Join Britain’s biggest walking charity to help more people discover the joy of walking and protect the places we love to walk.  This is an exciting time to join the Ramblers team and a great opportunity to make a lasting and tangible impact on the future success of the charity.

We’re looking for an exceptional Head of Fundraising to join our team and lead from the front during a time of organisational change.  You’ll bring strategic leadership to a high-performing fundraising team, to deliver ambitious KPIs.  Under your leadership, the growth of income from corporates, trusts, individual giving and legacies, together with a significant partnership with Peoples’ Postcode Lottery means that you will be responsible for generating a significant percentage of the Ramblers charitable income in the years ahead.  Are you up for the challenge?!

You’ll develop our fundraising strategy to diversify and grow the income and ROI required to further the Ramblers charitable mission.  You will dig deep to understand the needs, wants and behaviours of new and existing supporters.  You’ll help the Ramblers grow our reach and relevance, evolving our case for support to attract, retain and engage a loyal community of supporters.  You will build meaningful relationships with new and existing corporate partners and trusts, to grow valuable long-term partnerships with those who passionately support our cause. 

This is a senior role within the Membership and Fundraising team, reporting to the Director of Membership and Fundraising and influencing across the charity.  You’ll be a key influencer and consultative colleague across the charity.  You’ll foster a culture of excellence and wellbeing in your team, building accountability and teamwork, where vision is shared and success is celebrated.  You’ll be committed to developing each member of your team to realise their full potential at the Ramblers and beyond.

This is an exciting time to join the Ramblers team and a great opportunity to make a lasting and tangible impact on the future success of the charity.  If you think you’ve got what it takes to be our new Head of Fundraising, we’d love to hear from you.
 

Essential Requirements include:

• A standout leader and experienced fundraising professional, with an impressive track record and more than 5 years’ experience in securing funds from individuals, corporates, trusts, foundations and society lotteries. 

• Expertise and a proven track record in leading fundraising development and delivery in a similar organisation; experienced in optimising the many elements required to deliver a healthy, effective fundraising function.

• A connected networker and influencer, familiar with the current fundraising landscape, approaches and techniques.

• Experience in leading donor relationship management programmes and database marketing and development.

• Significant experience in team leadership, performance management and professional development to maximise team wellbeing and effectiveness.

• Experience in driving effective, lasting change, bringing others with you.

• A team player, able to develop collaborative, strong and effective working relationships.

• Ability to negotiate and influence effectively, with strong written and verbal communication skills 

• Proven ability to build and implement robust business cases and financial budgets to deliver a healthy return on investment.

• Proven experience in analysing complex data, to inform strategic decisions. 

• Experience in developing robust performance indicators, measures and reporting frameworks.

• Experience in building integrated supporter journeys, using targeted multi-channel marketing strategies (including digital) to drive growth (acquisition) and engagement (retention) with a strong ROI.

• Experience of strategic development of customer relationship management platforms.

• Innovative and solutions-focussed, with the ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.

• Experience in navigating and complying with the regulatory landscape for fundraising.

Independent Age works to ensure that as we grow older, we all have the opportunity to live well with dignity, choice and purpose.  To achieve this we provide information, advice and connection services for older people; campaign on the issues that matter most to them around health and care, poverty and loneliness and provide capacity building support to others working in the sector.

Independent Age works to ensure that as we grow older, we all have the opportunity to live well with dignity, choice and purpose.  To achieve this we provide information, advice and connection services for older people; campaign on the issues that matter most to them around health and care, poverty and loneliness and provide capacity building support to others working in the sector.

This is an exciting time to join the charity as we transition to our new ambitious strategy for 2021 – 2023 and increase our profile, impact and reach so more people can live a happy, connected and purposeful later life. 

The Head of Finance plays a critical role at Independent Age, ensuring that our Finance Team deliver an excellent service to all our colleagues, and that the team’s work enables the delivery of our organisational strategy and thus increases our impact for older people. The postholder will also work together with our Director of Finance & Governance to provide strong financial leadership to the whole charity.

The ideal candidate will hold a professional accounting qualification and have previous experience of leading a finance team in the charity sector. You will be a technical expert, familiar with all aspects of the Charity SORP, current sector issues and the operation of VAT, tax and Gift Aid within registered charities. You will be a strategic thinker, and a strong problem solver with a drive to improve performance, and the ability to lead your team to achieve it. You will build strong relationships across the charity and inspire trust and confidence in stakeholders as well as within your team.  Most importantly, you will have a demonstrable passion for and affinity with our cause.

As well as a competitive salary we offer 28 days annual leave plus public holidays, a generous pension scheme with life assurance, learning and development opportunities, season ticket loans, a cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

We are passionate about diversity and inclusion and creating an environment where we can ALL be ourselves

Independent Age is committed to safeguarding and this role will require a DBS certificate.

Please note this role is London based but we are currently working from home due to COVID19.

For further details on how to apply please contact Leanne McCullough at Altum Consulting.  Please select How to Apply for their details.

Head of Respite and Care

18-Month Fixed Term Contract

This is a really exciting opportunity to join the Royal Air Force’s leading welfare charity and anyone who cares about delivering person-centred, holistic and effective support and has the right skill sets, should strongly consider applying.  The Fund’s vision is that no member of the RAF Family will ever face adversity alone.  We look to support all ages within the RAF Family (c1.1 million people) with the retired veterans and their partners/widows/widowers comprising c75% of the whole Family.  Enabling affordable support to this group is a key feature of this role.

Working alongside other Welfare colleagues, the occupant of this post will work in collaboration to develop plans for affordable respite services for those who need such help, including veterans and serving personnel.  In addition, the incumbent will lead the day to day management of all respite and care related cases; they will also manage two significant contracts and our advocacy service. This position plays a key role in the Welfare Directorate.   

The role will appeal strongly to someone who has knowledge of supporting the elderly in diverse roles.  The ideal candidate will have knowledge of respite care across the UK allied with strong experience or awareness of grant making principles, with some knowledge of CQC being helpful. Experience in the third sector is the most likely background but other areas such as housing, social services or care sectors might be equally appealing.  Candidates will need to be able to manage their team at Head Office and also be ready and able to network across the Cobseo sector and beyond. To do this, no matter their background, applicants will need to be engaging and credible and prepared to travel and give presentations as necessary.  The successful applicant will demonstrate their ability to work effectively with HoD level colleagues, individually and through the Welfare Management Board, as well as a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. They will also be versatile and imaginative, be able to think strategically but have a good eye for detail and have a clear focus on delivery; the post also requires a high level of individual work/output not just managing others.

A detailed job profile is available on the Fund’s website. For an informal discussion before 18 December, please contact Paul Hughesdon, the Fund’s Director Welfare and Policy via his EA Loretta.  Prospective candidates are strongly encouraged to review the Fund’s website and published research – Meeting the Needs of the RAF Family and the 2019 Annual Review.

The closing date for applications is noon on Monday 4 January 2021. For those longlisted, suitability assessments will be held on Friday 8 January 2021, hopefully with a chance to virtually meet the welfare senior team.  Those shortlisted will be called back for interview on Friday 15 January 2021.  The post, which is for 18 months, becomes available in February 2021.

To apply, please email a covering letter (2 pages max - in which you should clearly explain how you meet the job profile), your CV (3 pages max) and provide details of your notice period, to Elizabeth Haigh, HR Advisor, RAF Benevolent Fund, 67 Portland Place, London W1B 1AR or email. Due to the high number of applications expected, only those longlisted will be notified. 

The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund is a Registered Charity (No. 1081009) which encourages applications from all sections of the community.

MAIN SUMMARY OF ROLE:

Working with Welfare colleagues, to drive, lead and manage all aspects of the Fund’s charitable assistance concerned with respite provision disability equipment and domiciliary/residential care support, and the provision of advocacy support. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• The leadership and output of the Respite & Care Team and for Respite policy and assurance UK-wide.
• Developing all aspects of respite care provision including the management and quality control of respite breaks
• This includes especial oversight, management and delivery of the delivery of the RAF Disabled Holiday Trust Manage, including the underpinning booking system reporting annually to the Welfare Committee.
• The leadership and output of the Care & Housing Advocacy team and for Care & Housing Advocacy policy and assurance UK-wide.
• Responsibility for developing all aspects of Advocacy provision, management and quality control/assurance
• Manage the EPV and OT contracts.
• Manage all R&C applications for financial assistance. Authorise grants of up to £10,000 and prepares casework for consideration at Grants Committees, with specific responsibility for serving cases.
• Audit casework output from the Respite & Care Team for QA.
• Visit respite and residential care providers and beneficiaries as required, and RAF bases and other welfare organisations with whom the Fund has either a working or supportive relationship.
• Co-ordinates the relationship between the Respite & Care Team and other relevant welfare teams
• Prepares the annual budget for income and expenditure of the Respite Care programme and the Respite & Care Team, and actively manages in year performance.
• Manages the recruitment and selection of staff into the Respite & Care Team, their performance management and the application of all related HR policies. 
• Promotes the provision of Respite & Care to the RAF and the RAF family.
• Represents the Fund on the Cobseo Care Cluster.
• Manage and maintain the Digital Resource for Carers in partnership with Carers UK.

DEVELOPMENTAL OBJECTIVES:

• Progressive acquisition of appropriate specialist knowledge through contact with other respite and care organisations
• Lead on stakeholder engagement with charities, benevolent societies and third sector organisations in relation to care, mobility or advocacy support.

COMPETENCIES REQUIRED FOR THE ROLE

• Job Knowledge
• Decision Making and Problem Solving
• Drive, Energy, Motivation
• Adaptability and Flexibility
• Accuracy and Time Management
• Budgeting
• Teamwork
• Verbal Communication
• Written Communication
• Planning
• Representation
• Leadership
• Management

QUALIFICATION(S), KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED FOR THE ROLE

Academic/Professional Qualification(s) or equivalent:

Essential

• Proven educational standard

Desirable

• Educated to degree level or equivalent.

Knowledge/ Experience:

Essential

• Line management of staff
• Proven ability in welfare casework.
• Sound administrative background and ability to manage budgets.
• Basic understanding of the social care system.
• Experience of dealing with elderly people.

Desirable

• Working knowledge of the RAF.
• Working knowledge in the social welfare sector.
• Knowledge and awareness of State Benefits System.

Skills/Abilities:

Essential

• Team-building skills.
• Ability to prioritise workload.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• IT literate; Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.
• A flexible approach to work, colleagues and change initiatives.
• Demonstrable presentation skills.
• Sound emotional intelligence acumen.
• A proactive and positive approach to work

Desirable

• Knowledge of CMS
• Understanding of UK-wide respite options
• Appreciation of military charity sector

Other Requirements:

• Travel to other Fund and UK locations (as appropriate).
• To carry out any other duties that is within the scope of the job as requested by Director of Welfare & Policy.

Jubilee Debt Campaign is recruiting a Head of Advocacy to strengthen our advocacy and influencing work across our projects and campaigns.

We are a small, agile, high–impact campaigning charity working to tackle poverty and inequality caused by unjust debt. 

This is a new post we are creating as part of a planned expansion to further increase our impact. We’re seeking a savvy and experienced political operator with a track record of impactful advocacy and a keen interest in media and strategic communications. 

As the Head of Advocacy you will: 

• Oversee the development, implementation and coordination of advocacy and influencing strategies across our projects and campaigns 
• Build support for our proposals amongst target stakeholders and decision-makers 
• Lead the strategy and planning process for one of our three priority campaigns 
• Line manage the Advocacy Team as it develops

This is a permanent role offered on either 5 days / 35 hours or 4 days / 28 hours per week.

We value diversity and welcome applications from applicants from all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from women and people with a Black, Asian or minority ethnic (BAME) background. 

We offer: 

• Pension contributions of up to 7.5% of your salary plus 1% of the average organisational salary 
• An annual leave entitlement of 30 days per year plus bank holidays 
• Flexi-time working arrangements outside the core hours of 10am-4pm 
• Access to other benefits including interest-free season ticket loans and tax savings on bikes and home technology equipment via salary sacrifice schemes 

The role will be working from home until Jubilee Debt Campaign decides it is safe for staff to return to working in the office.

The deadline for applications is 9am on Wednesday 9 December. Interviews will be held on Tuesday 15 December.

Please see the recruitment pack for further details and information on how to apply:

Policy and Influencing Manager

Salary: £34,000 – £36,000

Position:  Permanent

​Location: London

Deadline for applications: Friday, 4 December

 

The position:

Our international health charity client is recruiting a Policy & Influencing Manager.  This role will lead and manage policy analysis for the department on the issue of food and nutrition.  You will also develop evidence based consultation responses and develop and establish partnerships with policymakers and global civil society organisations to extend our client’s influence and impact internationally.

Requirements:

• You will have experience in and knowledge of public health, health policy, food or human nutrition.
• You will have experience working in a Policy role, ideally within a health based charity or organisation.
• Experience of writing reports, policy briefs, articles or academic papers.
• Strong experience identifying influencing opportunities at international and regional level.
• Experience within a public affairs influencing team.

Safeguarding Policy Manager

The Methodist Church is committed to ensuring its churches are safe spaces for all. We work hard to ensure we comply with legal requirements, develop good practice, provide effective training and give excellent advice on individual cases. This is an exciting opportunity to join our established team as the Policy Manager and lead on our policy and practice development work. As a multi-professional team we welcome applications from anyone with a relevant professional qualification, experience and expertise in child and/or adult protection. The central office is based in London but the team are all home-based and work across a number of regions.

Closing date: 4 December 2020

Interview Date: 16-Dec-2020

Prospectus is delighted to be supporting Endometriosis UK to recruit for a Policy Manager to join their small but impactful team. This is a newly created position to help drive their next phase of development. Endometriosis UK is the UK's leading charity for all those affected by endometriosis, which impacts on the physical and mental health of 10% of women and those assigned female at birth. It is a disease that the majority of people have never heard, has no dedicated treatment, and costs the UK economy around £8.2 billion every year​. This role is being offered on a 2 year contract and is an exciting new opportunity for an experienced policy professional to help make a real difference for all those with the disease.

The Policy Manager is a stand-alone role, with no direct reports, which will require you to work strategically as well as being more hands on. Reporting directly in to the CEO, you will be responsible for leading, developing and delivering a new policy strategy, working closely with colleagues and volunteers within the organisation as well as senior external stakeholders. Your work will build the organisation's evidence base, translating evidence into persuasive arguments to influence at the highest levels, and ensuring those with endometriosis have access to high quality information about all aspects of living with the disease. You will lead policy consultation activities, responding to government policies and developments and produce policy reports, drawing on relevant data and evidence. You will also coordinate the organisation's engagement with the research community.

You will be a highly motivated policy professional with an understanding of health policy, with the experience to develop and lead the policy work of the charity. You will have previous experience of successfully planning, developing and delivering policy positions and will be able to demonstrate experience of successful projects that lead to change. You will have the drive and ability to find new opportunities for the charity to influence and improve the lives of those living with endometriosis. You will also have excellent analytical and written skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.

As a specialist Recruitment Practice we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Prospectus will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis, therefore if this is of interest we would encourage you to apply as soon as possible. In order to apply, please submit a CV in Word format in the first instance. Please note, we are currently experiencing high volumes of interest in vacancies so it may not be possible to answer any individual queries on positions prior to an application or registration.

Head of Place-Based Evaluation needed for the Youth Endowment Fund to lead the evaluation of our place-based grant activities. 

Reports to: YEF Head of Evaluation

Salary: £60,000 - £65,000 depending on experience

Location: Central London

About the Youth Endowment Fund

The Youth Endowment Fund exists to prevent young people and children from becoming involved in violence.

In recent years there has been a significant increase in violent crime. Homicides, assaults, robberies and offences involving weapons have all seen sustained growth. For children and young people, there have been particularly large increases in those who are both the perpetrators and victims of offences involving knives. This is a tragedy. Every child captured in these numbers 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. Many organisations have this calling. Our unique role is to identify what works best and spread the good news. 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.

Making this happen is a massive challenge. We will only succeed if we build a fantastic body of knowledge about youth violence and make it very accessible. Central to this is designing, commissioning and managing complex and rigorous impact evaluations with experts in the field, alongside working closely with key stakeholders and local areas to ensure that evidence changes policy and practice in a way that prevents young people from being caught up in crime.

A lot of our work will be place-based work. This will be of two types. Firstly, we want to know the best way to involve local residents when trying to reduce youth violence in specific neighbourhoods. Secondly, we want to identify where getting public sector bodies to work together will make the biggest difference. We can only work all this out if we do fantastic evaluation. As the Head of Place-Based Evaluation, you will lead on overseeing and commissioning this pivotal evaluation work.

Key responsibilities

We have set two medium-term objectives for our place-based work:

• To understand whether working with local residents to codesign approaches to addressing specific challenges can work. We want to test whether such approaches are feasible and promising and if they can identify the successful components to reduce local levels of youth violence. We call this work our ‘Neighbourhood Fund’.
• To understand how agencies can better share data, power and information to prevent and reduce youth violence. We call this work our ‘Agency Collaboration’ work.

You will be responsible for making sure we evaluate both strands of this place-based work excellently, from developing our evaluation strategy to commissioning expert evaluation partners. You will make sure we fund work that best helps us learn what works to reduce youth violence and you will make sure our approach to evaluating place-based activity, including the principles, protocols and procedures we use, are excellent and highly respected.

As Head of Place-Based Evaluation, you will:

• Develop our place-based evaluation strategy, drawing on the best practice out there. You will work with our existing and overall Head of Evaluation to ensure the approach is consistent with YEF’s overall evaluation strategy.  
• Work with an expert partner to ensure each Neighbourhood Fund area has a strong evaluation plan which works to demonstrate change at a local level whilst aligning with our overall evaluation strategy and framework.
• Review recommendations on which Agency Collaboration applications for funding should be approved. Work closely with colleagues to make decisions about which proposals are sent to our Grants and Evaluation Governance Committee for approval and how they should be evaluated.
• Lead the design and delivery of our Place-Based evaluation work to ensure it produces quality learning about what works to prevent youth violence, including:
  • Tendering evaluations;
  • Assessing the feasibility, technical quality and deliverability of applications;
  • Providing ongoing monitoring and quality assurance;
  • Overseeing the publication of all reports.
• Manage an evaluation budget and ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget and to the highest quality.
• Serve as a senior member of the Youth Endowment Fund evaluation team and provide evaluation expertise and insight for the Fund. As a senior member of staff, you will often represent the work of our place-based evaluation at leadership meetings and governance meetings, making sure we make the best organisational decisions as a Fund and that the views and perspectives of your team are represented in those decisions.
• Assess the feasibility of conducting evaluations for all potential place-based opportunities for partnership for the Fund and make expert recommendations on which opportunities we pursue. 

About you

You are this sort of person:

• You are committed to reducing youth violence:  You are passionate about the impact of prevention and early intervention. You don't want your days to pass without making a difference.
• You are experienced in evaluation and research: You have at least 5 years’ experience working in a senior research and evidence role in a related sector and a strong knowledge and technical expertise in evaluation methodologies. This includes the ability to critically appraise the design of more than one area of evaluation (e.g. randomised control trials, quasi experimental designs, evaluations of public health approaches, evaluations of complex multi-component evaluations, etc).  You have significant experience of carrying out or commissioning large scale research and evaluation and have experience carrying out applied research methods including both quantitative and qualitative approaches.
• You have a post-graduate (Masters or PhD) qualification or equivalent experience. This is in a relevant field such social science, social policy, public health, health services or other field, with a significant quantitative component, or relevant experience equivalent to a Masters qualification.
• You bring the best out of your colleagues:  You have experience building and leading teams and have developed others to manage their workload to achieve amazing results. You are collaborative and a team player, able to build strong relationships across the whole organisation.
• You really know what makes great research and quality evidence:  You can design and draft high-quality research proposals including the sample, measurement and analysis. You are confident in assessing the quality of evidence that underpins interventions and can guide decisions on grant applications.
• You are an excellent communicator:  You can produce technical documents that accurately report methodological and statistical information. You will combine this with experience of communicating complex evidence and analysis in a simple and accessible format to non-experts.
• You are responsible, motivated and thrive in a fast-paced environment:  You take personal responsibility for critical decisions and have experience working in a fast-paced and rapidly evolving environment. You are extremely motivated and have a track record of delivery highly technical research and evidence work on time, on budget and to a high quality.
• You are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. You believe and act in a way that celebrates and encourages a range of experiences, views and values.

You may have, but they are not essential:
 

• Good knowledge and understanding of crime, serious violence or other relevant areas: This could include areas such as child development, parenting or children’s mental health from fields such as psychology, neuroscience or education research. You know the facts, the risk and protective factors that impact youth criminality, understand the issues, know the key people and can discuss the theories. You are knowledgeable on this topic and very at ease discussing it with experts.
• First-hand experience of evaluating either neighbourhood or inter-agency evaluations: this could include work within a Local Authority evaluating how different agencies work together, work with violence reduction units as well as evaluations of public health approaches.
• Great quantitative analysis skills: This includes experience of using advanced analytical software such as R, Stata or SPSS. Experience of using this software in the context of quasi-experimental evaluations would also be an advantage.
• Knowledge and experience of evidence synthesis: You know the different approaches and have carried out your own evidence synthesis projects.
• An understanding of the public policy and delivery context of youth crime and early intervention

While it is not a criterion, 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

Please ensure your cover letter explains your motivation for applying for the role of Head of Place-Based Evaluation and how you meet the essential and desirable criteria described above.

You will be required to provide proof of your eligibility to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship. 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.

First round interviews will take place in the week commencing 4th January 2021.

Second round interviews will take place in the week commencing 11th January 2021.
 

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.

This role is 21 hours per week. Salary advertised is full time equivalent.

About us

Christian Aid exists to create a world where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty.

Poverty is an outrage against humanity. It robs people of their dignity and lets injustice thrive. But together we have the power to transform lives.

We are a global movement of people, churches and local organisations who passionately champion dignity, equality, justice and love worldwide. We are the changemakers, the peacemakers, the mighty of heart.

Everyone is equal in the sight of God. For over 70 years, this has inspired us to stand together in solidarity with our most marginalised global neighbours, of all faiths and none.

We push for good nutrition and healthcare for all. We fight the climate crisis and provide urgent help when disasters strike. We work in places of conflict to stand against violence and build lasting peace. And we help people living in poverty to earn a fair wage so they can protect themselves in times of crisis.

Above all, we seek to eradicate extreme poverty by tackling its root causes. Together with people living in poverty, we amplify our voices to speak truth to power and create lasting change.

About the role

The PPC Executive Assistant will take initiative and proactively organise, manage and provide support to the Director and FSE Senior Management Team. The successful candidate will have great organisational skills, bias for action, the ability to think laterally and deliver results. A high level of integrity and discretion in handling confidential information and professionalism in dealing with senior professionals inside and outside the company is imperative.

You will have the autonomy to complete complex tasks and projects quickly with little guidance and react to situations which require a quick turnaround, often not knowing the full picture. None the less you will react with the right level of urgency (and courtesy),and will efficiently and proactively solve complex problems that affect people within the department or other related groups. We are looking for someone that keeps calm under pressure and is able to manage assignments with sound judgement and with multitasking capabilities. This is a fast-paced environment but working within the team and as part of it is very rewarding.

PPC delivers policy, advocacy and campaigns work in the UK, and internationally, and provides strategic advisory support to country offices across our international programmes. We build evidence by drawing on our international programmes to make the case for change. We influence global, regional and national decision-makers, taking our case for change to those with power to effect it and we build movements to engage local people as agents of change.

This is a part time role, ideally Tuesday to Thursday, that will be initially home-based and then located at our London office when COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.

About you

We are looking for someone with significant administrative and/or secretarial experience, including support for senior staff in a large organisation. This will include experience of diary management and travel arrangements, and the ability to manage competing demands, often against tight deadlines

The successful applicant will have an excellent track record in building effective working relations across a team and the ability to maintain confidentiality and use discretion when managing relationships at a senior level. You will require strong interpersonal skills and the ability to negotiate and influence.

The role requires clear and confident verbal communication, good written communication, great organisation skills and the ability to minute effectively within varied and complex meeting agendas. You will need to be competent in a range of Office programmes including MS Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel and have experience of financial software, record keeping and budget monitoring. You will need to be willing and able to take responsibility for project work within agreed parameters.

Knowledge and understanding of the international development and humanitarian sector as well as understanding of Church relations and/or political relations would be an advantage.

We are looking for someone to join our team who is committed to Christian Aid's mission, vision and values, who is able to take the initiative, has the flexibility to respond to changes demands and is a great team player. Please refer to the role profile for the specific requirements.

Further information

This role requires applicants to have the right to work in the country where this position is based.

We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in its workforce. We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

You can expect a wide range of rewards and benefits, including a generous holiday allowance, a season ticket loan, and flexibility that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance.

Competency questions

As part of your application you will be asked to demonstrate your suitability by giving answers to the following questions:

Delivering Results: Tell us about a time when you planned, prioritised and monitored your own work to meet the team's objectives to the standards required

-What was your context?

-What was your task/responsibility?

-How did you make your plan? What actions did you take?

-What was the impact of your actions? Were you successful? How did you know?

Communicate Effectively: Tell us about a time when you handled a difficult issue with someone else with openness, honesty and respect

-What was the context?

-What did you have to do?

-What did you say and how?

-What was the result? If you were successful, how did you know?

Build Partnerships: Tell us of a time when you had to establish and maintain excellent working relationships with a wide range of contacts and networks

-What was the context? Why did you need to establish the new relationships and why was your attitude to this important?

-What was your task? What outcomes were being sought?

-What actions did you take? How did you take them?

-What was the impact of your actions? Were you successful?

Jubilee Debt Campaign is recruiting a new Senior Policy and Research Officer to help drive forward our work on the global South debt crisis. 

We are a small, agile, high–impact campaigning charity working to tackle poverty and inequality caused by unjust debt. 

This is a new post we are creating as part of a planned expansion to further increase our impact.

We are looking for someone with strong research and policy analysis skills, a strong campaigning mindset, experience of statistical analysis, and a passion for social justice. We are not expecting you to already be an expert in all aspects of the role but are looking for someone with the potential to develop quickly.

You will: 

• Research and publicise compelling data and analysis that illuminates our campaigns to decision-makers, influencers, activists and the media 
• Monitor and respond to developments in UK government and international institution policies and approaches to debt 
• Liaise with allies around the world to develop joint campaign strategies based around acting in solidarity with people in countries affected by unjust debt. 

This is a permanent role offered on either 5 days / 35 hours or 4 days / 28 hours per week.

We value diversity and welcome applications from applicants from all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from women and people with a Black, Asian or minority ethnic (BAME) background. 

We offer: 

• Pension contributions of up to 7.5% of your salary plus 1% of the average organisational salary 
• An annual leave entitlement of 30 days per year plus bank holidays 
• Flexi-time working arrangements outside the core hours of 10am-4pm 
• Access to other benefits including interest-free season ticket loans and tax savings on bikes and home technology equipment via salary sacrifice schemes 

The role will be working from home until Jubilee Debt Campaign decides it is safe for staff to return to working in the office.

The deadline for applications is 9am on Wednesday 9 December. Interviews will be held on Thursday 17 December.

Please see the recruitment pack for further details and information on how to apply:

Policy and Public Affairs Manager

Permanent 

Salary: £34,000 - £36,000, plus benefits

Full time – 37.5 hours per week 

London N1 9FW

Closing date: 5pm, 6th December 2020

Interviews: Tuesday 15th December 2020

World Cancer Research Fund International leads and unifies a network of cancer prevention charities based in Europe, the Americas and Asia and provides science, policy, strategic and operational direction to the network charities. 

We are seeking an experienced Policy and Public Affairs Manager who will be responsible for developing and promoting policy positions, engaging with key stakeholders, supporting our EU-funded project CO-CREATE and providing information on expanding into possible new policy areas.

The PPA Manager develops and promotes policy positions on nutrition and physical activity policy based on research and evidence and engages with key stakeholders such as WHO on WCRF priority areas.A key role of the PPA Manager is to lead and manage the policy position development and analysis activities of the PPA Department, including evidence reviews requiring a high level of technical competence in understanding the effects and effectiveness of policy actions. 

The PPA manager works in partnership with key stakeholders and seeks to harness influencing opportunities at global, regional and national level. The PPA Manager develops evidence-informed outputs and manages an external group of advisors. The PPA Manager will deputise for the Head of Policy and Public Affairs and undertake delegated responsibilities when required.

The candidate’s required skills and experience include reviewing, assessing and/or evaluating the impacts of public health actions, writing for an external audience (such as reports, policy briefs, newsletter articles, or academic papers), project management and/or planning projects, managing external stakeholders, including members of the research community and civil society organisations, and reviewing, assessing and/or evaluating the impacts of public health actions. The candidate should have experience of identifying and promoting influencing opportunities at international, regional and national level.

The candidate should have a Masters degree in public health, health policy (e.g. policies on cancer, non-communicable diseases, food, obesity, physical activity and/or alcohol) or human nutrition (alternative relevant subjects will also be considered).

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.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. 

Zetetick Housing (ZHC) is seeking a highly experienced Head of Finance (HoF) to provide consistent, robust and expert financial support to the Exectutive Team. A new exciting role offering opportunities to help shape our future.

You will be expected to take on executive functions and provide operational line management to the finance team. Working closely with the finance team, the HoF will be accountable for all aspects of financial accounting and transactional finance for the Charity, ensuring all systems are updated and reporting is timely and in line with all annual financial returns.

This is a hands-on role working with the Executive team to develop and maintain a five-year business plan and associated budgets to meet the Boards strategic objectives for development and sustainability in operational and educational areas. 

You will be expected to develop new standard operating procedures, policies and protocols where needed for an organisation that has grown organically and intends to grow further, handling all aspects of finance recruitment.

The HoF will support the CEO in all aspects of our Company Secretarial obligations, in particular acting in similar capacity for the Chair of the Audit, Risk & Finance Committee.

This is a great time to join ZHC Executive team, as the Board sets ambitious goals to double in size over the next 5-7 years, as well as seeking approved registration as a Registered Provider with the Regulator for Social Housing.

Are you a successful fundraiser who is ready to inspire and lead an Engagement Team of highly committed individuals and also be part of the Senior Leadership Team?

The Head of Engagement is a new role and will oversee and develop the Engagement Team which is made up of some current staff with some newly formed roles. As the leader you will ensure the team collaborates closely with one another and across the organisation. The objectives of the Team are to recruit students and raise funds, to agreed targets. The Engagement Team will promote, mobilise, motivate as well as partner with churches, mission agencies and networks around the world to inform them of what we offer to support transformative learning and facilitate reflective practice across the All Nations Global Community.

All Nations Christian College is the largest intercultural and cross-cultural mission training college in Europe with our world class staff and a great reputation around the world. So, the question is - are you ready to join our highly-motivated, dynamic and creative team, and play a crucial role in helping All Nations increase its impact, sustainability and reach?

If so, you will be a positive, high energy, proactive and tenacious person with some solid evidence of successful fundraising. You will be a strategic thinker with exceptional written and verbal communication skills and a commitment to collaborative working. This role is very much hands-on, leading by example, and will work with team members to develop asks and look for ways to take opportunities forward.

We are open to the option of the role being filled by two people as a job share.

The role sits on the Senior Leadership Team and there is a genuine occupational requirement for this post to be filled by a Christian who is passionate about cross cultural mission and fully able to articulate the overall purpose as well as the detail of the College’s mission, from a personal faith basis.

The main responsibilities of the role include:

• Developing a strategy and tactical plans for raising income through trusts, foundations, high value individuals and others, including the generation and promotion of appeals
• Producing stories and creating narratives with compelling visuals which can be used by ambassadors and other members of the Engagement Team
• Supporting the Principal & Chief Executive and the Engagement Team members to cultivate and maintain relationships with funders, including grant givers, churches and individuals
• Ensuring follow up with donors is timely and accurate, developing healthy long term relationships with supporters and partners
• Applying and reporting (as appropriate) to Trusts/funding schemes, working alongside course programme leaders and tutors/administrators when necessary
• Maintaining knowledge of grant giving bodies, the charity sector and any trends to ensure you identify and capitalise on any relevant opportunities for the organisation
• Overseeing Engagement Team members, undertaking regular one to one meetings, appraisals and target setting.

Head of Finance required to join a growing not for profit organisation. Ideally seeking ACA qualified person.

Your new company
A growing organisation with income this year of approx. £30m. That is likely to increase to closer to £100m next year. Due to this growth, the finance team will increase in headcount. This organisation run their own programmes but are also a grant giving organisation. This is a complex and expanding organisation.

Your new role
Reporting to the Director of Finance, the Head of Finance will be responsible for financial reporting and operational finance, compliance and controls. You will also build a team as the organisation grows including 4 Finance Business Partners, FP&A and Systems.

• Overseeing delivery of all consolidated financial reporting, including management accounts and KPI information, funder reporting, financial statements etc.
• Preparation of monthly papers and quarterly financial reporting packs for Governance meetings and Board Committees
• Deliver the budget process and oversee quarterly reforecasting, revised budgets etc

What you'll need to succeed

• Qualified Accountant with post-qualification experience
• Experience of working in a multinational, FTSE listed or Big 4 environment
• Technical knowledge of relevant regulatory and accounting frameworks, including FRS 102 and Charity SORP

What you'll get in return
This is an opportunity to work with a growing organisation at an exciting time. The organisation offers flexible working and work life balance and a competitive selection of benefits,

What you need to do now
Please apply ASAP to be considered!

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