Prospectus is delighted to be partnering with Wolfson College, Cambridge, to recruit their new Alumni Relations Manager. Wolfson College is a postgraduate institution with an ambitious and successful development and alumni function, and there couldn't be a better time to join!

The Alumni Relations Manager will be responsible for devising, developing and delivering a programme of alumni relations for Wolfson College, to expand the alumni networks in the UK and internationally and to build beneficial relationships with the entire membership community. This will take the form of communications, social media, in person and online and events and will enable the College to reach fundraising aims and objectives. The Manager will personally build relationships with key stakeholders, alongside the Alumni Officer who reports to this role, and will implement a busy calendar of activities and events.

The selected candidate will have line management experience within a development setting and will have demonstrable experience in fundraising, alumni or development in higher education. You will be able to lead projects on your own and work with senior level colleagues and alumni on various projects day to day. This is a really exciting hands-on opportunity for someone who wants to develop their fundraising and management skills in a well-resourced, ambitious development department.

At Prospectus 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. You will then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to speaking with you soon.

Do you have an empathy and passion to ensure the voice of vulnerable and disadvantaged people is heard? Do you think co-production is important within service delivery and commissioning?

Title: Co-production Facilitator – Multiple Disadvantaged
Salary: £22,462p/a Pro rata – actual salary £8,985
Hours: 15 hours per week
Based: Countywide with an office base in Huntingdon.

This is an exciting opportunity to help develop co-production across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough within the field of those with multiple disadvantages (including, not limited to - Homelessness, substance misuse, mental health, family breakdown, domestic abuse). You can really bring your own creativity and ideas to this role.

You would be working in a small, friendly, and supportive team., Enjoying a generous leave allowance and a varied and fulfilling role, with plenty of professional and personal development opportunities.

The ability to engage and communicate confidently with those with multiple disadvantage and those at strategic and operational level is a must – Everything else can be learned on the job.

The role is countywide with an office base in Huntingdon – so a driving licence and access to a car for travel is essential.

Closing date: Friday 9th October 2020 12pm
Interviews W/C 19th October 2020

To apply, please complete the attached application form.

Product Owner - Business Intelligence
Reference number: A0740920
Location: Bedfordshire
Salary: Starting at £34,643 to £38,632 per annum
Hours: Full time
Contract: Permanent

Introduction
We're in curious times for which we need people with curiosity, who like to dig a bit deeper, have a strong focus to shape a better world and with a side hustle of needing to do something different with their work time. Maybe you've felt you want to make the right contribution to the world in some way? If this is you, and you love data, or what it can tell us about the everyday decisions we make to help nature, then your curiosity is needed at RSPB in a delivery focused team with a strategic appetite to create richer business intelligence resources for the whole organisation.

About the Role
Make no mistake, this is a management role with immense professional opportunity and a place in which you can make a profound difference to our conservation aims. Your role will be in the Digital Business Data team supporting our wider digital and technical agenda with our Fundraising and Communications directorate. We invite you to join the largest technical team in conservation. You'll bring together the requirements of many different users ranging from field and operational teams and understand how to best implement Business Intelligence to support them. You'll facilitate across our technical, fundraising, communications and conservation and volunteer teams to deliver solutions that give us insight about all our interactions. You'll have the leadership and vision to define how Business Intelligence develops as well as oversee and assure functional delivery. You'll unify and find the best value out of what Business Intelligence offers. You'll champion how data could be interrogated for greater insight to include wider functions across RSPB, including finance, HR and communications. There'll be plenty of exciting and rewarding challenges along the way. It's definitely no small task but one huge career opportunity.

About Us
RSPB Headquarters is based at The Lodge in Sandy, Bedfordshire. Passionate about nature, dedicated to saving it. Since we started on our mission in 1889, the threats to nature have continued to grow, but we've grown to meet them too. We're now the largest nature conservation charity in the country, consistently delivering successful conservation, forging powerful new partnerships with other organisations and inspiring others to stand up and give nature the home it deserves.

About You
You'll be an inspiration to the team; creative, bright and on the ball, focused on getting things done. You'll strengthen us but also challenge us and to think imaginatively about our purpose. You'll have ambition.

You need to communicate a vision, bring focus and lead with energy and creativity. Because we are a charity, every penny we spend needs to maximise the outcome for nature.

You will drive and direct change across a wide remit. The skills you have and the qualities you bring are more important to us than the list of who you've worked for.

You'll come to us armed with proven management and unique technical skills. You need to be engaged with people, projects and finance; to know when to collaborate, when to take ownership. You'll need a good working knowledge of data sciences, demonstrable use of BI platforms and solutions and broadly have at least a year of implementing and developing BI products. You'll know how to configure and develop PowerBI, cubes, SASS, Statistical models or have worked in an analytics service. You'll embed training and support processes, which deliver consistent intelligence. Experience in a charity or fundraising organisation is valuable as is experience in the public sector where insights supported service delivery.

Everything you do will be in harmony with our values and ambitions, putting wildlife conservation at the core of our work and in the minds of our supporter

Next Steps
We will be reviewing applications week commencing 12th Oct 2020, and if you are shortlisted, we'll invite you for a remote interview and presentation week commencing 19th Oct 2020.

Closing date: 12 October 2020

To Apply and for More Information:

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

No agencies please.

Corpus Christi College aims to appoint an outstanding individual to the post of Director of Development and Alumni Relations. Corpus is the sixth oldest college in the University of Cambridge and one of the smallest, with 300 undergraduate and 200 postgraduate students, 60 Fellows and 120 staff. Corpus is known for its friendly atmosphere and its long tradition of academic excellence.

The Director of Development and Alumni Relations has overall responsibility for building, maintaining and enhancing the relations between the College and its five thousand alumni, its supporters, and other potential benefactors. The Director will take the lead in designing and implementing the College’s development strategy, and will manage the work of the Development Office. Priorities will include: developing and refreshing the pool of individual prospects; engaging with recent graduates and overseas alumni; and spearheading a major fund-raising campaign focused on widening participation and the provision of bursaries and studentships.  The appointee will be elected a Fellow of the College, reflecting the seniority and significance of the post.

Candidates will be confident, outgoing and sociable, with the ability to relate to different audiences. They will be driven and able to demonstrate outstanding leadership, interpersonal, diplomatic, negotiation and communication skills. They should also be able to evidence success in establishing and achieving ambitious fund-raising targets. They must have a proven track-record of developing innovative strategies and implementing change. They must be supportive of the College’s academic mission and be committed to its core values of academic excellence, mutual support and respect. This is an exciting opportunity to bring new ideas and direction to the work of the Development Office.

The College has retained Minerva Executive Search to advise them. The successful candidate will be expected to take up their appointment no later than March 2021.

Alzheimer’s Research UK is the UK’s leading dementia research charity dedicated to diagnosis, prevention, treatment and cure. Backed by our passionate scientists and supporters, we’re challenging the way people think about dementia, bringing together the people and organisations who can speed up progress, and investing in research to make life-changing breakthroughs possible.

By working at Alzheimer’s Research UK, you will be part of an organisation that has been recognised nationally as an outstanding place to work. In 2020, we were listed 39th in the prestigious Sunday Times 100 Best Not-for-Profit Organisations to Work For.  We were also awarded a 2-star accreditation by Best Companies, recognising outstanding levels of workplace engagement and were listed in the 75 Best Companies to Work For in the East of England.

We are recruiting a new Head of Public Affairs and Campaigns to lead the Public Affairs team at ARUK. The Head of Public Affairs will report to the Director of Policy and Public Affairs and line manage the Senior Public Affairs Officer and the Public Affairs Officer.

The post holder will be joining a friendly, busy and fast-moving Policy and Public Affairs team, with the scope to grow both the function and the post-holder’s role within ARUK. The role will work closely with policy colleagues to help develop opportunities for influencing key stakeholders within and outside government and its agencies to help ARUK improve the dementia research environment. This is a very creative directorate, and the post holder will have opportunities to work on projects that take the charity in new directions. The role is likely to include frequent work in Westminster, Whitehall and elsewhere in the UK

Main duties and responsibilities of the role:

Public Affairs

• Advise Alzheimer’s Research UK about effective political positioning to achieve our goals; working to ensure we are able to successfully influence key Government policy and decisions.
• Build and maintain effective high-level relationships with key decision-makers and opinion formers, including in Government and in Parliament.
• Develop and deliver a public affairs strategy for Alzheimer’s Research UK, with a range of creative tactics that create pressure, build momentum and drive forward our influence in Parliament and with government.
• Provide leadership to the public affairs team and work closely with colleagues to grow political engagement in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
• Support implementation and further development of the strategy for public affairs & policy, in conjunction with Head of Policy.
• Work across the organisation to develop stakeholder management processes and mechanisms that help us to manage and derive insights from key organisational relationships.
• Play a key role in developing ARUK’s influencing stakeholder contact programme and identifying opportunities and strategies to improve engagement.
• Develop and deliver a programme of parliamentary engagement for Chief Executive, Chief Medical Officer, President and Director of Policy and Public Affairs, working in conjunction with the Senior Governance Manager.
• Work with the Head of Policy and the Director of Policy and Public Affairs to develop strategy and positioning on key parliamentary and policy issues.
• Ensure ARUK has a meaningful role in shaping future legislation on dementia and scientific research.
• Lead responses and briefings on key legislation and guidance, including proposed drafting amendments where appropriate.
• Co-ordinate parliamentary briefs, develop submissions for parliamentary questions and other opportunities presented through the parliamentary system.
• Represent the Charity to key decision-makers and stakeholders, managing a programme of meetings and to brief relevant staff.
• Identify opportunities to use the media to maintain pressure on political decision makers around our policy and influencing priorities
• Ensure compliance with Charity Commission guidance, and other legislation on charities’ lobbying activities

Campaigns

• Develop and implement campaign strategies that deliver against ARUK policy objectives.
• Build and sustain strong strategic partnerships, for example, with other voluntary organisations, think tanks etc to extend ARUK’s influence and impact
• Grow digital campaigns and public affairs opportunities, building our reach and engagement with key audiences.
• Manage and grow a supporter-based campaigning network, online and offline, to advocate on behalf of ARUK, including the involvement of people affected by dementia 

Events and meeting management

• Lead the delivery of high-impact parliamentary and other events and conferences, including national party conferences.
• Represent the charity attending external working groups as appropriate, under guidance from the Director of Policy and Public Affairs.

Other duties

• Undertake any other relevant duties and projects delegated by the Director of Policy and Public Affairs in line with the responsibilities of the post.

What we are looking for

• Educated to A Level or equivalent
• Expertise in lobbying, government relations and campaigning
• Thorough working knowledge of the UK political system, policy-making and Parliamentary processes, the media and which levers to pull to affect change
• Experience of building relationships with influencers and supporters
• Experience of delivering successful organisation-wide engagement strategies
• Experience of delivering impactful campaigns that influenced legislation, government policy or practice
• Ability to manage people, lead and develop a team of 2
• Experience of working with colleagues of a senior level
• Confidence working with computers – good knowledge of Word, Excel and Outlook
• Excellent personal communication skills, with the ability to communicate with people at all levels face to face and on the phone
• Experience of using the media to maintain pressure on political decision makers
• Ability to assimilate new policy and political issues quickly and make connections between different aspects of influencing
• Ability to write professionally, with an ability to adapt communications for different audiences
• Ability to work with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise workload
• Ability to operate in a fast-moving environment, deal with competing demands and manage time effectively
• Strong negotiation skills
• Professional and hard-working team player
• Outgoing, enthusiastic and able to remain calm under pressure
• Willingness to work outside of regular office hours and overtime during busy spells
• Willingness to travel weekly to London as and when the role requires

Location: Flexible, with regular weekly travel to Granta Park, Nr Cambridge, as well as regular weekly travel to London when required

Salary: Circa £57,500 per annum, plus benefits

Please download the Vacancy Pack for more details.

The closing date for applications is the 4th October 2020, with interviews to be held week commencing the 26th October 2020, with potential dates of the 27th, 28th and 29th October via Microsoft Teams. Please indicate in your cover letter if you are unable to attend on any of these dates.

To be considered, please create an online account using our Online Recruitment System which can be accessed through our Job Vacancies Page. You will be able to attach a CV and covering letter to your application, track your application and view other vacancies that may be of interest.

To view further details about this role and the benefits of working for us please visit the Alzheimer’s Research UK website.

Alzheimer’s Research UK is the UK’s leading dementia research charity dedicated to diagnosis, prevention, treatment and cure. Backed by our passionate scientists and supporters, we’re challenging the way people think about dementia, bringing together the people and organisations who can speed up progress, and investing in research to make life-changing breakthroughs possible.

By working at Alzheimer’s Research UK, you will be part of an organisation that has been recognised nationally as an outstanding place to work. In 2020, we were listed 39th in the prestigious Sunday Times 100 Best Not-for-Profit Organisations to Work For.  We were also awarded a 2-star accreditation by Best Companies, recognising outstanding levels of workplace engagement and were listed in the 75 Best Companies to Work For in the East of England.

The Research Informatics Team are responsible for leading the coordination of the Early Detection of Neurodegenerative Diseases (EDoN) initiative. EDoN is a growing and exciting collaboration with more than 13 organisations. This partnership will create a digital toolkit and machine learning models to enable the detection of specific dementia causing diseases decades before overt cognitive symptoms become apparent. The EDoN coordination group led by the Research Informatics Team, provides support to the EDoN initiative and its partners in the following areas: project management, policy and ethics, communications, capacity building, governance and legislation.

The Senior Research Informatics Programme Manager will lead, manage and coordinate the activities across the Research Informatics Team to support the EDoN initiative and its partners to achieve their goals.  Reporting into the Head of Research Informatics, the Senior Research Informatics Programme Manager will help to lead the coordination of technology projects related to early detection, lead the operations of the EDoN coordination group, facilitate the engagement across the EDoN initiative and guide the success of the development and adoption of the EDoN toolkit for early detection

Main duties and responsibilities of the role:

Collaboration

• Contribute to the strategic direction and operational aims of the EDoN initiative, by identifying solutions and making recommendations.  Support the collective decisions made and act as a key advocate to implement and embed the agreed activities.
• Identify and communicate emerging issues of significance and propose solutions to key stakeholders.
• Work closely and collaboratively with Teams across ARUK to maximise the potential of all activities relating to EDoN.
• Support the EDoN Implementation Teams (Hubs), especially the Digital Hub with the evaluation, development and adoption of technology, platforms and applications for capturing, managing and visualising complex data.
• Work with the three Hubs and technology providers to set the strategy, roadmap, and feature definition for the development of the EDoN toolkit.
• Work with the Research Informatics Engagement Manager to identify and facilitate strategic collaboration opportunities for the EDoN initiative, especially with technology providers.
• Work with the Research Informatics Project Manager to ensure the implementation teams deliver on time, within scope and budget.
• Work with the key stakeholders to identify and mitigate risks and develop and promote a strong governance framework.

Best Practice

• Apply best practices in business analysis/user-centred design processes, including user stories and task modelling, user journey mapping, usability and feasibility testing, stakeholder management to ensure working groups successfully discover and meet user and stakeholder goals.
• Drive processes for effective engagement, including facilitating internal and external workshops/meetings, coordinating training, and networking activities to support EDoN data science activities.
• Apply best practices in project management processes, to coordinate and support delivery across internal cross-functional teams.

Team Management

• Provide strong leadership and support to the Research Informatics Team, through coaching, mentoring and developing individuals to deliver an effective and efficient service across the charity.  Carry out performance appraisal meetings and effectively promote team building and collaborative working to deliver the strategic and operational plans.
• Responsible for inputting into and translating the Research Informatics Team strategy and for executing the operational plans for the team.
• Accountable for the strategic/operational performance of the Research Informatics Team.
• Responsible for identifying third party needs for the Research Informatics Team and following risk, compliance and procurement procedures.

Relationship Management

• Represent the Research Informatics Team internally and externally, supporting the Head of Research Informatics to maintain excellent working relationships with internal teams and external partners.

Influencing

• Deliver engaging presentations and messaging.
• Represent ARUK at external events such as at national and international conferences. 

Other

• Provide support with the annual operational planning, budgeting and reforecasting process, ensuring that actual expenditure delivers within budgeted targets.
• Continuously develop professional knowledge and expertise, attending relevant meetings and conferences to ensure up to date knowledge is relevant to the role.
• Undertake any other relevant duties and projects delegated by the Head of Research Informatics in line with the responsibilities of the post.

What we are looking for:

• Doctorate in technology or biomedical research, or equivalent experience
• Excellent analytical, organisational and communication skills
• Excellent skills supporting and coaching colleagues
• Excellent skills delegating work and empowering direct reports
• Proven work experience in project management and coordination, ideally for clinical, data or technology projects
• Experience in designing and delivering digital products, such as software applications, toolkits, and IoTs/wearables
• Proven skills in workshop facilitation/moderation
• Experience fostering and strengthening strategic collaborations in the context of public-private partnerships
• Experience of leading and managing a team
• Exemplary leadership skills with both practical and short/long term strategic vision; ability to build relationships and inspire confidence and respect at all levels; strong team player.
• Excellent communicator – able to build rapport and demonstrate strong influencing, negotiation skills and decision-making skills; excellent listening skills, receptive to feedback and demonstrates flexibility, curiosity, and an ability to learn.
• Ability to explain complex information to all stakeholders.
• Ability to write and present comprehensive reports to the relevant stakeholders.
• Demonstrates and encourages ownership and responsibility; drive/motivation - has a “can-do” attitude and is committed to delivering results and strives for continuous improvement.
• A good blend of strategic and analytical thinking; innovative personality; able to see the bigger picture and set future direction.
• Strong ethical standards and a high level of personal integrity.

Location: Granta Park, near Cambridge.

Salary: Circa £50,000 per annum, plus benefits

Please download the Vacancy Pack for more details.

The closing date for applications is the 6th October 2020, with interviews to be held on the 14th October 2020, via Microsoft Teams. Please indicate in your cover letter if you are unable to attend on this date.

To be considered, please create an online account using our Online Recruitment System which can be accessed through our Job Vacancies Page. You will be able to attach a CV and covering letter to your application, track your application and view other vacancies that may be of interest.

To view further details about this role and the benefits of working for us please visit the Alzheimer’s Research UK website.

Alzheimer’s Research UK is the UK’s leading dementia research charity dedicated to diagnosis, prevention, treatment and cure. Backed by our passionate scientists and supporters, we’re challenging the way people think about dementia, bringing together the people and organisations who can speed up progress, and investing in research to make life-changing breakthroughs possible.

By working at Alzheimer’s Research UK, you will be part of an organisation that has been recognised nationally as an outstanding place to work. In 2020, we were listed 39th in the prestigious Sunday Times 100 Best Not-for-Profit Organisations to Work For.  We were also awarded a 2-star accreditation by Best Companies, recognising outstanding levels of workplace engagement and were listed in the 75 Best Companies to Work For in the East of England.

We are recruiting a new Head of Policy to lead the Policy Team at Alzheimer’s Research UK. The Head of Policy reports to the Director of Policy and Public Affairs and will work closely with the CEO, Research and wider Policy and Public Affairs teams.

The role includes frequent work in Westminster and Whitehall and elsewhere in the UK. The post holder needs to be a self-starter and comfortable working with colleagues at the highest level of an organisation. The role will develop a credible and comprehensive policy base for ARUK and oversee the external stakeholder engagement activity with all key influential audiences that will help the charity achieve its aim of finding life changing treatments for dementia.

Main duties and responsibilities of the role:

• Provide a high level of expertise on dementia policy across the organisation and externally and lead the policy team in developing new thinking and solutions on research policy, early detection and access to treatments.
• Lead ARUK’s policy development and work with key stakeholders at a UK-level, in Europe and internationally with the aim of ensuring ARUK continues to be a thought leader in dementia and medical research policy.
• Develop, manage and deliver a substantial programme of high-quality policy analysis and proposals for change.
• See through, from inception to launch, ground breaking policy publications of the highest quality that have significant influence on government policy and practice.
• Lead the strategic development of ARUK’s Policy function.
• Manage the team’s budget, ensuring the team operates cost effectively in meeting its objectives
• Work with the Head of Public Affairs to develop a synergistic Public Affairs strategy that embeds and exploits our policy work
• Develop and lead a structured programme of policy work that builds our evidence base, identifies the key challenges in the field, and brings forth new innovative policy ideas and solutions
• Work across Policy and Public Affairs teams to ensure there is good co-ordination and communication of policy throughout the charity in order to foster a shared understanding of ARUK’s policies and issues.

External relations and influencing

• Establish and maintain effective collaborative relationships with external stakeholders and identify opportunities and strategies to improve engagement with science leaders, pharmaceutical industry, political and health and care officials, corporate leaders, scientific bodies, donors and other charities.
• Work closely with colleagues across the charity to ensure that ARUK’s external messaging and activities reflect our policy priorities and positions.
• Ensure ARUK is taking opportunities to apply its policy expertise through engagement in external events and conferences and acting as a media spokesperson.
• Play a key role in delivery of projects focused on improving the external environment for dementia drug discovery and development, at a national and international level.

Evidence, impact and analysis

• Develop strategic research programmes or commission analysis to further the aims of the organisation.
• Identify policy areas in which ARUK is seeking greatest action and develop strategies to influence and effect positive change.
• Responsible for the involvement of people affected by dementia in the development of ARUK’s policy priorities and positions.
• Lead the team to keep abreast of the policy environment to build and maintain a deep understanding of current issues and trends and producing insight and analysis for the organisation.

Other duties

• Undertake any other relevant duties and projects delegated by the Director of Policy and Public Affairs in line with the responsibilities of the post.

What we are looking for:

• Educated to Degree Level or equivalent
• Experience of leading policy development
• Experience of leading on key policy areas – NHS, medical research
• Experience of building relationships with civil servants, decision makers
• Experience of working at the interface between scientific research and policymaking
• Experience of writing complex policy reports
• Experience of delivering consultation responses and working with government teams to embed ideas
• Ability to strategically lead large programmes of work
• Ability to manage people, lead and develop a team of 6
• Confidence working with computers – good knowledge of Word, Excel and outlook
• Excellent scientific understanding
• Professional and hard-working team player
• Outgoing, enthusiastic and able to remain calm under pressure
• Willingness to work outside of regular office hours and overtime during busy spells
• Willingness to travel as and when the role requires

Location: Granta Park, near Cambridge.

Salary: Circa £57,500 per annum, plus benefits

Please download the Vacancy Pack for more details.

The closing date for applications is the 4th October 2020, with interviews to be held week commencing the 26th October 2020, with potential dates of the 27th, 28th and 29th October via Microsoft Teams. Please indicate in your cover letter if you are unable to attend on any of these dates.

To be considered, please create an online account using our Online Recruitment System which can be accessed through our Job Vacancies Page. You will be able to attach a CV and covering letter to your application, track your application and view other vacancies that may be of interest.

To view further details about this role and the benefits of working for us please visit the Alzheimer’s Research UK website.

Programme Business Analyst

We have an exciting opportunity for a Programme Business Analyst to join a leading charity on a Maternity Cover contract.

As the UK’s largest nature conservation charity, our client has an ambitious strategy aiming to make a significant difference for nature. At a time of unprecedented change within the UK and around the world, they are evolving to respond to the natural world’s greatest threats, ensuring that they are in the best possible shape to deliver on their strategy. Underpinned by evidence-based decision making, their work programmes range from working in partnership to deliver major conservation outcomes on land and at sea through to transforming their own ways of working to have greater impact for nature. 

Position: Programme Business Analyst (Maternity Cover)

Location: Home based / flexible

Salary: £34,643 - £38,632

Hours: Full time, 12 month contract (Maternity Cover)

Benefits: Flexible working, 26 days annual leave, free access to our reserves, up to 20% discount off retail items in our shops. Free access to a confidential Employee Assistance Programme that provides support and advice around financial, physical and mental health wellbeing. A substantial Learning and Development offer.

Closing date: 12th October

Interview date: 20th October

About the Role

Our client are seeking to appoint an experienced Business Analyst to join their Conservation Data Management Unit (CDMU) as a maternity cover. Working with staff across the organisation, CDMU oversees the development and use of business systems supporting their conservation work, in particular their in-house GIS database, Merlin. Working in a small team with another Programme Business Analyst and the Head of Business Analysis Services, you will work across a variety of projects to improve their systems and processes. You will be experienced at eliciting requirements, with excellent written and verbal skills and the ability to assimilate large quantities of information, analyse options and make recommendations for solutions. You will also need to be able to work confidently with a range of diverse stakeholders at all levels of the organisation and in locations across the UK and be able to apply a collaborative approach to bridge and bring together their sometimes conflicting demands.

About You:

You will have an innovative and enquiring mind eager to set out new ways of doing things. Experience of working on major transformative projects or programmes, and of business process and benefits management is desirable. The ability to work on multiple concurrent activities as part of a busy team with a can-do attitude will be essential. The team is normally based at the Charities UK Headquarters in the heart of The Lodge Nature Reserve in Bedfordshire but the impact of Covid-19 means the ability to work happily at home in a suitable environment is essential and the successful candidate could be based anywhere in the UK with good broadband connectivity. You will be working with friendly staff who are passionate about conservation so if you are interested in making a real difference for our client and nature conservation in the UK and globally, then they can offer you a unique opportunity to further your business analysis career within the a growing community of Business Analysts.     

Other role you may have experience of could include: Business Analyst, Researcher.

Business Intelligence Lead

Nature needs you. We have an exciting opportunity for a Business Intelligence Lead to champion and lead a business intelligence and analytics strategy. As the largest nature conservation charity in the UK with over 1.2 million members, the organisation makes a real difference to the world we live in and they can’t do that without great people. 

We're in curious times for which we need people with curiosity, who like to dig a bit deeper, have a strong focus to shape a better world and with a side hustle of needing to do something different with their work time.

Maybe you've felt you want to make the right contribution to the world in some way? If this is you, and you love data, or what it can tell us about the everyday decisions we make to help nature, then your curiosity is needed by our client in a delivery focused team with a strategic appetite to create richer business intelligence resources for the whole organisation.

Our client invites you to join us at the largest technical team in conservation.

Position: Business Intelligence Lead

Location: Flexible, but with regular visits to HQ, Sandy, Bedfordshire

Salary: £34,643 - £38,632

Hours: 37.5 full-time, permeant

Benefits: Flexible working, 26 Days Annual Leave, Free access to our reserves, up to 20% discount off retail items in our shops. Free access to a confidential Employee Assistance programme that provides support and advice around financial, physical and mental health wellbeing. A substantial Learning and Development offer.

Closing date: 10th October

Interviews commencing week beginning: 19th October

About the Role

Working closely with technical and non-technical leads, analysts, users and suppliers, the Business Intelligence Lead will significantly champion and lead a business intelligence and analytics strategy that is fit for purpose across data sets which include but not limited to membership, volunteer and supporter management, marketing, fundraising, conservation, web and social media, finance, HR and other workforce systems.

About You

As Business Intelligence Lead you will build relationship with users and technical specialists to design and deliver a roadmap for the business intelligence that reflects the functional and strategic needs of the organisation.

You will have:

• The ability to evaluate existing service provision, keeping abreast of feedback and new developments to ensure appropriate developments and solutions to enhance and maximise service quality, efficiency and continuity
• Significant operational and /or technical knowledge data sciences, advanced excel, analytics platforms such as PowerBI, Business Objects, Cubes, SASS, R, Python, SQL or a combination of these.
• Experience working as a project manager, commissioning and overseeing delivery of substantial or complex work completed by other teams including Data Development, Data Operations & Technology Services and exposure to AGILE working.
• Application of in-depth knowledge and experience of business intelligence to provide advice/guidance to others or to address significant problems, some of which will be multi-disciplinary in nature.
• Experience of working with and influencing senior management.
• Experience of developing innovative ideas and potential solutions for further development

Other role you may have experience of could include: Digital Projects, Digital Project, Product Owner, Digital Product, Agile, Agile Team, Digital Project Lead, Digital Product Lead, Digital Coordinator, Junior Product Owner, Digital Product Owner, Digital Product Specialist, PowerBI, Business Objects, Cubes, SASS, R, Python, SQL.

We are seeking a coordinator (maternity cover) for our educational mentoring programme for young refugees and asylum seekers. The coordinator will oversee our East of England (Peterborough and Cambridge) mentoring hub by recruiting and training volunteer mentors, and matching them to young people needing additional educational support. As a key component of this work is instigating and maintaining relationships with partner and referral organisations, we’re looking for someone who’s skilled at building relationships with a diverse group of stakeholders including vulnerable young people, teachers and social workers, both in person and virtually. As the face of RSN in the East of England, we need someone who’ll be quick at getting a handle on the project’s existing networks and keen to both expand and deepen our relationships locally.

To apply, please submit your cover letter and CV through CharityJob by midday on Friday 9th October. Your cover letter (maximum 900 words) must:

1. Explain why you want to work at RSN in this particular role;

2. Tell us why you think you would be a good fit for RSN and this particular role;

3. Provide one or two examples of where you have built a successful relationship with an external organisation in a previous role;

4. Explain how your previous experience of working with young refugees, asylum seekers or other vulnerable young people equips you for this role;

5. Tell us about a time when you have had to be very organised and keep clear records - please explain why this was important and how you made sure it was done well.

Virtual interviews will take place on Thursday 29th October.

Salary: £35,000 (pro rata)

Location:Kingston upon Thames, Saffron Walden or Dorchester

Hours: 21 hours per week

About us

Hastoe is an award-winning rural housing association that manages over 7,500 rented, shared ownership and leasehold homes across the south of England. We hold charitable status and support communities by providing social homes that are energy efficient and environmentally sustainable.

About the role

We have an exciting new opportunity for a Policy and Research Officer to work with and support the Head of Communications, Chief Executive and the Board. Your main responsibilities will include:

• Helping to develop and maintain Hastoe’s influence and profile among politicians, civil servants, national agencies and the media.
• Researching and interpreting information to provide new insights that facilitate Hastoe’s influencing work.
• Preparing materials for presentations, articles for publication and responses to government policies and consultations.
• Maintaining strong working relationships with key national and regional partners.

For full details on this role, please see the Job Description.

About you

We’re looking for someone with experience of policy campaigning or working in a political environment as well as an understanding of parliamentary procedures. You will have excellent interpersonal skills as well as strong research and writing skills. You must be highly-motivated, able to work on your own initiative, and willing to travel across the south of England with regular travel to London.

Benefits

Annual Leave (pro rata):  25 days (increasing with service) + 1.5 days complimentary leave + option to purchase additional leave.

Contributory pension scheme.

Family friendly policies and benefits including:

• Flexible working
• Discounts for local shops, restaurants and gym membership
• Cycle and Car Leasing Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme (advice service)
• Health Cash Plan (a type of health insurance)

How to Apply

Please send your CV and supporting statement to the HR team by midnight on Sunday 11 October 2020. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a first stage interview via Zoom w/c 19 October. Candidates successful at stage one will be invited to a further stage two interview held face to face at our Head Office in Kingston on Thames w/c 2 November.

Your supporting statement should include your:

• motivations for applying for the role
• experience of working in a research capacity
• experience of working in a political/policy campaigning environment
• experience of networking skills and stakeholder engagement
• experience of writing and presenting

Please note, CVs that are not accompanied by a supporting statement will not be considered for shortlisting. For an informal discussion about the role please contact Andrew Potter. For enquiries about the application process contact the HR Team.

This post is subject to background checks.

Actions for Nature Project Manager
Reference number: A0710920
Location: Flexible
Salary: Starting at £26,212 to £29,320 per annum
Hours: Full time
Contract: Fixed Term until December 2023

This role presents a unique opportunity to play a leading part in an exciting new project to enable and empower people to take action for nature. Working in partnership with one of our major corporate partners, this project will inspire people to give nature a home where they live, such as in their gardens or on balconies, as well as helping people take a range of other actions to help tackle the nature and climate crisis.

Your role will help ensure that we build a robust delivery plan for a project with multiple workstreams, including the development of digital and non-digital tools and products, social science and behaviour change research, community empowerment activity and supporting communications.

By working together with key stakeholders, especially the Corporate Partnerships Manager and Action for Nature programme board members, you will ensure the successful operational delivery of the project; from risks and issues management through to the ongoing monitoring and reporting of key milestones, outputs and objectives.

We are looking for an outstanding candidate who can hit the ground running; someone with excellent communication skills who is highly organised, collaborative, creative, tenacious, and who has the gravitas and experience to unite people behind a common goal and to drive the project to a successful outcome for all stakeholders.

It's a great time to join the RSPB as we ramp up our ambition to help save nature through people and build momentum to help tackle the nature and climate crisis.

Closing date: 30 September 2020

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the Apply button to be directed to our website where you can download the role profile and application details.

No agencies please.

Senior Conservation Social Scientist
Reference number: A0690920
Location: Flexible
Salary: Starting at £30,817 to £34,471 per annum
Hours: Full time
Contract: Permanent

The RSPB Centre for Conservation Science is looking for a talented and experienced person to join our team providing social science research and evidence to inform the wide portfolio of work of the RSPB.

This is a varied and challenging post, reporting directly to our Principal Conservation Social Scientist, Dr Joelene Hughes, within the People Conservation Science section of the Centre. The work programme will span international and UK nature conservation issues, and the post-holder will be expected to balance their own project work with line management of others, occasional training of partners and provision of general evidence-based social science advice to diverse interest groups across RSPB. There will be a focus, though not exclusive, on providing support for projects seeking joint conservation and human livelihood outcomes, currently particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.

The post requires you to have a doctorate, a good working knowledge of disciplines relevant to conservation social science (eg political ecology, behavioural economics , psychology or anthropology) and preferably at least five years experience of problem-solving research work in the conservation sector. A good understanding of international conservation, particularly in Africa, is desirable.

You will be expected to use appropriate oral and written communications to effectively communicate science to different audiences, influence funding, policy and other key decisions. You will have experience of conducting experimental and quasi-experimental research using both qualitative and quantitative methods and be skilled in using face-to-face interview techniques e.g. Participatory Appraisal, Key Informant interviews or facilitating focus group discussions, to collect unbiased data from individuals or small groups.

You will have experience of winning funding for scientific research, and a track record of taking scientific projects from study design to completion, publishing the results efficiently in peer-reviewed journals and communicating results to diverse audiences and stake-holders though various fora and media.

Closing date: 7 October 2020
Interview date: 15 October 2020

To Apply and for More Information:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website. 

No agencies please.

VoiceAbility are recruiting for a full-time advocate to join our Cambridge & Peterborough team. VoiceAbility supports people who face disadvantage or discrimination to have a voice that counts. Providing advocacy and user involvement services across England, VoiceAbility is a growing organisation working with people who are vulnerable or marginalised to raise their voices and have their rights respected.

About the role:

Advocates support people who may be marginalised or vulnerable to speak up and be heard. Their work strengthens voices, supports human rights and changes lives. Advocacy can be vital for people who cannot speak up for themselves, or people who feel they do not have the power to do so. Advocates work in the front line delivering positive outcomes for the people they support. Advocates will support and enable service users’ understanding of their options. Advocates empower individuals to communicate their views in decision making processes, supporting them to make challenges when necessary and asking pertinent questions on the person’s behalf where they are unable to do so for themselves.

Location: Temporarily homebased due to Covid-19 with travel across Cambridgeshire to care homes, hospitals, and clients’ homes. Following temporary homeworking, office based in Oakington, Cambridge with travel across Cambridgeshire to care homes, hospitals, and clients’ homes. 

Hours: 37.5 Full time role

Contract Type: Permanent

Benefits: 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays; 5% employer pension & 3% employee contribution; Salary sacrifice pension scheme; Separate Life Assurance Cover; Staff discount scheme including supermarkets, fashion, restaurants, cinemas, holidays and much more; Discounted Gym Membership; Cycle to Work; Employee Assistance programme; Supportive working environment fostering a good work/life balance; Support with professional development.

Closing date for applications: 12pm Friday 9th October 2020.

Interviews: 22nd and 23rd October 2020.

About you:

• Be passionate about empowering and enabling individuals to have their wishes, feelings, beliefs, and needs taken into account when decisions are made about their care

• Demonstrate excellent verbal, listening and written communication skills

• Have the ability to engage with people with complex needs and communication difficulties

• Be experienced in influencing and working with health and social care professionals, legal services, care staff, family members etc.

• Be able to build good relationships with clients, health and social care professionals, legal professionals and carers

• Be able to identify and act appropriately where issues of safeguarding individuals arise

• Have strong IT skills to accurately record information in line with policy and current data standards

• Be experienced in working with marginalised and vulnerable adults and/or children

• Be able to research complex and sensitive issues independently, using case law, national policy and guidance for advocates to work for resolution of issues

• Be able to work to tight and changing deadlines

• Be able to work independently

• Hold a full, clean UK driving licence and have access to own transport. There is travel involved in the role.

Desirable skills or experience:

• Hold or be working towards Independent Advocacy Qualification.

• Knowledge and experience of the, Care Act (2014) and Mental Capacity Act (2007),The Principles of Human Rights and Advocacy, and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. Mental Health Act (1983, revised 2007).

NB If you don't already hold the Independent Advocacy Qualification, it is a requirement of that you complete this within 12 months of commencing employment.

You may have experience of the following: Advocate, Vulnerable Adults, Social Worker, Healthcare, Policy, Legislation, Support Worker, Charity, Third Sector, Advice & Guidance.

How to Apply: To apply for this role, please complete the online application form using the criteria in the person specification and upload your CV detailing your work history. NB CV's will not be used to short list.