Vacancy:  Head of Creative Production

• Deadline: we reserve right to close recruitment asap
• £40,000 – 45,000
• Full time 
• Permanent 
• Wakefield, West Yorkshire, with flexible working policy in place
• Directorate: Marketing

About us  

Penny Appeal was set up in 2009 to provide poverty relief across Asia, the Middle East and Africa by offering water solutions, organising mass feedings, supporting orphan care, and providing emergency aid. We’ve come a long way since then and have grown tremendously in the past 11 years!

We’ve transformed lives and empowered communities, helping to break the poverty cycle and build brighter futures. Over the past few years, our work has expanded and our teams have grown considerably, allowing us to launch new campaigns and work in even more crisis-hit countries. As well as strengthening communities in over 30 countries around the world, we also make it a point to support vulnerable people here in the UK, too.

Each of our projects are carefully designed to be accessible and effective. They are a wonderful blend of emergency support, short-term relief, and longer-term sustainable solutions. Our way of approaching relief means that we can save lives immediately, improve situations in the coming days and transform communities for years to come.

At Penny Appeal, people are at the heart of everything we do. Every one of our projects are tailor-made to meet the needs of those we support and benefit as many people in need as possible, in ways that cost our generous donors just a little bit of loose change each day.

Vision: 

Transform small change into a big difference for those who need us most 

Mission: 

Inspired by the universal values of the Islamic faith, Penny Appeal’s mission is to serve all those in need at home and abroad 

Strategic aims: 

Within 5 years - 

1. Best in class Muslim Charity 

1. Sunday Times top 100 businesses to work for 

1. Most recognizable Muslim charity in the world 

1. Raise over £100 million per annum for good 

Key facts:  

• We are a British Muslim led charity 
• Our HQ is in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.  We have approximately 160 staff based in the UK, with many more across the world
• UK staff have been working from home for the last 18 months, but we are instigating a move back a brand new office in early 2022, coupled with a new flexible working policy
• Please read our latest Annual Report here

About the role 

We have big ambitions and are looking for a talented Head of Campaigns and Content to help us achieve them.  This role is a critical part of the Marketing Department - its function is to create, co-ordinate and execute inspiring and engaging content. We are seeking creative thinking, bold ideas, exceptional people skills, and an eye for analytics.  Someone who isn’t afraid of hard work, who shares our values and who wants to be part of something extraordinary.  Someone who can lead a team and help us tell the world about the great work that we do: from how we provide lifesaving medical interventions in Syria, to how we help feed Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, to how we support homelessness in the UK.   

The Marketing Department is undergoing big investment with several new roles being recruited.We need someone who will help this small but growing team get to the next level, so ultimately the charity can grow and have an even greater impact on the world.

Key areas: 

• Lead the development and production of content that meet the needs of Penny Appeal’s key campaigns, appeals and goals
• Work with team members to produce content in a timely fashion
• Produce and manage the organizations content calendar across the year
• Overall accountability for content production
• Be a creative force within the organization, generating and ideating new ideas
• Have an excellent sense of what resonates with our audience
• Be hyper vigilant of our brand
• Manage key team members, including content produces and production executives both in the UK and abroad
• Work closely with our Social Media and Insights team to understand what content works well and on which channel

About you 

For us, it’s not just what we do, it’s how we do it.  Our values are important to us and we’re looking for people who will live and breathe them.

Required  

• Level 4 qualification or equivalent experience
• At least 5 years experience working on content production for a range of channels.
• Line management experience
• Understanding of contemporary campaign, digital and creative trends, tools and approaches
• Able to multi-task and prioritise workload
• Superb writing skills
• Confidence working online and in the digital environment

• Attention to detail
• Team player and positive attitude when working with others
• Adaptable and flexible in working style
• Problem solver

• Welcomes diversity

Desirable  

• Knowledge of Islamic financial matters (Zakat, Wakf, Qurbani etc.)
• International development, and/or writing for an organisation which fundraisers

Additional information  

Safeguarding: We are an organisation that takes safeguarding very seriously.  All staff will be expected to adhere to our policies, processes, and approach.

Applying: Please send a statement (of no more than 2 sides of A4, font size 11) clearly outlining how you match our requirements, as well as a two-page CV outlining your professional, volunteering experience, education/qualifications and any other relevant information.Please state the job title in the email title.

Deadline: We are running a rolling a recruitment, so reserve the right to close the post at any point.  Please don’t delay in getting your application in to us!

Vacancy:  Head of Support Centre

• Head of Support Centre  
• Deadline: we reserve right to close recruitment asap
• £40 – 45,000
• Full time 
• Permanent 
• Wakefield, West Yorkshire, with flexible working policy in place
• Directorate: Donor Care

About us  

Penny Appeal was set up in 2009 to provide poverty relief across Asia, the Middle East and Africa by offering water solutions, organising mass feedings, supporting orphan care, and providing emergency aid. We’ve come a long way since then and have grown tremendously in the past 11 years!

We’ve transformed lives and empowered communities, helping to break the poverty cycle and build brighter futures. Over the past few years, our work has expanded and our teams have grown considerably, allowing us to launch new campaigns and work in even more crisis-hit countries. As well as strengthening communities in over 30 countries around the world, we also make it a point to support vulnerable people here in the UK, too.

Each of our projects are carefully designed to be accessible and effective. They are a wonderful blend of emergency support, short-term relief, and longer-term sustainable solutions. Our way of approaching relief means that we can save lives immediately, improve situations in the coming days and transform communities for years to come.

At Penny Appeal, people are at the heart of everything we do. Every one of our projects are tailor-made to meet the needs of those we support and benefit as many people in need as possible, in ways that cost our generous donors just a little bit of loose change each day.

Vision: 

Transform small change into a big difference for those who need us most 

Mission: 

Inspired by the universal values of the Islamic faith, Penny Appeal’s mission is to serve all those in need at home and abroad 

Strategic aims: 

Within 5 years - 

1. Best in class Muslim Charity 

1. Sunday Times top 100 businesses to work for 

1. Most recognizable Muslim charity in the world 

1. Raise over £100 million per annum for good 

Key facts:  

• We are a British Muslim led charity 
• Our HQ is in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.  We have approximately 160 staff based in the UK, with many more across the world
• UK staff have been working from home for the last 18 months, but we are instigating a move back a brand new office in early 2022, coupled with a new flexible working policy
• Please read our latest Annual Report here

About the role 

Are you looking for a new opportunity where you can use your talent to really make a difference? This exciting role is responsible for leading our Support Centre service – the key interface between ourselves and our many donors.  We pride ourselves on offering a comprehensive, proactive, customer focused service, always with an eye on continuous improvement.   We are looking for an experienced manager who is motivated by offering excellence in service, understands analytics and data, and has the flare for people management.

Key areas:

• Effectively and efficiently lead the Support Centre, to ensure the relationship between Penny Appeal and our donors is positive, productive and long standing.
• Ensure information held on information systems pertaining to donors is consistently accurate, up to date and in line with GDPR and other legal requirements.
• Support the development and improvement of process, policies, and procedures to support the continuous improvement of the Support Centre service, such as tracking operative progress against targets, monitoring random calls and implement staff training.   
• Provide effective leadership and management of direct reports, such as planning workloads, allocating work to meet deadlines, recruitment, inductions, mandatory training and recording work performance.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of industry developments and involvement in networks.
• Handle the most complex customer complaints and/or enquiries
• Forecast and analyse data against budget figures on a weekly and/or monthly basis
• Ensure all sponsorships allocations are processed within the agreed timescales
• To undertake projects and other activities as requested by the Director

About you 

For us, it’s not just what we do, it’s how we do it.  Our values are important to us and we’re looking for people who will live and breathe them.

Required:

• Level 4 qualification of equivalent experience
• Demonstrable experience of providing an excellent Support Centre service within a complex organisation, including managing and improving customer relations management systems
• Proven experience of managing large teams, and supporting and advising managers on the entire range of Support Centre issues.
• Excellent IT skills
• Proven ability to work independently and problem solve in an effective manner
• Ability to work effectively with others at all levels of the organisation 
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, written and verbal
• Ability to work under pressure and to meet targets and deadlines.
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Confidentiality and discretion
• Commitment to own continuous professional development 
• A professional and flexible approach to work
• Commitment to promoting equality and diversity in what we do

Desirable  

• Project management skills
• Knowledge of Islamic financial matters (Zakat, Wakf, Qurbani etc.)
• International development, and/or writing for an organisation which fundraises

Additional information  

Safeguarding: We are an organisation that takes safeguarding very seriously.  All staff will be expected to adhere to our policies, processes, and approach.

Applying: Please send a statement (of no more than 2 sides of A4, font size 11) clearly outlining how you match our requirements, as well as a two-page CV outlining your professional, volunteering experience, education/qualifications and any other relevant information.  Please state the job title in the email title.

Deadline: We are running a rolling a recruitment, so reserve the right to close the post at any point.  Please don’t delay in getting your application in to us

Why work for us?

Wanted: an inspiring, influential and accomplished Head of Communications with experience of media relations work in an international context.

It’s an important time to join CARE International UK (CIUK) as the Head of Communications. With a new organisational strategy under development for 2030, we need a leader who can take forward our communications strategy encompassing brand, media and digital communications aimed at our key audiences including individuals, policy makers, donors and corporate partners.

With a good culture of integrated working across communications, fundraising and advocacy, we are determined to do things differently.   Our recent #March4Women campaign is just one example of a fully integrated campaign, led by the communications team, which included all our target audiences.

In addition to the UK objectives, we also have a commitment to improve communications globally and to contribute to advocacy goals - and this role is essential in working with counterparts throughout the confederation on global initiatives.

About you

As an experienced, strategic and dynamic communications professional – you will have a proven track record of leading a major communications function. Your broad ranging experience will span brand, press and PR, editorial content and digital.

With experience of leading large integrated campaigns, you will have worked closely with colleagues across fundraising, advocacy and programmes – building relationships and influencing at a high-level. And with your strategic mind – you will have taken a communications function on a journey to success.

About the role

Reporting to the Executive Director, Partnerships and Communications, you will be responsible for leading all media, content and digital communications. This role is essential to achieving our advocacy and programmes goals. The team consists of Press & PR, Editorial Content and Digital – providing support across CIUK to deliver on the CIUK strategy, and in turn contributing to the CARE Global Programme Strategy. As a key member of CIUK leadership team, you will work with colleagues across the organisation on major strategic issues and organisational culture.

As a member of the global communications team, you will work closely with peers across CARE member offices to share knowledge and contribute to global communications objectives and crisis comms.  

As CIUK is a member of the DEC, at times of humanitarian emergency you will work closely with the DEC’s communications team to generate media coverage by offering spokespeople and content.

Working with the Senior Management Team and CEO, you will advise on crisis communications, as well as lead on major pieces of strategic work which align and contribute to our Global Programme Strategy.

About CARE

CARE International is one of the world’s leading humanitarian and development charities. We fight poverty and injustice in the world’s most vulnerable and excluded communities and by 2030, CARE and our partners will support 200 million people.  We save lives in disasters and conflicts. We stand with women, girls and their communities to achieve lasting change for a better future. A member of the DEC – our humanitarian work is recognised as world-leading and we are proud to work in collaboration with our sector colleagues.

Safeguarding

CARE International UK has a zero-tolerance approach to any abuse to, sexual harassment of or exploitation of a vulnerable adult or child by any of our staff, representatives or partners. CARE International UK expects all staff to share this commitment through our Safeguarding Policy and our Code of Conduct. They are responsible for ensuring they understand and work within the remit of these policies throughout their time at CARE International UK.

Safeguarding our beneficiaries is our top priority in everything we do, including recruitment. All offers of employment at CARE International UK are subject to satisfactory references.

CARE International UK participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from successful applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. 

- Appropriate criminal record checks (including a Bridger check).

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

Equality and Diversity

We are committed to Equality and value Diversity.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and particularly welcome applications from disabled people. We guarantee interviews to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role (see person specification). If you require the candidate brief or need to submit your application in an alternative format, because of a disability, please do get in touch.

We also encourage people from Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds or LGBT+ to apply for roles at CARE International UK.

Please note that in compliance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006, all job offers at Care International UK are conditional on eligibility to work in the UK.

We are seeking a Head of Advocacy, Policy and Research to help drive forward our influencing work. We want Greater Manchester to be at the forefront of efforts to prevent and reduce poverty. In this new position, the successful applicant will play a central role in enabling that to happen.

The successful applicant will have a minimum 2 years’ experience in a relevant advocacy, policy and research role. They will have leadership experience and the ability to motivate a team and support GMPA to deliver against our strategic priorities. They will need a good grasp of policy relating to poverty and an understanding of the opportunities to address it locally. They will be able to plan and deliver on a range of policy and research outputs, in line with our three-year strategy, and be confident in undertaking direct advocacy with decision makers and stakeholders.

How to apply:

Details of how to apply are on the jobs page of our website. 

Particulars:

Location: Combination of home working and working from our office at St Thomas Centre, Ardwick Green N, Manchester M12 6FZ with a minimum expectation of 2 days a week spent working from the office.

Contract: 5 days a week (35 hours). Permanent.

Probationary period: 6 months.

Employer: Greater Manchester Poverty Action Limited.

Purpose: To work with the CEO and Policy Officer to lead on the delivery of GMPA’s policy, research and advocacy work.

Salary range: £36,000 to £41,000 pro rata, depending on experience.

Paid annual leave entitlement: 25 days pro-rata (excluding bank holidays)

Line management responsibilities: Management of the Policy Officer and Greater Manchester Living Wage Campaign Coordinator.

Managed by: Chief Executive Officer.

About GMPA

GMPA is a not-for-profit organisation that works to prevent and reduce poverty across Greater Manchester. We have developed extensive knowledge about poverty in the city region, identified a powerful network of stakeholders and organisations who share our values, aims and vision and we have influenced policy and practice in several ways since we were constituted in 2016.

Our vision is of a Greater Manchester free from poverty where all residents can realise their potential and access the benefits of living in a diverse and vibrant city region.

Over the next three years we will be working towards our vision by focussing on our three strategic priorities: 1) Boosting household income and financial resilience, 2) Ensuring stakeholders in GM embed a strong strategic approach to tackling poverty and 3) Embedding the voices of people with lived experience in the decision-making structures and systems of GM.

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.

Do you have experience in research for real world impact on issues of economic, social, and environmental justice?

Do you want to be part of rethinking and shifting power in research that has radical impact?

If the answer is yes, then we would like to hear from you.

The Role

Oxfam Great Britain is looking for a Head of Research. This role will provide conceptual and technical leadership in defining and implementing formative quantitative and qualitative research on OGB strategic priorities: the care economy, climate justice and the triple nexus (rights, resilience, response). It involves researching in novel ways to: (1) make problems visible, (2) understand solutions, and (3) know how to change systems, as well as ensuring that these insights influence our influencing and grounded work. The role involves managing a team of researchers and working in collaboration with Oxfam’s global research network.

What we are looking for

Our next Head of Research will have at least ten years of experience with developing and delivering formative quantitative and qualitative research on OGB priority areas (the care economy, climate justice and/or, ideally, rights/resilience/response in fragile and conflict-affected contexts). You will be an inspiring manager for a dispersed team of up to 6 people, working with university partnerships and across the confederation. You show deep commitment to and experience with decolonial, safe, anti-racist, intersectional feminist and partner led research. You have excellent communication skills and a high level of analytical and strategic thinking.

We offer

This role will give you an opportunity to undertake research that captures the attention globally on key issues of our time, presented in fresh ways and influencing policy and programming. You will be able to innovate methodologically, and work across geographies and organisations with passionate colleagues. You will be able to model research that supports power shifts away from mainstream voices and approaches. Research in support of Oxfam’s work in fragile and conflict-affected contexts is a particular priority.

Flexfam

We believe flexible working is key to building the Oxfam of the future, so we’re open to talking through the type of flexible arrangements which might work for you. We think this role would work particularly well as a partially home-based role or job share.

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

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

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

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Oxfam GB also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

How to apply

As part of your online application, please upload your up-to-date CV and respond to three key questions related to your experience: 

1. Why do you think you are suitable for this role?
2. What are the frontiers in terms of research questions that have radical impact?
3. What do you think power shifts could look like in research?

About us

Oxfam is a global community who believe poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s right activists, marathon runners, aid workers, coffee farmers, street fundraisers, goat herders, policy experts, campaigners, water engineers and more. And we won’t stop until everyone can live life without poverty for good.

Oxfam GB is a member of international confederation of 21 organisations working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries. 

A thriving diverse Oxfam: 

It’s people power that brings about change. To play our part as a global organisation working to overcome poverty and inequality, we need equality, diversity and inclusion across our community of staff, partners and volunteers. Together, we’re committed to becoming a more diverse workforce, better able to tackle the global challenges that face our world today. 

To do that:

• We need to dismantle the unequal power structures that exist everywhere, this including Oxfam and the wider development and charity sectors.
• We need an inclusive Oxfam where everyone can bring who they are to our work and feels celebrated for the differences they bring.
• We want and need everyone, and that means we need you.

In response to Covid-19 if you are offered a role where you are required to travel between countries please ensure you have been briefed by the Hiring Manager about any changes to working or precautions you should take as part of your role.

Vacancy:  SEO Content Exec

• Ecommerce Executive
• Deadline: we reserve right to close recruitment asap
• £21,000 – 24,000
• Full time 
• Permanent 
• Wakefield, West Yorkshire, with flexible working policy in place
• Directorate: Ecommerce

About us  

Penny Appeal was set up in 2009 to provide poverty relief across Asia, the Middle East and Africa by offering water solutions, organising mass feedings, supporting orphan care, and providing emergency aid. We’ve come a long way since then and have grown tremendously in the past 11 years!

We’ve transformed lives and empowered communities, helping to break the poverty cycle and build brighter futures. Over the past few years, our work has expanded and our teams have grown considerably, allowing us to launch new campaigns and work in even more crisis-hit countries. As well as strengthening communities in over 30 countries around the world, we also make it a point to support vulnerable people here in the UK, too.

Each of our projects are carefully designed to be accessible and effective. They are a wonderful blend of emergency support, short-term relief, and longer-term sustainable solutions. Our way of approaching relief means that we can save lives immediately, improve situations in the coming days and transform communities for years to come.

At Penny Appeal, people are at the heart of everything we do. Every one of our projects are tailor-made to meet the needs of those we support and benefit as many people in need as possible, in ways that cost our generous donors just a little bit of loose change each day.

Vision: 

Transform small change into a big difference for those who need us most 

Mission: 

Inspired by the universal values of the Islamic faith, Penny Appeal’s mission is to serve all those in need at home and abroad 

Strategic aims: 

Within 5 years - 

1. Best in class Muslim Charity 

1. Sunday Times top 100 businesses to work for 

1. Most recognizable Muslim charity in the world 

1. Raise over £100 million per annum for good 

Key facts:  

• We are a British Muslim led charity 
• Our HQ is in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.  We have approximately 160 staff based in the UK, with many more across the world
• UK staff have been working from home for the last 18 months, but we are instigating a move back a brand new office in early 2022, coupled with a new flexible working policy

About the role 

Our Ecommerce team is growing and we’re looking for talent to help take us to the next level.  You will have a creative flair underpinned by a thorough understanding of data analysis, the combination of which will inform how you support the delivery of our SEO strategy. 

Key areas:

• Focus on all things related to our SEO strategy from start to finish, working closely with SEO Content Manager and other digital team members
• Conduct keyword research, SERPs analysis and competitor deep dives to identify content opportunities for clients across various industries
• Help produce the SEO content calendar, always working strategically and with our targets in mind
• Develop SEO content, ensuring its on brand, high quality and SEO optimised
• Support the workflow of the team, ensuring deadlines are met on time and budget
• Report on content performance and use insights to improve results

About you 

For us, it’s not just what we do, it’s how we do it.  Our values are important to us and we’re looking for people who will live and breathe them.

Required  

• Level 4 qualification or equivalent experience
• Two years SEO experience
• Understanding of contemporary SEO trends, tools and approaches
• Able to multi-task and prioritise workload
• Superb writing skills

• Confidence working online and in the digital environment
• Attention to detail
• Team player and positive attitude when working with others
• Adaptable and flexible in working style
• Problem solver

• Welcomes diversity

Desirable  

• SEO or similar qualification
• Knowledge of Islamic financial matters (Zakat, Wakf, Qurbani etc.)
• International development, and/or writing for an organisation which fundraisers

Additional information  

Safeguarding: We are an organisation that takes safeguarding very seriously.  All staff will be expected to adhere to our policies, processes, and approach.

Applying: Please send a statement (of no more than 2 sides of A4, font size 11) clearly outlining how you match our requirements, as well as a two-page CV outlining your professional, volunteering experience, education/qualifications and any other relevant information.  Please state the job title in the email title.

Deadline: We are running a rolling a recruitment, so reserve the right to close the post at any point.  Please don’t delay in getting your application in to us!

Our Grants and Corporate Fundraising Team are responsible for raising over £1 million through relationships with trusts, companies, corporates, and government grants. We are therefore looking for an exceptional Head of Department who will grow our external relationships with key TLG funding stakeholders, increase our income and enjoy leading the team to success.

This post holder will have a wide remit, so you will be an experienced practitioner in at least one of the key areas: trust fundraising, corporate partnerships or government grants, or you will be an excellent written communicator and influencer with transferable skills.

You will be a proven leader and manager with experience of working in a fast paced, driven team to achieve exceptional results. You must be highly relational in order to lead on high level external relationships, an exceptional communicator who can adapt to the TLG style and a keen influencer.

You will enjoy being part of a highly motivated, rapidly growing team who are passionate about giving hope and a future to children and their families by increasing the supporter and stakeholder participation that underpins TLG’s mission!

We are looking for someone with a strong and vibrant Christian faith. As part of our commitment to safeguarding, the successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure via the DBS. We welcome applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds to enable us to better reflect the needs of the communities we serve.

This role is flexible in location with regular travel to our National Support Centre, West Yorkshire.

Closing date: 5pm, Monday 10th January 2022

Initial interviews will take place on Tuesday 18th January, with final interviews on Monday 24th January. If a suitable candidate applies prior to the closing date, we reserve the right to interview and appoint earlier than 10th January.

Network and Campaigns Lead

Reporting to the Managing Director, you will work with the Horsham Matters team and alongside local partners to develop and deliver local influencing strategies and campaigns within Horsham District to bring about long-term positive change for the residents of Horsham.

You will be the link between our Charity and the Trussell Trust OLM team contributing to the national movement to end the need for foodbanks.

Role description

• To work with the Community Support Manager and Managing Director to identify local issues driving poverty; build and deliver a Horsham Matters campaign and develop a strategy to build power and win change
• To explore and understand the experiences that are bringing people that lead people to the use Foodbank; working with Horsham Matters’ team and volunteers

• Develop a range of tools which encourage stakeholder engagement, mapping out and building relationships with the food bank’s partners, Churches, referral agencies and local anti-poverty organisations, and engage them in identifying the local drivers of poverty

• Develop and manage a team volunteers to work with you to mobilise the campaign; liaising with the Volunteer Co-ordinator as appropriate

• Prepare press releases for local media, and liaise with th Social Media Assistant to ensure that campaigns are promoted through our platforms

• Develop mechanisms to measure the impact of the influencing campaign
• Work closely with the Charity’s Pathfinder leadership team on data analysis and share findings to provide evidence of impact
• To work with the fundraising team to develop opportunities to raise funds through the network you develop
• To work with the Trussell Trust’s Organising and Local Mobilisation (OLM) team and engage with the training and support on offer, including work with other local organisers in the Trussell Trust network, and engage in Trussell Trust’s central priority campaign activities as well as other national poverty campaigns
• Represent the Charity at local meetings and events where appropriate
• Communicate regularly with the Charity’s leadership team; attending Management meetings and Trustees meetings etc.
• Other duties as required by the Managing Director

Key Skills

• Experience in delivering campaigns and an understanding how to bring about change
• Skilled in public presentation, and experience of working with local media
• Good project management skills, able to balance a range of priorities
• Working as part of a team whilst being able to be self-motivated
• Experience of working with a range of stakeholders
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Be committed to the values of Horsham Matters and Trussell Trust

The job of a Save the Children's UK Squad Lead is challenging and fulfilling.

• Do you have proven leadership experience in developing and driving change strategies?
• Do you have practical experience working in a complex institution and proven ability to navigate effectively in such organisations?
• Are you able to translate strategic objectives into clear deliverables?
• Are you motivated by our vision of creating a world where every child doesn't just survive, but thrives, and can go on to change the world?

If the answers to these questions are yes, we would love to hear from you!

About Us

Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.

Our Policy, Advocacy, and Campaigns department is where we drive political agendas at national and global levels. We've integrated lobbying, policy, research, and campaigning into one agile, powerful engine for change. Together, we save children's lives, fight for their rights, and help them fulfil their potential.

About the role

As Squad Lead/Head of UK Influencing, you will be responsible for driving whole organisational progress against Save the Children UK's strategic mission to deliver this vision, taking accountability for the delivery of a specific set of squad objective(s) of ensuring change in the UK. Initially this role will play a leading role in delivering our next Global Campaign which will focus on inequality and climate.

This is a cross-organisational leadership role, and the post-holder will lead a multi-disciplinary team (known as a squad), made up of colleagues from across Public Affairs, Campaigns/Organising, Policy, Media, and others to design and deliver an ambitious change programme that delivers the squad's objective here in the UK.

The post-holder will be fully accountable for their squad's objective and is expected to draw upon every relevant discipline across Save the Children UK to achieve it, working closely with colleagues from different divisions, including Fundraising & Marketing Division, which will be crucial for delivering the mass-marketing activities that will support the squad's objectives, as well as working with colleagues from across the wider sector in the UK and beyond.

Key Accountabilities of the Role

• Lead development of the objectives and strategy for one of Save the Children UK's mission squads aimed at influencing policy, practice and/or attitudes in the UK
• Lead a multi-disciplinary squad made up of staff from across policy, advocacy, campaigning and media disciplines (at a minimum), plus other relevant functions, to achieve those objectives
• Develop and articulate a clear vision for what needs to be done to achieve the squad's objective(s), over a range of time horizons
• Take responsibility for the impact of the squad and ensure the squad's work supports the achievement of the overall mission objectives and is in alignment with Save the Children UK's supporter-engagement and “world-class impact” strategies, including through a focus on the rights of the world's most deprived and marginalised children
• Liaise extensively with stakeholders
• Own and manage prioritised deliverables that realise the squad's objectives
• Attend relevant Supporter Engagement strategy and planning meetings and work closely with the thematic Campaign Manager, who will lead the public-engagement aspects of the squad's work
• Support squad members to complete squad deliverables autonomously and in a way that leads to maximum impact

Competencies

• Leading and inspiring others: demonstrates leadership in all our work, embodies our values, and articulates a compelling vision to inspire others to achieve our goals for children.
• Innovating and adapting: develops and implements innovative solutions to adapt and succeed in ever-changing and uncertain global and working environments
• Networking: builds and uses sustainable relationships and networks to support the work of Save the Children
• Working effectively with others: works collaboratively to achieve shared goals and thrives on diversity of people and perspectives; knows when to lead and when to follow and how to ensure effective cross-boundary working
• Problem solving and decision making: Takes effective, considered and timely decisions by gathering and evaluating relevant information from within or outside the organisation.

Technical skills

• Proven leadership experience in developing and driving change strategies, including working across the full theory of change and bringing together policy, advocacy, media, campaigning and public engagement
• Knowledge of, or willingness to acquire knowledge of, agile methods of working
• Good technical knowledge in the squad's thematic area of focus (e.g. international development, conflict, or UK poverty)
• Practical experience (over 5 years) working in a complex institution and proven ability to navigate effectively in such organisations
• Experience of running high-impact projects within Save the Children UK or another organization
• Practical knowledge and experience of relevant organisational processes
• Practical knowledge and experience of using coaching tools and of team management

Behavioural and personal skills

• Translates strategic objectives into clear deliverables
• Proactively and accurately identifies needs and requirements of a wide range of stakeholders
• Delegates tasks effectively and supports team members' autonomy, while simultaneously taking care to ensure high-quality outputs in line with agreed expectations
• Continuously verifies assumptions and reacts well to unforeseen situations
• Constantly develops new skills in ways of working and relevant technical fields
• Explores new approaches and innovates in order to increase impact
• Collaborates effectively between a wide range of colleagues in order to achieve the best results

Remote Working:

The majority of SCUK employees are currently working remotely within the UK in line with UK Government guidance. Commencing July 2021 we will transition to flexible and hybrid ways of working (i.e. a mixture of remote/home and office-based working) as social distancing restrictions ease.

We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: 

Save the Children UK is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. 

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.

We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children.

We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

The Opportunity

We are recruiting for a Head of Sponsorship Operations to lead the Sponsorship Operations Team, providing functional leadership to the implementation and maintenance of efficient and effective sponsorship systems, policies, projects and approaches to maximise income for programme intervention whilst ensuring that Plan International’s commitments to both sponsors and Sponsore d Children are met and safeguarding, gender equality and Plan International’s’ values are embedded throughout. 

The Sponsorship Operations team contribute to the delivery of Plan International’s strategy by ensuring all sponsorship products promote and champion the rights of girls and young women.

About You

With deep knowledge of Sponsorship, its role in achieving Plan International’s objectives and it’s risks and challenges you will have proven experience leading the implementation and maintenance of efficient and effective sponsorship systems, policies, projects and approaches to maximise income for programme interventions.

An experienced leader with the ability to engage, influence and negotiate at all levels of the organisation you have a proven track record of successfully implementing large projects or changes, ideally on a multi country, regional or global basis.

As part of our new strategy for 2022-2030, we will be targeting all our work on key themes of money & poverty, and mental health & wellbeing, based on research with extensive groups of single parents.

The role of this Development Officer will focus on the development of our peer support offer on the theme of money and poverty. This will be evidence-based and drawn from the lived experience of single parents, be largely about peer guidance: single parents sharing their experiences, insights and knowledge as well as tips and coping strategies. 

This Development Officer will also oversee the final development and rollout of a programme called Money Buddies, which includes a toolkit and training programme for volunteers to support single parents avoiding crisis debt. We have worked with partners Renaisi, to develop this programme, and have created a support programme to help single parents identify priority areas of concern around money debt and support them develop an action plan to tackle the most pressing concerns they are facing, signposting to expert advice where needed.

You will work to produce content for regional newsletters and feed into mechanisms to share peer guidance around the theme of money and poverty, supporting the creation and dissemination of content, resources and face to face elements of our peer support service offer.

Fixed team basis contract - 9 months

Full-time, 35 hours per week with flexible working options

This is an exciting time for Refugee Action. Our front-line services benefitted over 5,000 people last year. Our campaigns and good practice teams are achieving systemic change. The vision that drives us is that refugees and people seeking asylum will be welcome in the UK, will get justice, live free of poverty and be able to successfully rebuild their lives. Our safeguarding work aims to be a central part of all our interactions to ensure we keep client safety at the heart of everything we do through advocacy, referrals and increasing knowledge.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced safeguarding professional to work in a supportive culture that values collaboration, diversity, and empowerment. Reporting directly to the Head of Services and Safeguarding, you will:

Manage and implement the safeguarding strategy at Refugee Action; working with a network of Designated Safeguarding Officers to ensure safety and best practice for all clients, staff and volunteers across the organisation.

Have the ability to make key decisions independently at the same time as ensuring excellence in working collaboratively with colleagues across the whole organisation. You will help to develop confidence and knowledge across the organisation and will take the lead on all planning, development and training of staff and volunteers in relation to arising safeguarding need.

Ensure that an open and supportive culture of safeguarding is prevalent across the whole organisation through awareness raising and signposting to relevant resources. Ensure appropriate interventions are made for individuals and families to improve outcomes for our beneficiaries.

Ensure accurate recording and feedback of safeguarding information to enable organisational understanding of the safeguarding challenges facing our clients and any learning we can take forward.

Along with the above, you will also have:

• An understanding of the experiences and barriers facing people seeking asylum, newly granted refugees and vulnerable migrants who may be in need of the support of safeguarding agencies
• Knowledge and experience of statutory services in the UK including Social Care, Police, Health and Education
• Excellent time-management skills and ability to plan your own time in addition to fitting in with the demands from teams nationally
• Evidence of excellent partnership working, especially with Local Authorities, and the ability to work constructively and demonstrate influence and leadership with a wide range of external agencies; voluntary, statutory and private sector.
• Excellent skills in training delivery to ensure information is relevant and proportionate to the needs of each service
• Ability to manage reactive work with planned, longer-term projects

For more information and to apply, please visit our website.

Those with lived experience as a refugee are strongly encouraged to apply.

Closing date: 09:00am, 6th December 2021

Head of Impact Evaluation & Adaptive MEAL (0916)

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.

Do you have monitoring and evaluation experience?

Do you want to be part of rethinking and power shifting in the INGO sector?

If the answer is yes, then we would like to hear from you.

The Role

Oxfam OGB is looking for a Head of Impact Evaluation and Adaptive MEL

This role will be part of our newly formed Evidence and Strategic Learning team. It will work across the Oxfam confederation to support new ways of thinking about and influencing monitoring, evaluation and learning. We aim to rebalance incentives in MEL, embed feminist and racial justice ways of working.

What we are looking for

We’re looking for a candidate who cares about Oxfam's mission to end poverty and is personally aligned to the values of empowerment, accountability, and inclusion in all you do and our feminist principles.

Our next Head of Evaluation and Adaptive MEL will require in depth knowledge and experience of evaluation and MEL, a commitment to work in agile and participatory ways, experience of driving innovation and creative thinking about how we shift power within the sector.

We offer

This role will give you an opportunity to make a difference to the way the INGO sector considers the role of evaluation, monitoring and learning, be part of influencing sector debates. It will also give you an opportunity to work with a group of passionate people that are specialists in their fields.

Flexfam

We believe flexible working is key to building the Oxfam of the future, so we’re open to talking through the type of flexible arrangements which might work for you. We think this role would work particularly well as a full-time role, partially home-based.

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

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

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

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Oxfam GB also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

How to apply

As part of your online application, please upload your up to date CV and respond to two key questions related to your experience: 

1. Why do you think you are suitable for this role?
2. What do you think power shifts could look like in the monitoring and evaluation space?

About us

Oxfam is a global community who believe poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s right activists, marathon runners, aid workers, coffee farmers, street fundraisers, goat herders, policy experts, campaigners, water engineers and more. And we won’t stop until everyone can live life without poverty for good.

Oxfam GB is a member of international confederation of 21 organisations working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries. 

A thriving diverse Oxfam: 

It’s people power that brings about change. To play our part as a global organisation working to overcome poverty and inequality, we need equality, diversity and inclusion across our community of staff, partners and volunteers. Together, we’re committed to becoming a more diverse workforce, better able to tackle the global challenges that face our world today. 

To do that:

• We need to dismantle the unequal power structures that exist everywhere, this including Oxfam and the wider development and charity sectors.
• We need an inclusive Oxfam where everyone can bring who they are to our work and feels celebrated for the differences they bring.
• We want and need everyone, and that means we need you.

In response to Covid-19 if you are offered a role where you are required to travel between countries please ensure you have been briefed by the Hiring Manager about any changes to working or precautions you should take as part of your role.

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.

We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children.

We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

The Opportunity

We are recruiting for an interim Digital Policy and Advocacy Officer to join the Digital and Innovation team within our Strategy and collaboration department. You will support and drive policy and advocacy efforts to bridge the gender digital divide through the digital empowerment of girls.

You will advise on policy and advocacy in the space of the gender digital divide, ensuring that you are aware of policy and research in the space of digital, gender and rights and advising on the use, risks and benefits of a variety of social media and online tools for advocacy.

This role will require internal collaboration with policy and advocacy colleagues, external partnership with organisations specialised in digital policy and advocacy and keen participation in digital networks, including catalysts, champions and Plan International’s Areas of Global Distinctiveness.

About You

You bring a strong understanding of digital and technology trends and policy debates at the global level and experience in policy and influencing design, monitoring and evaluation, learning and knowledge management.

Experience in international work environments and an understanding of NGO structures, the girls and women’s equality movement and the UN human rights and humanitarian system is essential.