Head Of Volunteer Roles in Bristol, Bristol City
About the Role
Role type: Voluntary role, travel expenses reimbursed
Role level: Head of Department
Term: Three years, with possibility to be extended
Location: Remote, open to applicants resident in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands or the Isle of Man
Responsible for: Fundraising, Events and Comms Department
Accountable to: CEO
The purpose of your role is to lead the Fundraising, Events and Comms department, one of the Nightline Association’s seven departments. Each department contains a number of volunteer teams, each led by a Team Lead.
The Fundraising, Events, and Comms department is responsible for the charity’s income, events such as conferences and panel discussions, supporting training and marketing the organisation to potential funders, volunteers, students and higher education institutions. The purpose of each of the individual teams is outlined below:
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Comms and Marketing Team: responsible for developing and managing the Nightline Association brand, social media, and associated publicity strategies to increase awareness, understanding and consideration of our work, values and vision.
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Fundraising Team: responsible for managing and developing a sustainable fundraising strategy and growing Nightline Association’s annual income through trust, corporate, and community fundraising.
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Events Team: responsible for managing events within the Nightline Association, and collaborative events with Nightlines.
As a Head of Department, you will be supported by our CEO, who will act as your main point of contact and line manager. You will also have access to the support of our other staff and Heads of Department.
Activities and Responsibilities
Department Management
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Strategically direct your department, in order to keep its goals and priorities in line with the strategy and plans of the Association.
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Oversee and monitor the delivery of all department projects and activities, ensuring these are meeting the Association’s strategy, aims and plans.
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Approve documentation and products produced by your department.
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Line manage Team Leads in your department, including monthly one-to-one meetings.
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Support and supervise department volunteers to ensure they carry out their duties effectively by providing clear communication, support, motivation, facilitation, supervision and leadership.
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Assist with the recruitment of new volunteers within your department.
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Appoint temporary replacements for vacant volunteer roles in your department.
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Where necessary, apply the Association’s disciplinary procedures, seeking support if needed.
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Exhibit and promote effective team working.
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Directly contribute to projects as appropriate to support the volunteer teams.
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Keep abreast of developments in your department’s area of work in the charity context.
Communication
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Report on progress to the CEO and other Heads of Department, ensuring results are evaluated and evidenced.
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Communicate effectively and clearly with staff, volunteers, Trustees, Nightlines, and other Heads of Department with openness, respect and transparency.
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Build relationships and create links between departments and teams.
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Clearly set out the needs of your department at the charity management level.
Meetings & Events
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Organise and run online department meetings on a regular basis to discuss operational activities, plans and ensure oversight of department activity.
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Attend monthly online Heads of Department meetings to share ideas, information and tasks.
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Contribute to the planning and running of Association events and encourage volunteers to take part in these.
Governance & Accountability
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Attend a monthly one-to-one meeting with the CEO to update on progress, consider new projects, report risks, issues and budget requirements.
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Where possible, arrange and attend meetings of the Council at least once per year
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Provide verbal and written updates and reports as required.
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Set, implement and follow suitable policies & procedures within your department, in line with the Association’s wider policies, procedures and other governing documents.
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Authorise expenditure and expenses in line with your departmental budget and to the level agreed by the Trustees.
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Seek approval from the CEO, Trustees, a Trustee Committee or other departments/committees, when required.
Person Specification
Experience:
Essential
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Volunteer management and/or leadership
Desirable
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Project management
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Prior experience with a Nightline service and/or the Nightline Association
Competencies:
Essential
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Highly developed organisational, planning, and communication skills
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Lead, motivate, and work as part of a multidisciplinary team
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Self-motivated with effective time management skills and delegation
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Personable, supportive, and approachable
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Capable of remote working effectively
Desirable
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Prioritisation across workstreams or tasks
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Effective management of remote teams
Knowledge:
Essential
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Understanding of good practice in volunteer management
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Understanding of and commitment to the Association’s values and to supporting and developing the Nightline community
Desirable
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Knowledge of Nightline Association and an understanding of our work
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Awareness of remote working tactics and strategies
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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ADC’s purpose is to enable communities to independently meet their needs for essential services, such as clean water and safe sanitation and improve lives in Africa.
At ADC we encourage a working culture of seeking and giving input, showing and taking initiative, and commitment to the organisation and its purpose.
Main purpose of job: Develop and implement effective financial strategies in order to optimise the organisation’s financial performance and strategic position.
Division: Operations
Department: Finance
Position reports to: Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Position is responsible for: TBC
Main Duties and Objectives:
- Lead the strategic and operational financial planning of the organisation by analysing and reporting on financial performance and risk management, ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory financial reporting requirements
- Ensure that the organisation is financially sound by advising on the best path of growth and assisting in organisation-wide forecasting and budgetary planning
- Develop and manage financial systems and control, using the accounting software Xero and ensure that all controls are adhered to at all times
- Oversee payroll, internal audit and tax functions, as well as the preparation of the organisation's financial accounts to ensure that these are presented and filed accurately and on time
- Provide leadership in applying for pre-seed funding from impact investors with the aim of financing our revenue-generating initiatives in line with our strategic objectives as a Social Enterprise
- Help to define market relevant value propositions for consulting services to generate revenue for the organisation
- Take responsibility for monitoring cash flow and expenditure, maintaining a healthy financial position, as well as engaging with investors and enhancing investor confidence
- Participate in the development of business planning tools to steer the organisation towards long-term financial health and sustainability
- Contribute fully to the development of organisation strategy across all areas of the business, challenging assumptions and decision-making as appropriate and providing financial analysis and guidance on all activities, plans, targets and business drivers
- Manage the life cycle of individuals within the team from pre-recruitment to exit, including performance management processes
- Ensure that team members are given opportunities for training and career development by working with HR to support the capacity building planning
Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:
Essential
- Fully qualified accountant with over 10 years of senior level managerial experience in finance
- Proficiency in accounting software and accounting principles
- Track record of providing financial advice and support to help senior executives make key decisions
- Demonstrated leadership ability, including the ability to build and develop a team of highly motivated and well qualified staff/volunteers to achieve results
- Ability to actively take initiative and help set things up in a start-up environment
- Ability to actively seek and give input in a collaborative team environment
- A committed team player with good communication skills
- Available to volunteer at least 7-10 hours a week
Desirable
- Experience as a Head of Finance
- Experience of setting up a finance department
- Experience working in an early stage star-tup and gone through a scaling phase · Passion for the start-up life and comfortable in a role with a little ambiguity
What ADC offers you:
This is a volunteer, remote and unpaid position with the following benefits:
Professional learning and career development opportunities.
An opportunity to build on your work experience within your profession.
An opportunity to be part of a diverse team representing different parts of the world, that is changing lives in Africa.
An opportunity to help shape a start-up social enterprise.
We will provide work reference for you.
This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.
Here at African Development Choices, we celebrate diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our teams are made up of people from all over the world and we welcome all applications. If you are disabled or have a long-term health condition, and you require any reasonable adjustments for your application with us, please let us know by contacting recruitmentatafricandevelopmentchoicesdotorg.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
African Development Choices (ADC) is a UK-based Social Enterprise on a mission to reduce poverty by empowering communities to make informed development choices in the management of public finances and resources.
ADC’s purpose is to enable communities to independently meet their needs for essential services, such as clean water and safe sanitation and improve lives in Africa.
At ADC we encourage a working culture of seeking and giving input, showing and taking initiative, and commitment to the organisation and its purpose.
We now have an exciting opportunity for a volunteer Head of Policy & Research (Remote) to join ADC.
Main Purpose of Job: Lead the development of policy positions through research to strengthen our evidence base and help ADC act as a thought leader in shaping debate and dialogue around key policy issues relevant to ADC’s work
Division: Operations
Department: Policy & Research
Position Reports to: Chief Impact Officer
Who Reports to this Position: TBC
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Develop policy positions and commission new research and policy outputs and harness the data and stories from across ADC’s work to strengthen our evidence base
- Develop a stakeholder outreach strategy aimed at building key relationships with local and international stakeholders in parliament, civil service, think tanks, peer organisations, universities/colleges and research community
- Analyse data and put together detailed research reports, executive summaries, briefings, factsheets, white papers and policy papers for internal and external audiences
- Put together emotive case studies and stories which demonstrate positive impact on communities and ensure project data is gathered for impact reporting and creating infographics for business development
- Set up externally funded research projects and apply for funding
- Recruit additional volunteers for the Policy & Research team when needed
Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
Essential
- At least 5 years of experience in senior policy and research management
- Experience of strengthening evidence and influencing policy agendas
- Significant senior policy and research development experience, ideally in international development
- Background in policy and stakeholder relations with a good general understanding of the workings of government, parliament and civil service
- Significant experience in developing and implementing policy and research strategies
- A creative and strategic thinker, with the ability to develop innovative policy solutions to complex challenges
- Ability to actively take initiative and help set things up in a start-up environment
- Ability to actively seek and give input in a collaborative team environment
- A committed team player with good communication skills
- Available to volunteer at least 7-10 hours a week
Desirable
- Experience of influencing the formation or revision of international development policy at an institutional, national, or inter-governmental level
- Experience working in an early stage start-up and gone through a scaling phase
- Passion for the start-up life and comfortable in a role with a little ambiguity
What ADC Offers You
This is a volunteer, remote and unpaid position with the following benefits:
- Professional learning and career development opportunities
- An opportunity to build on your work experience within your profession
- An opportunity to be part of a diverse team representing different parts of the world that is helping to deliver systemic social change in Africa
- An opportunity to help shape a start-up social enterprise
- We provide work reference
This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.
Here at African Development Choices, we celebrate diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our teams are made up of people from all over the world and we welcome all applications. If you are disabled or have a long-term health condition, and you require any reasonable adjustments for your application with us, please let us know by contacting recruitmentatafricandevelopmentchoicesdotorg
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
African Development Choices (ADC) is a UK-based Social Enterprise on a mission to reduce poverty by empowering communities to make more informed choices in the management of public resources.
ADC’s purpose is to enable communities to independently meet their needs for essential services, such as clean water and safe sanitation and improve lives in Africa.
At ADC we encourage a working culture of seeking and giving input, showing and taking initiative, and commitment to the organisation and its purpose.
We now have an exciting opportunity for a volunteer Head of Legal & Risk to join ADC.
Main purpose of job: To provide quality, accurate and relevant legal & risksupport and advice on the whole spectrum of legal matters that apply to the organisation.
Division: Operations
Department: Legal & Risk
Position reports to: COO
Position is responsible for: N/A
Main duties and responsibilities:
- Advise on governance matters, including the interpretation and application of charity law, company law, and other relevant regulations
- Support the set-up of a charity and Board of Trustees in the UK
- Draft and review contracts, articles of memorandum, agreements, terms and conditions and other legal documents
- Identify legal risks and potential liabilities facing the organization and develop strategies to mitigate and manage these risks effectively
- Conduct regular reviews of policies, procedures, and practices to ensure compliance with legal requirements and best practices
- Provide support and guidance to the executive team (and board of trustees, once registered as a Charity) regarding matters of corporate governance including board composition, conflicts of interest, and board meetings
- Ensure that the charity operates in accordance with its governing documents, constitution, and relevant legal requirements
- Apply effective risk management techniques and offer proactive advice on possible legal issues
- Execute procedures for protecting patents, trademarks, and other intellectual property
- Stay up-to-date with changes to legislation, particularly in relation to laws and regulations that directly affect the organisation
- Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements including Charity Commissions regulations, data protection laws, and fundraising regulations
Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:
Essential
- At least 5 years of legal/risk management experience in a business environment
- Good knowledge and understanding of company law, employment law and international law
- Able to establish effective working relationships across the organisation with key stakeholders, both external and internal
- Ability to deliver high quality and professional legal work
- Available to volunteer at least 7-10 hours per week
- Ability to actively take initiative and help set things up in a start-up environment
- Ability to actively seek and give input in a collaborative team environment
- A committed team player with good communication skills
Desirable
- Experience working in an early stage start-up and gone through a scaling phase
- Passion for the start-up life and comfortable in a role with a little ambiguity
What ADC offers you:
This is a volunteer, remote and unpaid position with the following benefits:
- Professional learning and career development opportunities
- An opportunity to build on your work experience within your profession
- An opportunity to be part of a diverse team representing different parts of the world that is changing lives in Africa
- An opportunity to help shape a start-up social enterprise
- We provide work reference
This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principalaccountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.
Here at African Development Choices, we celebrate diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our teams are made up of people from all over the world and we welcome all applications. If you are disabled or have a long-term health condition, and you require any reasonable adjustments for your application with us, please let us know by contacting recruitmentatafricandevelopmentchoicesdotorg.
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We're setting up a brand new social mobility charity that aims to work with people from socio-economic disadvantaged backgrounds of all ages and we're seeking a REMOTE VOLUNTEER who has service delivery or programme management who can join us as our Volunteer HEAD OF PROGRAMMES to lead the charitys programme management, creating exciting opportunities for people to take part in that follow our key focus areas.
We are Unlock YOUR Potential, a new start-up social mobility charity that aims to provide a range of services to support those from disadvantaged backgrounds through a the following key areas;
- Employability and Enterprise
- Health and Wellbeing
- Life Skills, Mentoring and Personal Development
We are looking for a volunteer to fill the brand new role of our HEAD OF PROGRAMMES who will join us and lead on the charity's programme management, including creating, setting up and managing our workshops and programmes at Unlock YOUR Potential ensuring its impact and performance management and ensuring we have the skilled people to lead on workshops and programmes that we run.
To apply, please send your CVand a brief introduction to us!
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
African Development Choices (ADC) is a UK-based Social Enterprise on a mission to reduce poverty by empowering communities to make more informed choices in the management of public resources.
ADC’s purpose is to enable communities to independently meet their needs for essential services, such as clean water and safe sanitation and improve lives in Africa.
At ADC we encourage a working culture of seeking and giving input, showing and taking initiative, and commitment to the organisation and its purpose.
We now have an exciting opportunity for a volunteer Social & Content Manager to join ADC.
Main purpose of job: Develop and implement our social media & content strategy in order to increase our online presence and drive engagement
Division: Operations
Department: Marketing & Communications
Position reports to: Head of Marketing & Communications
Who reports to this position: N/A
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Develop a content calendar across all social platforms ensuring a constant supply of relevant content (1 post per week on LinkedIn, Facebook & Instagram – initially)
- Collate content for, prepare and publish the monthly volunteer newsletter through MailChimp
- Identify and engage with key social influencers to create beneficial relationships and strong networks and grow the ADC brand
- Perform social listening across all social platforms by monitoring and responding to relevant brand mentions and identifying opportunities for engaging in related topics/discussions
- Define social media KPIs, measure and optimize social media performance metrics, and develop enhanced reporting
- Manage and oversee social media content
Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
Essential
- 3+ years of experience in social and content management
- Experience using MailChimp or similar software
- Excellent knowledge of Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and other social media platforms
- Experience of forming relationships with key influencers on social media
- Good understanding of SEO metrics and social media KPIs
- Ability to come up with creative content (text, image and video)
- Available to volunteer at least 7 hours a week
- Ability to actively take initiative and help set things up in a start-up environment
- Ability to actively seek and give input in a collaborative team environment
- A committed team player with good communication skills.
Desirable
- Experience of establishing online communities on social media
- Experience working in an early stage start-up and gone through a scaling phase
- Passion for the start-up life and comfortable in a role with a little ambiguity
What ADC Offers You
This is a volunteer, remote and unpaid position with the following benefits:
- Professional learning and career development opportunities
- An opportunity to build on your work experience within your profession
- An opportunity to be part of a diverse team representing different parts of the world that is helping to deliver systemic social change in Africa
- An opportunity to help shape a start-up social enterprise
- We provide work reference
This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.
Here at African Development Choices, we celebrate diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our teams are made up of people from all over the world and we welcome all applications. If you are disabled or have a long-term health condition, and you require any reasonable adjustments for your application with us, please let us know by contacting recruitmentatafricandevelopmentchoicesdotorg.
About the Role
Role type: Voluntary role, travel expenses reimbursed
Role level: Team Lead
Location: Remote, open to applicants resident in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands or the Isle of Man
Responsible for: IT Support Team
Accountable to: Head of IT
Your primary responsibility is to manage the IT Support Team, which delivers an IT support service to the Nightline Association and the individual Nightline services. You will be responsible for supporting the performance and wellbeing of the volunteers in the team.
The IT Support Team is responsible for responding to queries and requests for our service, and maintaining our user guidance and support documentation. The IT Support Team receives an average of 8 support requests per week.
As a Team Lead, you will be supported by the Head of IT who will act as your main point of contact and line manager. You will also have access to the support of our staff team, Trustees and other Heads of Department.
Activities and Responsibilities
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Manage the volunteers in the Support Team to ensure they carry out their duties effectively by providing clear communication, motivation, facilitation, supervision, leadership, and direction.
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Maintain regular contact with the volunteers in the Support Team, receiving updates and facilitating the communication of concerns and obstacles.
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Oversee and monitor the delivery of all support projects and activities, ensuring these are meeting plans.
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Ensure that any dependencies (both internal and external) for the team’s tasks are met.
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Monitor and respond to feedback on the support service.
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Regularly report to the Head of IT, including raising any requests or concerns as soon as possible.
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Regularly check your emails and team messages, and respond to messages addressed directly to you in a timely manner
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Keep your line manager informed of your progress and any issues or concerns, and any upcoming periods of absence.
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Keep your tasks up to date on the task tracking system (Jira).
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Attend online department meetings once a month.
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Attend a monthly one-to-one meeting with your Head of Department to update on progress, consider new projects, report risks, issues and budget requirements.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
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Familiarity with Google Workspace’s consumer-facing suite (Google Docs, Sheets, Drive and Gmail)
Desirable
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Providing helpdesk support
Competencies
Essential
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Highly developed organisational, planning, delegation and communication skills
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Lead, motivate, and work as part of a team
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Personable, supportive, and approachable
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Strong IT literacy
Desirable
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Prioritisation across workstreams or tasks
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Using issue tracking systems (we use Jira)
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Writing guidance for a non-technical audience
Knowledge
Essential
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Understanding of and commitment to the Association’s values and to supporting and developing the Nightline community
Desirable
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
In this role, you will be responsible for developing and managing the Nightline Association brand and associated publicity strategies to increase awareness, understanding and consideration of our work, values and vision.
You will lead, manage and support a small, dynamic team of volunteers and staff, also working with the Head of Fundraising, Events and Comms to develop the Association’s wider communication and fundraising strategy. This Team Lead role will supervise and support the work of the Comms & Marketing Team, implement some of the more complex publicity campaigns, and provide marketing support and guidance to the wider organisation.
This role will take responsibility for identifying and accessing relevant audiences, creating effective marketing campaigns and growing our community of supporters.
You will give strategic direction to the team in order to build brand awareness, promote income generation and communicate programmes, activities and impact.
As a Team Lead, you will be supported by the Head of Fundraising, Events and Comms who will act as your main point of contact and line manager. You will also have access to the support of our staff team, Trustees and other Heads of Department.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Oversee and monitor the delivery of all team projects and activities, ensuring these are meeting departmental and organisational strategy, aims and plans.
- Approve documentation and products produced by your department.
- Line manage volunteers in your team, including monthly one-to-one meetings.
- Support and supervise volunteers to ensure they carry out their duties effectively by providing clear communication, support, motivation, facilitation, supervision and leadership.
- Assist with the recruitment of new volunteers within your team.
- Appoint a temporary replacement for vacant volunteer roles in your team.
- Where necessary, apply the Association’s disciplinary procedures, seeking support if needed.
- Exhibit and promote effective team working.
- Directly contribute to projects as appropriate to support your team.
- Organise and run online team meetings on a regular basis to discuss operational activities, plans and ensure oversight of team activity.
- Attend a monthly one-to-one meeting with your Head of Department to update on progress, consider new projects, report risks, issues and budget requirements.
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
- Highly developed organisational, planning, delegation and communication skills
- Lead, motivate, and work as part of a team
- Personable, supportive, and approachable
- Understanding of and commitment to the Association’s values and to supporting and developing the Nightline community
Desirable Criteria
- Experience of social media, content and/or email marketing strategies
- Experience with Nightline or a similar organisation
- Demonstrable experience of marketing and/or communications activity or campaigns that increase income and engagement
- Prioritisation across workstreams or tasks
- Familiarity with Google Workspace
- Knowledge of third sector publicity and marketing strategies and approaches
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About the Role
Role type: Voluntary role, travel expenses reimbursed
Role level: Volunteer
Location: Remote, open to applicants resident in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands or the Isle of Man
Accountable to: Head of Stakeholder Management
The purpose of your role is to support and manage the SU Steering Group. The group includes representatives from Students’ Unions with an affiliated Nightline and meets quarterly. In this role you will maintain the email database for SU contacts, organise events, engage and network with the Students’ Unions and maintain a positive working relationship, where possible.
You will sit within the Stakeholder Management Department, whose purpose is to maintain and develop the Nightline Association’s relationships with its key stakeholders, including Nightlines and Students’ Unions.
Your line manager will be the Head of Stakeholder Management.
Activities and Responsibilities
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Organise and attend quarterly SU Steering Group Meetings online
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Maintain the email database for all SUs with an affiliated Nightline
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Engage with the Steering Group, asking questions or gathering opinions on key Nightline issues
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Answer any questions from the Steering Group, or signpost to other volunteers or staff
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
Desirable
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Experience volunteering with a Nightline
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Experience working in or with a Students’ Union
Competencies
Essential
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Capable of remote working effectively
Desirable
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Familiarity with Google Workspace
Knowledge
Essential
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Understanding of and commitment to the Association’s values and to supporting and developing the Nightline community
Desirable
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Role Description
The purpose of your role is to lead, coordinate and support the Regional Coordinators and Regional Support Officers, who sit within the Stakeholder Management department.
The Regional Coordinators and Regional Support Officers (similar roles) aim to support, represent, and maintain Nightlines. It is crucial to have a vision about where to take the team over the next few years, and this strategy will be developed alongside your line manager and team.
As a Team Lead, you will be supported by the Head of Stakeholder Management who will act as your main point of contact and line manager. You will also have access to the support of our staff team, Trustees and other Heads of Department.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Oversee and monitor the delivery of all team projects and activities, ensuring these are meeting departmental and organisational strategy, aims and plans.
- Approve documentation and products produced by your department.
- Line manage volunteers in your team, including monthly one-to-one meetings.
- Support and supervise volunteers to ensure they carry out their duties effectively by providing clear communication, support, motivation, facilitation, supervision and leadership.
- Assist with the recruitment of new volunteers within your team.
- Appoint a temporary replacement for vacant volunteer roles in your team.
- Where necessary, apply the Association’s disciplinary procedures, seeking support if needed.
- Exhibit and promote effective team working.
- Directly contribute to projects as appropriate to support your team.
- Organise and run online team meetings on a regular basis to discuss operational activities, plans and ensure oversight of team activity.
- Attend a monthly one-to-one meeting with your Head of Department to update on progress, consider new projects, report risks, issues and budget requirements.
- When needed, step in to support Regional Coordinators and Regional Support Officers with their regions.
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
- Highly developed organisational, planning, delegation and communication skills
- Lead, motivate, and work as part of a team
- Personable, supportive, and approachable
- Understanding of and commitment to the Association’s values and to supporting and developing the Nightline community
Desirable Criteria
- Experience in managing or coordinating volunteers
- Experience volunteering with a Nightline or the Association
- Prioritisation across workstreams or tasks
- Familiarity with Google Workspace
Commitment
As a rough guide, we usually expect Team Leads to commit to an average of 2-4 hours of volunteering per week. We always seek to promote a healthy balance with your other commitments, so volunteering can be flexible to suit your needs.
You are expected to run online team meetings roughly once a month, conduct regular one-to-ones with your team, and to keep up to date with your emails and messages on Slack. The Nightline Association also has three away days each year which you are encouraged to attend when you can.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The purpose of your role is to lead, coordinate and support the Fundraising team, a small team of volunteers which sits within the Fundraising, Events & Comms department. In this role, you will be responsible for establishing and implementing a sustainable fundraising strategy and growing Nightline Association’s annual income. Your primary responsibilities are to achieve the Association’s fundraising goals and communicating with supporters, stakeholders and partners.
The Fundraising Team Lead will expand and diversify the Association’s donor base and work closely with other team members to secure funding for new and existing initiatives. This includes growing corporate partnerships as well as trusts and grants funding, and introducing a community fundraising programme.
You will also work with the Marketing and Impact teams to develop our funder messaging and promotional fundraising campaigns.
As a Team Lead, you will be supported by the Head of Fundraising, Events & Comms, who will act as your main point of contact and line manager. You will also have access to the support of our staff team, Trustees and other Heads of Department.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Oversee and monitor the delivery of all team projects and activities, ensuring these are meeting departmental and organisational strategy, aims and plans.
- Approve documentation and products produced by your department.
- Line manage volunteers in your team, including monthly one-to-one meetings.
- Support and supervise volunteers to ensure they carry out their duties effectively by providing clear communication, support, motivation, facilitation, supervision and leadership.
- Assist with the recruitment of new volunteers within your team.
- Appoint a temporary replacement for vacant volunteer roles in your team.
- Where necessary, apply the Association’s disciplinary procedures, seeking support if needed.
- Exhibit and promote effective team working.
- Directly contribute to projects as appropriate to support your team.
- Organise and run online team meetings on a regular basis to discuss operational activities, plans and ensure oversight of team activity.
- Attend a monthly one-to-one meeting with your Head of Department to update on progress, consider new projects, report risks, issues and budget requirements.
- Lead the planning and execution of the fundraising strategy from trusts, foundations, corporates and community fundraising, to grow a sustainable funding base for the charity and build long term relationships with stakeholders and supporters.
- Lead the Fundraising Team to achieve Nightline Association’s ambitious income generation targets.
- Develop and maintain effective supporter journeys for the development of relationships and retention.
- Lead fundraising and income generation for key projects including specific fundraising appeals and the development of effective and appropriate fundraising products.
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
- Highly developed organisational, planning, delegation and communication skills
- Lead, motivate, and work as part of a team
- Personable, supportive, and approachable
- Understanding of and commitment to the Association’s values and to supporting and developing the Nightline community
Desirable Criteria
- Experience in fundraising, sales, marketing, customer service or events
- Experience with Nightline or a similar organisation
- Demonstrable experience of fundraising or sales activity or campaigns that increase income and engagement
- Prioritisation across workstreams or tasks
- Familiarity with Google Workspace
- Knowledge of third sector fundraising strategies and approaches
Commitment
As a rough guide, we usually expect Team Leads to commit to an average of 2-4 hours of volunteering per week. We always seek to promote a healthy balance with your other commitments, so volunteering can be flexible to suit your needs.
You are expected to run online team meetings roughly once a month, conduct regular one-to-ones with your team, and to keep up to date with your emails and messages on Slack. The Nightline Association also has three away days each year which you are encouraged to attend when you can.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About the Role
Role type: Voluntary role, travel expenses reimbursed
Role level: Volunteer
Location: Remote, open to applicants resident in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands or the Isle of Man
Accountable to: Setup Team Lead
The purpose of your role is to support institutions who wish to establish a Nightline service, working with them from initial contact until opening night, and up to two years beyond. Setting up a Nightline is a complex process that opens up a valuable service to a whole new student population. This role involves working with Universities, Student Unions, and students as they set up new Nightlines.
You will sit within the Services Department in the Setup Team and your line manager will be the Setup Team Lead.
Activities and Responsibilities
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Supporting students/institutions who wish to establish a Nightline service
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Sharing your knowledge of the workings of a Nightline in a clear, thorough and timely manner
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Work collaboratively with the team, contributing ideas and feedback on their work as required
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Keep your Team Lead and Head of Department up-to-date with your work, participating in regular support meetings
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Attending Association events such as the Autumn and National Conferences, in order to provide training to Nightline Coordinators (or equivalent)
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Project work
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Other reasonable duties as required by the Team Lead or Head of Department
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
Desirable
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Experience with a Nightline service or the Association
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Previous experience setting up a Nightline or similar service
Competencies
Essential
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Capable of remote working effectively
Desirable
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Familiarity with Google Workspace
Knowledge
Essential
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Understanding of and commitment to the Association’s values and to supporting and developing the Nightline community
Desirable
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
About YAUK
We are a not-for-profit organisation passionate about improving the lives of young people across the UK and believe that every young person should have the opportunity to succeed regardless of their background or circumstances.
Our work involves using up-and-coming research and advocacy to address issues affecting young people, such as climate change, unemployment and skills training, and inclusion and diversity. We are firmly committed to improving young people's lives and believe that our unique and successful approach to achieving our vision will change lives for the better.
Please note that this is a VOLUNTEER role.
We won't accept applications from individuals residing outside of the UK as we operate on the principle of bettering the lives of young people in the UK. Therefore, we require our volunteers to have an understanding of what it is like to live in the UK.
The Director of Service Delivery will take a strategic lead for the management of organizational output and service delivery. The incumbent will ensure that key departments with responsibility for delivering our work are performing to a high standard, that the organization is developing and the output related process and policies are working well, and that support is offered to departmental heads and management where needed.
Duties
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To work alongside chief level staff to support the organization's development and overview incorporation
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To contribute significantly towards supporting and strategically leading service delivery, with a focus on assurance of high quality impact
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In most cases be the person departmental heads and management can turn to for guidance as appropriate
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Be available to provide regular day to day strategic management and decision making capabilities as required
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To always ensure that momentum and progress across organizational delivery related work is maintained and that all staff working in these areas are aware of this.
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To identify problems and take action to resolve them to contribute to positive development and effectiveness whereby it may impact the daily business of the organization
Important expectations
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The incumbent will be expected to generally check slack messages and emails every day, and be prepared to receive phone calls and phone or WhatsApp messages (in urgent circumstances).
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The incumbent is expected to be able to deal with all situations, and be aware of the relevant information in order to do so.
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Tthe incumbent will be expected to deal with issues and be proactive taking their own initiative as to improving and developing the organization
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To coordinate with the Chief Operating Officer and others as required, and work together with the Chief Operating Officer and others to manage the day to day business of the organization.
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To commit as much time as required to the role, using a range of 7 to 14 hours per week as a guide.
Must have
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Experience in a Head of or Exectuive Director level role
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Experience in the charity sector and in service delivery
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An understanding of research, project management and plannin
Benefits
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Supportive Team and Management to enhance your skills and build on your experience.
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Your work will help transform and empower many young people’s lives, rights and interests and assist in promoting equality for all young people.
Why volunteer with us?
We are a supportive and friendly organisation that takes pride in developing and nurturing our staff and providing them with excellent opportunities to thrive and further encourage their career growth and future aspirations.
We offer a fully remote working environment and a flexible and adaptable working schedule. This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing organisation, enhance your skills, and gain valuable experience to help you begin your career in Research as we endeavour to grow our organisation and continue to make positive changes to the lives of young people. If this sounds like you and you are interested in applying for this position, please submit your CV.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Explain in the cover letter why you want the role and explain how you would drive efficiency?
About the Role
Role type: Voluntary role, travel expenses reimbursed
Role level: Volunteer
Location: Remote, open to applicants resident in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands or the Isle of Man
Accountable to: Setup Team Lead
The purpose of your role is to support institutions who wish to establish a Nightline service, working with them from initial contact until opening night, and up to two years beyond. Setting up a Nightline is a complex process that opens up a valuable service to a whole new student population. This role involves working with Universities, Student Unions, and students as they set up new Nightlines.
You will sit within the Services Department in the Setup Team and your line manager will be the Setup Team Lead.
Activities and Responsibilities
-
Supporting students/institutions who wish to establish a Nightline service
-
Sharing your knowledge of the workings of a Nightline in a clear, thorough and timely manner
-
Work collaboratively with the team, contributing ideas and feedback on their work as required
-
Keep your Team Lead and Head of Department up-to-date with your work, participating in regular support meetings
-
Attending Association events such as the Autumn and National Conferences, in order to provide training to Nightline Coordinators (or equivalent)
-
Project work
-
Other reasonable duties as required by the Team Lead or Head of Department
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
Desirable
-
Experience with a Nightline service or the Association
-
Previous experience setting up a Nightline or similar service
Competencies
Essential
-
Capable of remote working effectively
Desirable
-
Familiarity with Google Workspace
Knowledge
Essential
-
Understanding of and commitment to the Association’s values and to supporting and developing the Nightline community
Desirable
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
We are looking for an organised ninja to collate lists of media contacts, researching statistics, sourcing corporate contacts. Working closely with Head of operations and CEO.
We are a small charity and volunteer help is huge to us. We are a fun young team and passionate about what we do
What will you be doing?
Do you love to read? Are your online research skills top notch? Are you efficient and organised and keen to be part of a growing charity? This role could be for you!
What are we looking for?
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Previous background in carrying out administration tasks such as researching and creating excel sheets with contacts would be a bonus.
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Must have experience working in a similar role carrying out admin and research tasks.
- Confident researching using online resources.
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Excellent communication and organisational skills, attention to detail and a positive attitude.
- Someone who is keen to be involved in a small team and make a huge difference in the body image space.
What difference will you make?
As we are a start up, the impact you will have is vast. Sourcing contacts will help us to form relationships, build connections and ultimately spread the word of Been There.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.