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Partnership Development Lead
Reports to: Head of Business Development
Location: Flexible across Groundwork Offices and Homeworking, must be willing to travel as required for events across North East and Cumbria
Salary: £30,487 – £34,132 pro rata per annum
Hours: 30 Hours Per Week

About us

Groundwork aims to be the UK’s leading regeneration charity, working through partnership to create communities in which people are proud to live and work. This programme will deliver Groundwork’s mission of supporting people to improve their prospects and reach their full potential.

About the role:

We are seeking an experienced, confident, and proactive person to join our team. You will be an integral part of business development, leading on developing partnerships internally and externally which will build a pipeline of opportunities. You will develop corporate fundraisers and events, locally and regionally, as well as being able to occasionally write and submit successful funding applications to a variety of funding sources where required. This role would suit someone who thrives in relationship management and securing successful new partnerships.

Flexible office locations with travel across the North East and Cumbria to visit partners and attend events alongside attendance on occasion at Newton Aycliffe office for team meetings.

About you:

• A proven new business track-record developing partnerships with public and corporate organisations across multiple sectors
• Experience of managing corporate fundraising partnerships, ideally from within the charity sector
• Experience of liaising effectively with colleagues and a wide variety of stakeholders
• Experience in developing and implementing ambitious sector strategies and producing tailored new partnership propositions that meet Groundwork objectives.
• Proven track record of corporate and community fundraising.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, effective proposal writing and correspondence to internal and external audiences.
• CRM system experience

Closing date: Midnight on Wednesday 25th September 2024

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.

Make yourself at home:

We want you to be yourself at Groundwork and we value everything that makes you unique. We recognise and celebrate your difference and together we make Groundwork a special and great place to work. As a Disability Confident employer we offer a guaranteed interview to applicants with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role.

At Groundwork we ensure that we provide a safe environment for adults, children and young people to take part in any activity or service that we organise. We are committed to creating a culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk. Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and comprehensive process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates to ensure that all the people we appoint are suitable to work with our children, young people and adults.

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Assistant Solicitor
Location: Based at our Slimbridge office and suitable for hybrid working, spending a minimum of 2 days a month in the office.
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £25,548 per annum (FTE £42,580)
Hours: Part Time, working 22.5 hours per week across 3 days

To meet our ambitious targets, we need great people. We are seeking a professional and highly motivated lawyer to join WWT at an exciting time of growth.

With the support of the Head of Legal you will provide colleagues with advice across a broad range of legal areas, including commercial contracting, funding agreements, land and property, insurance claims and matters of charity and company governance.

About You

A qualified lawyer, you will have a strong customer focus, enjoy working within multi-disciplinary teams, and have excellent communication skills. There will be a varied workload, so you will need to enjoy learning and applying yourself to any new areas.

About Us

We’re WWT, and we’re on a mission to restore the super-powered ecosystems we call wetlands. There’s never been a more important moment for our work, and we’ve got some phenomenal people on the case.

Whether they’re taking a new visitor under their wing, or conducting ground-breaking research further afield, our team are second to none. And there’s nothing we love more than watching them soar.

Whatever you do here, you’ll be helping to restore wetlands and unlock their power. So, the only question left is, what role will you play?

Why you’ll love working at WWT

• Wake up every day knowing your work is helping to restore wetlands, and our world
• Be surrounded and inspired by our team of passionate, dedicated people
• 33 days annual leave (which goes up to 38 days after 5 years of service) – this includes bank holidays and you have flexibility to take those days whenever you want
• Free entry to all our wetland centres, including your family
• Free car parking and secure bike storage areas
• Colleague discount on shopping and memberships
• Cycle to work scheme
• Contributory pension scheme
• Life Assurance of three times your salary, for peace of mind for your loved ones
• Independent personal, workplace and financial advice from Care first

Closing Date: 23/09/2024

Interested?

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website.

WWT is an equal opportunities employer and all applications will be considered solely on merit.

No agencies please.

We have an opportunity for a suitably qualified individual to join us at Essex Wildlife Trust as a Digital Communications Officer to lead on our social media platforms, reach new audiences, expand our impact and build relationships with supporters.

This role will oversee all of Essex Wildlife Trust’s social media channels, ensuring that our key messages and information are delivered in an inclusive and accessible way. The role focuses on informing, inspiring and engaging the public about conservation and wildlife in Essex. The Digital Communications Officer will have the opportunity to lead social media campaigns that mobilise individuals, community groups and businesses.

Responsible for managing the Trust’s digital content schedule across various platforms including Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok, YouTube and LinkedIn, this role involves producing relevant short-form and video content to increase the Trust’s reach and drive engagement to support income-generating activities. The Officer is expected to tailor content for each platform and collaborate with other departments to plan and create impactful content.

The post holder will work closely with the Communications and Marketing Manager to develop strategies and plans, utilising innovative and creative approaches and conducting regular analysis to enhance the Trust's influence. Working with the wider team, which includes Campaigns, Marketing, Design & Brand, the role contributes to cross-departmental communications that align with the Trust’s strategic goals.

The ideal candidate will possess excellent interpersonal skills and the confidence to collaborate with various stakeholders. This includes acting as a spokesperson on social media, training staff (and volunteers where required) in this capacity, and working with ambassadors and corporate partners. Strong written and verbal communication skills, self-motivation and an understanding of the importance of different approaches across social platforms are essential. The post holder should also be adept at keeping up with trends.

This is a unique opportunity for a creative individual with a passion for conservation and communications to make a meaningful impact within the team.

The position is a permanent role with a starting salary of £27,690.00 per annum. The hours of work are 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday from 9:00am to 5:00pm). We are a flexible working organisation that includes flexible homeworking arrangements.

To apply for this opportunity, please submit an online application via our website by 9:00am on Thursday 19 September 2024. The interviews will be held online on Tuesday 01 October 2024. 

Project Officer – Behaviour Change & Engagement 

(Reigate & Bansted)

£28,831 per annum (pro rata for part time hours)

(Ref: SUS4322)

Full Time 37.5 hours per week – happy to talk flexible working.

Fixed contract until 31st March 2025

Base: Hybrid with opportunity to work at Reigate & Banstead Borough Council Offices

About the role

An exciting role to deliver a tailored package of support that will help Reigate and Banstead Council to increase levels of active travel in the area. You will engage with schools, workplaces, and communities to support and enable more people to walk, wheel, cycle and scoot for local everyday journeys, instead of taking the car. 

As the Project Officer, you will plan and deliver fun, innovative and engaging activities such as mapping safe routes, leading rides and walks, practical skills sessions, competitions, initiatives and information events. The range of activities, events and resources will be adapted to meet the needs of the different audiences and will be designed to be inclusive so as many people as possible can benefit from the project and more local journeys can be travelled actively. 

This role will require you to work with a range of people across local and diverse communities, workplaces and schools in Reigate and Banstead. Creating relationships with key people and employers, understanding the barriers, challenges and opportunities to actively travel. You will be working closely with others to develop a programme of activities.

You will have the opportunity to give people confidence, enthusiasm and skills to travel more actively, through events and community activities. 

You will build and manage internal and external relationships with key people such as school or community travel champions, local authority colleagues and other Sustrans delivery officers. 

Within the role, there will be an expectation to capture the impact of the project through completing reporting and monitoring, writing case studies, capturing quotes and photos and contributing to an end of project report. 

This role will require travel and work at locations as necessary to undertake projects on behalf of Sustrans.

About you

You should have experience of working with children and young people within a community setting and delivering physical activities to groups. Your knowledge of the local area will help you form relationships with a wide range of organisations, groups, and individuals.

You will be a self-motivated and solution driven individual used to working independently as well as part of a team, with the ability to plan and prioritise your workload.

Sustrans has a long-term commitment to being a charity for everyone - reducing inequality, valuing diversity, enabling inclusion and ensuring all people are treated with dignity and respect. We aim to be a truly inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all parts of the community, in particular from under-represented groups. 

What we offer

In return we can offer true hybrid working to suit individual circumstances and a flexible, supportive and rewarding working environment. 

Wellbeing

• 28 days’ leave per annum plus bank holidays for full-time working
• Ability to buy an extra week of annual leave (pro-rata for part-time staff)
• Staff volunteer days
• 24/7 free, impartial and confidential support service
• We are members of the Green Commute Initiative and Cycle Scheme who both offer cycle to work schemes

Financial

• Group Personal Pension scheme with a 6% or 7% of basic salary contribution being matched by Sustrans
• Bike, computer and season ticket loans
• Discount benefits
• London Weighting Allowance of £4,530 for all those living within a London Borough (32 local authority districts plus the City of London)
• Death in Service benefit – 3 x annual Salary

Family Friendly

• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Flexible Working practices (full time hours are 37.5 per week, Monday - Friday)

Additional information

• Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 23:59, 03 October 2024. 
• Interviews will take place via MS Teams on the 15th or 16th of October 2024

About Sustrans

At Sustrans you'll be part of a movement to make it easier for people to walk and cycle. 

We're all here to change things! You’ll be part of an incredible community of talented, passionate, creative, problem solvers all working together to change things for the better. We act locally and think big - we have a vision of a society where the way we travel creates healthier places and happier lives for everyone.

You'll be questioning the status quo and daring to imagine a different world. You'll work on exciting, impactful projects that will stretch and empower you and you'll be rewarded by seeing the difference you make to people, communities and the planet. 

 We believe including everyone is central to who we are and what we want to achieve, we welcome difference and pride ourselves on creating a culture where you can be yourself and where your wellness is supported. 

You'll be guaranteed to make friends for life and work with a team that is incredibly flexible, supportive, ethical and fun.

We are seeking a dynamic and inspirational leader to help us refresh and grow our retail offer and create a welcoming experience for our customers at Refurbs!

Refurbs offer affordable, quality household appliances and furniture. Helping households with low incomes furnish their homes for less and stopping good quality items ending up in landfill.

The Role - Retail Development Manager

With prior experience in retail management, our Retail Development Manager will lead the delivery of our repair and reuse mission through our retail offer. Your role will be to develop our sales offer, maximising the income and minimising costs, creating a retail environment that meets the needs of the business and our customers. The ability to develop the charity’s online offer is essential and therefore we are looking for someone with proven skills in this area.

Please visit our website for full details.

When asked what they love most about working at Rainforest Trust UK, our staff say it is feeling they are making a difference and taking direct action on some of the biggest issues of our time: climate change, biodiversity loss and Indigenous Peoples' rights. They also like being part of a small, friendly, and supportive team, where they feel they can have a direct input into decisions and our direction.

This is a great opportunity for someone to gain experience in our small, but growing, charity, supporting the team to reach our funding goals for Rainforest Trust’s vital projects internationally. The Fundraising Assistant will have a varied role supporting a broad range of fundraising strands and take responsibility for some of our supporter care, CRM administration, digital communications (including social media) and community fundraising.

You may not have experience in all of these areas, but you will be a fast learner and willing to pick things up on the job. You will be an excellent communicator, with strong interpersonal skills to speak to and thank donors both verbally and in writing. You will also have strong IT skills, be organised, proactive, and committed. 

You will share our values and passion for protecting the environment and will show genuine care in supporting our donors to give to the rainforests. We want our staff to be as diverse as the nature we seek to protect, so we particularly encourage applications from people who are underrepresented within the conservation sector, including people of colour and people with disabilities. We recognise that your experience may be from unpaid roles as well as formal employment. We want to know why you’re the right person for this role, not whether you’ve been given the right opportunities. If your experience doesn’t entirely match the person specification but you feel you could bring value to the role we’d encourage you to apply.

What we offer
- This is a 2-year fixed term contract with the potential for an extension if the role delivers the expected outcomes.
- Annual FTE salary is £26,000
- We offer 25 days’ annual leave, plus 8 bank holidays (pro-rated)

Who we are
Rainforest Trust is a leading global organisation sponsoring the creation and expansion of protected and conserved areas, playing a central role in combating biodiversity loss and fighting climate change. We have already placed over 50 million acres under permanent protection across 72 countries, and recent surveys show that 99% of the rainforest we have protected since 1988 remains intact.

Rainforest Trust UK (RTUK) is set up as a separate charity to tax-efficiently raise funds from donors here in the UK for Rainforest Trust’s conservation projects. We are currently a team of seven people, but we are affiliated to, and supported by, the Rainforest Trust team in the U.S., which has a team of about 40 staff. In 2023 the global charity raised $46 million for conservation projects in Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America, with the UK charity contributing £2.2 million of this.

We currently work remotely, meeting up 2 days per month in London to work alongside each other in a shared office, or to run events for our supporters. 

Key Responsibilities (see attached job description for full list)
- Deal promptly with donations received on a daily basis, following our processes to ensure supporters are appropriately thanked.
- Respond to day-to-day enquiries from Rainforest Trust UK supporters via phone, email and post.
- Support the Fundraising Manager in sending communications to the donor base, utilising content from Rainforest Trust Global, checking for accuracy and ensuring all communications adhere to Rainforest Trust’s brand guidelines.
- Lead on the daily management of Rainforest Trust UK’s social media channels, including scheduling posts and responding to comments/messages.
- Be the main point of contact for fundraisers, schools and other community groups raising funds for Rainforest Trust UK.

Person Specification - see attached job description document

Working Arrangements and Travel Requirements - You will be predominantly home-based (so you will need an excellent internet connection) and expected to commute to London two days per month to work in-person, alongside the team.

We are flexible as to how many hours this postholder works, and will consider a 4-5 day per week arrangement.

Equal Opportunity Employer - Rainforest Trust UK is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to developing a diverse and inclusive working environment. We recognise that promoting diversity and eliminating discrimination in our work will bring benefits for our people, our organisation and our charitable purpose. We welcome applications from all individuals regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief or any other protected characteristic.

Position: Campaigns Coordinator

Based: EJF offices in London or Bath

Contract: Full-time, permanent. Hybrid working arrangements are in place, and flexible working arrangements can be considered.

Salary range: £38,000-48,000 dependent on experience

Benefits: Private healthcare package, generous pension and annual paid leave (30 days including bank holidays, increasing subsequently each year and additional paid leave over Christmas), cycle-to-work scheme (more details below)

Reporting to: CEO

The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) exists to protect the natural world and defend our basic human right to a secure environment.

We believe in equity and justice and a need to respect, defend, and empower communities most at risk from habitat loss, biodiversity collapse and global heating.

We campaign for environmental justice and work internationally, presenting investigative findings to high-level decision-makers to shape systemic, durable reform. We expose abuses and support environmental defenders, Indigenous peoples, independent journalists and communities on the frontlines of environmental injustice.

With over 115 staff in 16 countries, our campaigns are outcome-focused, presenting findings from our investigations, research and films to decision-takers and media to secure policy changes and high-impact results for environmental justice. Key campaigns include:

Ocean: Defending precious marine biodiversity and protecting coastal communities whose human rights depend on marine habitats. EJF campaigns to protect the ocean from climate change, destructive and illegal fishing, deep- sea mining and plastic pollution, and to end ‘seafood slavery’.

Climate: Campaigning for legal protection and assistance for climate refugees and those on the frontlines of climate change; and to protect Nature’s carbon stores, including wetlands, forests and ocean biomes.

Environmental Defenders: Providing targeted training and equipment, guidance and support that enables grassroots activists, Indigenous peoples, and independent journalists to document, expose and end threats to their natural world and human rights.

The role:

This is a unique and exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and experienced person to coordinate the delivery of EJF’s portfolio of cutting-edge campaigns, which bring about critical impacts for both people and the planet. We seek an outstanding, confident professional to support the Directors in coordinating our campaigns, projects and programmes globally. You will report directly to the CEO and play a key role in ensuring our growing advocacy teams deliver meaningful impacts to protect people and our planet. You will be exposed to a diverse range of campaigns across four continents and gain invaluable experience effectively administrating a growing charity and international organisation. The post will not manage projects, campaigns or programmes but ensure the most efficient and effective co-ordination.

The successful candidate will work across all EJF campaigns and operations, taking responsibility to:

• Develop a monitoring and evaluation framework to track progress against campaign strategies. This will include ensuring that all projects and campaigns have a plan with precise, measurable outcomes, outputs, activities, roles and responsibilities, timelines and budgets pre-agreed with the programme lead and CEO.
• Ensure staff regularly and thoroughly update progress and challenges in delivering outcomes and outputs activities and that the CEO is kept full briefed.
• Assess, in detail, which projects are progressing on schedule, within budget, and delivering planned outcomes.
• Deliver constructive, critical impact evaluation as measured against pre- agreed metrics.
• Track and update major campaign activities and outputs in one accessible, calendarised central location for the Directors and Senior Management Team.
• This will include significant campaign initiatives, key advocacy meetings, and relevant third-party dates/events.
• Ensure the compilation and submission of progress reports and other updates to funders.
• Work closely with the CEO and Senior Management Team (SMT) to ensure global teams coordinate fully and share information on cross-cutting or mutually beneficial projects.
• Work with the communications team to ensure the entire team network stays updated with the latest campaign developments and has an overview of EJF's work across different jurisdictions.
• Assist in producing detailed external communications, primarily to donors on behalf of the Directors.
• Propose simple, effective and use-friendly systems to be used by the global team to share information and intelligence
• Support team leads in ensuring their staff work efficiently, flagging and helping identify swift resolution to any issues or challenges.

Skills and experience

This challenging, fast-paced and varied role demands meticulous attention to detail, creative thinking, an ability to grasp new issues quickly, and a ‘can do’ attitude. The Campaigns Coordinator will have superb organisational and interpersonal skills and a proven ability to coordinate projects, ideally in international environments and across diverse teams.

Essential skills and attributes

• Outstanding project or programme management experience (of at least three years), including coordinating campaigns and projects on time and within budget, and with knowledge in output, outcome, and impact monitoringframeworks.
• Strategic and pragmatic thinker with proven experience leading campaign strategy development, planning, delivery and evaluation.
• Excellent, collaborative working style with proven experience in leading, convening and inspiring action in a cross-cultural environment and across diverse and dispersed teams.
• First-class communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex information verbally and in writing clearly and simply to staff and relevant external audiences (e.g. funders).
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build effective working relationships.
• Excellent organisational skills, self-motivated and able to prioritise workloads and balance multiple work streams.
• You can work independently and effectively collaborate with colleagues and partners overseas. You are reliable, determined, creative, positive, and resourceful.
• You have a solid commitment to EJF’s mission, values, and vision—you want to change the world for the better.

Desirable skills and experience:

• A strong understanding of environmental and human rights issues.
• Experience working in a third-sector organisation.
• Proficiency in other languages.

Applications: If you think you are a strong candidate, even if you don’t meet every requirement listed, please send your CV and a cover letter to the email address provided. 

Closing date for applications: 20 September 2024. First interviews will occur on a rolling basis as applications are reviewed, and the successful applicant may be found before the closing date.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Candidates must have the legal right to live and work in the UK.

EJF is an equal opportunities employer committed to diversity within the workplace.

Benefits:

Starting Leave: 22 days plus all bank holidays

Additional Leave: Leave entitlement increases further with time of service up to 45 days, inclusive of bank holidays.

Holiday Closure: EJF’s offices close between Christmas and New Year, giving additional paid leave.

Hybrid Working: Discretionary option to work two days each week from home

Flexible Working: Flexible start and end times and the possibility of further flexible work arrangements to allow for childcare and other caring responsibilities

Remote Working: Employees can book up to two weeks per year remote working from any location

Office space: Attractive offices in Farringdon, London and Bath city centre

Progression: Opportunity for career development, rapid progression and learning new skills working for an effective, inspiring international environmental organisation.

Insurance: Private healthcare package and comprehensive travel insurance

Pension: Employer’s contribution to pension starts at 3% and increases to 10% with time of service, plus additional pension contribution for ethical investments

Cycle to Work scheme: £300 towards the purchase of a bike and safety equipment

Experiences Programme Manager
Location: WWT Slimbridge, Gloucester, GL2 7BT – hybrid working optional
Salary: £22,277 per annum (£27,847 FTE)
Contract: Fixed term until 31 July 2025
Hours: 30 per week over 4 or 5 days

About The Role
Would you like to be part of a team that makes a positive difference for people and nature? 

The Experience and Engagement team support WWT’s wetland sites to create amazing visitor experiences that connect people with nature and inspire them to protect it.

As Experiences Programme Manager you will plan, co-ordinate and work with our sites, other central teams and external contractors to deliver internal programmes of work to raise our standards of presentation, service, accessibility, interpretation and programming.

This is a fixed term role until 31 July 2025 to cover an internal secondment within the Experience and Engagement team. This role is based at our WWT Slimbridge site, with the option for hybrid working.  The hours are 30 per week over 4 or 5 days.You may occasionally be required to travel to our other wetland sites around the UK. 

About You
As our Experiences Programme Manager:

• You'll develop resources including best practice guides and inspiration packs to support our site teams, so experience of copywriting and editing will be essential. 
•  You'll be a confident and creative communicator, acting as the Experiences & Engagement lead for internal communications, training and development. 
• You'll lead our Experiences Academy, developing the knowledge and skills of our colleagues through webinars, workshops and events. 
• Overseeing the management of our creative database and researching creative partnerships, you’ll be someone who is highly organised and thrives on a challenge. 

This is an exciting time to join us as we develop our approach to visitor experiences at our wetland sites. We’ll make sure that you get all the support you need to be the best you can be, working as part of a team doing amazing things for people and nature.

About Us
We’re WWT, and we’re on a mission to restore the super-powered ecosystems we call wetlands. There’s never been a more important moment for our work, and we’ve got some phenomenal people on the case.

Whether they’re taking a new visitor under their wing, or conducting ground-breaking research further afield, our team are second to none. And there’s nothing we love more than watching them soar.

Whatever you do here, you’ll be helping to restore wetlands and unlock their power. So, the only question left is, what role will you play?

 Why you’ll love working at WWT

• Wake up every day knowing your work is helping to restore wetlands, and our world
• Be surrounded and inspired by our team of passionate, dedicated people
• 33 days annual leave (which goes up to 38 days after 5 years of service) – this includes bank holidays and you have flexibility to take those days whenever you want
• Free entry to all our wetland centres, including your family
• Free car parking and secure bike storage areas
• Colleague discount on shopping and memberships
• Cycle to work scheme
• Contributory pension scheme
• Life Assurance of three times your salary, for peace of mind for your loved ones
• Independent personal, workplace and financial advice from Care first

Closing date: 25th September 2024

Interested?

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website.

WWT is an equal opportunities employer and all applications will be considered solely on merit.

No agencies please.

Title: Group Finance Officer

Location: Office (Bristol, UK) at least 1 day each week, option to work remotely for remaining days.

Contract type: Permanent contract

Hours: Full time, 35 hours a week

Salary: £31,228+ competitive holiday +pension

Closing date: 30th of September 2024

About Tree Aid: 

Tree Aid works with people in the drylands of Africa to tackle poverty and the effects of the climate crisis by growing trees and restoring and protecting land. As part of the Great Green Wall movement, we work where trees are needed most, where temperatures are soaring, and fertile land is vanishing at a terrifying rate. Our pioneering approach has been developed over 36 years of operating. We believe in empowering local communities with the tools and training they need to restore and maintain their environment. 

About the role: 

This is a fantastic opportunity for a Group Finance Officer to join a dynamic Finance team at a growing international development charity based in Bristol, delivering transformational change for some of the world’s most vulnerable people, living on the frontlines of the climate crisis.

Main duties: 

Working within the Finance team, the Group Finance Officer’s role will include:

· Providing ongoing financial support to all overseas teams.

· Ensuring continuing integrity of Tree Aid’s financial records and internal controls.

· Contribute to the ongoing development of financial systems, reports and procedures.

· Supporting in conducting internal audits of overseas offices.

About you:

The ideal candidate will be pursuing a professional accounting qualification and a minimum of 3 years’ experience in finance management, preferably with an overseas development organisation.

They will have excellent interpersonal skills, an ability to work calmly under pressure to deliver outputs on-time and to a high quality.

Above all they will be inspired by TREE AID’s mission to alleviate poverty sustainably whilst improving the environment, you will be committed to empowering families in some of the world's poorest countries to thrive, rather than just survive.

Benefits: 

Optional benefits of working at Tree Aid include: 

• A contributory pension scheme (you contribute at least 2% and we will contribute 6%) 
• 33 days holiday (inc bank holidays) +1 more day per year up to 38 holiday days 
• Flexible, hybrid working 
• Quarterly social events 
• Opportunity to take free weekly French lessons to support communication with our colleagues in West Africa 

Key documents: 

- Group Finance Officer Job Description and person specification

- Equal opportunities monitoring form 

Our approach to recruitment:

We recruit with openness and transparency. We employ people on the basis of their ability to carry out the role being recruited for. We ensure that no applicant receives less favourable treatment than any other on the grounds of disability, gender, race, religion or belief, age, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, caring responsibilities or hours of work.

Our Values 

• We stand together and respect the people we work for and with 
• We are bold, ambitious and determined 
• We are professional. We work effectively and efficiently to a high standard and are experts in our field 
• We have integrity. We are honest, transparent and accountable 
• We are always learning. We review and adapt to maximise our impact for the people we are helping 

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the Midlands community engagement team to support our exciting work with communities at risk of flooding in Shropshire, the Welsh Borders and other areas of the Midlands.

If you have excellent communication skills and a desire to work with people in a collaborative way to address flooding inequality using a community-based approach, then apply today!

Location: Home-based, as part of the Midlands team, however, regular national travel will be required as part of this role including evening meetings with communities, training days or other work-related activities.

Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week

Salary: initial salary of £24,500 to £25,500 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: 30 days annual leave including bank holidays plus a day off on your birthday, learning and development and the company operates an auto enrolment pension scheme.

Closing Date: 22nd September 2024 (midnight). We reserve the right to close these vacancies early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Interview Date: w/c 30th September 2024

The Role

Reporting to a Community Engagement Manager, the Flood Engagement Officer will work with colleagues across the area to deliver against engagement activity.

Key responsibilities will include:

· Delivery of community projects

· Engaging and empowering communities

· Managing key stakeholder relationships

· Providing data to support activity

· Supporting the senior team with other activities as required

About You

You will be:

· Able to empathise with those at risk of flooding

· Able to prioritise and focus to increase impact and reach.

· Willing to travel extensively including evenings and occasional overnight stays.

· Flexible and organised.

· A team player with a solution focused mindset. Candidates must have a full driving licence and access to a car.

This role requires extensive travel across Shropshire and the Welsh Borders to visit communities and our professional partners and will require regular travel outside of the locality for away days, meetings and training.

To fulfil the role, you must be a resident of the UK and have the right to work in the UK.

Please submit your CV, (including details of your current address), and a supporting statement of no more than two pages, demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience.

About the Organisation

The National Flood Forum (NFF) is the only independent national charity dedicated to supporting and representing people at risk of flooding. Established in 2002 by those affected by flooding, we passionately put people at the heart of flood risk management. Our goal is to empower individuals and communities to recover from flooding and get the best possible outcomes. We put people first.  We act as an honest, trustworthy and independent broker on behalf of flooded people.

We strongly encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. And we’re particularly looking to increase the number of applications from those with lived experience of flooding.

You may also have experience in areas such as Community Engagement, Engagement Officer, Engagement Assistant, Community Engagement Lead, Community Engagement Coordinator.

To apply - 

· Please send a CV (maximum 2 sides)

· A supporting statement (maximum 1 sides) demonstrating how you meet the requirements. 

· Please tell us how you heard about this position on your application.

· Please complete the equal opportunities form via this link https://forms.gle/azbqv3yT54JwcsW59

Head of Relationship Fundraising

Location: Hybrid working in London or home-working anywhere in the UK
Starting salary £51,045 per annum, rising to £55,841. If based in London, this role is eligible for an additional London weighting of £3,655 per annum. We provide up to 6% pension contribution, with life assurance for all those in the pension scheme.
Hours: Full time / 35 hours per week
Department: Engagement
Contract Type: Permanent

Closing date for applications: 11:59pm on Sunday 29 Sept 2024
Interview dates: Thursday 10 and Friday 11 October 2024 

About SOS-UK

SOS-UK is the largest youth-led environmental action charity in the UK. We are a team of experienced campaigners and organisers dedicated to helping young people succeed in tackling the climate emergency and ecological crisis and delivering climate justice. We are campaigning at pace to change the systems that are working against the futures of young people. Top of our list is reforming the education system, which remains aligned with our linear economic systems, not our circular ecological systems, and remains the root cause of our societal unsustainability. Organisationally, we are phenomenally lucky to have amazingly talented and committed team of staff that consistently deliver innovation, impact, and success. Our charity has rapidly grown: from 16 staff upon founding in 2019 to 60 staff today; from £1.3m annual income to £2.7m last year. 

About this role

Due to our continued success, and alongside our highly ambitious campaigning and advocacy plans, we are now looking for an experienced and successful relational fundraiser who has entrepreneurial flair, creativity, and the ability to influence at the highest levels. If this sounds like you, you will be joining a reputable organisation with exceptional leadership and a growing network, where you will have the opportunity to expand and develop a dynamic team. This is a hugely exciting new role, where your key responsibilities would include: developing, leading and implementing a fundraising strategy focusing on unrestricted and core income growth; cultivating and strengthening relationships with existing and new donors, with an initial focus on corporate partnerships; managing fundraising campaigns and donor touchpoints, providing excellent stewardship and cultivation.

Please read the full description of the role’s responsibilities and person specification in the role profile.

Find out more about SOS-UK, who we are, and what we do, by visiting our website.

Equality of opportunity

We are passionate about climate justice and are proud to be driving inclusion across the environmental movement through campaigns like The RACE Report. We’re totally committed to equality of opportunity for all. We welcome applications from individuals regardless of their age, disability, ethnicity, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation. 

For this role, we particularly encourage applications from people of colour and people with disabilities, as we are currently under-represented for both those protected characteristic within SOS-UK generally and also at this level. 

We are committed to taking positive action to improve the diversity of our staff team. If we deem you to meet the minimum criteria for this role (at least 80% of the criteria in the person specification) and you define as a person of colour, or someone with a disability, you will qualify for a guaranteed first stage interview. It is important to note that this scheme guarantees an interview for candidates who meet the minimum criteria and tell us that they'd like to be considered under our guaranteed interview scheme by ticking that box in the application form. Our final recruitment decision at interview will be based on the most suitable candidate, regardless of any protected characteristic.

Find out more about how we are striving to be an inclusive and people-centred employer. If you would like to speak to a member of SOS-UK staff not involved in the interview process about how your experience might fulfil the requirements of the role, please get in touch, we would love to hear from you!

How to apply

To apply for this role, please apply via our online application form. Sorry, we are unable to accept CVs. 

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ROLE PURPOSE

PAN UK is the only charity in the UK focused solely on tackling the problems caused by pesticides and promoting safe and sustainable alternatives in agriculture, urban areas, homes and gardens.

We are looking for a passionate, organised, self-motivated individual with experience of corporate campaigning to lead PAN UK’s highly-impactful supermarket campaign which aims to reduce pesticide-related harms to both human health and the environment. Launched in 2019, the campaign has secured a wide range of wins from getting Tesco to ban 200 toxic pesticides from use within its global supply chains to convincing Co-op, Waitrose, Aldi and Lidl to stop selling synthetic garden pesticides.

As Campaigns Officer, you will be involved in a variety of tasks including; campaign strategy development, meeting with decision-makers, providing feedback on policies, writing communications materials and running events. You do not need to have extensive knowledge of pesticide issues but must be able to pick up new, complex topics quickly and communicate them confidently.

In addition to running the supermarkets campaign, you will be an integral part of a small, high-performing team which is also working to influence national government and local councils. It should be noted that, while in its current iteration this role will focus on PAN UK’s supermarket campaign, the organisation reserves the right to change this focus in the future to another campaign focussed on reducing UK pesticide-harms to human health and the environment.

Job Title: Campaigns Officer (focussing on UK supermarkets)

Salary: £35,000 to £40,000 p.a. depending on experience

Reporting To: Head of Policy & Campaigns (UK team)

Location: PAN UK’s office in Brighton (or able to work from Brighton a minimum of two days per week)

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full Time (35 hours per week)

Travel Requirements: The post could involve national travel

Closing date & Interviews: The closing date for applications is 11pm on Wednesday 2nd October 2024. Interviews will be held on Tuesday 22nd October in Brighton. PAN UK is able to help with travel costs if required.

PAN UK particularly encourages applications from diverse backgrounds. We view diversity in its broadest form which includes, but is not limited to, the consideration of race, nationality, gender, age, class, disability, sexuality, language and educational background. We particularly encourage applications from eligible candidates from minority ethnic groups which remain under-represented in the charity sector.

We are asking all applicants to complete this diversity form, even if you choose to leave some parts blank. Your responses will remain anonymous and will not be linked to your application. The information you provide will help us to better understand our own recruitment practices and how they can be improved to ensure that we are reaching as broad a pool of people as possible.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Campaign leadership

Advocacy

· Maintain excellent working relationships with staff from the UK’s ten largest supermarkets, while also playing the role of ‘critical friend’ by pushing them to strengthen their approach to pesticides.

· Meet regularly with individual supermarkets to discuss progress made by the company and make recommendations for further improvements.

· Provide feedback to supermarkets on their existing pesticide-related policies and recommendations for improvements, including collating comments from other PAN UK staff.

· Track progress made by supermarkets on implementing PAN UK’s recommendations by keeping thorough records. 

Communications, mobilisation and events

· Work closely with PAN UK’s Head of Communications to design and launch major outputs and publications.

· Write online and offline communications (including policy documents, press releases, web pages, blogs and social media posts), paying close attention to detail including potential implications for libel.

· Create opportunities to secure media coverage for the campaign and liaise with journalists.

· Create e-actions designed to mobilise members of the public.

· Use PAN UK’s convening power to organise and run events that bring decision-makers together to discuss common obstacles and solutions.

· Give presentations and chair events on behalf of PAN UK.

Strategy

· Lead the other PAN UK staff members through regular reviews of, and updates to, supermarket campaign strategy.

· Spot key opportunities for advancing the aims of the supermarket campaign and design and implement plans for taking advantage of them.

Miscellaneous

· Develop and maintain sufficient expertise in pesticide issues to be able to speak confidently.

· Contribute to funding proposals and donor reports as and when required.

· Track expenditure and sign off significant costs in advance with the Head of Policy & Campaigns.

· Coordinate internally to ensure that all PAN UK staff are able to feed into the campaign, and that we are making best use of our extensive, internal expertise. 

· Conduct occasional research and present findings accurately, including references.

· Be willing to contribute to other UK campaigns (beyond supermarkets) as required.

2. Other

· Be an active member of the UK team, attending meetings, helping out other team members as required and feeding into the team’s strategy.

· Work within PAN UK’s policies, processes and procedures at all times.

· Other duties as may reasonably be requested and commensurate with the post.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Experience, skills and knowledge

Essential

· At least three years’ experience of corporate campaigning to change the behaviour and or/policies of large companies.

· Excellent writing skills, including strong attention to detail and accuracy.

· Experience of conducting face-to-face and online advocacy meetings with decision-makers.

· Experience of drafting a wide range of communication materials, from policy documents to social media posts.

· Ability to think strategically and experience of devising, implementing and evaluating campaign strategies and theories of change.

· Strong verbal communication skills and experience of public speaking.

Desirable

· Knowledge of relevant subject areas (including the environment, conservation, human health, sustainable farming, toxicology etc.) and an understanding of pesticides and their impacts on health and environment.

· Experience of developing policy positions and recommendations.

· Experience of using social media for advocacy.

· Experience of working with journalists to secure media coverage, including drafting press releases.

· Experience of mobilising the public, including designing and drafting e-actions.

· Experience of organising and running events.

· Experience of feeding into funding applications and reporting to donors

· Knowledge of UK libel laws.

· Basic budget management experience.

Qualifications

Desirable

· A qualification in a field related to pesticides, environment, health, politics, advocating for change or any other relevant topic.

Personal disposition

Essential

· Committed to the achievement of environmental and social justice and a belief that campaigning works.

· Strong attention to detail and accuracy, particularly in written work.

· A ‘hands on’ individual also able to operate at a strategic level.

· Organised, independent and self-motivated.

· Enjoys a fast-paced work environment and has ability to be flexible, work effectively under pressure and deal with conflicting priorities.

· A positive, ‘can-do’ attitude and the confidence to undertake new tasks.

Circumstances

Essential

· Ability and willingness to travel within the UK. 

· Ability and willingness to work outside of normal office hours occasionally when required.

· Ability to work from Brighton office at least two days per week.

Ekō is seeking a Senior Finance Associate. Join us in this dynamic role where you'll take charge of managing invoices, overseeing financial processes, and guiding stakeholders through policies and systems. You’ll handle supplier invoices, reconcile statements, draft budgets, ensure regulatory compliance, and assist with multi-currency payments. Your expertise in financial analysis will be key, and you'll also have the opportunity to integrate anti-oppression and equity considerations into our accounting practices. Bring your finance experience and keen attention to detail to make an immediate impact and contribute to meaningful international projects. This full-time, fully remote position requires you to be based in and eligible to work in one of the following countries: Canada, France, Germany, Mexico, Netherlands, UK or USA.

A bit about us Ekō is a global movement of consumers, investors, and workers standing together to hold corporations accountable for their actions and forge a new and sustainable path for our global economy. We are a movement of more than 21 million people, brought together by a global team of 40+ campaigners, fundraisers, product and operations staff. Our purpose is to challenge corporate power everywhere. We hold the biggest corporations in the world (and their political allies) to account by mobilising millions of people to take collective action. We are aiming to fundamentally reshape the global economy to put people and planet over profit, but we know we can not do it alone. We build partnerships with on-the-ground activists and organisers, and we follow their lead. We innovate, experiment and embrace professional and organizational growth. We invest in people and we invest in how we work, because our vision calls on us to build the most effective, global, diverse, and talented team possible. We highly value a diverse team and an equitable work environment where every member of our team is set up to thrive. We have taken steps to nurture this environment including an Anti-Oppression Leadership Team that seeks to facilitate movement towards an organizational community and practice rooted in love and liberation. We expect all team members to take responsibility for co-creating an equitable work community where everyone is able to do impactful, world-changing work. We recruit and encourage people identifying with marginalized communities to apply. We offer benefits including additional sick days for parents and caregivers, flexible working hours, and professional development stipends. We review our policies and practices for equity frequently. We recruit and encourage people identifying with marginalized communities to apply.

What You’ll Do as Part of our Team:

• Manage and monitor incoming emails in the invoices mailbox
• Oversee financial processes, communicate outcomes to stakeholders, and guide others in navigating policies, resources, and systems
• Process supplier invoices, reconcile statements, and resolve queries promptly
• Potentially draft and prepare budgets
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements across all Ekō jurisdictions and stay updated on regulatory changes
• Communicate solutions to senior team members, and implement necessary decisions
• Assist in multi-currency payments
• Review employee reimbursement for accurate coding
• Support the audit process, including preparation, execution, and completion
• Analyze financial data and prepare reports to communicate insights clearly
• Integrate anti-oppression and equity considerations into accounting procedures, controls, systems, and compliance standards
• Participate in ad hoc projects as needed

Fundraising Lead  (Part-time, fixed-term contract)

Peers for the Planet (P4P) is the House of Lords cross-party climate and biodiversity action group bringing together over 160 members of the Lords to put climate change and biodiversity loss at the top of the political agenda. Since our launch in 2020 we’ve seen exciting momentum, building cross-party collaboration and winning world-leading legislative changes to  embed climate and nature requirements in areas as diverse as financial markets, pensions, energy, health, skills, R&D, built environment and much more.

A combination of seed funding and subsequent grants has enabled the organisation to flourish. Following a successful start-up phase, P4P is established as a valued, trusted and highly effective specialist in the climate policy landscape. Fundraising to support and sustain our objectives for the future is a top priority over the coming year.

Role Profile

We are excited to recruit an experienced fundraiser who will work closely with our Director and our Board of senior Parliamentarians in the House of Lords to meet our ambitious targets. This is our first dedicated fundraising role and is an opportunity for a fundraising specialist with considerable experience of managing relationships with funders and bringing in new funding partners. This could have been as a fundraising manager in a larger institution or as a Director or Head of Fundraising.

Our annual budget is around £700k a year, and the single key priority is to find someone who can help manage the relationships we have with 5-10 existing funders, and research, engage and bring in 5–10 additional funders as part of a funding portfolio, which may include high net worth individuals. We will prioritise those applicants with direct experience of finding and engaging new high value donors/granters. Whilst we welcome interest from candidates with a climate fundraising background, we would also strongly encourage applications from well-connected, dynamic fundraising experts with a strong track record of securing grants and donations in other fields.

This is a critical role for us to help realise a sustainable future for a unique organisation which punches above its weight in impact and which offers a flexible and warm working culture. The position is being offered on an initial 9 month contract but if we can find someone able to deliver on key objectives, we have every intention of extending the role and cementing it into our leadership team.

Our fundraising lead will have an exceptional track record of securing grants and in developing and operationalising funding strategies. You will be able to think both creatively and strategically, navigating the funder landscape with intelligence and confidence, and will drive fundraising activity forward and coordinate all the necessary processes and systems to enable this to happen effectively and efficiently. You will be a resourceful do-er, using your funder knowledge, financial acumen and communications skills to work both independently and in collaboration with our talented and supportive team. The role will cover:

Fundraising priorities:

• Develop/operationalise a fundraising strategy, leveraging the best return on investment of fundraising activity for the organisation and, where necessary, diversifying funding sources
• Along with the Director and Board, hold responsibility for meeting fundraising targets, including securing a mix of new grants/donors at the £10k-£250k+ level.
• Craft and coordinate compelling funding bids, drawing on the expertise of staff

Managing funder engagement:

• Coordinate a programme of engagement and internal systems/processes needed to nurture and steward a range of current and potential funder/donor relationships
• Work closely with the Board and staff to understand and build on pre-existing relationships with donors, Trustees and senior leaders at relevant trusts and foundations
• Undertake prospect research to identify new potential funders
• Deepen existing connections with the broader fundraising community, both within the climate/nature funders community but also in related/overlapping sectors
• Work with the Policy and Communications Lead to ensure that P4P’s organisational comms are compelling and meaningful for a broad spectrum of potential grant makers or donors
• Organise fundraising events

Insight & opportunity:

• Maintain latest insights on trends and issues, as well as on specific grant opportunities and other potential income streams, both in the climate funding sector and related/overlapping policy areas (health, finance, science, skills etc)
• Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of the opportunities for P4P to drive positive change for climate and nature in order to identify new funding opportunities

Operations & finance:

• In collaboration with our Finance and Operations Manager, develop and maintain a thorough understanding of organisational budgets, funding gaps, resourcing requirements, and income targets in the short, medium and long term
• Coordinate reporting and monitoring for all grants and lead on maintaining our funder database
• Set up and lead the preparation (e.g. briefings) for meetings with current and potential funders, and ensure timely follow up
• Lead internal fundraising meetings with relevant colleagues/directors to support development, implementation and evaluation of our fundraising plans
• Take responsibility for internal training to embed fundraising skills across the team

Skills and experience

• Long-term experience of developing and delivering fundraising strategies and functions with an established track record of meeting fundraising goals
• Good knowledge of the funding landscape across a range of geographies and sectors, which may include climate and nature but also other subject fields that may intersect with or complement these
• Exceptional writing, editing and presentation skills; able to communicate with precision and in an engaging style
• Evidence of analytical skills and ability to think innovatively and creatively about funding opportunities, within political and other restraints
• Strong relationship and influencing skills, with evidence of ability to persuade and negotiate at a senior level
• Evidence of ability to respond with energy and speed to new and unexpected opportunities
• Strong understanding of fundraising regulation, governance and compliance, and of diverse giving models
• Strong process, planning, database management, budget and monitoring skills
• Commitment to P4P’s mission and to using your skillset for the good of people and planet

Experience: Min.7 years+ relevant experience

Salary: circa. £70,000 p.a. FTE, dependent on experience 

Start Date: Asap (negotiable)

Equality, diversity and inclusion: We are committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone, regardless of their background, and we believe that we will be stronger and more effective as an organisation if our team represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skillsets. We acknowledge that the environment sector is among the least diverse in the UK and we particularly welcome applications from candidates with protected characteristics. We want job applicants to have a positive experience and are keen to draw out the best in everyone.  For those experiencing challenging financial circumstances, we can reimburse applicants' travel expenses for in-person interviews.

Contract: Fixed term 9 months (potential to extend) working 2-3 days per week (open to negotiation). The successful candidate will need to spend some time in Westminster but we strive to support our staff to work from different locations and regions.