About The Advocacy Project

We help the most marginalised and vulnerable people in London make effective choices about what happens in their lives. We also support them to speak up and help improve important services we all need. We want to make sure people across all age and care groups – including learning disability and mental health – can:

 voice their concerns

 understand their rights

 make effective choices about what happens in their lives

We do this through advocacy services which support people individually, and user involvement projects that help organisations improve the services they offer.

About the role

This role is deputy to the Head of Service Delivery. The post-holder will be responsible for supporting our operational teams to set up new services once the contracts have been secured by the business development team. It will involve establishing the right service models that positively impact the lives of people we support. We need a skilled manager experienced in implementing new services.

Service development and implementation

This person will be able to mobilise a new service within agreed timescales and provide a seamless transition for the people we support and staff members.

Role & responsibilities

Supporting the business development team to consider what people in our communities need and develop models that meet these needs.

- Making sure service models and commitments we make in bids are achievable and bringing them to life once we’ve secured the funding.

- Leading on setting up new services, making sure the impact on the people we support and staff is positive and does not compromise on quality.

- Giving an excellent handover to the service manager who will deliver the new service; working with stakeholders to evaluate the implementation.

- Making sure there’s a robust plan in place after the initial implementation phase and providing light touch support to managers so all areas of the service comply with the contract.

Knowledge, skills & experience

At least 4 years experience of managing staff within advocacy services or services that support people with health and social care needs

- Experience of working with commissioners to agree contracts and making sure services comply with the contract within agreed timescales.

- Experience of implementing services to minimise the negative impact on the people we support and our staff.

- Experience of recruiting staff and supporting the TUPE process.

- Excellent project management skills and experience.

- Passionate about supporting people to have their voices heard, feel in control of decisions about their lives and have their rights upheld.

- IT skills including database experience.

Role & responsibilities

Providing management support if existing services need it. For example, acting as service manager if there’s a gap between one service manager leaving and another starting.

Supporting staff across the organisation in relation to quality and safeguarding.

- Supporting the Head of Service Delivery to induct and train all managers across The Advocacy Project.

- Supporting service managers to make sure their services are efficient.

- Managing the referral coordinator, referral line, and carers line.

- Deputising for the Head of Service Delivery when needed.

Knowledge, skills & experience

Essential: Independent Advocacy Diploma preferably in IMCA and Care Act. Successfully completed the IAQ module on managing an advocacy service (or prepared to gain this with 6-12 months).

Deep experience of non-instructed advocacy

- Effective communication and coaching skills to help people reflect and develop.

- Ability to motivate and develop a positive, honest and open team culture.

- Skilled at recruiting, induction, appraisals and giving robust regular supervision and informal support.

- Ability to manage absence and other human resources situations.

- Experience of analysing data and writing clear, concise reports.

- Time management skills to make sure reporting and contract compliance is addressed within agreed timescales.

- Problem-solving and decision-making skills.

- Experience of building effective working relationships with a range of stakeholders and funders, whilst not compromising on the independence of the service.

Values and attributes

All team members – regardless of their role within The Advocacy Project – need to show values and attributes which help us in our mission to give an outstanding service to the people we support and be an excellent place to work.

Be part of a team to make the organisation a great place to work.

- Participate in personal and organisational development, including team meetings and training.

- Continually look for evidence of strengths and areas of development. Be open to requesting and taking feedback from your team and other stakeholders to support your development. Ask for support if you don’t know the answer or need help in a particular area.

- Contribute to organisational reporting and communications.

- Keep to our policies, including health & safety, and risk regulations.

- Work to our mission, vision, and values.

- Carry out other projects and tasks as needed.

Benefits of working for us

We’re committed to providing an empowering, flexible and supportive working environment for all our staff.

Our employee benefits include 30 days annual leave (including up to 3 days between Christmas and New Year), participation in a pension scheme with 6% employer contribution, access to a free confidential counselling service, and an interest-free travel/bike loan.

All our staff are supported to learn and develop in a variety of ways, including a monthly lecture series where we invite sector experts to talk to our staff on topical issues.

We are a Disability Confident and Mindful Employer.

How to apply

Send your CV and a supporting statement explaining why you think you’re the person we’re looking for and how you meet the knowledge, skills and experience required.

Remember to apply before Wednesday 18 December 2019, 12 noon.

The Royal Meteorological Society is the UK’s Professional and Learned Society for Weather and Climate. 

We are looking for a Science Engagement Manager to provide scientific support in the development and delivery of a wide range of projects which support colleagues working in events, publishing, partnership, membership and education. This is an exciting position which will give the candidate the opportunity to play an active part in promoting the understanding of weather and climate science to a variety of audiences.

The successful candidate will need to have a broad understanding of weather and climate. They will need to show their ability to keep up to date with research in this area and have experience in communicating scientific concepts and information to a range of stakeholders (eg. policy makers, the wider scientific and social science community, and the general public).

The Society is a charity dependent upon the support of its professional and amateur members. Our activities include professional accreditation, developing education resources, producing scientific publications, holding events, providing advice to Government and policy makers and providing information to the public and media on the science of weather and climate change.

To apply for this role please provide a CV and covering letter. For more information please contact Alison Brown, Head of Publishing and Scientific Engagement. 

This role will engage a diverse range of beneficiaries across the UK, to listen to their views on how Terrence Higgins Trust services should develop, pilot projects to test this and to facilitate how they can actively participate in these future developments. You will:

• Test  innovative approaches with beneficiaries to keep our work fresh and relevant, shaping how we work and what we do.
• Develop and implement digital activity to support the programme
• Actively work with beneficiaries and colleagues to promote meaningful engagement with the programme

The nature of this programme is exploratory and so you will be comfortable with working in a fluid environment.

This role will focus on the East of England and can be based at any of our sites in the region (including Ipswich, Cambridge, Essex, Norwich and Bedford). The base of the role can be discussed in more detail at interview.

We particularly encourage applications from those with lived experience of HIV.

This recruitment may close early should a suitable candidate be found before the closing date.

Finance Manager

Location: JLGB HQ

Hours: Part Time (3-4 days per week)

Remuneration: Pro-rata £37,000 - £40,000

Reports to: Director of Operations & Finance

JLGB are looking for a knowledgeable, reliable and experienced Finance Manager to oversee our finance team. The chosen candidate will be responsible for ensuring JLGB has up to date, compliant, relevant and easy to use financial information.

Responsibilities will include:

· Day to day operational management of finances.

· Design, implement, improve and manage regular financial processes, including reconciliations, payments, debtors and creditors using the online QuickBooks accounting system.

· Lead the charity’s financial planning and budgeting, ensuring strong processes are in place for resource allocation and monitoring at all levels.

· Ensure live digital reporting is available on a daily basis, alongside weekly reporting for Director of Operations & Finance, monthly reporting for the Finance Committee and quarterly reporting for the Board of Trustees.

· Line management of the Finance and Admin team, including workflow management and review and providing support.

· Assist in completing budgeting and forecasting cycles to support short, medium, and long-term planning.

· Lead on the timeline and successful delivery of all statutory accounts filing and the audit process.

· Identify and negotiate new contracts to improve our supply chain according to needs, cost and performance.

· Oversee use of restricted funds and provide relevant reporting compliant with funders and strategic partners.

Knowledge and Skills/Abilities:

Essential

Experience of financial transaction processing and record keeping

ACCA, CIMA or ACA qualified

Ability to prepare management accounts and provide relevant advice to the CEO and Board of Trustees

Highly experienced in using financial software and advanced Microsoft Excel skills

Ability to keep to deadlines and prioritise

Desired

An awareness of charity funding structures and their requirements

Knowledge of QuickBooks

Previous experience working in/with youth organisations

ABOUT JLGB:

JLGB is a modern, thriving, innovative and award winning national youth organisation that is a model of professional youth work in the 21st century. Through a diverse range of experiences and activities the JLGB seeks to enrich the lives of young people through its local, regional and national framework.

The JLGB removes barriers to participation by providing positive activities within a fun, friendly, safe and structured environment, that meet the religious and cultural needs of the Jewish community.

The JLGB encourages friendship through achievement, recognition and personal development programmes, which prepare and enable young Jewish people to develop the essential life skills needed to help their transition from young person to adult life.

Central to the ethos of the JLGB is active citizenship and giving back to society. The JLGB encourages Jewish young people’s involvement in volunteering, inter-faith and intergenerational projects that have a positive impact in both the Jewish and wider communities.

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Salary: £37,000.00 to £40,000.00 /year

This role will be responsible for analysing our data and support delivery of a strategic, insight driven plan to grow our understanding of our business. You will:

• Apply appropriate and robust methods to manipulate information and data in order to optimise our business activities
• Identify innovative and ambitious ways to develop data-driven systems and user journeys by analysing the activities of existing beneficiaries and generating insights into how we reach new people
• Upskill colleagues in how to use analysis to deliver and evaluate insight led activities and support our charity to move forward in changing contexts

This recruitment may close early should a suitable candidate be found before the closing date.

As Building Manger, you’ll be looking after an utterly unique space in the heart of London. You’ll need a passion for caring for beautiful spaces, an eye for detail, an ability to research and come up with creative solutions, a high level of independence, and strong experience of building management. 

You’ll be joining a dynamic, values-driven team, working within a multi-faith environment. Diversity is important to us, and we are especially interested to hear from people with a range of faiths and backgrounds. Ideally you will bring both practicality and a love for beauty to the role.

This is a part-time role (2.5 days a week, ideally split over 5 mornings, timing negotiable).

Salary: £34k pro rata.

Deadline:  5pm 13th December.  Interviews in early January. 

To apply, please send us your CV and covering letter 

St Ethelburga’s Centre:

St Ethelburga's is a 15th Century grade 1 listed church building, hidden between towering glass office blocks of the City of London. Having survived the Great Fire of London and the Blitz, it was almost completely destroyed by an IRA bomb in 1993.  It was rebuilt and opened as a Centre for reconciliation and peace in 2002. In 2010 a Bedouin Tent, was added within the magical courtyard garden for people of all backgrounds and faiths to come together in community.

Today St Ethelburga’s is a thriving voluntary organisation running programmes that inspire people to work across cultures, becoming peace-makers in their own contexts and lives. We run leadership programmes for young adults, we work with refugees and asylum seekers, and we host a diverse range of public events, trainings, music events and workshops.

Duties will include:

One-off projects:

• Manage, supervise and coordinate the work of contractors for complex renovation projects and building improvements

Day-to-day:

• Manage planned maintenance to keep a high level of upkeep, décor and cleanliness throughout the building and garden (including calculating and comparing costs, supervising works, and following up on any deficiencies)
• Deal promptly with maintenance issues and any building related urgencies as they arise
• Monitor spending and manage the building budget
• Manage relationship with neighbouring corporate contractors
• Manage equipment, storage (tech equipment, furniture etc)

Health and safety:

• Health and Safety  -  keep policies up to date, keep procedures current and relevant, report to the board
• Lead or coordinate team trainings and updates to reinforce staff practices
• Undertake fire alarm tests, organise team practice evacuations
• Improve energy efficiency where possible and work towards silver eco-church status

Security:

• Coordinate building security
• Respond to occasional out-of-hours emergencies

Team involvement:

• Be the first point of contact for the team for any building related issues
• Attend a monthly team meeting
• Coordinate volunteers where needed

Possibilities for the role

There’s scope for the role to evolve around the interests of the successful applicant, and some possibilities include: 

• Fundraising – preparing funding applications for discrete building improvements and projects
• Design and decoration projects
• Developing a team of practical building-care volunteers
• Leading history and story-telling projects

Meetings and supervision

1. Your line manager will be the COO
2. You’ll work closely with the office manager and venue hire manager on day-to-day issues
3. A member of the board of trustees will be responsible for overseeing H&S

About the Role

Camphill Village Trust is looking for a General Manager for our Gloucestershire Communities that has vision and leadership and the ability to get things done.

You will responsible for the delivery of the care and support to around 90 people with learning and other disabilities across the region, supported by two Care and Support Managers, one holding the Registered Managers status, and the wider estate including liaising with the relevant colleagues around property, land, farm and gardens.

As a member of the leadership team you will engage in new and upcoming projects to drive up quality standards and contribute to Camphill Village Trust’s bold strategy and vision that reaches out to more people, builds new connections while remaining sustainable within the sector’s financial context.

To be successful in this role you will need experience of managing care and support services, but this is just the starting point. You will be a confident leader that can motivate your team to deliver high quality services and have the creativity to see beyond the norm. The people we support will be at the heart of what you believe and do - ensuring a life of opportunity. Communicating and managing change will be part of your strengths to deliver the change agenda in line with the strategic direction of the Trust.

For more information or an informal conversation about the role, please find details in the application pack attached or visit our website.

Closing Date:Monday 16 December 2019, by 12.00 noon

Interview Date: Monday 6 January or Tuesday 7 January 2020

30 Hours per week

The Operation Manager will lead, direct and manage service and business operations across the organisation. The post holder will work with external partners and linked providers and be responsible for all aspects of service operations ensuring delivery of services in line with contract and funder requirements achieving high quality and positive outcomes for service users.

This is a senior role within the charity. The post holder will have wide ranging responsibilities for the performance and development of internal services and operations. The post offers significant opportunities for innovation, development and growth of existing services, working closely with counterpart roles in other organisations, and contributing to joint development and working groups locally and regionally. The post holder will also work with the Director of Operations (DOS), as part of a Management Team, to implement the strategic plans and overall management of services, ensuring the successful strategic development of the organisation, including business planning, internal policies, procedures and quality standards, cross-departmental working and external relations. The Operations Manager will be required to represent the organisation at a senior level both internally and externally.

The post holder will require business and financial acumen to ensure that current and future operations continue on a sustainable and viable basis and can evidence positive outcomes and value in the market we are operating in.

For more Infomation on the Job Description, please do click on Additional Documents below.

Accountability Campaign Manager

Contract: Fixed Term – 2 years
Hours: Full time – 35 per week
Location: London, Finsbury Park
Salary:  £43,000 per annum (inclusive of London Weighting, pay award pending) plus generous holiday entitlement, pension scheme and group life assurance

We are looking for an experienced investigator and campaigner to organise and lead the development and delivery of a strategic campaign that exposes the UK’s structural support for torture abroad, either by government or corporate actors. 

About us
Our vision is a world free from torture. We are dedicated to healing and protecting people who have survived torture.  We also expose torture globally, we fight to hold torturing states to account and we campaign for fairer treatment of torture survivors in the UK. The experiences of people who have survived torture drive and inform everything we do.  

About the role
You will plan and conduct investigations to expose the UK’s structural support for torture abroad.  Based within the Policy and Advocacy Directorate and working closely with the Communications and Campaigns Team, you will design and put in place advocacy strategies that will bring attention, engagement and ultimately change.

About you
You will have significant experience in developing and delivering campaign strategies, as well as possibly experience in journalism or undertaking field or corporate investigations. You will be a confident and persuasive communicator who is tenacious, self-motivated and resourceful.

How to apply

To view the Job Description and Person Specification, please click the link provided.

Candidates must have the right to work in the UK to be considered for this position.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Please send in your CV and a covering letter (two pages maximum) telling us how you meet the role requirements.
addressing the Job Description and Person Specification of the role are mandatory to be considered for the position.

Closing date: Midnight 19 January 2020

Expected date of interviews: week commencing 27 January 2020

As an organisation working with a vulnerable client group, Freedom from Torture has a legal duty to ensure that those under its care are protected from abuse, and that where is abuse is suspected or has occurred, has a clear framework of response. Therefore the successful candidate will be required to complete a DBS application and the result will need to be reviewed before the candidate is confirmed in post.

Freedom from Torture is an Equal Opportunities Employer

No agencies please

Mencap Liverpool & Sefton are looking for someone experienced in working alongside people who have a learning disability and managing a team

This is a great chance to develop those core skills as well as gaining more strategic and leadership responsibility over time.

Are you?

• A STRONG ENABLER & PROBLEM SOLVER:  You will be the first point of contact for individuals in Sefton who may be lonely and socially isolated.  It will be your role to establish trust and rapport.  You’ll identify if the person would benefit from our involvement, or if they would be best served by a supported referral to a more appropriate agency.  Your interaction will aim to give them the confidence to address the difficulties they may be facing and encourage them to try new things.

• TEAM FOCUSED LEADER:You will provide excellent line management to our member-facing staff team.

• RELATIONSHIP BUILDER & NETWORK GROWER:  You will build relationships with a range of local public and voluntary sector agencies to ensure that people know who we are, what we do and how to refer people to us.

• PERSON CENTRED, motivated by SOCIAL JUSTICE & EQUALTY:You will work closely with your colleagues to ensure that our work is holistic, person-centred and constantly strengthened by the voice of our beneficiaries.

Are you passionate about transforming the lives of our clients and looking for the next step in your career? If so, we have a fantastic opportunity for you to support a staff team in our Spring Gardens service in Lewisham.

Spring Gardens is a purpose built hostel that is an incredible building and has outstanding facilities such as a canteen, nurse’s room, living rooms, key-working rooms and more. Having gone through a significant period of change Spring Garden is a high performing service with a strong staff team of positive, solution-focused individuals who employ a self-directed approach.

Spring Gardens has been on a journey. Three years ago we identified it internally as a service of concern. Since then, the project has improved dramatically. It is now a high performing service with a strong staff team of positive, solution-focused individuals who employ a self-directed approach.

We are looking to recruit a new Service Manager who will ensure that the good progress is maintained, whilst taking the service to the “next level”. In December 2018 the team laid-out an ambitious vision that will be part of the successful candidate’s role to realise. This entails establishing a flagship, psychologically informed service, where there are exceptionally strong stakeholder partnerships, systematic client involvement and where it is “impossible for any client to be bored”.

To achieve this, we are looking to recruit an exceptional leader who:

• Has a management style where they do not need to be “at the front” of every incident or make every important decision. Rather, we are looking for someone who is able to evidence the ability to lead by coaching and achieving outcomes through others (evidencing the ability to maintain and grow a staff team of self-directed professionals will be essential to this).

• Is excellent at establishing and growing a range of partnerships in a leadership capacity.

• Is enthusiastic about managing a large service that has significant strategic relevance to Lewisham’s commissioning team and a high profile within the organisation.

• Has strong people management skills: is confident in their ability to apply informal and formal employee relations processes in appropriate circumstances, and who is able to demonstrate the ability to manage other managers.

Clients at the service have a range of complex needs and have been homeless. We work with all gender identities and an age range of 18-65. The service’s key performance indicators include void turn-over, throughput, positive moves, meaningful occupation and access of external support services.

Some further information about the service: Spring Gardens is used in this advert to refer to Spring Gardens and Hila House (formerly Garden House) interchangeably. The successful applicant will be responsible for managing both projects (both comprise the same service). The buildings are adjacent to each other in a large self-contained site with significant garden space. Spring Gardens has 40 bed-spaces and is catered. Hilda House has 28 self-contained bed-spaces and is self-catered. The site is shared with No Second Night Out South Hub and soon with the NSNO Low Needs Staging Post (both NSNO services are managed by a separate management team).

In return, we offer a range of benefits including a pension scheme, staff discounts scheme and initiatives to help you maintain a healthy work/life balance. We are also committed to providing our staff with a wide range of learning and development opportunities; in support of their personal and professional development.

To apply, please visit our website.

To view job descriptions on our vacancies page, please click on the document available tab above the relevant job advert.

Closing date: 10am, 10 January 2020
Interview and assessments:  21 January 2020

It is a requirement for this post that an enhanced DBS disclosure check will be undertaken for the successful candidate.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) applicants, as they are under-represented within St Mungo’s at senior management level.

Please be advised that all appointments will be made on St Mungo’s current standard Terms and Conditions (T&Cs); this also applies to any internal candidates.

At St Mungo’s, equality, diversity and inclusion are central to the organisation's values and how we work. We are in the top 50 of Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index 2019, we are also proud to have been awarded Personnel Today’s 2018 Diversity and Inclusion (Public Sector) award and we are a Disability Confident Employer. To ensure that our workforce reflects the diversity of our clients as well as the communities that we live and work within, we encourage and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Project Manager – Supported Living (Ref: ISSKPM-1219)
Salary: £24,905.66 per annum
Hours: Full time, 35 per week
Contract: Permanent (including days, evenings, occasional waking nights and some weekends)

Are you organised, driven and eager to contribute to the development of high-quality services for people with learning disabilities? Look no further! 

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced, motivated and adaptable manager to assist with the management of two small supported living projects supporting adults with learning disabilities. 

Working alongside the Senior Support Worker and a team of Support Workers, you will provide excellent person centred care to ensure the tenants’ wellbeing, enabling independent and fulfilled living. This will involve supporting service users to take part in a range of meaningful and fun group activities, develop friendships and access services, as well as support with all aspects of day-to-day living.  This may include working in partnership with family and advocates, where possible and appropriate. 

This is a valuable opportunity to have a positive impact on the life of the people we support, by taking responsibility for encouraging a culture of respect and dignity, providing supervision and clear management to a team of Support Workers, as well as developing and implementing care plans designed to provide meaningful choice and support to tenants.

We are looking for someone with prior experience of supporting people with high and complex needs, who will instil a culture of continuous improvement, transparency, self-reflection and respect for those in need of support, through dialogue with service users, their families, advocates and others. The right candidate will be able to demonstrate a track record in motivating and developing staff, alongside an understanding of leadership in social care and excellent interpersonal skills.  Ideally they will also have experience of PMLD, mental health and complex care conditions, as well as providing and planning end of life care support.

How to apply: Please submit a CV along with a cover statement (either within the email itself or as an attachment) addressing the following: “Tell us more about why you are interested in this role and what you would bring to this post in terms of your knowledge, skills and experience”. Please ensure you refer to the person specification in your statement and explain how you meet the criteria.

We would also appreciate if you could complete a diversity monitoring form.

Closing date: 5th January 2020

Centre 404 is dedicated to staff development and supervision and we will provide a detailed induction and on-going training and support. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk and we are looking to recruit people who share these values. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced DBS check, proof of eligibility to work in the UK and two satisfactory references.

We are dedicated to providing a meaningful and rewarding work environment, as well as offering a range of perks and benefits for our staff to enjoy. 

Centre 404 is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Charity ref number 299889

Simplified Recruitment is a Job Advertising Agency working on behalf of Centre 404. By applying for this position you are giving us permission to pass your CV and covering letter to a third party in relation to recruitment. A full copy of our privacy policy can be viewed on our website.

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Join a pioneering team at Big Education to shape something special in education

Big Education is a charity and multi-academy trust that is a force for change in education in the UK. Recently launched in September 2018, Big Education has big ambitions. We seek to bring together the energy and spirit of our schools, teachers and communities to deliver a bigger and bolder vision of what education can be.

We believe deeply that education needs to be more expansive, that we need to educate the whole child – head, heart and hand. We believe that if we do that with innovation and rigour, then young people will be equipped to make a difference to the world.

There are three main strands to our work:

1. Running distinct schools: Big Education is currently running three schools and is in the process of setting up two more brand new schools. 
2. Building an ecosystem: We want to create a series of products, programmes and policies that exemplify a big education and push the boundaries of what is possible in education. . 
3. Building a coalition for change: We want to build a coalition of people who are united around the idea that the education system needs to be done differently. Working with educationalists, thinkers, business people, social entrepreneurs, and policy makers we want to be a catalyst for change. 

The role

This is a great role for someone who wants to be at the cutting edge of education innovation. The successful candidate will be someone who combines thinking and doing and who has a track record of forging great partnerships to achieve ambitious goals. You will have a strong track record of entrepreneurship whether in raising funds, creating business plans, or taking new ideas to scale. You will be a skilled networker and someone who can take our connections and provide strategic leadership to make the best use of our partnerships. 

You will be based at School 21 in Stratford.

Key accountabilities

• Devising a stakeholder strategy to engage with key Big Education partners: 
• Finding and reaching out to key partners from a range of sectors: e.g. business, creative, high tech, Universities 
• Mapping and managing key stakeholders (existing and potential) 
• Strategic oversight of stakeholder management software
• Working with our schools to curate partner involvement in the curriculum and enrichment activities
• Develop a business development plan for BE programme, products and events:
• Shape the business model for our on-line platform, programmes and events
• Devise and oversee visits and events programme within Big Education and its schools 
• Lead the fundraising drive to support the vision and programmes of Big Education:
• Devise a strategy for fundraising for the schools and the wider Big Education Programme 
• Work with individuals and businesses to raise funds
• Work with the development board to deliver the strategy
• Oversee applications to foundations and other grant giving bodies 

Competencies

• Very strong interpersonal skills and an ability to build powerful relationships, including with very senior stakeholders
• Ability to clearly and convincingly articulate the Big Education story and vision
• Strong judgement to read and understand complex situations
• A creative approach to seeing possibilities and opportunities within a range of partnerships
• Ability to be flexible and prioritise effectively when working in a startup environment
• Ability to communicate effectively to a range of audiences, both written and verbally
• Strong initiative, with an ability to work to a high level of autonomy
• Experience in leading and managing a project
• Ability to work under pressure and to work to deadlines as required
• Ability and willingness to take on new projects
• Reflective and open to feedback
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively when necessary
• Attention to detail and ability to multi task at a high level

You will love this job if…

• You enjoy working in a fast paced, startup environment
• You love meeting and working with a wide range of people from different contexts
• You want to be part of a growing force for innovation in education
• You enjoy working with committed people in a purposeful environment
• You enjoy thinking and doing - generating ideas and bringing them alive 
• You enjoy taking ownership of your work and shaping projects 
• You are passionate about education and creating opportunities for young people

How to apply 

Please apply via the Big Education website. Deadline Tuesday 7 January 2020 at 5.00pm. Interviews w/b 13 January 2020.

Fragile State Country Programme Manager

Salary: £30,763 per annum + good range of benefits

Contract: Fixed-term contract (6-12 months), 36.5 hours per week

World Vision is an international children’s charity working with children, their communities, and with supporters and partners, in almost 100 countries.

Through long-term development projects, emergency responses and advocacy we’ve helped bring lasting change to millions of children, over more than 60 years. And as a Christian organisation, everything we do is motivated by our faith as we strive to reflect God’s unconditional love.

Work for World Vision UK and you will be part of a truly global Partnership, building brighter futures for vulnerable children.

This role sits within World Vision UK’s Fragile States and Emergency Response Team and seeks to impact the lives of the most vulnerable children. By working with World Vision Field Offices, this role will ensure good quality grant acquisition and management and that programmes are adapted to the country context and respond to the risks that children face. You will be mainly working with the DRC and Syria Field Offices with some flexibility to cover other portfolios where necessary.

An excellent understanding of the humanitarian and development sector and experience of programme management in fragile states is required, to support our Field Offices to implement high quality programmes. Significant experience of key humanitarian or development donors is essential, together with proven ability to acquire and manage grants effectively. You will need to have good coordination skills to collaborate with colleagues in the UK office and overseas.

Key responsibilities include:

• Developing and building relationships with various institutional donors to acquire funding for selected countries.
• Acquiring institutional grant funded programmes in your portfolio of countries by working with World Vision Field Offices to engage with donors and use evidence of needs to build strong proposals that deliver maximum impact for the most vulnerable children.
• Managing institutional grant funded programmes by working with World Vision Field Offices to build their capacity and effectively monitor programme implementation.
• Analysing, mitigating, and managing risks within your countries' programme portfolio.
• Coordinating and building excellent relationships with various teams in World Vision UK and World Vision Field Offices to ensure that programmes are of high quality, are aligned to the needs, and meet humanitarian standards.
• Monitoring emerging and potential risks facing children and their families within your countries’ portfolio and seeking to deliver appropriate preparedness or early response actions with World Vision Field Offices.
• Managing WVUK’s involvement in WFP grants with World Vision Field Offices, including managing the portfolio, preparing agreements, monitoring implementation and quality, managing the recording of commodity statements and settlement advices.
• Collaborating with other World Vision UK teams to engage the public (including churches) and the UK government on fundraising, awareness raising, campaigns and advocacy related to your designated fragile states, by sharing evidence from your programmes, success stories, learning, and relevant information with others.

The role requires international travel for up to 25% of the year and knowledge of French is desirable.

As an active Christian, this role offers you the opportunity to integrate your Christian faith and be sensitive to its various expressions across cultures and denominations.

In addition to the salary shown, we offer good benefits including pension, generous holiday entitlement and free parking (MK only).

Please click the link provided to view the full job description

Please upload your CV of full employment history explaining any gaps of employment and reasons for leaving your previous employer. This must be accompanied with a covering letter stating how you meet the essential criteria given in the Job Description.

Closing date for applications: 5th January 2020

Interview dates: w/c 13th January 2020

World Vision UK is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in our workforce. We welcome applications from people representing all sections of the community. World Vision UK also operates flexible working policies and practices.

As a child focused organisation, World Vision UK is committed to the safeguarding of children, therefore any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of applicable background checks, including a criminal records check.

By submitting your application, you understand and accept that World Vision UK will process the data you provide for the purposes of your application and in accordance with the World Vision UK - Job Applicant Privacy Notice (click here).

No agencies please.