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The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women is looking for an experienced and results-driven marketing professional with great know-how in marketing opportunities and managing agencies, and a commitment to women’s economic empowerment to join our team as Programme Marketing Manager for 12 months.
Please note, applications without a covering letter will not be considered. All applicants must have the full legal right to work in the UK as the Foundation does not offer sponsorship at this time.
General information
Start date: Mid to end of June dependent on notice period required
Contract: Temporary – 12 months
Hours: Part time: 21 hours per week, ideally over 4 or 5 days but 3 days considered.
Salary: £34,176 - £37,024 per annum (£20,506 - £22,214 pro rata)
About the role
Becoming the Programme Marketing Manager at the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women is a fantastic opportunity to help drive progress for women entrepreneurs in low and middle income countries by engaging more people in our work.
The key purpose of this role is to effectively market our programmes to participants – chiefly our HerVenture business skills microlearning app and our sector-leading Mentoring Women in Business programme.
This will span three main projects:
· to successfully manage a marketing agency to effectively market the HerVenture app to women in South Africa (as part of a fixed-term project with active marketing ongoing until Mar ‘25);
· to successfully manage the same marketing agency to promote the app in Nigeria (as part of a separate fixed-term project with active marketing ongoing until Dec ‘24); and
· to effectively promote the opportunity to become a mentor to a woman entrepreneur through our Mentoring Women in Business programme to paying professionals worldwide. Your objective will be to secure 18+ paid mentors for the Nov ’24 programme intake and 20+ for the May ’25 intake.
Following the completion of the two HerVenture marketing projects, you will also lead other programme marketing initiatives in 2025. These will be determined in late 2024.
Following the May ’25 Mentoring intake you will deliver a strategy, harnessing your learning and analysis to outline an approach for marketing the programme to paying mentors in future.
You will also be called on to support other forms of programme marketing on an ad hoc basis, for example advising on development of corporate pitch decks, or co-designing materials for fundraising events.
This position reports directly to the Head of Communications and Marketing, however this is a highly collaborative role and you will also work closely with the Entrepreneurship programmes team and the Programme Funding team to develop and deliver plans and manage projects.
Our ideal candidate will be a knowledgeable and motivated marketer with experience in ‘selling’ professional development / online volunteering opportunities, and in managing agencies and contractors to deliver on fixed projects as aligned to good marketing practices. You should be highly organised and goals-driven, with a collaborative approach, a growth-oriented mindset, and a strong desire to harness the power of marketing to support women’s economic empowerment.
We are open to applications from consultants.
For full information on this role, please download the job pack
What the Foundation can offer you
· A fantastic package of 28 days of annual leave (which includes three that must be taken during the festive break).
· An organisation that values you. As a smaller organisation, we value everyone’s individual perspective and voice and all team members are able to contribute to our strategic planning.
· Professional development, with career growth built into each staff member’s annual plan and a wide range of skills-building and learning opportunities provided. Each staff member has an annual £1,000 training budget.
· A positive, supportive and collaborative culture and leadership style. We encourage teamwork and open and honest communication, while maintaining a friendly and relaxed atmosphere where everyone can thrive.
· A focus on personal wellbeing and happiness, with regular team-building activities and line manager meetings that as well as your personal wellbeing.
About the Foundation
The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women exists to create a future where women everywhere enjoy equal economic opportunities so they can thrive. Together with partners around the world, we work with women in low and middle income countries so they can start, sustain and grow successful enterprises. We collaborate to create fairer business environments so women are not constrained by gendered barriers and can reach their potential on their terms.
Since 2008, our training and mentoring services have supported more than 250,000 women to build successful micro, small and medium enterprises in over 100 countries. By blending insights from research, strong partnerships and pioneering technology we open doors for women entrepreneurs to skills, confidence, networks, finance and markets. We press for change to stop millions of women being held back from having the choice and opportunity to thrive.
Our gender transformative approach means women can achieve their own economic objectives. They create a better future for themselves, their families, and their communities. They contribute to thriving, fair economies, and global economic justice.
To find out more about our work, you can read our latest annual report here, and read our 2023-2026 organisational strategy ‘Ready for Business’ here.
How to apply
To apply, please download the job pack and send us the following:
· Covering letter addressing relevant experience for the role (one A4 page maximum). When writing your cover letter, please refer to the job description, focussing on the essential and desirable criteria.
· Current CV (two A4 pages maximum).
All applicants should have the legal right to work in the UK prior to applying.
Please send your application by 11:59 BST, Tuesday 14 May.
First round interviews will be held on 22 and 23 May.
The Foundation is an equal opportunity employer and actively encourages candidates of all backgrounds to apply for this position. Please let us know if you have any access requirements that you would like us to be aware of during this process.
Due to the large number of applications we receive, please note that you will only be contacted should we wish to invite you to interview.
Thank you for your interest in the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women. We look forward to receiving your application.
We work with partners to eliminate barriers to entrepreneurship for women, enabling global economic gender justice.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Fundraising Manager
Location: Home or London office based, with travel to London and nationally when required
Job Type: Fixed-term,12 months (contract extension based on funding)
Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary range per annum: Band 2 (£44,482 - £47,626)
Closing date: 09:00 on Tuesday 30th April
Potential interview date: 8th May 2024
The opportunity
We are seeking an experienced fundraising Manager, with the drive and determination to manage all aspects of our fundraising function. STADA has multiple fundraising streams. You will be responsible for oversight and growth of voluntary and statutory funding income, trusts and foundations, corporates, the statutory sector (including government bodies) Starting from a strong foundation with multiple opportunities for growth, you will lead on the delivery of our ambitious, multi-year, multi-disciplinary fundraising strategy with an annual fundraising plan agreed with our Executive Leadership Team. This is an exciting opportunity to build and lead fundraising activities. The fundraising Manager will be responsible for creating and implementing an innovative fundraising strategy (in consultation with the Senior Leadership Team) which aligns with our organisational goals and values. Previous experience essential and proven experience is required.
About us
Standing Together was founded 25 years ago with the ambition to eradicate domestic abuse by transforming the way organisations and individuals think about, prevent, and respond to it.
We are a national charity bringing communities together to end domestic abuse. Standing Together pioneered the Coordinated Community Response (CCR) approach in the UK, a multi-agency partnership model for keeping survivors safe and holding abusers to account. We run the CCR Network and train CCR Leaders to enhance agency and partnership responses to domestic abuse; and overall continue our mission in bringing communities together to end domestic abuse.
Benefits:
- 25 annual leave days Holiday plus all English bank holidays
- 1 day's leave for religious / cultural observation
- Private Medical Insurance (post-probation)
- Generous Pension scheme
- Flexible working opportunities
- Training and development opportunities
Applicants must have the existing Right to Work in the UK
Applicants must be willing to obtain a Standard DBS check (paid for by Standing Together) or be signed up to the DBS Update Service.
Here at Standing Together, we do not discriminate in employment based on race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, national origin, marital status, medical history, parental status or genetic information. Standing Together is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination.
The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. We welcome and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and experiences.
For more information
Please also look at the job description and personal specification, which you can download from this page (on the righthand corner).
Interviews
Interviews will take place on 8th May 2024. We will email you if you’ve been successfully shortlisted to arrange an interview time.
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About the role:
Do you want to play a key role developing and delivering partnerships to support Peer Power Youth’s mission, which is “to enhance the lives of young people dealing with trauma and work with them to create positive change in services for others”? The young people we connect with at Peer Power Youth are at the heart of all we do, and we are looking for someone who shares our vision, passion and commitment to see a world where ALL young people can achieve their dreams and live their best life.
Experience – Proven track record of either corporate partnerships/CSR or major donor/philanthropy fundraising, or both. If you are a specialist at income generation in one area and would like to develop skills and experience in the other area, please do apply. You will be supported with training, mentoring and specialist contractor support to support your development.
You may be in a charity fundraiser role already, or from a different sector with transferable experience of business development or partnerships.
You will have autonomy in your role in a supportive and flexible environment, as well as having a collaborative team working with you, including the lead Co-CEO for income generation, youth engagement team managers, the Head of Communications & Marketing, a fundraising contractor (trusts and foundations) and two experienced lead Trustees for income generation and communications. See role description, person specification and application pack for more information.
Peer Power Youth has a successful track record of securing income from Trusts and Foundations and earned income through training sales, contracts and consultancy, which has enabled us to achieve individual impact for young people and tangible system change impact for thousands more children and young people.
Now is a great time to join Peer Power Youth. Last year we refreshed our brand and messaging, and we’ve started some of the groundwork needed to develop our Corporate and Major Donor income streams. We have great impact stories to share around the individual impact we have had, and the real tangible system change that has happened in youth mental health, social care and justice systems as a result of our work, that will go on to positively impact many thousands more young people! There is so much to engage potential corporate partners and donors with.
The successful candidate will have excellent commercial awareness, strong communication and inter-personal skills and a demonstrable track record in achieving income targets. A natural at developing and sustaining trusted relationships, you are excited by developing our approach, generating new brand and corporate partnerships, with creative ideas that link to our charity mission and brand.
Benefits & Culture Package
- Wellbeing and Team focussed culture, with events, socials and ‘away days’ in work time
- Diverse and Inclusive Workplace with Shared Decision Making processes eg policies, strategy, new projects and events etc
- London Fivefields office ‘perks’ – social offer across building, lunch and learns, free fruit, breakfast bar, hot drinks, etc
- A working environment that enables flexible working arrangements (hours, days, location), providing the needs of the organisation are met, including:
- A 35 hour working week (at full time) / Condensed hours/reduced working week / Hybrid working offer for relevant roles
- A generous holiday entitlement of: 25 days holiday + bank holidays + 3 discretionary days between Christmas and New Year + 2 personal days for well-being (at FTE)
- Opportunities for career progression including sabbatical leave, individual training budgets, e-learning platform, structured talent progression, reflective supervision, and appraisal.
- Generous and flexible maternity, paternity and shared leave arrangements.
- Employee Assistance Programme (counselling, advice, legal line etc)
- An 8% pension with NEST (3% employer contribution and 5% employee contribution).
Flexibility, Travel and Workspace - We know that both flexibility, relationship development and the time to really understand our work and impact is vitally important in this role. You will need to travel around London and South East for partnership meetings, team meetings and events to build relationships to generate income and support for the charity. We support a flexible approach to the times you work and where from, providing the needs of the role are met.
You can either base yourself from your home (ideally London/South east or nearby due to the nature of the role) or from our lovely new office at Fivefields, right by Victoria station or from a workspace in Worthing or Brighton.
Equal Opportunities: We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, especially those who are underrepresented in charities. We aim to be representative of the community we are working with. We encourage applications from people of colour, those who identify as LGBTQIA, working class as well as differently abled people, those living with mental health conditions, refugees and migrants. We welcome people from all identities who are made to feel marginalised.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About the Ri
The Royal Institution (Ri) is an independent charity which has been connecting people with science for over 200 years. Founded in 1799 through the wonderful generosity of 58 patrons, to this day we remain based in our original, magnificent, Georgian home in central London. Thanks to the support of those early philanthropists, the Ri has inspired generations of scientists over the years whose discoveries have helped shape our modern world.
The Ri has a clear vision that ‘Science is for Everyone’ and it is our belief that everyone should have equitable access to science. Through our packed event programme available in person or online, our UK schools outreach and social impact initiatives, and our global digital reach including almost 1.5m YouTube subscribers we achieve our mission by connecting people with scientists to explore science together.
We are looking for an experienced fundraiser to join our Fundraising Team and support the Head of Fundraising in maximising income to meet and exceed financial targets. You will maximise supporter engagement and income across all funding streams, especially individual giving, patrons, major donors and legacies with some support to Trusts & Foundations and Corporate Partnerships.
You will collaborate across the Ri to develop innovative and compelling proposals, delivering excellent account management and stewardship to existing donors, and identifying, researching and engaging new prospects.
About You
A compelling and engaging communicator, who is adept at managing a portfolio of donors at different stages – from prospecting and cultivation through to ask, stewardship and retention, you will be able to work at all levels of the organisation to cultivate and develop the relationships that will enable the Ri to achieve our strategy.
Do you have:
· Substantial demonstrable experience working in a fundraising position in the cultural or similar sector,
· Experience in preparing fundraising proposals, demonstrating fundraising success
· Experience of building excellent relationships and networks both internally and externally
· Experience of managing relationships with donors
· Demonstrable experience of maximising opportunities from researching prospects to generating meetings, and securing income
If so, we would love to hear from you!
Please review the JD and Person Spec below, and click 'Apply Now' to attach your CV. Please also submit a supporting statement (no more than 500 words explaining why you are interested in the role and how you meet the criteria as set out in the person spec.)
Closing date: 9.00am on Monday 23 April.
We plan to interview w/c 30 April however, we may interview as applications come in and may close the application process early if we have a strong field of applicants.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Department: Corporate Services
Initial term: Fixed Term Contract (three months with possible extension), Full time, flexible working
Salary: £40,000 + generous benefits
Location: London (Victoria) – (hybrid working with one to three days in the office each week)
Closing date: 12 noon, 23 April 2024
Interviews: w/c 29 April 2024
NHS Providers is the membership organisation for the NHS hospital, mental health, community and ambulance services that treat patients and service users in the NHS. We help those NHS foundation trusts and trusts to deliver high-quality, patient-focused care by enabling them to learn from each other, acting as their public voice and helping shape the system in which they operate.
NHS Providers has all trusts in England in voluntary membership, collectively accounting for £115bn of annual expenditure and employing 1.4 million people.
The role will cover a spectrum of activities across the various HR systems and associated platforms including the new PeopleHR, payroll/pension, and absence systems. The key responsibilities of the role will be to support the implementing, maintenance, configuration, testing and launching the new system including end-user training, and management reporting requirements. The role will also coordinate the downloading of HR data into the new system, and function as the main point of contact for all PeopleHR software/ systems queries from all users.
NHS Providers is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported and welcomes applications regardless of sex, gender identity, race, age, sexuality, beliefs, or disability. To be successful in this role you will need to be personally committed to being anti-racist and support our broader diversity work across all protected characteristics.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
Volunteer Manager - £29,000 per annum plus LW (pro-rata)
6-month fixed term contract (continuing subject to funding)
**Please note that applications submitted without a Covering Letter will not be considered**
Here at One Million Mentors, our aim is to ensure that every young person in the country has access to a trained mentor as they transition into adulthood. We believe that investing in mentors will help to address the skills gap agenda and improve social cohesion.
Would you like:
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The opportunity to be part of a dynamic, values-driven organisation working to achieve lasting social change?
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A unique opportunity to work across the business, public and third sector to develop innovative ways of harnessing the potential of young people in Great Britain?
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An exciting opportunity to shape a startup organisation?
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Monthly Learning and Development training sessions for the whole team to enhance your personal development?
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15 hours per year volunteering allowance?
If so, this is the role for YOU!
The Volunteer Manager (VM) is responsible for overseeing high-quality sourcing of volunteers to join as 1MM Mentors across the regions, which includes partnership development, online site listing, and matching mentors/mentees, general oversight of mentoring relationships in different programmes, implementation of safeguarding measures, fundraising, meeting growth targets and leading all aspects of mentor management. The role will help to establish a pipeline across the regions, with 5000 new mentors for 2024. This role reports to the Chief Commercial Officer (CCO).
1MM VM’s main tasks include:
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Helping 1MM to scale by sourcing sufficient volunteer mentors who go on to become confirmed matches for high quality mentoring relationships.
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Ensuring mentors coming online have completed the platform mentor training within 1 month, and that this conversion results in sufficient and timely readiness of mentors to meet the needs of programmes with one month’s lead time.
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Providing ongoing support to 1MM’’s Volunteer Providers (eg employer partners), maintaining strong relationships.
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Securing one corporate sponsor per quarter.
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Becoming familiar with the 1MM Platform, using it comfortably for ongoing administration and providing support to mentors.
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Providing a weekly update on various aspects of mentor recruitment, including expected supply, actual registration, and confirmed matching. Share lessons learned on volunteer conversion and matching with the wider team.
For a more detailed job description, please see the job pack attached.
Terms and Conditions:
This is a full time role offered in London, for 6 months (continuing subject to funding). This is a hybrid role with two days working at home, two days in the London office, and one day where it is up to you.
Remuneration and benefits: Salary bracket of £29,000 per annum plus London Weighting (pro rata), up to 6.5% employer pension contribution and 25 days holiday per year (pro rata).. We also offer monthly team Learning and Development training sessions, and 15 hours volunteering allowance per year.
Details on how to apply are attached as “Application Guidelines”
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We are recruiting for a Programme Manager on a 6-month fixed term contract to provide programme management leadership on all transformation activities at Woodgreen.
Reporting into the Director of Corporate Services you will work closely with colleagues across the organisation, but especially those tasked with implementing programmes and projects within Woodgreen. You will also have regular contact with the Executive Team and Trustees.
The main purpose of this role is to oversee the delivery of various projects within Woodgreen’s specific programmes of work, ensuring that our established project and programme management processes are followed, including continually reviewing those processes for effectiveness.
You will:
- Provide programme management support to ensure the successful delivery of the various projects within the programme on time, to budget and of the right quality to realise benefits that align with the programme and project sponsor’s expectations.
- Develop and implement a bespoke approach to programme management based on best practice and the requirements of Woodgreen.
- Monitor and report on programme progress to the senior leadership team and trustees through all stages of delivery.
- Provide support to project managers in carrying out their duties ensuring best practice.
- Ensure that Woodgreen’s approach to project management is continually reviewed and updated for effectiveness.
- Consider the organisational change implications of programmes of work, ensuring that these are taken into account in programme design and delivery.
The successful applicant will have extensive relevant experience and be highly skilled in successfully managing projects, programmes and other change initiatives. They will ideally hold a relevant qualification such as MSP practitioner, PRINCE2 practitioner, and/or Agile practitioner.
The role will be based at our site in Godmanchester with the opportunity to work from home on a regular basis.
The salary for this role is circa £61,800 pro rata per annum. This will be complemented by;
- 38 days annual leave entitlement (inclusive of bank holidays) which will increase with length of service to a maximum of 40 days
- Up to 8% employer pension contributions (based on employee contribution level)
- Support towards healthcare costs (cashplan) and wellbeing
- Free access to Headspace
- Life assurance scheme (4 x salary)
To be considered, please upload a copy of your CV, along with a supporting statement.
This vacancy may close earlier should we receive high volumes of applications and interviews may commence prior to the closing date.
Woodgreen is committed to safeguarding children and adults at risk and protecting anyone that comes into contact with us from harm. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Partnerships and Income Operations Manager
Career Ready is a national social mobility charity that gives young people across the UK the opportunity to have a rewarding career and future. Our programmes are delivered in partnership with thousands of amazing volunteers from companies across the UK, who provide insights, mentoring and experiences of the workplace to our young people, as well as life-changing paid summer internships.
We believe that every young person should have the skills, confidence and opportunity to enjoy a rewarding future. That’s why we work across the UK to connect underrepresented young people with the world of work, unlocking their potential and levelling the playing field. Join us in achieving this.
Role purpose:
The Partnerships & Income Operations Manager plays a multifaceted role encompassing driving pipeline prospecting efforts, managing certain impact reporting initiatives, and nurturing corporate partnerships. This pivotal role serves as a primary point of contact for coordinating various aspects of partnership development, impact reporting, and fundraising activities.
Main responsibilities and accountabilities:
Corporate Partnerships:
· Lead a portfolio of lower to mid-value corporate donors, cultivating relationships and maximising engagement aligned with organisational objectives.
· Balance support between existing partnership management and developing new business opportunities, including mid to higher value partnerships.
Pipeline Prospecting:
· Lead the identification and cultivation of prospective corporate donors, both new and potential.
· Utilise relationship management expertise and networking acumen to proactively identify opportunities for engagement in alignment with our balanced scorecard objectives.
· Act as a primary point of contact for inbound and outbound leads, collaborating with the Communications Team on outreach campaigns to drive lead generation and partnership engagement.
· Ensure a seamless experience for prospects entering the organisation, guiding them through the employer customer journey.
· Support the engagement of targeted employers in key sectors and regions, collaborating with income generation colleagues to develop mid to higher value prospects.
· Support the development of bids and pitches, connecting colleagues into their contributions across those efforts.
Engagement Tracking:
· Develop and maintain an Excel document to meticulously track engagement levels and interaction points with stakeholders.
· Coordinate the launch and delivery of quarterly board breakfasts, led by our board members; Manage logistics and invitations for board breakfasts to ensure successful networking opportunities.
· Facilitate a minimum of 10 executive meetings from our existing corporate partner portfolio per quarter with our CEO
· Coordinate the launch and delivery of quarterly sector-specific breakfasts to engage key individuals from existing partners; Coordinate with hosting partners and relevant attendees to ensure successful networking events.
Impact Reporting:
· Coordinate, own, and update the employer impact reporting calendar for Partnerships and Income, ensuring proactive management of reporting deadlines and deliverables.
· Serve as the templated annual review impact report document owner, ensuring colleagues are familiar with its usage and providing necessary guidance.
· Maintain and update the fundraising FAQs document, acting as the point of contact for the team regarding any new questions and ensuring incorporation of new queries into the document.
Additional Duties:
· Collaborate with colleagues to gather necessary information for impact reporting and fundraising FAQs, coordinating with experts as needed.
· Assist in the development and updating of key information packs and documents related to impact reporting and fundraising.
· Act as a resource for the team, providing guidance and support on impact reporting and fundraising-related inquiries.
· Collaborate with colleagues on specific priority projects contributing to partnership success, such as establishing and growing senior networks with partners and spotlighting partners across channels.
· Secure partner events to maximise engagement opportunities and demonstrate the impact of our work.
· Strengthen external relationships by proactively seeking networking opportunities and identifying speaking engagements.
· Support the team in the funder contracts and payments cycle.
Stakeholders:
Internal stakeholders include Impact Team, Salesforce, Data, and Digital Team, Finance Team, Communications and Marketing Team, Programme Leads, and colleagues in the Partnerships and Income Team.
External stakeholders include existing corporate partners and volunteers.
Our Values
Our organisational values underpin how we work and are at the core of everything we do. Career Ready’s values are: Trust, Bravery, Collaboration, Empowerment and Inclusion.
Person specification:
Experience required:
· Demonstrated experience in managing employer accounts and generating income.
· Proficiency in impact reporting coordination and management.
· Strong project management skills, including document ownership and development.
Knowledge, skills and behaviours:
· Attention to detail and excellent communication and organisation skills.
· Ability to interpret and utilise data effectively.
· Demonstrated expertise in income generation, business development, and account management.
· Networking and influencing skills, along with strong stakeholder management capability.
· Understanding and interest in social, political, and economic issues related to Career Ready’s mission.
· Commitment to demonstrating Career Ready's values
· Advanced skills in MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.
Benefits
You will be rewarded with the following benefits:
· 6% contribution to personal pension plan, subject to 3% employee contribution
· Annual leave: 25 days per annum plus bank/public holidays. The charity is also closed between Christmas and New Year and there are an additional 2 days of leave available in August. Career Ready also allows flexible use of 7 Bank & Public Holidays
· Interest-free season ticket or bicycle purchase loans (or Cycle To Work Scheme).
· Access to both our Reward Gateway Portal and an Employee Assistance Programme
· Flexible working
We regret that Career Ready is unable to offer visa sponsorship and candidates must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK.
Closing date: 30th March.
Contract: This is a fixed term opportunity for 12 months.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
We have fantastic opportunity available for a Community Fundraiser to join our rewarding and growing team! This is an exciting home-based role which would suit someone looking to build and develop their fundraising experience or broaden their sector experience in a major national charity.
This role will have a strong focus on working with acquiring new support from our corporate and group/association partnerships in Bath & Wiltshire. The successful candidate will be able to deliver first class account management, as well as driving new business income (from prospecting through to pitch development and delivery).
You will join our Regional Engagement team to help deliver the regional budget. Success in your role will enable our colleagues to campaign for change, fund research to find a cure and support people living with dementia today.
Our team have a wealth of experience and skills to support you. In our team, help will always be there and being a team-player is essential. Recruiting, managing and appreciating the value of our supporters and volunteers is essential. You need to inspire and motivate them to develop lifelong support.
Being based in Bath or Wiltshire is not a requirement but occasional travel to/within the patch will be expected. We can offer flexibility on working pattern/days worked.
About you
- Experience in working within a Fundraising sector, particularly corporate acquisition/pipelining or community fundraising would be advantageous.
- Be a self-starter and can work within a fast-paced, creative, and diverse environment.
- Demonstrate your resourceful and inspirational nature, giving our supporters the best possible experience when raising incredible sums.
- Experience in conducting presentations to businesses and various groups (desirable)
About Alzheimer's Society
At Alzheimer's Society, we believe passionately that life doesn't end when dementia begins. We are here for anyone affected by dementia, and we do everything we can to keep people with dementia connected to their lives and the people who matter most.
Everything we do is shaped by people affected by dementia. Their knowledge and experience are critical to bringing about real-world solutions. From choosing the most promising research through to telling their stories to raise awareness; they are the heart of this organisation.
Our Values
We are Determined to make a difference when and where it matters most, by being passionate, focussed and making a lasting impact for people affected by dementia.
Every one of us is a Trusted expert, listening, learning and using evidence and experience. We are Better together by being open, combining our strengths, helping us to achieve more together. We are Compassionate, we are kind and honest, and we don’t shy away from challenges.
Through our values we will make the greatest difference for people affected by dementia.
Equal Opportunities
We want everyone we work with, as a colleague, volunteer, supporter, or someone we support, to feel included and that they belong at Alzheimer's Society.
We are committed to building a diverse organisation that represents the communities we serve and ensuring inclusion in everything we do. During your recruitment process we want to make sure that you bring your whole self and be at your best.
Office Coordinator (Maternity Cover)
The Office Coordinator position is responsible for the general day-to-day operations of the London, UK office. Due to the nature of this position, work must generally be performed within a 30 hours / week timeframe (M-Fri). This role is an in-office role.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following, with other duties upon request:
· General administration as required: call handling and forwarding, front door access controls, post management, post requests, staff access, etc.
· Support of facilities management: oversight of cleaning and maintenance contractors, management of office supplies and procurement, equipment maintenance requests, liaison with building management.
· Facilitating work from home set-ups and procurement and coordinating distribution to personnel as requested.
· Facilitating new starter set-up in collaboration with P&C (HR) & IT inclusive of onboarding, office orientation, etc.
· Responsible for ensuring a clean, safe, tidy, and professional office environment at all times.
· Ensuring the office is health and safety compliant and maintain a knowledge of UK regulations for workplace management.
· Manage any office security systems and accounts, fire drills, fire equipment maintenance, or required inspections. Maintain the fire safety equipment and ensure fire extinguishers are services and smoke alarms / detectors are functioning – conduct fire safety awareness training upon request.
· Manage corporate relationships and partnerships such as shipping vendors, office accounts, and more.
· Ensure the payment of facilities invoices within payment deadlines, including invoice tracking and coding.
· Manage and maintain key office supplies (including pantry supplies, office materials, first aid supplies, etc.). Inventory and maintenance of the storage unit.
· Manage the office access controls / visitor protocols of the office space and coordinate security enhancements / improvements upon request.
· Provides administrative support to the Grant, Contracts & Compliance Department in the coordination of contracts received to and shipped from the London office.
· Supporting staff in the office with questions, inquiries, and support needs.
· In all duties, uphold Internews’ Core Values and demonstrate commitment to fostering a culture of Belonging, Dignity, and Justice.
ADDITIONAL AD-HOC RESPONSIBILITIES upon request may include:
· Coordinates office wide events and meetings including staff meetings, holiday events and special visitor events.
· Other corporate (ad-hoc) special projects as required.
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
· Previous or current office administration experience.
· Ability to work in-person from the London-office 4 days a week.
· Demonstrable experience dealing with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders at varying levels of seniority and public profile.
· Ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels, and build collaborative working relationships.
· Ability to work effectively under pressure and demonstrate a calm, confident and flexible approach to work.
· Proficient use of Microsoft Windows environment and MS Office applications including MS Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams and Explorer.
· Organized, logical, detail oriented.
· Relevant higher academic qualification/s or equivalent professional experience.
· Fluent spoken and written English
PHYSICAL DEMANDS and WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met or may be encountered by an employee performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable adjustments may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Expected office hours are generally Monday through Friday from 09:00am to 5:30pm.
Vacancy Timeframe:
Deadline for applications: 11 May 2024. Applications will be reviewed as and when they arrive.
The above noted job description is not intended to describe, in detail, the multitude of tasks that may be assigned but rather to give the associate a general sense of the responsibilities and expectations of their position. As the nature of business demands change so, too, may the essential functions of this position.
This position will be located in the UK, therefore the successful candidate will need to both be present in the UK throughout the duration of their assignment and be able to demonstrate their Right to Work in the UK prior to the role start date.
Finance Business Partner – Fundraising & CAA
Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of people with learning disabilities?
We are looking for a talented and motivated Finance professional to fulfil a key Finance Business Partner role supporting the Fundraising and Communications, Advocacy, and Activism (CAA) directorates at Mencap. This role will help deliver high quality insight and financial management which informs decision-making and helps to ensure maximum impact from our fundraising income.
As the Finance Business Partner for Fundraising and CAA you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the efficient utilisation of financial resources to maximise fundraising returns and ensure efficient spend which is aligned to strategic objectives. NB. This is a full time 12-month FTC position.
There is flexibility around where the role is based. We have large offices in London and Peterborough and smaller offices located throughout the UK and you may need occasional travel to for meetings. However, this role will primarily be working remotely.
Key Responsibilities:
· Prepare timely, accurate, and insightful management reporting for the directorates, facilitating informed decision-making and effective financial management.
· Support Finance Lead to provide a comprehensive Finance Business Partnering service to business areas.
· Support financial planning processes and provide analysis, guidance and challenge to ensure the development of robust and credible plans.
· Identify risks and opportunities related to fundraising financial performance, providing strategic guidance to mitigate risks and maximize opportunities effectively.
· Ensure correct accounting and reporting of Restricted Funds, ensuring they are spent as intended and support on reporting to external funders where required.
· Ensure financial compliance with technical and regulatory requirements, including gift aid and Charity Commission guidance.
What You Will Bring:
· A commitment to improving the lives of people with learning disabilities.
· Strong analytical abilities, attention to detail, and ability to communicate financial information effectively.
· Self-motivation and a desire to make an impact.
· Excellent collaboration skills, with the ability to build relationships across Finance and non-Finance areas.
Your Experience:
Essential:
· Worked in a Finance department providing Management accounting, business partnering or forecasting/budgeting support.
· Strong Excel skills.
· Excellent interpersonal, presentation and communication skills.
· Experience of working in a fast-paced environment, providing accurate and timely information.
Highly Desirable:
· Finance Business Partnering and/or Financial Planning experience. Ideally in a Fundraising or income-generating unit.
· Working towards ACMA / ACCA / ACA qualification, or suitable experience.
· Knowledge of charity finance regulations and fundraising practices.
Benefits
As well as knowing that what we do is making a positive difference to people’s lives, you will receive fair pay and have access to a wide range of rewards and benefits as one of our employees.
· 32 days holiday (including bank holidays) increasing to 35 days with long service plus the ability to buy up to another 10 days via our HolidayPlus scheme
· Service related sick pay when 6 month probation is completed
· Eligibility to join Mencap Pension Plan where Mencap matches contributions up to 5% on a salary sacrifice basis meaning NI savings. If you don’t join the Plan you start, you will be auto-enrolled after three months with us.
· Membership of Mencap Pension Plan to include up to 3 times salary death in service live cover AND Income Protection of 50% salary to be triggered at 26 weeks of long term sickness
· Loans for debt consolidation, bikes, computers and phones when you have been with us for 6 months
· Interest free season ticket loans
· Discounts and cashback from 3% to 30% at high street shops including major super markets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via Mencap Extras
· Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc.
· Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
· Quarterly award scheme and recognition at every 5 years through our YouRock program
· Access to award winning training and development
*T&C's apply based on contract
About Mencap
We work in partnership with people with a learning disability, and all our services support people to live life as they choose. Everyone wants a purposeful job - to do something meaningful. At Mencap, we can give you that. You will have opportunities to develop as a person, colleague, leader and activist. We want to make you feel inspired to reach your potential.
Our work includes;
· providing high-quality, flexible services that allow people to live as independently as possible in a place they choose
· providing advice through our help lines and web sites
· campaigning for the changes that people with a learning disability want
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The development and growth of Men’s Sheds is made possible through a network of volunteers and partnerships across the UK.
These roles will develop new Sheds across the East Midlands and North of England., coordinate and manage partnerships with other organisations and charities to support the growth and development of the movement. This role has the focus to support the growth of new and development of new Men’s Sheds, enhancing our reach and the reach of Sheds. Our partnerships underpin the development programmes for the charity.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Are you a confident communicator with a knack for telling stories?
Does talking to young people about their future ambitions excite you?
And do you enjoy working as part of a team?
Young Start distributes money from dormant accounts on behalf of the Scottish Government to projects that are run for and by young people aged eight to 25. Since 2012, it has distributed over £60 million to thousands of projects across Scotland.
You will be part of the Communications and Engagement team responsible for telling the story of our Young Start funding in Scotland to a variety of audiences.
You will also provide communications support and advice to a recently established Young Start development team tasked with ensuring that children and young people are better engaged with and centred in the work of the Young Start funding programme.
Responsibilities include:
•Leading on all regular announcements of Young Start funding to the media and stakeholders
•Interviewing young people behind the projects to produce content for media features, case studies and online social media channels
•Supporting our funding teams to deliver Young Start customer communications
•Managing the yearly production of the Young Start Annual Report, at the request of the Scottish Government.
•Supporting the Young Start team to deliver its work putting young people front and centre of the Young Start programme.
About you
You will be comfortable speaking to children and young people about the impact that the funding is making in their lives and telling their stories with duty of care and a creative and engaging approach.
You will be collaborative in nature and enjoy working proactively and in partnership with colleagues across the fund. An open, supportive and flexible team working approach is necessary.
You will be adept at managing a busy and varied workload.
There can be occasional weekend and evening working to suit the needs of young people, but most of our work takes place on weekdays in normal working hours.
Interview Date: W/C 3rd June, On site with competency questions and an on the day pre-interview task. Will confirm details to the First stage interview candidates.
Location: This role is based in our Glasgow office, however we have a flexible, hybrid approach to working. Should you have a question on work pattern, please ask.
On application, please align your supporting statement to the criteria below:
Essential:
1)Strong writing skills and ability to adapt your writing for different audiences
2) An understanding of Scotland’s media landscape
3) Experience of producing and repurposing content for a variety of platforms such as press releases and social media channels
4) Experience of building rapport with journalists and/or other stakeholders
Desirable:
1)Ability to manage a busy and diverse workload
2)Experience of selling in stories to the media
3) Knowledge of the community and voluntary sector, particularly with regard to young people
4) Experience of sharing skills, knowledge and creative ideas as part of a team.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Communities in the UK come in all shapes and sizes. National Lottery funding is for everyone – therefore, we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and we work hard to ensure our funding reaches where it is needed.
We also believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. That’s why The National Lottery Community Fund is committed to being an inclusive employer and a great place to work. We recognise and celebrate the fact that our people come from diverse backgrounds. We positively welcome applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities or longstanding health conditions, people who are LGBTQ+, and people from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as well as people of all ages.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we take a proactive approach in making reasonable adjustments, if needed, throughout the recruitment process and during employment. (This can be related to a physical and mental health condition.)
We are looking for a collaborative and engaging lead to work in our Business and Investor Engagement (B&IE) team to grow and build relationships with the UK food sector. This role will oversee the charity’s engagement with the business community, with a particular focus on the Out of Home and manufacturing sectors. This involves having strategic oversight of and managing relationships with businesses across the UK food system and positioning ourselves as insight-led critical friends.
The B&IE team engages major food businesses on actions they can take to shift the UK towards more healthy and sustainable diets in order to tackle food system issues such as climate change, nature loss, diet related disease and dietary inequalities. We provide insight and analysis underpinned by our Plating Up Progress benchmark to support and hold businesses to account in increasing sales of healthier and more sustainable foods and in shifting towards more responsible business practices.
The business engagement lead will work closely with the Senior Business and Investor engagement manager to build and develop relationships with the Out of Home and manufacturing sectors, oversee the Food Foundation’s role in an exciting new partnership with a major broadcaster in support of more plant rich diets, oversee the delivery of our flagship report – The State of the Nation’s Food Industry (SOFI) - and collaborate with civil society partners also working in this space. Previous line management experience is desirable but not essential.
This role would be well suited to a registered nutritionist or sustainable food systems expert with experience of working in or with industry and looking to make the move into the charity sector.
For further information please visit our website to view the full job pack.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We care about our staff and our volunteers.
The logistics and communications officer role is to support the whole staff team, volunteers and the stakeholders of Let’s Grow Preston. We are looking for a flexible, competent and creative person to join our dynamic team. The role is predominantly administrative, but there will be days when the role will require you to collect food for distribution, load and unload the van with trolleys and plants for an event, or just to drop off at another community hub.
A full clean driving licence is essential to enable the post holder to drive the charity’s van.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
1. To assist and communicate with the support of Let's Grow Preston's existing network of community groups across the PR postcode area and support regular network meetings.
2. To assist and communicate with the support of Let's Grow Preston's existing network of contacts within the charity, public and private sectors; including local schools.
3. To support the work of the staff to ensure that all communications are delivered in a professional and friendly style.
4. To ensure that all volunteers have access to and understand the volunteer handbook and that any amendments in policy are alerted to the volunteers and staff in a timely fashion.
5. To oversee the calendars of Let’s Grow Preston, to help to coordinate the volunteering sessions and the van to ensure that there are appropriate staff to cover volunteering sessions and that there are adequate resources such as the van, gazebos are available, drivers forms completed and filed etc.
6. To assist the Chief Executive and staff to establish robust methods of evaluating the work of Lets Grow Preston against project indicators.
7. To deliver and co-ordinate workshops, evaluation and feedback, reviewing activity and making recommendations for revised activity, or new opportunities.
8. To promote the work of Lets Grow Preston and support, coordinate and communicate on the delivery of key events in the organisations calendar e.g. Spring Fair, Christmas Fair etc.
9. To develop and implement robust health and safety procedures and working practices including keeping of relevant records.
10. To keep accurate records of equipment provided, activities undertaken, location of activities and number of participants.
11. To support the Chief Executive and Volunteer Co-ordinator in ways in which local businesses can be involved and linked with LGP to promote corporate involvement and support going forward.
12. To produce regular LGP newsletters and update LGP's website and social media accounts such as Facebook, Instagram and X.
13. To help keep all of the LGP sites clean and tidy including the office spaces and other buildings.
14. To uphold and demonstrate the spirit and core values of Let’s Grow Preston
15. Any other duties commensurate with the post.
- Min 5 GCSE at Grade A_C or equivelent and above inclusing Maths and English
- Keen interest in horticulture
- Experience of dealing with general public
- High level of IT competency
- Attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills, time managament
- An interest in creativity and art
- Commitment to our work and our core values
- Ability to be able to work on your own in a community garden or building as well as working as a team
- Ability to remain calm, use tact and diplomacy, and instigate solutions resulting in positive action/change
Improve and maintain green spaces and physical and mental wellbeing through social therapy in horticulture
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.