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Do you want to be part of creating a more just and equitable society? Facing History & Ourselves uses lessons of history to challenge teachers and their students to stand up to bigotry and hate. Join our growing team to help us ensure more young people grow up to be critical and empathetic thinkers, who are equipped to stand up against injustice and play their role as active responsible community members. As part of our growing programme team, you will help us to bring Facing History’s approach and resources to a growing number of educators and provide support to them as they implement our work in their classrooms.

Role Overview

The Programme Associate delivers Facing History training and support to educators, helps to build and engage our network of teachers and, using Facing History’s pedagogical framework, creates clear and accessible curriculum materials and resources.

The Programme Associate will initially be managed by the Executive Director and be accountable to our Senior Programme Associate (responsible for programme delivery) and Senior Curriculum Developer (responsible for developing and adapting educational resources) respectively for work that falls into their areas of responsibility.

This post holder will be required to attend meetings in London and there will be travel across the UK. Proximity to good transport links is therefore essential.

Key Duties and Accountabilities

Working alongside the programme team, the postholder will have the following key duties and responsibilities:

1. Programme Delivery: planning, preparing for and delivering training for educators both online and in person. 

2. Teacher Community Support and Engagement: creating relationships with teachers across our community, and running events and opportunities for them to engage more effectively with the organisation. Supporting the development of our teacher engagement journey and implementing new elements of this as they are developed. Supporting our developing online communities, and working to build and expand membership and engagement with them. Supporting evaluation and monitoring of the work, utilising relationships with teachers to secure their participation in surveys, focus groups and evaluation studies, as needed. Working with the Programme Administrator to ensure that regular communications go out to the educator network and to keep the database up to date. 

3. Programme Partnerships: alongside the Senior Programme Associate identifying and developing partnerships with schools, academy trusts (England), regional bodies and third sector organisations who can help to disseminate our work and become potential delivery partners.

4. Content Development: alongside the Senior Curriculum Developer, developing web- and print-based content for teachers and students, including lesson plans, units, study guides, and other resources. Researching, writing, and summarising complex histories to provide context for resources. Maintaining knowledge and expertise in best practices in teaching, pedagogy, and assessment, and ensuring those practices are reflected as appropriate in Facing History content. Providing content for our Ideas This Week website page and providing other means of supporting teachers to respond to current events in their classrooms. In conjunction with the Programme Administrator write / review content for Facing History UK social media activity linked to existing and newly developed resources.

Other: contributing to the smooth operation and effectiveness of the charity as part of a small team, representing the charity at events and conferences as required, and supporting the work of other members of the team as reasonably required.

Reports to: Chair of Trustees

Application Deadline: Friday 29 December 2023

Interview: TBC in early January

Start date:  Feb 2024

Hours of work: 2 days / 14 hours per week

Salary: £45,000 per year, pro rata

Contract: Permanent with 6-month probation.

Location: Hybrid. We have an office in London, currently the team often work from home with one day a week in the office, preferably together on the same day.

The Organisation:

Caspari Foundation is the UK’s only provider of Educational Psychotherapy in schools and is the UK’s leading trainer in this child psychotherapy modality. This approach was pioneered by Irene Caspari in the 1970s and bridges the gap between education and therapy.

It offers a safe way for children to explore and make sense of experiences that may be blocking their development and educational attainment. The aim is to help them to learn about themselves, improve their relationships with peers and staff, gain confidence and, ultimately, to experience the joy of learning.

The Caspari Foundation does not discriminate on the basis of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender identity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability, age, class or culture.

Caspari Foundation is forward thinking, progressive and fully committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).  We expect all employees to be engaged with their own learning in this area.

The Role

We are looking for an enthusiastic and conscientious individual with strong financial and administrative skills who would like to work with an organisation that is dedicated to improving the lives of children through Educational Psychotherapy. 

The role is a wide-ranging senior management role and would suit someone with previous experience of operations and fundraising in the charitable/third sector.

Main Responsibilities

To lead the business management of the Foundation reporting to the Board of Trustees.

To be responsible for the financial and administrative management of Caspari Foundation in a manner that reflects the Foundation’s core purpose and secures its future.

To provide leadership in refining and implementing strategy in order to deliver the current objectives of Caspari Foundation.  We currently have a 3-year business development plan in place.

To bring vision in devising future plans and setting future objectives for the further strategic development of Caspari Foundation.

To build the reputation and profile of Caspari Foundation and to represent the Foundation publicly.

To support and leverage efforts to enhance the reputation, build awareness and communicate the benefits and value of Caspari Foundation’s work amongst the community of professionals in psychotherapy, education and relevant political spheres important to the future of the foundation.

To identify funding streams from trusts, foundations and government bodies.

Specific Aims:

To work in partnership with the Course Director focusing on both the strategic development and the day to day running of the Caspari Foundation.

To lead in planning operational activities and the strategic development of the Caspari Foundation within agreed short, medium and long-term time frames.

To oversee the development and periodic review of Caspari Foundation’s policies, procedures and practices.

To ensure the efficient financial, administrative, IT, personnel management and development of the Caspari Foundation.

To manage the bookkeeper and other self-employed contractors engaged from time to time, including the accountant.

To review general progress towards strategic objectives taking into consideration the development of policy and practice.

Prepare and lead together with the Trustees, the UKCP 5 yearly inspection – the UKCP’s Organizational Membership Review in 2025.

To devise, implement and regularly review the fundraising and income generation strategies necessary to deliver the Caspari Foundation’s objectives.

To ensure that all services are delivered within budget and that all personnel comply with financial control procedures.

To devise a marketing programme for the Caspari Foundation which will improve revenue from existing training opportunities, and which will facilitate the geographic spread of the Caspari Foundation’s work and influence.

To identify relevant professional bodies on which Caspari should seek or improve its representation in order to grow the Foundation’s influence in professional and political circles

To represent Caspari on committees, in conferences and to public bodies and the media in a manner consistent with its core purpose.

To oversee queries, contact and contracts with freelance Educational Psychotherapists for the Adoption Support Fund.

To lead on GDPR compliance.

To liaise with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) and the Charity Commission as necessary.

To prepare for and organise with the Board of Trustees the AGM.

To liaise with the Assessment Board and Course Director to maintain standards of training and education.

To prepare the bi-weekly newsletter for members sent out using Mailchimp.

To continue and develop a social media strategy for promoting the Caspari Foundation’s courses.

To receive and respond to enquiries from members, schools and other organisations and members of the public.

To liaise with the Landlord regarding accommodation and facilities.

To work with the Course Director on the expansion of the current Adv Dip programme re premises, timetabling, recruitment of staff, managing Thursday evenings.

To liaise with the Trustee responsible for our member reaccreditations each year.

Enhanced Clearance

The post is subject to an enhanced criminal records check by the Disclosure and Barring Service

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Training and Qualifications:

Desirable

· Educated to degree standard or equivalent in a related field or demonstrable experience and knowledge as listed below.

Knowledge and Experience:

Essential:

· Experience of business administration.

· Experience of project management and working with funders/stakeholders and multi-disciplinary professionals.

· Commitment to and understanding of DEI.

· Ability to work alone or in a small team.

· Knowledge & experience of social media, website development and management of content.

Desirable

· Experience in the charitable/third sector.

· Experience and knowledge of co-ordinating one-off training, CPD, workshops and evaluating effectiveness.

· Experience of management in an educational environment.

· Experience of receiving and providing supervision / work reflection / appraisal.

· Experience in setting and managing budgets, for example: projects, resources, training.

· Experience of supporting training & delivery of training programmes for use in schools & other settings with children & young people.

Skills:

Essential:

• Be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, accurate spelling and attention to detail.

• Be able to demonstrate numerical competency.

• Ability to demonstrate creativity and enthusiasm for the work.

• Ability to work on-line communication platforms such as Zoom, Google Share documents, Microsoft Office, Teams;

• Be able to demonstrate advanced IT Skills (Microsoft Office, Excel, Power Point, Google Share, Outlook).

• Able to convey a warm, empathic and calm professional approach working within Caspari's small staff team and communicate well at all levels.

• Ability to work autonomously, but also collaboratively.

• Have a proactive approach to problem solving.

• Ability to work confidentially and non-judgementally.

• Ability to manage own workload and prioritise conflicting deadlines.

• Ability to self-care when working under pressure.

How to apply

Please send the following by 10.00 am Friday 29 December:

· CV, max two sides of A4

· Application letter, one side of A4 outlining your relevant skills and experience and what you feel you can bring to the work of the Foundation

· We will invite shortlisted candidates to an evening Zoom interview in early January (dates TBC)

Prospectus has been appointed as an approved supplier for the London and Southern universities purchasing consortium, which includes over 100 organisations in just London alone. As a result of this, we anticipate an uplift in the amount of exciting temporary opportunities we will have available to offer candidates in the higher education space, also including arts and heritage and membership bodies.

With over 60 years' recruitment experience in the higher education and non-profit sector, we have worked alongside many large, well-known universities in London, making placements on a variety of roles such as:

Student Services Officer, Departmental Administrator, Enrolment/Admissions Officer, Programme Administrator and Course Administrator to name but a few.

We are currently looking to increase our temporary pool of higher education candidates who are interested in registering for future opportunities. Candidates will have had previous experience in a similar post within Higher Education.

Please note that due to the current climate for temporary work across the HE sector, we are initially looking to engage with potential candidates and carry out registrations online with those that demonstrate suitable experience.

Given the unprecedented volume of interest in our roles, consultants are unable to support with general job search advice or specific enquiries before application. Instead please do either register your CV on our website or submit your CV for any roles that interest you to ensure that your application is reviewed in line with the position. Should you be successfully longlisted or we are able to assist in your job search we will be in contact to discuss next steps.

 As a specialist Recruitment Practice, we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application.

Brand Management /Visual design

• Implementing the CTA brand guidelines and applying it in all external comms, including supporting staff to produce creative content

• Use Canva to produce compelling and engaging visual designs/comms assets that align with CTA’s brand personality to support content engagement.

Analytics and Reporting

• Track and analyse the performance of marketing and digital media campaigns and events using relevant metrics and optimise content accordingly

• Create monthly analytics to measure the effectiveness of digital media campaigns and share recommendations for improvements with Leadership group.

Management of External Communication Channels

• Responsibility for CTA’s primary channels of communication, both online and offline ensuring that they are consistently articulating the role and impact of CTA and promoting the wider value and impact of CT to stakeholders. This includes:

• Producing and editing CTA’s membership magazine Together, CTA UK newsletter and nation specific spotlight.

• Working with the Leadership team to ensure production of the magazine is cost neutral by supporting the sale of advertising space and securing sponsorship.

• Planning, writing, coordinating and editing content for CTA’s Blogs, email marketing and other forms of content.

• Working with the directorates to ensure that stakeholders including Department for Transport and other key Government departments are engaged and involved in sharing communication with the CT sector.

Events

• With support from the Leadership Group, plan and develop a yearly calendar of events.

• Manage all aspects of event logistics, including venue selection, catering, audio-visual equipment, transportation, and event materials.

• Contributing to a communications plan for events (where appropriate), including use of the organisation’s social media profiles and website.

• Implement the marketing and communications strategy for CTA UK events and take a leading role in planning and executing UK-wide events.

• Track agreed budgets for each event ensuring value for money and adherence to financial processes.

• Ensure the CRM system is used efficiently in the execution of events.

• Support the development and writing of Health & Safety risk assessments for all events.

• Design event collateral as needed, including liaising with our design agency when required

• Build systems and processes needed to effectively and professionally manage all our events.

• Ensure all event attendees are communicated with regularly and responsible for pro-actively promoting all events to encourage sign ups.

Coordinating Internal Communications

• Responsibility for implementing Marketing, Communications and Events internal guidance and procedures such as CTA’s social media policy, electronic communication policy and external communication signoff procedure.

Press and publicity

• Be the first point of contact for incoming media/press enquiries with responsibility for ensuring that enquires are dealt with by the appropriate member of staff.

• Co-ordinate with team members to produce relevant press releases about CTA’s projects and activities.

• Develop, maintain and grow a press and stakeholder contact list especially transport or community sector specialists and outlets.

Membership Engagement

• Gather stories and content from CTA members

• Connect with colleagues and other stakeholders and present these stories through CTA’s various channels of communications.

• Work with the membership team to improve and maintain a membership mailing list and increase member engagement with CTA’s communications.

• Innovate new ways to engage with our membership.

• Develop effective, engaging and inspiring content to support CTA to build and expand its current membership engaging with new audiences.

• Identify opportunities to make the CTA brand visible online through engagement with sector influencers, and collaborations with members’ accounts.

• Connect and manage relationships with members, CT operators, stakeholders, policy influencers and transport bodies on social media.

Website Management

• Responsible for updating the CTA website and implementing the overall digital presence, including coordinating with staff and external stakeholders to keep it current and up to date.

• Support the ongoing redevelopment of the website, including development of the membership area and integration with CTA IT systems and marketing channels.

Relationship management

• Manage the relationships with key external organisations relating to CTA’s marketing and communications including:

• Companies who produce marketing collateral and other print and design services - ensuring that both long term projects and the creation of new materials are carried out effectively.

• Working with Leadership Group to ensure the delivery of CTA’s twice annual membership publication and evaluation and renewal of the relationship at the end of each year.

Inbox Management

• Manage the CTA marketing inbox and events inbox, regularly checking and replying to incoming emails.

General organisational responsibilities

Values Be an enthusiastic advocate for CTA’s values.

Planning Contribute to the delivery of CTA’s strategy and operational plans. Contribute to service evaluation and development by listening to the feedback of members and trainers.

Reporting Ensure personal record-keeping and reporting is conducted consistently and to a high standard, including generating data for management reporting, saving resources and documents on SharePoint.

Participation Contribute to staff meetings, team meetings, and other meetings as required.

Resources Use the resources of the organisation effectively.

Governance Ensure our administration and customer service work remains compliant with relevant legislation, policies and good practice.

Person Specification: Marketing and Events Executive

Experience & Qualifications

Essential

Can demonstrate experience of planning, creating and delivering innovative marketing campaigns which include range of activities/events delivered within the campaign.

• Can demonstrate experience of planning, creating and delivering events.

• Can demonstrate extensive experience of establishing and maintaining positive relationships with a range of internal/external stakeholders

• Experience of managing different social media platforms and able to use digital channels to improve reach, efficiency and impact of campaigns/messages

• Experience in writing news releases, responding to media enquiries and developing and maintaining strong relationships with journalists and other media outlets both virtually and face to face.

• Experience of writing blogs and articles (print and online)

• Experience of managing digital advertising (including Google AdWords and Facebook Insights)

• Experience of managing website CMS, e-newsletter platforms and form building platforms (SurveyMonkey)

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience that demonstrates ability

• Experience of analysing and interpreting data.

• Experience of using project management software.

Desirable

• Experience of working within a membership or voluntary sector environment.

• Experience of developing case studies or other qualitative data

• Experience of delivering UK Wide marketing and communications campaigns

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Excellent verbal and written communication and copywriting skills, with first-rate attention to detail and ability to adapt to suit subject and audience

• Demonstrable knowledge of and advanced skills in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel)

• Knowledge of and skills in social media management, with a focus on increasing reach and engagement

• Strong communication skills and ability to work with colleagues across a range of skills and expertise, and to communicate effectively at senior level

• Ability to work on own initiative and organise, plan and manage projects simultaneously, and meet deadlines

• Ability to think strategically and creatively regarding the long-term development of an organisation’s marketing and communications work.

• Excellent graphic design skills.

• Excellent Video capturing and editing.

• Experience of working within a membership or voluntary sector environment.

• Experience of developing case studies or other qualitative data

• Experience of delivering UK Wide marketing and communications campaigns

Desirable

• Understanding and knowledge of the Community Transport Sector And/or the wider community/voluntary sector.

• Knowledge and understanding of using communications to build a membership base and maintain positive member relations.

Values and Behaviors

Essential

• A demonstrable commitment to our organisation’s values.

• A strong commitment to, and understanding of, the principles of equity, diversity and inclusion.

Who are Ambition Institute?

A great teacher changes the future every day. Especially for children who have had a tough start in life, a teacher can be the critical factor in their success.

At Ambition Institute we help schools tackling educational disadvantage to keep getting better and help their teachers and school leaders to become more expert over time.

That’s how we’ll make sure every child gets a great education and the best possible start in life.

• We train teachers and leaders at all levels to get better at the things that make the biggest difference: what you teach, how you teach it, and how you create the conditions for schools to thrive.

• We share what works. Everyone can benefit from evidence of how great teaching and leadership can improve schools and change lives, so we connect people to the latest research and best practice.

• We champion every teacher and school leader’s potential to develop, as the driving force for sustainable school improvement.

What would we like…?

Are you on a project or programme management career path?

We are looking for a talented individual to join the team as Delivery Coordinator. The postholder will report into and work closely with the Executive Director of Programme Delivery.

You'll play a crucial role in providing programme office support to the Executive Director, Programme Delivery which spans elements of diary, calendar and travel management, communications with senior external stakeholders, and end-to-end administration / coordination of various boards.

You'll be responsible for supporting on the implementation of project plans, maintaining accurate project & programme documentation, and facilitating cross-departmental specialist teams to support high quality programme delivery.

We would like you to:

• Work independently to delivery programme or project outputs or products based on team needs, including papers, reviews and analysis of data utilising systems and tools such as Power Bi, Salesforce and Excel based on programme needs

• Provide administrative and secretariat support for organisational programme and project boards, including setting agendas, preparing, collating and distributing papers, minuting and ensuring decisions and actions are followed up and logged with minimal supervision

• Maintain comprehensive project documentation, including collating and concisely summarising project documentation for multiple senior audiences both in a written format and verbally by providing updates in departmental / board / team meetings

• Represent programme delivery teams / the division in internal forums, providing updates, answering questions and raising the profile of progress and success in programme delivery

Working in a hybrid way, you’ll be attached to either our Birmingham, London or Manchester office and will report to the Executive Director, Programme Delivery. In line with our current ways of working, you’ll be expected to be in the office at least 1 day a month, in addition to team days and this may be reviewed by Ambition.

What’s in it for you….?

• Competitive annual salary.

• Professional development for all staff.

• 25 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays and 'winter shut down’ between Christmas and New Year.

• Employer pension contribution of 11%.

• Agile, hybrid working culture, so you can manage when and where you work.

• Staff affinity networks that help keep equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our work.

• Blind recruitment process to ensure equality and fairness in our hiring.

• Enhanced maternity pay after a year’s service.

• Shared parental leave package.

• Access to free, confidential 24/7 wellbeing and support line.

• Comfortable and collaborative workspaces in the city centres of Manchester, Birmingham and London

• Work-from-home technology package to support hybrid working.

• Interest free season ticket / bike loans.

ABOUT YOU

We don’t expect the person we hire to have all of the following, but this should give you a sense of what would enable you to thrive in this role and in our team:

YOU SHOULD APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF:

• You care deeply about educational disadvantage and being part of an organisation that challenges inequality.

• You have a good work ethic and strive to make a difference in the job you do.

• You always give maximum effort to understand and meet the needs of our partners and participants.

• You always have a great attitude so we “can do” for all our colleagues, partners and participants.

• You are open to feedback and learning because we want to keep getting better.

• You work with your initiative to bring new ideas and a fresh perspective.

• You are well organised and can prioritise work that will have the greatest impact.

YOU’LL LOVE WORKING AT AMBITION IF…

• You want a career with a person-centred organisation with a cause at its heart.

• You have a collaborative work ethos, bring warmth and good humour to work and constructive outlook to every situation.

• You enjoy working in a fast-moving workplace, with a great support structure around you.

• You would like to grow with an ambitious organisation as it progresses over time

• Want flexibility in how you work – splitting your time between one of our offices and remote working and managing your own working patterns to get the job done.

Applications will be considered for all locations

How to apply  

Applications must be received by the closing date, 9am on 13 December 2023. Interviews are expected take place week on 18 and 19 December 2023.

Equality and diversity matters to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality.

The Portsmouth Grammar School is a leading co-educational school located in the historic heart of Portsmouth.

The Deputy Clerk to the Governors & Bursar’s PA is responsible for providing proactive, comprehensive and confidential administrative, secretarial and organisational support to the Governors and Bursar.  The successful candidate will have experience of a similar role within a professional environment supporting at senior level.

We welcome applications from suitably qualified and experienced candidates who can offer an excellent command of written and spoken English, an exceptional telephone manner and the ability to ensure all visitors to the Bursar receive an efficient and welcoming service, in line with the ethos of the school.

The post is full-time (Monday – Friday, normally 8.00am to 4.00pm, with an unpaid 30 minutes for lunch) and operates throughout the calendar year, requiring later finishes on Governor committee meeting days.  This is a busy and varied role and a flexible approach is essential to be able to support fluctuations in workload, occasional evening or weekend meetings and events and to work additional hours where necessary.

The start date will be as soon as possible and can be discussed further at interview.

Person Specification

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:

· Substantial senior secretarial and administrative experience, working in a complex environment and supporting at senior level. Previous experience within an educational environment will be desirable but is not essential

· A positive outlook and a commitment to completing tasks to the highest standard

· Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, along with a diplomatic and discreet outlook

· Accuracy and thorough attention to detail

· Flexibility, adaptability, calmness under pressure, responsiveness to a changing environment, and an understanding of the unpredictable nature of work

· A pro-active approach to planning and prioritising work on their own initiative, as well as first rate organisational skills

· The ability to maintain a high work rate and to cope with a range of tasks and competing priorities

· Proficient use of Microsoft Office, desk-top publishing software, databases and management information systems

· Knowledge and understanding of data protection matters including the GDPR

· A willingness and ability to ‘roll up sleeves’ in an emergency along with a professional, unflappable and approachable demeanour

· An enjoyment of working in the company of children and young people, and of participating fully in the life of the school

· A high level of personal integrity, honesty, enthusiasm and stamina, and a commitment to maintaining the highest levels of confidentiality

How to apply:

Any enquires about the role or how to apply are welcome to be sent to the HR department.

The closing date is noon on 13th December 2023 and interviews will be scheduled to take place on the school site as soon as possible thereafter, during w/c 18th December 2023.

Job Title: Finance Manager

Salary: £30000 per annum

Location: Harrow

Term: 12 Fixed-Term Contact Maternity Cover, hybrid, 2 to 3 days on campus per week.

Would you like to be part of an outstanding educational institution with a history dating back to the 16th century?

The Finance Manager oversees the financial matters and collaborates closely with the Chief Executive Officer and Director, playing an integral role in the school.

The school's campus is characterised by its historical significance and architectural prominence, serving as a home to a diverse community of students.

As Finance finance manager, your day-to-day will include:

• Preparation and submission of the Annual Accounts and Trustees Report to the Charity Commission
• Collaborating with the Chief Executive on the 5-year plan and other documents for Trustees and School Governors Meetings
• Ensuring compliance with the Charity Commission and regulatory requirements.
• Monitoring investment funds and maintaining communication with the school.
• Coordinating with the Chief Executive on financial support provided to the school for projects and bursarial assistance.
• Submission of gift aid and other tax claims
• Monthly upkeep of the books of accounts
• Timely processing of invoices and payments.
• Performing monthly inter-entity reconciliations.
• Preparation of financial reports.

• Preparation of the annual accounts.
• Providing financial reports on performance to the Board on a termly basis and attending Board Meetings.
• Monitoring investment funds.

Finance Managers skills and abilities will include:

• Education to degree level and beyond Accountancy qualification (ACA or similar), Proficient user of Excel.
• Experience and training on the Raiser's Edge database, Proficient user of Microsoft Word and Excel with good understanding of double-entry bookkeeping.

• Knowledge of charity accounting.
• Knowledge of FRS 102 and Charity Commission's SORP.

As Finance Manager you will be:

• Adhering to the School's Safeguarding and Child Protection policies and procedures.
• Reporting any concerns regarding the safety or welfare of children to the line manager or the School's Safeguarding Lead.

Your Benefits will include:

• Parking on campus
• Fre lunch when on campus
• Use of Golf Course, library and gym.
• Access to lectures and concerts.

If you have a flexible and "hands-on" approach with diligence and discretion in handling confidential information plus good precision and attention to detail and your attributes align with this role, please apply to without delay.Top of Form

The closing date for applications is 7^th December.

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.

We are the national body for careers education in England, delivering support to schools and colleges to deliver modern, 21st-century careers education.

The Careers & Enterprise Company is a great place to work. We operate within a fast-paced and collaborative environment. We are brought together by one thing: our passion to ensure young people get the best possible start in life and are supported to find their best next step.

Do you want to be part of a mission-driven team focused on transforming young people’s lives? If so, we’d love to hear from you!

Role Summary

An exciting opportunity for candidates with strong administrative skills who are looking to develop and learn about business operations. This role sits within our Internal Operations Team and will provide administrative support to a variety of Directorates across the CEC.

The post-holder will have the opportunity to work on a variety of internal and external initiatives and will work closely with the Internal Operations Manager to develop, implement, and improve business processes. This role would suit ambitious candidates who wish to apply their administrative, organisational and problem-solving skills to support the effective running of the CEC.

The right candidate would also have the opportunity to work closely with the EA to the CEO and Deputy CEO, providing EA and diary cover where required.

This role would suit someone who is a strong team player, has a desire to learn from hands-on experience and would excel working within a diverse role with a variety of stakeholders.

Our organisation has a privileged opportunity to make a difference to the lives of millions of young people, helping to inspire and prepare them for the fast-changing world of work, and we want you to help us make it happen.

To apply, please complete the application form on our website via the apply button and upload your CV (removing all personal details).

Please describe in your application :

• What interests you in this role and why would you like to work for Careers and Enterprise Company?
• Please provide an overview and examples of how you excel in both written and verbal communication.
• Please provide an example of where you have used a proactive approach to problem-solving and what was the outcome.

Closing date: Sunday 10th December 2023.

Interviews to be held on 14th and 15th December 2023.

*PLEASE NOTE THAT WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CLOSE THIS ADVERT EARLY SHOULD WE RECEIVE SUITABLE APPLICATIONS* 

It is our policy to review all applications within two weeks from the closing date. If you do not hear from us within three weeks following the closing date, then your application has unfortunately not been successful on this occasion. We are unable to provide feedback to candidates who have not been shortlisted and attended an interview.

Prospectus is delighted to be working exclusively with the Royal Institution (Ri) in their search for a Trusts and Foundations Manager.

The Royal Institution (Ri) is an independent charity which has been connecting people with science for over 200 years. They have a clear vision that ‘Science is for Everyone’ and it is their belief that everyone should have equitable access to science. Through a packed events programme, UK schools’ outreach & social impact initiatives, and global digital reach their mission is achieved - connecting people with scientists to explore science together.

This is a pivotal role, key in maximising supporter engagement and income for the Ri. Responsible for developing cultivation strategies for current and prospective charitable trusts and foundations the post holder will collaborate across the Ri to develop innovative and compelling proposals and with delivering excellent account management and stewardship to existing donors. 

This role requires demonstrable experience of creating opportunities and securing income through Trusts and Foundations fundraising. The post holder will be adept and successful at researching prospects, generating meetings and managing relationships with donors.  If you are driven and motivated, enjoy writing persuasive funding proposals which communicate complex messages to a range of audiences, then please don’t hesitate to get in touch!

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds. Please let us know if we can help you with the application process in any way. We are more than happy to make any reasonable adjustments to enable all interested candidates to apply. If you would like assistance with completing an application then please contact Jessica Stoddart at Prospectus.

If you are interested in applying for this Trusts and Foundations Manager position, please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You’ll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.

Mottingham Big Local Refocused (MBLR) Partnership is delighted to be recruiting a Programme Manager. Mottingham is one of the local areas in England benefiting from £1 million Big Lottery investment.

This is an exciting opportunity to help us to deliver our new Plan and vision for the Mottingham Big Local area. The aim is to coordinate Big Local activity and build the local social infrastructure over the remaining period of the programme.

The successful candidate will lead on strategic cross-sector engagement within the Mottingham Big Local area and across the London Borough of Bromley  to strengthen and inform programme delivery and optimise funding opportunities. You will also lead on creating a sustainable MBLR legacy, including working on a successor organisation.

You will have supervisory responsibility for the MLBR Administrator & Project Support Officer, and lead on the delivery of a small Community Chest grant programme.

Reporting to the Community Links Bromley CEO, you will work closely with the local resident-led Partnership Board.

If you are enthusiastic about making a change and want to help shape future approaches to community and place, this could be the role for you.

Please note that we do not accept CVs.

Deputy Head of Finance

Permanent Position

£61,000 - £65,000

Excellent Pension and Holiday entitlement.

The client is a Higher Education Drama School based in North London. ( Zone 1).

Reporting into the Head of Finance and managing a team of four Transactional accountants.

Background from the education or charity sector would be beneficial.

• Assist the Head of Finance to ensure that all reporting internally and externally is produced in a timely and professional manner, including support for completion of external returns as required;
• Support the management of the relationship with the internal and external auditors and all other audit/inspection requirements. Ensure the monitoring requirements of the Office for Students and other funding partners are met;
• Oversee the management and completion of periodic Finance statistical/data returns for both internal and external stakeholders (e.g. HESA and OfS,);
• Support the Head of Finance in the co-ordination of timely annual budget setting process in accordance with the budget timetable; including the reconciliation of planned expenditure budgets to agreed income levels to ensure a balanced budget;
• To take a strategic view on budget proposals across departments, advising on the validity/affordability of plans, ensuring the departments spends within agreed budget limits and that value for money is secured in the long term;
• Produce reports on finance, investment and treasury management to inform the decision making of the Finance and Estates and Investment Committees.

Closing Date 6th of December.

Our client, one of London's leading universities, is currently looking to recruit a temporary Postgraduate Manager to lead the team in achieving a high quality and timely service to current and prospective students and staff related to designated PGT degree programmes. This role is to run until the end of February 24 in the first instance and will be hybrid working.

The postholder will oversee the work of specialist staff who are supporting designated postgraduate taught (PGT) programmes, ensuring effective procedures are adopted and documented for dealing with all aspects of the administration. You will also coordinate all tasks relating to the teaching and learning activities of students, from enquiry to completion, including supporting committees and processes relating to assessment, student, and programme records.

To be considered for this role we are seeking candidates who have previous experience in a similar position, coordinating priorities, tasks, and the workload of a team to ensure that objectives are achieved, and deadlines are met. You will have experience of working under pressure and dealing with high volumes of processing alongside the ability to review information and provide analysis to support process improvement. Teaching experience, including Postgraduate teaching experience would be extremely desirable.

This post is looking for someone to start as soon as possible, so you will need to be available immediately in order to be considered.
 
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Speakers for Schools is a national social mobility charity. We work across the UK to inspire young people and help prepare them for the world of work through innovative programmes and practical experiences of the workplace. Through our Research and Policy work we seek to change the landscape to ensure every young person has access to high quality work experience opportunities.

We work in partnership with schools and a network of over 700 leading employers to deliver outstanding opportunities for the young people who need our help the most, be they from under-represented groups or areas of disadvantage.

Speakers for Schools Values

PASSION: We are committed to levelling the playing field for young people across the UK, creating social mobility and tackling disadvantages.

AGILITY: We challenge our ideas of what is possible in order to better meet the needs of those we support. We are human, make mistakes, learn, evolve and adapt.

INTEGRITY: We act with empathy and bring our authentic selves to work every day. We value and respect the talent, time and intentions of those we work with.

COLLABORATION: We are one team with one mission and only by working together can we deliver better outcomes for young people. We support each other unconditionally and feel motivation in shared success as well as individual progress.

DIVERSITY: We know it takes people with different ideas, strengths, identities, interests, and cultural backgrounds to make our organisation succeed. We encourage constructive debate and critical friendship.

Position

The Digital Marketing Manager plays a key role in contributing to the ongoing growth and development of the charity across all digital channels and audiences. They are a data-driven decision maker, with a history of driving growth, who is comfortable championing new ideas and experimenting and optimising to drive projects forward.

This position is for 6 months cover full time from mid-Feb 2024, with a salary of £38000 pro rata, and applicants must be based in the UK with uk Right to Work.

Responsibilities:

Strategic purpose:

Lead the charity’s digital marketing strategy, leveraging the full digital suite to expand our reach, drive conversions, build brand awareness and promote retention of our existing stakeholder audiences.

Drive continual optimisation and progression of our ‘Always-on’ owned channel engagement plans to support user acquisition and engagement.

Monitor and develop regular audits on competitor activity and best practice across all platforms.

Engagement:

Work closely with the in-house MarComms team and external suppliers to implement key acquisition and retention initiatives to build our audiences with a specific focus on employer and educator acquisition

Work closely with the Content Manager and Lead Designer on brand digital marketing campaigns including paid social, VOD, digital display, online content partnerships, etc.

Work closely with UX lead on creation of audience profiles and web user journey optimisation alongside creation of new user journeys

Work closely with the web manager to turn said user journeys into web pages and navigation systems

Establish strong working relationships with key contacts across all relevant external platforms for service support and best practice.

Delivery:

Day-to-day management of email marketing campaigns & newsletters (including defining audiences/segmentation and test and learn campaigns).

Management of SEO and web optimisation, including but not limited to, site health audit, wireframing and navigation design

All paid digital activity, including paid social and PPC

Other duties as required, as identified by the Chief Marketing Officer

Represent and work to our values as, fostering a culture of positivity, support, respect, and inclusivity, while taking personal responsibility for their attitude, performance, and development

Adherence to data compliance, standards, guidelines and best practices to ensure our data integrity and consistency.

Ensure safeguarding best practice is enshrined in all organisational activity.

Note: This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities and duties required.

Requirements

•Extensive knowledge of paid ad campaign platforms including Business Manager, LinkedIn, Twitter and Google Ad Words alongside reporting/analytics platforms including Google Analytics, Semrush and Tag Manager.

•Experience in SEO and website health scores

•Experience understanding and analysing platform data to reveal and inform planning and decision making.

•Strong background in email marketing is essential for this role. Experience with Iterable platform is beneficial but not essential as training will be provided.

•Experience of working with new and emerging online technologies and tools to develop digital content.

•Knowledge and experience working with Salesforce and PowerBi.

•Strong credentials that demonstrate experience of engaging and building online audiences.

•Thorough experience using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF editor, use of collaborative docs, etc).

•Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.

•Able to gain respect and work as a team player with a range of people.

•Strong organisational skills and a collaborative approach to working.