Hr Manager Jobs
Reports to: Head of Inclusive Leadership Course
Start date: ASAP or mid-August 2024
Location: London / Hybrid - minimum 3 days per week in office (The Difference’s office in
Bethnal Green). Willingness to travel for programme delivery across Nottingham, Manchester,
Newcastle 3 days per half term.
Contract: Permanent, full time/flexible working considered
Salary: £55k - £65k per annum (+6% employer pension contribution and sector-leading parental
leave policy shared with all applicants)
Closing Date for Applications: Sunday 21st April 23:59
Person Specification
The Difference are seeking an outstanding school leader to take on the role of Programme Lead
through an exciting period of growth and development, with a particular focus on developing
our People and Practice work. The successful candidate will be instrumental in the delivery of
our various programmes, actively engaging in its implementation and engaging with valuable
insights for continuous improvement. This role offers a distinct chance to make a significant
impact on The Difference's overarching strategic goals. As the Programme Lead, you'll have the
opportunity to shape our programmes, ensuring they align with our mission and vision. Your
contributions will not only drive tangible outcomes but will also shape the future direction of
our organisation. You will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on the outcome of
children who experience vulnerability and disadvantage by working closely with school leaders
to develop school practice and systems.
You will have real ownership over your area of work, be happiest in a flexible and ambitious
environment, and enjoy testing out new ideas. You will have experience in professional
development design, delivery, project management and supporting school staff and leaders
through professional coaching.
Essential knowledge, experience and skills
● Demonstrated Alignment with The Difference’s values. A history of actions and decisions that
align with The Difference's values, showcasing a personal commitment to the mission of
improving life outcomes for vulnerable children
● Credibility as a proven school leader of inclusion as a Trust middle leader, Headteacher, Deputy
or Assistant Headteacher in a Primary or Secondary setting in contexts of high disadvantage and
vulnerability
● A record of impact for children experiencing vulnerability including designing and delivering
work that led to reduced harmful behaviours, repeat suspension or persistent absence
● A record of empowering work with children and families
● Evidence of designing and delivering impactful professional development, high quality
learning sessions, fostering sustained staff development and contributing to a culture of
continuous learning
● Understanding of Relational Practice within Education: A track record of utilising or implementing practice aligned with the relational approaches to deliver improved student
outcomes.
● Aiming high and holding people accountable through visionary leadership: Ability to
articulate an ambitious vision, inspiring and motivating others to meet high standards. A proven
ability to hold individuals accountable for their contributions.
● Flexibility and a willingness to travel, including overnight stays, particularly within London,and
across the North East, North West, and Yorkshire & Humber. A likely travel pattern of 2-3 days
travel per fortnight
Desired knowledge, experience and skills
● Stakeholder management & relationship-building: Proven experience in managing
relationships with various stakeholders, including navigating HR processes, demonstrating
effective stakeholder engagement skills. Experience of sales and a business to business sales
process would be advantageous.
● Adaptability: Track record of prioritising and creating clarity in ambiguous, challenging, or
fast-paced situations. Experience in working directly with colleagues, implementing strategies
such as coaching and structured reflection to establish clear and effective plans.
● Research Engagement: Engagement with research and evidence-based strategies for school
improvement. Demonstrable quantifiable impact using evidence-informed approaches.
● Contextual Awareness: Varied experience in different schools, showcasing an understanding of
how contextual factors impact schools and teachers, and an awareness of the wider educational
landscape.
● Teaching Qualification: Possession of Qualified Teacher Status, demonstrating the foundational
qualification for the role.
Why Work for The Difference?
Schooling isn’t working for the children who need it most. Every week in England 109 children –
equivalent to three full classrooms – are permanently excluded. This is just the tip of the
iceberg. Since the pandemic, school suspensions have risen significantly, as has persistent
absenteeism. 1 in 5 children are missing more than 10% of their time in school. Children who
are excluded or persistently absent are much more likely to already be experiencing
vulnerability or disadvantage. They are more likely to live in poverty, have additional learning
needs, suffer mental health challenges, or experience a lack of safety outside school. Certain
ethnicities are also disproportionately affected, notably Gypsy Roma Traveller and black
Caribbean children.
Exclusion and high rates of absence can have a dramatic effect on life chances. These young
people are more likely to drop out of education or employment, become vulnerable to
long-term mental ill health, or be at risk of criminal exploitation. The Difference believes that
children and young people deserve better and that the education system has to change.
Our Organisation
The Difference is a young education charity, founded to change the story on lost learning. By
2030, we want rates of exclusion and absence to be falling nationally and for schools to be better
equipped to support all children, including those who may be vulnerable.
The Difference was born out of a year of research into school exclusions with think-tank IPPR.
This research identified a lack of inclusion expertise in schools and proposed a new leadership
development programme to fill this gap. In 2018, Difference founder Kiran hired the team who
took this idea from concept to reality, beginning work with our first schools.
The Difference is now a 22-strong team delivering multiple school leadership programmes,
alongside a growing research and policy arm. The team is supported by our Youth Advisory
Board, made up of young people who have experienced exclusion and who provide their
expertise and insights on how school inclusion work should be done. This work is needed more
than ever. Effects of COVID-19, coupled with the spiralling cost of living, have substantially
increased levels of vulnerability. Schools serving excluded pupils face under-funding. The
Difference has had excellent early impact but there is work ahead to scale this impact through
our programmes, share learning with schools and policy-makers, and grow our capacity to
lower exclusions across England.
The Task Ahead: Programme Lead
In 2019 The Difference launched their programmes working with 22 school leaders in
London. Since then we have worked with 447 school leaders nationally. We want to continue
to scale our programmes and reach more school leaders to help shape their schools practice
and systems to improve pupil wellbeing, safety and belonging. We intend to further develop
our programmes to improve inclusion in schools and successfully changing the story for
students currently struggling in school.
Key tasks for this role include:
● Deliver The Difference’s Inclusive Leadership Course to senior leaders from a
range of school settings. This takes place in venues across the country including
but not limited to the North East, North West, and the Midlands. Confidence
and passion to deliver the course to the high standards required.
● In-school support for The DIfference’s School Partnership (DSP). Delivering
across a variety of schools including mainstream secondary, mainstream
primary and Alternative Provision settings. Supporting the implementation of
key themes and content from The Difference’s Inclusive Leadership Course.
● Working closely with The Differences Research, Impact & Influencing team
members to capture case studies, research and impact metrics that demonstrate
the impact of the Difference’s programmatic work.
● Input to the evolution and development of the Difference’s programmatic offer
using insight from delivery and feedback from programme participants
● Working closely with the The Difference’s Partnership and Sales team to
support the reach and impact of the programmatic work.
Our Values
● High Expectations - We are ambitious for excellence from young people, colleagues and
ourselves. We don’t believe in writing off someone’s potential because of their identity or
experience of crisis.
● Strong Relationships - We prioritise genuine relationships over transactional interactions,
and know that this requires deliberate relational practice. We see colleagues and partners as
people first and their roles second; and know this greater trust allows us to take more risks,
gain more feedback and have greater impact.
● Internalised Locus of Control - We work hard to reframe difficult situations to discover
what we have within our power in terms of solutions. We take it upon ourselves to walk
towards challenges and can take a high level of ownership and agency in our work/
● Pragmatism - We believe leadership means recognising current limitations and striving for
improvements within and beyond them. We develop consensus and chart new ways
forward, challenging false and extreme positions like “zero exclusions” or “no excuses”.
● Scientific approach - We take a diagnostic approach to unpicking causes of problems. We
are loud and proud of our failures, recognising failing fast and often is key to finding the
best solutions. We test solutions and are willing to use data and feedback to make
adjustments and choose new directions.
● Not Squeamish about Structural Inequality - We believe patterns of inequality can and
should be disrupted. We strive to be clear-eyed about these inequalities, and both the
individual practice and system-changes required to address them. We push ourselves to
overcome awkwardness in talking about this; and begin by acknowledging our own biases
and blind spots.
● Asset-based - We work hard to avoid deficit thinking and aim to start with what’s strong, not
what’s wrong. We are careful not to frame our colleagues and stakeholders - particularly
young people and families – as victims but instead to recognise their agency.
● Wise selves - To both enjoy work and do their best, we want to make decisions and work
with others in our “wise” - or regulated - selves. We also want to bring our compassionate
self to those we work with, externally and internally, to support one another through
challenging times.
How To Apply
To apply, please complete all sections of the application form by midnight on Sunday 21st April.
First round interviews will be held during the week beginning 6th May, over video call.
Please indicate if you would not be available to attend an interview during this week.
If successful in this stage, second round interviews (including a task to be completed the same
day) will take place on the week beginning 13th May, at our office in Bethnal Green.
We are committed to building a diverse team and strongly encourage applications from
under-represented groups in the charity sector such as people from black, Asian and minority
ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ people, people with disabilities, people with experience in the
care system, non-graduates and first-in-family graduates.
As part of our commitment to fairer recruitment, all applications will be assessed with names
and any protected characteristics redacted.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are in the early stages of implementing our 10-year organisational strategy, ARUK: Towards a Cure. Sitting within the Chief Executive’s Office and reporting to the Head of Programme Management, the Project and Programme Manager leads the Project Management team and is responsible for driving complex, strategic projects and facilitating project management best practice across the wider organisation. The post holder also supports the Head of Programme Management in scoping and reporting on multi-year programmes and line manages the Projects Lead.
Main duties and responsibilities of the role:
Project management
- Deliver key, strategic projects, as determined by the yearly Operational Planning process, working with project teams to develop flexible project plans that can adapt to change.
- Manage project risks and decisions, liaise with third parties, and monitor project progress, ensuring stakeholders are updated at key checkpoints.
- Lead project reviews to capture successes and learnings and ensure project outcomes are embedded into BAU.
- Maintain oversight of key, strategic projects, identifying and managing dependencies as they arise.
Programme management
- Support the Head of Programme Management in scoping large programmes of work in line with our wider organisational strategy.
- Support the development of strategic working groups and assist the Head of Programme Management in monitoring progress against key strategic activities.
- Support delivery of the annual Operational Planning process
Team management
- Facilitate project management best practice across the wider organisation, contributing to the delivery of the Project Management Masterclass and developing and leading an internal Project Management consultation service.
- Line-manage and support the Projects Lead to ensure they deliver work to a high standard and their personal development is supported. Carry out annual appraisals and quarterly meetings.
What we are looking for:
- Experience managing key, strategic projects including allocating tasks and managing risks, decisions, and changes.
- Sound knowledge of project management methodologies (Waterfall, Agile).
- Demonstrable ability to work with and influence a variety of different internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
- Ability to maintain focus on the bigger picture, spotting interdependencies and opportunities for collaboration across a range of projects and workstreams.
- Working knowledge of project management tools, such as Excel, Smartsheet, MS Projects or similar.
- Experience of line and/or matrix management.
- Programme Management experience, or a drive to develop skills in this area.
- Excellent communication skills, with an ability to build relationships, trust, and inspire confidence and respect at all levels.
- Strong team player who can work both independently and collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders.
- Excellent planning and organisational skills, and the ability to manage a varied workload and reprioritise work in accordance with the organisation’s needs.
- Excellent listening skills, demonstrating flexibility, curiosity and an ability to learn
- Strong team player who can work both independently and collaboratively with internal stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
- Demonstrates strong negotiation and influencing skills.
- Demonstrates a proactive and pragmatic approach to investigating and solving problems, strives for continuous improvement and identifies ways to deliver creative and innovative solutions.
- A good blend of strategic and analytical thinking; with an ability to see the bigger picture and make appropriate recommendations.
- Ability to absorb and process new information quickly.
- Strong ethical standards and a high level of personal integrity and empathy.
- Excellent IT skills in PowerPoint, Word and Excel.
Additional Information:
Ways of working: Agile - As part of our Agile ways of working you will be required to work approximately 2 days a week from the office, which is subject to the requirements of the role and the business needs. Flexibility on where you work can be split between working from home and our office.
Roles that are classed as part of the Agile ways of working are not able to claim any costs for Mileage/Travel on Public Transport, Accommodation and/or Meals. This includes when attending the office for various meetings/events.
Our Office: Our office is at 3 Riverside, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge, CB21 6AD.
Salary: Circa £45,000 per annum, plus benefits
Please download the Vacancy Pack for more information.
The closing date for applications is the 14th April 2024, with interviews likely to be held week commencing the 22nd April 2024. We would encourage you to submit your application at the earliest opportunity as the closing date may be brought forward at any time. Please indicate in your covering letter if you are unable to attend an interview on a certain date.
We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented. Any offer of employment is however subject to you having the right to work in the UK.
As part of our commitment to be an inclusive employer and ensure fairness and consistency in selecting the best candidate for this role, your CV will be anonymised as part of the selection process. Should you need any adjustments at either the application or interview stage, then please do contact us via our website.
How to apply:
Please create an online account using our Online Recruitment Platform which can be accessed through our Job Vacancies page. You will be able to attach your CV to your application and track the status of your application.
About Alzheimer’s Research UK:
Alzheimer's Research UK is the UK's leading dementia research charity. Our mission is to accelerate progress towards a cure. Today 1 in 2 people will be impacted by dementia, either through caring for a loved one, developing it themselves or tragically both. But there is hope.
There has never been a more important and exciting time in dementia research. With promising new drugs in clinical trials that slow the progression of the diseases that cause it, and revolutionary new ways to diagnose them on the horizon, we are now at a tipping point. Working with the smartest minds globally and across the UK, with industry and academia, Alzheimer’s Research UK is uniquely placed to invest in the very best research identifying barriers to a cure and knocking them down so that there are more and better treatments for everyone with dementia. For the first time in history, we can see a future where people with dementia can get a swift and accurate diagnosis, and effective treatments that could slow or even stop their disease. We stand for everyone affected by dementia. We stand for a cure.
In 2022, we were incredibly proud to be awarded a 3-star accreditation by Best Companies which recognises ‘World Class’ levels of workplace engagement and were also listed in the prestigious Best Companies lists:
• 48th in the 100 Best Large Companies to Work For in the UK.
• 19th in the 100 Best Companies to Work For in the East of England.
• 3rd in the 50 Best Companies to Work For in the Charity Sector.
In addition, we were also shortlisted for a special award recognising the work undertaken on reducing our environmental impact.
In 2021, we were awarded the HR Management award by The Charity Times for our Wellbeing initiatives throughout the pandemic.
In 2020, we demonstrated our commitment to changing the way we think and act about mental health in the workplace and signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge.
ARUK really does look after its people, where you will be able to add value and make a difference.
To view further details about working for us and the benefits we offer, please visit Alzheimer’s Research UK
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We’re looking for an enthusiastic events administrator to join our Competitions team at the Angling Trust. Your mission will be to support our gold standard domestic, national, and international competitions and events.
You’ll work closely with our Head of Competitions and Senior Competitions Administrator, handling a full range of administrative tasks for customers, members, and colleagues.
This is a permanent, full-time role that suits a motivated events administrator who’d like to work alongside a very passionate and supportive team—although our day-to-day can sometimes be demanding, we’re flexible and family-friendly.
What you’ll be doing
· Supporting the planning, preparation, and delivery of our domestic, national, and international competitions and events with the goal of achieving excellence in competition delivery as well as growth in our programme and memberships
· Financial recording, monitoring, and reporting of competitions and events as well as regularly liaising with our finance team, using our iCompleat system to process purchase orders or payments / refunds, and supporting the preparation of annual competitions budgets
· Attending competitions or events as required as well as providing administrative support to colleagues, volunteers, committees, and national teams
· Proactively handling day-to-day correspondence and telephone enquiries, supporting the administration of the competitions webpages and CRM system, and collaborating with your team to produce social media content and press releases
Who you are
· You’re a confident events administrator with a very high standard of customer care and a proven ability to build strong, positive internal and external relationships
· You shine autonomously whilst working within a small team and you have a flexible approach—you’ll be happy to manage a varied workload and ready to pivot with changing priorities
· Numeracy and organisation are some of your strengths and you’re tech savvy, so you know your way around platforms such as Microsoft Office 365 and SharePoint
· You’re self-assured, capable, diligent, and detail-oriented with a proactive attitude—and willing to own your continuous professional development
What will make you stand out
· An interest in angling—particularly competition angling
· Familiarity with CRM systems, Wordpress, or updating webpages
· Experience working with volunteers
What’s in it for you
· Salary of £21,160 per annum, plus contributory pension
· Hybrid (remote, field, office—as required) with space available in our Ilkeston (Derbyshire) office
· Flexible working across 37.5 hours per week (some evenings or weekends—as required)
· 25 days holiday (plus public holidays) later rising every year up to 28 days
· Laptop and telephone as well as any mileage, expenses, and TOIL
Who we are
The Angling Trust is the national governing body in England representing fishing—one of the country’s largest participation sports. We are a not-for-profit organisation with a mission to fight for fish, fishing, and the environment—creating opportunities for all within society to experience fishing in a healthy aquatic world.
We collaborate with Fish Legal, a separate membership association that uses the law to protect the rights of its members throughout the UK whilst fighting pollution and damage or other threats to the water environment.
This is an exciting opportunity for you to join a team responsible for the development and administration of domestic, national, and international competitions and events—supporting competitions committees and the England national teams, liaising with competitions volunteers across game, coarse, and sea angling, as well as managing the marketing and communications of competitions.
Want to join us?
We believe a diversity of backgrounds, experience, and opinions builds the strongest team, so we encourage those from under-represented groups to apply—we are members of the Sporting Equals Charter and we’re actively participating in the Sport England sponsored Inclusive Employers development programme.
Email our HR Manager, Mattelynn Romano, if you'd like to arrange an informal chat about the role.
We encourage applicants to include an informal covering letter with a bit more about how you will add to the mix of our Competitions team with your skillset, perspective, background, or thinking style—and how you might be just what we’ve been looking for!
If you don't tick every box, but you feel this role is for you—we’d still love to hear from you. Please only apply if you have the right to work in the UK.
We take your privacy seriously and will only use your personal information to administer your application for this role—we will never pass your details onto a third party. We may contact you by email or telephone about the progress of your application. This processing is conducted lawfully based on legitimate interests.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About us:
At Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice, we care for children and young people whose lives are just too short. Our aim is to reach every family that needs our help and to offer them the very best choice of care. Did you know that every year we need to raise £5m to keep our doors open and only around 20% of our income comes from government sources? The rest has to be raised through fundraising activity.
Our services include short overnight stays and community breaks at home or in the hospice. We also support the whole family from diagnosis with our multi-disciplinary Family Support team who provide counselling, sibling support groups, music therapy and much more. Our care team support these families in our modern, purpose-built building. All our rooms bedrooms have a homely feel. We have a sensory room, spa pool, cinema room and six acres of gardens.
We support families from a large geographical area, including South Yorkshire, North Nottinghamshire, North Derbyshire and parts of North Lincolnshire. The hospice is easily accessible from Barnsley, Rotherham, Doncaster, Sheffield and North Notts. We have free secure on-site parking for families and staff to use.
The role:
In your role as Regional Fundraising Manager, you will lead and develop a team of 7 to raise invaluable funds and brand awareness of the hospice. Working with the Income Generation and Communications Director you will work towards a devised strategy for fundraising across key income streams including Events, Corporate and Community. You will plan an annual fundraising calendar of activity and campaigns and work to agreed KPIs and objectives to build a resilient and robust income plan, managing and supporting your team to achieve these objectives. Taking the lead for corporate engagement you will both develop new relationships and nurture existing supporters.
As part of your role as a manager you will be a strong advocate in teaching and demonstrating Bluebell Wood’s culture to your staff and those around you, embedding the vision of the hospice in everyone who works with us. You will play a leading role in the organisation’s strategy implementation, giving real focus to how your team plays a part in this, whilst enthusing your team to be the best version of themselves, empowering people to succeed at their role.
This role is full-time and permanent and comes with a range of excellent benefits including 33 days annual leave. This role is based at the hospice is based in Sheffield and the charity will offer a blend of office/home/remote working.
The requirements:
To be considered for this role you will ideally come to us with broad fundraising experience across all areas of Fundraising particularly Corporate, Community and Events. You should be a confident, experienced line manager with experience operating at a senior strategic level. As an individual you will bring resilience, agility, empathy, drive, creativity and most importantly stability. We hope to see strong knowledge of fundraising codes of practice, fundraising trends and sector legalities. This role presents a wonderful opportunity to join an environment that encourages staff to develop and flourish and as the Regional Fundraising Manger you will play a pivotal role in raising invaluable funds to enable the hospice to continue its life-changing work.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Fundraising Development Manager
Fixed-Term, (Maternity Cover) Part-Time, Term-Time only
15 hours per week (flexible)
Pay Scale : H8, point 23 to H9, point 28 (dependent on experience)
Required : April / May 2024
We are seeking a knowledgeable individual to oversee the Fundraising Development Manager position for a fixed-term, covering maternity leave. The successful applicant will have some professional experience of fundraising and/or education development, together with experience of developing good working relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
If you have enthusiasm for fundraising and would like to be involved in helping us in continuing this important work for our school, please get in touch.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Salesforce Administrator
Salary: £47,000 to £50,000 per annum (pro rata)
Role Type: Full-time, fixed-term (18mths) (pro rata)
Location: Hybrid, 2 days a week in London King's Cross office
Closing date: 15 April 2024
About Us
We’re an independent charitable foundation funded by Lloyds Banking Group. We work in partnership with small and local charities, people and communities, changing lives and working towards a more just and compassionate society.
Through unrestricted funding, support to develop, and influencing policy and practice we help small and local charities thrive, communities grow stronger, and people overcome complex issues and - barriers so they can transform their lives.
The Foundation has an ambitious plan for the development of our Customer Relationship Management system (CRM), Salesforce, and we are now looking for a Salesforce Administrator to join our team on a fixed-term basis for 18 months.
The Benefits
-Salary of £47,000-£50,000 per annum (pro rata)
-Generous annual leave (25–30 days pa plus bank holidays)(pro rata)
-Pension scheme (up to 13% contribution by the Foundation)
-Private medical insurance that includes dental, eye care and mental health (on completion of probation)
-Comprehensive training and development plan and dedicated budget
-Employee assistance programme
-Season ticket loan
-Cycle to work scheme
-Flexible working (part-time, hybrid working, compressed hours, etc.)
-Enhanced family pay (maternity, adoption, paternity etc.)
-Volunteering opportunities (two days per year)
We’re committed to supporting every one of our team members to achieve their full potential as we understand that every single person working with us is vital to both our success and the success of the organisations we support. That’s why we prioritise your development as well as providing flexible working options and volunteering days.
So, if you’re ready to engage with a variety of people and make a real difference, read on and apply today!
The Role
As a Salesforce Administrator, you will work with the Lloyds Bank Foundation’s Systems Manager to deliver the Salesforce roadmap for 2024-2025 in an effective and timely manner.
-You will contribute to the delivery of Salesforce projects, which include new external system integrations.
-You will work as part of the team to decommission the system thorough which we currently administer our Matched Giving programme and transition the programme to Salesforce.
-You will contribute to the maintenance and development of existing Salesforce grant management processes.
-You will manage and support users, including creating and maintaining training materials.
-You’ll be a self-starter and a motivated member of the team, who is unphased by working to deadlines or under pressure and has a good eye for detail, enabling us to deliver our emerging programme of work with excellence.
About You
To be considered as a Salesforce Administrator, you will need:
-Salesforce Admin certification.
-Demonstrable experience working in the administration and maintenance of Salesforce, Sales Cloud, Experience Cloud or Nonprofit Success Pack in Salesforce Lightning, including the configuration of flows, data management and integrity, user management and support.
-Experience with the implementation of external system integrations.
-Strong organisational and project management skills.
-Experience identifying and gathering requirements from users and stakeholders.
-Proficient communication skills, both verbal and written. Ability to positively engage with stakeholders and Salesforce users internally and externally.
-Experience providing user training and developing effective training materials.
-A high level of experience working with GDPR and data protection requirements.
-Excellent attention to detail.
Key dates
-The closing date for this vacancy is 23:59 on Monday 15 April 2024
-First interviews for the position will happen online and are scheduled for 23-25 April 2024
-Second interview dates will happen in person at our offices near King’s Cross in London and are scheduled for 1 May 2024
Anticipated start date for the successful candidate is early June
Further information
The Foundation is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as inclusive as possible for everyone. This includes making changes such as providing note takers during interviews, additional time given for assessments and allowing candidates to use specific accessibility software so that Disabled people or those with long term health conditions can fully participate. We have Disability Confident Employer Committed status which guarantees an interview to Disabled people who meet the essential recruitment criteria. Please refer to our website for more information.
If you are not able to use our online application system and you would like to apply in a different way, such as having the application form in a Word format or if you would like to submit your application as a video, then please contact the HR team by visiting our website to explore this further.
Please note that in the event of a high volume of applications being received, we reserve the right to close this role earlier than the stated closing date.
This wide-ranging varied role will suit someone who is highly organised, self-motivated, flexible and has great people skills. The successful candidate will lead all our non-advice related activities including HR admin, Finance, PR Campaigns, digital skills and financial capability. This role will suit a natural multi-tasker who is prepared to be flexible, make decisions and adapt to whatever comes their way.
This role will ensure that the monitoring and administration of our funded projects runs smoothly and meet the key performance indicators. Managing a diverse team, you will meet with funders and support the development of new projects. This role will also be a member of the leadership team.
The purpose of the role is to work with the Chief Executive officer and Head of Service and Quality, to ensure smooth running of the day-to-day service and ensure the back-office infrastructure/support is adequate and robust to enable efficient running of the advice functions. This means IT, HR Administration, PR Campaigns, Financial Capability and Finance and administrative monitoring of the projects to maintain national Citizens Advice standards and meet the funders needs. This will involve:
- To manage the administration of funded projects, monitoring targets and ensuring the KPIs are being met and funder reports are submitted on time.
- To ensure all new projects are properly onboarded and have the correct resources.
- To ensure funder needs are met and the projects deliver to the required standard
- Line management of the non-advice staff as listed above and coordinating community outreach programme
- Supporting the leadership team in planning the service and new projects
We offer a range of employee benefits including:
- 30 days annual leave (FTE).
- An employer matched pension contribution currently at 4%
- Access to Telus, an Employee Assistance Scheme which offers help and support with mental, financial, physical and emotional well-being.
- Opportunity for hybrid working following completion of probationary period.
Citizens Advice Enfield is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all applicants who meet the person specification irrespective of sex, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief, age, or disability.
The Youth Endowment Fund
Senior Research Manager (Toolkit)
Reports to: Evidence and Engagement Lead
Salary: £51,300
Contract: 2 years fixed-term
Location: Central London, Hybrid*
Closing date: 9am Monday, 8th April 2024
About the Youth Endowment Fund
We’re here to prevent children and young people becoming involved in violence. We do this by finding out what works and building a movement to put this knowledge into practice.
In recent years violent crime has risen significantly. Homicides, assaults, robberies and offences involving weapons have all seen growth. We have also seen increases in violent crime involving children and young people. This is a tragedy. Every child captured in these numbers is an important member of our community and society has a duty to protect them.
The Youth Endowment Fund exists to try and permanently change things. To succeed, we must build a fantastic body of knowledge about violence affecting young people and how we reduce it. This knowledge has to be both rigorous and highly relevant to those making decisions about how to support vulnerable young people. We need to find out what works and what doesn’t through evidence synthesis, data analysis and qualitative research into children’s lives. We then need to convert this into highly accessible content on what works, how delivery organisations need to change their practice and how the systems they operate in need to be reformed.
About the Toolkit and Synthesis Team
The Toolkit and Synthesis team is at the heart of our work to spread knowledge of what works to prevent children becoming involved in violence. We do this by creating free, highly accessible summaries of the best available research. We love to discuss the latest developments in research methods, but we’re not just interested in research for its own sake. We want research to lead to actual changes in outcomes for children.
Our flagship resource is our Toolkit a free, online resource that summarises the best available evidence about preventing children becoming involved in serious violence. It’s based on the highest-quality systematic reviews but is written in plain English and is free of jargon. It provides practical guidance and helps practitioners and policy makers turn evidence into action. The Toolkit is a live resource – we regularly update it so that professionals working to keep children safe have access to the latest findings. We do this by commissioning new systematic reviews, building a pipeline of evidence to keep expanding the Toolkit.
Alongside our work on the Toolkit, our team is also responsible for the YEF Programmes Evidence and Gap Map and the YEF Systems Evidence and Gap Map. We’re working with external partners to explore new ways of updating the research using the latest developments in technology. We’re also working with partners on an Effect Size Database to facilitate new systematic reviews and meta-analyses of research examining the impact of violence prevention interventions.
Key responsibilities
The Senior Research Manager will be an essential part of the YEF Toolkit and Synthesis team and will develop a portfolio of impactful projects. The core of your role will be leading our work on commissioning evidence synthesis.
This will involve:
- Developing the future pipeline of systematic reviews. You’ll scope out the existing evidence base and understand the needs of our audience. You’ll use this information to recommend new review topics for YEF funding.
- Leading on the design, commissioning, and management of systematic reviews. You’ll also work with our partners to manage existing grants for systematics reviews. This will involve reviewing protocols and reports, working with advisory groups, and ensuring that systematic reviews will meet our aims.
- Becoming an advocate for the insights generated by YEF-funded reviews both within and outside the organisation. You’ll ensure that these insights inform our strategy and are accurately communicated to policy makers and practitioners.
- Writing and reviewing content for the Toolkit. You’ll use findings from evidence synthesis to produce new content for the Toolkit, including summaries of the evidence and impactful resources which enable the application of research in practice. You’ll ensure that Toolkit content is only ever easy-to-understand and written in plain English with incredible clarity.
- Providing leadership across the organisation to ensure synthesis is high-quality. You’ll be the go-to person at the YEF for support with evidence synthesis.
- Ensuring that reviews are used to update and expand the YEF’s Evidence and Gap Maps.
- Contributing research to support the scoping, development and delivery of our grant-making.
- Ensuring that our strategy and decision-making are informed by the best available research.
About you
You’re this sort of person:
- You want to play a significant part in reducing the level of violence affecting young people. You care about having an impact.
- You share our belief that an evidence-based approach is our best hope of preventing violence. You’re fascinated by research, but you’re not just interested in research for its own sake. You want to achieve actual changes in outcomes for children.
- You’re a confident reader of research and have strong critical appraisal skills. You know when research can be trusted and when it can’t and can confidently articulate your views on the strength of research. You might have gained this expertise through your academic studies, research or professional experience.
- You have a proven track record of commissioning or conducting high-quality evidence synthesis. You have a good understanding of these methods and can discuss the pros and cons of them. You might have gained this expertise through your academic studies, training, research or professional experience.
- You have at least three years’ experience working in a role that required you to think about research. This could include a range of roles in policy, academia, funding or practice.
- You write in a way that people easily understand. You have that rare skill of writing in plain English. You have experience of translating complex research findings into plain writing that everyone can understand.
- You have excellent project and time management skills. You can work independently, quickly and to a high standard.
- You’re good with people. You’re comfortable working with a wide range of people, including senior academics and other research experts, children and their families, practitioners and policy makers. You’re able to provide constructive challenge when required.
- You learn fast but remain humble. You like learning. You’re very good at synthesising information. You know how much you don't know and that you can always learn more.
- You work well in a team. You care more that good things happen than who gets the credit. You support your colleagues to produce excellent work.
- You’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. You believe and act in a way that celebrates and encourages a range of experiences, views and values.
You may have:
- A good level of knowledge and understanding of crime or violence. You know the facts, understand the issues, know the key people and can discuss the theories. You’re knowledgeable on this topic and very at ease discussing it with experts. Alternatively, you might have a strong understanding of a relevant area such as education, youth work or social care.
- Experience of developing a research strategy. You have thought hard about gaps in the evidence base, how they can be filled and how this might influence policy and practice.
- Experience of commissioning research and managing external contractors. You can scrutinise a budget to ensure it provides value for money.
- Confident public speaking skills. You’re an excellent verbal communicator. You’ve delivered dozens of talks on complex topics. You’re calm and confident when answering challenging questions.
While it’s not a criterion, we’re especially interested to hear from applicants who have lived experience of youth violence.
It’s also important to us that the people we hire do not discriminate. We believe in being inclusive and giving everyone an equal chance to succeed. Applications are welcome from all regardless of age, sex, gender identity, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, race, sexual orientation, transgender status or social economic background.
Additional benefits include
£1,000 professional development budget annually, 28 days plus Bank Holidays, four half days for volunteering activities.
Hybrid working details
The office is based in Central London. Those living in and around London are expected to be in the office a minimum of 2 days per week. If you live outside of London and work remotely, you’ll be expected to work from the London office 2 days per month.
To apply
To apply, please send a CV and cover letter, and complete the monitoring form click on "Apply for this" button by 9:00am Monday 8h April 2024.
When applying for this role, please ensure that your cover letter can answer, within a maximum of 1000 words, the following questions:
- Why are you motivated to apply for this role?
- Give clear examples where your experience directly relates to the “About You” section in the Job Description.
You should also include the contact details of two referees, one of whom must be your current or most recent employer. Referees will only be approached with your express permission.
You will also be required to provide proof of your eligibility to work in the UK. As part of our commitment to flexible working, we will consider a range of options for the successful applicant. All options can be discussed at the interview stage.
Interview process
Interviews will take place in the week commencing the 16th April 2024.
There will be a task to prepare for in advance.
Personal data
Your personal data will be shared for the purposes of the recruitment exercise. This includes our HR team, interviewers (who may include other partners in the project and independent advisors), relevant team managers and our IT service provider if access to the data is necessary for performance of their roles. We do not share your data with other third parties, unless your application for employment is successful and we make you an offer of employment. We will then share your data with former employers to obtain references for you. We do not transfer your data outside the European Economic Area.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are looking for an Events Coordinator with in our Platform Services team. You will need demonstrable experience in planning and delivering a range of successful events, including both digital and in-person events, as well as experience of managing project budgets and strong project management skills. You will also need to be confident in using online meeting software to host events, have strong communication and interpersonal skills and also a good understanding of relevant legislation related to events planning.
Please note that applications will be reviewed following the closing date of 3rd April due to annual leave/the Easter weekend. Interviews will be held in April.
Salary: £31,016 - £34,000 per annum, pro rata
Contract period: 12 month fixed term contract
Job Type: Part time (approx 22.5 hours per week with some flexibility)
Reporting to: Marketing and Communications Manager
Team: Platform services
Location: Oxford / hybrid working.
In this role, you will be responsible for the planning, organisation and delivery of Picker's programme of events. This will include two in-person conferences with attendees from across the United Kingdom as well as regular online events during the year. You will work with internal and external stakeholders to ensure effective planning and delivery. You will also be responsible for the planning of Picker's presence at sponsored events and exhibitions, working with colleagues from across the organisation to ensure that the Group are appropriately represented and present a credible and compelling offer.
This is a new role in the organisation, intended to support colleagues and to take a lead in our growing programme of events. There is established practice to build on from existing national conferences as well as opportunities to develop new types of engagements.
In this role
In this role you will:
- Work with the Marketing and Communications Manager to plan a programme of events for the year, ensuring that these align to the Group’s charitable and commercial objectives.
- Work with internal stakeholders and external partners to develop detailed plans for each event, including working with subject matter experts to design appropriate agendas.
- Lead for Picker on the administration of events
- Attend events, providing first line support to colleagues, partners, and attendees on the day. This will include occasional travel, usually within the United Kingdom.
- Lead on the evaluation of events to ensure that they are effective in addressing Picker’s strategic goals and to enable continuous learning and improvement in our future planning.
- Maintain a working knowledge of relevant regulations to ensure that all events are compliant: this will include legislation on Data Protection (eg UKGDPR); Health and Safety; and Equalities
About you
You will have:
- Demonstrable experience in planning and delivering a range of successful events, including both digital and in-person events.
- Strong project management and organisational skills
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills; able to work effectively with people from a diverse range of personal and professional backgrounds.
- Understanding of relevant legislation related to events planning and delivery, including data protection, health and safety, and equalities / accessibility.
- Excellent attention to detail
- High levels of general IT literacy, especially in the Microsoft Office suite (including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint and Teams)
- Confident in using online meeting software – eg Zoom or Teams – to host events
- Excellent verbal and written communication, including the ability to provide information in a format that is clear and understandable to people from a range of backgrounds
- Able to work independently, following managerial direction with limited supervision in order to deliver against agreed personal and organisational objectives and deadlines
- Numerate and confident in handling financial information related to events
- Empathy with Picker and its aims
- Willingness and availability to work flexibly and to travel within the UK required, including outside of normal office hours and at weekends on occasions.
This is a summary of the job description. Please review the full job description.
About Picker Institute Europe
Picker is an Oxford-based charity with an international reputation as a key authority in the measurement and improvement of patient experience. Our mission is to make person-centred health and social care a reality for everyone.
We evaluate the areas of health and social care that matter most to people, producing actionable and insightful results to drive advances in standards. If you are passionate about putting people at the forefront of healthcare services, then Picker could be the place for you.
Working with us
Here at Picker, we believe in treating our people well; from excellent career opportunities to a positive, collaborative culture. We all work with a shared set of values that inspire us to achieve the biggest impact.
Working alongside colleagues who are experts in their field, you will be part of a team contributing to our vision ‘the highest quality person centred care for all, always’. You will contribute to our research with NHS Trusts and many high profile charities, such as The British Heart Foundation, Pancreatic Cancer UK and Mind.
To support you we offer a friendly, person centred working culture with many benefits including:
- Flexible and hybrid working opportunities
- Convenient location with free parking
- 25 days holiday, increasing to 30 days, plus public holidays
- Christmas office closure (currently an additional 3 days leave)
- Contributory company pension scheme
- Free life assurance
- Tailored learning and development
- Health and wellbeing resources including an Employee Assistance Programme
- Season ticket loan scheme
- Regular calendar of social activities organised by a dedicated Social, Wellbeing and Employee Engagement team
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are looking for an experienced Grants and Commissioning Manager to join our dynamic Fundraising team. This role will lead on all our trusts and foundations approaches, playing an integral role in growth and development of the portfolio and work in partnership with the CEO to lead on bids/tenders for commissioned services. It is a fantastic opportunity to shape the future of these high value income streams to realise its full potential.
Role Purpose
Responsible for developing and delivering our Fundraising strategies, to secure appropriate funding to ensure the sustainable delivery of high-quality services by Home-Start Essex.
As Grants and Commissioning Manager you will use your experience and skills to identify and lead approaches to trusts, foundations, company foundations, statutory and other organisations securing funding from £5k-£800K+. You will create high quality approaches and deliver against financial targets, proactively supporting opportunities to source income to support children and families within Essex.
The successful candidate will be a self-starter with high levels of motivation, and a skilled writer with the ability to work autonomously and build on the strong foundations we have in place.
Specific Responsibilities
· Lead on delivering key areas of the Grants and Commissioning strategy and operational plan to establish a strong and sustainable funding base and support our growth ambition by delivering income targets year on year.
· To write compelling applications/bids, cases for support and reports, working in collaboration with the Finance Manager, Family Services Manager and Systems and Information Officer and tailoring the information for the audience, ensuring submission within required deadlines.
· Develop first class relationships with the portfolio of existing and new trust funders, commissioning partners, delivering the highest levels of donor care, by always providing excellent stewardship and ensuring all reporting requirements are fully met.
· Lead on horizon scanning for trust funders, creating a prospecting programme for new opportunities to grow the portfolio. Utilising existing networks, specialist funding sites and referrals.
· Lead on researching prospects for commissioned services, seeking opportunities to work in partnership where appropriate through utilising existing networks and procurement/tender platforms.
· Develop processes to be used across Home-Start Essex, to codify our approach to grant management and ensure appropriate escalation points across the organisation.
· Work both independently and with colleagues to develop content for proposal to funders, ensuring information is accurate and compelling, to generate funding for restricted and core work.
· Maintain and develop Home-Start Essex’s case for support templates and support materials, liaising closely with the senior management team and marketing team and adhering to brand guidelines and key messaging.
· Manage the grant/trust fundraising programme via Beacon CRM, developing account management and stewardship activities and maintaining detailed records of all communications.
· Ensure that successful bids/tenders and grant/trust applications are handed over to the Family Services Manager and Area Lead Co-ordinators with clear milestones, outputs, outcomes and evaluation/reporting requirements via Implementation meetings.
Reporting
· To provide regular activity, income and pipeline updates to the CEO and Finance & Business Development Committee.
· Maintain accurate records of income and restrictions.
· Ensure that progress against KPIs and pipeline is effectively monitored and reported, flagging concerns and developments in good time.
· Ensuring pipeline development by maintaining the database, recording all stewardship actions and communications.
Other duties
· To help at fundraising events from time to time.
· To work closely with other members of the fundraising department to provide data and leads to help them maximise income for the charity.
· Manage resources for the Fundraising team and contribute to budgeting and preparation for financial audits/reviews.
· To develop an in-depth knowledge of HSE and understanding of HSE’s work.
· To keep up to date with best practice in fundraising and comply with relevant legislation.
· To act as an ambassador for the fundraising department and the charity both internally and externally.
· To undertake any other assignments within the fundraising department and wider organisation as required.
· To develop and implement short, medium and long-term strategic business and funding plans for Home-Start Essex, as part of the senior management team, subject to Board approval.
Marketing
Work with the Digital Communications & Marketing team to ensure consistent and co-ordinated approach to the promotion of Home-Start Essex in the following areas:
· Create and distribute press releases to ensure regular and positive promotion of Home-Start Essex.
· Coordinate and schedule key promotional messages to our supporters and the wider public.
· Ensure branding, language and content for all fundraising communications are in line with the Home-Start Essex’s strategy, vision and values.
This role is part of the Senior Management Team within Home-Start Essex.
Please email us to request a recruitment pack or go to our website to download the recruitment pack, job description and person specification.
Please apply by sending in a covering letter and CV – referring to the job description and person specification in your application.
Relevant candidates will be required to complete further information as part of the recruitment process.
An enhanced DBS check will be required.
If you would like to arrange a confidential discussion about the vacancy, please contact us.
This post is subject to a successful 6-month probationary period.
Closing date for applications: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Interviews are scheduled for: 18th/19th April 2024
Home-Start Essex is committed to equality of opportunity and works to safer recruitment practices as an important part of safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults.
Our Home-Start Essex Values
Supportive - We will support families to address the challenges of bringing up children themselves.
Non-judgmental - We do not judge families or measure them against others’ standards.
Approachable - We will be approachable and friendly at all times and develop good relationships with the families we support.
Professional - We will maintain the very highest professional standards.
Collaborative - We will work in partnership with any individual, group or agency who can help us achieve our goals.
Inclusive - We value and celebrate diversity and offer our services to all families, irrespective of their circumstances or backgrounds.
Family-led - We place children and families’ needs at the heart of our work.
Safe - The safety of the families and children we support, and the staff and volunteers we engage, is our highest priority.
Bringing up children can be hard work and all parents and carers will, from time to time, encounter problems which can often make the task even harder.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Director of Corporate Services and Finance
C£70,000
Full time
Bath with some homeworking
Developing Health & Independence (DHI) is a charity that helps disadvantaged and vulnerable people turn lives around, stand on their own feet and reduce dependency. We do this because we believe everyone should have the chance to achieve their potential to make a valuable contribution to society.
We help young people and adults overcome structural barriers and self-limiting behaviours that are holding them back. Our clients are often disadvantaged or living at the margins, meaning they are disproportionately affected by substance misuse, homelessness, offending, mental health issues and other factors that contribute to social exclusion.
Reporting to the CEO you will be responsible for driving and managing the central administrative and core infrastructure functions across the charity. As well as being closely involved in the day-to-day activities you will provide high level proactive advice, and quality services for the other Directors across all central and client service areas, including, finance and procurement, human resources, information technology development, health and safety, premises, office services, in addition to working closely with our retained legal advisor.
The successful candidate will be comfortable working in partnership with operational colleagues to supply clear, quality assured and compliant best practice processes from the centre, which are developed and implemented collaboratively with those delivering core services to DHI’s client base.
The ideal person will combine practical, hands-on delivery with strong leadership and relationship building skills and be able to operate successfully in a dynamic, regularly changing environment.
How to apply
Application is by way of a CV and a Supporting Statement.
Phyllis Tuckwell provides supportive and end of life care for people living with an advanced or terminal illness. Based in Farnham and Guildford, we serve a population of 550,000 across West Surrey and part of North East Hampshire. We are currently building a new Hospice, so it is a very exciting time to be part of our team. This Community Fundraiser role will play an important part in enhancing the support we can give to our community as they fundraise for us not only in support of the upcoming Capital Appeal but also to continue to provide the current and ongoing care to our patients.
Community Fundraiser
37 hours per week
Salary - £27- £29,000 per annum WTE (based on 37 hours a week)
Come and join our Community Fundraising team! I have an exciting opportunity for you to join us as a Community Fundraiser within our Income Generation team. This energizing role will see you supporting individuals and groups, within our local community, to organise their own events and fundraise for our vital care. It’s a fun and varied role and no two weeks are the same, so you’ll need to bring lots of energy to the position! One day you might be supporting someone to open their garden or hold an afternoon tea and the next you’ll be dressing up and joining the team to deliver our Reindeer Run’s at local schools. There’s also the space for you to think creatively and bring new fundraising ideas and campaigns to our community fundraising calendar.
I am looking to appoint an enthusiastic and passionate individual who is great at communicating and confident at building relationships. You’ll also need to have excellent presenting skills to motivate and inspire our supporters.
It’s an exciting time to join Phyllis Tuckwell as we build a New Hospice to serve our community for years to come, and you can be a part of it! If you would like to find out more before applying, then please do get in touch, I would love to hear from you.
Charli Quay-Barnham, Community Fundraising Manager.
A full driving licence and car is required for this position.
The successful candidate will:
- Have experience working within a fundraising environment, with the ability to manage conflicting priorities and be adaptable to changing demands on your time.
- Be a natural people person with strong communication skills to engage with a variety of audiences and ages on the phone, face to face and in written comms.
- Have excellent presentation skills.
- Have experience working with supporters/customers/volunteers to deliver exceptional service and support, with a solution-focused approach.
- Be confident in managing your own time with the ability to work independently with a proactive approach.
- Enjoy building effective relationships with colleagues as part of a lively team.
- Have a flexible approach to working hours as the role involves some evening and weekend working and be prepared to travel across the PT catchment area to maximise fundraiser support.
In return we offer:
- 6 weeks paid holiday plus public holidays
- Group Self Invested Personal Pension (matched contributions to 7.5%)
- Excellent education and training
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Health Cash Plan Scheme
- Staff Benefit Voucher Scheme
Further information can be obtained from Charli Quay-Barnham, Community Fundraising Manager.
If you are unable to apply on-line or have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact the Phyllis Tuckwell HR team.
Closing date for receipt of completed applications: Monday 15th April 2024
Interviews will be held on: Wednesday 24th or Thursday 25th April 2024
This post is subject to a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Phyllis Tuckwell is an Equal Opportunities employer. We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
NO MEDIA OR AGENCIES
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Girlguiding welcomes thousands of new volunteers every year. We know we can do more to make this process easier for everyone, and to bring in more volunteers to deliver more incredible experiences for girls.
We need a volunteer recruitment manager with experience operating at scale, comfortable with working on digital journeys that create real-life experiences. You'll be great at building relationships and work closely with our country & region teams, our central marketing team and other colleagues across Girlguiding to make best use of insight to grow volunteering. You'll be working in the central volunteer experience team; we're a large and friendly team, passionate about improving the experience of Girlguiding volunteers and giving more girls the chance to be part of guiding.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
The Public Affairs and Policy Manager will play a crucial role in helping to determine and shape TMs policy goals and how best to achieve them. Working closely and collaboratively with colleagues from across the organisation, and in close consultation with the TMs internal and external stakeholder groups and networks you will develop policy, research and campaigning projects to meet the organisations strategic objectives. You will be able to understand complex policy issues, recognise their relevance to the Traveller Movement and identify policy solutions. You will know how to generate and analyse data and bring issues to life by drawing out the lived experience of people from Romani (Gypsy), Roma and Irish Traveller communities
You will led develop and sustain a small committed team of two policy and campaign officers to produce policy, research and campaigning activities. You will lead TMs Public relations and influencing work developing relationships with policy makers, partner organisations, parliamentarians and the media. You will ensure co-production and the voice and lived experiences ethnic Romani (Gypsy), Traveller and Roma is central to all our engagement and influencing work.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
12-month FTC (Maternity Cover)
The British Academy – the UK’s national body for the humanities and social sciences - is seeking a Deputy Head of International to join our international department, providing key leadership in the delivery and management of high-quality performance across a range of the Academy’s international special projects including the Researchers at Risk Fellowships and a new training and development programme.
The role
The Deputy Head of International (Special Projects) will work closely with the Head of International and the three other Deputy Heads of International in the delivery of the Team’s strategic goals and mitigating the risks faced in delivering the Academy’s international programmes and activities. The role will also include engaging with external partners, stakeholders, funded researchers and representing the Academy externally.
You will lead a small team across a range of programmes and have excellent planning, financial, communication, organisational, and time management skills, providing support and advice to colleagues and senior leadership.
The British Academy’s international team promotes and supports international collaboration and mobility, develops and maintains links with sister academies, international organisations and other partners overseas, and leverages the expertise of Fellows and award-holders to further the Academy’s reach, impact and influence internationally.
The Academy’s international programmes are multi-year endeavours which entail a wide array of activities: from providing research funding to talented individuals in the UK and overseas, to informing international policy and public debates, to using the Academy’s convening power to showcase the value of international and interdisciplinary collaborations for addressing today’s global challenges and ensuring that the UK maintains its place as a world-leader in the social sciences and humanities.
About the Academy
The British Academy is the UK’s national body for the humanities and social sciences, established by Royal Charter in 1902. We mobilise these disciplines to understand the world and shape a brighter future. Today’s complex challenges can only be resolved by deepening our insight into people, culture, and societies. With a Fellowship of around 1,400 leading national and international academics, the Academy invests in researchers and projects across the UK and overseas; engages the public with fresh thinking and debates; and brings together scholars, government, business, and civil society to influence policy.
The Academy currently has five directorates: Communications & Marketing; Development; Policy; Research; and Resources, plus a small Governance & Fellowship Team. We have increased staffing in the last 12 months and expect to continue to grow this year.
Working at the Academy
Our senior management team have worked with staff to foster a culture of collaboration, respect, and empathy, in which all contributions are recognised as we work towards our common goals. Our people strategy and working practices focus on building strengths and sharing insights, with learning & development, wellbeing, and equality, diversity & inclusion at the centre of how we operate as an organisation. Investing in our staff and encouraging a healthy work/life balance is central to our success, as we move forward and continue to grow.
Terms and conditions
The British Academy is based at 10-11, Carlton House Terrace, St James Park, London, SW1 – a Grade 1 listed building. We offer a competitive benefits package including a 35-hour working week, with hours and location worked flexibly under our hybrid-working policy; 34 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays; a subsidised restaurant and an excellent occupational pension.
How to apply
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, in line with our commitment to create a diverse and inclusive working environment, promote equal opportunity, and address under-representation. We will make reasonable adjustments to support disabled job applicants and offer an interview to those meeting the minimum selection criteria.
To apply, and to see the full job description and our workplace values, please follow the Apply link to access the Applied recruitment platform.
Please contact the HR team if you have any questions.
Applications must be received no later than 12:00 noon on Monday 8 April 2024