Head of funding jobs near Birmingham, West Midlands

Your purpose

Voice 21 has grown rapidly, from 10 members of staff in 2019 to 60 now (and still growing). This has created a need for someone to lead Voice 21’s People and Culture function and ensure Voice 21 is a place which attracts, retains and develops diverse talent and continues to be a great place to work. To date, much of this work has been undertaken by our Senior Leadership Team (SLT), so this is a great opportunity for a strategic and proactive People and Culture leader to come in and formalise our culture while driving it forwards. We are grappling with a number of big people-related questions which the role holder would be expected to tackle:

● What does a high-performance, high-engagement culture look like in a primarily remote organisation? What is the link between a great culture and Voice 21 achieving its mission?

● What are the key drivers of diverse talent attraction, retention and development as we scale? How can we ensure that there is organisational visibility and drive continuous improvement?

● What information, training and support does everyone need to do their best work How should we provide this?

We are looking for a leader who knows what good looks like in relation to People & Culture, can think strategically in relation to how to apply this at Voice 21, and who is obsessed with how great organisations develop and maintain their cultures. You will have the experience and personality to inspire and influence others and drive organisation-wide culture change, working with the SLT. We are not necessarily looking for someone with extensive HR experience (although that would be a bonus). We are more interested in someone who has experience of leading and collaborating with people in growing organisations to effect change and bring the best out of people.

Your responsibilities

Strategy and leadership

● Work with the Director of Operations, the CEO, our SLT and Trustees to implement and refine Voice 21’s strategy and approach to attracting, supporting and developing diverse talent and building and embedding a purposeful, values-led culture.

● Develop Voice 21's approach to people and organisational development to support the aims and ambitions of our 5 year strategy.

● Represent V21 to senior stakeholders such as the V21 Board and at external events.

● Work with the SLT to plan talent development and growth for the future ensuring that our organisational design supports Voice 21’s strategy and that we have the right people in the right roles at the right time.

People Leadership

● Lead on embedding our culture and values across Voice 21 and ensuring that employee experience is consistent with these and identifying key levers across the organisation for us to increase engagement.

● Build and develop processes, approaches and policies across the employee experience to ensure that they reflect our values and are also scalable. This could be ensuring that the way we recruit and interview candidates is designed to identify the best and most diverse set of candidates, or that line managers have the training, resources and support to do their jobs and enable their teams. We want everything to be intentionally designed and linked back to our values and mission.

● Provide support, coaching, training and advice to managers and employees on all people issues and develop and implement creative and meaningful L&D initiatives for all employees.

● Act as the organisational lead for our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) journey to ensure that our commitment to diversity is at the heart of what we do.

● Develop our people analytics function to measure and improve the impact of our initiatives and provide the SLT with increased visibility over key measures of people and culture performance.

Team leadership and development

● Set and own your team’s goals, budgets and risks. Consistently influence the goals of other teams across Voice 21 and collaborate to enable their achievement.

● Direct line management responsibility for People Officer and dotted line management of Operations Coordinator. Integrate the team within Voice 21, fostering cross-departmental understanding, influence and collaboration.

● Support the Director of Operations as required in any duties which you could be reasonably expected to perform in line with this job description. 

Raising Futures Kenya is looking for a passionate, experienced fundraiser to join our small UK team. The new Head of Fundraising and Impact will lead on the development and implementation of our fundraising and impact strategy and plans. You'll be part of a small passionate UK team and work closely alongside our fantastic team in Kenya, gaining unique insight into our programmes, helping to showcase and communicate our impact.

Hours: 25-28 hours per week, to be worked across 4 or 5 days. 

About Us

For 21 years Raising Futures Kenya has worked alongside local people in Kenya to develop projects which are owned by the community and create long-term, sustainable change to reduce poverty and improve livelihoods. 

Through our award-winning Seed of Hope training and support programme we enable 14-25 year olds (75% girls) to secure employment or start a small business, generating enough income to live above the poverty line. We provide free technical/vocational education and business skills training, alongside counselling and wellbeing support which has led to over 90% of graduates being in employment, self-employment or further education.  Seed of Hope offers young people opportunity, dignity and hope. 

Role Description

As with any small charity, you'll get unique exposure and insight into most aspects of running a charity. You'll work closely alongside the team in Kenya to get to know the programmes and share the impact. We've got some exciting opportunities in the pipeline over the next year so it's a great time to join a growing organisation. We're on our journey of shifting the power to our partners in Kenya and diversifying our income streams. We have an incredibly passionate and dedicated team who value honesty, integrity and finding a good work/life balance.

Duties would include:

Fundraising

• Responsible for leading and implementing the fundraising strategy and meeting the fundraising targets of the charity (c. £250,000 annually), mainly from grants and individuals. 

• Responsible for grant fundraising. We have a healthy pipeline of funders to apply to each year with a pool of current and warm funders. You will review our case for support quarterly or sooner if data changes. You will manage the application cycle, periodically researching new funders to add to it, updating deadline dates and funding requirements etc. You will be responsible for submitting applications to funders identified on the cycle and meeting the agreed income annual target.

• Managing grant/funder relationships - including meeting with funders when appropriate, managing the reporting requirements and deadlines for all grants and researching new funding opportunities. Support the Kenya team, if required, with managing any reporting requirements for grants received directly in Kenya.

• Seeking new income streams, particularly grants from the USA and Kenya as these are potential growth areas for us. 

• Supporting the team in Kenya to apply for funding for local NGOs, which would go directly to Kenya. 

• Manage individual giving fundraising stream (with support from the part-time Fundraising Support Officer) including the marketing and communications strategy and implementation thereof to aid donor retention and acquisition.

• Oversee our annual matched-giving fundraising appeal, Big Give Christmas Challenge, in December.

• We have secured a Radio 4 appeal for February 2023, you will lead on promoting the appeal with current donors before, and overseeing the thanking and recording of donors as a result of the appeal.

• We have a marketing and communications plan for the year, you will oversee and update this as required and work with the Fundraising Support Officer to ensure it is implemented. The Fundraising Support Officer will lead on social media content, overseen by you. You will be responsible for writing the newsletters on MailChimp and creating a printed update for donors without email.

• Maintain our existing corporate partnerships, including attending events when required, and respond to proposals of new partnerships.

• Updating the website, blogs, events etc, in Wordpress.

• Overseeing the use and management of the donor database in Salesforce.

• Make excellent use of volunteers and pro-bono experts to support workload.

Finance

• Manage budgets. The UK and Kenya budgets will be created by the CEO and Kenya Operations Director usually, and then approved by the Board. You will use these to create fundraising budgets for applications and contribute to future iterations of the budgets as required.

• Track income and expenditure versus budget (in Xero), in order to prepare comprehensive budgets and accurate financial reporting for grants/funders. 

• Produce finance reports from Xero in order for the Treasurer to write finance reports for Board meetings, which may require insight from you on the source of income and likely future/pledged/secured income.

• As required you may be asked to make payments, if the CEO is unavailable.

• As required you may be asked to review the monthly requisition requests from Kenya to ensure they are aligned to the budget and to review income and expenditure reports from the previous month from Kenya, if the CEO is unavailable.

Impact

• Oversee the impact of the work in Kenya by coordinating MEL data collection alongside the team in Kenya (using the agreed MEL calendar), analysing results (survey results collected using Google Forms which are then downloaded to a spreadsheet), creating twice yearly impact reports (based on findings from the data analysis), reports for funders and impact stories for use in communications with donors and supporters. 

• Work alongside the team in Kenya to identify any areas of programme improvement or development for the next financial year in response to the impact data collected. 

• Facilitate quarterly reflection meetings with the Senior Management Team in Kenya to reflect on successes and challenges from the previous quarter, and plans/suggestions for the coming quarter.

Networking and Partnership Development

• Networking and partnership development with funders and other NGOs working in technical vocational training (TVET) or education programmes in Kenya or East Africa to share knowledge and learning. 

Senior Leadership Team 

• As a member of the senior leadership team, you will be required to support the organisational needs of the charity as required, deputising for the CEO when required. 

• Ensure that fundraising and impact activities are aligned to the UK and Kenyan Strategic Plans and complete activities/monitor progress towards achieving these. 

• Line-manage the Fundraising Support Officer. To include annual objective setting and quarterly performance reviews along with informal check-ins so ensure they feel supported and able to do their job to the best of their ability. Manage leave requests and absence.

Please download the Role Description and Application Pack for full details about the role, person specification and more importantly - what you can expect from us. You can also visit our website for more information.

In your cover letter please ensure you explain:

• Why you are interested in the role

• Your relevant experience (specifically include grant fundraising and impact/MEL experience)

• Your relevant skills and values

• Your availability to start

We look forward to hearing from you!

P.S. We've pledged to always show the salary, not require degrees and share interview questions in advance to make the recruitment process as stress-free and transparent as possible. We are committed to a culture of inclusivity. We are able to grow and learn better if we have a diverse organisation formed of the collective sum of individual differences, lived experiences, knowledge and self-expression. We support all accessibility requirements; our organisation is designed for everyone. We encourage participants from all backgrounds, so if there is anything we can do to make our recruitment process better for you/allow you to show your best self, please let us know. In recruiting for our team we welcome the unique perspectives you can bring in terms of culture, education, opinions, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity, values, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, beliefs, nation of origin and languages spoken. 

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.

WR Fundraising Recruitment is incredibly proud to be working with a brilliant and inspirational charity that works with children and adults with autism and their families. They offer support from a team of trained, enthusiastic and kind staff that are autism specialists as well as volunteers.

This fantastic charity is looking for an experienced fundraising professional to join their small yet ambitious and driven fundraising team to help them raise the funds they need to enable them to continue with their highly important work. They need someone willing to roll up their sleeves, get stuck in and really put their own stamp on things. This is an amazing opportunity for the right fundraiser to join a team with big ideas at a point of exciting growth.

Head of Fundraising

Hybrid Working (2 - 3 days a week in office)

Full Time – Permanent

London or Birmingham

Salary – Up to £50,000 per Annum

Duties will include:

• Working with the CEO and the wider team to develop their fundraising streams (trusts and foundations, corporates and major donors)
• Steward and develop relationships with an already established portfolio of supporters and donors
• Research and build relationships with new trusts and foundations, corporates and major donors
• Develop and implement a process for gathering new potential funders and donors
• Help to guide and lead the organisation through membership of the Senior Management Team

The ideal candidate will have:

• A proven track record of fundraising with trusts and foundations, corporates and major donors
• Confidence in working with budgets
• Excellent writing and speaking skills
• The ability to think creatively and strategically about fundraising opportunities
• Experience of event planning and management

To apply and for further information, please email a copy of your CV in the first instance.

WR Fundraising Recruitment are passionate about bringing together talented fundraising professionals with fantastic organisations. We’d love to hear from you if you are looking for a new fundraising opportunity.

Islamic Relief Worldwide is an independent humanitarian and development organisation, serving humanity for over 38 years. With an active presence in over 40 countries across the globe, we strive to make the world a better and fairer place for those affected by poverty, conflicts and natural disasters.

IRW is currently recruiting for the position of ‘Head of Safeguarding' to join its dynamic Governance Division. Head of Safeguarding will develop and deliver safeguarding in Islamic Relief by creating a culture and environment free from sexual exploitation, violence, abuse and harassment to protect all those we work with and for. The Head of Safeguarding will lead a safeguarding team and work in collaboration with Islamic Relief’s functions and operations to collectively deliver on IR safeguarding strategy and commitment. The role will also ensure the development and implementation of safeguarding policies and procedures are in line with global safeguarding standards and meet our commitment to Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS).

The successful candidate must have or be:

• A graduate degree (s)   
• Trained and experienced investigator in safeguarding and PSEAH
• Has substantive safeguarding knowledge and experience
• Willingness and ability to travel abroad (up to 30%) 
• Good understanding and empathy with the Islamic values and principles as well as a commitment to IRW’s vision and mission
• A proactive approach to self-development and innovation
• Has experience on guiding organisation through strategic leadership for the creation and delivery of the safeguarding strategy
• Has leadership qualities for the creation and delivery of the safeguarding strategy, team leadership and budget management, providing strategic safeguarding guidance to leadership and trustees
• Experience of writing and communicating learning effectively, internally and externally
• Good knowledge of current sector trends in relation to safeguarding, PSEA, and protection mainstreaming, inclusion and sensitive programming in the context of INGOs
• Experience and working knowledge of safeguarding and protection/inclusion issues in humanitarian settings
• Experience in training development, delivery of staff training, adults learning and development
• Working knowledge and/or experience of faith approaches in relation to safeguarding, PSEA, protection and inclusion
• Manage and oversee safeguarding investigations
• Prepare presentations and reports for BoD and Trustees

For more information, please click on the Documents tab above to view the full Job Description.

If you are talented, reliable, service minded, resilient and a highly motivated professional looking for a meaningful career, with a strong commitment to IRW’s mission and values of sincerity, excellence, compassion, social justice and custodianship, please apply by completing our online application form.

For more information on the excellent company benefits we offer our employees, please visit our website.

PLEASE NOTE: Interviews are expected to take place in mid-September 2022. 

Pre-employment Checks:

Any employment with Islamic Relief will be subject to the following checks:

• screening clearance
• proof of eligibility to live and work within the UK
• criminal records check
• receipt of satisfactory references

Please note, for UK-based roles, we are only able to accept applications from candidates who are eligible to work in the UK. We are unable to progress applications which would require sponsorship.

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

IRW is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom IRW engages. IRW expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records checks. IRW also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.

In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.

By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Applicants should be sympathetic to the values of Islamic Relief:

(Sincerity, Excellence, Compassion, Social Justice and Custodianship)

Islamic Relief is an equal opportunities employer

Change Agents UK is a well-established, successful and growing sustainability education charity and non-profit organisation. We provide education programmes for students and staff to help embed sustainability into work, life and careers. Our subsidiary, Change Agents UK Trading Ltd, acts as an employment business for Green Careers and jobs in sustainability; we have helped to launch and provided support for thousands of careers in sustainability and enabled many organisations to resource the development and delivery of their sustainability and decarbonisation ambitions and strategies. Our work is needed now more than ever, and we are growing our team to enable us to expand our services, reach and impact in sustainability education and employment.

Our values:

• Communication, enthusiasm & teamwork
• Commitment to sustainability
• Integrity and respect
• Building ambitiously and positively for the future

We need:

We need a new Head of Education & Projects to join our senior team to develop and lead our activities in sustainability education and projects. Our education work currently includes our successful Sustainable Futures programme, our Change Agent Skills Development Programme and Sustainability, Green Skills and Careers training and support for students and staff. We also run programmes to support students and young people to undertake practical sustainability projects in their communities and we get involved in research projects, skills development work and community energy initiatives. We have plans to expand our work across all of these areas and we are seeking someone who can really drive forward growth.

Essential criteria:

• Passionate about our goals and values, with a strong personal commitment to sustainability
• Educated to Masters-level or with equivalent professional qualification or experience
• Significant experience working within sustainability – sustainability is a broad area and we are open to applications from people with experience and expertise in different fields  
• Excellent communicator, partnership builder and relationship manager – comfortable and experienced in an external-facing role
• Experienced in producing high quality, professional reports and proposals
• Commercial awareness and ability to identify and take the lead on income development opportunities, through funding bids for our education programmes, securing project funding, building strong networks and developing partner/client proposals
• Highly organised, strong in planning and project leadership
• Highly credible and capable of working at a senior, strategic-level as part of the Executive team
• Experienced in line management/leading a team

• Awareness of safeguarding and willingness to undergo an Enhanced DBS check (as some of our Education work takes place in schools and FE settings)

Desirable criteria:

• Member of a relevant professional body, e.g. the IES or an IEMA Associate/Practitioner
• PRINCE 2 qualified/other professional project qualification

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the Education & Projects team (currently 2 Education Officers with plans to expand)
• Lead the development, delivery and continuous improvement of our education programmes content across the spectrum of sustainability education, green careers and skills development, including developing new Carbon Literacy and sector-specific Sustainability for Professionals courses
• Contribute to Charity income development through funding bids that enable our outreach work, securing project funding and expanding paid-for services with our clients and partners
• Develop proposals for our partners and clients to support their sustainability education and training needs for students and staff
• Build and maintain effective and positive relationships with our partners
• Attend conferences, panel discussions and events as a senior representative of our Charity
• Achieve growth of our network, partnerships and profile
• Contribute to the definition and delivery of the Charity’s strategy as part of the Executive team

What’s in it for you?

We’re an established charity with a dedicated, brilliant team and a great network. This is a fantastic opportunity to join us at a really exciting time and use your skills and career to make a real difference.

We are a friendly and supportive team who work hard and have fun. We offer 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, pension, flexible/remote-working and continuous professional development opportunities, along with the chance to be part of something exciting, rewarding, and forward-looking.

Key Details:

Hours/Week: Part-time 4-days/30 hours per week (may be negotiable for the right candidate)

Annual leave: 25 days plus 8 bank holidays per annum (pro rata for part time)

Probation period: 3 months

Reports to: Chief Executive Officer

Notice period (after probation): 3 months

Travel & Work outside normal hours:

The role can be remote/home-based with monthly visits to the Oakham head office for in-person team meetings. We travel within the UK to attend conferences, deliver learning workshops or work with our partners. As a sustainability charity, we try not to travel more than necessary and encourage the use of remote technologies when possible.

Please note that the successful applicant will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check as we work with youth groups.

We strongly value diversity in race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age and other protected characteristics. We are particularly keen to encourage applications from people in currently under-represented groups, including people of colour, people from ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities and people identifying as LGBTQ+.

Deadlines:

Please apply through our website with your CV and a motivation letter of no more than 1000 words.

Closing Date: Applications will close when we have found the right candidate for the role. Early applications are encouraged.

Interview Date: TBC

If you would like to have an informal conversation about this opportunity before applying, please get in touch with our CEO, Lexie Jones – she will be happy to talk more about our work, this role and our 5-year plan.

Are you passionate about Finance and preserving the Environment?

Job title: Head of Finance
Contract: Permanent
Salary: Starting from £48,000 per annum (FTE)
Working hours: 28 hours per week
Location: Home-based (UK)
Benefits: 32 days of paid annual leave, including public holidays per annum (FTE), flexible working and TreeSisters operates a discretionary wellness scheme which currently offers six wellness days (FTE) pro-rata per annum
 

About the Role

At TreeSisters, we envision a world where it is normal for everyone to protect and restore themselves and their world.  Our mission is to inspire everyone to rebalance with nature and lead global action to increase reforestation.

As Head of Finance (HoF),you will be responsible for the daily operation of the finance function and its members. You will ensure statutory compliance and implement best practices for financial activities to flow smoothly throughout the organisation. You will drive insight and analysis to support and influence TreeSisters' strategic decision-making. 

Core accountabilities of the role

• Financial Management & Governance. Responsible for creating an annual review of all financial policies and procedures and ensuring adherence to them. Manage all accounting and reporting and have complete responsibility for Banking and payroll management. Support the process of granting funds to our Tree Partners, including understanding tree price, supporting due diligence, monitoring, reporting and timely payments.
• Financial Viability. Oversee and report on all funding streams that support financial growth.
• Strategic Direction. Assess and explore ways to manage financial activities in line with paradigm shifts in global economics. Provide recommendations for sustainability and maximising income. 
• People and Culture. Represent our organisation internally and externally.   Build and maintain relationships and line management for the Finance team.

Interested? 

For more information, please see the job description. 

To apply for this position, please complete our employment application form on the link above.  Please note that the application closing date is 9am (BST) on the 8th of September.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
TreeSisters is committed to a long-term, ongoing, organisation-wide journey of dismantling systemic racism and making our team and network as inclusive as possible. At TreeSisters, we want to encourage everyone to become restorers of the planet. We accept and welcome all whatever their culture, nationality, religious persuasion, physical and mental ability, sexual orientation, gender, race or age. We aim to be an inclusive organisation allowing people to be themselves.

Who Are We?
TreeSisters is a UK registered social change and reforestation charity that places restoration into everyone’s hands. Our mission is to inspire everyone to rebalance with nature and lead global action to increase reforestation. 

We bring communities together and put solutions in their hands. By ethically funding the planting of over 26 million trees in places like Brazil, Borneo, Kenya, India, Madagascar and West Papua, we provide a measurable way to restore life and mitigate climate change. 

Our mantra is to make restoration the new normal. We actively encourage the cultural and behavioural shift required to move from a consumer to a restorative culture. With a focus on gender parity, we seek to empower women globally and champion the feminine within all of us toward personal and collective action on behalf of the earth. With our relentless desire for integrity, ethical, environmental action, decolonisation, and deep listening to Original Peoples, TreeSisters is looking to change the world. We want to inspire and encourage the feminine in everyone and allow people to fully and generously express their unique gifts on behalf of themselves, each other and the forests we love and need.

Head of Policy, 18 Month Contract
Children's Charity
Central London
£46,000 - £50,000

Charity People is delighted to be partnering with a fantastic, independent charity dedicated to giving disadvantaged children the literacy skills the need to succeed in their search for a Head of Policy

The Charity offers a very flexible approach to working and this role can be undertaken fully remotely or on a hybrid basis between home and the London office. If working fully remotely the postholders will need to be able to get to the charity's "hub" locations on occasion - these are based around the country, so we welcome applications from across the UK.

The Head of Policy is a new leadership role, responsible for the strategic direction of policy mapping and influencing both at a national and local level.

You will develop relationships with Government departments and bring together key stakeholders across the sector to share best practice and advocate for the work of the Charity. You will also contribute to the development of their local Literacy Hubs, a place-based approach which brings communities together to address literacy needs. You will support relationships with local stakeholders in order to align the Hubs to existing local authority corporate plans, services and interventions.

You will work in the marketing and communications department, reporting directly to the Director of Marketing and Communications, and line manage a Policy Manager. You will also have close links to the Director of Operations and Director of School Programmes , who takes a lead on Literacy Hubs and programme development.

What we're looking for

You will be a senior and dynamic individual with experience in influencing national and local policy as well as strategic advocacy work and building relationships that deliver against the Charity's mission. Knowledge and experience of marketing and communications techniques will also be considered. You will need experience of working effectively with government departments and large funding partners, and excellent communication skills including public speaking and as an expert voice on policy and place-based working. Understanding of complex programme delivery with multiple partners, in both educational and community settings, would be an advantage.

Charity People are managing all applications for this role; interested applicants should send their CV in the first instance.

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

About the Youth Investment Fund

The Youth Investment Fund (YIF) is a £368 million fund created by the UK government to create, expand and improve youth facilities and services in England to drive positive outcomes for young people.

YIF is being delivered by a partnership between Social Investment Business, The Key Fund, National Youth Agency and Resonance.

Together, we aim to deliver grants for up to 300 facilities in selected eligible areas across England by 2025 that represent positive value for money, are environmentally sustainable and enable positive activities for young people aged 11–18 (up to 25 for young people with SEND).

This funding will drive value-for-money facilities that youth organisations can afford to sustain. Using innovative construction techniques, as well as supporting redevelopment projects that expand youth service provision, the YIF will achieve savings on facility running costs, so that resources can focus on activities that enrich young people’s lives.

It will support projects to level up youth provision, assessing and distributing grants so that local youth facilities and services can be the best they can be.  Please visit the Youth Investment Fund website.

About this role:

This role will be employed by Social Investment Business (SIB) on a fixed term contract until March 2025.

Hybrid – Remote based with some mandatory travel to London  (approx. 8 times per year).

For over two decades, Social Investment Business has provided finance and support to charities and social enterprises. We empower these organisations to do what they do best - serve the communities they operate within. 

Find out more about what we do by visiting our website.

Our values are: People First, Curious, Bold, Collaborative, Accountable

For further information on our values and our generous benefits please visit our website.

Reporting to our Head of Youth Investment Fund (HYIF) this role plays an important part in supporting and coordinating Governance and Business Support activities across various internal and external partner teams, Boards and Committees.

Key responsibilities

1. To actively engage with the internal Relationship Management team and external partner teams to ensure papers are produced to pre-determined quality standards and deadlines.
2. Produce papers for meetings including but not limited to monthly Assessment Panels, Quarterly Grant Committees and Programme Boards.
3. To administrate and coordinate all YIF meetings including:
   • timetabling and meeting planning ensuring diary availability and quorate attendance by panel and committee members
   • ensuring all reports from all internal and external partners are received within the pre-determined deadlines to the required quality standards
   • publishing meeting packs on Board Intelligence software
   • attending meetings and taking accurate minutes ensuring discussions, decisions made, ownerships and deadlines for completion are properly documented.
   • preparing follow up action tables from meetings with ownerships and deadlines
   • ensuring follow up action is completed by relevant team members
4. To work with HYIF and Governance Team to feed into the main Joint Board and ensure all minutes, resolutions and approvals are saved on Board Intelligence.
5. Coordinate key reports and dashboards from relevant teams for all YIF meetings to ensure these are received and circulated on time.
6. To support the HYIF by actively seeking and collating information and updates from all teams and people across the organisation working on YIF and produce reports where necessary.
7. Work within the organisation's processes and procedures required to contribute to the effectiveness of overall Governance within SIB.
8. To work within the organisation's values, principles and processes to achieve operational excellence.
9. To adopt our continuous improvement and learning ethos.
10. To support and embed equality, diversity and inclusion into day-to-day behaviours and activities within your role as well as contributing more widely across SIB’s commitment to E, D & I.
11. To support and contribute to the implementation and delivery of SIB’s strategy.
12. In agreement with manager to undertake other tasks and work on cross team projects that support the objectives of SIB as required.

Core competencies

• Commitment to quality, equality, diversity, inclusion and customers.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Team player with the ability to work independently.
• Excellent IT skills including MS Office Suite, confident working with bespoke software (SalesForce).
• Demonstrable evidence of supporting teams and cross-team working.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Well organised with attention to detail.
• Ability to prioritise, multi task and work flexibly.
• Understanding of Governance and administration for Board and Committees.
• Ability to deal sensitively and diplomatically with people from all levels.

Desirable competencies

• Good knowledge of the voluntary and community sector, local and central government and the statutory sector as a whole.

Summary

SumOfUs is looking for a People Operations Associate to help us grow our team to win campaigns against corporations behaving badly. If you are excited about global economic justice, and if you are hungry to support an amazing team to thrive in a stable and supportive workplace, then this might be the role for you.

This role will primarily focus on supporting recruitment and hiring at SumOfUs, and maintaining the day-to-day work of the HR team. This role requires exceptional project management and organization to keep our work running smoothly, experience in hiring and recruitment, and a grounding in anti-oppression principles.

This position is full-time, remote and can be undertaken by anyone between GMT -5 (East Coast Americas) and GMT +1 (Central European Time, West Africa Time).

A bit about us

SumOfUs is a global movement of consumers, investors, and workers standing together to hold corporations accountable for their actions and forge a new and sustainable path for our global economy. We are a movement of more than 20 million people, brought together by a global team of 40 campaigners, fundraisers, product and operations staff who are passionate about creating a more caring, equitable society.

We are aiming to fundamentally reshape the global economy to put people and planet over profit, but we know we can not do it alone. We build partnerships with on-the-ground activists and organisers, and we follow their lead. We innovate, experiment and embrace professional and organizational growth. We invest in people and we invest in how we work, because our vision calls on us to build the most effective, global, diverse, and talented team possible.

We highly value a diverse team and an equitable work environment where every member of our team is set up to thrive. We have taken steps to nurture this environment including an Anti-Oppression Leadership Team that leads work to transform injustice within the organization. We expect all team members to take responsibility for co-creating an equitable work community where everyone is able to do impactful, world-changing work. We offer benefits including additional sick days for parents and caregivers, flexible working hours, and professional development stipends. We review our policies and practices for equity frequently. We recruit and encourage people identifying with marginalized communities to apply.

What you’ll do as part of our team

• Manage recruitment processes including collaborating with hiring managers, developing job posts, recruiting and screening candidates, and communicating with candidates

• Maintain HR systems like BambooHR and Greenhouse 

• Maintain HR records and files ensuring they are are up to date (including employee contracts and files) and organized

• Support team members’ use of HR platforms such as Bamboo HR, Greenhouse, and Clear Review

• On a rotating basis, organize and facilitate all staff meetings 

• Maintain knowledge of hiring best practices, trends, laws, regulations, and technology to support our work and work with the People Operations team to apply them at SumOfUs

• Continually work with the People Operations department to streamline processes and systems in line with best practices in the field

• Other duties as assigned, this role is part of a growing People Operations department and there will be opportunities to take on other duties

Skills and experiences you’ll need to bring:

We have no formal education requirements – if you can meet the responsibilities of the role and are willing to grow, that’s all that matters. 

All roles at SumOfUs require you to be:

• Dedicated to building a fairer and more sustainable global economy

• Demonstrate a commitment to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive work community

• Work remotely (SumOfUs provides funds to set-up a home office or to work from a co-working space)

And, this role in particular will require you to:

• Bring at least 2-3 years of HR experience, with a focus on recruitment and hiring

• Facilitate a candidate experience that is smooth, clear, equitable, and positive 

• Have a strong equity lens, understand oppression, and bring anti-oppression principles into all aspects of work

• Have excellent organizational skills, be able to track multiple moving pieces and deadlines

• Be comfortable with technology, learning and figuring out new systems, then providing support to team members

• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills 

• Handle sensitive information with integrity and maintain confidentiality of HR related information

• Be familiar with applicable best practices, rules, and laws in hiring and HR, and navigate operating in several countries (note: you will not be expected to know labor laws in all the countries we operate in, but will be expected to be able to raise questions and challenge assumptions you may have based on how things are done in your home country)

• Have excellent time management skills, and the ability to navigate working across multiple time zones

• Have excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills

• Be willing to learn and approach challenges with curiosity and from a solutions based mindset

Big pluses

We know that no one can possibly have all these skills and experiences - you will likely be able to bring 2 or 3 of the following to our team:

• Experience working in nonprofit HR in multiple countries, especially outside the United States

• Experience with remote hiring processes

• Understand how to use data to inform decisions and understand trends in HR

• Relationships in progressive campaigning networks 

• Experience with Greenhouse applicant tracking system, Clear Review review software, and/or Bamboo HR

• Fluency in French, German, or Spanish

How to apply

We don’t find cover letters particularly helpful in seeing how someone might fit a role. Instead, use the form on our website to upload your resume and your answers to the following three questions in English:

• Why are you applying for this job? (suggested word limit: 200);

• We recently advertised for a campaigner to nurture and grow our Spanish-speaking member list (see the job posting here), If you were responsible for recruiting candidates to the role, how would you approach it? (Suggested word limit: 500 words)

  • Where would you source candidates from? What types of job boards or forums would you want to post in? (No need to do research on exact job boards, general descriptions like “nonprofit job board in Mexico” are just fine.)

  • How would you involve the current team in recruitment?

  • What would you do to make sure we’re recruiting a diverse pool of candidates?

• List which of the “BIG PLUS” qualifications above you believe you bring to your work at SumOfUs, with a few words of explanation.

Applications close 11:59 pm ET on August 21, 2022, but will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Applications are only accepted through our website.

Further details

Compensation is competitive and will be determined based on a combination of experience, seniority, and location. For some context: this position in the UK would pay between £31,000 - 42,200 per year.

In other regions, compensation will be adjusted for local currency and local market rates. SumOfUs's compensation policy is calculated with a focus on equity and where staff can thrive.

SumOfUs is a fully remote and distributed team, as such we offer stipends to offset cell phone and internet costs. We offer stipends to set-up home offices or to rent space in a coworking environment. We offer five weeks paid vacation (plus additional sick leave and all major public holidays off and 6 months paid parental leave), contributions to retirement, and the ability to work from home and work with a degree of flexibility outside our core hours of operation. We cover private health insurance premiums for employees and dependents who live in countries without public insurance. We are happy to answer any questions you have about our leave policies and other, similar benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and are committed to racial equity and social justice.

Civitas Recruitment are proud to be working with an International Islamic Charity determined to free people from devastating hunger. The charity develops and delivers projects so they can have the greatest impact possible on the lives on some of the world’s poorest people and most vulnerable people. An exciting opportunity exists for a Head of Fundraising to join the team. As Head of Fundraising, you will generate income within the UK for the charity by managing the Fundraising team to effectively build relationships and raise funds. This is a great opportunity to work closely with the senior management team and CEO and have insight into all aspects of a dynamic charity. This is a permanent, full-time role, home based within the UK however will be required to travel to London weekly for meetings.

Who are we looking for?

To be considered for the Head of Fundraising post, candidates will have broad fundraising or business development experience working to build a pipeline and long-term relationships.  Candidates will also have a minimum of 3 years of relationship building experience, with a proven record of success in a results-oriented environment. You will possess excellent communication skills and be able to present and articulate the vision of the charity to potential donors and partners. You will be organised and flexible in approach and will be able to use your initiative in order to meet deadlines and targets. Previous line management experience will be an advantage. Candidates will also need to demonstrate a strong passion for the third sector.

If the above role description sounds of interest and you feel like you meet the criteria; please apply immediately or for further information, please contact Syed at Civitas Recruitment for a full JD and informal discussion. Early applications are encouraged as we will be reviewing on a rolling basis.

Youth Futures Foundation is an independent not-for-profit organisation established in December 2019 to improve employment outcomes for young people from marginalised backgrounds. Youth Futures launched with an initial endowment of £90 million from the Dormant Assets Scheme and, in January 2022, the government announced that they had been allocated a further £20 million.

We are looking for a Senior Policy Manager to work closely with our Director of Engagement (Interim), Head of Policy (Interim) and the Policy and Public Affairs Officer, and wider colleagues to develop influencing strategies across key focus areas, including ethnic disparities and place, to build our reputation among policymakers and to drive government thinking and policy on levelling up and towards marginalised young people.  This will involve working closely with internal stakeholders across all teams to bring together our research, investment and evaluation activity in key focus areas to ensure we’re joining the dots and maximising opportunities to develop evidence-based policy recommendations.

The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate proven experience of:

• Significant experience in a strategic policy role in a similar organisation and/or working on a similar issue
• Policy development and influencing in a complex multistakeholder environment
• Knowledge of current key debates and priorities in the youth employment space
• Project and event management
• Drafting written materials for internal and external audiences (e.g. briefings, reports and/or responses to government consultations)
• Line management

and have the following skills and competencies:

• Able to demonstrate a high level of collaboration with internal and external stakeholders in the development of strategies/activity
• Able to gather and analyse a wide range of information from different sources and succinctly use that to have influence or set out a policy position
• Able to establish priorities and manage a complex workload to meet tight deadlines
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to engage at all levels, articulate complex concepts clearly and concisely
• Ability to work as part of a small, dedicated team

Job title:Senior Relationship Manager

Location: Home/office based assigned to an office in Launceston, Bristol, London, Manchester

Reporting To: Head of Developing Communities

Contract: FTC to 31 March 2025

Salary:£48,000-£55,000

Date Closes: 4th September 2022

Role Purpose:

Reporting to the Head of Developing Communities this role plays an important part in the provision of capital grants to our charity and social enterprise customers working in the youth sector as part of the Youth Investment Fund (YIF).

We are looking for someone who has previous experience of funding of property / real estate / asset acquisition or redevelopment (which could be in the form of capital grants or lending) and managing a team of funding managers.  This is a great opportunity for someone to be involved in making a difference to young people.

The Youth Investment Fund (YIF) is a £368 million fund created by the UK government to create, expand and improve youth facilities and services in England to drive positive outcomes for young people.

YIF is being delivered by a partnership between Social Investment Business, The Key Fund, National Youth Agency and Resonance.

Together, we aim to deliver grants for up to 300 facilities in selected eligible areas across England by 2025 that represent positive value for money, are environmentally sustainable and enable positive activities for young people aged 11–18 (up to 25 for young people with SEND).

This funding will drive value-for-money facilities that youth organisations can afford to sustain. Using innovative construction techniques, as well as supporting redevelopment projects that expand youth service provision, the YIF will achieve savings on facility running costs, so that resources can focus on activities that enrich young people’s lives.

It will support projects to level up youth provision, assessing and distributing grants so that local youth facilities and services can be the best they can be. 

This role will be employed by Resonance Ltd, a leader in social impact investing and a growing company, so you’ll need to enjoy working in a fast-paced work environment with a friendly and supportive team.

Our values are:

• We are a bridge, not an institution
• We believe there is always a solution
• We build trusting and transparent relationships, one investment at a time
• When we strive for mutual profit, all of society benefits

Key Responsibilities:

1. Responsible for managing a team of up to four Relationship Managers at Resonance who are assessing and managing capital grant investments as part of the Youth Investment Fund (YIF) and oversight of the grants under management of the team expected to be c. £90m+
2. Support Relationship Managers and make decisions on grant execution that fall outside of the procedures/standardised grant and security documentation, drawing on legal counsel support as required.
3. Ensure approval decisions and funding conditions are clearly communicated to the Relationship Managers.
4. Ensure that the funding assessments by Relationship Managers are completed to a high quality across the ‘three pillars’ of the YIF: organisational resilience, construction/redevelopment project viability and supported activities for young people. This may include coordinating support from experts and the wider YIF partnership.
5. Provide input and proposals to the Director of Investments and the Head of the Youth Investment Fund that help contribute to the ongoing improvement and development of the funding programme.
6. Authorise funding drawdowns, reviewing that the Relationship Managers have undertaken all the required checks and that approval conditions have been met.
7. Sign off facility letters and security (where applicable).
8. Ensure that the Relationship Managers are undertaking robust monitoring of grant and grants are being draw to schedule.
9. Discuss potential variations to the terms of funding with the Relationship Managers (including challenging situations where the organisation is not able to bring the capital project in on time and on budget or is otherwise in financial distress) and approve variations in line with delegated authorities or recommend for approval to the grants committee as required.
10. Relationship Managers (RMs) will be undertaking grant assessments and due diligence in conjunction with NYA and Construction consultants, and the assessment panels and grant committees will make all grant award decisions. This role oversees the production of assessment reports by RMs and co-ordinates with the senior member of the RM teams across SIB, Key Fund and Resonance, who are managing RMs at their organisations.
11. Support and/or lead on relevant YIF projects as and when required.
12. Support Head of Developing Communities on other projects as required.
13. To work within Resonance’s mission, vision, values, and processes to achieve operational excellence.
14. To adopt our continuous improvement and learning ethos.
15. To support and embed equality, diversity and inclusion (ED&I) into day-to-day behaviours and activities within your role as well as contributing more widely across Resonance’s commitment to ED&I.
16. To support and contribute to the implementation and delivery of Resonance’s strategy.

Skills and Experience:

Core competencies

• Commitment to quality, equality, diversity & inclusion, and customers.
• Team player with the ability to work independently.
• Experience of construction, real estate or property funding (capital grants or lending).
• Experience of managing a team of funding relationship managers or assessors, and excellent leadership skills.
• Commercial lending or social investment – Significant experience of subjective funding – social investment or commercial funding to include significant experience of transaction management and execution.
• Credit cycle: Experience of working in commercial lending or social investment through at least one previous credit cycle.
• Working at pace: Ability to work to deploy funding at a fast pace, whilst retaining control and oversight.
• Commercial awareness and numeracy skills – experience of talking to and understanding businesses and organisations.
• Strong attention to detail – experience of reviewing detailed information and picking up key details.
• Problem solving – experience of finding problems and assessing why problems occur. Adaptability and flexibility to changing needs and ability to deliver results under pressure.
• Communication – strong interpersonal and influencing skills and the confidence to effectively communicate at all levels.
• Organisation/time management – experience of managing a large amount of data and delivering results within specified timescales to a high standard.
• Strong IT skills.
• A passion to help financially viable charities and social enterprises access funding

Desirable competencies

Knowledge of the voluntary, community, and social enterprise sector, particularly the youth sector.

re you an energetic, organised, and people focused professional looking to make a difference in the world? Are you sales and business development driven, well networked, with the ability to build robust and meaningful partnerships that will help to transform the lives of our patients and their families?

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our award-winning Fundraising Team at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital Charity. The newly created Senior Corporate Partnerships Officer will join our recently established Philanthropy and Partnerships (P&P) team to help us develop and nurture a range of high-value corporate and philanthropic relationships. Together, we will significantly increase our high-value income in support of the world leading research, treatment, and care that takes place across our hospitals in areas such as: childhood cancer, rare diseases, neonatal and maternal health, children and young people’s mental health, and critical care.

The Senior Corporate Partnerships Officer will be responsible for delivering our business development strategy and the development of networks across our region (and beyond), creating new and existing high-value corporate partnerships that will deliver a sustainable funding pipeline and income growth year on year. Working alongside the Director of Philanthropy and Partnerships, Head of Strategic Projects, and Head of Corporate Partnerships, they will also contribute to the wider strategic aims of the P&P team to significantly grow both philanthropic and corporate partnership income and impact over the next three years.

The ideal candidate will be a role model to their peers and a key team player with strong sales and communication skills (both verbally and in writing) ideally gained within a fundraising or sales/business development environment. They will be a self-starter with an appetite to make unsolicited approaches to businesses and individuals with the aim of increasing pipeline income and delivering impact. They will have with strong time management skills and a motivation to work towards and achieve targets. They will establish and build meaningful relationships with a varying level of stakeholders.