Vacancy Reference Number:

HOP/P/UK-R1

Position title:

Head of Programmes

Reports to:

Programme Director

Location:

Muslim Hands, 148 – 164 Gregory Boulevard, Gregory House, Nottingham, NG7 5JE

And

Remotely

Hours of Work:

Full-time, 35 hours per week

Salary guideline:

(Up to) £40,000.00 per annum (commensurate with experience)

Terms of Employment:

Permanent Contract (with a 3-Month Probationary Period)

Application Process & Closing Date:

Send an up-to-date CV and supporting Covering Letter by Email by no later than Wednesday, 17th February 2021

Approx. Interview & Role Commencement Date(s):

Interviews: W/C 1st March 2021

Start: ASAP thereafter

Note: Strong Applicants may be contacted sooner, ahead of the closing date, to hold a Zoom Interview with Muslim Hands.

About Us:

Muslim Hands is a UK based international relief organisation working in over 40 countries worldwide. The Head Office in Nottingham and a fundraising team in Whitechapel London; occasional travel between the two locations. Muslim Hands UK is seeking an enthusiastic and passionate individual to join our team during an exciting period of growth and change as we have ambitious plans to grow our activities by 2025.

Role Overview:

The Head of Programmes will ensure the implementation of the MH programmes Strategy, which encompasses the implementation of international programme. 

 The Head of UK Programmes will report to the Director of Programmes and manage the thematic programmes team.

The candidate will have demonstrable experience of successful delivery of international programmes and project management. Ideally will have experience and knowledge of WASH, Food, Health and Livelihood programmes.

Main Responsibilities:

• Strategy
  • To ensure that the MH programmes strategy and theory of change for MH programmes aligns with and in support MH’s global strategy.
  • Carry out regular performance and annual review of programmes based on strategic aims and KPI’s
• Programme Management
  • Review proposals of proposed interventions to ensure innovative projects and programmes are designed adhering to sectoral standards, principles in accordance with guideline on humanitarian interventions and best practice
  • Overseeing end to end cycle of the programme
  • Effectively coordinate and liaise with partners to successfully implement interventions
  • Ensure effective M&E arrangements through impact evaluation.
  • Ensure the programme is in line with MH policies and procedures
  • Ensure the effective use of the internal programme management system
  • Ensure all programmes are in line with due diligence, risk procedures  
• Finance and compliance
  • To ensure effective implementation of projects through progress and financial reporting
  • Develop MH programme budget
  • Ensure that all records are maintained and stored appropriately in line with MH document management and IT policies
  • Ensure documents and relevant procedures are correctly and appropriately applied.
• Networking and Influencing
  • To significantly raise the profile and visibility of MH Program
  • Represent MH on national and regional platforms. To develop understanding and support and to work in collaboration with faith-based and non-faith-based organisations
  • Using MH and other networks with local CSOs and Government bodies to promote MH UK programmes
  • Coordinate with internal stakeholders to ensure the internal visibility of MH programmes
• Capacity Strengthening 
  • Provide insight into programme trends to all relevant internal stakeholders and become a champion for Programmes internally and externally
  • Ensure the vision, values and aim of the programme continue to be embedded in all areas of work and are clearly communicated internally and externally.
  • Ensuring areas of MH are in line with current Programmes trends
  • To work closely with colleagues and partners with relevant technical expertise to ensure (planning, monitoring, fundraising, M&E and governance and other appropriate support is available for programmes.
• Communication and Marketing
  • To provide key case studies to communication colleagues, in order to create further opportunities by highlighting key stories which heighten the awareness of the Programmes
• To undertake all tasks and duties in an effective, efficient, transparent, and wholly accountable manner
• To demonstrate Muslim Hands’ values and ethics in own working practices, approach and conduct.
• To support with Fundraising activities from time-to-time, committing to partake in fundraising activities and ensuring the availability of staff during our peak periods.
• To undertake any reasonable responsibilities as required by Line Manager.
• To promote and adhere to all Muslim Hands Policies, Procedures and Professional Practices.

Note: This job description will change from time to time due to changes within the Organisation as well as the updating of procedures within your department.  If there is a major change to your role then a new job description will be produced.

About the Successful Candidate:

Essential:

• Ability to demonstrate current eligibility to work within the United Kingdom
• Must be able to either:

1. Provide a valid Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) certificate (issued within the last year) when requested by Muslim Hands; OR
2. Undertake to provide full cooperation for Muslim Hands to perform a DBS Check at the required level appropriate for this / similar role.

• Uphold Muslim Hands’ Organisational Values

Education:

Essential:

• University Degree (BA, BSc).

Desirable:

• MBA, or masters level degree in International Development or related subject.

Experience:

Essential:

• Experience of programme management in low- and middle-income countries.
• Experience of leading and managing teams.
• Setting up new projects and programmes.
• Understanding of and working with monitoring and evaluation frameworks.

Desirable:

• Charities/INGO experience.
• Experience of working with institutional donors

This is a very rewarding position for the right person. If you feel this is you please send your CV with a cover letter explaining why you feel you are suitable quoting the above reference number!!

Deadline for applications is Wednesday, 17th February 2021, however, we reserve the right to end the application procedure early should the right candidate be found. 

NB: Unfortunately, we will only be able to contact successful candidates so if you have not heard from us by the closure date unfortunately your application will have been unsuccessful. 

Are you seeking a fantastic opportunity to play a vital role in a dynamic growing charity supporting young refugees and asylum seekers?

The new senior post of Head of Finance and Internal Operations, is an exciting role which is critical for Young Roots' delivery of our new three-year strategy.

Reporting directly to the Chief Executive, and a key member of the Senior Management Team, the role combines strategic thinking and operational activity.  The post-holder will have an excellent track record of charity finance leadership and operation, and be excited by building a wider team to manage Human Resources and IT and other internal functions.

Young Roots is at an exciting stage of its development.  Our income has trebled in the last 5 years, and the number of restricted funds has increased five-fold in the same period.  This growth has enabled us to develop our services and activities to support more young refugees and asylum seekers in a deeper and more sustainable way.  The new senior post of Head of Finance and Internal Operations, is an exciting opportunity to play a vital role in enabling the charity to deliver our new three-year strategy, ensuring we are achieving our targets for the years ahead.

Young Roots recognises the positive value of diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We value the differences that a diverse workforce brings and are committed to inclusivity, and to employing and supporting a diverse workforce. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and particularly welcome BAME candidates and those with lived experience of migration and the asylum system. Our selection procedures ensure that people are treated on the basis of their relevant merits, experience, skills and abilities. Young Roots is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. Successful applicants will be required to undertake a criminal record check via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Head of Impact

Would you like to apply your passion and expertise to help ensure our charity can effectively measure the impact of the work that we fund and maximises its contribution to changing children’s lives?

We have an exciting new Head of Impact role here at Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity (GOSH Charity) to recruit to, and this post will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of the charity and supporting a culture change to embed impact monitoring across our charitable expenditure and help us achieve our strategic goals.

Over the last 5-10 years our charitable support has grown and diversified with the charity committing approximately £500m of grant funding to over 500 projects, including a wide-ranging portfolio of research spend. The role will focus on supporting the charity to 1) measure; and 2) communicate our impact effectively from prior and future investment, so that we can engage, inform and inspire our stakeholders by telling them our impact story and how we are fulfilling our purpose and achieving the social impact and change that we and they seek.

The charity is about to launch a new and ambitious organisational strategy, with impact centre stage as one of the three central pillars, alongside income and partnerships. This will be supported by developing a new framework for impact reporting that will help us to provide engaging information to internal and external stakeholders, that demonstrates the impact of the charitable funding.

The post holder will develop an extensive and varied network, as their work will see them operating across the charity, the hospital, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (ICH) and UCL more broadly, as well as engaging with external partners.

About the Team:

The Grants Team has three main responsibilities;

• working with the hospital to understand their priorities for charitable funding and ensure there are robust funding mechanisms and processes in place.
• monitoring and evaluating the impact of the work funded by the charity.
• providing support to fundraisers with compelling and engaging information on funding priorities and projects.

There are two sub-teams in Grants at the charity currently totalling eight people – funding is one aspect, and impact and grant communications is the other, with the latter being the responsibility of this new post.

About You

We are looking for a talented individual with experience of impact monitoring and evaluation and routes to achieving it, with preferably a strong knowledge of evaluation techniques and methodologies. You will have extensive communications experience, ideally within a medical research funding, NHS or scientific environment. You will be able to quickly understand and identify impact from complex scientific and clinical concepts and translate them into concise and inspiring copy, documents and presentations for the relevant audience, through various channels. The content that you and your team produce will be essential for the charity's fundraising activities, its website and various externally orientated publications.

You will be a creative, enthusiastic and an autonomous worker with proven leadership qualities and the ability thrive in a flexible and sometimes ambiguous, complex and demanding environment.

Specifically, you will need to have:

• A postgraduate research degree in a relevant area or equivalent work experience.
• Extensive communication experience (at least five years), including interpretation and delivery of research and other information to different audiences, including both scientific and lay.
• Experience of designing and implementing impact evaluation frameworks and reporting.

About the Charity

Every day brings new challenges at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). Every day, over 600 seriously ill children from across the UK arrive for life-changing treatments. Every day, young lives hang in the balance as patients, families and staff battle the most complex illnesses. And every day, the brightest minds come together to achieve pioneering medical breakthroughs that change the lives of thousands of children – and change the world. This extraordinary hospital has always depended on charitable support to give seriously ill children the best chance to fulfil their potential. Without donations, Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity can’t help fund ground-breaking research, advanced equipment, child and family support services, and the rebuilding and refurbishment of wards and medical facilities. Our staff help to raise these vital funds for the hospital. A better future for seriously ill
children starts with you.

How to Apply

Please click on the apply button in the top right-hand corner where you will be taken to a short application form to complete. You are encouraged to include a cover letter with your application and should refer to the ‘Application and Interview FAQs’ on the career section of our website before you apply.

Location: WC1N Central London (currently home-based)

Contract type: Full Time, Permanent

Hours: 37.5 per week

Salary: £58,000 - £63,000 per annum

Closing date: 5pm on 26th March

You may have experience of the following: Head of Impact, Marketing, Communications, Head of Marketing, Marketing Manager, Communications Officer, Fundraising, Head of Communications, Business Development, Charity, NFP, Charities, Not for Profit, etc.

Ref: 97275

The Sleep Charity, an award winning, national organsation, is seeking an ambitious Head of Sleep Support Services in a new strategic role to support a growing organisation. 

For full details please download the application pack, forms can be returned by email

Reading Mencap has a vacancy for a new post of Head of Business Development

£40,000 FTE pro rate for 30 hours per week

Initially home based during the pandemic and subsequently based at our main building in Alexandra Road, Reading, the role will lead on developing and implementing Reading Mencap’s income generation strategy and development of new business opportunities in the town.

Please send completed application forms  by the closing date of 10th March 2021

Are you looking for an opportunity to positively influence the physical and mental wellbeing of communities across the country?

Fields in Trust champions and supports our parks and green spaces by protecting them for people to enjoy in perpetuity. Because once lost, they are lost forever. Parks and green spaces in the UK are under threat and it is up to all of us to stem this cycle of disappearance and decline. Parks and green spaces are proven to help people stay physically and mentally well; places where we can all move, breathe, run and play.

Based in West London, with a dedicated team of 15, Fields in Trust work with landowners, community groups and policy makers to champion the value of our parks and green spaces to achieve better protection for their future at both local and national level.

Following the launch of our new strategy, we have become more data driven to protect parks and green spaces. We will adopt a more evidence driven approach to work with stakeholders to improve health and wellbeing for people through the protection of parks and green spaces. We also want to work more closely with local authorities and central government, to ensure the furtherance of our work and impact.  

This is an exciting time to join us. The importance of green spaces and parks for people to stay physically and mentally well as well as driving social cohesion, combatting loneliness and building community spirit has never been higher. We have an important role to play in championing and protecting these spaces and are ambitious to do more.

The Head of Projects and Stewardship is a newly created position. Reporting to the Chief Executive, you will be responsible for co-creating and leading the execution of projects to improve health, wellbeing and the environment through the protection of new parks and green spaces across the UK, alongside the ongoing stewardship requirements of the portfolio of protected spaces. Drawing on the expertise of the wider team to analyse potential impact and fundability you will identify and recommend the most significant engagement opportunities and be adept at realising those in practice and process.

You may come with experience and networks with local authorities, or you may have occupied a similar role in a broader project focused role in another charity, health or environmental setting. Whatever your background we are looking for someone with excellent relationship development and management, skills, exceptional programme and project management abilities and a collaborative approach.

We are searching for someone who is a creative and strategic thinker, is solution-focused and capable of delivering the most out of our limited resources. You will be skilled in managing a multi-disciplinary team, possess excellent organisational skills and meticulous attention to detail, and be able to prioritise activities from a range of strategically significant tasks.

This is a role with huge scope and possibility, so we are looking for someone who has the ability to identify opportunities to innovate and improve our process and delivery. As a confident communicator you will play a pivotal role in building connections across the team and develop external stakeholder relationships at local and national level.

If you are interested in a role which will be the catalyst in enabling us to increase our impact and are passionate about the potential of green spaces doing good and being protected for good, we’d love to hear from you.

For further information and details of how to formally apply, please visit the job page on Peridot Partners' website via the application method on this site.

About Future Frontiers

In the UK, family income is the strongest predictor of how well a young person will do at school and the future opportunities they will have. Future Frontiers exists to change this.

We are an award-winning education charity with an innovative approach to tackling educational inequality in the UK.  By partnering with schools and forward-thinking businesses, we provide young people with an intensive programme of face-to-face career coaching and opportunities to engage with relevant sector role models in the lead up to major crossroads in their education aged 16 and 18. 

Why we need you

We are seeking an exceptional individual to support the effective delivery of our programmes across the UK. This year we have continued to grow our reach and thanks to continued support from funders and business partners we are able to focus on our future growth and development. Dependent on growth and performance, there will be an opportunity for the successful candidate to remain within the programmes team at the end of the contract.

As a member of our management team, overseeing a talented and high performing programmes team, you'll play a key role in the organisation's future. If this excites you, we want to hear from you.

Your responsibilities

You will lead an amazing team of Programme Managers, overseeing all aspects of our programme delivery. Below are the key areas; full details are available on the attached job specification. 

• Effectively manage a team of Programme Managers
• Ongoing development of our core programme including building feedback systems and managing our pupil advisory group
• Develop key delivery systems that exist across programmes
• Department planning and reporting on key measures of success

About You

You’ll thrive in this role if you…

• Are highly organised and able to manage multiple responsibilities with competing deadlines and timelines.
• Are flexible and able to respond effectively in a changing environment
• Are a self-starter and problem-solver; you’re willing to get stuck in and step up to help build an evolving start-up into a sustainable organisation that drives real social change
• Have experience building and maintaining relationships with a variety of stakeholders (ideally young people, schools, volunteers and businesses)
• Have exceptional communication and presentation skill; you’ll be passionate, compelling, and able to inspire others around you using a clear and concise communication style
• Can demonstrate leadership and problem-solving abilities
• Have a desire to help young people develop aspirations that will inspire them to achieve their full potential

Essential requirements:

• Minimum 2 years experience working with young people in a professional capacity
• Minimum 2 years experience of managing projects to a high quality (including development of delivery processes and experience of monitoring and evaluation)
• Minimum 1 year experience of line management and successfully leading a team

Equal Opportunities, Diversity and Inclusion

Here at Future Frontiers we are dedicated to the practice of equal opportunities. The principles of it underpin our mission and we treat all employees, volunteers, clients and students as individuals. We believe in having an open and inclusive culture that champions diversity in all its forms, including age, disability, culture, race, gender, sexual orientation, life experiences, socio-economic background, and religion. We encourage everyone to apply for our roles.

If you would like to talk to us about working at Future Frontiers in advance of your application, particularly in regards to diversity, we strongly encourage you to contact us via email and we will arrange a call. We’d love to hear from you.

How to Apply

• Please fill out our application form by answering two questions and attaching your CV.
• Deadline: 12th March at midday
• Full details on attached job specification.

About us

Settle is an award-winning charity that supports vulnerable young people moving into their first home. Our mission is to break the cycle of youth homelessness by equipping young people with the life skills and confidence they need to thrive. We are a fast growing organisation and 2020 was a big year for Settle. We worked with more young people than ever before, developed new services and doubled our team size.

About the role

Over the next few years, we will be rolling out our programme to hundreds of young people across London and scaling our impact.

As our Head of Delivery, you will be responsible for developing and implementing our delivery strategy to ensure we are maximising the positive impact we have on young people’s lives. We want Settle to be the highest quality and well-regarded programme in the UK. You’ll be the driving force in making that happen. You’ll be responsible for delivering our services to 200+ young people per year, lead our brilliant Programme Team, manage key delivery partnerships and ensure we are effectively evaluating and learning from our programmes.

You will lead our programme team of 9 and directly manage and coach, 2 Programme Managers that are based in London. Therefore, the successful candidate will be an experienced, confident and inspiring senior manager.

You will have overall responsibility for Settle’s delivery operations and will report directly to our CEO. This is a full-time role.

If you are a highly-skilled, experienced and motivated manager with experience in managing diverse high-quality services and teams this is a fantastic opportunity for you.

Key info

• Salary: £42,000 per annum
• Hours: Full time
• Contract Length: Fixed term for 12 months
• Location: Currently remote working or at our office is in London Fields, Hackney. You’ll work there and across Greater London.
• Start Date: w/c 3rd May

For the full job description & details for how to apply, head to our website.

Morgan Law are proud to be working with The Children's Society to recruit an experienced Head of CRM Delivery.

This is an exciting new role that sits within the Leadership team of the Technology and Data department. In recent years, the team have lead a transformation of the technology used at the Children’s Society, with all staff issued with new mobile equipment, and systems and services migrated to the Microsoft Office 365 and Azure platforms.

A key part of the organisation’s technology roadmap is the implementation of a new eCRM system to replace its legacy supporter database and enable its supporter engagement and income strategy.

The role

You will lead the implementation of the new system from rediscovery and confirmation of acceptance criteria, through build and testing, to go-live and handover to business as usual in early 2022.

You will take the lead on areas such as high level planning, governance and budgeting, and oversee work streams including build, test, data migration, integration, training and communications.

You will be responsible for the requirement to align the project with the organisation and its wider change programme, fully embed the system within the society’s operational teams, and build trusted and open relationships with key senior stakeholders, SMEs and suppliers. They will line manage the project team of up to 12 staff, including the Project Manager, Product Owner, Data, Test and Training leads.

Essential Experience

• Implementing a significant end to end CRM project on a cloud platform, preferably MS Dynamics 365.
• Leading the implementation of major projects remotely (i.e. not in person).
• Leading and managing large project delivery teams
• Managing major software suppliers

Charity sector experience is not specifically required but experience in a similar sized organisation would be desirable
Since the onset of Covid19, the project has operated entirely within a remote working environment and the successful candidate will need a track record of delivery within a similar setup.

This is a hugely exciting opportunity and requires a highly motivated individual with the experience and capability to take immediate ownership of the eCRM implementation and lead it through to successful delivery.

This is a fixed term contract for an initial 12 months, please contact me for a full application pack, this role requires a Supporting statement should you be longlisted.

Our full portfolio of work includes aiming to increase the uptake of national screening programmes, implementing lung cancer screening, physical activity programmes for newly diagnosed cancer patients, and smoking cessation services. Some of these exciting programmes are delivered by the charity, whereas others are delivered in partnership with external organisations. Our projects with third parties involve the development of contracts and delivery is measured against key performance indicators.

As the Head of Services (Screening and Lung Health Checks), you will develop, deliver and manage a portfolio of evidence-based cancer services to ensure we meet our ambitious targets andfocus on increasing the uptake of national screening programmes and implementing lung cancer screening across Yorkshire. Your responsibilities will include: 

- Leading the Cancer Services Team

- Managing evidence-based cancer services that are supplied through third parties

- Reviewing and evaluating services

- Working in collaboration with key organisations, professional bodies, institutions and individuals

About You

To be considered as the Head of Services, you will need:

- A minimum of five years’ experience of building, managing and motivating talented teams

- At least three years’ experience at a senior manager/team leader level in a relevant environment (such as delivering or commissioning services in a public, healthcare or third sector setting)

- Substantial experience of implementing, managing and evaluating a strategic portfolio of health services

- Substantial experience of developing health services in collaboration with partners, patient advocates and service users

- Substantial experience of developing and maintaining strong relationships with a broad range of external senior and operational stakeholders including health service providers and commissioners in addition to patients and service users

- A degree level qualification in a public health, service management or health related subject OR a degree level qualification with at least five years’ experience in a relevant area.

The Company

Yorkshire Cancer Research is one of the most exciting and innovative charities in the UK. The charity is a leading funder of cancer research in the region and has a track record of supporting ground-breaking projects and clinical trials to help prevent cancer and increase survival. We are working to save an extra 2,000 lives a year in Yorkshire.

Whilst the majority of our employees are currently working remotely in accordance with government guidelines, we do endeavour to return to our Head Office in Harrogate, North Yorkshire as soon as we are safely able to do so. The role will also then require frequent travel across the Yorkshire region.

The Benefits

- Salary in the region of £50,000 per annum DOE

- Pension scheme

- Private medical insurance

- 25 days’ holiday plus Bank Holidays

- Offices within walking distance of the train station/free onsite parking

If you have experience of leading the delivery of health services, this is a superb opportunity to help us achieve our goal of saving an extra 2,000 lives a year in Yorkshire.

We’ve got a strong set of values that inform everything we do and we’re looking for people who are aligned with these. As our Head of Services, you will strive for excellence in everything you do, have integrity, champion expertise through improvement and innovation and be a great team player.

To apply please submit a CV and covering letter outlining your suitability for the role by 3rd March 2021. Please read our privacy notice before applying.

The charity is a responsible and flexible employer and an individual’s circumstances would be considered and balanced against the needs of the charity. We welcome any discussions for flexible working at interview/offer stage.

An established independent local charity, Lamp, works to promote positive approaches to mental health, to support recovery, and to empower service users and carers to influence local service provision.

The CEO and Trustees are seeking an inspiring, highly committed individual to join their Senior Management as Head of Advocacy and Support.

The Head of Advocacy and support will lead a team of dedicated advocates, paid and volunteer, in providing mental health advocacy support and services to users and carers in Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland. This role will be instrumental in delivering high quality performance and generating new opportunities to develop advocacy and related mental health support services.

To succeed in this challenging role, you must:

• Have a first-rate understanding of health and social care legislation, and be an excellent negotiator who is committed to promoting people’s rights.  A mental health advocacy qualification is strongly desirable.
• Have proven leadership qualities.
• Have experience of strategic planning, tendering, change management and implementing business plans, with an ability to understand complex issues and deliver effective solutions.
• Be demonstrably committed to supporting the recovery and autonomy of people who use our service and their carers.
• Have proven ability to network, identify and form key partnerships at local and regional level.
• Have demonstrable experience of management and planning of budgets, implementing quality frameworks, controls and systems.

Your office will be at Lamp in Leicester. Regular travel will be necessary. Some evening and weekend working will be required.

We particularly welcome applications from people who have lived experience of using mental health or advocacy services.

Do you have the breadth and depth of experience in digital innovation and service design and knowledge of best digital practice to help Media Trust integrate digital to enhance our work and impact?

We are looking for an audience focused, innovative and passionate individual with experience of working in the UK charity sector to provide vision and oversight of Media Trust’s digital strategy. You’ll be responsible for digital service design, technology development and User Experience identifying opportunities to integrate digital within our programmes and services to drive greater impact, accessibility and reach.

Covid-19 has led to an exponential increase in demand for our programmes and the digital delivery of our services. Feeding into our organisational strategy, you will lead on designing and implementing a new digital strategy to ensure we are maximising our digital potential to increase our impact and respond to the needs of the charities, volunteers, communities and young people we work with.

We are looking for someone who has a passion for people and user centric approach, with experience capturing and analysing user insights and involving beneficiaries, supporters and other important stakeholders in designing and developing unique ways of engaging with digital and technology.

You will have significant experience in developing digital technology products or services and have a track record of working in an Agile, entrepreneurial and pragmatic way. A brilliant communicator, you will have experience leading collaborative teams across an organisation as well as developing and managing relationships with agencies, suppliers and volunteers.

About Media Trust

At Media Trust, we believe that it’s by giving everyone a voice that we’ll get to a more equal society. That’s why we’re proud to be working with hundreds of charities to strengthen their story-telling, advocacy and campaigning, press engagement and social media. We do this through media, communications and digital skills training delivered in partnership with our media and creative industry partners and by matching media industry volunteers with charities looking for comms support. At the same time, our youth programmes are giving thousands of young people the creative digital media skills, access and mentoring support to break into the media.  In this way, we believe we are doing our bit contribute to Britain’s levelling up agenda while also helping the media sector to be more responsible, representative and connected.

Read our 2020 Impact Report to learn more about our work and our impact.

Key responsibilities

• Set a vision, shape and direct a “digital first” strategy which engages beneficiaries, inspires colleagues and is cost effective
• Lead on the effective planning, design, delivery, maintenance, optimisation and development of Digital Products, Services and User Experience across the whole organisation
• Lead on translating data and analytics into actionable insights and recommendations and supporting Media Trust teams in analysing user needs and behavioural insights to drive strategy, build informed user journeys and optimise engagement
• Work with and support Media Trust teams in understanding and using digital platforms and innovation to enable and enhance service provision and impact
• Help design, develop and launch a new state of the art learning management system to ensure we can provide an exceptional learning experience and environment for the thousands of charities and young people we work with.
• Lead on the ongoing development of our Volunteer Platform so we can more efficiently and effectively match charities looking for comms support with media, creative and tech professionals looking volunteer their skills. You will lead on the development work to improve the platform’s self-sufficiency, increase automation and enhance the user experience of both charities and volunteers
• Be responsible for identifying new tools, technology and platforms to allow us to ensure accessibility and inclusion are embedded in everything we do. At Media Trust, we pride ourselves on delivering programmes that support an equal and more inclusive society. For example, our Reframing Disability programme aims to improve the representation of disabled people in the news
• Play a leading part in establishing and ensuring compliance with data management and security systems, procedures and protocols across digital platforms and services. Lead on ‘future-proofing’ our data capture across all of the channels and platforms we use, enabling us to better demonstrate our impact to funders
• Build the case for support for the impact of digital on our work, helping to secure additional funding to ensure investment into the development and sustainability of our digital services, products and technology
• Promote Agile working and a test, learn and iterate culture across the organisation

What we are looking for in you

• Digital leadership including significant experience of developing digital products and services that places User Experience at the heart
• Passionate about the potential of digital technology to drive social impact and the need for this to be developed responsibly and inclusively. You will be familiar with accessibility standards and how to create inclusive and accessible services
• Experience of leading organisational wide data capture and data analysis including platform analytics, and ability to present timely and compelling dashboards and reports containing actionable insights and recommendations
• Experience of Agile methods and project management
• Excellent relationship and partnership building, with experience of managing external agencies and pro bono partnerships
• Ability to lead a transformational culture within an organisation, digitally upskilling teams and promoting a test, learn and iterate approach
• Ability to work cross functionally, leading and managing teams and working groups
• An excellent communicator, able to lead and motivate teams, influence and get buy in from key stakeholders
• Confidence in communicating Media Trust’s Digital Strategy as well as speaking externally about the need for funders, charities, government and business to support the charity sector’s adoption of Digital
• Ability to work under pressure, manage multiple complex projects and meet deadlines

The above job description is a guide to the work you may be required to undertake but does not form part of your contract of employment and may change from time to time to reflect changing circumstances.

How to apply

At Media Trust, we are committed to representing the communities we support. We warmly encourage applications from people of colour, individuals who identify as LGBTQIA, working class, disabled and those living with mental health conditions. We are happy to make reasonable adjustments for disabled applicants at any stage of the recruitment process – please get in touch to discuss.

Closing date: 1PM Thursday 18 March 2021
Interview dates: Weeks of 29 March and 5 April 2021

Please download and complete the Equal Opportunities form. Submit a covering letter (max 2 pages) describing how your skills and experience match our requirements, your CV and the completed Equal Opportunities form with Head of Digital in the subject line.

Please note, due to the high volume of applications we expect to receive, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Working at Media Trust

Media Trust is an ambitious charity, full of passionate people. We are a small and dynamic team that works collaboratively and supports each other in a fast-paced environment. We are looking for motivated, agile and value-driven people to join our team.

• We are based in WeWork Victoria, a vibrant co-working space with our own Media Trust office. There are regular activities and pop-ups throughout the week, ping pong tournaments and free barista coffee all day and prosecco/craft beer evenings
• Generous annual leave
• Flexible hours, to be agreed with line manager
• Part-time options considered for the right candidate
• Secure bike shed
• Pension contributions
• Volunteer days

Media Trust values and respects all differences in people (seen and unseen). One of the ways we do this is by actively encouraging staff to work in ways that best suit their needs and our flexible working policy outlines many of the options available, such as part-time and term-time working, job sharing, home working and working compressed hours. Please talk to us at the interview about the flexibility and equipment or other support you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.

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Media Trust values diversity and is an equal opportunities employer.
Registered Charity no. 1042733

The Head of Impact has specific responsibility for ensuring that the Foundation understands and is responding to assets and needs in the communities we serve and, as such, contributes directly to the Foundation’s strategy. A key focus of the role is in ensuring that our grant-making retains the right balance between strategic and reactive and between relational and data-driven approaches, so we respond both flexibly and equitably to what communities need.

You will be responsible for overseeing the use of impact frameworks for our grant-making and for ensuring we have the tools we need to communicate our realised and potential impact. You will ensure that our impact work informs our agenda of becoming a more equitable grant-maker.

The successful candidate will be an experienced grant-maker and/or impact and evaluation lead, who is knowledgeable in impact measurement tools, a confident communicator and demonstrates strong people skills.

Please note that our office is in Leeds city centre but the majority of staff are currently working from home, in line with government guidance on Covid-19.  We do envisage a return to working in the office as those guidelines change.

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To submit an application for this role, please upload your C.V. and a cover letter (no more than 2 sides of A4) stating why you think you would be ideal for the position, based on the Job Description and Person Specification. We particularly encourage applications from people with disabilities and trans and non-binary people, who are currently under-represented within our staff team.

We would be grateful if you are able to fill in the Equality and Diversity monitoring form. This is optional, but will help greatly in building an accurate picture of applicants, which will inform future recruitment processes and help us consider how to reach communities/demographics we may not currently be attracting to our posts. The information contained in this form is for internal anonymised analysis only and will be separated from your application. No one involved in the shortlisting or interviewing process will see the form or the information it contains.

West Kent Mind provides a range of services with and on behalf of people with mental health problems.
This is a senior management role within the organisation. The post holder will lead the development, implementation and delivery of services that support people with mental health problems and support positive wellbeing, ensuring that these are in line with the strategic plan for West Kent Mind and are delivered within a framework of empowerment and excellence.