Islamic Relief Worldwide is an independent humanitarian and development organisation, serving humanity for over 35 years. With an active presence in over 40 countries, we strive to make the world a better and fairer place for those effected by poverty, conflicts or natural disasters.

Our head office in Birmingham, UK is currently recruiting for the position of ‘Programme Manager - Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding in Fragile Contexts’ to join the International Projects Division. The purpose of the role is to lead and manage a three-year programme funded by the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) on conflict prevention and peacebuilding in Kenya, Pakistan and , Philippines. The PM-CPPFC will be responsible for managing the project implementation over the course of 16 months till the end of the project duration, ensuring that project deliverables and results are being achieved effectively and efficiently. The incumbent will be responsible for assuring that the project is implemented within the agreed scope of work and in compliance with SIDA’s regulations and within IRW’s policies and processes.

The successful candidate must have or be:

• A graduate degree or Masters’ Degree or in-depth experience in relevant field required (e.g. International Relations, International Development, Peace and Conflict Studies or equivalent experience in development/humanitarian areas)
• An in-depth understanding of international development issues
• Qualified in PMD-Pro and or any other Project Management professional qualifications would be useful  
• Extensive experience of managing and implementing multi-country funded project
• Understanding of conflict prevention and peacebuilding demonstrated through management of projects
• Track record of working in a similar role with an International NGO

Islamic Relief promotes equality and meritocracy, and seeks individuals who are sympathetic to the IR values of; Sincerity, Excellence, Compassion, Social Justice and Custodianship together with our policy standards on Anti-Bribery, Child Protection and Code of Conduct. If you would like to be a part of an organisation striving to make a difference in the world and are looking for a meaningful career, we will be glad to hear from you.

Please Note: Interviews are expected to take place on Monday 11th November 2019.

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
• receipt of satisfactory references

For UK based roles, we are only able to accept applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK. We are unable to progress applications which would require sponsorship.

Islamic Relief is an equal opportunities employer

Contract Type: Fixed Term 12 months (with the possibility of an extension)

Hours: Full time - 35 hours a week

Location: Can be based in any of our Trust offices

This role is known as Innovation Product Manager in The Prince's Trust 

As our Innovation Product Manager you will work with the Innovation team and will be responsible for supporting innovation projects during this exciting period of growth for Prince's Trust. The role will play a key role in helping us find our next big innovation.

You'll be required to collect feedback from users and analyse data to ensure product development work delivers benefits to both the business and end user.

Our Innovation Manager will:

• -Maintain effective performance in difficult and challenging circumstances, encouraging others to do the same
• -Review,challenge and adjust performance levels to ensure quality outcomes are delivered on time rewarding success
• -Have experience producing MVP products and presenting
• -Knowledge in product management, evolving and iterating products within a multi-disciplinary organisation

This is a fixed term role for 12 months with the possibility of extension and can be based in any UK Trust office. To learn more about the role, please download the job description.

About The Prince's Trust

We are a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome!

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years.Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world.We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

The Prince's Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince's Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please complete the online application.To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to download a copy of the Prince's Trust Behavioural Framework.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we'd like a helping hand. We'll be in touch if we need you.

Are you passionate about working with Volunteers? Do you want to be part of the largest fundraising and volunteering campaign ever undertaken in the Midlands?  We are just about the launch our next campaign.  Inspired by our founder, Joseph Chamberlain, it will aim to change lives locally and globally.  It will be unique and ambitious and will place Birmingham as one of the leading fundraising and volunteering universities in the world. 

We are recruiting a Volunteer Project Manager, a key post in the successful execution of our next campaign.  Reporting to the Head of Volunteering, you will be responsible for rolling out an exciting new volunteer initiative which will be the flagship programme for volunteering in our next campaign.  The role will provide the opportunity to create new and innovative volunteer programmes to support momentum of the next campaign and help achieve our ambitious volunteer targets.  As part of the wider Fundraising and Volunteering team you will join a group of enthusiastic and dedicated individuals at the very start of an exciting and innovative campaign.

Our University has a proud history of philanthropy stretching back to its foundation in 1900.  With a clear vision to change the lives of the people of Birmingham, Joseph Chamberlain raised the funds required to build the University from citizens and corporations based locally and around the globe. Since then philanthropy has continued to play an important role in shaping the University. There have been a number of fundraising campaigns, including a £1m urgent capital appeal after the Second World War and a £1.4m campaign to fund the Vale ‘student village’ in the 1960s.  In 2015 we closed the Circles of Influence Campaign, which raised £193 million, making it the largest HE fundraising campaign outside Oxbridge and London.

The University has global reach, including several partnerships with other leading universities around the world, and is grounded in its local community, having opened the first fully comprehensive University secondary school in the country in 2015.  We are an ambitious and successful research-intensive University (one of the top 100 research-led universities globally) and have produced 11 Nobel Prize winners. Our students come from nearly 150 countries and our flagship outreach programmes mean that almost 25% of our student population come from disadvantaged backgrounds, one of the highest proportions in the UK. 

The Development and Alumni Relations Office (DARO) exists to support this academic and student community by engaging, inspiring, and celebrating alumni, individuals, and charitable funders who give their money, time, and networks to support the University’s strategic priorities.  The Office, which is comprised of 60 staff across five teams, is focused on fundraising and volunteering from alumni and individuals who are passionate about changing lives, through funding various research trials, supporting student bursaries, mentoring students, and providing internships.

UpRising are recruiting for a full-time Senior Programme Manager to be responsible for managing and supporting the delivery of our Birmingham programmes for a minimum fixed-term of 9 months.

About UpRising:

Our mission is to open up the pathways to leadership for talented young adults from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds and to equip them with the knowledge, networks, skills and confidence to fulfil their leadership potential, find new opportunities and transform the world around them through social action.

The Role:

We are looking for an inspiring and motivated individual looking to make a tangible difference in the lives of young people from diverse and underrepresented communities. This role will manage and support the delivery of our Birmingham programmes as well as build our networks locally. Responsibilities include but are not limited to programme planning, budget management, stakeholder management and supporting the programme coordinators where necessary. 

The successful applicant will need to undergo a DBS check, and will need to be able to travel to, or be based in, Birmingham. For the full details of this position (including job descriptions, competencies and how to apply), download our job pack.

Please be advised this is a maternity cover role and therefore the contract we are offering is fixed-term only.

We encourage all candidates to apply early as we may close applications before the deadline.

Important application details:

Application deadline: 8:59AM Monday 4th November 2019

Interview date: Monday 11th November 2019

To Apply: 

1. Please send your Cover Letter and CV through our online portal.

2. For diversity monitoring, we also request that you fill in our Equal Ops Form,

Please note that we may contact suitable applicants before this date so you are encouraged to apply early.

Property & Facilities Manager

In this varied role you will work with external advisers to manage our client’s property portfolio in England and Wales in line with the property strategy, this role is on a full time, permanent basis.

Property & Facilities Manager Responsibilities:

- To manage the properties within the Portfolio, working with external advisers where appropriate, including prioritising and implementing day to day property maintenance decisions.
- To work with external advisers overseeing the implementation of the planned maintenance programme.
- To work with external advisers in the execution of our client’s property strategy.
- To manage the property budget and allocate resources as required, ensuring best value wherever possible.
- To work with Head of Compliance and external advisers to recommend disposals and acquisitions to the Director of Finance and Business Services.
- To work with external legal advisers preparing legal documentation or disposals / acquisitions etc.
- To work with the Head of Compliance and external advisers on ad hoc building projects.
- This job description is not an exhaustive list and the post holder will be expected to help and assist with other appropriate duties as and when required.

Property & Facilities Manager Requirements:

- Relevant degree or significant relevant experience in estates management / facilities management or to have qualified via a relevant apprenticeship.
- Experience of managing a team and add value as a team member.
- Ability to deal professionally and competently with internal and external stakeholders.
- Some flexibility required, e.g. occasional extra hours. Also Willing to travel widely in England and Wales, spend time away from home, and do so at short notice.
- Full current driving licence.

About our client:

Our client is the voice of British farming, and their members are at the heart of what they do. Promoting competitive and socially responsible agriculture and horticulture, they lobby government and other stakeholders and influence policy at the highest levels to ensure the long-term viability of their members.

Working for our client means working alongside great people, who are recognised for their knowledge and expertise.

Location: Stoneleigh, Warwickshire

Job type: Full Time, Permanent, 35 hours per week

Salary: £37,667.79 per annum

Closing Date: 22nd October 2019
Interview Date: W/C 11th November 2019

Benefits: include 25 days annual leave plus statutory bank holidays (increasing with service), free parking, an attractive contributory National Employment Savings Trust pension scheme, a range of discounts through their Benefits employee portal including gym discounts, holiday discounts.

You may have experience of the following: Facilities Manager, Facilities Management, Facilities Supervisor, Site Manager, Maintenance Manager, Maintenance Management, Charity, Charities, NFP, Not for Profit, Third Sector, Property Manager, etc.

Ref: 89487

Job Title: Marketing Manager

Contract: Fixed Term (12 months)

Hours: Full time- 35 hours a week

Location: London or Brimingham

We are a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome!

This exciting marketing manager role will play a key part in supporting the delivery of one of the largest initiatives in our history.
As part of our mission to work with one million young people over the next 10 years, we will support 10,000 young people into health and social care careers over the next 4 years. Our new marketing manager will lead the marketing planning and tactical implementation to achieve this.

You will join our team to work on this ground-breaking project that will see The Prince’s Trust work in partnership with health and social care organisations across England to be part of solving the health and social care workforce challenges, and encourage young people to start a valuable career in the health/care sector.

To learn more about the role please visit our website.

The Prince’s Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince’s Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please complete the online application.  To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to download a copy of the Prince’s Trust Behavioural Framework.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we'd like a helping hand. We'll be in touch if we need you.

Full time – 5 days per week (7 hours a day)

Temporary contract for 12 months or until the substantive post holder returns

Closing date: 9am, Monday 4th November

Interview date:  Wednesday 13th November at our office in central Birmingham

Children’s Liver Disease Foundation (CLDF) is a national charity based in Birmingham. We take action against the effects of childhood liver disease, providing information, support, research funds and a voice for all affected. At least twenty children are diagnosed with a liver disease every week in the UK.  CLDF is the only UK charity dedicated to fighting all forms of childhood liver disease, for which there is still no cure. With innovative support programmes and development plans to increase our reach even further, the charity never stands still. Please find out more about the difference we make on our website.

We are looking to recruit a confident and efficient Office Manager to provide maternity cover for a 12 month period. This is an important and central role within the charity and you will be responsible for all areas of office administration, taking the lead to ensure the day to day smooth running of the office. You will possess a natural ability to think on your feet and find solutions to operational challenges. No day is ever the same. You will need a flexible, calm, proactive approach with a can do attitude and be willing to develop within the role.

Key responsibilities include implementing and maintaining IT hardware and software systems (including telephones); management of the charity’s database (Raiser’s Edge); direct mail communications; administration and implementation of all office Health & Safety (including holding the posts of First Aider and Fire Marshal); managing the office volunteer workforce; overseeing and advising on the charity’s GDPR/Data Protection compliance; providing administration for the management of CLDF’s research portfolio and supporting the Chief Executive in all administrative matters relating to recruitment and HR, safeguarding and governance. For a full summary of all operational duties and responsibilities please refer to the job description.

The role requires someone who is hard-working and tenacious, has the ability to work on their own initiative, with excellent organisation and time management skills and who thrives in a busy yet small team environment.

If you have a proven track record in office management and administration, with the drive to play a supportive role in helping the charity achieve its goals and an empathy for the life changing work we do, then we’d love to hear from you.