Please note: Your application will not be considered without submitting a cover letter and including your notice period.

Are you a good fit?

You want to work with a highly respected and aspirational brand, at the heart of a network of many of the UK’s leading figures and employers. 

You know that technology has a significant role to play, but that human interaction and relationships are of even greater importance.

You want to feel like a valued member of a growing team, in an organisation which recognises that that its people are not just a number, but its greatest asset and part of an extended family, working together to support each other to meet organisational and not just individual goals.

Ideal candidates will be looking for a demanding post in a fast moving entrepreneurial charity. This is an exciting time to join our team as we take Speakers for Schools to the next level. Multi tasking ability a must.

You should be sociable and confident and happy building and maintaining relationships with multiple internal and external stakeholders

What is Speakers for Schools?

Founded by ITV Political Editor Robert Peston (Trustee), and chaired by Andrew Law (Caxton Associates), Speakers for Schools was created to help level the playing field for UK state schools and their students by giving them the same access to the UK’s leading figures from politics, business, science, sport, the arts and more, as that enjoyed by private schools.

Bill Gates, Baroness (Martha) Lane Fox, Professor Brian Cox, David Dein, David Cameron, Natalie Bennett, Ed Balls, Naomi Campbell and over two thousand other influential, eminent and inspirational people, have been kind enough to volunteer their time to speak with Speakers for Schools. Almost a million Young People have attended a Speakers for Schools talk.

In 2016, we launched our Experience Programme. Experience works with our outstanding network of speakers and partner employers, to offer young people, amazing work experience opportunities, which would often be out of reach to them.

Our Experience Programme has more than trebled in impact since September as employers such as the Bank of England, M&C Saatchi, Disney, Spotify, Santander, Morgan Sindal, BA, BP, Cisco and others offer placements to thousands of Young People. In March we launched a ground-breaking virtual work experience programme in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Hours: This role will be full-time (37.5 hours) & Permanent. 

Location: We are currently working from home.  This role will be based at our London office (near City Thameslink), but you will only be required to work from the office for up to 50% of your working week once the pandemic is over.

Application deadline: Please see below regarding notifications and start date.

Main purpose of the role:

• To support the charity’s marketing, communications and branding strategy to open up access for young people to reach their career potential.
• Promoting our Work Experience programme (Experience) and our School talks Programme (Inspiration) and one further programme to be launched at the end of September.
• Support the fundraising team to identify and acquire donations
• Working as a team player with a problem solving attitude, detailed orientated and loves working in fast paced dynamic environments

Main duties & responsibilities: 

• Managing the social media accounts (Twitter, Linkedin, Youtubem Vimeo andInstgram). This involves preparing the content calendar, scheduling posts, writing blog articles, managing the community responses and building followers.
• Managing the website content and wordpress CMS to update the website (News, blog articles and general content)
• Monitoring and providing reports on our googleanalytics, website, social platforms etc)
• Attending and leading meetings
• Tracking marketing expenditure (Excel budget management)
• Creating PR articles and building a media network towards expanding our media impact
• Brand guardian - Quality Control of content, images, branding, copy, pr, reputation
• Contribution to plans, strategies, commpacks and how to guides to support the Marketing teams objectives and activities
• Presenting to team and external stakeholders (Powerpoint)
• Supporting the generation of testimonials, ratings, surveys (In various formats, video, written, imagery etc.)
• Events and campaign marketing
• Email marketing: Mailchimp newsletter creation, management, sending and reports
• Supporting the adwords account (Learning on the job is fine)
• Abiding safeguarding policies, process and practise

We are looking for:

Education and Qualifications

Essential: 

• 5+ years full time marketing and communications experience

Desirable: 

• Degree in Marketing, Business or Design

Experience

Essential: 

• Basic level creative skills, eg: photography, photoshop
• Social media management and marketing 
• Writing marketing and implementation plans
• Writing articles (Pr, content, technical) 
• Managing marketing budgets
• Email marketing – the use of Mailchimp
• Brand management – following and enforcing brand guidelines 
• Digital marketing

Desirable

• Design experience with Indesign, illustrator and premiere highly desired but not required.
• An understanding in tech startup culture, wireframes, apps, and tech development desired but not required.

Knowledge and skills

Essential

• Office (Words, excel/csv, pdf editor, collaborative docs, powerpoint)
• Public relations and managing partners
• Confident is using Vimeo, Youtube, Linkedin, Twitter, Instagramfor a marketing (not personal) capacity
• Wordpress CMS management

Desirable

• Creative cloud adobe software
• Other CMS management systems a plus

Personal qualities

Essential

• Able to communicate and respect diverse teams
• A natural leadership style, able to gain respect and work as a team player with a range of people
• Genuine, down to earth nature
• Strong organisational skills and a collaborative approach
• Positive, hands-on approach, highly motivated with drive to achieve success.
• High degree of ethics and professional standards

We are looking for people who:

• Are sociable and confident and happy building and maintaining relationships with multiple stakeholders
• Excel at organising their workload and enjoy driving work forward independently
• Think strategically and can change tactics while still meeting larger objectives

You will be working directly with:

Reports to Chief Marketing Officer

To work with Campaigns and Comms Manager, Content Manager, Creative Designer, Events Manager, Events Officer as well as wider team.

How to Apply:

Please apply as soon as possible submitting your CV and a one page covering letter which outlines your specific interest and ability to successfully fill this role, as well as your salary expectations and current notice period.

Please make it clear in your cover letter what previous experience you have working with Salesforce. 

Please note, if you do not provide a covering letter your application will not be considered.

Appointees are subject to a successful DBS check, as contact with young people is likely.

The Journey to joining Speakers for Schools:

Interviews will be scheduled as applications are received, before the closing date, and will take place over Microsoft Teams. We may appoint before this date depending on applications.

We will be closing this on or before Friday 28th August.

Our new team member will start ASAP.

Reference ID: Marketing Manager

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £40,000.00 to £45,000.00 /year

Please note: Your application will not be considered without submitting a cover letter and including your notice period.

Role: Delivery Administrator

Are you a good fit?

You want to work with a highly respected and aspirational brand, at the heart of a network of many of the UK’s leading figures and employers. 

You know that technology has a significant role to play, but that human interaction and relationships are of even greater importance.

You want to feel like a valued member of a growing team, in an organisation which recognises that that its people are not just a number, but its greatest asset and part of an extended family, working together to support each other to meet organisational and not just individual goals.

Ideal candidates will be looking for a demanding post in a fast moving entrepreneurial charity. This is an exciting time to join our team as we take Speakers for Schools to the next level. Multi tasking ability a must.

You should be sociable and confident and happy building and maintaining relationships with multiple internal and external stakeholders

What is Speakers for Schools?

Founded by ITV Political Editor Robert Peston (Trustee), and chaired by Andrew Law (Caxton Associates), Speakers for Schools was created to help level the playing field for UK state schools and their students by giving them the same access to the UK’s leading figures from politics, business, science, sport, the arts and more, as that enjoyed by private schools.

Bill Gates, Baroness (Martha) Lane Fox, Professor Brian Cox, David Dein, David Cameron, Natalie Bennett, Ed Balls, Naomi Campbell and over two thousand other influential, eminent and inspirational people, have been kind enough to volunteer their time to speak with Speakers for Schools. Almost a million Young People have attended a Speakers for Schools talk.

In 2016, we launched our Experience Programme. Experience works with our outstanding network of speakers and partner employers, to offer young people, amazing work experience opportunities, which would often be out of reach to them.

Our Experience Programme has more than trebled in impact since September as employers such as the Bank of England, M&C Saatchi, Disney, Spotify, Santander, Morgan Sindal, BA, BP, Cisco and others offer placements to thousands of Young People. In March we launched a ground-breaking virtual work experience programme in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Main purpose of role

Hours: This role will be full-time (37.5 hours) & Permanent. 

Location: We are currently working from home.  This role will be based at our London office (near City Thameslink), but you will only be required to work from the office for up to 50% of your working week.

Application deadline: Please see below regarding notifications and start date.

What you’ll be doing:

Schools and Student Management

• Responding to enquiries from schools and students regarding questions about the application portal registration process and general troubleshooting
• Processing new user registrations on our portal
• Outreach and onboarding of new schools and colleges
• Supporting our Virtual Programmes
• Helping with technical delivery processes using both our in-house software and that of external partners, as well as helping to run training session with other members of our employer team
• Supporting a new tech product launch
• Outreach to new schools and colleges regarding the product, securing a commitment of engagement and undertaking the full onboarding process
• Technical support for Employers
• Using our in-house software to support the technical processes our employer partners use to recruit for and run work experience placements
• Data Management and CRM
• Inputting new data, maintaining existing records, generating reports to aid impact reporting and funding evidence

Skills and Proficiencies:

• Experience in a similar delivery-focussed role within a small, fast-paced organisation
• Experience using Microsoft packages, including Outlook
• Experience of using CRM software to achieve the tasks outlined above (preferably Salesforce)
• Good customer service skills that mean queries are answered professionally and clearly
• Excellent organisation skills and ability to learn quickly to ensure smooth delivery processes
• Flexibility and a willingness to get stuck in and help with any tasks the team require support for
• Experience communicating with educational establishments and a familiarity with how schools and colleges operate
• Ability to clearly communicate with students to ensure they understand our processes and are able to access opportunities

We are looking for people who:

• Are sociable and confident and happy building and maintaining relationships with multiple stakeholders
• Excel at organising their workload and enjoy driving work forward independently
• Think strategically and can change tactics while still meeting larger objectives

It's not just a matter of qualifications. As an eclectic team, one size does not fit all. A degree level qualification may be useful, but experience, effort and amazing communication skills is just as valuable.

How to Apply:

Please apply as soon as possible submitting your CV and a one page covering letter which outlines your specific interest and ability to successfully fill this role, as well as your salary expectations and current notice period.

Please make it clear in your cover letter what previous experience you have working with Salesforce. 

Please note, if you do not provide a covering letter your application will not be considered.

Appointees are subject to a successful DBS check, as contact with young people is likely.

The Journey to joining Speakers for Schools:

Interviews will be scheduled as applications are received, before the closing date, and will take place over Microsoft Teams. We may appoint before this date depending on applications.

We will be closing this on or before Friday 28th August.

Our new team member will start ASAP.

Reference ID: Delivery Administrator

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £26,000.00 to £28,000.00 /year

The Disability Selection Advisor requires an individual with substantial working knowledge and experience of implementing the Equality Act in order to both navigate the assessment of applicants' suitability (particularly, but not exclusively, those who have a health condition and/or may be considered to have a disability) to commence the Frontline programme and to advise Frontline and local authorities in respect of reasonable adjustments.

This  is a vital position in a pioneering organisation and the appointed individual will bring their extensive knowledge of equality legislation to help develop organisational knowledge, improve participant experience and embed disability best-practice into all aspects of our programme. This role sits within the Suitability team so working with the wider group to ensure a joined-up journey for our participants and local authorities is essential.

Founded in 1903, Fauna & Flora International (FFI) is the world’s longest established international conservation organisation. Our vision is to create a sustainable future for the planet where biodiversity is conserved by the people living closest to it. We aim to do this through the conservation of threatened species and ecosystems worldwide, choosing solutions that are sustainable, based on sound science and take account of human needs. We have become a trusted entity in the world of conservation. Today FFI is active in over 40 countries.

We are seeking a Communications Officer (Project Support) to help us continue to improve the quality of FFI’s communications across our global portfolio. This is a challenging and exciting role, with the chance to use your skills to make a real difference to FFI as we strive to protect threatened species and habitats around the world.

The primary focus of this role is to provide content for FFI global communications, and to support and guide colleagues to ensure that their communications activities are well thought through and of a high standard. The role is less focused on developing creative materials, although this may be required from time to time. The role will be well suited to a highly organised individual with excellent people skills who is passionate about the role that communications plays in modern-day conservation and who enjoys mentoring and supporting colleagues.

You will enjoy working in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, where the ability to respond swiftly to changing organisational and team needs is paramount. In return, we offer the opportunity to work for a ground-breaking organisation at the forefront of global conservation, with generous pension contribution, attractive annual leave allowance and life insurance.

Our offices are located in The David Attenborough Building in central Cambridge, just a few minutes’ walk from glorious historic buildings and museums, the picturesque River Cam, the central market and shopping centre, and a host of cafés and restaurants. 

The closing date for applications is Monday, 31 August 2020.

Do you want to be part of an organisation that fights for children every single day? Then join us as HR Systems and Data Manager, taking responsibility for developing and delivering strategic People data and reporting to inform decision making.

In our Support Services department, we fight for children every single day. We provide leadership and direction in the business of running an efficient organisation. We ensure our resources are used to maximum effect. We go the extra mile - and we don’t rest until the work is done.

Here at Save the Children, the HR team is going through an exciting period of change. As HR Systems and Data Manager, you will develop a reporting suite that is clearly scoped for SCUK, at an organisational and divisional level including the all necessary KPIs and ensure that the data and narrative is tailored to meet audience requirements. You will also be responsible for promoting the use of reporting and analysis for action planning and decision-making across the organisation. In addition you will:

• Be the technical lead specialist for People Data, MI and reporting for SCUK as well as the lead for managing the delivery of systems administration and end user technical support for the Oracle HRIS functionality

• Maintain the integrity of the system through the management of access security, training and maintenance of good practice

• Manage the development and implementation of an E-HR Strategy to support short, medium and longer-term service improvement priorities

• Build and develop strong working partnerships with key stakeholders in order to understand requirements and priorities so that the requirements can be delivered. 

To be successful you will be a Chartered CIPD member (or equivalent) with multi-sector experience at senior management level.  As well as an expertise in a range of HR Systems and technology solutions, you will be comfortable preparing and presenting reports and proposals for senior management/board groups. You will be able to drive HR Service improvements with evidence of project and programme management skills. In addition you will have:

• Experience of leading the thinking in HR Data and Systems practices, taking account of wider impact on other approaches to people management and business practices 

• Evidence of operational management skills with the emphasis on delivering high quality, customer orientated, operational HR Systems and Data services through a team of HR Systems and Data specialists to meet required SLAs and KPIs

• Working with and influencing a range of people professionals and other stakeholders 

• Evidence of people management to include coaching, developing and performance management of others.

At Save the Children we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure.

If you share our belief in the power of children, join the fight. It takes relentless determination, creativity and a real commitment to real change. Because every child should be able to make their mark on their world, and help to build a better future. We look forward to hearing from you. 

To apply please visit our website. 

Closing date: 6th September 2020

CHARITY SHOP ASSISTANT MANAGER

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Assistant Manager is responsible to the Shop Manager. The shop is overseen by Brent Samaritans Shop Sub-committee, which is a part of the Board of Trustees.

Hours of work: 30 per week including weekends, flexible rota

JOB PURPOSE

Helping to manage the day-to-day running of the shop, with particular emphasis on:

• Optimising sales

• Managing and training shop volunteers

• General office administration as directed by the Manager

• Ensuring shop policies and procedures are understood and adhered to

• Implementing Gift Aid scheme

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Optimising sales

• Helping to ensure the shop meets agreed sales targets

• Initiating marketing campaigns and sales promotions

• Ensuring all volunteers maintain the highest standards of customer care

• Receiving, sorting and pricing donated goods

• Signing up donors for Gift Aid scheme

• Ensuring goods for sale are displayed effectively and attractively.

Volunteer management and training

• Recruiting, training, organising and supervising the team of shop volunteers

Customers and donors

• Developing and maintaining excellent relationships with both customers and donors

Administration

• Applying Trading Standards regulations in the shop and ensuring all volunteers are

aware of them

• Operating the till and undertaking end-of-day reconciliation. Ensuring that ALL monies are properly handled and accounted for

• Setting and maintaining rotas to ensure the shop is adequately staffed at all times

• Ensuring all petty cash transactions are recorded accurately

Premises management and security

• Ensuring all areas of the shop are clean and tidy at all times and all equipment is kept in good working order

• Conforming to procedures and policies as a key-holder

• Ensuring that all security procedures, including those for the personal safety of staff

and volunteers, are understood and implemented

Health and safety

• Ensuring that all Health and Safety regulations and procedures are understood and

implemented by staff and volunteers

Additional duties

• Carrying out all reasonable additional duties deemed appropriate by the Manager

• Responsibility for opening and shutting the shop when appropriate

• Taking full responsibility for the running of the shop in the Manager’s absence

• An awareness of the work and objectives of the Samaritans charity, and ensuring that

Brent Samaritans is promoted positively at all times in the shop

• A full understanding and commitment to all Brent Samaritans policies, including our

Equality and Diversity policy

This job description is not exhaustive; you may be required from time to time to undertake other duties as required by the Manager to support the overall objectives of the charity.

Please send your CV with a covering letter telling us why you are right for the job.

£16,770 per annum for 30 hours per week including weekends, on a flexible rota. Comission after 6 months. The successful candidate will be asked to provide contact details for two referees.

Closing date for applications: September 1st 5pm

an opportunity to work with a Christian Charity committed to alleviating poverty in the London Borough of Sutton and be responsible for managing and developing the Foodbank

Glass Door is an award-winning, independent charity provides shelter and support for those with nowhere else to turn. We’re a rapidly-growing, collaborative team who love making a positive impact. If you believe in our ethos and want to make a difference, get in touch. We are recruiting an experienced and compassionate Complex Needs Caseworker to join our growing team.

You will be a confident and friendly self-starter, who takes initiative to get things done. No two days will be the same: we are a dynamic office with all-hands-on-deck approach when required. .

Glass Door provides its employees a full induction as well as learning and development opportunities and access to our employee wellbeing programme.

We offer interest-free season ticket loans and a cycle-to-work scheme.

We operate an equal opportunities policy and welcome applicants from all sections of the community. Although Glass Door services normally take place within churches or church-owned properties, please note individuals with connections to a variety of faiths or none work for, volunteer at, and use the services of Glass Door.

Our headquarters are located in the heart of Chelsea, close to both Sloane Square and South Kensington tube stations.

Job Description

The post holder will be responsible for the following:

1. Providing an advice and advocacy service to a caseload of guests from across all our services for the homeless and vulnerably housed who present with long-term and complex needs, caseworking a smaller and more consistent caseload than other members of the team but working with them more intensively
2. Employing creative thinking and practices to ensure that guests are supported and motivated to achieve their goals, primarily to access and maintain accommodation and develop durable support networks
3. Frequently attending appointments with guests as needed and carrying out home visits
4. Referring guests to accommodation providers, health services and other relevant support services, as necessary, and actively facilitating their ongoing engagement with these
5. Maintaining good communication with the Managers of our partnered Drop-in Centres, Glass Door colleagues and local statutory and non-statutory services
6. Attending meetings with the casework team, external service providers and partner organisations when required, engagement with Reflective Practice sessions
7. Collating statistics and outcome measurements of the casework service for both internal and external use
8. Maintaining a well-organised and easily accessible administration system for the casework programme in line with relevant legislation (e.g. GDPR), including accurate and up-to-date casenotes using our internal In-Form system
9. Adherence to all Glass Door policies and procedures, including compliance with safeguarding procedures
10. Managing a small casework budget
11. Proactively identifying areas for improvement and development of service provision
12. Undertaking any other duties to aid the good running of the project, as required by the charity

Person Specification

Essential

• At least two years’ experience of working one-on-one with --and assessing the needs of-- homeless people or similar disadvantaged client groups
• Empathetic attitude to homeless and vulnerably-housed people, including those with ongoing complex needs
• Ability to sensitively maintain boundaries with challenging individuals whilst promoting a trauma-informed approach to care
• Ability to adopt an assertive approach when needed
• Personal resilience while working with challenging individuals coupled with an understanding of one’s personal and professional limits
• Up-to-date knowledge of the welfare issues and legislation affecting homeless people
• Ability to expand own knowledge and to adapt in order to advocate for guests in unfamiliar areas of care and support
• Knowledge of relevant support services available to homeless people, particularly in West London
• Confident approach to, and experience of, dealing with persistent challenging behaviour, conflict and distress
• Ability to maintain good relationships with colleagues and external service providers
• Highly organised with strong time-management skills
• Ability to keep clear and up-to-date case records
• Ability to work independently and take the initiative to make important decisions
• Flexible and supportive team member with excellent communication skills
• Ability to adhere to and implement Health & Safety, HR and operational policies
• Understanding of and commitment to Equal Opportunities

Desirable

• Experience of working alongside volunteers

Carer Involvement & Development Worker – Mental Health and Drug and/or Alcohol misuse.

18.5 hours per week

Salary: £24,496 FTE – 37 hours per week (£12,248 pro rata)

Carers in Hertfordshire is a well-respected, independent, carer-led charity, established in 1995. The charity works to ensure that all Hertfordshire’s unpaid family carers are recognised, valued and supported in their caring role and have the opportunity for a life outside caring and can exercise a collective voice in the county.

We are looking for a confident and outgoing person to take on the role of Carers Involvement and Development worker within our Involvement team.

This role supports and enables unpaid carers to speak up about the issues that are important to them, particularly in relation to mental health and drug and/or alcohol misuse.  It will primarily cover parts of North and East Hertfordshire, although the post holder will be required to work across the County on occasions.

The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills and an understanding of carers needs. 

A good standard of IT Skills is required, including use of databases, MS office and the internet.  You will need the ability to travel independently, have access to a car and have a valid driving license.

Closes: Monday 7th September 2020 - 12.00 noon

Interviews:  Wednesday 16th September 2020

Motivation is a UK registered charity and social enterprise working to transform the lives of disabled people around the world. From designing a unique range of wheelchairs, to influencing international governments and NGOs, we’ve been making an impact for nearly 30 years. With projects across Africa and in India, we advocate for the rights of disabled people and empower them to stay healthy, access education and employment, and to participate in their communities.

We are looking for a confident self-starter to join our friendly fundraising and communications team to provide outstanding customer care to all our supporters and essential administrative support.  This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to use their skills to excel and help us deliver our mission even more effectively.  We are looking for someone with initiative, a grounding in administrative process and a flair for communicating passionately with our valued Supporters.  The most important thing is the you share our values of being Inclusive, Empowering, Inventive and Honest.

We value diversity and equality and particularly encourage applications from people with disabilities and ethnic minority communities.

Could you thrive working in a start-up phase? Do you have a global mindset?

Prospectus is delighted to be working with a progressive and proactive foundation that aims to tackle the global climate emergency. They are looking for their new Operations Associate to play a pivotal role in building out systems, structure and approaches to maintain impact at scale. Our client is committed to being a diverse and inclusive place of work and welcomes applications from all backgrounds.

The Operations Associate will work closely with the COO, Co-Directors and key support teams from the parent company to understand and develop a robust architecture to support an ambitious grants portfolio. To achieve success they will work across grants systems, finance and reporting, contracts and legal and ensure that there are lower barriers to the free movement of funds to the world changing initiatives they support. They will work to improve the grant cycle, increasing efficiencies in how information is tracked and reported for Finance at the same time as providing reassurance and process to the oversight of contracts and compliance with obligations such as GDPR. The role does not require a Finance or Legal professional, more someone who can facilitate the smooth workings of a rapidly growing organisation, both at the strategic and day to day levels.

The right candidate will be comfortable working in a shallow hierarchy, taking responsibility for their areas but thriving in the support of others as the organisation starts up. With an exemplary track record of working in Operations, they will have demonstrable technical skills spanning finance or grants management, data and databases and outstanding attention to detail for the contract review. The post requires nit just incredible organisational skills, but the ability to work in ambiguity and create positive improvements to structure and ways of working. The organisation is looking for someone with a global mindset with a strong empathy to what a valuable role this will be in facilitating their objective of tackling the global climate emergency.

In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply.

The British Science Association (BSA) is a charity, founded in 1831 and incorporated by Royal Charter.

Our vision is of a world where science is at the heart of culture and society. Our mission is to transform the diversity and inclusivity of science; to reach under-served audiences; and increase the number of people who are actively engaged and involved in science. The organisation focusses on three main pillars of work, namely Education, Engagement & Thought Leadership

The British Science Association is funded by a mix of grants, sponsorship and donations.

Prospectus is delighted to be working closely with the BSA to recruit a Grants Manager to lead on an exciting new development programme focussing on inclusion and diversity funded by the Wellcome Trust.

This role is offered for an initial 2-year contract period (of funding) but is hopefully ongoing.

The role:

This essential role will work closely with the Head of Grants to design and lead a brand new grants funding programme aimed at supporting individuals and organisations across the UK to engage public audiences with health research. You will build on existing good practice and bring onboard new voices and communities to make a real step-change to public engagement with health research.

This will involve ensuring excellent participatory grant-making processes are installed and followed, high quality assessments, due diligence, professional levels of customer service and top notch support to a national team of locally based development coordinators will all be major components of this role. Supporting the Head of Grants in all aspects of this work, you will also concentrate on championing innovation in health research across public engagement and funding audiences in addition to providing solid administration support to all of the processes essential to the smooth running of the grants programmes. This role will also be responsible for managing a small pipeline of discretionary grants to support local work where necessary.

The person:

The successful candidate will have a proven track record in grant-making with lots of partnership working and strong project management experience. An accomplished multi-tasker with developed analytical skills and meticulous attention to detail, this person will be a strong communicator and an energetic self-starter. Resilient, agile and innovative this person will see the potential and recognise the importance of the work of BSA in general and more specifically, the exciting opportunities created by this new stream of funding. Designing successful programmes which support disadvantaged groups, community driven project management and coaching small teams will be very useful but not essential.

This role represents a superb opportunity for the right person to play a pivotal part in driving forward the success of this exciting and innovative programme of funding with ambitious and well researched aims and objectives.

How to apply:

As a specialist Recruitment Practice we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application.

In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance and begin to prepare your supporting statement. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role.

Refuge is the UK’s largest provider of specialist services for victims of all forms of gender-based violence (domestic, sexual, so called ‘honour’ violence, modern slavery and human trafficking, prostitution, forced marriage, stalking and FGM). Every day we support over 6,000 women and children in our national network of services.  These include Independent Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence Advocacy services (IDVAs/ISVAs and IGVAs), community outreach, specialist refuge accommodation, sanctuary services, culturally-specific services and the Freephone 24 Hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline. We advise Government and lobby hard to keep violence against women and girls high on the public agenda. We run award-winning prevention and public education campaigns, manage a busy press office and website, and we are an accredited training provider. We give a voice to the voiceless.

We are looking for a domestic violence practitioner to join our dynamic peripatetic team. An exciting opportunity to enhance your experience in a variety of support roles including working in accommodation based services, independent domestic violence advocate, independent gender violence advocate, independent sexual violence advocate and community outreach worker.

You will deliver a high quality professional service to survivors of domestic violence living in our refuges, those who access our outreach service and independent domestic violence advocacy services. You will work from any of our National sites, providing cover for services who need additional staff. You may be required to travel including some Monday – Friday overnight stays during your assignments.

Your role will involve providing invaluable practice and emotional support to men, women and their children advocating on their behalf in areas such as welfare, housing, courts, police and emotional support as well as supporting women to move to safe, permanent accommodation.

The successful candidates will be passionate about ending gender based violence and have experience of providing emotional and practical support in a paid or unpaid capacity. They will need to work flexibly and have strong organisational skills, good written and verbal communication, and an understanding of the importance of maintaining professional boundaries. The ability to work as part of an on-call rota is also essential.

All candidates must demonstrate a commitment to the feminist values of empowerment and equality which underpin all of our work. Successful applicants will be expected to work within Refuge’s Values and Behaviour Framework and demonstrate these in their everyday work.

Competitive salary offering annual progression within points of the salary grade, 28 days annual leave increasing to 30 days, pension scheme with People’s pension that includes a 6% Employer contribution, comprehensive EAP.

Refuge is proud to be a leader in its field and an employer of choice with leading edge systems for supervision, quality management and development. We offer the first Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) accredited qualification for our profession. 

Please visit Refuge’s website for further details and other opportunities.

Closing Date: 31st August 2020

An enhanced Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) certificate will be required for this role.

Refuge is committed to quality, equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. This post however is restricted to women due to the nature of the role. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies.

No agencies please - as a charity we work hard to keep our costs down.

The British Science Association (BSA) is a charity, founded in 1831 and incorporated by Royal Charter.

Our vision is of a world where science is at the heart of culture and society. Our mission is to transform the diversity and inclusivity of science; to reach under-served audiences; and increase the number of people who are actively engaged and involved in science. The organisation focusses on three main pillars of work, namely Education, Engagement & Thought Leadership.

The British Science Association is funded by a mix of grants, sponsorship and donations.

Prospectus is delighted to be working closely with the BSA to recruit a Head of Grants to lead on an exciting new development programme focussing on inclusion and diversity funded by the Wellcome Trust.

This role is offered for an initial 2-year contract period (of funding) but is hopefully ongoing.

The role:

The Head of Grants will be responsible for launching and leading on a brand-new funding programme for individuals and organisations across the UK aimed at engaging public audiences with health research. The role will build on existing good practice and bring onboard new voices and communities to make a real step-change to public engagement with BSA's work.

The new fund will enable more 'connectors' who have access, trust and established relationships with communities and researchers, to identify and act on areas of health research that can be shaped or used by the UK public.

This role will involve, liaising with key stakeholders to mobilise networks with potential partners to ensure the success of this programme, will champion innovation in the sector, recruit, manage and develop a small grants team to proactively engage in the process, ensuring due diligence is adhered to, producing clear and concise reports to the funders and working closely with the wider team at BSA to ensure clarity and compliance to overall aims and objectives.

The person:

The successful candidate will have substantial experience in a similar senior relational grant-making role with extensive stakeholder engagement and team management and development experience. Substantial partnerships management and grants programme design and innovation will also be important. A creative and dynamic senior manager, this person will have multi-site project management experience, will be agile and flexible in their approach and will be financially astute and analytical by nature. Community focussed and able to appreciate the national importance of the work of BSA will be essential. An understanding of the challenges faced by social innovators and science/health research communicators, community driven programme management experience and/or lived experience of being part of a currently under-represented community will be useful but not essential.

This role represents a fantastic opportunity for the right candidate to make a significant contribution to the success of this very important.

How to apply:

As a specialist Recruitment Practice we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application.

In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance and begin to prepare your supporting statement. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role.