Innovation Training Manager Jobs in Exeter, Devon
About the role
We are seeking a Branch Development Manager to develop the support provided for Headway volunteer-led branches across the UK including with volunteering, policies and processes and best practice to ensure a high-quality service for acquired brain injury survivors.
You will drive innovation to deliver sustainable volunteering opportunities that contribute towards the ongoing success of the Headway network, ensuring acquired brain injury survivors can access the support they need within their own communities.
About you
We’re looking for someone with experience of volunteer engagement and development.
You will ideally have:
- A good understanding of the opportunities and challenges facing community-based voluntary organisations at a UK-wide level
- Outstanding organisational and project management skills, able to operate at a strategic level
- Experience of building relationships and partnership working within the third sector
- Knowledge of the legal, financial and governance framework within which third sector organisations operate
- A passion for supporting brain injury survivors, carers and families and the charities that support them
The full role profile and person specification is available to download below.
Benefits
As a staff member at Headway UK, you’ll have access the following range of benefits.
Financial Security
- Pension - You will be automatically enrolled into the People’s Pension, with Headway contributing between 3–6% dependant on your contributions
- Occupational Sick Pay Scheme – Increasing with length of service.
- Death in Service Benefit - You’ll have the security of knowing if anything happens to you your loved ones will be provided for
Flexible Working
- Remote working
- We understand that a healthy work-life balance is essential for our team to thrive. Headway offers flexible working arrangements, promoting well-being and ensuring you can take care of yourself while you care for others.
Wellbeing
- You’ll benefit from a fully comprehensive 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme including access to counselling services.
- Eye Test Vouchers
- Mental Health First Aiders
Holidays and leave
- You’ll get 25 days leave incrementally increasing to 30 days based on service plus Bank Holidays.
Benefits
- You’ll have access to a range of shopping and lifestyle benefits and discounts through our IMHR Plus Privilege membership.
This is an exciting time to be joining Headway and your chance to play a key role in the next chapter of our history.
If you would like to discuss the role, please feel free to contact Marie Peacock, Head of Network.
About Headway – the brain injury association
Every 90 seconds, a person is admitted to hospital in the UK with a serious brain injury. It can affect anyone at any time. When it does Headway is here to help.
Headway is the UK-wide leading charity working to improve life after brain injury. We are passionate about helping people to rebuild their lives, relearn lost skills and regain independence.
We know that with the right help, at the right time, there can be life after brain injury. In addition to providing direct services to those affected by a brain injury and campaigning to raise awareness of this often-hidden disability, Headway UK supports a network of 119 local organisations who support people with brain injuries, their families and carers, within their local communities.
The services provided by each one of these independently run Headway groups and branches vary depending on local needs. They each provide a lifeline to brain injury survivors, carers and family members they support.
Safeguarding
At Headway we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow best practice as set out within the Care Act 2014. All successful applicants will be subject to safer recruiting procedures and will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks including a DBS check and two satisfactory references.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
We recognise, value and champion diversity and inclusion. We want to ensure our staff population reflects the diverse service users that we support. For us diversity and inclusion is about building happy teams, full of people that want to learn and be inspired by each other, by our different experiences and backgrounds. Inclusion means providing the people we recruit with opportunities and valuing everyone’s contributions and perspectives.
We are also committed to removing barriers for applicants with a disability during our recruitment process, upon appointment and as an employee.
Please don’t hesitate to contact Marie Peacock, Head of Network if you need support with the application or you would like a chat about what it’s like to work with us.
Thank you for your interest in Headway and we look forward to getting to know you!
Next steps
- Closing date: Sunday 29th September 2024
- Shortlisting date: Week commencing 30th September 2024
- Interview: 10th and 11th October 2024
Headway is an equal opportunity employer.
Registered Charity No: 1025852
No agencies please
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Our Business Development Team is integral to the success of our organisation and we are looking for a motivated, driven and proactive individual to join us as a Business Development Manager . You will be responsible for driving our new business strategy, aiming to secure new partnerships across education and raising our profile within Senior Leadership, as well as delivery teams. You will also play a significant role within the Business Development Team to provide both internal and external support, which will be both colleague and customer focussed. The successful candidate will understand the importance of developing an implementing new business strategies. They will be looking for an opportunity to demonstrate their sales and growth mindset within a strong team environment. They will be committed to working within our organisation values, whilst affecting external decision-making through a customer engagement approach.
The main purpose will be:
1. Deliver sales targets in line with business development strategies.
2. Lead the creation and implementation of ‘new business’ engagement strategies within the business development division.
3. Strategically expand the network of centres delivering Leadership Skills Foundation programmes.
4. Develop sales and registrations strategies to grow new business opportunities and maximise our relationships with centres.
Main Duties and Responsibilities include:
1. Create and implement the new business strategy for increasing the number of centres committed to delivering Leadership Skills Foundation programmes.
2. Identify and develop profitable growth opportunities with customers, partner networks and key stakeholders.
3. Collaborate with the Market Development Manager to include emerging programmes in maximising growth and expansion opportunities with centres.
4. Collaborate with marketing and communications colleagues to create new business campaigns and activities.
5. Co-ordinate tactical activities to engage with new audiences i.e. webinars and conferences.
6. Responsibility for ensuring all management information and relationship management insight relating to prospective/new centres is captured.
7. Monitor performance of commercial activities utilising insight systems to prepare reports and forecasts for the Head of Business Development and wider Leadership Team.
8. Conduct regular research and analysis on commercial opportunities to reach new audiences and expand/grow delivery.
9. Work alongside Innovation, Marcomms and Quality Assurance team colleagues to attract, engage and delight customers under the Customer Experience strategy.
10.Alongside the Head of Business Development and Director of Engagement, review, explore and consider future pricing models aimed at increasing the average spend of centres, supporting ‘a whole education leadership offer’.
11.To carry out any other duties as requested to support the work of the Leadership Skills Foundation commensurate with the grade and level of responsibility of the post, for which the post holder has the necessary experience and/or training.
The Business Development Manager will receive a generous salary, a flexible and agile working environment, private Vitality healthcare (subject to successful completion of probationary period), personal development opportunities, enhanced pension, enhanced holiday and sick pay and an extended Christmas break.
If you want to be part of thriving and evolving organisation, then we would love to hear from you and look forward to receivng your application.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Elrha is a global organisation dedicated to finding innovative solutions to complex humanitarian challenges through cutting-edge research and innovation. We are seeking a passionate and skilled Management Accountant to join our dynamic Grant Operations and Finance (GOF) team.
About the Role:
You’ll play a key role in supporting our work by ensuring smooth, high quality financial management and reporting. Working closely with the Head of GOF, you'll contribute to the success of our programmes by overseeing financial activities, audits and the improvement of financial processes.
This is a role where you can make a meaningful impact, not only within our organisation but on the global humanitarian landscape. You'll have the chance to work on important projects that directly support our humanitarian aims while developing your skills in a supportive and collaborative environment.
What you’ll do:
- Lead on key financial activities, including management accounting, financial reporting, and grant audits.
- Support the operational aspects of grant management by ensuring effective financial planning and monitoring.
- Improve and streamline financial processes for greater efficiency.
- Manage complex funding arrangements, including grants from institutional donors, and ensure compliance with financial and donor requirements.
- Collaborate with teams across the organisation, using your financial insights to support decision-making.
What we're looking for:
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences, especially those with a genuine passion for humanitarian work. We’d love to hear from you if you:
- Are a qualified (or part-qualified) Accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA, CIPFA or equivalent) with proven management accounting experience, ideally within the charity or not-for-profit sector.
- Have experience managing budgets and financial information, especially in environments with complex funding.
- Are familiar with the financial management of grants from institutional donors, ideally within international aid or humanitarian settings.
- Understand risk management and audit processes.
- Communicate clearly and effectively, both with financial and non-financial colleagues.
- Are skilled in Excel and other Microsoft Office tools.
- Have a personal or professional interest in humanitarian or development sectors, demonstrated through academic studies, volunteering, or work experience.
Additional knowledge in grantee financial management, IATI standards, and accounting principles for charities would be a bonus, but not essential.
Why Join Us?
By joining Elrha, you’ll become part of an organisation that is making a real difference in the world. We believe in supporting our team to thrive, offering opportunities for professional development, collaboration, and growth. We work remotely with access to our offices in London, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Manchester if you prefer to be office based. We offer flexible working patterns to support you with balancing other commitments.
If you're looking for a role where you can apply your financial expertise to help solve real-world problems, we want to hear from you!
Note for applicants:
- Candidates must have the independent right to work in UK at the time of appointment as we are unable to support visa sponsorship for this role.
- When applying you will be taken through the Save the Children UK recruitment system. Elrha is an independent subsidiary of SCUK and benefits from some SCUK systems and processes.
- Please read through the job description for a detailed list of requirements, and ensure you complete the personal statement to explain how you feel you meet the requirements of the role and why you feel this is next career move for you.
Closing date: Sunday 6th October 2024
Interview dates: Tuesday 15th & Wednesday 16th October (online)
We reserve the right to bring the closing date forward if we have sufficient high-quality applications. Please get your application in as early as possible.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Philanthropy Manager
Job Description and Person Specification
Reporting to: Head of Philanthropy in the Fundraising Team
Location of Work: Home based. The post holder will be expected to travel to meet donors, travel to away days and team meetings in London. The role may involve some irregular travel throughout England and Scotland. Expenses will be paid in line with our Travel and Expenses policy.
Contract Type: Ideally full-time, 35 hours per week, although part time / flexible hours may be considered. The role may require occasional evening and weekend work
Contract Length: Permanent
Salary: £37,500
BACKGROUND
Magic Breakfast is a registered charity that exists to make sure no child or young person is too hungry to learn. We provide nutritious breakfasts and expert support to primary, secondary, ASN/SEND schools and pupil referral units in disadvantaged areas of England and Scotland. Providing a daily school breakfast ensures that every child and young person feels included, equal and set up for success. Magic Breakfast works to be part of the solution to end child morning hunger for good through our campaigning, research and advocacy work with politicians and decision-makers.
This is an exciting time to join Magic Breakfast if you wish to make a difference to the lives of children. We are expanding our team to meet the challenge of ending child morning hunger, both for now and for good.
JOB PURPOSE
Magic Breakfast’s mission is to end child morning hunger in the UK now and for good the Philanthropy team’s role is to develop and deliver the charity's high net worth individual giving programme in line with Magic Breakfast’s strategic priorities to enable our organisational growth against our mission.
We are seeking to grow income through further cultivation and stewardship of our potential and existing donors. Our High Value Giving teams are forecast to collectively raise £5.1m in 2021/22, up from £4.6m two years ago in 2019/20. The team includes partnerships with charitable trusts and foundations, corporate organisations, and high-net-worth individuals.
Reporting into the Head of Philanthropy, this role will have a particular focus on ensuring that Magic Breakfast is offering the highest quality of donor care from start to finish, and building and developing our prospect pipeline.
We’re looking for a proactive person with excellent relationship building, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship skills as we seek to build our prospect pool, enhance or supporter journey and achieve our ambitious fundraising targets.
The Philanthropy Manager will have the opportunity to be innovative and creative, to create and test impactful donor journeys and engagement opportunities so Magic Breakfast’s supporters feel valued and can understand the transformational difference they are making to hungry children and their learning in the UK.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Income generation and donor stewardship and prospect development
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Manage your own portfolio of donors, providing excellent stewardship and strategies to uplift and secure multi year donations
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Work with Corporate, Trusts and Individual Giving teams to identify potential major donors and high value regular givers within Magic Breakfast’s donor portfolio and implement plans to develop these relationships;
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Work with the Head of Philanthropy and Prospect Researcher to build a Philanthropy prospect pipeline
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Write accurate, inspiring and compelling fundraising propositions and reports for potential and existing major donors
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Review and make recommendations for improvement of our existing donor journey, building a calendar of engaging content and touchpoints throughout the year.
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Lead on devising, developing and organising bespoke events for donors and prospects
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Complete timely event reviews to improve and inform future decision making and planning.
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Work in partnership with the wider fundraising teams to provide excellent supporter care to all event attendees and stakeholders.
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Support the Head of Philanthropy to build relationships with senior volunteers to garner their support with hosting and supporting events to connect us to, and unlock, their networks.
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Use our CRM database (Salesforce) to log KPIs, project and reconcile finances and manage supporter relationships
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Use KPIs to adapt strategies and drive activity
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Be responsible for ensuring an up-to-date bank of engaging content and materials for existing partners, including but not limited to, commissioning video content, compiling reports and building case studies.
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Scan the external environment for trends, insights, ideas and best practice that could benefit the High Value Giving teams and Magic Breakfast’s work, making recommendations for improvements and leading on opportunities as they arise.
Internal
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Work with wider Fundraising team to help create and deliver cross departmental events, and identify referral opportunities (to Trusts and Corporates)
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Develop strong relationships with Service Delivery and Policy and Engagement colleagues, involving them in meetings with donors where appropriate to strengthen those relationships and engage them further
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Work with Service Delivery to identify, plan and co-ordinate school visits for donors and prospects
Financial processes, reporting and due diligence:
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Ensure all donations are thanked and recorded in a timely way, and logged accurately on salesforce
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Support Head of Philanthropy in accurately forecasting philanthropy income for each financial year, and ensure forecast income is updated monthly.
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Contribute
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to the philanthropy budget and goal with wider awareness of org and F&D goals
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Work with Prospect Researcher to ensure all due diligence checks on donors are completed, and that they meet our criteria in our ethical fundraising policy, flagging any risks upwards for resolution.
General
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Contribute to team meetings, sharing best practice and supporting team members where necessary
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Help to maintain a positive working environment; keeping the vision of Magic Breakfast at the heart of everything we do
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Uphold a culture that keeps children and young people at the heart and encourages openness, collaboration, bravery, compassion and a solutions-focussed approach
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Work collaboratively across the organisation more widely to build good working relations across the organisation and provide ad-hoc support to other teams and members of staff
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Adhere to all Magic Breakfast policies and procedures
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Ensure that all activity is compliant with current legislation, GDPR and child safeguarding requirements (training provided)
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Participate in occasional work-related events at external venues and perform support related activities, as required. Be willing to undertake occasional work outside of regular office hours and UK travel
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Undertake any other duties commensurate with the role
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Knowledge and Experience
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Experience planning and managing meaningful donor cultivation and stewardship events to achieve strategic objectives
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Experience delivering Gala or large special events with proven financial results
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Experience of managing income and expenditure budgets
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Experience of working with external event operations crews and contractors
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Experience of management of event and volunteer staff
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Experience of upward management and working with senior volunteers / Trustees
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Knowledge of high value fundraising techniques covering corporates, trusts and major donors, including a clear understanding of the needs of the supporter journey
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Experience of using a fundraising database (ideally Salesforce)
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Up to date knowledge on Code of Practice and Data Protection Act and commitment to keeping up to date
Skills and Abilities
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Highly organised with attention to detail, and an ability to work autonomously and be a confident decision maker in a fast-paced environment
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Effective and thoughtful verbal and written communication skills
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Experience of managing a varied workload and balancing conflicting priorities to meet deadlines
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Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to deal sensitively and diplomatically to collaborate with multiple stakeholders, both internal and external
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Ease with using IT packages such as Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint, and presenting in a format that meets the needs of colleagues
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Ability to keep accurate and up to date records, sharing information as and when appropriate
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Ability to adapt existing processes to meet the needs of the organisation
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Skilful management of risk and opportunities with ability to escalate appropriately
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An understanding of Health and Safety regulations and other regulations as they apply to events
Other
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Passion and commitment to Magic Breakfast’s aim of alleviating morning hunger as a barrier to learning for children in the UK.
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Share Magic Breakfast’s commitment to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion within the workplace.
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Willing to travel within the UK occasionally for meetings and other events (Covid permitting).
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Experience of working for a charity, especially in the area of children and young people, desirable but not essential.
WHAT WE OFFER
At Magic Breakfast we value our employees and work hard to develop offer a supportive, respectful culture which enables everyone to bring their whole self to work.
Please click below for our job pack
APPLICATION PROCCESS
Should you wish to discuss the role before applying please email our People and Culture Team, hr @magicbreakfast .com
Shortlisting - 30th September – 2nd October
Interview 1 - 8th and 9th October
Interview 2 - 15th and 16th October
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Having spent the last 6 months reflecting on and resetting our mission and core outcomes, this is a really exciting time in SOHK’s impact journey. We are looking for someone to join us in what is a brand-new role to lead the development of this impact management approach and roll out of the new outcomes framework across England, Scotland and Wales.
We are committed to broadening the diversity of our organisation and are keen to attract people from a wide range of backgrounds. For the right candidate, this is a truly exciting opportunity to be part of a dynamic, growing and ambitious charity, where your contribution and ideas will have a significant impact.
ABOUT US
“School of Hard Knocks is about the development of the whole person. By enabling self-worth through an environment of genuine acceptance, participants move from a mind-set characterised by threat, instability and confusion, to one that promotes and maintains optimism, emotional resilience and ultimately life satisfaction. In essence the 'School of Hard Knocks' provides individuals the opportunity to find a meaning and purpose to life.”
Dr Mikel Mellick, Principal Lecturer, Practitioner Psychologist and SOHK Trustee
Which People?
We work with young people in early secondary who are not thriving in Education - presenting as disruptive & disengaged, or with Social Emotional Learning needs. We prioritise those from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
To what end?
1. Improved engagement with school.
2. Improved SEL skills
How?
Through a long-term blended programme of rugby coaching, group and 1-1 mentoring delivered by a consistent team of trusted expert practitioners.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Working closely with the regional delivery teams and reporting to the Director of Programmes, the key responsibilities will be to:
1. Manage our Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) processes. (50%)
- Work with the Director of Programmes to refine and improve the overall approach to SOHK impact management processes and the outcomes framework.
- Oversee the use of data collection tools and approaches that are appreciative of the practicalities, yet uncompromising in our ambition to achieve sector leading recognition with regard to MEL.
- Work with and support regional managers to ensure timely, accurate and regular cycles of data collection throughout the year.
- Provide coaching and support to the delivery team, including training sessions that will ensure a thorough understanding of MEL processes and measurement tools.
- Closely monitor survey completion rates, identify data collection gaps and devise a realistic plan to help fill these gaps.
- Work with the delivery team and Director of Programmes to create engaging ways to gather feedback data from young people participating in the programme, ensuring the centrality of youth voice.
- Design, plan for and implement the means by which long term outcomes are measured, post programme.
2. Oversee the processing and analysis of data (30%)
- Lead on the data processing, analysis and internal impact evaluation from our feedback surveys and data collection methods.
- Identify and implement new ways for data quality, accuracy and completion to be improved across the organisation.
- Alongside the Director of Programmes and Regional Managers, ensure that learnings are understood and embedded into the delivery teams so our programmes are constantly refined and improved.
- Establish regular feedback loops to the delivery teams – both formal and informal - creating a consistent and regular flow of data insights.
- Create a learning culture in which data isn’t scary or about performance management, but about learning, improvement and consistency.
- Undertake thematic analysis of qualitative data, including feedback from young people, team members and other adults, to identify any learning that can be fed back into programme design.
- Establish evaluation methodologies that ensure feedback from the young people on school of Hard Knocks programmes are heard and considered.
- Share back insights and learning from impact management to key stakeholders, with the support of the Director of Programmes.
3. Support our Fundraising and Communications (20%)
- Support the Fundraising Team as they identify, cultivate and inform existing and new funding partners by providing them with our insights and evidence.
- Support the Marketing & Comms Manager with insights, case studies and any relevant data as they curate compelling annual reports based around our impact.
ABOUT YOU
Essential Skills & Experience:
- Experience of designing and implementing evidence and learning frameworks.
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills, including experience with data analysis, and a clear understanding of the importance of data quality and management and its importance to analysis and assessment.
- Experience managing and analysing large sets of data, with an understanding of the importance of data quality.
- Experience of creating practical insights from data analysis work and working collaboratively to feed these back into programme improvement and wider learning.
- Experience in setting up structured impact management practices within an organisation, including regular learning and review points across the organisation.
- Experience of supporting colleagues to understand and engage with impact management and contribute to a culture of innovation and learning.
PLEASE NOTE
Even if you don’t feel confident that you possess all of the above experience, we would still really encourage you to apply – we want to hear from you!
Desirable Experience:
- Experience of interpreting and communicating outcomes from programmes to support a variety of publications such as bespoke donor reports, annual reports, bid applications etc.
- Experience within an education or charitable setting.
- Experience with database development and/or setting up an impact management database.
- Some understanding of the UK education sector, and any relevant government policy work.
- Some experience of working with young people.
Personal qualities:
- Excellent interpersonal skills with colleagues, partners and young people.
- Able to work proactively, efficiently and independently.
- Adaptable, creative and imaginative.
- Committed to the mission of School of Hard Knocks.
- Passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people.
TERMS OF APPOINTMENT
- Full time, £35,000 per annum.
- 3% employer pension contributions.
- Generous paid leave allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays, additional days awarded with service.
- Dynamic, entrepreneurial working environment with flexible approach to working hours and locations where possible.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Hybrid working - 4 roles available; located in North, Midlands, East and South of England regions.
We are recruiting four Workforce Leads to support hands-on recruitment, attraction and the onboarding and training of IPS Employment Specialists and Team Leaders across the country. These will be dedicated, regional roles where you will support the scale up of the IPS workforce in your designated region.
IPS Grow is a national programme designed to support the expansion of Individual Placement and Support (IPS) services in mental health, primary care, and drug and alcohol teams across England. The programme is led by Social Finance in partnership with the Centre for Mental Health. It is funded by NHS England and Improvement (NHSE/I), the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), and the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID).
The Workforce Lead will provide specialist support to services embarking on recruitment campaigns, monitor their effectiveness and share learning. They will also provide hands-on support for recruitment efforts and training. This will vary according to the service need, but could include headhunting, sifting CVs, preparing for interviews, shortlisting and training.
The opportunity
The Workforce Leads will play a crucial role in the recruitment, onboarding, and training of the IPS Workforce within their designated regions. They will support the scale up of the IPS workforce by ensuring high-quality recruitment processes, comprehensive training programs, and effective onboarding practices. The Workforce Leads will work closely with IPS Grow Regional Managers, local and national stakeholders, including NHS services, to recruit the IPS workforce needed to achieve high levels of employment outcomes for IPS clients.
Responsibilities
The key requirements of the role are:
Recruitment and Onboarding:
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Lead the recruitment process for IPS Employment Specialists and Team Leaders in assigned regions.
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Collaborate with local services to identify staffing needs and develop tailored recruitment strategies.
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Support services by conducting interviews, shortlisting, and making hiring recommendations.
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Identify where IPS services can coordinate, combine recruitment efforts and facilitate links to ensure a joined-up approach.
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Coordinate and facilitate onboarding activities for new hires, ensuring they are well-prepared to deliver high-fidelity IPS services.
Training and Development:
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Deliver comprehensive training programs for new IPS Employment Specialists.
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Provide ongoing support and mentorship to new hires during their first year.
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Identify and address training needs, offering additional resources and workshops as necessary.
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Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of training programs and make improvements based on feedback.
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Enrol IPS workforce members in e-learning training programmes and the accredited qualification.
Relationship Management:
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Build and maintain strong relationships with local and national stakeholders, including IPS services, ICBs leads and NHS Regional Leads.
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Support with workforce planning with services.
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Attend and contribute to regional meetings, sharing insights and updates on workforce development initiatives.
Quality Assurance and Reporting:
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Ensure that recruitment, onboarding, and training processes align with IPS Grow's quality assurance standards.
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Collect and analyse data related to workforce development activities, providing regular reports to the Workforce Manager.
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Identify challenges and propose solutions to improve recruitment and training outcomes.
Communication and Collaboration:
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Work closely with the Regional Managers and Regional Leads to ensure joined up and timely support for services in the region.
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Work closely with the Workforce Manager and other Workforce Leads to share best practices and coordinate efforts across regions.
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Contribute to internal and external communications, including newsletters, reports, and presentations.
About you
·Recruitment Expertise. Proven experience of recruitment within the healthcare system or substantial involvement in healthcare-related recruitment is essential. This includes interviewing, evaluating candidates and making hiring recommendations.
·Training and Development Expertise. Experience in delivering training programs and workshops, with a focus on adult learning principles and effective onboarding practices.
·Bility to influence others. You will work directly with IPS services to support their recruitment of IPS workers, therefore strong interpersonal, communication and influencing skills are essential. You will need the ability to build and maintain relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
·Organisational Skills: Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, create project plans, and meet deadlines.
·Problem-Solving Abilities: Creative thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to quickly understand challenges and develop effective solutions.
·Adaptability and Flexibility: Ability to adapt to changing project needs and work effectively in a dynamic environment.
·Shared values. We have a passionate belief that helping people to achieve appropriate employment can transform their lives. We hope you will share this, as well as our other core values.
·A thirst for learning and self-development and sharing that learning with services and stakeholders. This will include capturing and sharing learning – in written form, developing tools/guides and training.
·Teamwork. You will be able to work effectively in a remote large, cross-functional team.
·Strategic planning and organisational skills. You will be able to manage your own workload, and able to deal with multiple and competing priorities using analytical skills to prioritise and meet deadlines (internal and external).
·Creativity and the ability to self-manage. You will be able to demonstrate an ability to deliver results working with limited supervision, ideally in a remote working / virtual team environment. You will have strong communication skills and an ability to use a range of standard tools (such as Microsoft SharePoint, Zoom) to support virtual team working.
·Motivated to have impact / self-starter. You will be able to demonstrate high levels of initiative and personal leadership. You will be committed to your own development, including getting up to speed with and leadership practice. You will be continually curious and open to learning.
·Evidencing your work. You can provide timely reports and case studies to evidence your work and impact.
·Commitment to travel. The role will likely involve significant travel to build relationships and provide hands-on support as well as meeting with IPS Grow team members from across England.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
We actively encourage applications from under-represented and minoritised groups, including those with lived experience of the social issues we are working to address. We are an equal opportunities employer and support a range of flexible working options.
We have an exciting opportunity for an established and highly motivated Director of Finance to join our Senior Leadership Team, and who will be responsible for providing financial leadership, control and planning for the organisation.
Victim Support is the leading charity in England and Wales that supports people affected by crime and traumatic incidents. We provide personalised support to help people manage after crime and feel safer through a combination of dedicated specialist services as well as on-line support. We also ensure victims know their rights and we campaign to make them stronger.
Each year we offer information and support to almost 800,000 people and 153,000 received tailored support from our dedicated, skilled support workers and volunteers, Independent Domestic Abuse advisors and Independent Sexual Violence advisors. We are a truly independent organisation that delivers our services both through local teams embedded in the communities in which they live and work, as well as nationally through services such as the National Homicide Service, our 24/7 Support line, our live chat service and our on-line self-help platform, My Support Space.
This year we celebrate our 50th anniversary. As we look ahead to the future, we will continue to deliver the highest quality services to those that need them. We will give victims a voice and a platform to create change and reform in a deeply broken criminal justice system. We will listen, adapt and improve, giving victims options and flexibility in how they access our support, reflecting the changing ways we all live our lives.
In order to achieve our vision we need a highly capable Director of Finance to build and improve on our high-performing finance function and to drive forward operational excellence.
Reporting directly into the CEO, you will be responsible for developing and implementing our financial strategy, long-term financial planning, and developing commercial strategies to maximise income and operating contribution. You will also have responsibility of cash management, risk management and governance. You will be the Senior Information Risk Owner (SIRO) for the organisation and will lead on Property and Procurement.
This is a varied and exciting role which will provide you with the opportunity of leading a well-established team of professionals, reporting on the financial performance of the organisation together with providing analysis, advice and support to facilitate decision making to deliver sound financial management.
You will be a qualified accountant, and will need to demonstrate:
· Proven experience in a leadership role;
· Experience at Board level and ability to work in collaboration with Trustees and colleagues;
· Understanding and experience of strategic risk management, finance audit and internal controls
You will be a confident, energetic and engaging individual with an enquiring mind and passion for excellence and innovation in pursuit of sustainable growth and excellent service delivery. You will have excellent communication skills and confidence to operate at the highest levels. A commitment to Victim Support’s purpose, vision, values and ethos is essential. This is an excellent opportunity for somebody who wants to make a difference.
If you believe you have the skills and qualities to provide the exceptional leadership we are seeking, we very much look forward to hearing from you.
We are strongly committed to increasing the diversity of our organisation and welcome applications from all sectors and backgrounds.
Recruitment timetable:
Application deadline: Sunday 13th October
Shortlisting: approx. Wednesday 16th October
First stage interviews: w/c 21st October
Second stage interviews: 2/c 4th November
To apply, please send your CV and supporting statement via the link by Sunday 13th October
For an informal conversation about the role please contact our exclusive recruitment partner, Rosemary Pini of Allen Lane via the agency website.
Please submit your CV and cover letter (no more than sides for the cover letter).
Fundraising Engagement Manager – South & West Yorkshire
Today, 12 children and young people will be diagnosed with cancer. We’ll stop at nothing to make sure they get the right care and support at the right time.
- Salary: £30,753
- Hours: 35
- Contract type: Permanent
- Location: Homebased within South & West Yorkshire area
- Closing date: Sunday 20th October 2024
- Phone interviews: w/c Monday 21st October 2024
- Panel interviews: w/c Monday 28th October 2024
Change lives in a life-changing career
When a child or young person is diagnosed with cancer, their whole world can feel like it’s falling apart. Independence is taken and confidence is stolen. Stability no longer exists. The future suddenly feels uncertain.
The impact of cancer on young lives is more than medical. That’s why we exist. Our specialist social workers help children and young people with cancer and their families navigate the emotional and practical impact of cancer. We remove barriers, solve problems and prioritise wellbeing. And we stop at nothing to make sure they get the right care and support at the right time.
We challenge the systems and policies that surround children and young people, we highlight gaps and campaign for change. Because we know what a better future could look like. And we know what we need to do to make that future a reality. We need to push harder, reach further and work smarter. And we need the right people on our team to help us get there. People like you.
About the role
We’re looking for a Fundraising Engagement Manager to join our Regional Fundraising team.
This is a role of variety, opportunity and innovation, and we are looking for someone who embraces change and constantly strives to achieve more.
You will maximise income for Young Live vs Cancer by coaching our supporters to reach their goals, whilst seeking out new fundraising opportunities for your geographical area. This role sits within the ‘Regional Engagement’ team and we need someone with natural customer service skills who wants to deliver an excellent experience to all of their supporters. Your team of supporters will range from volunteers and individuals, to groups and local corporates.
South & West Yorkshire is an area filled with some of our most committed supporters but there is still so much opportunity to grow corporate support across the counties. Our Social Workers support families from Sheffield and Leeds hospitals, so building relationships with these teams are a must.
Candidates should live within South & West Yorkshire, in one of the following counties: Bradford, Doncaster, Halifax, Leeds, Sheffield, Oldham or Wakefield.
Candidates who live outside of these counties should highlight an intention to relocate to the area in their application form for their application to be considered
This role is subject to a criminal record check. In the event of a successful application a basic record check will be completed.
What will I be doing?
No two days are the same at Young Lives vs Cancer. So, summarising your ‘day to day’ isn’t easy. Here are some of the main things you’ll be doing, but you’ll find more details in our Role Details document.
- To plan, monitor and report on your budgeted income with a constant eye on contingency planning to ensure annual targets are achieved
- To steward our most committed supporters and deliver excellent supporter experience
- To be a key, valued member of your regional team and UK wide team.
- To identify, cultivate and secure partnerships and donations within your area
- To work with your local service team/s to build and maintain strong and effective working relationships
- To be the first point of contact for service user families, to offer opportunities to them and their networks to engage with the wider charity as they would like I.e. fundraising, volunteering, sharing their story
What do I need?
- A proven track record of delivering amazing customer experiences
- Experience of relationship management in either a charity or corporate setting
- Ability to work within a financial target-based setting, and experience of reaching/exceeding set targets
- Demonstrable experience of winning new business
- Experience of managing own workload
- Proven ability to manage/complete projects
- Able to ‘make the ask’ for support and to influence/negotiate
- Have a full UK driving licence and access to a car (including business insurance)
- Have a sufficient Broadband connection
Diverse perspectives and unique skillsets are at the heart of Young Lives vs Cancer. If you're passionate about making a positive impact and eager to learn, we encourage you to apply, even if you don't meet the criteria and person specification fully. Your potential is what matters most to us, and we’re committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive work environment to help you develop.
The key skills we’re looking for in this role are:
- Natural storyteller
- Strong prioritisation skills
- Great communicator
- Great at spotting opportunities
- Influencing/Negotiating
- Compassion
- Integrity
- Team player
What will I gain?
For people to reach their full potential, they need the right environment. As a member of Team Young Lives, you’ll be made to feel supported, valued and appreciated. Here’s how we do it:
- Flexible working: we’re open to working hours outside of 9 - 5 and we can talk through your flexibility requirements at interview stage
- Wellbeing days: four days a year to do what works for you – from catching up on training to going for a walk
- Generous annual leave allowance
- Great family/caring leave entitlements
- Enhanced pension
- Access to our employee savings scheme
To find out more about our benefits package, have a look on our website.
Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging
At Young Lives vs Cancer, we recognise that opportunities for too many people remain a condition of their sex, ethnicity, class, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation – or a combination. This has never been acceptable to us as an organisation. We don’t just accept difference, we value it, celebrate it, nurture it and we thrive because of it.
We’re on a journey to be reflective of the diverse children, young people and families we support. We know we aren’t there yet, and we’re passionately committed to taking actions and making changes to be a truly diverse, inclusive and equitable organisation. This includes taking anti-oppressive action and removing barriers in our recruitment practices. We particularly welcome applications from members of minoritised communities. Our Diversity, Inclusion, Equity and Belonging strategy will tell you more.
Accessibility
We’re committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process and we’ll always aim to be as accommodating as possible.Please let us know in your application form of any adjustments or access requirements we could make to help you with the application process and interview.
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Regionally-based post from Autumn 2024
28 hours per week – including some weekends and evenings and frequent travel in the region and nationally
Based from home and locations within the geographical area covered by this role
We are seeking an enthusiastic, pragmatic person who is excited by what spirit-led growth might mean in a faith context. Our local development team is a key part of our plans to reinvigorate Quakerism and to help Quaker communities thrive.
As a local development worker, you will support Quaker communities to be inclusive, welcoming and all-age. The support areas include worship, community, organisational management, social action, collaboration in the wider community, and outreach. You will provide accompaniment, facilitation, project support, and training. You will work alongside others at Quakers in Britain and Woodbrooke to provide resources and opportunities that grow from the identified needs of local Quakers.
We invite applications from people who are:
- Good listeners with experience of working with groups to develop and deliver a shared vision
- Familiar with Quaker worship, community, witness, and organisation
- Organised and resourceful, able to research information, analyse and sift it, and apply it appropriately to a range of situations and personalities
- Creative and adaptable, able to encourage innovation and support experimentation
- Digitally curious, willing to experiment with digital platforms and programmes to develop community and progress work.
Alongside the opportunity to transform the experience of Quakers across Britain, we offer a generous benefits package.
For further details and to apply, please visit our website via the apply button.
Closing date: 9am on Monday 14 October 2024.
Interviews: Tuesday 22 October 2024.
Quakers have a faith commitment to equality, and encourage and welcome applications for posts from people of all identities and backgrounds. As a result of our recruitment practices, individuals will be selected only based on their relevant skills, experience, qualifications and abilities. A candidate’s sex, sexual orientation, age, race, religion, belief, ethnicity, nationality, disability, marital status or class will not be a barrier to working for Quakers in Britain.
We aim to operate an equitable and user-friendly application process for all candidates. If you need any reasonable adjustments during the application process, please contact our People Team. You do not have to be a Quaker to apply for this post, but we expect you to uphold the values of the organisation.
Quakers in Britain is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share and uphold this commitment. Our recruitment and selection process reflects our commitment to safeguarding, and the suitability of all candidates will be assessed during recruitment in-line with our Safer Recruitment guidelines. Successful candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks in line with these guidelines.
Associate Director, Engagement (Major Gifts), UK & Europe
Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University
£68,000-£75,000
Permanent, Full-Time
Home-based (UK)
Are you a major gifts fundraiser ready for a new and exciting opportunity? Perhaps you want to work for a globally renowned institution, addressing the world’s most pressing needs with impactful solutions?
Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University is the world’s leading institution for global leadership, management and business education - but it is much more than a school. It is the world’s only truly global and multinational management school, delivering cutting-edge programmes training the next generation of leaders and innovators across the globe.
We are recruiting our new Associate Director, Engagement (Major Gifts), to help shape the future of Thunderbird and ASU in the UK and Europe. As a member of a small but mighty team in the UK, you will work remotely with teams of skilled and dynamic colleagues based predominantly in Phoenix, Arizona, as well as others around the world.
As the Associate Director, Engagement, you’ll have the opportunity to engage with the unique, vibrant global community that is Thunderbird and ASU. You will be fundraising for dynamic priorities such as scholarships, collaborative and impactful programmes, centers, professorships, and more.
This is a chance to be part of an institution that is multicultural, diverse and inclusive, and whose alumni are genuinely changemakers. You will be working for a truly global organisation with an outstanding reputation and almost limitless potential.
Thunderbird is partnering with Constellate Global Talent on this search.
Interested?
The candidate pack and details to contact us for a confidential discussion are attached.
To apply, please send your CV and cover letter via CharityJob or Institute of Fundraising no later than midnight on 2 October 2024.
Please do not apply via the Arizona State University website. No agencies please.
If you would like to have a confidential discussion about the role, please email info (at) weareconstellate (dot) com
Please see attached candidate pack. Applications are by CV and covering letter.
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Funded by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and managed by the Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET), the Global Health Workforce Programme (GHWP) aims to develop the health workforce (HWF) in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria and Somaliland supporting them to build stronger, more resilient health systems for post-pandemic recovery and to make progress towards UHC.
Grants for UK-LMIC and cross-LMIC health partnerships will be awarded to respond to national HWF priorities identified through a scoping assessment carried out by THET with DHSC, FCDO, national Governments and stakeholders (such as local World Health Organisation offices). These grants will run until December 2025.
With a strong focus on building local ownership and sustainability, these partnerships will contribute to the following programmatic outcomes:
1. Partnerships contributing towards improved health workforce leadership capacity aligned with health workforce strategies, that will support reduction in gender inequalities.
2. Partnerships aligning with and contributing towards retention and wellbeing strategies.
3. Improved number and quality of training opportunities for health workers.
4. Co-developed and documented learning on health workforce interventions shared with key national and international stakeholders.
THET will award 28-36 strategic grants of £100,000 – £350,000 that feed into the country scoping priorities and outputs outlined above. The grants will broadly be split across the six countries; however, the exact split is dependent on the number and quality of applications received and broader priorities.
20-28 smaller grants of up to £50,000 will also be available for projects that tackle specific areas such as innovation, rural health facilities, diaspora engagement, leadership opportunities for women and protected groups, and the climate crisis.
Grants will be available to UK-LMIC health partnerships and LMIC-LMIC health partnerships. There are no institutional eligibility criteria as long as ODA rules are followed, so grants can be awarded to healthcare providers, royal colleges, universities, professional associations, NGOs, alliances, diaspora networks etc, but not to Ministry of Health departments.
This document serves as a Terms of Reference for the type of work the THET Administrative Support should expect to carry out as part of this.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Oversee consultants’ invoicing and payments process and staff expense claims
· Prompt consultants to send invoices at the end of the month
· Review receipts and time claimed against contract and allowable expenses, file documents and send to Programme Manager for approval
· Monitor consultants’ time and expenses in trackers
· Review expense claims from THET staff related to GHWP, file documents and send to Programme Manager for approval
· Follow up with Finance team regarding payments
2. Oversee the National Oversight Mechanism invoicing and payments process
· Prompt in-country Admin Assistants to send invoices to NOM upon completion of activities, and follow up if necessary
· Admin Assistants will check receipts and time claimed against honoraria agreements and allowable expenses and send to Programme Manager for approval, cc’ing Admin Support
· Monitor payments in tracker
· Follow up with Finance team regarding payments
3. Provide support to recruitment/contracting process
· Support with developing/adapting recruitment documents (application log, creating folders in Sharepoint)
· Support with drafting contracts based on information provided by Programme Manager/Coordinator
4. Provide support to reporting process
· Support with development of templates and updating basic information in the report
· Proofread and format reports before finalisation and submission by the Programme Manager
5. Support the Programmes Manager and Programmes Coordinator
· Provide ad hoc administrative and logistical support to the team as required
· Support with filing documents in Sharepoint
· Support with drafting briefings
· Support with setting up meetings and comprehensive note-taking
Candidates must submit their CV along with a cover letter of no more than two pages to THET by 22nd of September 2024, with ‘Admin Support’ in the subject line.
We will review applications as they come in so may close applications early, and therefore early applications are encouraged.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Are you looking for a new challenge? Are you keen to develop your influencing and communication skills to help Chapter One retain, grow and unlock corporate partnerships for the benefit of struggling young readers?
40% of children from disadvantaged backgrounds leave primary school in England each year unable to read to the expected standard. Chapter One is a fast-growing charity, with a vision of a world in which all children have the literacy skills they need to thrive.
Many children fall behind with reading simply because they lack the opportunity to practise: we work to ensure that every child has 1:1 reading support at the time they need it most. Chapter One’s unique, online, reading support programme pairs struggling 5 to 8 year olds in over 11 areas of the UK with over 3000 volunteers who are recruited from a range of local and national businesses.
We are seeking a proactive, energetic and enthusiastic Corporate Partnerships Officer to be an integral part of a team which aims to both maximise corporate income and deliver an excellent partner experience. This is an opportunity for an early career professional to learn about charity-business partnerships in a dynamic, small charity which is flexible and agile.
Reporting to our Corporate Partnerships Manager, but also working closely with our Business Development Manager, you’ll support them both to deliver our annual volunteer targets and maintain our strong partner retention rate (currently 88%). This will involve supporting both the identification, acquisition, and onboarding of new partners, but also the account management of a portfolio of existing partners.
Please read the full job description for details of the responsibilities of the role, and our employee recruitment pack to learn more about Chapter One. This is a fully remote position and is ideal for someone home-based with the ability to travel to occasional meetings.
Chapter One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value and celebrate diversity in backgrounds and experience and are deliberate about the kind of teams we are building. Literacy is a universal concern, and we need people from all backgrounds to maximise our innovation, creativity and impact. We especially welcome applications from persons who have experienced disadvantage and/or from those who are of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities who are currently underrepresented in the organisation.
Chapter One is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All postholders are appointed subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service disclosure. Copies of our Safeguarding Policy and Safer Recruitment Policy are available on request.
Please send your CV (maximum 2 A4 sides) and a covering letter. Your covering letter (maximum 1 side of A4) should include:
1) Your relevant experience, including clear examples.
2) Tell us about a partnership that you have initiated or been involved with and what you did to make it succeed.
3) Tell us about how our organisational mission is in line with your values.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Are you ready to lead and develop this pioneering new project in partnership with the Office of Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner (OSPCC). Do you thrive on building trust and engagement with young people, school communities and families?
As the Breck Foundation's new Project Coordinator (Pan Sussex), with the support of the CEO, you will lead the initial project set up, the recruitment of schools and young people, followed by all training and coordination of the delivery.
The post holder will need to be based in Sussex, required to work from home permanently but willing and able to easily travel regularly to various locations across East and West Sussex, occasionally farther as necessary to fulfil the requirements of the role, to deliver aspects of the programme and to engage with other stakeholders and colleagues.
Breck Foundation
Breck Foundation is a unique and dynamic organisation that makes a real difference. The charity was founded in 2014 in memory of Breck Bednar, a 14-year-old boy who was groomed and murdered by someone he met online. We inform, educate and campaign to help young people and the wider UK public reclaim the internet from those who seek to harm others through it. Our educational programmes reach thousands of students, parents and safeguarding professionals each year.
The Project
Over the last few years, the Breck Foundation worked closely with Volunteer Police Cadet Units in Surrey and Tower Hamlets to train cadets as ‘Breck Ambassadors’, equipping them with the training needed to talk in schools to their peers about staying safe online and the key signs of grooming.
We are proud to take this successful project further having secured funding with the Office of Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner (OSPCC) to recruit and train up to 30 ‘Youth Ambassadors’ (for online safety) in schools across Sussex. The Youth Ambassadors will learn how to tell Breck’s story and empower young people with the tools they need to stay safe online. Working closely with schools to enable the students to become Online Safety Ambassadors for their school community, advocate for their peers and to be a voice of expertise and counsel. You will work with schools and community groups to generate impact through Breck’s story (on online grooming) and other important topics related to children’s online safety.
This flagship project for the OSPCC will launch in April 2025 (Coordinator starts in January 2025) and run for at least 12 months, with potential funding up to three years. We hope it will set a precedent for others to follow our lead and develop similar programmes for young people across the UK.
To Apply:
Please attach your CV and personal statement, providing clear examples of how you meet the essential requirements of the job description - his is the section you will be scored.
Closing date: Monday 7th October at 5:30pm
Interview date: From Tuesday 15th October
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The IRC:
Founded in 1933, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a global leader in providing emergency relief, rehabilitation, post conflict development, human rights protection, resettlement services and advocacy for refugees and others uprooted or affected by violent conflict and oppression. Over the past 17 years, the IRC has pioneered and implemented programs that prevent and respond to violence against women and children, as well as other vulnerable groups in refugee settings and in other conflict-affected contexts. IRC is one of the first humanitarian organisations to bring together specific expertise involved in violence prevention and response (VPR) in conflict affected settings to ensure collaborative and still specialized support to survivors and those at risk of violence. IRC presently implements VPR programs in over 26 countries, to support social and political environments that foster freedom from violence, discrimination, and exclusion for marginalized populations in contexts of crisis.
Background:
Building on a growing body of evidence – including IRC’s Cycles of Displacement report and other reports including The Only Way Is Up – in 2022, the IRC launched a flagship technical innovation project ‘TRANSFORM’ to develop mechanisms for humanitarian organizations to systematically embed diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) considerations in conflict and displacement response. Through this BHA-funded project, the IRC is seeking to address the systemic reluctance/capacity issues holding back the humanitarian sector in a way that models a deep involvement of diverse SOGIESC CSOs and extends diverse SOGIESC inclusion across the humanitarian architecture. The TRANSFORM project will develop and socialize new approaches to advancing conversations and furthering commitments to diverse SOGIESC inclusion in the humanitarian sector and architecture.
Job Overview / Summary:
The Inclusion Specialist will support with ensuring the successful delivery of TRANSFORM, including the implementation of all key activities and deliverables.
The Inclusion Specialist will be based within the Violence Prevention and Response Unit (VPRU)’s Inclusion Team, which promotes more inclusive humanitarian programming at the IRC, rooted in a strong analysis of context, power, gender and how intersecting aspects of identity may result in discrimination, oppression and exclusion. The Inclusion Specialist will be based in a sub-team responsible for the delivery of TRANSFORM and may have opportunities to support with other diverse SOGIESC inclusion initiatives.
Major Responsibilities:
In collaboration with the Technical Lead for TRANSFORM, the Inclusion Specialist will play a leading role in the implementation of all aspects of TRANSFORM until the end of the project, with a focus on technical programmatic components linked to diverse SOGIESC inclusion. Responsibilities include:
Project Management and Initiative Oversight and Coordination:
· Support with the management of all programmatic activities and deliverables within TRANSFORM.
· Actively work with relevant IRC country and headquarters staff and support project partners in delivery of project activities in all three pilot locations, ensuring effective implementation and with particular oversight of activities and deliverables in Ukraine and a disaster risk reduction (DRR) context.
· Support the Technical Lead for TRANSFORM and grant management focal point to produce programmatic donor reports, communications, and participate in meetings/calls as needed to keep the donor apprised of program progress.
· Coordinate with a wide range of project stakeholders, including the project team at IRC and the project partners, but also with IRC staff from pilot country locations to ensure timely implementation of project deliverables.
Learning and Impact:
· Document evidence and learning from TRANSFORM at the global level as well as from the pilot countries, in partnership with the MEAL focal point.
· Collaborate with IRC staff and project partners on the development of all knowledge management aspects (including but not limited to case studies, resource package and training materials) of the TRANSFORM project. This will include taking a leading role in the writing of substantial parts of the resources package and training materials.
· Support with documenting and sharing learning internally to support better diverse SOGIESC inclusion in programming – linking learning to IRC frameworks and strategies, and working with colleagues from across the organization as appropriate.
· Convene – with the support of the Technical Lead for TRANSFORM – an internal learning exchange / regularized discussion space to link together counterparts across the IRC and share learning from the TRANSFORM initiative. This may include colleagues from VPRU and other Technical Units, as well as from Policy and Solutions (P&S), People and Culture (P&C), Resettlement, Asylum and Integration (RAI), Country Programs, and employee resource groups (ERGs).
Dissemination and External Representation:
· Support with the ongoing running of the project’s advisory group and ensure ongoing coordination between the advisory group and all project team members.
· Package and disseminate the growing evidence base, learning, and good practices around diverse SOGIESC inclusion on relevant internal and external platforms.
· Ensure dissemination of key project resources and learnings.
· Play a key role in IRC’s external representation for the project, including ensuring continued coordination and collaboration with external stakeholders within the relevant global humanitarian architecture, as well as representative organizations and local and national partners.
· Lead the development of communications materials linked to TRANSFORM.
Capacity Strengthening:
· Support the Technical Lead for TRANSFORM to develop capacity building resources and materials related to diverse SOGIESC inclusion.
· Support the Inclusion Team to provide capacity-strengthening opportunities to IRC staff (both within the Technical Units and in Country Programs).
Key Working Relationships
· Position reports to: VPRU’s Senior Inclusion Specialist
· Position directly supervises: N/A
· Regular internal (IRC) contact with: Fellow members of the Inclusion and Transformative Programming pillar; VPRU’s Deputy Director and Global Practice Leads, Regional Leads and Technical Advisors for Protection & Rule of Law (PRoL), Women’s Protection & Empowerment (WPE), and Child Protection; MEAL and Policy colleagues; and the VPRU Operations Team.
· Regular external contact with: Project partners, and representatives from LGBTIQ+ partner organizations.
Personal Specification:
Skills and Experience:
· Extensive experience within the humanitarian and/or development sector, related to the inclusion of people with diverse SOGIESC.
· Strong understanding of the existing external policy and practice landscape around diverse SOGIESC inclusion, including humanitarian architecture structures for representation at an Inter-Agency level.
· Experience of implementing projects in diverse humanitarian settings/contexts at both the field and global level.
· Experience coordinating multi-country and multi-stakeholder initiatives.
· Proven experience of knowledge management and development of diverse learning products.
· Excellent communication skills and experience representing an organization and building strong relationships at the local, national, and international level.
· Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to establish and maintain effective partnerships and working relations in a multicultural, multi-ethnic environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity.
· Experience developing capacity-strengthening resources, preferably including toolkits for use in humanitarian contexts.
· Experience of writing technical documents (an enjoyment of writing is an added benefit).
· Excellent attention to detail and ability to synthesize complex information into written documents in English.
· Previous experience working in communications is an advantage.
Job Qualifications:
· Education: A relevant combination of academic qualifications and extensive experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
· Language: For this position, strong working proficiency in English is essential and additional languages are an advantage (particularly French, Spanish, or Arabic).
· Ability to manage a complex and varied workload, work under pressure, and travel to insecure environments;
· Excellent IT skills (i.e. Word, Outlook, Excel).
Working Environment
· Some international travel as needed, up to 25%.
· This position is required to have flexible work-day hours to accommodate varying time zones to complete required tasks and coordination functions.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Location: Remote working with regular travel to London and across UK Reports.
Salary: £70-£75k per annum.
Contract: Permanent, full-time hours.
Marie Curie, the UK’s leading end-of-life charity, is seeking an Associate Director of Local Fundraising to lead their local fundraising operation and ensuring they maximise the value from local relationships.
Marie Curie is the largest non-NHS provider of end-of-life care in the UK, the only provider across all four nations delivering community nursing and hospice care across the country, while providing information and support on all aspects of dying, death, and bereavement. Their leading research pushes the boundaries of what we know about good end-of-life, and their campaigns fight for a world where everyone gets to have the best possible quality of life while living with an illness they’re likely to die from.
The Associate Director of Local Fundraising is a senior role within the Income, Innovation and Engagement directorate; a highly ambitious and professional team which is working to grow income and strengthen the organisation’s voice across the UK as the leading end of life care charity in the UK. Marie Curie has ambitious financial growth targets and needs to drive net contribution, engagement and awareness if they are to achieve their fundraising ambitions and subsequently their service growth goals.
The primary focus of the role is to maximise the net contribution from local fundraising but also to drive community awareness and engagement with Marie Curie. This is a key role for Marie Curie, responsible for managing a team of over 100 people and having responsibility for over £20 million Income, the recruitment of legacy prospects, the delivery of fundraising events and the strategic approach of supporter facing volunteers.
The Fundraising teams based in communities across the UK are responsible for raising money, driving legacy sign ups, building event participation and profit and growing awareness and engagement of the need for and impact of the charity’s work amongst supporters and people who have the potential to support Marie Curie. With all local relationships managed by this role’s teams, the post will ensure that supporters have a connected, seamless experience.
The ideal candidate will have senior leadership experience in a fundraising environment with a successful track record in increasing voluntary income or revenue. They will also have experience in developing both annual operational and three-year strategic plans, developing creative and innovative solutions and digital marketing and in working with working with volunteers and engaging local communities. This will be combined with a proven track record in managing large high-performing, geographically dispersed teams.
This is an ideal career opportunity for an individual with extensive community fundraising experience looking to either broaden their portfolio or take the next step towards a Director of Fundraising role.
CLOSING DATE: 9am, Monday 30th September.