Contract Communications Officer Jobs
Circa £50,000 per annum
Fixed term (12 months – Parental Leave Cover)
Part home/Part office (London) based
UNICEF ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.
This is a great opportunity to join the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) as a Senior Project Manager (Marketing Portfolio).
The Senior Project Manager (Marketing Portfolio) will work across all parts of the organisation to provide specialist change management services, ensuring key strategic projects, campaigns and programmes of work implement and embed change successfully.
We are seeking an individual with experience in planning and implementing change management strategies, portfolio management in a marketing delivery or a relevant setting, and stakeholder management. To succeed in this role, you should have knowledge and practical experience in project management methodologies (such as Waterfall and Agile) and change management strategy. Additionally, strong communication skills, experience in marketing delivery, and the ability to lead collaboration through facilitating workshops are essential.
Act now and visit the website via the apply button to apply online.
Closing date: 5pm, Monday 17 June 2024.
Interview date: Week commencing 8 July 2024.
In return, we offer:
· excellent pay and benefits (including flexible working, generous annual leave and pension, big brand discounts and wellbeing tools)
· outstanding training and learning opportunities and the support to flourish in your role
· impressive open plan office space and facilities on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
· an open culture and workplace with colleagues who share our values, enjoy their work and are motivated to do their utmost for children.
· the opportunity to work in a leading children’s organisation making a difference to children around the world
Our application process: We use a system called "Applied" that anonymises your responses and focuses on your actual skills that are relevant to this role. This benefits you by giving you a greater chance of expressing your skills in this objective selection process.
We anticipate most colleagues will work one or two days a week in the office on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, East London and the rest of the time from home. We will happily discuss other flexible options to suit your circumstances.
We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, disabled candidates, and from men, because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at this level at UNICEF UK. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for children.
UNICEF UK promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
We welcome a conversation about your flexible working requirements, personal growth, and promoting a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.
The successful candidate will be required to apply for a criminal records check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the role and the circumstances of your offences.
We only accept online applications as this saves us money, making more funds available for us to help ensure children’s rights.
If you require support in completing the online form or an application form in an alternative format, please contact the Supporter Care line during office hours.
If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note that we only provide feedback to shortlisted candidates.
Registered Charity Nos. 1072612 (England and Wales) SC043677 (Scotland)
Are you passionate about providing a future for Scotland's wildlife? Do you have a clear understanding of the challenges facing our marine, upland, farmland and wetland wildlife? Are you a team player who wants to have wider impact?
If so, we have a fantastic opportunity for you to conserve species and habitats across the islands of Orkney by joining our Orkney team as our Senior Conservation Officer.
Senior Conservation Officer
Reference: FEB20245766
Location: RSPB Scotland – Orkney, Stromness KW16
Salary: £38,389.00 - £41,212.00 Per Annum
Duration: 6 months (with the possibility of extension)
Hours: Full-Time
Benefits: Pension Scheme, Life Assurance Scheme, 26 days' Annual Leave
About the Role
In your role you will be responsible for developing, delivering and overseeing RSPB’s wider countryside conservation work and managing associated staff on the islands to ensure conservation of the many species and habitats of international importance and so ensure delivery of relevant outcomes of RSPB’s Saving Nature Strategy across Orkney. The role will lead, manage and develop the conservation team in the area, helping to deliver a work programme focused on our priority landscapes including some of Scotland’s rarest and most iconic species and habitats.
This will be achieved by using detailed knowledge and experience of the appropriate conservation toolkit to ensure we achieve our objectives. This may include site safeguard casework, species recovery work, land management advice, overseeing conservation projects and engagement in land use and marine policy.
This post will have a key role in instigating and managing programmes and projects across the Area and in association with RSPB colleagues. This includes those led by RSPB in the local area such as Species on the Edge and those where delivery is achieved across wider partnerships. You will be proactive with other island stakeholders to deliver ambitious targets for key marine, upland, wetland, peatland & farmland species and habitats. The position will have an important external role, building positive relationships with key partners and stakeholders so that RSPB’s policies and messages are understood and furthered within relevant partnerships and fora. As the conservation leader within the area team, you will contribute expertise to the Area management structures, monitoring and reporting on the work plan and development of new work plans and/or project ideas. You will also be expected to contribute expertise and experience to RSPB’s policy and advocacy work and contribute to the delivery of our funding and communications objectives, through communicating our conservation messages in various ways.
You will ensure we can identify threats to priority species and habitats and work with internal staff and external stakeholders to develop and implement projects, strategies and programmes of work to address these threats. You will lead on casework response in the islands and manage projects and internal budgets and staff. You will help shape where we carry out species recovery work across the islands and help spot out future opportunities to work on our key species and habitats. You will help shape and deliver the Orkney Local biodiversity action plan in partnership with stakeholders. You will liaise with our research, planning and policy colleagues to conserve our island wildlife
This is a fantastic opportunity to play your part in being at the forefront of delivering RSPB Scotland's conservation work within an area of Scotland that is incredibly rich in biodiversity - if that sounds like the job for you, we would love to hear from you.
Essential skills, knowledge and experience:
- Degree-level qualification in a relevant subject or ability to show equivalent work experience
- Experience of managing staff or volunteers
- Experience of managing projects
- Knowledge of the wildlife and habitats of Orkney and relevant delivery mechanisms available to conserve them
- Ability to form effective teams (both internal and partnership) and work effectively as a team player and leader
- Excellent communication skills (verbal, written and presentational) – including an ability to speak confidently and cogently in public and advocating a position to those who may have a different view
- Experience of working to survey, protect and/or manage important sites, species or habitats
- Ability to rapidly analyse significant quantities of information, prioritise and balance a diverse workload often to tight deadlines
- Sufficient understanding of landscape scale conservation; land use and management; planning systems; to be able to lead casework response and advise staff on appropriate responses and interventions.
Desirable skills, knowledge and experience:
- Experience of raising funds from external sources for projects
- Experience of public engagement work
- Experience of major site conservation casework
- Specialist conservation knowledge in relevant areas, such as wetland, upland, farmland, marine conservation
- Experience of living in remote areas
Additional Information
- This is a full-time, 6-month contract with the possibility of extension.
Closing date: 23:59, Thursday 20th June 2024
Please note that we are actively recruiting for this position and reserve the right to close the vacancy once sufficient applications have been received.
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.
We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we are particularly interested in receiving your application.
The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
As part of this application process you will be asked to complete an application form including evidence on how you meet the skills, knowledge, and experience listed above. Contact us to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application.
No agencies please.
You will be highly organised, with strong experience of administering financial and operational support to an organisation. As a positive ‘can-do’, resourceful and supportive team player, you will be confident working alone and with others, as part of a small team.
You will be ready and able to work remotely in the UK.
We are committed to supporting professional development, and flexible working.
Please make sure to submit both an application form and a CV. If either are omitted, the application will not be considered.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Healthier Lifestyles Project Officer x 2
Responsible to: Healthier Lifestyles Service Manager
Responsible for: Volunteers, as required
Salary: £27,330.60 per annum FTE (Pro Rata if part time)
Hours: Full time and Part time role available Monday to Friday.
(A full working week is 35 hours)
Contract: 1-year fixed term contract with extension subject to funding
Pension: Auto enrolment regulations apply
Location: Home, office (Thornton Heath) with regular travel in Croydon
We are looking to recruit two additional project officers mainly to help deliver our Live Love Later Life and Healthsmart services whilst providing organisational and administrative support to help these run smoothly.
An exercise qualification and experience of delivering health checks are highly desirable. However, if you do not hold these qualifications you will need to undergo a chair-based exercise qualification and blood pressure training. Applicants need to be willing to undergo this training. They also need to have the confidence and enthusiasm to deliver exercise to groups of older people whilst motivating participants that may have a variety of physical and cognitive challenges. These attributes will be assessed through a task during the interview process.
If you are passionate about making a difference to the health and wellbeing of the older people who use our services, and those who care for them and want to contribute to an organisation which is continuously striving to improve, then we would love to hear from you.
For a more thorough overview of the duties and responsibilities associated with this role, please download our Application Pack which contains a full job description and person specification.
This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Deadline for Applications: Sunday, 2nd June 2024
Interviews: Week Commencing 3rd June 2024
Our mission is to reach, involve, support and connect people so they can age well in Croydon.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
As a Grants Officer at JRCT, you will be responsible for supporting the management, administration and development of the Power and Accountability Programme. This programme makes grants on Democracy, Corporate Accountability and Responsible Media
The role can be undertaken remotely, or based at our York office. The role is for 28 hours a week and we are open to flexible working patterns, including job share arrangements. We try to schedule meetings to accommodate caring responsibilities. Someone working remotely would be required to come to the York office for at least three days per month.
JRCT are looking for committed and dynamic individuals who are able to work in a small team and build relationships with a variety of people.
You are likely to be someone who:
Can build relationships with a diverse variety of people and organisations
Has an interest in Democratic Accountability, Corporate Accountability and Responsible Media practices and ideally some experience working in one or more of these fields
Has empathy and can provide support and understanding towards those we fund
Has strong communication skills interpersonally and in writing
Has good administrative and organisational skills and attention to detail
Has a general interest in and possibly some experience working in philanthropy
Has a good level of understanding of campaigning, advocacy, social movements or how change happens
Is strongly analytical and inquisitive
Has strong IT skills including Microsoft Office applications, social media and use of databases
Has first-hand experience of the voluntary sector, whether in a paid or unpaid capacity
Has experience of some of the social issues and injustices that the Trust is seeking to address through its programme
Has a commitment to justice and equity.
We welcome all applicants and are keen to enhance our team to reflect the diversity of the UK and the communities we serve. We particularly welcome applicants from communities that have been marginalised in the UK, including: people from racialised communities, people with disabilities, people from refugee backgrounds, low income and working-class communities, and people from LGBTQIA+ communities, and those experiencing other forms of marginalisation, as they are underrepresented at this level.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
As a Grants Officer at JRCT, you will be responsible for supporting the management, administration and development of the Rights and Justice Programme
The role can be undertaken remotely, or based at our York office. We are open to flexible working patterns, including job share arrangements. We try to schedule meetings to accommodate caring responsibilities. Someone working remotely would be required to come to the York office for at least four days per month.
JRCT are looking for committed and dynamic individuals who are able to work in a small team and build relationships with a variety of people.
You are likely to be someone who:
- Can build relationships with a diverse variety of people and organisations
- Has an interest in the work of the Rights and Justice programme
- Has empathy and can provide support and understanding towards those we fund
- Has strong communication skills interpersonally and in writing
- Has good administrative and organisational skills and attention to detail
- Has a general interest in and possibly some experience working in philanthropy
- Has a good level of understanding of campaigning, advocacy, social movements or how change happens
- Is strongly analytical and inquisitive
- Has strong IT skills including Microsoft Office applications, social media and use of databases
- Has first-hand experience of the voluntary sector, whether in a paid or unpaid capacity
- Has experience of some of the social issues and injustices that the Trust is seeking to address through its programme
- Has a commitment to justice and equity
We welcome all applicants and are keen to enhance our team to reflect the diversity of the UK and the communities we serve. We particularly welcome applicants from communities that have been marginalised in the UK, including: people from racialised communities, people with disabilities, people from refugee backgrounds, low income and working-class communities, and people from LGBTQIA+ communities, and those experiencing other forms of marginalisation, as they are underrepresented at this level.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Show Racism the Red Card (SRtRC) is the UK’s leading anti-racism educational charity.
The aim of the organisation is to combat racism through delivering anti-racism education. We are seeking to recruit an Education Worker to join our successful Wales Team based in Cardiff.
The role is for a fixed term period until 31st May 2025 with the opportunity to extend if funding can be secured.
We offer a flexible working hours policy and remote/hybrid working.
35 hours per week
NJC Pay Scale 4 – Points 12 – 17: £26,421 – £28,770 (pay award pending)
6% pension
The post is involved in delivering programmes of anti-racism education to young people and adults throughout Wales and occasionally across the UK, working with the team to help organise anti-racism events, reporting, monitoring, and evaluating the work. The role may also include developing and delivering longer term education programmes for young people and adults.
You will need to demonstrate:
· Strong commitment to anti-racism, a knowledge and understanding of racism and a passion to fight inequality
· Excellent facilitation skills and ability to engage diverse groups of participants
· Excellent communications skills
· Ability to meet specific deadlines under pressure
· Ability to work effectively as part of a team
· Competent in the use of Microsoft office package
· A firm belief in child protection and understanding of safeguarding
· Due to some of the Welsh rural locations visited, candidates must have the ability to travel across Wales independently
For more info, including the Application Pack and full Job Description, please visit our website.
Applications close Sunday 30th June at 23.59
(Applications submitted after this time will not be accepted)
Interviews will be held 23rd – 25th July 2024
If you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have been unsuccessful.
At Show Racism the Red Card we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, and as such, we welcome applications from all under-represented groups and particularly encourage applications from people from diverse ethnic and social backgrounds.
Dangos y Cerdyn Coch i Hiliaeth (DCCiH) yw prif elusen addysgol gwrth-hiliaeth y DU.
Nod y sefydliad yw brwydro yn erbyn hiliaeth trwy ddarparu addysg gwrth-hiliaeth. Rydym yn awyddus i recriwtio Gweithiwr Addysg i ymuno â'n Tîm Cymru lwyddiannus yng Nghaerdydd. Mae’r rôl am gyfnod penodol tan 31 Mai 2025 gyda’r cyfle i ymestyn os gellir sicrhau cyllid.
Rydym yn cynnig polisi oriau gwaith hyblyg a gweithio o bell/hybrid.
35 awr yr wythnos
Graddfa Gyflog 4 yr NJC – Pwyntiau 12 – 17: £26,421 – £28,770 (dyfarniad cyflog i ddod)
Pensiwn 6%
Mae'r swydd yn ymwneud â chyflwyno rhaglenni addysg gwrth-hiliaeth i bobl ifanc ac oedolion ledled Cymru ac o bryd i'w gilydd ar draws y DU, gan weithio gyda'r tîm i helpu i drefnu digwyddiadau gwrth-hiliaeth, adrodd, monitro a gwerthuso'r gwaith. Gall y rôl hefyd gynnwys datblygu a darparu rhaglenni addysg tymor hwy ar gyfer pobl ifanc ac oedolion.
Bydd angen i chi arddangos:
· Ymrwymiad cryf i wrth-hiliaeth, gwybodaeth a dealltwriaeth o hiliaeth ac angerdd i frwydro yn erbyn anghydraddoldeb
· Sgiliau hyrwyddo ardderchog a'r gallu i ymgysylltu â grwpiau amrywiol o gyfranogwyr
· Sgiliau cyfathrebu ardderchog
· Y gallu i gwrdd â therfynau amser penodol dan bwysau
· Y gallu i weithio'n effeithiol fel rhan o dîm
· Yn gymwys yn y defnydd o becyn Microsoft Office
· Cred gadarn mewn amddiffyn plant a dealltwriaeth o ddiogelu
· Oherwydd rhai o'r lleoliadau gwledig Cymreig yr ymwelwyd â hwy, rhaid i ymgeiswyr allu teithio ledled Cymru yn annibynnol
Ceisiadau'n cau dydd Sul 30ain Mehefin am 23.59
(Ni dderbynnir ceisiadau a gyflwynir ar ôl yr amser hwn)
Cynhelir cyfweliadau rhwng 23 a 25 Gorffennaf 2024
Os nad ydych wedi clywed gennym o fewn pythefnos i'r dyddiad cau, cymerwch yn ganiataol eich bod wedi bod yn aflwyddiannus.
Yn Dangos y Cerdyn Coch i Hiliaeth rydym yn ymroddedig i adeiladu gweithle amrywiol, cynhwysol a dilys, ac felly, rydym yn croesawu ceisiadau gan bob grŵp heb gynrychiolaeth ddigonol ac yn annog ceisiadau gan bobl o gefndiroedd ethnig a chymdeithasol amrywiol yn arbennig.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Reports to: Head of Change
Salary: £32,300
Contract: 2 years fixed term - potential to extend
Location: Central London, Hybrid*
Closing date for applications: 9:00am, Friday 7th of June 2024
Interview dates: week commencing the 17th of June 2024
About the Youth Endowment Fund
We’re here to prevent children and young people becoming involved in violence. We do this by finding out what works and building a movement to put this knowledge into practice.
In recent years violent crime has risen significantly. Homicides, assaults, robberies and offences involving weapons have all seen sustained growth. We have also seen large increases in violent crime involving children and young people. This is a tragedy. Every child captured in these numbers is an important member of our community and society has a duty to protect them.
The Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) is a charity with a £200m endowment and a mission that matters. We exist to prevent children and young people becoming involved in violence. We do this by funding great initiatives, finding what works and working for change – scaling up and spreading the practices that make a difference.
Our Change team does this by building excellent relationships and sharing evidence of what works with organisations and key individuals across the public, private, third sectors and local communities. We are looking for a dynamic, motivated, proactive and highly organised Change and Events Officer to join our Change team to help us fulfil our mission.
Key responsibilities
Most fundamentally, your job is to work as a member of our Change team to make sure we’re excellent at running events and managing relationships with key stakeholders. You’ll make sure the team is incredibly organised and has the support it needs to work effectively. Key responsibilities:
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Event Organising. Help to organise events, from small roundtables to large in person conferences. You will help make sure events run brilliantly, from booking venues to managing invites and organising materials.
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External Relationship Management Support. Provide support to the team in managing external relationships by scheduling meetings, organising workshops and developing materials.
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Meeting Effectiveness. Make sure certain meetings are effective. You’ll do this by organising the meetings, taking great minutes, making sure we keep track of things we said we would do and saving the documents in the right place.
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Project Support. Help ensure projects within the Change teams are done brilliantly. This may involve administrative tasks, tracking deadlines or leading projects as needed.
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Query Management. Monitor and respond to general queries by managing the team inbox.
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Salesforce Reporting and Stakeholder Communication. Lead on coordinating Salesforce reporting and effective communication outreach for key stakeholder groups.
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Stakeholder Engagement and Change Activities. Develop and support stakeholder engagement and Change activities, including monitoring and compiling feedback from surveys.
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Team Scorecard Coordination. Lead on co-ordinating the team scorecard, ensuring that the team is on track with targets.
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Collaboration. Work closely with other roles (including our Operations and Culture team) within YEF to ensure coordinated efforts and sharing of best practices.
About you
You are this sort of person:
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You’re incredibly organised: You have an eye for detail and you’re excellent at and enjoy designing a plan and seeing it through. You use your organisational skills to work across your team and keep everyone working together to achieve the same goals. You have a track record of making things happen on time. You like finding ways to make things operate better for everyone. It’s a plus if you’ve used the Salesforce system, before but it’s not a requirement.
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You love organising external events: You like helping to create experiences that leave people feeling energised, excited and ready to act, whether that’s a well-run roundtable, an effective workshop or a remarkable conference.
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You understand how people and organisations work: You understand the nuance of how decisions get made and you understand how to find out who has decision-making power.
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You win people over: People tend to warm to you and respect you. You easily build good relationships with both very senior and very junior people. You are at ease talking to a senior civil servant or a 15-year-old.
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You love supporting great teams: You don’t know all the answers, but you enjoy helping colleagues find answers and solve problems so that the team can work brilliantly and efficiently.
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You’re able to juggle many diverse tasks at once: You enjoy moving between different types of projects and prefer a job that looks a bit different every day. You can effectively identify what’s most important and how to balance different priorities.
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You learn fast but remain humble: You quickly get your head around ideas. You have a track record that shows how quickly you think. It wouldn't faze you to have responsibility for organising things that are new to you, as long as you have an expert to ask advice from. You like learning and developing. You are proactive, but happy to ask for help when needed.
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You don't want your days to pass without making a difference: You want to play a significant part in a charity that is making a difference. You like the idea of doing a job that makes young people safer.
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You’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion: You believe and act in a way that celebrates and encourages a range of experiences, views and values.
While it’s not a criterion, we are especially interested to hear from applicants who have lived experience of youth violence.
It’s also important to us that the people we hire do not discriminate. We believe in being inclusive and giving everyone an equal chance to succeed. Applications are welcome from all regardless of age, sex, gender identity, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, race, sexual orientation, transgender status or social economic background.
All appointments will be made on merit, following a fair and transparent process. In line with the Equality Act 2010, however, the organisation may employ positive action where candidates from underrepresented groups can demonstrate their ability to perform the role equally well.
Additional benefits include
£1,000 professional development budget annually, 28 days plus Bank Holidays, four half days for volunteering activities.
Hybrid working details
The office is based in Central London. Those living in and around London are expected to be in the office a minimum of 2 days per week. If you live outside of London and work remotely, you’ll be expected to work from the London office 2 days per month.
If you’re interested
To apply, please send a CV and cover letter, and complete the monitoring form via our application website by 9:00am Friday the 7th of June 2024.
Please ensure that your cover letter can answer, within a maximum of 1000 words, the following questions:
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Please share why YEF’s mission is motivating you to apply for this role.
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Referring to the ‘About You’ section on the JD, give clear examples of:
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How your experience shows that “You’re incredibly organised and
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How “you love organising external events”.
You should also include the contact details of two referees, one of whom must be your current or most recent employer. Referees will only be approached with your express permission.
We plan to host interviews the week commencing the 17th of June 2024.
This role is advertised as full time at 37.5hrs per week. As part of our commitment to flexible working, we will consider a range of options for the successful applicant. All options can be discussed at interview stage.
You will also be required to provide proof of your eligibility to work in the UK.
Personal data
Your personal data will be shared for the purposes of the recruitment exercise. This includes our HR team, interviewers (who may include other partners in the project and independent advisors), relevant team managers and our IT service provider if access to the data is necessary for performance of their roles. We do not share your data with other third parties, unless your application for employment is successful and we make you an offer of employment. We will then share your data with former employers to obtain references for you. We do not transfer your data outside the European Economic Area.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This is an exciting opportunity for a Volunteer Development Officer (Early Help Outreach) to be involved in supporting and developing the volunteer aspects of the Befriending project in the Westminster area and to ensure that the organisation reaches and supports as many families as possible, primarily those aged 0-16 years and referred by the Westminster Early Help service as step down families. In addition, you will support the Outreach team supporting families of those aged 0-5 years.
The post holder will be responsible for supporting the Team Leader on all aspects of volunteer recruitment, such as ensuring there is a continual bank of active volunteers, publicising vacancies and organising and conducting interviews. You will also be responsible for supporting the delivery of volunteer training and providing one to one support and group supervision as appropriate. In addition, the role will include matching of volunteers to families, assessing the needs of families, supporting with home visits, keeping accurate records and completing reports. The post holder will also support holiday activities with wider teams and outreach support.
You will need to have experience of volunteer recruitment and training as well as experience of managing volunteers. The successful candidate will have knowledge of the role of volunteers in community projects. We are looking for someone with experience of family support work and of effectively managing safeguarding issues. Comprehensive knowledge of local agencies, networks, and partnerships within the area of family support is required.
You are required to have excellent communication skills, both written and oral to enable volunteers, service users and partner organisations to be kept well informed about the project and to resolve any issues in the delivery of the project.
The salary for 21 hours per week is £16,624.40 per annum
Please visit our website to obtain the job description, full person specification, and the link to apply using our online system.
Please ensure that you cover all criteria on the person specification as this will be used for shortlisting purposes.
Closing Date: Sunday, 9th June 2024
Interview date: Thursday 20th or Friday 21st June 2024
At Sightsavers, we start with sight, but we don't stop there. We work closely with communities and local volunteers to help us carry out our work. We also partner with regional, national and international organisations, governments and non-governmental organisations in over 30 countries in Africa and South Asia, working to eliminate avoidable blindness and promote the rights of women, girls and people with disabilities, and help to improve local health services so they are sustainable. We have more than 70 years of experience, and we're proud to be a leader in our field.
Title: NTD Finance and Risk Officer
Location: Nigeria, Abuja
Contract: Two-year fixed term contract
Salary: Local Terms and Conditions apply
About the role
Working alongside the NTD Finance and Compliance Manager, you'll oversee the financial management of diverse NTD projects, focusing particularly on Nigerian initiatives. Your role covers a range of efforts from Trachoma eradication to Onchocerciasis/Lymphatic Filariasis elimination and research projects, crucial to our major donors. You'll conduct partner reviews and assist in financial planning for future proposals.
Review and Feedback:
- Provide feedback on budgets, financial reports, and other submissions prepared by partners and Sightsavers country office staff for assigned NTD programs in Nigeria.
Data Accuracy:
- Ensure accurate entry of budgets and financial reports into the MyCLAIMS program management system.
- Verify that financial records reconcile with underlying data sources, such as SUN accounts.
Financial Reporting:
- Collaborate with the Finance and Compliance Manager to prepare financial reports for donors and NTD senior management.
- Include budgets, financial reports, forecasts, narrative reports, asset registers, risk registers, and delivery chain maps within specified timelines.
Audit and Monitoring:
- Conduct audit and financial monitoring processes with NTD program partners in Nigeria.
- Work under the supervision of the NTD Finance and Compliance Manager and coordinate with other NTD finance colleagues as needed.
Partner Compliance:
- Ensure partner compliance by completing risk checks.
- Confirm that partner funding agreements and amendment letters are in place.
This is a highly varied and involved role and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills. Please see the for full details.
Knowledge:
- Demonstrated finance and accountancy experience.
- Awareness of overseas development context (preferable but not essential).
- Experience with institutional donor or contract management (preferable).
Skills:
- Excellent numerical skills.
- Proficiency in Excel (including pivot tables) and computer-based accounting systems.
- Desirable knowledge of Power Query and Power BI.
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to issue resolution.
- Organized and conscientious, emphasizing meeting reporting commitments.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and competing priorities.
- Willingness to continuously develop skills and stay current with donor funding developments.
- Effective and professional communication across diverse cultures.
Language:
- Fluent in written and spoken English.
- French language skills are advantageous but not required
Closing date: 9 June 2024
To apply for this exciting opportunity, please complete an application via our recruitment portal. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying.
As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.
Sightsavers is an employer that does not tolerate any form of harassment and has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse. All potential candidates will be subjected to rigorous background checks and controls.
We’re looking for a committed and dependable Administrator to join our Volunteer Support team.
Volunteering and Community Networks Administrator
Hours: Full-time (35 hours a week)
Contract: Fixed term contract for 9 months
Location: Office-based in London with flexibility to work remotely
Salary: £26,587 - £28,090 per annum plus excellent benefits
Salary Band: Band C3
About us
We make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.
Our strategy is based on what people affected by MS have told us is important to them. It gives us a clear and determined focus.
Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.
Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive working environment where you'll be able to make a difference.
About this job
In this role you will provide administrative support to the Volunteering and Community Networks Department and Head of Volunteering and Community Networks.
You’ll be proactive and highly motivated. Attention to detail is essential as is the ability to plan and manage a busy and varied workload to provide support on various tasks.
You will contribute to the smooth running of the department through managing diaries, booking meetings and being responsible for departmental invoice processing.
As a part of the Volunteer Support Admin Team you will provide high quality support to our Community Networks volunteers based across the UK.
You will ensure that all volunteer enquiries are resolved promptly, that information provided to volunteers is aligned to our organisational positions and standards that relevant information is recorded and appropriate follow-up actions are completed.
Your insight will help inform our wider Community Networks team on volunteer priorities and issues.
If you’re enthusiastic, hard-working and motivated by helping others achieve something amazing in support of a cause that means the world to them, we’d love to hear from you.
We recognise the significant and excellent contributions; experience; and skills our employees bring to the MS Society.
Working with external pay and reward consultants, we’re taking active steps this year to review our employees’ pay and benefits package. Ensuring we’re aligned with the most accurate and up-to-date benchmarks for the UK charity sector.
Please note this is a fixed term contract for 9 months.
Closing date for applications: 9am on Friday 7 June 2024
Anticipated interview date: 14 or 17 June 2024
PLEASE PRESS THE 'HOW TO APPLY' BUTTON FOR MORE INFORMATION.
Equal Opportunities
We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and or from ethnic minority backgrounds.
We’d be grateful if you downloaded and completed the equality and diversity monitoring form and submit it with your application.
Disability Confident Employer
We’re a Disability Confident Employer and we’re committed to promoting equality and diversity.
You can ask for reasonable adjustments as part of both our recruitment and new starter on-boarding processes.
If you need any help or adjustments to apply for this role, please contact us. You can also ask for the application materials to be sent to you in a different format. Such as for them to be sent to you by email or in a larger word format.
More about our employee benefits:
We have a wide range of employee benefits including (but not limited to):
Encouraging work life balance
- 38 days paid annual leave (including bank holidays), pro-rata for part-time
- More annual leave entitlement, based on length of employment
- Smart working options (with the opportunity to work remotely and find a smart working pattern that suits both you and us)
- Flexible working options
Caring for you and your family
- Generous sick pay entitlement
- More sick pay entitlement, based on length of employment
- Opportunity to buy and sell annual leave in each calendar year
- Free access to a GP virtually 24 hours a day/7 days a week allowing you unlimited advice, reassurance and where appropriate diagnosis
- Enhanced leave for new parents
- Free access to a confidential 24 hours a day/7 days a week helpline service for both you and your family with a specialist range of support and information
- Special leave options (such as up to 5 days paid leave for domestic or personal emergencies a year)
- 10 days paid disability leave a year, pro-rata for part-time
- 10 days paid carers’ leave a year, pro-rata for part-time
- New family-friendly benefits, including paid leave:
- In the event of miscarriage or still birth
- To support fertility treatments
- For antenatal appointments for both parents
- Cycle to work scheme
- Death in service scheme
Thinking about your finances
- Enhanced salary sacrifice pension scheme
- Discounted season ticket loan and interest-free emergency loans
- Give as you earn to support other charities of your choice before tax
- New employee portal including lifestyle savings vouchers and personal wellbeing
Enriching your life at work
- Personalised development plans with a wide range of training courses and opportunities to source additional training options with your line manager
- Yearly internal apprenticeship opportunities
- New, modern offices that embrace working together both in-person and remotely
- Various opportunities to influence how we internally operate (including surveys, and focus and committee groups)
- Active and supportive internal employee networking groups for collaboration and peer support
- 2 days paid leave a year for volunteering for MS Society activities during normal working hours (such as fundraising events, or campaigning in the local community)
- 2 days paid leave a year for volunteering with other charities during normal
Safeguarding
We’re committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone who uses our services and we come into contact with.
This is regardless of Gender, Race, Disability, Sexual orientation, Religion or belief, Pregnancy, Gender reassignment.
We recognise our particular responsibility to make sure vulnerable adults and children are protected.
We have measures in place to protect everyone we come into contact with from abuse and maltreatment of all kinds.
Your right to work in the UK
You must have the right to work in the UK to work in paid employment with us. You’ll need to share documents showing you’re eligible to work in the UK if we offer you employment.
You can find the UK visas and permits granting you the right to work in the UK on the UK Government website. We currently don’t have a Sponsor Licence agreement with the Home Office and aren’t able to support you with your visa applications.
No agencies please.
Green Finance Officer
Salary: £35,000 - £40,000
Location: Home-based, Office facilities available, some UK travel will be required
Full Time: 35 hours per week
Fixed-Term: 18 months
Closing date for applications: 16th June 2024
First interview: 28th June 2024
Second interview: 9th July 2024
About our client
This project is funded by the Nature Networks Programme. The Heritage Fund is delivering it on behalf of the Welsh Government.
Do you want to be part of a team leading the field in the development of private investment into nature’s recovery?
In the past 18 months, The Trusts have been developing new approaches to funding nature’s recovery from the private sector, utilising novel revenue approaches such as nutrient neutrality credits and the voluntary carbon market amongst others. They have developed finance mechanisms to sit alongside these revenue streams such as a philanthropic loan system. They now want to scale up this work to help The Trusts and others to scale nature’s recovery across Wales. They need to turn policy into strong principles that allows us to develop guidelines and templates to help the Trusts across Wales access green finance.
Our client need dedicated expertise and capacity to work with the Trusts to bring this work into a coherent strategy, develop models and plans that build revenues for nature’s recovery allowing much greater investment. This post is designed to provide that expertise and capacity to work alongside those Trust staff that are already committed to developing these programmes.
Our client is the central charity which supports the federation of 46 independent Trusts working for nature’s recovery across the UK, Alderney and the Isle of Man. The Trusts’ vision is of a thriving natural world, with abundant wildlife and healthy natural habitats playing a valued role in addressing the climate and ecological emergencies, and everyone inspired to take action for nature’s recovery.
Collectively, The Trusts have more than 900,000 members, employ 3,500 staff, look after over 2,300 nature reserves, operate 123 visitor and education centres and own 29 working farms. The role of the trust is to ensure a strong voice for wildlife at a UK level and to provide strategic leadership, support and development for The Trusts. They provide shared expertise in areas such as climate change, digital fundraising, nature-based solutions, policy and safeguarding. They facilitate UK-wide communities of practice to share learning and replicate successful approaches so that together they are more than the sum of their parts. They support the individual Trusts to be a strong force for nature in their local areas and to work together to achieve even greater impact as a collective.
The Trusts are on a mission to bring about a people-powered nature and climate recovery by empowering people to take meaningful action for nature, and to create an inclusive society where nature matters to everyone, everywhere. They are ambitious in their desire not just to slow, but to reverse the declines in nature. Together they have developed a bold, new collective strategy which outlines their vision and the actions they will take to restore nature over the next eight years.
Central to their strategy are their three goals which set out what they are striving to achieve by 2030 in pursuit of their vision of a thriving natural world. Goal 1 is to put nature into recovery with abundant, diverse wildlife and natural processes creating wilder land and seascapes where people and nature thrive. Goal 2 is to inspire people to take action for nature and climate, resulting in better decision-making for the environment at both local level and across the four UK nations. And Goal 3 is to enable nature to play a central and valued role in helping to address local and global problems, such as by helping tackle climate change and supporting wellbeing and education.
Achieving these ambitious objectives means that they must develop new ways of working which increase the scale and impact of their work. Therefore, they have embarked on a programme of strategic transformations that are essential to achieving their goals, and which will result in a stronger and more effective Trust movement for the long term. They are leading the transformation programme across The Trusts including in community organising, equality, diversity and inclusion, and funding nature’s recovery. The Trusts have existed for over 100 years thanks to a strong membership base and traditional fundraising activities.
Now, to achieve the level of funding needed to reverse nature’s decline, they need to diversify and increase their income by exploring new ways of funding such as innovative finance.
About You
You will be from a commercial background within private, public or charitable sector. You will have an entrepreneurial approach grounded by great commercial experience. They would expect an understanding of the green finance marketplace and that you are comfortable with legal and contract management. You will be a great communicator, with a personable style who can work with many different people across the wonderful variety of geography, business development, and activities of the Trusts.
You relish challenging the status quo and problem solving. This is a new and ambitious role which will evolve following your appointment so you should be excited by the flexibility and opportunities to take an innovative approach.
The Trusts value passion, respect, trust, integrity, pragmatic activism and strength in diversity. Whilst they are passionate in promoting their aims, they are not judgemental and are inclusive. They particularly encourage applications from people who are underrepresented within their sector, including people from minority backgrounds and people with disabilities. They are committed to creating a movement that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities.
Our client take our Safeguarding responsibilities extremely seriously. Please refer to the documents section to read the commitment statement
As a Disability Confident employer, they are committed to offering an interview to anyone with a disability that meets all the essential criteria for the post. Please let them know if you require any adjustments to make their recruitment process more accessible.
This role maybe subject to a DBS check.
Christian Distinctiveness & Worship Officer
Part-Time (0.4)
Salary £36,179 (FTE), £14,471 (actual)
2 Year Fixed-term Contract
Chester Diocesan Board of Education
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Chester Diocesan Education team, in leading the strategic development of the Diocesan Board of Education’s vision for a deep and distinctive Christian distinctiveness, identity and practice in our church schools. The successful candidate will work alongside the existing Distinctiveness & SIAMS Officer, taking a particular lead in Collective Worship development, as well as supporting and strengthening school to church partnerships.
This post is ideally suited to an experienced middle or senior leader who can demonstrate a strong personal commitment to promoting education with a Christian purpose, and has proven experience of leading successful professional development within a church school context.
This is a part-time position for 2 days (14 hours) per week. The role offers hybrid working that includes working from Church House at Daresbury Park, Warrington, and travel around the Diocese.
There is an Occupational Requirement for the postholder to be a practising Christian in accordance with the Equality Act, 2010. An Enhanced DBS Disclosure will be required.
Further details and application packs available from our website: please see website link as detailed in the documents attached below.
For further details or an informal discussion about this role, please contact Susan Kemp, PA to the Director of Education -please see email address and telephone number as detailed in the documents attached below.
This post could be worked in conjunction with the Flourish Co-ordinator post. For further details please see website link as detailed in the documents attached below.
Closing date: Sunday 16th June
Interviews: Tuesday 25th June
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Role Overview:
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Provide infrastructure support to local voluntary and community sector (VCS) groups and social enterprises.
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Engage in one-on-one and outreach meetings to better support community needs.
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Develop and manage VCSE networks focusing on key themes like Children, Families, and Young People, Health and Wellbeing, Digital Isolation, and Safeguarding.
Key Responsibilities:
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Develop and oversee the implementation of detailed work plans for the development and funding advice service.
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Assist VCS organisations with monitoring, reviewing, and evaluating their impact.
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Provide guidance on funding streams, review proposals, and offer feedback.
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Advise on legal structures, policies, and charity registration processes.
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Planned and delivered training programs in collaboration with EHCVS staff or external trainers.
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Promote best practices and support the development of business plans, fundraising strategies, and quality assurance policies.
Network Development:
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Lead the development and promotion of a VCSE network in Ealing.
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Maintain and expand the membership database.
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Organise and facilitate network meetings and produce a monthly E-News.
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Support the development of local VCS networks and ensure effective communication through regular news updates and an online community calendar.
Other Duties
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Assist in producing briefings, information, and web material.
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Assist in producing monitoring and evaluation information.
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Assist in developing and organising events.
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Represent Ealing & Hounslow CVS at meetings and events relevant to your project.
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Undertake other related project duties as may be required.
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Work in cooperation with other members of the staff team of EHCVS and attend appropriate internal and external meetings.
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Support EHCVS with other project developments and funding applications to funders. Undertake occasional additional duties commensurate with the responsibilities of the post as identified by EHCVS’s Board of Trustees
Monitoring and Evaluation
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Record monitoring information; review the progress of current projects every week and manage upwards.
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Prepare written evaluation reports for EHCVS projects and services.
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Support the Funding and Development Manager with monitoring information collated from service as and when required.
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Weekly and monthly reporting.
Corporate Responsibilities
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Ensure that Equal Opportunities and all other EHCVS organisational policies are actively implemented and adhered to in all areas of your work.
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Work with EHCVS staff and volunteers to effectively achieve the organisation’s objectives.
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Ensure all volunteers working with you are given appropriate induction and provide information and support for all volunteers working for EHCVS.
Management and Support
The post holder will be employed by Ealing & Hounslow CVS and supervised and managed by the. The Funding and Group Development Manager
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Participate in regular supervision, team meetings, and organization-wide staff meetings.
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An individual induction and training plan will be agreed upon.
There has never been a more exciting time to join the Corporate Partnerships Team at Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK). Recent breakthroughs in dementia research mean we are on the cusp of the first generation of dementia treatments in the UK. There has never been more optimism around our mission to find a cure for this devasting condition and critical moment for organisations to partner with us.
You’ll be joining a high-performing team that has a large portfolio of high-profile corporate partners including but not limited to Omaze, The Perfume Shop, Slimming World, Bloomberg, TP ICAP, and Dyson. Alongside having just secured brilliant new partnerships with Cadbury, Warburtons and John West.
We’re looking for a New Business Officer to join our team, to secure new partnerships that will grow income and take us one step closer to a cure.
This is a 12-month Fixed Term Contract.
Main duties and responsibilities of the role:
Identify and build strategic relationships to generate income from new corporate supporters.
· A focused and strategic approach to identifying, researching, and targeting prospective corporate partners.
· Work closely with Corporate Partnerships Manager (CPM) to deliver our successful new business strategy.
· Build and manage a pipeline of new business opportunities to include strategic partnerships and charity of the year partnerships.
· Develop engagement plans for prospects, with innovative, commercially minded ideas, to maximise the chances of securing successful partnerships.
· Create innovative and creative applications/proposals for charity of the year and strategic partnerships.
· Actively network with potential corporate partners through warm contacts, events, conferences, and other available media.
· Ensure effective monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of new business approaches in liaison with CPM, communicating progress regularly.
· Take full personal responsibility for the timely recording of prospects, actions, updates, and notes within the CRM (Salesforce).
· Work alongside the Partnership Development Officers on new partnership set-up, including establishing legal agreements with corporate partners.
· Work closely with the Philanthropy team to leverage support from major donors and assist the Philanthropy team with their prospects where possible.
· Achieve agreed financial and non-financial targets, including income generation and meetings.
· Support the CPM in the development and implementation of the corporate fundraising strategy for ARUK, to increase the team’s income, to ensure that the best use is made of internal and external contacts
Represent the charity professionally in a high-level corporate context.
· Organise and attend networking and cultivation events as required, influencing, and engaging high-level external contacts.
· Deliver high-quality and creative presentations and proposals to help target and engage prospects and convert them into partners.
· Organise tailored face-to-face meeting opportunities to initiate and build relationships.
· Maintain up-to-date knowledge of current ARUK activities, including research being funded, and be an advocate of ARUK at all times.
What we are looking for:
· Corporate fundraising experience, or business development experience in a corporate role.
· Evidence of delivering high-quality and creative presentations and proposals to help target and engage potential partners/clients.
· Experience in creatively building new strategic partnerships/clients from scratch within a fundraising and/or corporate environment.
· Experience in engaging and building relationships with key external stakeholders and decision-makers to deliver positive outcomes.
· Experience in securing new partners/clients within a fundraising and/or corporate environment.
· Confidence working with computers – good knowledge of Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
· Excellent personal communication skills, with the ability to communicate with people at all levels face to face and on the phone.
· Ability to write professionally, with an ability to adapt communications for different audiences.
· Ability to work with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
· Good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise workload.
· Ability to articulate complex issues to supporters in a compelling manner.
· Strong negotiation skills and the ability to make financial asks.
· Strong business development and relationship management skills, ideally from a charity background.
· Ambitious, professional, and hard-working team player.
· Outgoing, enthusiastic, and able to remain calm in a fast-paced environment.
· Ability to give and receive feedback.
· Ability to try new ways of working and be resilient.
· Willingness to work outside of regular office hours during busy spells, as well as occasional travel within the UK when required.
Additional Information:
Ways of working: As part of our Agile ways of working you will be required to work approximately 2 days a week from the office, which is subject to the requirements of the role and the business needs. Flexibility on where you work can be split between working from home and our office.
Roles that are classed as part of the Agile ways of working are not able to claim any costs for Mileage/Travel on Public Transport, Accommodation and/or Meals. This includes when attending the office for various meetings/events.
Our Office: Our office is at 3 Riverside, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge, CB21 6AD.
Salary: Circa £32,000 per annum, plus benefits
Please download the Vacancy Pack for more information.
The closing date for applications is the 2nd June 2024, with interviews likely to be held week commencing the 13th June 2024. We would encourage you to submit your application at the earliest opportunity as the closing date may be brought forward at any time. Please indicate in your covering letter if you are unable to attend an interview on a certain date.
We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented. Any offer of employment is however subject to you having the right to work in the UK.
As part of our commitment to be an inclusive employer and ensure fairness and consistency in selecting the best candidate for this role, your CV will be anonymised as part of the selection process. Should you need any adjustments at either the application or interview stage, then please do contact us via our website.
How to apply: Please create an online account using our Online Recruitment Platform which can be accessed through our Job Vacancies page. You will be able to attach your CV to your application and track the status of your application.
About Alzheimer’s Research UK:
Alzheimer's Research UK is the UK's leading dementia research charity. Our mission is to accelerate progress towards a cure. Today 1 in 2 people will be impacted by dementia, either through caring for a loved one, developing it themselves or tragically both. But there is hope.
There has never been a more important and exciting time in dementia research. With promising new drugs in clinical trials that slow the progression of the diseases that cause it, and revolutionary new ways to diagnose them on the horizon, we are now at a tipping point. Working with the smartest minds globally and across the UK, with industry and academia, Alzheimer’s Research UK is uniquely placed to invest in the very best research identifying barriers to a cure and knocking them down so that there are more and better treatments for everyone with dementia. For the first time in history, we can see a future where people with dementia can get a swift and accurate diagnosis, and effective treatments that could slow or even stop their disease. We stand for everyone affected by dementia. We stand for a cure.
In 2022, we were incredibly proud to be awarded a 3-star accreditation by Best Companies which recognises ‘World Class’ levels of workplace engagement and were also listed in the prestigious Best Companies lists:
• 48th in the 100 Best Large Companies to Work For in the UK.
• 19th in the 100 Best Companies to Work For in the East of England.
• 3rd in the 50 Best Companies to Work For in the Charity Sector.
In addition, we were also shortlisted for a special award recognising the work undertaken on reducing our environmental impact.
In 2021, we were awarded the HR Management award by The Charity Times for our Wellbeing initiatives throughout the pandemic.
In 2020, we demonstrated our commitment to changing the way we think and act about mental health in the workplace and signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge.
ARUK really does look after its people, where you will be able to add value and make a difference.
To view further details about working for us and the benefits we offer, please visit Alzheimer’s Research UK
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.