children in Wales living with cerebral palsy. We are an ambitious, passionate, hardworking, and friendly team who are motivated by the life-changing difference we make. 

Employee benefits

Cerebral Palsy Cymru recognises that being a rewarding place to work means more than just a job. Our benefits and the rewards that we offer our team reflect this.

• Work-life balance is important to us and so we offer 28 days annual leave per annum, which increases with 5 and then 10 years’ continuous service.
• Employees are able to opt into our company pension scheme with 5% employer contributions (when matched by the employee) and access to the NHS pension scheme for those eligible.
• We have extended maternity pay, and other family-friendly leave initiatives including paternity leave, parental leave, and adoption leave.
• We have a number of well-being initiatives across the staff team and encourage employees to take a ‘well-being hour’ each week.
• We support employees who want to request flexible working hours.
• We have generous sick pay policies.
• We can offer hybrid working opportunities for roles where part home working is possible.
• We have car and secure bicycle parking on site.
• We have staff development opportunities and have previously funded study opportunities for staff across all teams

To apply 

Please read our full job description in the supporting documents, then visit our website for an application form.

Closing date

This role is open until 30 September 2022. Interviews will take place on 28 October 2022.

Head of Philanthropy, Home Based
Permanent, full time

Blue Cross are one of the UK’s leading animal welfare organisations for animals. We support sick, injured and homeless pets and care for more than 40,000 animals every year through our rehoming, veterinary and education programmes.

What is the role?
The role will manage and lead the development of all income from charitable trusts, mid and high net worth individuals to support delivery of our ambitious strategy. The role will further develop our existing Philanthropy fundraising strategy and personally manage their own portfolio. The post will manage and develop the Philanthropy team and make an active contribution to both the leadership of the fundraising function and, as a member of the Leadership team for the charity, the wider leadership of Blue Cross.

If you excel in an environment where you can see the difference you make every day then this is the role for you. Interested? Then apply and lets work together to see if this is the role for you.

Want to know more the detail? Great! We have attached the job description which hopefully gives you everything you need.

What is required?
We are looking for people with the following:
• Extensive experience of developing strategies that have increased income from both major donors and institutional funders, including personally securing five and, ideally six figure donations
• Proven experience of meeting and exceeding ambitious income growth targets
• Experience of relationship building with funders
• Experience of financial monitoring and target setting and reporting
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to analyse data and tailor it for a variety of different donor requirements
• Highly developed influencing and negotiation skills,
• Track record of leading, managing and inspiring a team, including encouraging innovation and improving ways of working to build a resilient and high performing team
• Experience of working at the highest level of an organisation and managing relationships with key stakeholders at Director, CEO and Board level

It would also be great if you had:
• Experience of fundraising for significant capital projects
• A pet-lover with knowledge of current pet welfare issues and trends
• Knowledgeable about CRM systems and data management

Why work for Blue Cross?
• 38 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Holiday exchange & enhanced parental leave
• Annual volunteer days
• Long service awards, starting from 5 years
• Huge range of discounts across high street stores, insurance services & more
To read more about the benefits Blue Cross has to offer, please visit the 'why work for us' page on our website.

To apply for this role, all candidates must complete the online application process.

Salary: £53,000 per annum
Grade: 3.1
Closing Date: 28th August 2022
Interview Dates: 8th & 9th September 2022

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.

At Blue Cross we are passionate about our commitment to diversity, inclusion and removing barriers, should you like to discuss any reasonable adjustments or changes to our recruitment process to support you to be your best then please get in touch. 

Blue Cross holds inclusion as a core organisational value. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified, experienced and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status or pregnancy and maternity. We actively embrace our differences and know that it is our differences that make us unique. You are very welcome at Blue Cross, without the need to hide any part of who you are.

We’re an award-winning charity that runs local learning centres in the heart of communities where the young people we support live. Our centres provide an innovative education programme which includes practical learning support and motivational and confidence-building activities for children and young people aged 7-18. Our aim is
to inspire students from the least advantaged neighbourhoods to broaden their horizons and achieve their full potential.

As the UK’s leading university access organisation, our staff team is helping thousands of young people each year. From Autumn 2022 we will have thirty-nine centres and extension projects across England and Scotland, with ambitious plans to scale-up our provision further over the coming years.

We are looking for people who will thrive in a fast-paced, rewarding role helping to change the lives of young people by taking up permanent roles as an Education Worker on IntoUniversity’s Graduate Scheme in Norwich. We believe that our Graduate Scheme is one of the most exciting in the charity sector, providing exceptional training and experience, and the opportunity to work with young people and colleagues who will challenge and inspire you.

As a charity with social mobility as its core objective, IntoUniversity is wholly committed to equality of opportunity. We work with children and young people from a diverse range of backgrounds, and we believe that our staff team should be similarly diverse and representative.

The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be, and we recognise that we have much more to do in this regard. We are committed to building a culture where students, staff and volunteers are valued for the unique people they are. We therefore encourage applications from candidates from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds. In particular, we actively and warmly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, male candidates and candidates with a disability as they are currently under-represented within IntoUniversity.

If you believe that all young people deserve the chance to develop their talents regardless of their background and want to play a part in helping them succeed, then we would be delighted to hear from you.

6-month contract (starting mid-September)

36.5 hours per week

Embrace the Middle East is an international Christian charity helping people of all faiths and none to free themselves from a life of poverty and injustice. Our work and the work of our Christian partners, in Egypt, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Syria and Iraq, who run hospitals, clinics, schools and centres for people with disabilities, really does make a difference. Together we lift up the vulnerable and marginalised, serving families escaping violence or persecution, people living with all kinds of disability, women and children deprived of access to vital education and health services.

We are looking to appoint an interim Head of Finance to oversee the day-to-day operational accounting for the charity and trading company. Working in collaboration with the team, the interim Head of Finance will be responsible for the professional management of the charity’s accounts, as well as those of the trading company, ensuring the charity’s operational effectiveness and efficiency, to include maintaining accurate financial management information and compliance with relevant statutory requirements.

This role benefits from the charity’s remote and flexible work commitments allowing home-based working as a default option but with regular attendance at the charity’s Amersham office particularly for the purposes of team building.

Key areas of responsibilities: 

• Ensure effective review, control, and monitoring of income and budgets 
• Assisting senior managers with budgeting and financial plans for 2023
• Line management of 3 team members
• Leading on preparing for audit, including statutory reporting
• Budget preparation for 2023
• VAT return Sept 2022
• Reconcile and align charity donations across systems
• Preparation for year end – agree audit date, auditor’s attendance at stock take
• Prepare quarterly income and expenditure statement and cash and funding forecasts for the Board of Trustees and, together with the CEO, any other papers required by the Board and the Governance and Resources Committee.

This is an ideal role for a qualified accountant with experience of charity financial reporting, using Xero with third party applications such as; ZOHO, MAKE, BOLD, budget preparation, charity fund management (restricted & unrestricted funds) and accounting for trading subsidiary.  Suitable candidates will need to be available to start work from mid-September for a minimum of 6 months.

Personal qualities required:

• Self-motivated and able to work under pressure and prioritise effectively.
• A natural collaborator who enjoys working as part a team to deliver organisation wide objectives.
• Clear and concise communicator and confidence to present financial information to the Board.
• Sympathetic to the Christian character of the charity.

 Staff benefits at Embrace the Middle East:

• To support every member of staff to work as effectively as possible, Embrace offers remote and flexible working arrangements.  This includes flexi-time and home-working arrangements. 
• Embrace’s flexi-time framework means that staff can vary, by agreement with their manager, their start and finish times, taking into account the needs of their work and personal preference/circumstance. Staff are required to start work between 7:30am – 10:00am and finish between 3:00pm – 6:00pm. Our core collaborative working hours are between 10:00am to 3:00pm.
• Pension - option to join from day 1. Maximum employer contribution of 10%
• Holiday - 30 days, including 8 bank holidays (pro-rata), plus 3 days leave between Christmas and the New Year
• Support for home-working allowance (£312 per annum, pro-rata)
• Life Assurance - 3x salary.
• Employee Assistant Programme (confidential counselling, legal and financial advice) available 24 /7, 365 days a year
• Training and development programme for all employees.
• Commitment to staff health & wellbeing.

How to apply:

To apply for this role, kindly send through a completed online application form, via the link on our website.

We will contact all shortlisted candidates either before or shortly after the closing date for applications.

Embrace the Middle East is an equal opportunities employer. Recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to child protection.

Please note that in order to be considered for this position you need to have the right to work in the UK, either through nationality or relevant work visa.

The successful candidate will be required to complete a medical questionnaire and undertake a disclosure check as part of the Charity’s safer recruitment policy.

Closing date: 5pm on Friday 19 August 2022