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Job Title: Camper & Volunteer Recruitment Coordinator - Scotland

Location: Home based in Scotland (Glasgow, Edinburgh or Perth) with extensive travel in the region (Scotland and the Northeast of England) and UK. There will be a requirement of evening and weekend work, including extended working hours as the business needs dictate as well as overnight stays. There is also a requirement to work at our residential camps which means being away from home multiple times anywhere between 3 and 12 nights all around the UK, again with extended working hours.

Salary: £24K per annum

Hours per week:  35

Closing Date: Friday 8th December  - Virtual Interviews Monday 18th December

Job Purpose: 

 Responsible for raising the profile of Over The Wall in the UK to recruit campers and volunteers from Scotland and the North East of England for all services. To develop and manage relationships with referrers, contacts, partners, families and individuals to identify and generate ongoing engagement and recruitment opportunities. Recruitment, selection and training of adult volunteers for the region, to support young people with health challenges and their families who access our services. To work operationally as part of our staff team and with our campers and volunteers at both our residential and virtual activity camps. 

Duties and Responsibilities:

· Actively identify potential referrers or sources of recruitment and develop and nurture relationships, acting as the consistent point of contact, support and liaison.

· Undertake focused recruitment to support growth of partnership camps.

· Building and maintaining connections with communities in hard-to-reach areas, areas of high deprivation and ethnic minority communities.

· Advise and support families and build their trust in OTW through your camp experience and knowledge to encourage them to apply for our services and assist them with the application process as required. 

· Contribute to OTW’s strategic camper and volunteer recruitment plans and take responsibility for delivering outcomes and meeting agreed camper and volunteer recruitment targets in a timely and appropriate manner, producing progress reports as necessary.

· Identify and maximise opportunities throughout the UK to positively promote and showcase Over The Wall’s services within a range of settings through face to face and virtual engagement, presentations and by other mediums.

· Identify and build strong, long-term relationships with organisations, universities, communities and other potential volunteer recruitment partners and stakeholders to increase volunteer applications.

· Building a network of connections, both at an individual and organisational level.

· Maintain an awareness of safeguarding policy and practice, to ensure the safety of service users.

· Assess and process volunteer applications, references, background checks and interviews in line with the principles of Safer Recruitment.

· Work with the Nursing and Wellbeing Teams to develop a recruitment plan for specialist roles.

· Maintain Over The Wall’s recording and data systems to ensure these are accurate and up to date at all times.

· Regular and extensive travel is required within your designated region and across the UK for face to face meetings, clinical area visits / family liaison, volunteer fairs, facilitate volunteer recruitment selection events across the UK and attendance at events for both professionals and families to increase OTW profile. This will include some overnight stays.

· Attend meetings at OTW Office or other locations in the UK as required.

· Regularly attend OTW residential camps around the UK and virtual camps as part of the operational staff team, working with children and volunteers attending our camps. This would involve long working hours including day / evening and weekends and being away from home for up to 12 nights at a time. 

· Manage conflict and volunteer issues including complaints, health, behaviour and safeguarding in the absence of the Head of Volunteer Recruitment.

· Hosting visitor sessions or other events at our residential camps.

· Determine and report on resource and collateral needs to support effective recruitment.

· Undertake any other duties as deemed appropriate by the Head of Camper Recruitment, Head of Volunteering and/or CEO that may be required in accordance with the overall purpose of the job.

· Abide by and comply with all OTW policies and procedures, especially relating to individual areas of responsibility.

Person Specification:  

Essential 

· Based within Scotland, and with established connections to diverse communities.

· Experience in developing contacts and building successful relationships with organisations and individuals.

· Excellent communicator; both verbally and in writing

· Excellent organisational skills, prioritising and workload management skills

· Experience of working with a diverse range of people

· Flexible with a creative approach

· Flexible in working across other geographical regions as required.

· Experience of working independently and effective time management

· Experience of delivering training to and working with adults in complex environments.

· Experience of working in a goal orientated environment

· Proficient use of email and Microsoft Office suite

· Excellent presentation and public speaking skills both in person and virtually

· Good customer service ethos

· Enthusiastic with a sense of fun

· Ability to work effectively from home.

· Ability to travel regularly throughout the region, stay away from home and attend residential camps throughout the UK.

· Ability to work extended working hours, days, evenings, and weekends to suit the business needs as required.

· Hold a current full driving licence and have use of a car.

 Desirable 

· Experience and/ or training in the practice of Safer Recruitment and appropriate safeguarding

· Experience of working in a residential camp environment

· Experience of producing statistics and reports

Residential Camp Requirements:

Over The Wall Camps are busy and active environments, which require extended periods of physical activity, and the lifting of heavy and bulky items, whilst maintaining high energy levels for prolonged periods. When required to attend Camp, there may be instances where assistance is needed to set up activities, support the volunteers and the camp programme.

Benefits:

• 6% Employer pension contribution
• 25 days + public holidays
• Flexible working arrangements

 Diversity, Equality & Inclusion Statement

We actively encourage applications from the broad spectrum of diversity reflected in our beneficiaries, both in terms of visible and non-visible characteristics. We aim to ensure that regardless of where you are in our community, any difference you have is valued.

Safeguarding Statement

We are committed to Safer Recruitment and REQUIRE a minimum of two professional and independent reference checks, with one of the reference checks being the last or current employer. 

Can you make sure that kinship carers in England receive high quality, user centred training online and in person?

About the role

We have been awarded the Department for Education contract to deliver high quality training to kinship carers across England. You will be responsible for delivering high quality online and face-to-face training and managing a team of inhouse facilitators and external partners.

This is a new team so you will need to be someone who is comfortable with a high level of ambiguity and who is able to build outcome and target driven services from a user centred approach. We have a lot to do over the next 18 months.

From April 2024 to March 2025, your team will need to deliver exceptional training to 4,000 kinship carers in England through in person and online sessions. These are divided into introductory and advanced training. We will be delivering at least 16 roadshows across England so travel will be required in this role. In person training will also involve experiential learning in peer support groups and community venues. Introductory training will be delivered in-house.

You will also work with external expert facilitators and partners to develop new advanced training sessions and modules. Subject experts within Kinship, will also deliver training and you will need to ensure content and delivery meets a consistent standard.

The right person will need to work collaboratively with colleagues across Kinship and be used to working in cross-functional teams. You’ll need to be curious, detail orientated with an improvement mindset.

What we’ll offer you 

Kinship offers 30 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part time) as well as a generous pension scheme. This fixed-term role is open to flexible working (school hours would be considered). We have an excellent wellbeing offer including the Employee Assistance Programme and clinical supervision. We will invest in your professional development with training and career development opportunities.

Kinship is committed to championing equality, diversity and inclusion.  We believe our work is greatly enhanced by the varied backgrounds, experiences and views represented within our teams.  We aim to create inclusive teams, celebrate differences and encourage everyone to join us and be their true self at work. We therefore encourage applications from anyone who fits our values, whatever their religion or belief, sex, gender identity, race, age, sexuality or disability and are actively seeking candidates that can bring real innovation and commitment to us. 

This is a fantastic time to join a supportive and well-established team within an organisation with rapid growth ambitions. This role will be what you make it and we’re looking for someone to seize this opportunity! 

To apply:

Please apply for this role through BeApplied. You will be asked to answer five questions and attach your CV. You will have max 250 words per answer.

1. Describe how your experience and your values are a good fit for this role
2. This service needs to deliver 4,000 training experiences for kinship carers over 1 year, please clearly describe your experience of delivering high quality training at this scale and pace.
3. If you were offered the role, what would you prioritise in the first two months and why? Tell us about what you’d need to find out and what would be your approach to the role.
4. Please describe how you would ensure that training is meeting the needs of kinship carers (think about outcomes, evaluation and participation).
5. How would ensure your team are motivated, high performing and delivering exceptional training – both in person and online?

Application deadline: 9:00am on Wednesday 13 December 2023

Interview date: Tuesday 19 December 2023 – in-person (Vauxhall). It is anticipated that this will be a one stage in-person interview process, but this may change depending on the volume and calibre of applications.

The Talent Set are working with a fantastic higher education client in their search for a Marketing Lead for a 3-6 month contract role.

The post holder will be an all-round marketing generalist who has experience with social media, SEO and copywriting. You will lead on the development and implementation of strategic marketing plans.

Key responsibilities include:

• To develop and implement an integrated and strategic annual marketing plan in line with the School’s strategic plan and the University’s overarching strategic plan.
• Align the School marketing plan with overarching marketing planning frameworks and ensure that it is evidence-based, covering all products (courses), study levels and markets relevant to the School.  
• To develop, maintain and optimise marketing webpages relevant to the assigned School / Schools, ensuring course information is up-to-date and content is compelling and relevant to the audience(s), taking a mobile-first approach and in consideration of Search Engine Optimisation (SEO).
• To support the creation of content and collateral to support marketing plans – to include printed collateral, photographic assets, video content, case studies, advertising copy and conversion content – ensuring the consistent and creative application of the brand.
• To source and write high quality, relevant and engaging copy for a variety of media.
• To identify key marketing channels specific to the School’s courses and subject areas and use specifically adapted messaging and content to engage audiences.
• Help co-ordinate specific School showcase, recruitment and conversion events, ensuring content is engaging and the School is well presented and the events run smoothly.
• To be the main point of contact for marketing for your assigned School / Schools, managing the relationship with key senior stakeholders – including the Heads of School, Department and Subject.

Person specification:

• Demonstrable experience in marketing at strategic, tactical and operational levels, including the use of market research, insight and analysis to identify and evaluate marketing opportunities and to inform plans
• Experience in marketing to youth audiences using an evidence-based, segmented and targeted approach
• Knowledge and understanding of cultural differences and how to manage these in the context of student marketing
• The ability to develop annual evidence-based operational marketing plans and campaigns to deliver on a longer term strategic plan
• Experience of using initiative and creativity to resolve problems, that may be predictable but not routine, identifying practical and suitable solutions
• Excellent written and oral communication skills including the ability to adjust information that needs careful explanation or interpretation to suit the needs of different audiences

What's on offer:
This is a 3-6 month contract role and is the perfect opportunity to make money while you build upon your experience. This is a full-time role offering remote working. Day rate £133-£155 (Inside Ir35)
Interviewing and hiring straight away, please apply today so as not to miss out!

We are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practises that ensure equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and will happily make reasonable adjustments to always ensure a fair process.

About Make 2nds Count

Make 2nds Count is dynamic and growing organisation dedicated to giving hope to women and men living with secondary breast cancer.

We strive to do this by funding secondary breast cancer research which contributes to advancing an increased quality of life for patients. Our support programme has a focus on quality of life and helping patients by informing, sharing and offering practical advice & support. Education is an integral part in everything that we do and we aim to raise awareness of secondary breast cancer. We also empower patients through increasing their knowledge and understanding of research, treatments and options.

Make 2nds Count is supported by an enthusiastic and motivated group of individuals who help us make our vision a reality. From permanent team members, to dedicated volunteers, patient ambassadors and the dynamic board of trustees, our team is constantly evolving.

Secondary breast cancer, also known as metastatic, advanced or stage IV breast cancer, is a cancer that has spread beyond the breast to other parts of the body. Parts of the body affected are usually the bones, liver, lungs, brain or the skin. Secondary breast cancer can be treated but it cannot be cured. Treatments aim to control and slow down the disease to enable patients to have the best possible quality of life for as long as possible. 

About the Role

We are looking for a dynamic and experienced Marketing and Communications Officer with experience of working on effective, creative and inspiring marketing and communications plans, from inception to conclusion.

To succeed in this you must have significant knowledge of developing, using and managing a range of communication channels and platforms, brand development and marketing, and a sound understanding of stakeholder development. You must also have specific experience managing complex projects or directing a communication project with different stakeholders while taking an audience-first approach. In addition, you should be skilled at managing stakeholders and comfortable working with colleagues to map and manage interaction with key stakeholders to further our work.

The successful candidate will play a key role in developing and driving forward a range of high-quality marketing and communications campaigns and projects, based on user research and customer insight. You will be an excellent communicator in both oral and written communications.

You will be involved in all marketing disciplines - advertising, PR and social media, digital, strategic planning, evaluation and analysis, stakeholder and partner management, media planning and buying, partnership and field marketing.

In particular, you will have strong skills in writing engaging copy to connect with different audiences and take responsibility for ensuring that our communications are meaningful, appropriate, effective and inclusive. 

Duties and responsibilities

Ensure quality control of communications and marketing and promotional activities:

● Responsible for overseeing all copywriting and proofreading across the various departments within the organisation

● Develop high quality print and digital materials to support a range of fundraising and awareness-building campaigns

Audience Development and Support:

● You will ensure that marketing and communications follows an audience-first approach and that all members of the organisation understand the audience segments and priorities

● Lead the organisation’s work across all marketing disciplines: advertising, PR and social media, digital, strategic planning, evaluation and analysis, stakeholder and partner management, media planning and buying, partnership and field marketing Brand ownership:

● Work with the Head of Operations to develop brand strategy, including the monitoring of brand guidelines, brand vision and value proposition of our brand

● You will ensure that the brand identity is clear and supported across all channels

● You will ensure our key massaging and tone of voice is consistent across all channels

Channel Management:

● Manage and work alongside current external communications agencies, including PR, social media and video/design

● You will ensure that all platforms and channels are maximized for optimal effectiveness to support the strategic priorities

● Ability to investigate, analyse and contextualise complex issues, identify key points to be addressed and develop effective, practical and simple plans to resolve problems

Personal Profile

Essential Skills

● Experience working with a charity or mission driven organisation

● Empathy for the mission of Make 2nds Count and key audience groups, especially patients

● Ability to translate complex research findings into accessible information that is appropriately targeted for various audiences and stakeholders

● Creative ability to propose new marketing campaigns and tactics to achieve strategic priorities

● Ability to identify compelling stories and narratives for specific audiences that support strategic objectives

● Experience with Photoshop and Canva

● Experience with website design and ability to update pages, layout, and content

● Excellent verbal written and communications skills, including writing, copy editing and proofreading

Desirable Skills

● Experience working with a patient-focused charity or medical research organisation, especially if cancer-related

● Experience using CRM database, especially eTapesrty. 

The role will be focused on leading the organisation's fundraising team in order to achieve income generation targets to match the service delivery aspirations of the organisation.

This post holder will be a fundraising professional with integrity, passion, motivation and ingenuity. The postholder will be innovative and creative in their approach in an organisation that welcomes opportunities to do things a little differently.

The key focus of the post will be:

• Maintaining and expanding the current income generation of AWARE
• Developing our fundraising offer through diversifying our fundraising plans whilst focusing on those which are effective
• Supporting the strategic development of the organisation
• Responsibility for the development, delivery, monitoring and evaluation of the organisation's fundraising strategy

Closing date: 12 noon on Thursday 7th December 

Interview dates: Interviews will take place on 15th, 18th & 19th December

Please read the Job Information Pack thoroughly and then complete the Application Form for this role, ensuring you have included contact details, as well as any dates when you will not be available or might have difficulty with the recruitment timetable.

We are looking for a strategic team leader with energy and experience of leading through change – someone who has a passion to achieve Home for Good’s mission to find a home for every child that needs one. You will need to be able to lead a team of staff and volunteers to better evidence impact and learning from our core business activity and ensure we’re on track to achieve our desired impact for children. You will be joining Home for Good at an exciting time as we celebrate our 10-year anniversary, launch an 18-month integrated campaign and embed a new digital strategy to improve our reach and impact to better tackle the scale of the problem we seek to address.

Community and Events Fundrasising Officer

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with a can-do attitude to help us deliver our exciting Community and Events Fundraising programme. No previous fundraising experience is required, just an organised individual with a knack for building relationships, a passion for exceptional ‘customer service’ and a drive for uniting communities and raising money for charitable causes.

You’ll work within the charity’s passionate Fundraising and Engagement Team to raise funds to support children and families affected by the childhood cancer neuroblastoma and our vision, for a future where no child dies of neuroblastoma or suffers due to the treatment they receive.

This extremely rewarding role would suit anyone looking to take their first step in their fundraising, marketing or charity career. Don’t think your experience directly aligns? Don’t worry; we’re interested in transferable skills and attitude, so consider and show us how these apply to this role.

Summary of role responsibilities

• To help deliver the charity’s Community and Events Fundraising Programme, including special events, community fundraising, challenge events, individual giving, and fundraising appeals.
• To ensure excellent supporter and donor care and build long-term valued relationships to optimise income generation.

This is a fixed-term role offered on a one-year contract. We are looking for the successful candidate to ideally start in January 2024, but there is flexibility with this.

For more detailed information about the role, charity and team, take a look at the Recruitment Pack.

Recruitment timetable

We aim to follow the schedule outlined below:

Applications opens: 22 November 2023

Applications closes: 10 December 2023, 11:59pm

Shortlisting: 11 December 2023

Interviews: 15 December 2023 (in person in London)

If there are any adjustments that would help you engage with the recruitment process, please let us know.

​We actively encourage applications from those with lived experience of neuroblastoma and/or other childhood cancers. As an equal opportunity employer, we also welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, marriage/civil partnership, pregnancy, maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

As a safeguarding charity whose work and practice are underpinned by safeguarding principles to protect children and young people and enhance their welfare, we always work in accordance with legislation, statutory guidance, and best safeguarding practices. All our roles require a basic criminal record check.

Remote working with regular travel to the West Midlands and London as required

Fixed Term contract for a period of 12 months, to start early in 2024.

Salary: £29,000 - £32,000pa for 37.5hours per week with 23-days holiday plus bank holiday

Why join the UK Sepsis Trust (UKST)? Because there’s an exciting opportunity to work on a fixed term contract for a significant cause and help build its sustainable future.

Sepsis is the immune system’s overreaction to an infection or injury. There are over 245,000 cases each year in the UK with approximately 48,000 deaths. UKST aims to reduce preventable deaths from this ‘killer’ condition. We achieve this by:

· Raising awareness

· Supporting those affected by sepsis

· Educating health professionals

· Lobbying political organisations for better sepsis and severe infection care

Key Responsibilities

• Organise and initiate a range of fundraising events facilitated by or supported by the charity and its affiliates.
• Provide and ensure a high-level service throughout the planning, execution, and evaluation of the charity’s involvement.
• Recognise opportunities to maximise revenue and presence.
• Act as first point of contact to stakeholders linked to events you oversee.

Main duties and responsibilities:

Events

• Establish purchase agreements with 3rd party suppliers, liaising with finance and governance teams where appropriate for requisite approvals.
  • Purchase event places according to agreed FR Strategic Plan.
  • Agree merchandise requirements - Work with the merchandise and shop distribution team to ensure a smooth process for all event requirements for merchandise and literature.
• Ensure all paperwork is prepared in a timely manner including PID’s and procurement requests for events/merchandise.
• Manage, plan and oversee all 3rd Party & UKST created fundraising events and be main point of contact with suppliers, donors and sponsors. (Delegate to others in team to coordinate and support where required).
  • Manage Portal data for each supplier ie Great Run/Run4Charity.
  • Utilise Portals/CRM to communicate with participants ie Enthuse comms journey and Workflow in Raisers Edge.
• Represent the Charity and present where required at events.
• Collaborate with the Marketing & Communications to ensure social media and website requirement are fulfilled:
  • advertise & promote events – draft Social Media posts to fill Events to capacity.
  • Provide Supporter stories as emotive content for marketing to utilise.
• Work with the volunteering team to ensure appropriate volunteers are available for specific events, ensuring any specific skills necessary are flagged in advance to allow for any specific roles to be advertised appropriately.

Fundraising

• Manage UKST-led community fundraising events (National Walk & Facebook Virtual Events) working with other team members to ensure effective execution and maximisation of fundraising.
• Maximise participant sign ups to all 3rd Party & UKST led events.
• Work with the Corporate Fundraising team to increase the number and range of fundraising events to be offered and delivered to our corporate supporters – either through events already purchased or assisting with bespoke events.
• Assess where external support is required to help the execution of these events and manage any freelance support that is required.
• Liaise effectively with members of staff from other teams to support fundraising events where required.
• Seek to maximise opportunities for fundraising across all UKST events where possible.

Communications

• Work closely with the communications & marketing team to ensure all events are promoted efficiently to the target audience; includes website updates along with researching and sourcing appropriate promotional resources.
• Maintain good working interdepartmental relationships; includes sharing information and providing support.

Planning and Evaluation

• Use agreed tools and metrics to review and evaluate events – Data analysis from; Givepanel/Just Giving/Enthuse/CRM Data.
• Ensure project process is always adhered to.
• Manage the events register ensuring all events information is captured for future impact reporting.
• Ensure full and timely evaluation is shared with Management and referred to for planning future events.
• Work with Head of Finance who produces the cost reports to ensure a full understanding of costs captured.

Other

• Support charity initiatives, projects, campaigns, and events when required.
• Seek to raise the profile and increase awareness of the charity at all opportunities.
• Look for and consider every opportunity to increase supporters.

The deadline for applications is 5pm, Monday 11th December. All applicants need to submit a CV and covering letter on why you would like to be considered for this role. Applications will not be accepted if no covering letter is included.

Overview

If you have experience of Business Development within a charity or people-facing role, this is a brilliant opportunity to develop your career with a fresh-thinking organisation. Royal Voluntary Service is an innovative charity who mobilise volunteers in every corner of Britain to support people in need, the NHS and Social Care systems. We inspire and enable people to give the gift of voluntary service to meet the needs of the day. Through the power of volunteering, we provide one-to-one, group and online services that improve health and wellbeing, resilience, confidence and connections.

We are now looking for a Business Development Lead to join the Business Development team on a full-time, permanent basis.

The Role

As a Business Development Lead, you will work under the direction of the Head of Business Development to:

- Increase the number, range and value of contracts and services secured, in line with our strategic objectives
- Build and maintain a range of relevant partnerships to support the winning of new business
- Maintain up-to-date market and academic research available to the team on the CRM or other systems
- Develop and conduct effective business pitches to key decision makers and ensure that they are kept relevant by regular reviews and updates
- Lead on the preparation and writing of tender responses

Working Hours

This is a full-time, permanent role, working 35 hours per week.

What you’ll need

To be considered as a Business Development Lead, you will need:

- Demonstratable relationship and/or stakeholder management experience
- Sales conversations and sales conversion experience
- Financial modelling experience
- Experience of leading on business development opportunities across a charity
- A strong understanding of the Health & Social Care sector with the ability to identify business opportunities
- The ability to conduct PESTLE Analysis, research, and identification of opportunities for development
- Proven experience in preparing and writing successful tender responses
- To be educated to degree level or have experience gained within the voluntary sector or similar industry

What you get in return

We’re proud to be in the top 25 not-for-profit organisations to work for in the UK, based on ratings from Indeed. As a valued employee at Royal Voluntary Service, you will benefit from:

- Salary of £41,970 per annum, plus car allowance
- 26 days’ holiday plus paid statutory Bank Holidays
- Ten weeks’ company sick pay following successful completion of probation
- A great pension scheme
- 2 x Salary Death in Service Benefit, subject to qualification
- Enhanced Family Leave schemes
- An employee benefits package that gives access to an exclusive rewards website to get discounts and cashback online
- A 24-hour doctor line, financial support with dental/optical and other therapies
- A free and confidential employee assistance programme with up to six face-to-face counselling sessions included
- Extensive online and on the job training to ensure you will succeed in your role
- Opportunities to discuss flexible working
- Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
- The chance to make a positive, lasting impact that changes lives, communities and society

Royal Voluntary Service is committed to building inclusive and diverse teams across the charity. To find out more about our commitment to EDI, visit our website.

How to apply

Please select the apply button shown to be taken through to the application process. You will need to answer some screening questions as well as uploading your CV. You will be contacted by a member of the team once your application has been reviewed.

Here at Royal Voluntary Service, we're committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to be a charity that's representative of the communities we serve, which is why we strive for diversity of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity and perspective.

Join Royal Voluntary Service and together we can change lives, change communities and change society.

Dates to bear in mind

The closing date for this role is 21st December 2023. However, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.

Other organisations may call this role BDM, Business Development Manager, Sustainable Solutions Sales Manager, Regional Sales Manager, Regional Client Manager, Area Sales Manager, Territory Sales Manager, Regional Business Manager, or Development Manager.

Celebrity Manager

We are looking for an experienced and well-connected Celebrity Manager who has worked in the Not for Profit sector and can leverage their network of agents and publicists. You will join a small and busy comms team, who will work with the Head of Media to nurture existing talent relationships, identify and build new talent relationships and ensure the team are working with talent effectively to hit both brand building and income generating objectives. 

We are looking for someone proactive, tenacious, and empathetic, as you will be working for a charity that represents 100% of the NHS charity sector in the UK, helping the NHS tackle today’s challenges and tomorrow’s opportunities.

Position: Celebrity Manager

Location: Remote

Salary: £36,000 -£41,000 per annum

Hours: Full Time (35 hours per week) less two hours paid wellbeing time, 9-11am on Friday mornings

Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: 5pm Friday 1st December 2023

The Role

The Celebrity Manager will play a key role within the organisation to build a bank of warm and engaged high-profile talent who are diverse, authentic and relevant and who can help reach key demographics with the  vision, mission and values. 

Key responsibilities include:

• With guidance from the Head of Media, work closely with the wider comms team to design and deliver a structured and targeted plan of engagement to seek out, build and manage relationships with credible and authentic high profile charity champions and other celebrities that will help the charity achieve its strategic objectives across brand and fundraising
• Work with the PR team to devise creative and innovative ways to ensure talent remains warm and engaged and informed of the impact, helping the charity to move and build relationships from transactional ad hoc support to warm, meaningful and long-term interactions
• Ensure that the talent that is engaged with reflects and is representative of the diversity of the members, beneficiaries and supporters 
• Work with the Head of Media to Ensure any talent that is engaged with is well briefed ahead of any media appearance or event attendance and provide support on event logistics as required
• Work with publicists to manage reputational risk for both the talent and charity
• Ensure any access we have to talent to serve all parts of the organisation
• Ensure the charity are storing and tracking all interactions with talent and agents in an efficient and confidential manner.
• Ensure any talent that is acting as a spokesperson, is well briefed ahead of any media appearance or event attendance and attend with talent where possible
• Explore and develop ways to engage with and work with influencers to show impact and tell stories through their platforms 
• Attend key working and project groups for any talent related activity and planning

The organisation offers and encourages flexible working. You will be required to work from the Warwick office occasionally, which is the official place of work, as well as travel to other locations, primarily for shoots, media appearances and events involving talent.

About You

You will be a dynamic and experienced celebrity management expert, who understands the talent world and how to leverage talent partnerships in a way that helps generate both income and awareness for the charity and its work. You will be able to influence and inspire your existing celebrity, publicist and agent network to support the BAU campaigns and one-off events and projects. You will be experienced and innovative at seeking out celebrities who have a credible and authentic link or affiliation with the NHS and the areas of need we support.

You will need:

• Experience of working cross-functionally and collaboratively across the organisation  and will have a proven ability to prioritise and creatively advise on the best opportunities for talent to add value
• To be a personable, knowledgeable and confident team player who is comfortable working closely with our Senior Management team to advise and inform them on both strategic and practical use of talent under the guidance of the Head of Media

If you have worked in PR or worked as a Celebrity Coordinator, then as long as you have experience of managing celebrity relationships, then we would also love to hear from you too!

In return, you will have a supportive team, where you can shape your role and the direction of your work, and the opportunity to be involved in new, exciting and ambitious projects.

Benefits Include:

• 10% Employers Pension Contribution
• 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays as a minimum
• Flexible Working
• 2 hours per week Wellbeing time out for full time staff
• Apprenticeships, training and development opportunities
• Health Cash Plan
• Company Rewards
• Plus many more great staff benefits!

Please upload your CV and a covering letter outlining which vacancy you are interested in (Scotland or England based GO position), your interest in the role, how you meet the job description and person specification. The covering letter should be no more than 2 sides of A4.

Equality and Diversity

The charity is committed to inclusivity and representing the diversity of the communities it serves. We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds and all sections of the community. Applicants will be treated fairly throughout the recruitment process, and the team will ensure there is no unfair discrimination on the basis of race, ethnic origin, disability, gender, religion or belief, age, sexual orientation or any other relevant characteristic.

Other roles you may have experience of could include Celebrity Management, Talent Management, Artist Liaison, Ambassador Management, Celebrity Partnerships, Celebrity Relationship, Celebrity and Ambassador Manager, Ambassador Manager, Charity Ambassador, PR, Public Relations, Relationship.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

Face-to-Face Membership Operations Manager - Central England & North Wales
Reference: NOV20232429
Location: Flexible in UK
Salary: £36,577.00 - £39,267.00 Per Annum
Hours: Full-Time, 37.5 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Benefits: Pension Scheme, Life Assurance Scheme, 26 days' Annual Leave

Our CEO, Beccy Speight, said to the whole RSPB workforce in November 2023 that "our members are the beating heart of the RSPB" and we have ambitious plans to significantly grow our membership to 1.5 million by 2030 so that we can deliver our saving nature strategy. The F2F (Face-to-Face) Membership Team is responsible for bringing in the majority of our new members, and our contribution needs to grow too. We'll achieve this by working together as one team with relentless energy and focus to deliver quantity and quality, improving our ways of working to be as efficient and effective as possible, and by creating a working environment where everyone can thrive.

This key role in the F2F Membership Team exists primarily to lead and manage a disperse team of Area Managers across the Midlands, North Wales and Mid-Wales in the successful delivery of the in-year F2F membership work plan and associated key performance indicators (KPIs). As such, the successful candidate will ideally be located within this region, for travel purposes.

As a member of the F2F membership management team, this role also supports the performance and development of the wider F2F Membership Team, our collective skills, ways of working, and culture.

What's the role about?

Using recognised management and leadership tools and working through a team of F2F Membership Area Managers, developing a culture of high performance amongst the F2F membership workforce, encouraging team members and others to meet and exceed their targets, in order to maximise RSPB income.

Leading and supporting the team to achieve performance benchmarks (compliance, standards and best practice) ensuring expectations are clearly communicated and acted on to deliver excellent customer service.

In collaboration with other F2F Membership Operations Managers and the General Manager, monitoring performance across all F2F membership KPI’s, to ensure agreed targets and budgets are met.

Implement key strategic tasks as defined by General Manager and Head of F2F Membership that will shape the future of membership recruitment at the RSPB, ensuring we  deliver excellence leading to growth.

In collaboration with F2F Membership Operations Managers, Membership Venues Managers and F2F Area Managers ensure venue capacity matches operational requirements so that teams have the right opportunities available and that targets can be met.

Working with counterparts and the General Manager and F2F Membership Business Development Manager, implement strategic business initiatives and changes required for the organisation in order to adapt to changes in the operating environment (market place), and ensure smooth transition of new projects (including growth) into business as usual delivery.

Working with peers across F&C and UK Countries, share and implement tools and processes that will gain alignment and reduce duplication, to deliver the best business outcome and return on investment (RoI) for income generation.

Essential skills, knowledge and experience:

• Understanding a sales team (motivation and capabilities).
• Understanding team dynamics and what it takes to lead a team successfully - recognising competence and commitment as drivers for success.
• Proven skills in leadership and management of a successful sales or income-generating team.
• The ability to focus self and others on what is within our control and influence, bringing energy to the right areas in order to deliver business priorities.
• Able to implement change across a dispersed team.
• Experience in collaborating with colleagues across departments to achieve shared goals.
• Able to manage self to prioritise high volume of competing objectives.
• A proven sales and/or fundraising/membership recruitment track record.
• Proven experience of improving ways of working to deliver greater results.
• Able to effectively implement HR policies and processes, including performance management.

Desirable skills, knowledge and experience:

• Leading through a tier of team managers in a role with regional responsibility.
• Understanding of charity fundraising and/or membership.

Closing date: 23:59, Monday, 29th January 2024
We are looking to conduct interviews for this position from 15 January 2024.

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

As part of this application process you will be asked to complete an application form including evidence on how you meet the skills, knowledge, and experience listed above.

We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we are particularly interested in receiving your application. Contact us to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application.

The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship - the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.

No agencies please.

We are looking for an experienced senior analyst who can lead a broad range of consulting and improvement projects with national and local authority clients to assist them in growing and diversifying Shared Lives and Homeshare. 

The successful candidate will be skilled at both qualitative and quantitative analysis, project management, analysing complex performance, economic and demographic data, producing high quality presentations and reports, and facilitating and leading workshops, int4erviews and advisory groups to inform complex projects.

As well as a competitive salary, you will benefit from flexible working, 27 days annual leave (pro rata), birthday leave, and health and wellbeing support via Care First. At Shared Lives Plus you will join a dynamic, passionate, and inclusive team who believe that everyone should be able to choose who they spend time with and do what matters to them.

The Job and Person Specification is enclosed alongwith more information about our mission, values and the essential work we do as a membership charity making a difference to people lives.

Please contact us for more information or to submit your application.

Please note:

• This role will be remotely based in not more than 15 minutes drive from either Southampton, Winchester, Bournemouth or Salisbury (Unfortunately we won't be considering any applications for people who do not live in the regions listed here). 
• Applicants must have the right to work in the UK, a full drivers licence and access to a vehicle
• Please apply as soon as possible if you are interested in this role - we will be reviewing candidates on a rolling basis.

About Restless Development

Restless Development is a global non profit agency. We support the collective power of young leaders to create a better world. We are independently registered and governed in nine countries (India, Nepal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, UK, USA, Zambia and Zimbabwe) bound together by our vision for youth power. We run youth-led programmes to tackle the issues that young people care about the most –  We also run the Youth Collective – a growing network of over 4000 local youth civil society groups and organisations in 185 countries. We are committed to creating an agency that walks the talk on power shifting, using the power shifting checklist, both internally and externally.

Our approach to safeguarding

Restless Development considers the welfare and protection of children, young people and vulnerable adults to be an organisational imperative with primacy over the success of programmes or strategic objectives. We recognise that safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility and we expect all of our staff, volunteers and partners to ensure we protect the communities in which we operate from harm and abide by our Safeguarding Policy.

About the role

We are looking to a Fundraising Events Coordinators within Restless Development’s UK Fundraising team. The fundraising team’s income has grown year on year and there is huge potential to continue to grow this further and create impact at scale.

The Fundraising Events Coordinator will be remotely based, primarily working on the Schools Triathlon programme but also leading one university student partnerships. The Schools Triathlon is the UK’s largest fundraising and sporting event for children aged 7-13. Its aim is to encourage more children into sport while also teaching them the importance of fundraising. Over the years, the events have raised over £3.4m for Restless Development and local charities and over 9,000 children have taken part. We are aiming to deliver 10 events in 2024 and significantly expand the series. Restless Development is also working with five universities who will be taking on the Kilimanjaro and Machu Picchu hikes in 2024. You will be managing one of these accounts, ensuring that the challenge leaders are supported to recruit a team, reach their fundraising targets and ready to take on the challenge of a lifetime! 

We are looking for an energetic team-player, proactive individual with great interpersonal skills who is happy to learn and get stuck in. 

Key responsibilities

1. Deliver high-quality supporter care, supporting Triathletes and their families to register, fundraise and to prepare for their big day

• Throughout September to February, present assemblies in schools in your and nearby counties to inspire school-age pupils to sign up and take part in the Schools Triathlon series, and motivate them to fundraise by delivering a fun and engaging presentation.
• Develop strong professional relationships with various important stakeholders from host schools throughout the year, in person and online;as well as with participating schools through the delivery of assemblies and in comms prior to the event day 
• Use excellent interpersonal skills, to respond to enquiries from parents and guardians on our dedicated Schools Triathlon inbox and mobile phone.
• Be able to adapt your interpersonal and relationship management skills depending on your audience (for example, pupils, parents, school contacts, corporate sponsors, and suppliers)
• Utilise our database and Excel to track and monitor fundraising activities: 
  • identify our top fundraisers to celebrate through socials and other planned activities,
  • identify our zero-pound fundraisers and with the wider team inspire them to raise funds for youth power,
• Manage offline donations at the Triathlon days and website donations to ensure that fundraising targets are met. 

2. Manage the Schools Triathlons communications; including the website, social media channels, email marketing and event day content collection 

• Develop a social media plan to engage Triathlon parents and schools and grow our following, including sharing stories from Restless Development’s programmes. 
• Manage our Triathlon social media pages throughout the year; Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube. 
• Innovate and explore appropriate new content and platforms to engage our audience. 
• Lead on the marketing of our Triathlons for future growth by working with our Communications team and external videographers and photographers.
• Manage the design of the triathlete certificates, medals, and merchandise. 
• Develop an event day Restless Development stand and materials to engage families and raise the profile of Restless Development.
• Manage our schools triathlon webpage and update regularly throughout the year.
• Develop an email marketing campaign for the parents/ guardians of the Schools Triathlon participants. 
• Manage the event day content collection for each Schools Triathlon event and create content for local newspapers, host schools and websites 
• Develop a media list and share a press release with each promptly after each event
• Work with our Head of Sponsorship to ensure that our Triathlon sponsors are included in our external communications.

2. Lead on a university challenge partnership 

• Manage one university account we have secured for Mount Kilimanjaro or Machu Picchu in 2024. This includes pitching to confirm RAGs, recruitment to get students to join a hike and fundraising support calls to all participants so that they reach their fundraising targets and deadlines.
• Work with our Tanzania Hub to offer extras for those hiking Mount Kilimanjaro and may want to visit our Restless Development office and meet young leaders we work with.
• Support Challenge Leaders through in-person events and calls to ensure that they have a complete team and feel prepared to undertake their challenge.
• Liaise with a third company party who we have a partnership with and will be delivering the hikes.
• Offer other hikes/treks to corporates and individuals if appropriate.

3. Other 

• Must attend the Schools Triathlons on Sundays from 21 April to 19 May, and other occasional evening and weekend work, for which time off in lieu will be given
• Many of the schools we have relationships with are not accessible by public transport, so it is vital you have access to a reliable roadworthy vehicle. All travel will be reimbursed in accordance with Restless Development’s travel policy.
• Log relevant information onto Restless Development’s database, CiviCRM and use CiviCRM to strategically manage workload and report on KPIs every month.
• Undertake any other duties as requested by the Head of Philanthropy and Partnerships to support the Fundraising Teams joint mission.
• Ad hoc - evening and weekend work with partners or for the wider team, including meetings and events (time in lieu will be given).

Job title: Fundraising Events Coordinator

Location: This role will be remotely based in no more than 15 minutes drive from either Southampton, Winchester, Bournemouth or Salisbury.

Salary: £30,893 per annum

Preferred start date: as soon as possible ( December).

Length of contract: Permanent

Reports to: Fundraising Event Manager

Expected travel: Frequent travel around your county and other areas in the UK for school assemblies and university/school meetings. Occasional evening and weekend work for Schools Triathlon events in April-May and other stewardship events which time off in lieu will be given. Occasional overseas travel to Restless Development Hubs may be possible if of interest.

Other requirements: Must have a full drivers licence and access to a vehicle. Will be required to complete DBS check. 

About you

We are looking for people with the right competencies and skills for the role, and who demonstrate the personal qualities consistent with our values.

Our value: HEART - We are who we serve. We are brave.

• Supports managers to embed a values led culture within their team. Uses values to guide decision making and group actions.
• Is driven to generate ideas which continually improve ways of working, involving others in problem solving. Adapts style to cope with and support others through change.

Our value: HEAD - Delivers Quality. We are 100% professional.

• Strives for continual improvement against individual goals, seeking opportunities to maximise their contribution to team priorities. Supports others to deliver quality and improve their work. Takes ownership for ensuring value-for-money in the areas for which they take partial ownership.
• With guidance, takes ownership for programme elements and/or internal processes.  Considers underlying issues and Restless Values when making operational decisions.

Our value: VOICE - We generate leaders. We are proud to carry the banner for youth-led development.

• Confidently leads programme elements and/or internal processes. Will typically manage one or more junior staff members and is seen as a leader amongst their peers.
• Regularly seeks feedback and evaluates own performance, creating opportunities for personal development. Develops others through proactive sharing of knowledge, skills and opportunities.

Our value: HANDS - We are in it together. We listen and learn.

• Confidently adapts their communication style to suit their audience. Is able to influence others to build shared understanding.
• Seeks opportunities to collaboratively deliver quality against team goals by building strong relationships with colleagues from across the organisation. Works with external partners to maximise mutual benefits.

Skills and experience

Essential

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent planning, organisational and logistical skills
• Public speaking and presentation experience
• Strong IT skills (inc Excel), strong numeracy skills to process financial data
• Ability to work to deadlines and balance multiple priorities
• Strong IT skills (inc Excel), strong numeracy skills to process financial data
• Ability to manage own time and work autonomously 
• Ability to think creatively and innovatively 
• Full drivers licence and access to a vehicle 

Desirable

• Interest in/ knowledge of international development
• Interest in/ experience planning/delivering events 
• Strong written communication skills
• Ability to manage high performing relationships with multiple stakeholders

Restless Development is an Equal Opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. Restless Development will ensure that no applicant or staff member receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital status, social status, caste, race, ethnic origin, religious belief, age, HIV status, disability, or any other factor that cannot be shown to be relevant to performance.

What we do for you

Remuneration

We are proud to commit to a transparent global salary scale, ensuring a fair and comparable system of pay across all global locations. In addition to salary, we offer pension contributions and other benefits in accordance with the local Hub.

Values and Culture

At Restless Development, we’re proud that the strength and integrity of our Values has been recognised by staff, young people, donors and others who we work with.  Beyond this, we have a culture of recognising and celebrating both our Values and our global achievements with monthly Values Champions and an annual Values Day.

Work-life Balance

It goes without saying that we work hard at Restless Development. We also recognise the importance of helping staff to maintain a positive work-life balance by offering:

• 24 days annual leave (in addition to public holidays and with an extra day of annual leave given for each full year of service, up to a maximum of 28 days).
• Birthday Leave
• Access to flexible working.
• Generous study leave, maternity, paternity or adoption leave, and other leave allowances.

Professional Development

Restless Development is proud to be an employer who recognises potential and invests in the development of its staff.  We are committed to the professional development of our staff through:

• Empowering opportunities to work on significant projects which stretch and inspire staff – allowing them to develop on-the-job. 
• Regular performance management.
• Training and development opportunities, including supporting our staff to identify mentors both within and outside of the agency.
• Quarterly Staff Workshops for all staff to give and receive agency updates, receive training, and socialise.

Travel and Medical Insurance

When travelling abroad with work, all staff will be covered by Restless Development’s travel and medical insurance.

To Apply

Please submit your CV and a cover letter that provides tangible examples of how your skills, knowledge and experience will support your ability to perform the key priorities outlined in the above job description (using no more than 750 words)

We are delighted to be recruiting for an inspirational leader to join Mary’s Meals International (MMI) as Director of Philanthropy. Reporting to our Chief Growth Officer and working as a key member of our Growth Leadership team, you will lead our growing philanthropy function and take a lead role in developing and supporting global strategic relationships to ensure the long-term financial sustainability of our movement.

With responsibility for the ongoing development and implementation of our global fundraising strategy, you will be bold and brave, seeking new opportunities to foster growth as you seek to maximise our range of funding sources including major donors, foundations, corporations and strategic partnerships. You will also have oversight of our growing Global Ambassador Programme.

You will:

• Work in collaboration with our CGO and CEO in the development of key relationships and lead cross functional teams for large global partnerships, ensuring support from key stakeholders.
• Build relationships with our National Affiliate Executive Directors to ensure that global relationships/partnerships are well defined and managed.
• Work collaboratively with the MMI Programmes team on opportunities for government and institutional funding.
• Build relationships with the National Affiliate Executive Directors to ensure that global relationships/partnerships are well defined and that there is one key point of contact to manage the relationship across the organisation.
• Provide oversight and support strategic planning for key donor events.
• Develop and implement new fundraising models, targeting specific sectors and audiences.
• Build and support key relationships with donors, national affiliates and supporters to ensure growth goals are achieved.
• Represent Mary’s Meals at a global level, speaking at conferences, large gatherings, and virtual events.
• Provide support to the Head of Growth Initiatives to identify and cultivate new prospects and channels for income generation.
• Working alongside the Director of Affiliate Growth to provide subject matter expertise training for National Affiliates on connecting with their local HNW/UHNW audiences.

An experienced senior leader, you will be experienced in developing and executing strategies to drive revenue generation across a range of income streams, with success in securing significant multi-year funding, ideally on a global scale. You will foster a collaborative approach, working with our Marketing & Communications, Programmes and our National Affiliates. Committed to our vision, mission and values, you will act as an ambassador for Mary’s Meals, and will bring experience of speaking to large audiences in person and virtually.

You will also need:

• Exceptional communication skills, with proven experience of cultivating strong relationships and ability to effectively represent Mary’s Meals at a local and international level.
• Proven leadership experience, with experience of building capacity, developing, and leading high-performing teams.
• Knowledge of the regulatory framework in relation to fundraising and the not-for-profit sector.
• Experience of working at a senior leadership level and leading a fundraising team.
• Developing and successfully implementing strategies, policies, and procedures.

We have a remote-first approach to work and are happy for you to work remotely and flexibly, in a way that best supports your work life balance, we also have an office near Glasgow city centre for those who live nearby and would like to work from here occasionally or on a regular basis.

We are a global movement supported by people from all walks of life and we are focused on one goal – that every child receives a nutritious daily meal in a place of education. As an organisation, named after Mary the mother of Jesus and shaped by Christian values, we feel that the way we do things is as important as the result and we welcome all who wish to play their part in our important work. We continue to change the lives of over 2.4 million children who today will receive Mary’s Meals.

We are a values-driven organisation, we believe in the innate goodness of people, respect the dignity of every human being and family life and believe in good stewardship of the resources entrusted to us. In line with our values, we are fully committed to a culture of safeguarding, we are committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work and we expect all the Mary's Meals family to share this commitment and work in the best interest of the communities we serve. Our safe recruitment practices ensure that only those that are committed to our high standards join our movement.

If you are inspired to join our movement and our vision, mission and values resonate with you, we would love to hear from you. To apply, please click below and please tell us why you want to join Mary’s Meals and why you would make a great Director of Philanthropy here at Mary’s Meals International.

Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis.