Flexible working options will be considered. 

From end of December we will be moving to Goodge Street.

Centre for Ageing Better has an exciting opportunity for a research and evaluation focused individual to play a key part in our Evidence team as a Senior Evidence Manager. If you are passionate about improving later life and the role of evidence in promoting social change, we’d like to hear from you.    

The Centre for Ageing Better is an independent charitable foundation. We believe that more people living longer represents a huge opportunity for society and we want everyone to enjoy a good later life. But changes are needed so more people are in good health, are financially secure, are socially connected, and have a purpose in later life.

As Senior Evidence Manager you will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of an ambitious package of research and evaluation activity in one of Ageing Better’s priority areas: Connected Communitities.  This area is looking at how the social infrastructure and built environment of places can support people to maintain and build social connections as they age.  This will involve designing, commissioning and managing high quality research projects using a range of methods including evidence synthesis; qualitative research and evaluation.  You will also manage an Evidence Officer or Assistant.

The successful candidate will have sound knowledge and experience of a wide-range of social research methods and approaches, experience of using research to influence change and of leading complex projects with multiple stakeholders. You will have high quality analytical and critical appraisal skills as well as excellent communication skills. An interest in Ageing Better’s agenda is essential. 

To apply please send the following documents to our recruitment e-mail address 

• your CV
• a  Cover letter addressing how you meet the criteria for the role 
• please also complete the attached Equality and Diversity form and return alongside your application. 

The closing date for application is Wednesday 23 October and 1st interviews will be held on Wednesday 6 November 2019

Could you coordinate and lead the delivery of an effective Safe Haven service based on a ‘Crisis Café’ or ‘Sanctuary’ model to people experiencing mental health crisis?

Banbury Safe Haven Manager
Hours: 35 hours per week- This includes evening and weekend work as part of core hours
Salary: £27,905 – £31,371 Per Annum, Pro Rata (NJC salary scale point 24-28) Plus additional unsocial hours allowance, for evening and weekend working
Place of work: Banbury

Holidays: 28 days plus bank holidays (per annum pro rata)
Probationary Period: 6 Months
Pension: Auto enrolment scheme in place

General Background 
We’re Mind, the mental health charity. We’re here to make sure anyone with a mental health problem has somewhere to turn for advice and support; in total over 20,000 people in Oxfordshire access our services each year. With one in four people experiencing a mental health problem at some point in their lives, people need Mind more than ever.

Our work includes:

• The Transitional Supported Housing Recovery Service (part of the Oxfordshire Mental Health Partnership).
• The Talking Space Plus psychological therapy service, in partnership with Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust.
• The Oxfordshire Mind Wellbeing Service, which is part of both the TalkingSpace Plus and Oxfordshire Mental Health Partnerships and includes:
  • Five Wellbeing Centres throughout the county
  • Public Wellbeing and Information Services
  • Physical Activity and Wellbeing
  • Benefits for Better Mental Health, a welfare benefits advice service
  • Volunteering and Peer Support Opportunities
• Raising awareness and campaigning activity.

We employ over 100 staff and operate in 28 locations around the county.

Purpose of the Job 
This post holder will:

• Ensure the successful development and delivery of Banbury Safe Haven.
• Line manage Banbury Safe Haven Workers and oversee the recruitment and induction of key staff.
• Provide support, advice and guidance to staff making day-to-day decisions develop and maintain good practice, identify staff training needs and sustain effective systems of communications and support.
• Maintain awareness of and implement relevant aspects of best practice in holistic crisis support, liaising with Oxford Safe Haven colleagues to share learning as appropriate.
• Encourage Banbury Safe Haven Workers to support service users to develop self-management strategies and to make the best use of the local resources around them, to increase their ability to effectively manage mental health crisis.
• Offer support both to Service Users and to Safe Haven Workers.
• Liaise with appropriate bodies and adhere to Oxfordshire Mind organisational policy in relation to any child or adult safeguarding concerns.
• Raise awareness of the project locally among the public and relevant professionals.
• Establish excellent working relationships with staff in partner agencies such as Adult Mental Health Teams, Emergency Departments, Primary Care, member organisations of the Oxfordshire Mental Health Partnership and others, so that they are familiar with the concept of Banbury Safe Haven and understand how to access the service.
• Liaise with outside organisations and individuals to ensure the service remains accessible to all individuals and groups e.g. younger adults, women with children, black and minority ethnic communities, veterans and groups who may have difficulty in accessing services.
• Ensure people who access Oxfordshire Mind’s services have the opportunity to engage with, to influence and to participate in the running of our services.

Closing date: Thursday, October 24, 2019
Interview date: Friday, November 1, 2019

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

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

Oxfordshire Mind is fully committed to the principles and practices of equal opportunity and diversity.

We are a Mindful Employer.

No agencies please.

About the Business and the Role

Bonsucro is a not-for-profit organisation made up of over 500 members from across the global sugar supply chain - farmers, millers, retailers, end buyers of sugar and sugarcane by-products, agri-business and civil society groups. We manage the most credible global performance framework for sustainable sugarcane production. We use this to inform, improve and inspire a membership community of change.

Responding to stakeholders and recognising significant shifts in industry and development thinking (role of certification and standards organisations), Bonsucro is repositioning itself to become the global change platform for sugarcane.

Bonsucro’s vision is a sugarcane sector with thriving, sustainable producer communities and resilient, assured supply chains. Our mission is to ensure that responsible sugarcane production creates lasting value for the people, communities, businesses, economies and eco-systems in all cane-growing origins.

Job Purpose

As Communications & Events Manager, you will take ownership of the development and implementation of Bonsucro’s communications strategy (principally external, also encompassing some elements of internal communication), and its operational delivery, as well as the day-to-day management of Bonsucro’s communications function. A pivotal part of this role is to provide other staff, the Bonsucro board and external stakeholders with the tools, resources and confidence to communicate about Bonsucro effectively.

The role includes oversight of logistics and communications for the annual Bonsucro Global Week and communications support for other events.

The Communications and Events Manager role will report to the Head of Corporate Services, as part of a small team ensuring effective operations at Bonsucro. The position is to be based at our central office in London UK and requires some occasional overseas travel.

Personal Specification

You are passionate about building and being part of a high-performance team. With experience in developing and administering on-point, effective communications, branding and marketing functions, you have the ability to manage and nurture service relationships. You are proactive and positive in your approach and a doer who ensures that actions are prompt and resolved to completion. Understanding the importance of mastering the details you also keep an eye on the bigger picture vision. You are reliable and honest, acting with the highest level of integrity at all times.

Job Tasks and Responsibilities

Strategy and Execution

• Develop and implement effective communications strategies by working with functional and regional teams, using effective communication channels and media services.
• Management of communications function
  • Proactively support and advise functional teams on communications.
  • Own the effective operation of social media channels to aid community building.
  • Lead the communications working group.
  • Draft key messages, articles, press releases and statements.
  • Develop compelling sustainability ‘impact’ stories around regions and sustainability issues.
  • Manage the website and keep it up to date
  • Build photography, video and graphic resources.
• Brand management
  • Ensure internal and external adherence to brand guidelines.
  • Work with the Standards team in developing and implementing an effective claims and labelling process.
  • Maintain and optimise an effective public facing website and social media presence.
• Bonsucro Global Week
  • Oversee logistics planning and delivery
  • Manage and deliver communications and promotions related activities
  • Supervise relevant staff resources
• Coordinate and monitor service sub-contracts in support of delivering communications services and products.
• Manage the delivery and development of Bonsucro communications, marketing and promotions processes and on a day to day basis
• Develop and carry out monitoring processes for effective communication strategies / channels

Leadership and People Management

• Nurture and maintain a positive office environment and culture through both individual and team engagement.
• Provide feedback, guidance and direction as needed
• Supervise Communications & Events Coordinator
• Expand best practice and consistency across the entire organisation.
• Highlight exceptions and risk immediately to the Head of Corporate Services as they arise for discussions and resolution.

Stakeholder and Relationship Management

• Proactively retain and nurture existing service partnerships and manage delivery toward contractual agreements.
• Work together with the other staff to execute the provision of exemplar communications, marketing and promotions operations across Bonsucro.
• Act as a representative of the company, where relevant, with both internal and external stakeholders.

Reporting and Analysis

• Work together with staff to deliver required communications and updates to members (regular updates, Outcome Report etc)
• Share regular operational progress updates with the CEO, SMT and respective programme managers.
• Periodically review and analyse progress and provide findings and recommendations of areas of improvement.
• Provide reporting and updates on KPI and goal progress.

Criteria

Essential Criteria

• Significant prior experience in development and implementation of communications strategies and a full range of media services.
• Strong technical acumen in relation to all aspects of communications and events delivery
• Previous experience in managing moderate budgets
• Significant experience in writing, editing and content production
• An engaging writing style and the ability to convey complex messages to a variety of audiences
• Editing and proofreading skills for a range of media (online and print), including the ability to convey complex ideas clearly and simply.
• Strong time/process management skills and ability to establish priorities and work to deadlines.
• High level of communications IT proficiency:
  • Adobe Creative Cloud (including Illustrator, Photoshop, PremierePro & InDesign),
  • WordPress
  • Mailchimp
  • HTML & CSS, plus some knowledge of PHP
  • Salesforce
  • Microsoft Office
• Knowledge of and experience in working professionally with online tools and social media
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and build strong relationships across the organisation
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal, written and visual.
• Self-motivation and flexibility to deal with a range of tasks in a growing organisation

Desirable Criteria

• Experience in managing global communications programmes
• Previous exposure to sustainable agriculture commodity programmes.
• Proven networks within service providers and technical resources aligned to communications, media and events servicing.
• Ability to speak additional languages, especially Spanish and/or Portuguese

Other information

Service: Management Team

Grade: 4

Salary band:  36,000 – 45,000

Reports to: Head of Corporate Services

Location London based

Travel: Occasional overseas travel will be required

This job description reflects the core activities of the post.  As the service and the post-holder develop, there will inevitably be some changes to the duties, and possibly to the emphasis of the post itself.  We expect that the post-holder will recognise this and will adopt a flexible approach to work.  This could include undertaking relevant training where necessary.  The line manager will consult the post-holder if significant changes to the job description become necessary.  Any changes will be reflected in a revised job description.

Are you an experienced international development programme manager? Do you want to apply your skills and experience in the management of cutting-edge social policy initiatives? With Development Pathways, you can make a real contribution to transforming people’s lives and changing the global social policy landscape.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Programme Manager to join our growing team in Kenya.

Position: Senior Programme Manager

Contract: Permanent and full-time

Reporting to: Head of Kenya Office

Location of Work: Based in the Development Pathways’ offices in Nairobi, Kenya, with international travel of up to 3 months per year.

Salary: Competitive salary commensurate with experience, plus benefits

Purpose

We are growing rapidly and now need to further strengthen our project delivery capacity in our Nairobi office by recruiting a Senior Programme Manager.  

The Senior Programme Manager will work with Head of Programmes and the Senior Management Team to shape the design of functional programme delivery systems. S/he will also be required to work closely with the Head of MIS and our dedicated MIS team, to ensure effective and efficient management of our MIS projects worldwide, and maintain the high-quality standards Development Pathways is known for.

This position will also have line management responsibilities.

Responsibilities

Management Information Systems Unit (MIS) Management

• Coordinate the development of team objectives and the annual plan for the Management Information Systems Unit, and oversee monitoring and reporting against the annual plan;
• Ensure regular team meetings, and fluid communication within the MIS team, and across other technical and management units;
• Ensure that company policies and procedures are effectively implemented;
• Ensure high quality management and oversight of the MIS Unit budget allocations and spending, in line with the annual plan.

Project and Financial Management

• Ensure the delivery of all projects within the Management Information Systems Team are within their agreed timeline, budget, scope and to high quality, under the leadership of the Head of MIS;
• Ensure all project management procedures and systems are functioning and effective e.g. contracting and invoicing, and travel and security policies;
• Oversee the financial management of projects within the MIS unit including forecasting, and regular reporting on variances;
• Support the Head of Unit to ensure that systems for the quality assurance of deliverables are functioning and effective;
• Ensure the filing and archiving of project documentation and support the reporting on all projects, ensuring that the Head of Programmes and Head of MIS are adequately informed of progress;
• Help build strong and productive relations with clients and partner organisations, supporting contract negotiation and effective communications on behalf of the Head of Programmes and Head of MIS;
• Ensure that consultants are given effective support and develop a strong allegiance to Development Pathways;
• Ensure that the MIS team undertakes regular and accurate monthly financial forecasts and expenditure, supervising programme officers and passing information on to the Head of Programmes;
• Oversee risk management processes for the Management Information Systems Unit;
• Provide oversight and support to field operations teams across all projects.

People Management

• Provide effective line management, advice, support, professional development and mentorship to Programme Officers and Programme Assistants working in the Management Information Systems Unit;
• Lead the recruitment and training of new Programme Officers and Administrative Assistants within the MIS Team;
• Undertake other activities as required.

Person Specification

The Senior Programme Manager must have the following qualifications, skills and competencies:

Essential Qualifications and Skills:

• Undergraduate degree in Management, Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Management or other relevant discipline;
• Seven (7) years of experience in project management, including in different countries or regions, and, preferably for social development programmes or IT systems;
• 5 years of experience in managing individuals and teams with multiple disciplines and levels of competency, and from varied cultural backgrounds;
• Demonstrable understanding of project cycle management processes;
• Experience in leading and implementing due diligence processes;
• Demonstrable experience in contributing to strategy development and planning;
• Willingness to travel, sometimes at short notice;
• Excellent interpersonal skills;
• Excellent time management skills;
• Excellent computer skills (Microsoft Office);
• Excellent communicator and networker;
• Ability to identify, and understand risks;
• Ability to take initiative;
• Capable of managing completing tasks and working calmly under pressure;
• Capable of working independently.

Desirable:

• PRINCE2, PMP or another project management qualification desirable;
• Masters degree.

About Us

Development Pathways is an international advisory organisation with a strong focus on the development of innovative and effective IT solutions that enhance governments’ capacities to deliver core public services. Since our foundation in 2010, we have worked across Africa and Asia in support of governments seeking to improve their IT systems,  by designing and implementing software solutions, initially in social security but increasingly we are also engaging in supporting education and health service provision.

While the office in Nairobi is a subsidiary of the United Kingdom office, it is where our in-house software development capacity resides. Our particular strength is in the development of electronic management information systems (MISs) that enable governments to manage their public services efficiently and effectively. We have, for example, developed MISs for social security schemes in Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Uganda, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Angola and Uzbekistan and provided high-level advisory services on social security IT in many other countries, including Indonesia, Vietnam, Pakistan, the Seychelles, China, Zambia, Nepal and Tajikistan. Our Principal MIS Specialist – Richard Chirchir – is regarded as a thought leader internationally and in very high demand both in the design of IT systems and as a trainer and speaker. 

The Nairobi office is also the base for supporting Africa operations across all our business functions (social policy and social and economic analysis) and a springboard for implementing and enforcing business development strategies within the region.

As an organisation, we are committed to innovative, progressive and evidence-based social policy and our IT work is firmly embedded within this vision. Across our work, we ensure that we support policies and programmes that are robust, strengthen human rights, promote gender equality, women’s economic empowerment and benefit all members of society, including the most vulnerable.

We are an equal opportunities employer that is strongly committed to diversity and would welcome applications from both women and men, as well as people with disabilities.

Employee Benefits

• Comprehensive medical insurance for the whole family (spouse and children), which includes in and out-patients, dental and optical;
• Group life insurance;
• Company group pension;
• 26 days holidays which excludes public holidays;
• Company laptop.

How to apply

The applicant must have the right to live and work in Kenya.

We invite interested candidates, who meet the requirements, to email their applications.  Applications must include:

1. A cover letter of up to 2 pages explaining why you are applying for this position, and how your qualifications, experience and skills meet the requirements of this position;
2. A Curriculum Vitae (maximum of four pages) specifying your qualifications, education and relevant work experience.
3. Current and expected remuneration.

If you successfully reach the interview stage, we will expect the names, email addresses and day-time contact numbers of two referees, one of them being your current line manager/supervisor and your degree/qualification certificates (please do not send this information with your application).

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and a successful candidate may be selected prior to the closing date. Candidates are encouraged to submit their application as soon as possible. 

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to complete an assessment and to participate in an interview. 

Due to the high number of applications expected, unfortunately, only successful candidates will be contacted.

Communications and Events Lead Job - Christian faith based organisation - Needed ASAP 3 months

Your new company
An iconic Christian faith based organisation based in London.

Your new role
This role is a generalist post, you will be leading on all external communications and the events for the organisation. The communications for this charity is mainly traditional and social media as well as the external website. The organisation is quite small, you will be the only one within the Communications team and lead on all external channels. You will report to the Director with a dotted line to the Senior Researcher. This charity also has an events portfolio of around 20-30 events annually, you will also take ownership of these events - the majority of events are held on site but there will be some venue management

What you'll need to succeed
We are looking for an experience Communications and Events candidate - you will be taking ownership on the majority of the communications and events channels for the organisation. We are looking for someone who can manage these communications and events end to end without too much supervision. This is a Christian institute so sharing the same values, understanding and ethics with be very beneficial for the successful candidate.

What you'll get in return
The opportunity to work for and iconic charity in central London, reasonable flexible working and autonomy.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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@SembleUK

Application Method: CV and Covering Letter, both no more than 2 pages please. Any applications not adhering to this request will need to be disregarded.

Due to the high number of applications that we receive we are sadly unable to get back to everyone. If you haven’t heard from us by Friday 29th November 2019, it means that you haven’t been successful this time.

Semble is looking for an experienced accounts / campaigns manager to lead on the delivery of high profile, purpose led projects and campaigns. 

● Do you have three or more years of clearly demonstrable experience delivering high profile projects or campaigns in a busy start-up environment

● Are you self-motivated, resilient, and with an (almost) endless engine of energy?

● Do you have a track record of working with existing clients and partners to develop new opportunities?

● Do you believe in the power of communities and organisations coming together and taking positive action to change the world?

If that’s four big ticks from you then you should definitely read on! If it isn't, please, please, please don't apply for this particular role. These are essential requirements, and we'd hate you to waste your time.

1. What is the purpose of this role?

Ultimately you will be responsible for delivering some of the high-profile campaigns and projects in Semble’s growing portfolio.

A close second to that will be a natural flair and passion for ensuring that Semble is constantly striving to be the best that it can possibly be.

Thirdly, you will also need to be comfortable with spotting new opportunities and developing those, with the support of the new business team.

2. What are the key responsibilities for this role?

• To ensure campaigns and projects are delivered to time and to budget
• To ensure contracts and finances are well managed
• To report and evaluate impact of the campaigns
• To ensure data is managed securely
• To constantly strive to improve systems and processes
• To ensure all partners are supported and kept up to date with the campaign as a whole 
• Managing members of the delivery team

3. What are the minimum skills, knowledge and experience needed for this role?

• At least 3 years’ experience of end-to-end management of large purpose-led or change programmes, projects or campaigns
• Experience of managing a diverse team, preferably including remote management
• Experience of successfully developing relationships with external and internal clients and stakeholders at all levels
• A clear and demonstrable understanding of what the challenges are when working for a small business or start-up
• Experience of developing complex project plans and comfortable managing budgets and performance in a target driven environment
• Experience of working within a tightly knit team, but needing to be largely self-motivated
• Experience of developing and improving processes, tools and systems
• Experience of using data for analysing and reporting on performance of a large campaign
• Skilled at thinking creatively to develop new approaches and materials to further engage external stakeholders
• Ability to manage own workload effectively 
• Ability to manage a team and build effective processes
• Ability to use initiative and draw on experience in dealing with day-to-day tasks, risks and challenges

Desirable skills, knowledge and experiences

• Experience of data protection and GDPR
• Experience within, or working with, the community sector
• Knowledge or experience of marketing and communications theory and practise, particularly for digital.
• Experience of fundraising or proposal writing
• Experience of Theory of Change journey

4. About Semble and Our Community
Semble is the UK’s most active network of community projects with an online platform that currently hosts over 3,500 environmental and social projects. We connect community projects with local people and companies who want to help them to achieve their goals and join their story.

Our vision is: Bring people together to make a change

For the past six years, Semble has been growing its platform for community projects nationally and developing an impressive client base. We’re building the team, developing our brand and platform, and are now looking for someone to help us super-charge our community!

We run projects such as #Made Local, #GreenerwithGreggs (an environmental fund for Greggs), #GivexCollaborate (a team-based volunteering campaign for Dentsu Aegis Network), #YourPintCan (a neighbourhood investment fund for Carling), and Outdoor Classroom Day (a global day to get over 20m children outdoors to learn & play at school, in partnership with Unilever and a network of NGOs). Last year we ran the Offline Festival for community businesses.

5. Benefits & Further Details
In this role, you will be working closely with the Head of Campaigns and the campaigns team. You will have significant opportunities for personal development and play an important role in developing and nurturing our community.

We have a lot of fun, with drinks evenings, picnics & team away days. Community volunteering is actively encouraged with each team member having 2 days per year to volunteer, and at least 2 days to visit community projects to find out more about how Semble can help them, and to collect stories and content for social media and the Semble platform.

Other benefits include:
• £35,000 – £45,000 depending on experience
• Central London location, with option of working remotely for part of the time
• 25 days holiday allowance p.a.• 25 days holiday allowance p.a.
• Pension contribution
• Clear training opportunities and career path progression
• Discretionary bonus scheme, related to business performance
• Shared gym membership

No Recruitment Agencies please, you do a great job but we’ve got this one covered.

About the role

This post will be responsible for providing overall management and direction to the DFID funded UK Aid Connect, Evidence and Collaboration for Inclusive Development (ECID) programme, with a specific focus on overall Consortium Management and Strategic Direction. Building and maintaining relationships with existing and potential new partners - both traditional and non-traditional - the post holder will implement and develop an innovative programme, delivering digital evidence to drive change for marginalised and excluded groups in Myanmar, Zimbabwe and Nigeria. This will be carried out through a diverse, international, consortium, and as such coordination and harmonisation of activities across geographies and partners, using adaptive management principals and active management of budgets and resources will be key outcomes of the role. The Senior Programme manager will also act as the first point of contact with DFID and other UKAC consortia globally while ensuring all learning objectives are met and in line with DFID and Christian Aid's global aspirations.

About you

You will be a senior manager having wide international experience gained through several years managing programmes in the global south and with a track record of managing complex, multi-stakeholder programmes at a global level. With skills in consortia leadership and management, you'll also have a background of operating in a restricted fund environment with a particular familiarity of DFID requirements and ways of working. You'll enjoy the challenge of working across countries and continents as well as with a diverse range of consortia actors. With a keen eye for budgets and an awareness of current expectations in terms of M&E you'll also be aware of digital possibilities, both programmatically and within systems applications.

Further information

This role requires applicants to have the right to work in the country where this position is based.

We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in its workforce. We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

You can expect a wide range of rewards and benefits, including a generous holiday allowance, a season ticket loan, and flexibility that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance.

Application Process

As part of your application you will be asked to demonstrate your suitability by submitting a CV and covering letter of no more than two sides outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as outlined above and within the job description.

Interviews will be held 5th November 2019.

 

Due to growth within the organisation, we have a fantastic new opportunity for an Early Years professional with a passion for quality Early Years education, to join our clients team as Senior Manager.

Position: Senior Early Years Manager

Location: Head Office, Huddersfield

Hours: 37 hours per week – flexibility in the form of 2 days’ home working, would be considered

Salary: £36,500.00

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: Include 25 days paid holiday (rising to 29 days with service increments) plus 8 bank holiday, Personal Pension Scheme, Healthcare Cash Plan, Online Discount Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Staff Awards Scheme, Company Sick Pay Scheme, Flexible working patterns

Closing Date: 28th October

Interview Date: 5th and 8th November

The Role

The Senior Early Years Manager has overall management responsibility for leading on development, ongoing review and quality management of our training/resources products and services.

Working with a team of early years’ experts they will be responsible for

• Writing material and developing programmes of support to help practitioners improve practice in early years.
• Ensuring systems are in place for monitoring, auditing and quality assurance and to measure impact. 

Systems will be robust and in line with the organisation and government policy and strategy for the early years and the organisation’s requirement under CACHE endorsement. 

Main Duties

• Lead for practitioner training and development from entry up to early years’ teacher.
• Lead on and develop training, products and services in conjunction with other early years experts.
• Quality delivery of training, products and services, both online and face to face.
• Development of online resources for practitioners. 
• Support the development of bids and tenders.
• Act as advisor for curriculum across England, Scotland and Wales.
• Centre administration of CACHE accredited products

About You

Educated to degree level or equivalent in the area of early years Early Year, the Senior Early Years Manager will have experience of working in the sector as an early years teaching professional working within the sector. You may have gained your relevant experience working in the sector at a senior level and have moved to a local authority and had responsibility for the training portfolio or have moved to work in higher education training students from foundation degree level and beyond. 

You will bring with you a passion for quality early years’ education and have a sound knowledge of the training landscape for the sector and Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum.

To apply you will be asked to submit your CV along with a covering letter detailing how your skills, knowledge and experience meet the requirements of the role.

About the Organisation

Our client is a national charity and membership association specifically for nurseries. They work in partnership with nurseries, local authorities, national government and a range of partners to develop an environment in which early learning and care can flourish.

They are committed to a policy of equal opportunities and is actively opposed to discrimination in society

You may have experience of the following: Early Years Manager, Ofsted Inspector, Early Years, Early Years Training.  

Senior Insight Manager

£43-47,000pa

Living Planet Centre Woking

Woking, Surrey GU21 4LL

This is an incredible opportunity to use your experience of managing research projects to help find solutions to the greatest environmental problems facing our planet. As part of the world’s principal independent conservation organisation we want you to take a lead role in helping bring our organisation closer to our supporters and the broader public by providing strategic and tactical consumer research and insight to help unlock the potential as well as drive impactful delivery of our audience engagement.

We have ambitious goals to increase our support and income over the next few years, and research and insight will be key to deliver this strategy. As Senior Insight Manager you will collaborate with colleagues to deliver insight to support the design and evaluation of our supporter engagement activities - including our brand work, communications development, fundraising and campaigning -  as well as create a portfolio of research that will best support our work. Leading a small team, you will plan and schedule research activities, ensuring it is delivered to the highest quality and with commercial and practical relevance.  You will bring expertise in social, market and behavioural research, employ best practice methods and oversee partner organisations. You will also find ways to improve our data structures so that we are able to analyse data at pace as well as take responsibility for meeting all data compliance requirements.

You must have extensive experience in designing and managing research projects in the Market or Social research sector and the ability to take projects through from research design and proposal through to presentation and embedding. You will be used to working across the full quantitative and qualitative research cycles too. Highly analytical and creative, you will adept at interpreting data and producing great reports that inspire.

Calm under pressure you will possess good communication and presentation skills, an eye for detail and the ability to multi-task. You will also be an effective project manager.

Knowledge of the charity sector as well as analysis tools, such as SPSS would be an advantage.

How to Apply

Use your expertise in managing research projects in the Market or Social research to save nature. We would love to hear from, so please visit our website via the link and complete the online registration and submit a copy of your up to date CV with cover letter highlighting why you are interested in this role as well as why this role is for you.

At WWF-UK we are committed to creating an inclusive working environment, where diversity is valued and there is equality of opportunity. We therefore welcome applications from all sections of the community and we offer a range of benefits to encourage a work life balance.

Our world needs you like never before. We are the first generation to know we are destroying the world and we could be the last that can do anything about it. We’re looking for people who are passionate about making it politically, socially and economically unacceptable to destroy our planet’s natural resources. We need you to join us in the fight for our world.

Senior Legacy Partnership Manager (Specialist team)

12 month FTC (maternity cover)

Closing date for applications: We are reviewing applications on an on-going basis until this position is successfully filled. Please do not hesitate to apply if this opportunity is on interest to you.

Location: London/Home based, Full Time/Flexible working considered. We appreciate not everyone has the same working needs, please advise us of your working needs upon application. If you are home based there will be travel to our London office at least once a week.

Salary: £40,000 to £50,000 plus benefits

None of us know for sure what happens to us after we've gone, but we can be sure of what will happen to our finances. You will play a key leadership role in achieving CRUK's ambitious and stretching Legacy income targets. Almost £190m of funding for Cancer Research UK comes from legacy giving each year - gifts left in wills from people who believe in our mission to beat cancer sooner.

What will I be doing?

As a Senior Legacy Partnerships Manager (Specialist team), you will play a leadership role effectively managing a team of 6 Legacy Management solicitors and specialists who work on the more complicated legacy management cases, as well as matrix-managing the wider legacy management functions. In this role you will identify and seek resolution of complex problems within the specialist team and legacy management functions, exploring new ideas and opportunities.

Through your strategic thinking you will be part of the senior leadership team, taking on a key role in the development of our 'audience first' strategy that supports effective legacy management, income maximisation and legacy fundraising growth, through developing first class relationships with professionals, charities, supporters and sector bodies

Through your specialist knowledge, passion for doing things differently and under your leadership you will ensure appropriate forums are in place for colleagues to drive new ideas, discuss cases and share technical knowledge/experience, as well as creating and implementing appropriate training programmes for the specialist and wider legacy management function.

As a Senior Partnership Manager, you will be an ambassador of CRUK and also lead the wider team to work with other charity professionals, the legal sector and stakeholder bodies to promote excellent legacy administration, educate, and create a positive view of the legacy charity sector and charitable legacy giving.

Who are you?

You will be a strategic leader with a passion for building and developing relationships as well as significant knowledge within the legal or legacy sectors. As well as sharing our passion to beat cancer you will also be:

• A qualified solicitor with extensive experience of working in the charitable legacy management field or private client discipline
• Knowledge of probate, trust, tax, property and charity law - with significant experience of dealing with complex and contentious cases/matters.
• A great leader - able to implement new ideas and promote best practise in your team.
• A strategic thinker who can see the bigger picture, with an empowering and positive leadership style

What's in it for you?

This is an exciting time to join Cancer Research UK. This role will also allow you the opportunity of putting the needs of our audiences first and to build our relationships within the legal sector and help develop a meaningful and important connection to the charity.

Our benefits package includes excellent annual leave and pension allowances along with additional discounts on a variety of lifestyle subscriptions and events. And ultimately, you'll know that you'll be changing lives through your work.

For more information about the role and the team, please see the full

At CRUK we value diversity and we're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves and to reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures and believe that a diverse workforce will help us to beat cancer sooner.

Please note, from October 2019, our head office will be relocating from Islington to a new office space in Stratford, close to the Olympic Park.

Harris Hill are delighted to be working with a fantastic global organisation in their recruitment for a Senior Manager, Platforms and Academy.

In this post, you'll play a critical role in the delivery of a modern multi-channel communications strategy that strengthens the organisation's relevance and service-provision, drives engagement with existing and new stakeholders, and achieves high visibility for its content and thought leadership.

Key responsibilities include:

* Coordinating and implementing platforms that successfully deliver services and engagement
* Driving the development of community platforms with product owners from the Networks and Communities department and Business, Industry, and Policy Insights department
* Developing implementing and evaluating modern marketing campaigns to promote platforms and the organisation
* Driving production and tailoring of content for platforms to generate engagement and traffic
* Developing and leveraging strong relationships with communities, institutions, corporates, or other organisations that can support the effectiveness and growth of Council platforms and engagement
* Driving engagement from new stakeholder groups

I f you're experienced in stakeholder engagement with proven experience in combining relationship development and user experience to successfully deliver engaged stakeholders then please do get in touch!

Applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis, so please send over your CV ASAP to not miss out.

Please note, only successful candidates will be contacted further information.

A fantastic opportunity to lead on the implementation of a brand re-fresh, for a big, health charity! The brand has a huge job to do in helping reach and support nearly 5 million people in the UK.

As Senior Brand Manager, you will play a pivotal role in leading on the development, management and integration of brand across the charity. You'll be joining them at an exciting time - they've recently undergone a brand refresh (which is about to be revealed), and they're due to announce an ambitious new organisational strategy.

The ideal candidate:

We are looking for someone who is passionate about our cause. Someone that is fired up by the challenge of ensuring our brand inspires and engages our audiences, so that we can meet our vision of a world where diabetes does no harm.

It goes without saying that you'll be a strategic thinker and an expert in brand, bringing ideas and energy to help us bring our cause to life creatively, and supporting our colleagues to do it well. And you'll be able to show us that you put audience and engagement at the heart of everything you do.

You'll have extensive experience of managing marketing, branding and media agencies, and working with both in-house creative teams and agencies. You will have excellent project management skills, organised, calm under pressure and used to leading high profile projects and working closely with leadership teams.

Job Tenure: 9 month Fixed Term Contract (maternity cover)

Salary: £40, 211 - 44,679 per annum

Application closing date: Thursday 24 October 9.00am
Interview date/dates: 29 & 30 October 2019

Please e-mail your CV to [email protected] , or call 02078207305 for more details.

Please get in touch ASAP to avoid disappointment!

TPP is currently partnering with a much-loved children's charity to recruit for a Senior Partnerships Manager. The role is permanent, paying between £34,000 and £40,000, on a maternity cover contract lasting 13-14 months. The position is based in Central London.

The role involves working closely with influential and high net worth individuals that sit on a specific volunteer's board. From this, you will work closely with senior stakeholders from the world of media. Such stakeholders are well known within their field or industry. You will work with these people or their network to develop new corporate offerings/partnerships. Finally, you will line manage one Fundraiser.

In order to be successful in this role you will possess sound communication skills in order to engage and enthuse senior stakeholders with the works of the charity. You will be able to prioritise tasks effectively and be comfortable working towards financial targets. Finally, you will be a strategic thinker, target driven with a good track record managing large budgets and meeting financial objectives.

How to Apply

Closing date - 30^th October

If you are interested in this role or wish to register with TPP to hear about future posts, please call Patrick on 020 7198 6040 or send your CV to [email protected]

Are you seeking an immersive and vibrant interim role? Do you have a solid background in brand?

We are incredibly excited to support an established yet highly progressive charity ahead of the roll out of their brand refresh and the announcement of their new organisational strategy! This is a unique opportunity to be part of a passionate and skilled division, on an interim basis for a period of 9 months.

As Senior Brand Manager, you will;

• Lead on the development, management and integration of the brand across the charity
• Manage various strategic brand and communications projects (inc. roll out of brand refresh)
• Line manage a team of two.

You will also be involved in shaping the brand consultancy that’s provided to colleagues, working with stakeholders at all levels across the charity to deliver greater impact through their day-to-day work.

We are seeking brand professionals with a broader understanding of marketing and digital communications who have a track record of ‘hitting the ground running’. A background in rolling out a brand refresh or other brand related projects is also highly desirable. It is crucial that you are relationship focussed and have strong interpersonal skills, as well as a background in managing expectations and managing key stakeholder relationships.

Charity experience is not essential and we welcome applicants to apply from all sector backgrounds.

To register your interest and find out more about this position, please your CV in Word Doc format; cover letters will be required but not at this initial stage of the application process.