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We are recruiting for a Philanthropy Manager to join our team in London; the scope on this job involves….
Job Title: Philanthropy Manager
Location: London/Hybrid
Salary: £42,444 per annum
Contract type: Full-time, Fixed term (until 23 December 2024)
Hours: 37.5
Join Refuge as our Philanthropy Manager – maternity cover. Led by the Head of Philanthropy, the Philanthropy team are an experienced and collaborative team of fundraisers, passionate about Refuge’s work and core values.
Working in a small team, we take a collaborative approach to work across trusts, philanthropy and corporate partnerships, supporting one another to achieve success. We have a brilliant Chair and Trustee Board, and engaged celebrity supporters so you have space to be creative and tap into opportunities. As a maternity cover, there is an established portfolio already in place and a new business strategy to build on.
You’ll have experience of managing a portfolio of 5 and 6-figure philanthropists, delivering on exceptional stewardship plans and building relationships with new supporters. You will be comfortable strategizing and leading on philanthropy at Refuge with the support of the Head of Philanthropy.
This role will suit you if you are adept at spotting opportunities and thrive on creative and authentic partnerships with philanthropists. We work flexibly with high trust, so come and join our fabulous feminist workforce.
For more information on the role, including a full job description, please download the Job Profile document above. To apply, please click on the Apply Now button.
Closing Date: 9am on 4 November 2024
Interview Date: 13 & 14 November 2024 via videocall
Benefits
Refuge offers a variety of exciting opportunities to learn, develop and grow in your career. We recognise the value everyone brings to the organisation to achieve our aims and are dedicated to developing and rewarding our staff. More details of our benefits can be found in Job Information Pack.
Key Responsibilities
Day to day delivery of Internal Comms projects & content:
- Work with the Corporate Communications team and senior leaders to deliver the internal communications strategy
- Develop, deliver and evaluate annual internal communications and engagement plans
- Provide strategic communications input on people-related projects including activities coming out of our new People Strategy
- Work closely with the People and Culture team in a business partnering approach, providing strategic advice and delivering communications for projects
- Develop approaches to measure the success of internal communications, and report on results
- Design approaches and lead activities to help staff engage actively in developing and delivering core areas of our work, from organisational strategy to our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) commitments
- Manage strategic and prioritise internal communications projects
- Manage most communications with staff, ensuring a meaningful and balanced flow of corporate announcements, updates from across the business areas, newsletters, admin messages and internal communications part of wider integrated campaigns
- Support engagement processes with staff across all areas of the organisation
- Maintain and evolve internal comms channels including our intranet
- Support communications to staff in the event of a crisis or urgent event
- Manage all costs relating to internal communications
- Develop our internal tone of voice based on our brands’ personalities and values
- Draft and/or edit all written internal communications to high standards.
- Work with corporate comms and content leads to develop engaging content across a multiple of channels
- Liaise across all parts of our organisation to gather and unearth top-notch content, driving a strategic approach to informing, educating and engaging staff
- Execute and commission communications products in a variety of formats
- Build strong and trusted relationships with colleagues across the organisation
- Working with the People & Culture team and Operations team as key stakeholder groups, taking a business partnering approach, including supporting communications with our Staff Forum
- Successfully work with senior leadership team
- Support efforts to drive the success of the corporate communications team, processes and ways of working
Skills and Experience
This is a hands-on delivery role working in a fast paced and busy environment. You must be able to manage multiple projects and prioritise workload:
- Substantive demonstrable experience delivering internal communications, preferably in the non-profit sector
- Excellent copy-writing and copy-editing skills, with ability to flex tone as required and attention to detail - such as staff emails/updates, briefing & speaker notes for leadership, staff newsletter, PPT presentations & agendas
- Project Management of different projects in an effective way
- Comfortable flexing between strategic thinking and day-to-day delivery
- Confident working with senior leadership and managing stakeholders
- Ability to organise staff events onsite and externally – planning, logistics, tech & AV support, itineraries & presentations
- Excellent at building relationships, collaborative with a win-win approach to negotiating
- Comfortable with emerging ways of working, and working across teams
- Ability to brief and manage external agencies – including collating & managing feedback
- Leading communications to support organisation growth or change and new ways of working (desirable)
- Designing and delivering successful engagement activities
- Managing multiple tasks and projects, troubleshooting where needed
- Strong understanding of the role of internal communications in building and nurturing organisational culture and performance
- Using content and multiple channels strategically to inform and engage staff
- Strong understanding of translating a brand into effective content for internal audiences
- Producing a range of content formats including photography and film
- Working knowledge of SharePoint or equivalent, and of harnessing the opportunities it brings for comms and engagement
- Experience working closely with People/ People & Culture/ HR teams and other stakeholders
- Experience in delivering communications in a change context or working through organisational change
- Experience of line management
Knowledge and qualifications
- Proficient in MS Office Suite in particular PowerPoint
- Good working knowledge of SharePoint
- Understanding and experience of implementing HR policies and practices
- Good working knowledge of Mail-Chimp or similar mass mailing platform
- Good working knowledge of metrics for internal communications and engagement
- Good working knowledge of internal communications relating to diversity, equity and inclusion work
- Support change communications across the organisation as required, working with the Head of Corporate Communications and wider communications team
Abilities and Attributes
- Proactive, solutions-focused and able to work well under pressure and manage multiple projects
- Experienced in managing internal comms in NFP or Commercial Business
- Can do-attitude and hands-on approach
- Committed to continued learning and improving
- Interest in trends and technological advances that support internal comms
- Commitment to championing audience needs and acting on feedback
- Committed to embedding diversity, equity and inclusion in everything we do
Benefits
- Up to 12% employer pension contributions
- Annual personal development budget
- Annual health and wellbeing personal allowance
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, and parental leave pay accessible without length of service requirements.
- Health and wellbeing programme that offers optional free yearly health check-ups.
- Support for healthy eating via fruit bowls and onsite lunch facilities.
- Agile working, flexible hours, and supportive IT kit.
- Shower facilities and bike lock area.
- Generous annual leave (27 days + bank holidays)
- Subsidies for glasses
- Employee Assistance Programme
Join Pyramid as our Development Manager and drive positive change! We're looking for a dynamic individual to help us shape the future of inclusive arts by growing Pyramid’s revenue streams and public profile. This is a new opportunity to deliver real impact, working in a senior leadership role to secure new funding, build partnerships, and ensure financial stability. You’ll lead on developing grant applications, coordinating fundraising efforts, and managing our public-facing content and profile.
This is a new role at Pyramid which supports business development by focusing on fundraising and increasing public awareness of our work. In this role, you will be responsible for generating, growing, and retaining revenues from new and existing channels (including public and private donations, fundraising events, private sector partnerships and public funding schemes). Liaising with the Director, you will identify and develop funding bids, contracts, and tenders, as well as other sources of income, to enable Pyramid to thrive and grow. You will take responsibility for Pyramid’s public profile, including social media accounts, news articles on its website and press releases, assisted by the Marketing and Communications Officer, whom you will line-manage.
Purpose of the post
- To work alongside the Director and Board of Trustees to develop and implement a revenue generation strategy which grows and diversifies Pyramid’s income streams, supporter base and public profile.
- To support Pyramid’s current and future financial stability by identifying and accessing a wide range of funding streams, including (but not limited to) corporate sponsorship, grants, contracts, commissions, philanthropy, and donations.
- To seek out and initiate opportunities to expand our networks, identifying and engaging with potential new projects, supporters, and influencers.
- To monitor and review Pyramid’s activities in relation to income and impact, and to make recommendations for change and development where appropriate.
- To supervise and collaborate with the Marketing and Communications Officer in developing suitable content to build Pyramid’s public profile, and directly support fundraising efforts by ensuring our website, social media channels and print material are kept up to date with fundraising news and activities that inspire engagement and giving.
- To provide support and insight to stakeholders in setting the future strategic direction for the organisation
- To work with the Director to prepare project budgets and spending reports.
Main tasks:
Strategic
- Responsibility for overseeing and delivering on specific action plans / areas within plans related to business growth and development and monitoring / reporting on progress.
- To monitor and analyse sectoral developments and changes, identifying both opportunities and risks and taking appropriate action.
Financial
- To diversify Pyramid’s revenue streams, with a focus on building unrestricted income.
- To work with the Director to prepare budgets, cashflow forecasts and spending reports, and to present finance information to the Trustees, members, and other stakeholders as appropriate.
- To co-write funding applications and monitoring / evaluation reports with the Director.
- To ensure compliance with funder agreements and that contractual obligations are met.
Engagement
- To work collaboratively with Pyramid’s voluntary Fundraising Team, coordinating and supporting their activities as appropriate.
- To ensure a strong online presence and that high-quality print information is made available for fundraising and business initiatives.
Administrative
- To coordinate the fundraising workload of staff by developing, maintaining, and monitoring the fundraising pipeline and timelines for all sources of income.
- To maintain accurate and comprehensive financial records and documentation relating to funding streams, and income and expenditure.
- To monitor and report on public engagement with fundraising campaigns and strategies.
Operational
- To make arrangements for and at fundraising events, exhibitions, and functions.
- To line manage the Marketing and Communications Officer and be accountable for the day-to-day responsibilities of the Marketing and Communications Officer.
- To attend and contribute to the regular meetings of staff, trustees, and sub-committees as needed.
General
- To carry out any other duties as required, which are appropriate to the nature of the post and its level of responsibility.
- To carry out all duties of the post in accordance with Pyramid Policies and Procedures.
We invest in people with a learning disability, autism, or both, through the discovery, development and disruption of the arts.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Together for Short Lives is here to make sure the UK’s 99,000 seriously ill children and their families can make the most of every moment they have together, whether that’s for years, months or only hours.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a digital communications expert to help make sure that every seriously ill child and their family gets high quality children’s palliative and end of life care, when and where they need it. You will play a key role as, together, we provide direct support to children and families, unite services and professionals and campaign to change the system.
As our Digital Communications Manager, you will:
- manage a programme to audit, develop and refresh our digital communications channels so that they meet the needs of our audiences with the best possible user experience and accessibility
- work closely with stakeholders in managing this programme, overseeing budgets, issues and risks; internally, this will include chairing our cross-organisational Digital Communications Operations Group; externally, this will include managing our relationships with the agencies that provide our platforms
- conduct user needs and user acceptance testing for new developments to our digital communications channels, including our website
- manage our internal process for planning our day-to-day digital communications, making sure we schedule and publish a balanced and compelling array of content across our channels
- be our in-house expert on digital communications, working with and advising colleagues to create content across our platforms – including our website, social media channels and our email communications with members and supporters.
You will have:
- excellent leadership and communication skills
- experience of managing stakeholders, budgets and risks
- experience of successfully implementing improvements to digital communications channels
- a deep understanding of how different social media channels operate, which audiences they reach, and how they can be used most effectively
- a track record of communicating successfully across a range of digital channels – and supporting and empowering others to do so.
We offer a great reward package, which includes:
- generous annual leave entitlement
- pension scheme
- staff assistance programme
- days off for volunteering.
We are open to flexible working patterns. Depending on the task and your personal work preferences, you can work remotely or at our Bristol office. We hold monthly team meetings and 1:1 meetings at the office.
We are always looking for talented people, and welcome people regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, faith or belief and sexual orientation. We particularly encourage applications from those with disabilities or from black and minority ethnic backgrounds.
If you feel you meet some of the criteria but not all, we really hope you will enquire and learn more. We can advise and support on each part of the role and hopefully your application, so we look forward to hearing from you.
Applying for the role
Closing date for applications is at 9am, Monday 4 November 2024. If you are interested in applying for this post, please visit our website.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Alan Turing Institute
Named in honour of Alan Turing, the Institute is a place for inspiring, exciting work and we need passionate, sharp, and innovative people who want to use their skills to contribute to our mission to make great leaps in data science and AI research to change the world for the better.
Please find more information about us here
BACKGROUND
The External Communications Officer forms part of the Communications and Engagement Directorate, reporting into the Senior External Communications Manager. Given the growth of the Institute, the external communications officer would join a busy team in a vibrant and energetic communications and marketing department. The postholder manages a wide portfolio of projects, announcements and collaborations, working with stakeholders and partner organisation at the local, national and international level. The External Communications Officer will provide proactive comms planning and project management, media support, advice and expertise on matters relating to the Institute’s external communications.
CANDIDATE PROFILE
We’re seeking a candidate with strong written & oral communication skills and demonstrable experience of collaborating with peers & technical experts to create engaging, insight driven communication plans. You should have strong knowledge of current communication industry trends and experience in working with the media in a press office or communications environment. The ideal candidate will be comfortable with liaising and influencing a diverse range of stakeholders and be able to work flexibly whilst managing a varied workload to tight deadlines.
DUTIES AND AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
External communications
- Support priority Turing projects (such as our grand challenges) by being a key contact point for research teams, providing trusted advice and working with your colleagues in the wider comms and engagement directorate to create and deliver related communications plans
- Create content for the organisation’s social media and website
- Sourcing, writing or editing accurate and creative content such as newsletter articles, blogs, case studies, researcher spotlights or briefing documents
- Deputise for the Senior External Communications Manager where required
Media relations
- Monitor media coverage and prepare regular evaluation reports
- Coordinate media activities, arranging spokespeople for interviews, attending press conferences and preparing necessary briefings
- Advise senior staff members on written responses to the media, proofreading and rewriting statements as needed
- Ensure timely response to media enquiries, manage shared inbox and occasionally be on--call when required
- Develop and maintain relationships with key journalists and external partners
- Identify potential opportunities for media outreach, work with Institute partners and outside organisations to co-ordinate, write and disseminate press materials.
- Manage announcements, liaising with colleagues across the Directorate to co-ordinate website and internal communications messages
Person Specification
- Experience of working with the media in a press office or communications environment, and or journalistic experience
- At least one years’ coordinator level experience in a fast-paced communications, media or press office environment
- Experience of planning communication activities such as announcements, projects or campaigns
- Ability to work with complex information, make it accessible/strong writing skills and ability to work with experts
- Experience of Microsoft applications
- Interest and/or knowledge of media outreach
- Experience of fielding, handling media enquiries
Please see our portal for a full breakdown of the Job Description.
Job Title: Known internally as Relationship Manager
Location: Home - Based covering Wales. Candidates should ideally reside in the area as there is a requirement to be able to travel across Wales to attend meetings, events and trainings
Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: £33,607 per annum
What we do: We help young people through cancer
How we work: We’re Determined, United, Spirited and Kind
What we’re looking for:
- Someone who can drive a high level of engagement to proactively identify, support, and retain our supporters. They will have strong communication skills, with the credibility and authority to inspire others.
- Someone with a successful track record of building strong internal and external relationships and generating income from community and corporate opportunities.
- Someone with a growth mindset who is solution focused, that can manage their time and workload, and utilise our given processes, systems, and parameters to overcome barriers.
- Someone who can deliver a personal portfolio within an overall Regional Fundraising team target, demonstrating an understanding of how to mitigate risk and maximise return on investment.
What we offer:
- Leave: 25 days of annual leave, which increases with service, in addition to bank holidays and a 3- or 4-day closure over the Christmas period. We also have finish early Fridays in August and quarterly rest days to step away from day-to-day work and refocus.
- Paid Carer and Compassionate Leave: paid time off to care for family members or dependants.
- Paid Parental Leave: enhanced pay for parental leave such as maternity leave, paternity leave or adoption leave.
- Paid Volunteering Leave: support your community by taking paid leave for volunteering activities.
- Health Cashback Plan: access a health cashback plan to cover medical expenses.
- Life assurance and Income Protection: financial support if you’re unable to work due to illness or injury.
- Discount scheme: access exclusive savings at various high street retailers and gyms.
- Flexible Working: we care about your wellbeing and encourage flexible work arrangements to promote work-life balance.
How to apply:
You’ll need to register on our portal, complete a short application and answer four questions about your skills and experience in relation to the role.
Key dates:
Applications by midnight Sunday 3rd November. 1st Interviews held online on 11th and 12th November and 2nd Interviews potentially held in person on 18th November in Cardiff.
Our commitment to inclusion and accessibility:
At Teenage Cancer Trust one of our key focuses is around equity and making sure our services are accessible and inclusive to all young people with cancer, with no-one left behind.
We have the same goal for people working with us. Teenage Cancer Trust is committed to recognising and valuing individual differences and the contributions of all people. In line with our equity, diversity and inclusion commitments, we would love to see applications from LGBTQ+ people, people of colour/those from ethnically diverse communities, disabled people and people with caring responsibilities.
Should you require any assistance or adjustments to support your application or interview process, such as accommodating neurodiversity where additional time for tasks, meeting the panellists beforehand or a different interview format (online/offline/in person) or if you require the job description or job advert in an alternative format. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the HR Team.
Privacy and Safeguarding:
At Teenage Cancer Trust we take our commitment to safeguarding seriously and work to protect and promote the rights of the young people who we support. Our safeguarding responsibilities extend to the children and adults who work to support the charity, who we also have a duty of care to protect. Safeguarding is at the forefront of each activity we carry out. In line with our approach, this role is subject to a DBS check (Disclosure and Barring Service).
For information on how we collect, store and process personal data please get in touch with the HR Team.
We’re here to give every young person facing cancer the best care and support.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Title: Known internally as Relationship Manager
Location: Home - Based covering London and East Anglia. Candidates should ideally reside in the area as there is a requirement to be able to travel across London and East Anglia to attend meetings, events and trainings
Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: £33,607 per annum
What we do: We help young people through cancer
How we work: We’re Determined, United, Spirited and Kind
What we’re looking for:
- Someone who can drive a high level of engagement to proactively identify, support, and retain our supporters. They will have strong communication skills, with the credibility and authority to inspire others.
- Someone with a successful track record of building strong internal and external relationships and generating income from community and corporate opportunities.
- Someone with a growth mindset who is solution focused, that can manage their time and workload, and utilise our given processes, systems, and parameters to overcome barriers.
- Someone who can deliver a personal portfolio within an overall Regional Fundraising team target, demonstrating an understanding of how to mitigate risk and maximise return on investment.
What we offer:
- Leave: 25 days of annual leave, which increases with service, in addition to bank holidays and a 3- or 4-day closure over the Christmas period. We also have finish early Fridays in August and quarterly rest days to step away from day-to-day work and refocus.
- Paid Carer and Compassionate Leave: paid time off to care for family members or dependants.
- Paid Parental Leave: enhanced pay for parental leave such as maternity leave, paternity leave or adoption leave.
- Paid Volunteering Leave: support your community by taking paid leave for volunteering activities.
- Health Cashback Plan: access a health cashback plan to cover medical expenses.
- Life assurance and Income Protection: financial support if you’re unable to work due to illness or injury.
- Discount scheme: access exclusive savings at various high street retailers and gyms.
- Flexible Working: we care about your wellbeing and encourage flexible work arrangements to promote work-life balance.
How to apply:
You’ll need to register on our portal, complete a short application and answer four questions about your skills and experience in relation to the role.
Key dates:
Applications by midnight Sunday 3rd November. 1st Interviews held online on 11th and 12th November and 2nd Interviews potentially held face to face on 19th November in London.
Our commitment to inclusion and accessibility:
At Teenage Cancer Trust one of our key focuses is around equity and making sure our services are accessible and inclusive to all young people with cancer, with no-one left behind.
We have the same goal for people working with us. Teenage Cancer Trust is committed to recognising and valuing individual differences and the contributions of all people. In line with our equity, diversity and inclusion commitments, we would love to see applications from LGBTQ+ people, people of colour/those from ethnically diverse communities, disabled people and people with caring responsibilities.
Should you require any assistance or adjustments to support your application or interview process, such as accommodating neurodiversity where additional time for tasks, meeting the panellists beforehand or a different interview format (online/offline/in person) or if you require the job description or job advert in an alternative format. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the HR Team.
Privacy and Safeguarding:
At Teenage Cancer Trust we take our commitment to safeguarding seriously and work to protect and promote the rights of the young people who we support. Our safeguarding responsibilities extend to the children and adults who work to support the charity, who we also have a duty of care to protect. Safeguarding is at the forefront of each activity we carry out. In line with our approach, this role is subject to a DBS check (Disclosure and Barring Service).
For information on how we collect, store and process personal data please get in touch with the HR Team.
We’re here to give every young person facing cancer the best care and support.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
An exciting opportunity for a proactive communications professional to join our team.
We're looking for an ideas person, able work quickly and without assistance to source London, higher education and research content, and to deliver this to a wide range of audiences across different media, as well as to further develop our current campaigns, website reach and social media channels.
We're looking for someone who is happy networking, to help us discover further opportunities for us to get our work out there. Experience in dealing with media and members' communications teams is essential. Ultimately, the Head of Communications is there to ensure that London Higher is engaging with its key stakeholders regularly, positively and consistently.
About London Higher
We are the membership organisation for universities and higher education institutions across the capital. As the largest representative body of its kind in England, London Higher represents the full diversity of the capital’s higher vibrant education sector, from small, specialist conservatoires and research institutes to large, multi-faculty universities.
We have three divisions: London Higher, London AccessHE and London Healthcare & Medicine. Each division has its own membership.
London’s universities and higher education colleges are powerful engines of economic growth, collectively educating over 507,000 students, employing over 223,000 people across all sectors of the UK economy and generating over £27bn in economic impact.
At London Higher, we are the place where London’s higher education institutions come together to unleash the collective power of London’s higher education sector for the benefit of our capital and country.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you excited about seeing Christians in the UK and Ireland engage in world mission? Do you have a passion to equip and disciple others to serve God in short-term mission reaching out to East Asia?
As Lead Serve Asia Coordinator, you will be giving oversight to team developing and delivering high quality placements for Serve Asia, our short-term mission programme.
The Lead Serve Asia Coordinator will need experience of short-term cross-cultural mission, good administrative and interpersonal skills and a deep commitment to world mission and an ability to pass that passion on to others.
There is a Genuine Occupational Requirement for the job holder of this position to be a committed Christian. Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK.
To apply for this role, please send your CV and a supporting statement.
Please demonstrate in the supporting statement how you meet the criteria listed in the Person Specification, detailing your experience, skills/ abilities (giving examples where possible), which are relevant for this role.
Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK and able to provide proof of eligibility.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Senior Strategic Reputation Manager
Full Time/Fixed term contract for up to 6 months
Our offer to you
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work, providing a supportive culture with opportunities to grow and develop your career, achieve a healthy work life balance and to be recognised for the great work you do. You will receive:
- Competitive salary and pension scheme
- 33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) - increasing to 38 days over 5 years
- Hybrid, Flexible working
- Cycle to work scheme Electric Vehicle Scheme
- Health and Wellbeing portal – access to financial, health and wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounts – you will have access to Blue Light and NHS Discounts as well as discounts on mobile phones, gym membership, cinema tickets, restaurants, holidays and shopping
About Us
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team of over 1,500 employees and over 33,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through essential first aid services, training and campaigning. As a charity with rich heritage and a long history of serving humanity, we are proud of our past and excited about creating a healthier, safer, more resilient future.
St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, supporting and enabling them to access and receive physical and mental health first aid. We do this through developing and providing effective community response and outreach services (e.g. Ambulance response, Falls response, Night Time Economy and Homelessness outreach) and using our longstanding expertise to empower people with vital clinical skills and the confidence to use them (e.g. our Volunteers and Community Advocates, NHS Cadets and Young Responders programmes). There is also a buoyant social enterprise network which delivers first aid training and supplies medical consumables to businesses and consumers.
This is an exciting time of transformation with an opportunity to lead and mature the charity’s data maturity by leading a new data strategy.
Job Summary
St John Ambulance is recruiting an experienced communications professional who has a specialism in reputation management, for a six-month, full-time contract.
As Senior Reputation Manager you will play a key role in protecting and enhancing St John’s reputation, proactively identifying, managing and mitigating organisational reputational risk. Being a top-class stakeholder manager and a highly effective influencer, you'll be able to quickly build relationships across a large, complex organisation. You will manage and participate in on-call communications rota, write reactive statements and brief senior leaders on an appropriate course of action.
About You
You will be a senior PR specialist, with demonstrable experience of reputation management in a complex organisation or business. You’ll be happy to hit the ground running and confident working closely with senior internal stakeholders including the CEO.
About the Role
- Responsible for enhancing and protecting the charity’s reputation, advising on the best course of action, assessing risks and briefing senior leaders as appropriate.
- Manage and be part of the out of ours on-call rota, which manages any potential negative media coverage
- Creating proactive statements for any incidents that are arising.
Please see the job description for more detail (this can be viewed on our website or once you click apply)
If you are a current St John Ambulance employee, please apply here: Click here
For all other candidates, or St John Ambulance volunteers wishing to apply: please apply below
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive high volume of applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
St John Ambulance are committed to increasing the diversity of our team and making sure we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve.At St John, everyone is valued and supported to thrive, we have several networks including Multi Culture, Disability and Accessibility, Pride, Family and Carers and Women’s groups. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination and engender a sense of belonging for all, by creating an environment of mutual respect, where we value unique differences and demonstrate authentic allyship. We believe passionately in equality, diversity and inclusion.
'St John Ambulance is committed to safeguarding and we promote safe recruitment practice. Therefore, all successful applicants will undergo pre-employment checks, including DBS Clearance, as part of the onboarding process, if applicable to the nature of the role'.
Please note: St John does not accept speculative CVs and will only review CVs sent in application for an advertised vacancy.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
We’re an award-winning charity running local learning centres in the heart of the communities where the young people we support live. Our centres provide a high-impact education programme which includes practical learning support, pastoral care, and motivational and confidence-building activities for young people aged 7-18. Our aim is to enable students from the least advantaged neighbourhoods to realise their ambitions and achieve their wonderful potential.
As the UK’s leading university access organisation, our staff team is helping over 50,000 young people each year at its 43 learning centres and extension projects across England and Scotland, and we plan to scale-up our provision to 50 centres over the coming years.
We are looking for a high-calibre candidate to take up a fixed-term role as Centre Leader at our IntoUniversity centre in Kennington. You will have responsibility for running your IntoUniversity centre, including managing your team, planning and delivering the programme, liaising with external stakeholders and meeting IntoUniversity’s targets for delivery. A substantial element of this role is delivering our education programme to children and young people aged 7-18, so you will need to have a genuine passion and enthusiasm for working with young people, including leading a class of 30 from the front, working with small teams of children and providing one-to-one support.
Location: IntoUniversity Kennington
Contract: Full-time, fixed-term until June 2025
Applications close: 9am Monday 4th November 2024
Start date: January 2025
Salary
£38,100 per annum (inclusive of £2,600 London contribution)
Eligibility for the role
In order to be eligible for the Centre Leader role, applicants will:
- Have completed an undergraduate degree to a 2.2 or higher.
- Have achieved a grade C/ grade 4 or higher in GCSE Maths and English/ achieved National 5s or Standard Grade at Credit level (grades 1-2) in Maths and English (or equivalent).
- Have EITHER a minimum of 18 months full-time paid experience working in a delivery role at IntoUniversity; OR a minimum of 2 years full-time paid or voluntary experience working with children and young people, either at IntoUniversity, or external organisations, or a combination of both. Please note that we will not take part-time, seasonal or ad-hoc work into account when calculating the length of full-time experience.
- Have the right to work in the UK (please note that as a charity we do not have the capacity to sponsor work visas).
- Be able to apply knowledge of F.E. and H.E. (e.g. UCAS applications) to help young people decide about their futures; and have knowledge of national developments in H.E. and their impact on young people traditionally underrepresented in H.E.
- Have experience of confidently negotiating with a variety of stakeholders, for example: head teachers, funders, universities.
What will my main dutires be?
To lead the staff team at the centre, generating a positive and inclusive working environment and ethos and ensuring that the team are well motivated, are managing their workloads effectively, and are providing a high quality service.
You will initially be involved in the set up of this brand new centre, including developing local school relationships and we anticipate that delivery of the IntoUniversity programmes will begin in the 2024 summer term.
To ensure that the ethos and values of the charity are maintained in the IntoUniversity centre.
To act as the Centre’s Designated Safeguarding Officer (full training and support will be provided to become the Designated Safeguarding Officer). To create and oversee relationships with local education providers.
To oversee the successful delivery of our educational programme at the centre using positive behaviour management and adhering to the IntoUniversity safeguarding policy.
Please note: that there will be times throughout the year when you will be required to travel to London for meetings.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Mind BLMK works across our communities to support positive mental health and wellbeing. Working closely with a range of partners, we offer a number of activities from our wellbeing centres and local venues to make a difference to the mental health and wellbeing of people in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes, and our aim is to make sure that no-one has to face a mental health problem alone.
Peer Support Service Manager
Ref: 616
Salary: £27,500 per annum
Hours: 37.0 hours per week, Mon - Fri
Contract: Permanent
Working base: HQ, Flitwick
Area covered: Central Bedfordshire, Bedford and Milton Keynes.
Job Purpose
This role is an exciting opportunity to join, manage and support our Peer Support service which offers Peer Support group sessions in Central Bedfordshire, Bedford and Milton Keynes. This is a varied role where the post holder will be responsible for coordinating the day-to-day operations of the service and for the line management of Peer Support Coordinator, Peer Mentor Facilitator, Peer Support Workers and volunteers across BLMK.
The role will also involve the assessment and processing of new referrals and leading and supporting on more complex cases that may require intervention for suitability. The success candidate will work with the Lived Experience Operational Services Manager to ensure that the Peer Support service consistently provides quality support for service users and is managed effectively in line with KPI’s.
Key Responsibilities
- Operate a Peer Support service including peer support groups and mentoring across localities in Central Bedfordshire, Bedford Borough and Milton Keynes and ensure outcomes which supports individuals with mental health and wellbeing needs in line with Mind BLMK’s agreed Peer Support model and requirements as well as contract requirements.
- Carry out assessments on individuals’ suitability for Mind BLMK’s Peer Support service in line with the Access to Service procedure.
- Work with the Lived Experience Operational Services Manager to ensure regular involvement of service users, volunteers and staff on local service delivery, organisational matters and wider mental health strategies.
- Provide cover and support for Peer Support groups and mentor facilitator in line with service needs.
- Spend time regularly in each location, ensuring best practice is in place across all aspects of the service, from assessment & delivery to data input & reporting.
- Work with the Lived Experience Operational Services Manager to support a team who bring their Lived Experience of mental health to their roles, keeping an up to date understanding of working with and managing those with Lived Experience.
- Maintain an effective workforce for the service in line with Mind BLMK’s HR policies, procedures and guidance (recruitment, line management, workload planning, support and development of Peer Support Coordinator, Workers, Mentor Facilitator and volunteers).
- Provide the infrastructure Peer Support Workers need to deliver the support safely and confidently, including identifying and implementing opportunities for upskilling, progression and training.
Entitlements/benefits:
- 25 days (pro rata) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays (pro rata)
- Auto-enrolment NEST pension scheme (employer contributes 3%, employee contributes 5%)
- Optional Health Plan
- Discounts available through Blue Light Card & Tickets for Good
- In-house and external Learning and Development as appropriate for the role.
- Flexible Working On request (in line with Mind BLMK policy on Right to Request Flexible Working)
If you have a passion for working in mental health and possess the required skills, we would love to hear from you.
Closedown: Wednesday 23rd October 2024
Interview date: TBC
Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert early if enough suitable applicants apply
Start date: ASAP
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
Mind BLMK has been committed to the Mindful Employer charter and the Disability Confident Employer Scheme since 2008.
Please note: Mind BLMK follows Safer Recruitment practices and we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. Therefore all our roles are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
No agencies please.