About the Youth Endowment Fund

The Youth Endowment Fund is a bold new attempt to put early intervention at the heart of efforts to tackle youth offending.

Over the last few years, evidence suggests that growing numbers of children and young people have been affected by violent crime. More children have been found carrying knives and a growing number have been recorded as victims. We believe that each individual child is an important member of our community and society has a duty to protect them.

The Youth Endowment Fund is a charity with a £200m endowment and a mission that matters. Founded by youth charity Impetus and its partners the Early Intervention Foundation and the Social Investment Business, we exist to prevent children and young people from getting caught up in violent crime. We do this by finding the very best ways to prevent youth violence, funding great initiatives and working to scale them up and spread great ideas.

We have an ambitious goal to raise a further £100m to make this change happen. We want to build partnerships with other funders to share best practice and learning whilst directing more resources to tackling serious violence and building a legacy beyond the ten years of the fund. We need you to make this a reality.

Key Responsibilities

Most fundamentally, your job is to shape and drive our strategy to deliver £100m of funding over the next ten years. To do this you will:

• Build and nurture fantastic relationships with potential funding partners. You will work collaboratively with a range of funders, thinking creatively and strategically to maximise opportunities.
• Develop, deliver and report on our fundraising strategy and tactical plans to ensure we achieve our target. This will span our work with trusts and foundations, other grant-making bodies, commissioners (such as Local Authorities), philanthropists and corporates.
• Test and hone our materials, approach and systems to improve the fundraising ask and our stewardship strategies.
• Work closely with colleagues across the Youth Endowment Fund to identify new opportunities and ensure partnerships are realistic and deliverable.
• As a senior staff member you will also:
  • Help build a culture where it is natural to perform well and support colleagues brilliantly.
  • Help to inform the strategy, deliver results and build and model the culture that we need to succeed.

About You

You are this sort of person:

• You win people over. People tend to warm to you and respect you. You have built great partnerships that are celebrated by all involved. You are comfortable asking for funding, support and partnerships. You are a kind person.

• You make things happen. You have experience of getting to the heart of a strategy and turning it into operational plans. You especially excel in situations of ambiguity where there are not clear rules to follow, previous patterns to copy or clear evidence of what will work. You bring courage to your work.
• You are a great storyteller. You can bring a compelling narrative to life. The way you write and speak connects with people. You inspire confidence and trust. You know that attention to detail in written communication really matters.
• You work hard. You have the energy and enthusiasm to achieve ambitious targets. You are tenacious, prepared for failure and ready to bounce back from setbacks. You are focused and work smart.
• You learn fast but remain humble. You are very quick at getting your head around things. You like learning. You are very good at synthesising information. You know how much you don't know. You know that you can learn more. You know that it's easy to assume you know when you don't. You care more that good things happen than who gets the credit. You are a great and supportive team player.
• You consistently work well under pressure: You can meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment while managing different priorities.
• You don't want your days to pass without making a difference. You want to play a significant part in reducing the level of youth violence.
• You are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.

You must have this sort of experience:

You have …

- Significantly Fundraised:  You have a track record of raising six figure grants from grant-making trusts and foundations, statutory bodies and corporates, working at national, regional and local level.

- Built Partnerships:  You have significant experience in building strategic, long lasting partnerships. You can show how these have been effective in delivering impact beyond money.

- Developed and Delivered Strategy:  You have significant experience of developing strategies. You can then translate them into great ideas and actions.

While it is not a criteria, we are especially interested to hear from applicants who have lived experience of youth violence.

It is also important to us that the people we hire do not discriminate. We believe in being inclusive and giving everyone an equal chance to succeed. Applications are welcome from all regardless of age, sex, gender identity, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, race, sexual orientation, transgender status or social economic background.

To Apply

Closing Date is 9am 12th July 2020

You should also include the contact details of two referees, one of whom must be your current or most recent employer. Referees will only be approached with your express permission. You will also be required to provide proof of your eligibility to work in the UK. As part of our commitment to flexible working we will consider a range of options for the successful applicant. All options can be discussed at interview stage.

Interview week commencing 20th July

Panel Interview week commencing 10th August.

Due to the large number of applications we receive, it is not possible to write to you should you not be shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has not been successful on this occasion.

Your personal data will be shared for the purposes of the recruitment exercise. This includes our HR team, interviewers (who may include other partners in the project and independent advisors), relevant team managers and our IT service provider if access to the data is necessary for performance of their roles. We do not share your data with other third parties, unless your application for employment is successful and we make you an offer of employment. We will then share your data with former employers to obtain references for you. We do not transfer your data outside the European Economic Area.
 

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

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

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

About the role

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

About you

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

Salary

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

To Apply

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

The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with brain injury and neurodisability. We deliver rehabilitation, education and community services through our national specialist centre and The Children’s Trust School, based in Tadworth.  We also offer support more widely through our community services for children and young people across the UK and via our online Brain Injury Hub. Established for over 30 years, we have a team comprising 560 staff and over 1,100 volunteers who together are dedicated to providing children with brain injury and neuro-disability to have the opportunity to live the best life possible.

We recognise that our people and how we develop them is critical to us continuing to grow and progress our charitable and commercial aims, while retaining our outstanding ratings with our regulators. We have therefore created the new role of Head of Organisational Development which will play a key part in leading, scoping and delivering a progressive Organisational Development Agenda. This will ensure we realise the full potential of all of our staff and ultimately enable us to continue to provide support for even more children and young people with brain injury and neuro-disability.

We are looking for a collaborative, proactive and can-do organisational development professional; someone who will work effectively across all key stakeholders within our organisation, working alongside and with others to define, develop and embed our new OD strategy. We expect this will encompass amongst other areas:  developing our leadership development programme, our diversity and inclusion approach, a review of our culture and values and supporting the development of our clinical and education teams.

Operating as a key member of the People Team, you will bring a high degree of ambition, resilience, and pragmatism, be comfortable in problem solving and finding solutions, offering constructive challenge and with a proven track record of shaping and delivering impactful OD strategies.

If you would like to discuss the role please contact The Children's Trust directly, and the People Operations Team will be more than happy to assist you.

Closing date - Monday 3rd August 2020.

Norwood has been proudly serving the community for 225 years and is the largest Jewish charity in the UK supporting vulnerable children and their families, children with special educational needs and people with learning disabilities and autism. 

Every day our multidisciplinary teams and dedicated volunteers make an invaluable difference to people's lives. 
Working together with the Assistant Director of Fundraising & Community Engagement, your remit will be to develop and implement the Major Gifts & Trust strategy, and leading and managing your team to ensure stewardship of the Major Donors & Trusts cultivation plans. You will also  work closely with the Head of Events in connection with the income generation from the Annual Dinner, corporate events and other events involving major donors.

The successful candidate is likely to be able to demonstrate experience of developing relationships with major donors and major donor prospects, experience of achieving significant major donor gifts and of devising and implementing strategic plans.

Further Information and to Apply
Please submit your CV via the 'Apply/Enquire' button in the first instance - a full pack will be made available to CVs of interest and/or we will be in contact to discuss the opportunity and organisation with you.
Given the current crisis we are experiencing a high volume of applications for the active searches we are managing at the moment. We regret that it is impossible to provide a detailed individual response to each application received. If you do not hear from us within 7 days of the advertised closing date, please assume that your application is not being taken forward to the selection stage.

NFP Consulting is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates. NFP Consulting is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Are you a music-loving, dynamic, get-stuff-done kind of person, who seizes opportunities to make the world a better place?  Do you feel strongly that we can transform our lives through music and through being part of a joyous community?

At the Choir with No Name we are looking for a Head of Programmes, to join the senior team, helping us to set future strategy and deliver our choirs and singing projects for homeless and marginalised people across the UK, making sure that they all fulfil our core values of fun, family, collaboration and integrity.

You'll need to be adaptable, resilient and a great people person.  You'll also need to be a skilled manager with the ability to see potential in people and projects, have the drive to innovate and develop our work, with top notch organisational skills to get the job done. And.. it would help if you love singing!

Sense about Science is a unique campaigning charity that has turned the case for sound science and evidence into popular campaigns. It has launched important initiatives to expand and protect honest discussions of evidence, including AllTrials, a global campaign for the reporting of clinical trial results; and ‘Ask for Evidence’, which engages the public in requesting evidence for claims. It has challenged practices and changed the behaviour of governments, media and corporations in the use of scientific evidence.

This is a new senior role, created as we reorganise our team to achieve greater respect for the public interest in good use of evidence, and introduce effective internal systems to support that. The head of programmes and operations will work closely with the director to implement strategy, with oversight across delivery of projects and programmes, finance and governance, and managing partnerships.

Job description

The role involves:

• Developing and leading an organisation-wide management system, involving planning and monitoring the delivery of our projects and programmes, integrating responsive actions and identifying the necessary changes and decisions:
  • Supporting staff in the development and delivery of plans, to align activities and resources and meet the charity’s obligations and objectives.
  • Progress tracking, evaluation and risk management for all major initiatives identified by the director as requiring support, and assembling the necessary business case to authorise and prioritise them.
  • Oversight of all partnerships including the Voice of Young Science and Quality and Peer Review programmes
  • Implementing a strategy to expand the charity’s offer and income
  • Innovating and integrating systems, processes and data management to make the charity’s activities easy to manage and effective
• Supporting the effectiveness of the director and contributing to the overall goals of the charity by:
  • Ensuring effective management of the staff team, directly and through others - with a focus on impact and in accordance with HR good practice - along with associates, contractors, partners and volunteers to deliver our goals and meet our standards
  • Coaching and developing staff capabilities in project management
  • Supporting the Board of Trustees and the Governance and Planning Committee, including quarterly reporting on governance, fundraising and cashflow
  • Trouble shooting, problem solving and finding ways to make our incredible networks and small resources achieve the best outcomes.
  • Maintaining senior level external partnerships

You will be articulate, motivated and ambitious about our aims. We respond to events and no two days are the same so you need to be able to plan well but adapt quickly and maintain a view across all of our work. Established networks with publishers, universities, learned and professional societies, researchers or community groups would give you a head-start. The ideal candidate might come from project management or a range of other backgrounds but will have:

• A strong commitment to achieving the aims of Sense about Science
• Significant experience in project management, and managing relationships and resources in an effective, imaginative way.
• A bold and competent approach to organisation and efficiency, including competence in databases, spreadsheets and project planning and ideas about how to tailor them.
• Knowledge of a good spread of governance, HR, financial and project management processes (we can provide a full induction and support training)
• A university degree and good general knowledge of public life
• Confidence and unflappability

However, if you don’t have a CV that matches all these requirements but you are absolutely convinced you are right for the post, feel free to write to us to make the case. There is great scope in this job to develop the role.

Salary £50,000- £55,000 p/a. Central London (W1). Will include some travel and out of hours activity.

First round interviews will be held on 13 and 14 July, with second round interviews on 17 July.

All candidates shortlisted for the first round will hear by 9 July.

Please note that we will not be able to notify those candidates who have not been shortlisted.

The Institute of Physics (IOP) is looking for a Head of English Regions as part of the Senior Management Team with responsibility to build influential relationships and partnerships with stakeholders from across and beyond the physics community.

This role is responsible for drafting the IOP’s English Regions business plan through their knowledge of regional political and economic drivers that is in line with the organisation’s strategy whilst working with other Head of departments to ensure the whole of the organisation is run efficiently. You will be working closely with IOP’s central office near King’s Cross London acting as a senior lead for our regional team who deliver our strategy, and with the membership across the UK and Ireland who volunteer to deliver events and various other activities through a network of regional branches and centres.

The role

This is a new exciting role, reporting to the Deputy Chief Executive and working closely with other members of the Executive Team.  You will work to identify, promote and develop regional relationships and partnerships with stakeholders within and beyond the physics community. You will be maximising our impact within regional policy, education and business environments as well as making sure there is excellent engagement with our membership. You will be required to lead a team of regional managers and be part of IOP’s senior management team.

The person

We are seeking a candidate who is motivated, customer focused, and drives for results with functional knowledge and excellent people management skills; you must also be dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers/partners. We welcome candidates with a strong public affairs background and understanding of the importance in building economic resilience in the English regions through research and innovation. Experience will come from having led teams working in different locations and being able to advise and contribute to the work of the Executive team and Senior Management team in planning and managing stakeholder relationships and engagement.

We are looking for someone who has good knowledge of the English regional political and economic strategies and can support our strategic ambition. This is a very influential role, where you have to be comfortable in a standalone role, but also know how to work with colleagues across the organisation. The proven ability to achieve systemic change by influencing stakeholders will be key, with the resilience to react to the ambiguity that comes from a changing environment essential.

Why work with us?

The Institute of Physics is one of the world’s largest professional body and learned societies for physics. It is the national body for the UK and Ireland and also has a seat at international bodies including the UN.  Our members come from across the physics community whether in industry, academia, the classroom, technician roles or in training programmes as an apprentice or a student.  We are a world-leading science publisher and are proud to be a trusted and valued voice for the physics community.

The Institute of Physics (IOP) is the professional body and learned society for physics in the UK and Ireland,.We seek to raise public awareness and understanding of physics and support the development of a diverse and inclusive physics community. As a charity, we’re here to ensure that physics delivers on its exceptional potential to benefit society.

We have an ambitious new corporate strategy and you’ll play a part in helping us to deliver it.  There’s never been a more exciting time to join the IOP - watch our new film to find out more about our work.

As well as a competitive salary and professional development opportunities, we offer employees a comprehensive benefits package including an excellent pension scheme, private medical insurance and generous annual leave. We also offer a range of other benefits including childcare vouchers, gym membership and interest free season ticket loans.

The Role

Reporting directly to the COO as the Head of HR, you will develop and deliver the HR service in support of the overall strategic aims and objectives of the Trust. Working with senior stakeholders, you will agree HR priorities, recommend appropriate people solutions and implement people related systems. This position is both strategic and operational covering a broad range of generalist HR areas including Employee Relations, Recruitment, Performance Management and Pay & Reward.

You will line manage the HR team currently based across London and Hertfordshire and will provide a fully integrated HR service across all school sites and the central office team. You will be required to partner with the leadership team, advising on complex cases and will be able to take on full case management responsibility as required.

The Organisation

Future Academies is a multi-academy trust (MAT) and family of nine schools in London and Hertfordshire. As a MAT working predominantly with schools located in disadvantaged areas, our motto, libertas per cultum (freedom through education), is always at the heart of what we do. We believe that all young people, regardless of their background or circumstances, are able to achieve, given the right support. Therefore, we are committed to providing each and every young person under our care with a broad, balanced and rigorous education, within a disciplined but caring environment.

Our Ideal Candidate

We are seeking to appoint a highly organised, systematic, resilient and solution-focused HR professional to join us in this exciting position. You will be a lead practitioner with the drive to continually improve processes and seek new challenges. To be successful in this role, you will require:

• CIPD Level 7 (MCIPD desirable)
• Strong Generalist HR Experience and up-to-date knowledge of employment law
• Experience of working in a unionised environment
• Experience of organisational development and managing change
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Excellent line management and coaching skills
• Experience of working in schools/academies is desirable but not essential.

What we can offer you

• The opportunity to work across a growing MAT and a diverse partnership of schools.
• A commitment to extensive CPD opportunities.
• A generous holiday entitlement and LGPS pension.
• Access to a range of benefits through our employee benefit scheme, Perkbox.
• The exciting potential to have a positive impact upon the lives of children and young people across our MAT.

If you are interested in applying for this position, please download the support staff application form and return the completed form  by midnight 5th July 2020 along with your letter of application, no longer than one A4 page.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

Future Academies is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks.

Head of Research Interpretation 

Permanent

Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 per annum, plus benefits

Full time – 37.5 hours a week 

London N1 9FW

Closing date: 5pm, 12th July 2020

First Interviews: w/c 20th July 2020

Second interviews: w/c 27th July 2020

An exciting opportunity to work on WCRF International’s Continuous Update Project 
 

World Cancer Research Fund International (WCRFI) leads and unifies a network of cancer prevention charities based in Europe and the Americas. Our shared vision is to live in a world where no one develops a preventable cancer.

WCRFIis responsible for delivering our network science programmes. One of these is the Continuous Update Project (CUP), our global cancer prevention and survival programme on the links between diet, nutrition, physical activity and cancer. Forming the cornerstone of all our work, the project is the largest of its kind in the world. Over 140 scientists from more than 17 different countries have contributed to it. The CUP database is housed at Imperial College London. Trusted by oncology experts, researchers and health professionals worldwide, and regularly evaluated by an independent panel of leading cancer experts, the CUP is the only authoritative scientific resource of its kind in the world.

We are looking to recruit a Head of Research Interpretation to lead and manage the CUP at a particularly exciting time. Following the launch of Diet, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Cancer: A Global Perspective, a major report based on CUP findings and featuring our updated cancer prevention recommendations, the project is moving into a new phase of development. 

You will be responsible for leading and implementing this new phase of the CUP, working with a dedicated Secretariat. You will also contribute to other projects such as ensuring that the WCRF network has the latest global cancer statistics, including new estimates of the preventability of cancer. 

Educated to PhD level, with at least three years post doctoral experience, you will have an understanding of epidemiology, nutrition and/or cancer, have experience or knowledge of conducting and interpreting systematic reviews and strong project and people management skills. 

Application Details:

If you are interested in this role and feel you possess the necessary requirements, please submit a current CV and covering letter (maximum 2 pages) by the closing date. You must have current right to work in the UK.

Please note: Your cover letter should highlight how your skills and experience will benefit WCRF International and equip you for the role, using specific examples to illustrate how you meet the job and person specifications.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are only able to provide feedback to shortlisted candidates. If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. 

This high respected membership organisations are looking for an experienced External Relations and Public Affairs professional to join their team.

Within this exciting new role, you can look forward to join the Senior Management Team of the organisations to build influential relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders across the sector, and provide strategic insight to leverage opportunities across the English Regions.

Line managing a team of 7 at the moment, you will be responsible for drafting the organisations English Regions plan through their knowledge of regional political and economic drivers, and take a strong public affairs approach to enhance the organisations strategic goals.

Reporting into the Deputy Chief Executive, you will be working with senior colleagues across the UK and Ireland to ensure the English Regional Business plan is consistent with the organisations long term strategy.

The organisations HQ is in London, but they are flexible on location for this role. Salary is circa £70k

The ideal candidate will:

• Be an experienced External Relations and Public Affairs Professional
• Strong stakeholder engagement ability
• Have a strong track record in designing and delivering business plans
• Have strong line management experience
• Experience working in a matrix environment
• Have a strong knowledge of UK political processes

This is an exciting and busy time to be joining UK Youth. Despite the strain of COVID-19, we are in the process of developing a new strategic plan and direction for the organisation. This has resulted in a number of interim roles becoming available across the External Affairs Directorate. The anticipated new strategy could result in further exciting opportunities.

The Interim Head of Engagement and Advocacy is a fantastic opportunity to take a senior role within a vibrant and ambitious organisation working at the heart of the youth sector in the UK, understanding and representing the needs of local youth organisations and young people and influencing Government.

You will lead a team to deliver UK Youth’s engagement and advocacy strategy, with a focus on creating new opportunities for growing and supporting youth organisations in the UK Youth Movement along with creating opportunities to amplify the voices of local youth organisations and young people.

You will oversee the delivery functions of the UK Youth Engagement and Advocacy team; ensuring that the teams plans and targets are being met and striving to create new opportunities for growing and supporting UK Youth’s Movement.

You will work closely with our Movement members, other sector representatives, young people and government partners – often convening and facilitating meetings with senior stakeholders. As well, to be successful in this role you will at times need to take on an active thought-leadership role while at other times you will be listening and seeking to understand the needs of youth organisations and young people through active dialogue about policy.

This is an exciting time to join our team in a role that offers you the opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of thousands of young people.

This role is initially fixed term until the end of December 2020.

We are a value-based, passionate and committed organisation offering a friendly working environment with lots of opportunities for professional development and socialising with colleagues through activities such as office yoga, lunch and learn sessions and potluck lunches; as well as optional out of work social events such as bowling, tennis and baking.

This role will be located at our new Head Office in Westminster, although due to the current ongoing COVID-19 pandemic the role will initially be home-based.

UK Youth prides itself on being an Equal Opportunity employer and we would particularly welcome applications for this role from those who identify under one of the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010, which include race, age, disability, gender, religion or belief, and sexual orientation.

We value the differences that a diverse workforce brings and are committed to inclusivity, and to employing and supporting a diverse workforce. Our selection procedures ensure that people are treated on the basis of their relevant merits, experience, skills and abilities and that no individual receives more or less favourable treatment. We can offer flexibility through the interview process and endeavour to accommodate candidate’s needs.

Visit our website to find out more about the role, working at UK Youth and what we can offer you.

Partnerships Manager

Reporting to CEO

Full time, fixed term, 12-month contract

Salary: approximately ~£30,000-£35,000 depending on experience

Rolling applications, with a view to recruit ASAP. London based

We’re hiring an experienced partnerships manager to develop and oversee key relationships for Make My Money Matter. The candidate will identify and recruit high profile partners from across business, NGOs, local authorities, universities, and global networks to join our mission to ensure the trillions of pounds in UK pensions is invested to build a better world.

This will require an ability to understand our campaign, quickly build relationships with priority partners, and establish a movement of organisations committed to aligning their investments with their values. We are hugely ambitious, and want to sign up thousands of organisations to be part of this campaign. We want someone who is passionate about our mission and is excited to join a new initiative working to transform the financial system.

About Us

Spearheaded by film maker, SDG advocate and co-founder of Comic Relief, Richard Curtis, Make My Money Matter is a brand new, people-powered campaign fighting for a world where we all know where our money goes, and where we can demand it’s invested to build a better future.

Starting with pensions, we’re going to help people understand the impacts of their money, and we’re going to enable them to demand it does better. We’re going to connect this call with decision makers in the private and the public sector. And together, we’ll ensure that the financial system transforms to put people and planet on a par with profit.

Doing this, we’ll help move trillions of pounds – away from the destructive, harmful investments of the past, and into those which help build a future we can all be proud of.

Our campaign includes three core workstreams:

1. Public Campaign: We’re going to tell the story of how we can create a better future for people and planet, and of how our money can do good while it grows – without compromising on returns. We’re going to show people what their money does now, and give them a call to action to demand it does better in the future.
2. High Profile Partnerships: We’re convening businesses, NGOs, universities, local authorities, and public figures, and helping them work with their pension fund to make positive, progressive changes that ensures their money aligns with their values.
3. Policy and Advocacy: We’re working with a core set of partners, including advocacy groups, government agencies, and the finance industry, to create a unifying call for high priority, high impact policy reforms that can transform the system from within. We’ll advocate for this manifesto at key national and global moments, including the 2021 UK G7 and COP26.

About the role:

We are recruiting a Partnerships Manager on an initial fixed term, one-year contract. This role will report to the CEO, with responsibility for driving engagement with our partners – key networks, corporates, local authorities, NGOs, universities, and high profile individuals – in order to better align their staff pension fund with their mission and values. We are at the early stages of this process, and want an individual who can develop and implement strategies that help us identify and recruit new partners, and ultimately reach global scale.

This is an opportunity to join a high profile, brand new start up committed to changing the world as one our first full time team members.

Who we’re looking for:

This will be a diverse role requiring someone who is as skilled at engaging with businesses and NGOs, as they are at developing strategies to achieve impact at scale through collaboration with these organisations. We are seeking someone who can talk the language of business, sustainability, and impact, can engage with a range of stakeholders, and is confident pitching complex ideas to C-Suite leaders of high profile organisations

The ideal candidate will be a personable self-starter with experience of developing effective partnerships across a range of organisations, and experienced in promoting positive change. They will need to be able to think strategically and identify new opportunities for collaboration and impact. They will be a flexible and enthusiastic team player with a track record of problem solving, creativity and delivering in a fast-moving and/or start up environment. They will be able to demonstrate an excellent understanding of how to build powerful coalitions for action across varied organisations, and ideally will have experience working on finance, climate, social justice or development issues.

As Partnerships Manager, you’ll be responsible for:

• Developing and managing MMMM’s strategy for engaging with organisations and networks to sign up to the campaign, in the UK, and over time, internationally.
• Identifying key opportunities for recruiting potential partners to the campaign.
• Creative promotion of activity from partner organisations by showcasing best practice.
• Identifying, and where appropriate managing, relationships with key stakeholders.
• Providing updates and insights into trends and opportunities for policy and regulatory reform.
• Supporting the identification of, and preparation for, key advocacy and campaign moments.

• Managing partnership activities, including workshops, events, surveys, media activity.
• Monitoring and evaluating the delivery of the strategy and workplan.

Ideally you’ll have experience and understanding of:

• Leading the development of complex partnerships.
• Working with a wide range of organisations, from a variety of sectors.
• Working on initiatives related to sustainable finance, climate, development or public policy.
• Managing relationship with senior stakeholders.
• The links between policy, partnerships, campaigning and media.
• Using evidence and insight to promote change.

You’ll also be:

• Committed to Make My Money Matter’s aims.
• Good at working in a team, willing to get stuck in, positive and proactive.
• Able to work well in entrepreneurial settings, often independently, and with tight deadlines.
• Authorised to work in the UK.

In return, we offer

• Competitive salary and pension contributions, generous holiday entitlement.
• Flexible working.
• A fantastic opportunity to make an impact in the world.
• Working with a highly-visible, mission-driven organisation.
• A supportive, inclusive environment, and an amazing, vibrant team.

How to apply

Please submit your CV and a one page cover setting out what you offer for this post, with “Partnerships Manager Application” in the subject line. Please include current employment status and likely notice period. Please note that due to the high number of applicants, we are only able to respond to candidates who we wish to interview.

Diversity and inclusion

We strive to create a fair and healthy environment where all colleagues feel challenged, valued and supported. We aim to cultivate a culture of collaboration and respect, where our people are highly engaged, and individual contributions are celebrated. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Young H & F in a new role as we develop and embed our fundraising strategy.

The focus will be on collaboration and fundraising; the Partnership Director will be responsible for building cross-sector relationships with businesses for the purpose of investment that support opportunities for young people in the borough of Hammersmith & Fulham.

This is a new role for the charity and as such the manager requires the skills to confidently lead on developing the strategy, nurturing new relationships with businesses, and operating within an evolving and collaborative environment.

This role is crucial in supporting Young H&F to bridge the gap between young people, the youth sector, and local, national and global businesses; supporting businesses to maximise their social purpose in response to what local young people want & need. A key priority is advocating the work of Young H&F members and their positive impact with children & young people aged up to 25

Responsible to 

Young H&F CEO

Salary

Upto £40,000 (pro rata)

Hours

0.6 (22.5 hours) hours with potential to increase dependent on access to funds. (We are flexible and willing to work flexibly with the right candidate, including remote working). 

Location

Based remotely with travel to Hammersmith & Fulham, as well as other London locations.

Key relationships

Young H&F CEO.

Local Small/Medium Enterprises and Corporates.

Organisations delivering opportunities to Children and Young People in H & F. 

Contract

12-month fixed term contract with the opportunity to increase following a successful review. Reasonable expenses are offered, as well as ad-hoc training/development opportunities,role flexibility and other benefits.

Employer’s pension contributions are offered at 6%.

Roles and Responsibilities:

General

• Support the CEO to develop a grant making strategy and lead on fundraising strategy to meet these objectives.
• Lead on corporate fundraising activity, including developing and nurturing relationships with local businesses.
• Develop new unrestricted and core fundraising opportunities (Spacehive, Local giving, Crowdfunder etc).
• Support the CEO in fundraising for Young H&F / Young People’s Foundation joint programmes.
• Ensuring Young H&F members are aware of fundraising training events or ‘meet the funder’ opportunities.

Skills and Experience:

Essential

Leadership and strategic skills

Effective and innovative stakeholder management skills

Effective business planning skills, including finance, marketing and corporate objectives

Effective communication, networking and influencing skills

Desirable

Good understanding of issues and challenges facing 0-25 and the role of the children and young people’s sector in addressing these

Good understanding of the youth sector

Good understanding of Corporate Social Responsibility & Social Value

Experience

Experience of building and managing relationships across a range of diverse partners

Experience of working at a strategic level both internally and externally on behalf of an organisation

Experience of delivering against income generation targets

Experience of working to tight deadlines with minimal supervision

What does success look like for this role?

Specific targets:

• Raise more than £55k of new funding for H&F youth services and organisations through local partnerships and fundraising opportunities.
• Developing and implement a Fundraising and Grant Making strategy.
• Encourage one to four new corporate fundraising partnerships.
• Develop access to alternative sources of income and diversify opportunities through online platforms and a range of other mediums to secure a minimum of £10k

Young H&F is an equal opportunities employer.

Young H&F will ensure that none of its policies or practices discriminates directly or indirectly against our employees in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.

Recruitment and selection practices are free from unlawful discriminatory criteria and we encourage applications by people from a range of backgrounds. Job applicants are considered objectively based on merit.

How to apply

We run an anonymised application procedure to ensure our hiring process is as fair as possible. So please remove your name and contact information from your CV before uploading it, and only enter these details on your Charity Job profile. 

To apply, you will need to include:

• your CV (with name and contact details removed)
• cover letter (2 sides of A4 approximately) 

Applicants without a cover letter will not be considered.

Closing date: 17th July 2020 at 9am

Interviews will be held in the commencing week of 27th July 2020

The ideal candidate should commence to start the role in September 2020 but we can be flexible with start date. 

From Bernie Sanders to Greenpeace UK, progressive organisations are using digital mobilisation to activate hundreds of thousands of campaigners and raise millions of pounds online. Forward Action believes that a digital mobilisation model - where organisations use digital channels to drive tens or hundreds of thousands of supporters to take advocacy, fundraising and volunteering actions - can revolutionize campaigning and fundraising in the NGO sector, but its potential is still largely untapped in the UK. We help progressive organisations build digital mobilisation programmes and, as our Partnerships Director, you will lead our efforts to grow the number of organisations using a digital mobilisation model to drive real-world change.

You will own our relationships with partner organisations right from the earliest stages, meeting prospective partners to discuss digital mobilisation and working with our strategy team to devise proposals that will help them hit their goals. You’ll play a crucial role in making sure our team can deliver the best possible results for our partners, building relationships with senior stakeholders and helping pathbreak through problems on projects. And finally, you’ll manage the other member of the partnerships team, overseeing their work to keep establishing Forward Action as a thought leader in digital mobilisation and finding ways to share learnings from our innovations for the rest of the sector to benefit from.

If you have experience helping organisations or teams work effectively in the charity sector, enjoy building relationships and problem-solving, and would be excited to help spread digital mobilisation across the charity sector, this job is for you.

This is a permanent role, with the freedom to work both in our London office and remotely from home, although during lockdown you will, of course, only work from home. Once lockdown is fully lifted, it’s likely you will need to be able to travel to meetings in London once or twice a week. You can work either four or five days a week.

Who we are

Forward Action is a digital mobilisation agency for progressive causes. We help our partner organisations reach new supporters, then mobilise them to become activists and donors. We have been in the engine room of some of the most successful election and charity digital campaigns of the last few years, helping our partners add millions of new supporters to their email lists, raise more money online (from more donors) and create campaigns that have led to real-world change.

Our values are critical to us: we will only work with causes that make the world a better place. You will get to work with some of the most inspiring and impactful organisations in the sector - such as Greenpeace, Cancer Research UK, and Amnesty International - and spend your days helping win progress on everything from climate change to homelessness.

You will be working at the cutting edge of digital mobilisation. We trust in data rather than our gut instincts, so we are constantly testing and iterating in our work in order to challenge assumptions and drive better results. We are an agile, fast-moving team, and you will have the opportunity to rapidly expand your knowledge and experience.

One of our fundamental values is that all our work should drive real-world, measurable results. But we also believe that the greatest progressive impact we can have is to give our partner organisations the skills, knowledge and culture they need to do what we do themselves. We want to spread our skills and way of working across the progressive sector, not make our partners dependent on us. You will play a key role in this in your job.

What you’ll do as part of our team

Lead our new partnerships programme

• Own our partnerships strategy and lead delivery of it, ensuring that we are bringing in enough new work to sustain the organisation
• Manage our new business pipeline, ensuring we’re maintaining and strengthening our relationships with both prospective and current partners
• Meet with prospective partners to discuss their strategic needs, present our work, and explore how Forward Action can help hit their goals
• Work with our strategy team to draft proposals for projects (and deliver in-person pitches where needed)
• Attend, build relationships and present at charity sector events
• Hire and manage another member of staff in the partnerships team who will deliver our marketing and thought leadership work

Set our team up to succeed on new projects

• Build relationships with partners’ senior stakeholders to help secure buy in for the agile ways of working effective digital mobilisation requires
• Hold ad hoc problem-solving calls with partners to help break through process challenges or blockages during projects
• Gather feedback from clients on their experience working with us to help ensure we continue to deliver outstanding work
• Run evaluation meetings with clients at the end of projects and help work out the most impactful piece of work we could do together next

Benefits and working culture

Pro Rata Salary: £62,337 if you live inside London, £55,658 (plus £3,000 travel expense allowance) if you live outside London. We have a generous pay increase system, so every year your salary will increase in line with inflation, and if you hit your professional development goals you will also move up a pay grade. If you move up a pay grade your pay will increase by £1,637 - £1,833 pro rata depending on whether you live outside London or in London.

Contract Term: This is a permanent contract. The role can be either full time or four days a week.

Location: At home during lockdown; post-lockdown, in our Hoxton office, with the option to work remotely. Ensuring our team is open to people who live outside London and enabling staff to work flexibly are important values to us, so you’ll have the freedom to work from home regularly. Many of our meetings are held via video conferencing, but post-lockdown you will need to attend meetings with clients in London fairly regularly - once or twice a week on average.

Holiday: 25 days/year (pro rata), plus bank holidays and the week between Christmas and New Year.

Extra holiday for travelling sustainably: We’re a member of the Climate Perks scheme, so you’ll have an extra two days of holiday a year if you use them to travel by land or sea instead of taking a flight.

Maternity and Paternity/Long-term partner parental leave: For a small organisation, we’re proud to have a generous and progressive parental leave policy. Maternity leave is 12 weeks at full pay, 14 weeks at 50% pay. Paternity/Long-term partner parental leave is 6 weeks at full pay.

Working culture and hours: Our team is open, inclusive, friendly, respectful and kind. People from communities that traditionally experience discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity or immigration status; women; new parents; people with disabilities; and LGBTQ+ people are especially encouraged to apply.

We work eight hour days (including a 30 minute lunch break), with core hours of 9:30am-4:30pm. We put a lot of importance on ensuring everyone finishes on time: while there are some times when you’ll need to stay a little later to finish work, people in the team rarely work more than 45-60 minutes late. No one ever works on weekends or their holidays.

Abilities and experience you’ll need to have

• At least 4 years’ experience working in EITHER partnership building/organisational or team leadership in the charity sector OR digital campaigning/digital fundraising
• If your experience is in organisational development/partnership building, an understanding of the fundamentals of digital campaigns strategy/digital fundraising strategy is important
• A great communicator, both verbally and in writing
• Excellent interpersonal skills - this role needs someone who is comfortable meeting new people and initiating conversations at conferences and events
• Good organisation and attention-to-detail
• Being comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
• A positive, problem-solving attitude
• Dedication to helping build a fairer, more progressive society
• Fluency in spoken and written English
• A self-starter who is able to take the initiative in your work

We also love a quick learner. We don’t expect you to know or have done everything when you start - we’ll be looking for you to pick up new skills and knowledge quickly, then run with them.

Abilities and experience that are nice to have

We know it’s not possible for any applicants to have all these skills - it’s likely you’ll be able to bring 3 - 5 of the following to our team:

• Established relationships within the charity sector
• Experience working at an agency
• Experience with business development work
• Experience with account management
• Experience in managing budgets
• Experience of public speaking (e.g at conferences)
• Experience of proposal writing
• Experience with social media marketing and/or blogging
• Experience of presenting at pitches or internal meetings

How to apply

To apply for this job, please press the "Apply" button and fill in the form on our website.

We run an anonymised application procedure to ensure our hiring process is as fair as possible. So please remove your name and contact information from your CV before uploading it, and only enter these details in the online form.

To apply, you will need to include:

• your CV (with name and contact details removed)
• up to 250 words explaining how you’re suited to the role and why you want the job

Applications close Sunday 5 July.

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a set of online tasks from home any time - this can be any time that works for you between Friday 10 and Monday 13 July. Based on the tasks, a small number of candidates will be asked to attend an interview via a video call on Monday 20 July, potentially followed by a second interview if required.

If you have any questions about the role or the hiring process, you can contact our team through the website.