5 billion people do not have access to safe, affordable surgical and anaesthesia care when needed. Can you help a growing organisation address a neglected area of global health care?

Surgery and anaesthesia have a fundamental impact on global health outcomes. Surgical intervention could address over 30% of the global burden of disease, and yet the poorest 33% of people receive just 3.5% of all surgery.

We seek to change this. However with the spread of coronavirus around the world, many of our sought after on-site programmes and courses in anaesthesia care have been suspended. While this has delayed our ability to provide face to face education and training where it is most needed, it also presents us with an exciting opportunity to explore alternative ways to deliver. This role will contribute to the WFSA’s vision and mission and build the overall capacity of the programmes team to increase our ability to provide digital education and training for anaesthesia providers around the world.

The role reports to the Head of Programmes, will liaise regularly with the CEO and will work closely with all members of the Secretariat as well as the WFSA’s Education and other Committees and key stakeholders involved in project outcomes. Relationships with member societies and the WFSA Board and Council will also be important and an ability to interact across a range of stakeholders is essential. This is a new role which offers huge scope for development and learning across a broad remit. The successful candidate will become part of a small WFSA Secretariat team based in London, the candidate must also be able to work from home as required. The Secretariat works with and supports a much larger team of volunteers around the world.

Purpose of the Role

With the input of the Education Committee in particular, the Programmes Team is responsible for the delivery and implementation of all aspects of training and education provided around the world by the WFSA. This role will lead on the design, development and roll-out of a high-quality digital learning experience in three initial stages:

• Working with senior clinicians (training course leads) to transform pre-existing onsite training modules and short training courses into high-quality online products that can be effectively monitored and evaluated. This will result in developing new online training programmes as “stand-alone” courses as well as designing complements to onsite training courses (hybrid models).
• Managing and evaluating existing online learning resources such as the WFSA’s Anaesthesia Tutorial of the Week, Update in Anaesthesia Journal, Virtual Library and COVID-19 Resources.
• Working with WFSA Committees, our clinical volunteers and a variety of partners to establish and deliver new digital learning such as courses, webinars, educational videos and online lectures.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

You will lead on the design, development, maintenance and roll out of our online educational programmes using a range of e-Learning tools and platforms under the guidance of the Head of Programmes. Working alongside the Head of Programmes, WFSA Secretariat and expert volunteer clinicians, you will ensure that the WFSA’s digital education and training is appropriate to the needs of the intended audience, educationally robust, addresses equality, diversity and inclusion (relating to educational access by a range of learners), is evidence based, sustainable and positively impacts on practice.

As part of this role you will be responsible for supporting the WFSA’s Education Committee in identifying areas for improving education and training and propose innovative solutions for meeting current and future needs through the use of digital technology. You will provide expertise and input into the direction of WFSA’s overarching digital education strategy and lead on operational planning, development and delivery of digital education for WFSA, which includes fully online programmes, blended programmes and the general provision of digital resources. 

IF YOU HAVE A PASSION FOR DIGITAL LEARNING THEN WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. PLEASE ALSO DEMONSTRATE HOW YOU MEET THE PERSON SPECIFICATION INCLUDING: 

• Educated to degree level (or equivalent)
• Experience of developing digital learning and of delivering learning resources to a range of stakeholders
• Experience in the operational and strategic delivery of digital education
• Knowledge of pedagogical approaches and methods for designing and delivering online learning to adult learners (e.g. instructional design)
• Proven experience of managing high volume workload and delivering to a consistently excellent standard under pressure
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and ability to lead and contribute to meetings with a wide range of stakeholders providing support and assistance as and when required
• Good project management skills
• Experience of working collaboratively with colleagues to review and improve the quality of online learning content

(See the job description for more details)

If this sounds like you then we would be delighted to receive your application. Please include a CV and a covering letter with your application by the deadline of the 30th of September. Applications that do not include a covering letter will not be considered.

Interviews will take place in London (or online) on the 7th or 8th of October.

Alzheimer’s Research UK is the UK’s leading dementia research charity dedicated to diagnosis, prevention, treatment and cure. Backed by our passionate scientists and supporters, we’re challenging the way people think about dementia, bringing together the people and organisations who can speed up progress, and investing in research to make life-changing breakthroughs possible.

By working at Alzheimer’s Research UK, you will be part of an organisation that has been recognised nationally as an outstanding place to work. In 2020, we were listed 39th in the prestigious Sunday Times 100 Best Not-for-Profit Organisations to Work For.  We were also awarded a 2-star accreditation by Best Companies, recognising outstanding levels of workplace engagement and were listed in the 75 Best Companies to Work For in the East of England.

The Research Informatics Team are responsible for leading the coordination of the Early Detection of Neurodegenerative Diseases (EDoN) initiative. EDoN is a growing and exciting collaboration with more than 13 organisations. This partnership will create a digital toolkit and machine learning models to enable the detection of specific dementia causing diseases decades before overt cognitive symptoms become apparent. The EDoN coordination group led by the Research Informatics Team, provides support to the EDoN initiative and its partners in the following areas: project management, policy and ethics, communications, capacity building, governance and legislation.

The Senior Research Informatics Programme Manager will lead, manage and coordinate the activities across the Research Informatics Team to support the EDoN initiative and its partners to achieve their goals.  Reporting into the Head of Research Informatics, the Senior Research Informatics Programme Manager will help to lead the coordination of technology projects related to early detection, lead the operations of the EDoN coordination group, facilitate the engagement across the EDoN initiative and guide the success of the development and adoption of the EDoN toolkit for early detection

Main duties and responsibilities of the role:

Collaboration

• Contribute to the strategic direction and operational aims of the EDoN initiative, by identifying solutions and making recommendations.  Support the collective decisions made and act as a key advocate to implement and embed the agreed activities.
• Identify and communicate emerging issues of significance and propose solutions to key stakeholders.
• Work closely and collaboratively with Teams across ARUK to maximise the potential of all activities relating to EDoN.
• Support the EDoN Implementation Teams (Hubs), especially the Digital Hub with the evaluation, development and adoption of technology, platforms and applications for capturing, managing and visualising complex data.
• Work with the three Hubs and technology providers to set the strategy, roadmap, and feature definition for the development of the EDoN toolkit.
• Work with the Research Informatics Engagement Manager to identify and facilitate strategic collaboration opportunities for the EDoN initiative, especially with technology providers.
• Work with the Research Informatics Project Manager to ensure the implementation teams deliver on time, within scope and budget.
• Work with the key stakeholders to identify and mitigate risks and develop and promote a strong governance framework.

Best Practice

• Apply best practices in business analysis/user-centred design processes, including user stories and task modelling, user journey mapping, usability and feasibility testing, stakeholder management to ensure working groups successfully discover and meet user and stakeholder goals.
• Drive processes for effective engagement, including facilitating internal and external workshops/meetings, coordinating training, and networking activities to support EDoN data science activities.
• Apply best practices in project management processes, to coordinate and support delivery across internal cross-functional teams.

Team Management

• Provide strong leadership and support to the Research Informatics Team, through coaching, mentoring and developing individuals to deliver an effective and efficient service across the charity.  Carry out performance appraisal meetings and effectively promote team building and collaborative working to deliver the strategic and operational plans.
• Responsible for inputting into and translating the Research Informatics Team strategy and for executing the operational plans for the team.
• Accountable for the strategic/operational performance of the Research Informatics Team.
• Responsible for identifying third party needs for the Research Informatics Team and following risk, compliance and procurement procedures.

Relationship Management

• Represent the Research Informatics Team internally and externally, supporting the Head of Research Informatics to maintain excellent working relationships with internal teams and external partners.

Influencing

• Deliver engaging presentations and messaging.
• Represent ARUK at external events such as at national and international conferences. 

Other

• Provide support with the annual operational planning, budgeting and reforecasting process, ensuring that actual expenditure delivers within budgeted targets.
• Continuously develop professional knowledge and expertise, attending relevant meetings and conferences to ensure up to date knowledge is relevant to the role.
• Undertake any other relevant duties and projects delegated by the Head of Research Informatics in line with the responsibilities of the post.

What we are looking for:

• Doctorate in technology or biomedical research, or equivalent experience
• Excellent analytical, organisational and communication skills
• Excellent skills supporting and coaching colleagues
• Excellent skills delegating work and empowering direct reports
• Proven work experience in project management and coordination, ideally for clinical, data or technology projects
• Experience in designing and delivering digital products, such as software applications, toolkits, and IoTs/wearables
• Proven skills in workshop facilitation/moderation
• Experience fostering and strengthening strategic collaborations in the context of public-private partnerships
• Experience of leading and managing a team
• Exemplary leadership skills with both practical and short/long term strategic vision; ability to build relationships and inspire confidence and respect at all levels; strong team player.
• Excellent communicator – able to build rapport and demonstrate strong influencing, negotiation skills and decision-making skills; excellent listening skills, receptive to feedback and demonstrates flexibility, curiosity, and an ability to learn.
• Ability to explain complex information to all stakeholders.
• Ability to write and present comprehensive reports to the relevant stakeholders.
• Demonstrates and encourages ownership and responsibility; drive/motivation - has a “can-do” attitude and is committed to delivering results and strives for continuous improvement.
• A good blend of strategic and analytical thinking; innovative personality; able to see the bigger picture and set future direction.
• Strong ethical standards and a high level of personal integrity.

Location: Granta Park, near Cambridge.

Salary: Circa £50,000 per annum, plus benefits

Please download the Vacancy Pack for more details.

The closing date for applications is the 6th October 2020, with interviews to be held on the 14th October 2020, via Microsoft Teams. Please indicate in your cover letter if you are unable to attend on this date.

To be considered, please create an online account using our Online Recruitment System which can be accessed through our Job Vacancies Page. You will be able to attach a CV and covering letter to your application, track your application and view other vacancies that may be of interest.

To view further details about this role and the benefits of working for us please visit the Alzheimer’s Research UK website.

About Scope

We’re the disability equality charity. We won't stop until we achieve a society where all disabled people enjoy equality and fairness. At home. At school. At work. In our communities.

We provide practical advice and emotional support whenever people need it most. We use our collective power to change attitudes and end injustice. And we campaign relentlessly to create a fairer society.

About the Role

You will be leading a team of 10 digital product, accessibility, and data specialists to ensure that Scope’s engagement opportunities with our customers and supporters is inclusive and optimised.

You’ll be playing the lead role in our Digital Gateway project, the first part of which is implementing a new enterprise CRM, ensuring that Scope has the right digital foundations upon which to build its future engagements.

You’ll also be shaping the direction of our digital services and products including exploring how to redevelop our online community, and supporting the digital inclusion team with the development of Scope’s accessibility consultancy service.

About you

You’ll be a digital native who understands the potential of and has a track record of creating digital experiences that make a difference to people’s lives. You’ll have a solid technical understanding of how digital platforms work and how data can flow between them You’ll have had experience working with large datasets and CRMs and have had experience delivering a large-scale CRM migration project within a complex organisation. You’ll know about accessibility standards and will understand how to create inclusive and accessible experiences. The ideal candidate will love data and be able to use your analytical mind to help bring clarity and focus to complex processes and challenges. You’ll be an excellent communicator, able to lead and motivate a team, influence and get buy in from the key stakeholders you’ll be working with, and convey a vision and progress towards that vision to all levels of the organisation, from your team to the board.

Disabled candidates

Equality and inclusion are at the heart of everything we do. We want to seize every opportunity to build a truly diverse and inclusive workplace.

We are always looking for applications from disabled people. If you are disabled and you have the skills and, or the experience to do the job, we really want to interview you. Just let us know in your application that you are applying under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme.

About IIRSM

IIRSM is the risk institute for industry and organisations that provide products and services to them. We provide practical education, training, advice, networking and resources to help people and organisations build their capabilities to manage the risks and explore the opportunities they face. We are an independent charity. We speak freely, helping businesses, public organisations, charities and policymakers appreciate the vital role sustainable and targeted risk management plays – from protecting people, reputation and profits. 

The principal activities of the institute include:

1. Recruiting and servicing our international community of members.
2. Working collaboratively with our partners and supporters for mutual benefit.
3. Running regional UK networks and international branches to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and experiences.
4. Supporting professional development of members and the wider public, through training, events, networking and other CPD initiatives. 
5. Publishing IIRSM’s magazine The Sentinel and monthly eNewsletter.
6. Generating, facilitating and publishing resources and technical output in all areas of risk.
7. Seeking sponsorship and funding for specific worthwhile educational projects and campaigns.

About the role

As Head of Learning and Development you will contribute to the development, implementation and marketing of learning and professional development products and initiatives. You will contribute to strategy and policy development, especially around online learning.

Principal accountabilities

Professional development responsibilities

• Work with the Director of Professional Development to review the Institute’s professional development strategies, products and services to ensure they reflect best practice in L&D, remain relevant and value for money, and develop associated operational plans.
• Develop, implement and manage different forms of professional development, such as, face-face training, in-house solutions, eLearning, blogs, videos, knowledge hub, webinars, mentoring schemes, emerging risk leaders’ network etc.
• Liaise with stakeholders to promote and develop IIRSM L&D solutions, focusing on the technical and non-technical competence needs of industry, and risk and business professionals.
• Investigate potential markets and partnerships for IIRSM’s products and services and make recommendations for change and/or development of new solutions.
• Work with the wider team to establish and manage L&D related elements of partnerships with corporates, professional bodies, universities, recruiters and other relevant organisations.  
• Manage the update process for all L&D materials produced by IIRSM to ensure they remain relevant, effective and financially viable.
• Manage IIRSM’s Training Approval Scheme, including conducting reviews of submitted approvals or working with subject matter experts to do so.
• Develop and manage all operational processes, procedures and guidance for learning and development products and services

People, supplier and working group management

• Work with the Membership Services Officer on delivering and managing logistics for webinars, online and face-to-face training.
• Source, recruit and manage volunteers, suppliers, trainers, course developers, partners and other stakeholders to ensure L&D projects, products, services and other activities are delivered efficiently and cost effectively.
• Work with and co-ordinate the activities of working groups associated with L&D activities and initiatives such as the Emerging Risk Leaders’ Network working group.

Marketing and communications

• Keep the website and team up to date with information relating to L&D activities.
• Deliver tactical marketing activities for the promotion and sales of IIRSM’s L&D products and services.

Finance, budgets and management reports

• Manage budgets and forecasts for L&D activities and work with the Director of Professional Development and Director of Finance to undertake ongoing monitoring and control of income and expenditure.
• Produce management reports as requested by the Director of Professional Development.

Skills and experience

You are passionate about L&D and have the ability to manage a varied workload, prioritise and meet continual deadlines with excellent administrative and organisational skills.  It is highly desirable your experience is within a L&D, training and/or qualifications team/function within a charity or professional body. 

Essential

• Strong project management skills
• Budget management 
• Ability to define, develop and implement new business processes
• Confident in using live online learning tools such as webinar and training platforms
• Knowledge of best practice in L&D, particularly regarding online learning
• Strong customer and stakeholder engagement skills – excellent at building relationships and influencing stakeholders, including volunteers
• Strong communicator – verbal, written and presenting
• Worked in a small and busy team or organisation, with the ability to work as a team
• Good research skills, with the ability to pick up the principles of risk management and other relevant topic areas
• Strong organisational skills
• Ability to pick up a variety of IT systems quickly

Desirable

• Worked at both strategic and operational levels.
• Marketed a range of L&D products and services.

Benefits

• Annual leave - 25 days annual leave (pro rata)
• Pension - IIRSM will contribute 12% and you will contribute a minimum of 5%.
• Travel - Interest free season ticket loan.
• Life Cover - Four times salary.

How to apply

To apply, please send your CV and covering letter as one document and include your current salary.

Closing date for applications is 5pm on Thursday 24 September

Initial interview will take place online and will be on 30 September and 1 October.

Final interview will be in London f2f w/c 5 October.

Start date will be around 26 October.

Please note, applications will be reviewed as we receive them and if a suitable candidate is identified we reserve the right to close our advert sooner. 

***Previous applicants need not apply***

About us

Food for Life (FFL) is an exciting and fast-growing programme that bring schools, nurseries, hospitals and care homes, and their surrounding communities, together around the core ethos of healthy, tasty and sustainable food.

Our programme is about making good food the easy choice for everyone – making healthy, tasty and sustainable meals the norm for all to enjoy, reconnecting people with where their food comes from, teaching them how it’s grown and cooked, and championing the importance of well-sourced ingredients.

We work with schools, nurseries, hospitals and care homes, helping them build knowledge and skills through a ‘whole setting approach’. This engages children and parents, staff, patients and visitors, caterers, carers and the wider community to create a powerful voice for long-term change.

About the opportunity

This is a unique opportunity to help shape and lead our Business Development Team for Food For Life, this role comes at an exciting time in the development of our new and ambitious ten year strategy at The Soil Association and we are looking for someone to develop and secure our portfolio of income generation to ensure a sustainable future for the Food For Life Programme and meets its ambitions for impact on Climate, Nature and Health.

Your role

As our Head of Business Development, you will work throughout the UK across a range of programmes and products to generate a portfolio of earned income for the Food For Life programme , including the management of public sector commissions and Food for Life Served Here accredited schemes.

This is a busy, fast paced role, which requires an innovative mindset, to help shape and position our approach to income generation. You will enjoy building relationships, spotting opportunities and managing a small, dynamic team to deliver a sustainable business model for the FFL programme.

About you

You’ll thrive in this role if you are an innovative business developer, commercially-minded and committed to making a difference in the world. We are looking for a passionate leader, with the following skills and experience to make a real impact:

• Proven experience of managing 6 figure cost budgets and achieving commercial outcomes

• Experience managing and motivating a team

• Experienced relationship builder across multiple stakeholder types

• Substantial experience of delivering and reporting in a multi-agency partnership, preferably in education, community development or public health.

• Substantial programme development experience across multiple range of settings and sectors

• Proven track record of securing relationships and income from public, private and charity sectors, with track record of delivering 7 figure sum income portfolios

• Bid/tender writing with demonstrable success rate

• Experience of successfully positioning programmes as a means to help stakeholders/other organisations achieve their targets

• Sound knowledge of programme delivery mechanisms and the results of the evaluation

Our Benefits

Working with us you will have a range of financial and lifestyle benefits, including 27 days annual holiday plus bank holidays, increasing to 30 days with service (pro rata for part-time). For more information on our benefits please visit our website.

Important dates

Closing date for applications: 9am, Wednesday 30th September
Interviews are expected to take place: During week commencing 5th October

To Apply

Please note a full driving license is required for this role due to the travel involved

Previous applicants need not apply.

Please read our full job description for this role.

Please submit your CV with a covering letter (both in Microsoft Word format). Your covering letter must cover the “essential” criteria listed in the Job Description. Failure to submit a covering letter may mean your application is removed from the shortlisting process. Please make sure that the file names of the documents you attach contain your name (first name and surname).

Please also complete our equal ops form and return this with your CV and cover letter.

Please note we look at applications on arrival and reserve the right to close this vacancy early.

Soil Association is committed to providing equal opportunities for all applicants regardless of their background. We value diversity whilst also acknowledging that people from certain backgrounds are underrepresented in our organisation. If you’re not sure about applying, please get in touch with us for a chat.

Thank you for your interest in Food for Life and our job opportunities.

Are you experienced in UX/UI design?  Do you have a strong technical skill set and the ability to inventively solve problems? 

If so you could be the Digital Product Designer we need.

About the role

The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is driving a period of dynamic digital change and growth. To support this, a Digital Content & Experiences Centre of Excellence has been established to step change the impact of digital experiences for BHF customers – leading and supporting aspects of our digital strategy, as well as setting robust standards for online delivery.

As our Digital Product Designer, you’ll work on end-to-end sprint-based delivery from ideation through user research, low-fi sketches, visual concepting, wireframing through to fully interactive, responsive production prototypes ready for development and user testing. 

Creating world class front-end customer experiences you’ll be comfortable with a variety of digital analysis tools including Google Analytics and SessionCam, to analyse audience interaction with our sites and develop evidence-based recommendations.

About you

The ideal candidate will be a bold and brilliant visual designer with strong expertise delivering conversion focused microsites and content offers to market that serve and delight customers across mobile and web. Our products include high traffic mass participation and third party events, individual giving fundraising offers, branded experiences, innovation MVPs and more.

You’ll be a bold and brave creative with strong expertise delivering conversion focused microsites and content offers to market that serve and delight customers across mobile and web. You’ll have a thirst for optimising user research and an eye for designing world-class customer experiences online.

A strong problem solver who’s able to use their initiative to approach difficult problems, you’ll be able to understand a wide range of audiences and customer needs, building lasting relationships across the organisation.

You’ll also need: 
• An outstanding portfolio demonstrating first class UX and UI work 
• Solid knowledge of responsive web design, cross-browser compatibility, creating world-class customer experiences online and how to validate them with real people
• Practical knowledge of HTML, CSS and JQuery/JavaScript 
• Understanding of personalisation, UX principles, A/B and multivariate testing and CRO tactics
• Knowledge of analysis and conversion

At the British Heart Foundation we actively support our people in their career development and achieving their potential. The role will benefit from access to comprehensive learning and development as well as informal expert mentoring and coaching opportunities.

About us

We’re here to keep hearts beating and blood flowing. With research spanning all heart and circulatory diseases, we are out to beat the world’s biggest killers. From head to toe you have over 60,000 miles of blood vessels in your body so we have our work cut out.

How to apply

To apply for this role please use the apply button below. Our process involves submitting your CV and supporting statement, which should outline your interest and explain how you meet the role’s criteria. 

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early. 

Please note this is a 3 month contract with potential to extend 
 
Interviews will be held via MS Teams.

Coeliac UK currently has an exciting opportunity for a Head of Sales to join them based in High Wycombe. You will join us on a permanent, full time basis working 35hrs per week (occasional evening and weekend work). Regular home working may be possible. A competitive salary of circa £40,000 plus 36 days holiday a year including bank holidays.

The Head of Sales role:

Coeliac UK is committed to increasing food safety for people reliant on gluten free food for health reasons. Commercial Services supports this by working with food sector businesses to raise confidence in gluten free foods, providing independent certification of gluten free products, accrediting catering functions and training.

New entrants into the market for gluten free food safety challenge us to develop a stronger sales focus that defines our value offer and differentiates us from emerging competitors. As Head of Sales you will be expected to develop compelling strategies for increasing market awareness.

Key responsibilities of the Head of Sales:

- Support the Director of Commercial Services in delivering the charity’s strategic aims and marketing objectives
- Manage sales activities across the charity’s product range (currently licensing, accreditation and training)
- Lead sales of advertising and sponsorship opportunities
- Undertake face to face and remote sales leading to customer engagement and acquisition
- Lead and manage the sales’ team to deliver against plan and budget
- Develop and roll out account management processes
- Monitor client feedback and sector trends to identify opportunities for improving existing products or developing new ones
- Market and deliver relevant insights to commercial partners to drive improvements in choice, price and service
- Develop relationships for the role and for the benefit of the charity’s overall mission
- Promote trade between the charity’s commercial partners
- Contribute to project teams to develop existing or new products
- Promotion of gluten free food safety in the press and at events
- Prepare and deliver pitches to prospective customers through to close deals
- Manage the sales pipeline to make best use of the charity’s resources and produces tangible sales
- Secure income to agreed targets
- Manage staff and the strategy against the charity’s policies and values
- Manage progression through the sales pipeline

Knowledge, Skills and Experience required for the Head of Sales:

- Strong sales background
- Scientific or technical background is desirable
- Ability to build relationships and rapport and skilled in account management
- Analytical and numerate with necessary skills to produce, monitor and interpret financial information and reports
- A positive, personable and confident communicator
- A confident motivated team player, experienced in managing people
- Ability to identify new business opportunities and generate additional income

- Ability to manage workload on own initiative within a team environment and to motivate people
- Attentive to detail
- Keen to help with and work on a variety of projects
- Flexible approach
- Knowledge of the FMCG market and ideally the gluten-free market is desirable

Our Head of Sales will ideally have the following Competencies:

- Likely to be general manager
- Lead multi-discipline teams to deliver income solutions to clients often with long lead times
- Operate in a slightly complex environment
- Build the annual plan in line with strategy
- Understand wider external processes affecting clients, how tenders are invited and can be won
- Focus on developing long term partnerships with key clients
- Anticipate internal/external issues which will impact income targets and organisation development plans
- Manage costs for very large projects
- Act as a resource for resolution of unique or complex problems affecting the management of accounts
- Develop longer term plans in line with overall strategy, manages resources to achieve the plan
- Develop the income strategy, lobbies key players and negotiates highly complex, high risk contracts

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties to be performed by the employee. This job description may be altered to reflect the needs of the charity.

Please Note due to an unprecedented response the application deadline will be Monday 21 September.

If you would like to be considered as our Head of Sales, please apply now with your CV and cover letter. We’d love to hear from you!

Head Held High lead highly interactive and motivational behaviour change workshops and programmes focusing on encouraging individuals to become a product of themselves and not their past, limited self-beliefs or environment. We have been working in partnership with The Ben Kinsella Trust over the last 3 years running our extremely successful "The Best You" 6-week motivational programme for young people who are on the verge of exclusion, displaying negative behaviour, lacking in confidence and direction or affiliated with criminal activity.

We are looking for inspiring, strong and open individuals who can connect and motivate young people who need an extra boost and attention in their lives. The work is part-time and having mainly run the programmes in Islington, we are now due to start working in areas such as Barking and Dagenham, Camden, Forest Hill and more. So the work is London wide and the course consists of 1 x 1.5-hour workshops a week for 6 weeks generally taking place in a school with a small group of 6 to 8 young people. 

We aim for each person to leave us with tangible results and a new and improved action plan to move forward with.

We work in a very hands-on way, sharing personal experiences such as challenges we have overcome in our lives and the power of taking responsibility. We set our participant's weekly tasks to improve on areas in their family home life to their education and vocational work. Our facilitators need to have the following qualities:

Positive and confident communication

Assertive and resolution based 

Dynamic and passionate about young peoples growth and development

Open, honest and enjoy supporting individuals in becoming the best versions of themselves.

Our work is rewarding for not only the young people but for the facilitators too as it pushes us to grow as individuals whilst supporting the growth of others.

Head of Delivery

(Ref SUS2995)

£35,743 per annum

37.5 hours per week – based in Nottingham, Birmingham or Peterborough

Do you want a new challenge and an opportunity to use your skills to make a difference to people’s lives? This is an exciting opportunity to lead our delivery team in the Midlands & East, contributing to the strategic direction of the region as a member of the senior leadership team, overseeing the behavior change and community engagement projects of the team, and ensuring the promotion of sustainable and active travel initiatives.

With demonstrable success in leading, motivating and developing a team, substantial experience of project and programme management and proven success at turning creative ideas into funded work, you will have a collaborative approach and have the ability to be proactive in supporting teams to find constructive solutions.  Your excellent written and verbal communications skills, along with your excellent influencing and negotiation skills will enhance your ability to build and develop strong productive on-going relationships.  You will have a comprehensive understanding of the benefits of active travel and knowledge of behavior change and community engagement approaches.  You will also have a passionate commitment to the promotion of sustainable transport.

Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9am on Monday 28 September 2020. We may close the job early if sufficient applications have been received so please make sure you submit your application as soon as possible. Interviews will take via Teams / Zoom on Monday 5 and/or Tuesday 6 October 2020.

Sustrans is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion.  We welcome applications from people with the appropriate skills from all parts of the community.

Contract Type: Maternity Cover for 10 months

Start Date: November 2020 

You will work primarily from home for the foreseeable future but this role is based in London.

Prince’s Trust International draws on the programme portfolio developed by The Prince’s Trust in the UK and is currently running pilot and rollout projects to test and grow our models & develop new ones, including greater digitized solutions, across a variety of countries, working with governments and NGOs, as well as corporate partners.

In Asia, Prince’s Trust International has been working in Malaysia, India and Pakistan for one, two and four years respectively. Supporting young people to learn, work and thrive, we have been working in partnerships with local NGOs and social enterprise bodies engaging nearly 2,000 young people in 2019.

This role is central to the growth of delivery in the region and will be responsible for managing existing and potentially new partnerships as well as supporting a thriving team. We believe in building a diverse and inclusive organisation that is representative of, and responsive to the needs of the communities we work with.  You will have a keen understanding of cultural issues in the region and be a champion of promoting diversity and inclusion.

We seek to work to the highest quality standards and to ensure the health and safety of all the young people we work with as well as the well-being of our colleagues and partners.

If you share our values and our ambition; if you have the energy and determination; and if you have the proven leadership skills to make a significant impact in countries across the world, then we will welcome your application for this post.

For more information, please go to the job description.

Perks for working at Prince's Trust International:

• Great holiday package! 30 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays. Office closure the days between Christmas and New Year
• Fantastic Family leave! Receive 13 weeks full pay and 13 weeks half pay for maternity and adoption leave. Receive 8 weeks full pay for paternity leave.
• Flexible working! Where operationally possible, you can work hours to fit in with, school hours or care arrangements for example and you can also work from home.
• Interest-free season ticket loans
• Benefits platform! Everything from health and financial wellbeing support to discounts on your favourite restaurants, shops and cinemas
• PTI will contribute 5% of your salary to the Trust Pension Scheme
• Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary)

The Prince's Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment, we undertake basic disclosure checks in accordance with the Codes of Practice for all roles within the Trust, and for our roles working directly with young people, at an enhanced level. Having a criminal record will not automatically exclude applicants.

We are committed to equality and believe in building a diverse organisation that is representative of and responsive to the needs of our young people and stakeholders.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES:

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

Req ID: 434 

The Drive Partnership - Respect, SafeLives and Social Finance – believes domestic abuse is not acceptable or inevitable. Drive works with high-harm, high-risk and serial perpetrators of domestic abuse to prevent their abusive behaviour and protect victims. At the same time we are working with together to develop a sustainable, national response to perpetrators of domestic abuse that knits together local services, complementing and enhancing existing interventions.  The primary aim of this work is to reduce the number of child and adult victims of domestic abuse by developing a whole system response that drives service users to change their behaviour.  Our vision is that one day there will be a consistent  approach which sees agencies in all PCC and local authority areas across England and Wales working together to disrupt abuse and change behaviour. 

Purpose of this role

Working alongside the Drive Director, National Programme Lead, and the communication, policy and public affairs lead, this post will manage resources from across the partnership, to ensure co-ordinated and successful delivery of the Drive partnerships national systems change objectives, including:

1. Raising awareness and capacity across voluntary and statutory services through workforce development training, sharing learning, events, seminars and building partnerships, particularly within children’s social care
2. Identifying systemic gaps in perpetrator response and propose solutions to them – taking the insights gleaned from the delivery of Drive and using them as the starting point to develop new models with a particular focus on improving responses for black and minoritised groups, and the LGBTQ community
3. Building the evidence base and ensuring there is a feedback loop between evidence and frontline practice
4. Promoting Quality assurance of perpetrator provision across both voluntary and statutory sectors
5. Supporting the Communications, policy and Public Affairs team

The post will be responsible for ensuring that all the systems change work, at its core, reflects the needs of minoritised groups.

JOB OPPORTUNITY at one of the UK’s leading Impact Investing PlatformsEthex/Energise Africa.

Investment Product Innovation Manager

2-year fixed-term contract with the potential for the role to be made permanent.

Start date asap.

Oxford – flexible working available

Salary: Competitive and dependent on experience

The Investment Product Innovation Manager role is a fantastic opportunity to join Ethex to lead on the development of financial products for Ethex’s sister impact investing platform, Energise Africa as part of its scale-up activities over the next 2 years.

Ethex and Energise Africa Ethex is a multi-award-winning positive investment retail platform that brings together the best positive and ethical savings and investment opportunities to make it easy for everyone to #makemoneydogood.

On our platform, individuals can invest in and save with businesses that are promoting causes they believe in – whether it’s fighting climate change, reducing poverty or building resilient communities. In 2017, we launched Energise Africa, offering people a chance to fight climate change by investing in pioneering businesses that install life-changing solar home systems in sub-Saharan Africa.

Since 2013, Ethex and Energise Africa have helped raise close to £100 million of investment for over 100 impactful organisations from ~20,000 positive savers and investors. We are a leading innovator in the field and this role offers the right candidate an excellent opportunity to be part of an organisation at the cutting edge of making positive investing mainstream. Energise Africa is innovating when it comes to the catalytic blending of finance from individual investors, governments, foundations and corporates to deliver pioneering financial products to the market that help to much better meet the needs of investors and investees alike. We have ambitious plans to use the power of Fintech to drive transformational change across the finance sector when it comes to bridging the UN SDG finance gap and enabling people to use their money in direct ways to take meaningful action on climate change.

Investment Product Innovation Manager

This is a strategic role where you will be working with new and existing partners (UK aid, Virgin Unite and Good Energises Foundation) to accelerate and scale up the platform, generating up to $100 million of investment over the next two years by creating and deploying innovative financial products into mainstream impact investing for everyday people. This position will be instrumental in developing new financial products and mechanisms which can appropriately de-risk emerging market investment opportunities in renewable energy companies – ensuring they are appropriate and accessible for a mainstream audience by blending capital from a variety of sources in pioneering ways.

The Investment Product Innovation Manager’s responsibilities include:

1) New financial product development and delivery:

• Work on the design and delivery of a series of new financial products as stipulated in the P4G work plan including; a new retail fund, the design of a credit default pool, guarantees, match and first loss co-investment.

• Work in collaboration with functional teams across Energise Africa and its partners to support the successful launch of these new products, both from a retail and institutional investment perspective.

• Work with internal and external service provides to ensure that Energise Africa has appropriate systems and infrastructure in place to efficiently and effectively deliver high-quality products which exceed the expectations of our investors.

• Develop a comprehensive understanding of the UK and European regulatory environment and use this knowledge to identify potential opportunities and challenges to Energise Africa’s shorter and longer-term investment and product development strategy.

2) Strategic Partnerships:

• Work collaboratively with public and private organisations and key sector stakeholders to develop innovative finance mechanisms using catalytic capital blended in innovative ways to accelerate affordable energy access across subSaharan Africa and potentially other emerging markets, which are commercially viable.

• Assist with securing potential sources of funding to support the development and piloting of new financial products and approaches across new geographies and new sectors.

3) Ongoing Product Management:

• Analyse and interpret investor data and monitor the competitor and regulatory environment to ensure the effective optimisation of Energise Africa’s existing product portfolio to ensure high levels of investor appeal and satisfaction and overall profitability.

• Tracking emerging market trends and competitor offerings across the UK, Europe and Worldwide.

• Engage and manage relationships with key consultants and advisors to ensure products are and remain fully compliant. • Develop and work with a coalition of stakeholders and policymakers across the green finance and ESG community sharing knowledge and best practice and positioning Energise Africa and its partners as an innovator in the sector

Key skills and experience:

• Degree educated (preferably with a focus on Finance/Maths/Statistics/Economics)

• Minimum of 5+ years of work experience in the public and private sector, including investment banking, developing structured financial products and / or development finance

• Knowledge of experience in green finance, including climate finance, green bonds, relevant project finance and impact investing is highly desirable

• Proven success of managing complex projects involving multiple stakeholders and partners

• This person will take a dynamic and entrepreneurial approach to developing and implementing these products, developing effective work around strategies to solve problems as they arise

• Strong attention to detail • Excellent communication skills, and able to interact with individuals at various levels • Analytical approach and an ability to apply this commercially

• Able to show initiative and look for ways to improve existing processes

• Ability to work under pressure and to strict time lines and manage multiple priorities

• Must be tough and prepared to stand up for their opinions

• Must look for solutions to problems rather than just an identifier of issues

Desirable experience:

• Some experience with new technologies such as blockchain, machine learning and algolending techniques

• An understanding of the UNFCCC framework and the various UN financing institutions (Green Climate Fund, Global Environment Facility) and environmental and carbon market mechanisms that exist and which Energise Africa maybe able to benefit from as part of its growth strategy

• Relationships with donor governments including UK, Netherlands, Norway, Germany or Denmark

Our Values

1. We want to create a positive impact and make a difference in the world.

2. We love helping communities, social entrepreneurs and businesses in innovative ways

3. We aim to provide excellent customer service and treat all our investors fairly.

4. We are a dynamic, professional and knowledgeable team with a friendly, can-do attitude.

5. We are a small team that likes delivering big impact.

What it means to be part of the Ethex team

• You can work with mission-driven, happy people and help grow an award-winning fintech social enterprise.

• Visit some of the social businesses we are supporting to see positive impact on the ground.

• Put forward awesome projects that we should be raising investment for. • Enjoy flexible working hours if it works for you and us.

• A good amount of holiday plus some extra days around Christmas when we close to have a rest.

• Statutory pension scheme

• Plenty of bike racks to stash your bike

Please send your CV and a covering letter specifically telling us why you should be our number one candidate by the 20th September for consideration.

Please include your salary expectations but remember folks, we’re a social enterprise.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a team that develops new products and provides innovative services which deliver greater choice for disabled people. We are a creative and inspiring team, operating with the freedom to explore and deliver exciting new ways of working, beyond statutory provision.

We’re seeking a Lead Occupational Therapist to provide clinical leadership for Designability, with responsibility for the delivery of therapy services, as well as leading and contributing to research projects, and providing knowledge and insight to product development projects.

You will have:

• Experience of managing occupational therapy service delivery, understanding and meeting client expectations.
• Clinical knowledge of a wide range of disabilities with both theoretical and practical experience.
• Experience of leading and supporting innovation and change.
• Experience of leading quality improvement and service developments.

The number of disabled people in the UK is growing each year and our products are
now needed more than ever. We deliver choice by involving disabled people across
our organisation and throughout the design process to create innovative product solutions not available elsewhere.

You will be joining a small team which includes mechanical and electronics engineers, workshop technicians, product designers, occupational therapists, fundraisers, researchers and administrators. Our team is led by strong values: we are creative, inclusive and practical, with our vision being to create a future where every person with a disability has the products they want to live the life they choose.

Designability is in a strong financial position, with healthy reserves to support our ambitious plans to expand our charitable operations.

Designability was recently awarded second place in the ‘Best Charities to Work For 2020’ list by Third Sector which is a reflection of our team highly rating the fact that we encourage activities that create strong teams and foster good personal relationships. Our staff also stated their confidence in Designability’s leadership and strategic planning.

The University of Bath provide us with recruitment support and applications are made through the University of Bath Jobs website. We choose to follow many of the University of Bath’s human resources policies. However, Designability is a fully independent charity and our staff contracts are not with the University.

There is one position available however we are reviewing applications on a rolling basis, all applications will receive a response.

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for more details.

We are looking for a Digital lead to drive the delivery of a range of new products to support carers across Bath & North East Somerset.

As part of our small but innovative team, you will actively deliver and monitor new products, taking ownership from ideation through to launch.

The right candidate will help us deliver our vision of a community where carers of today and tomorrow are full recognised, valued and supported and have what they need to stay well, in control and feel  connected.