Development Officer Jobs in Europe
Job Description
PROGRAMME DELIVERY
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Programme Delivery: Plan and deliver activities, opportunities and events for young people in line with programme objectives, processes and guidance.
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Programme Content: support and contribute to the development/review of programme content, resources and communications such as newsletters.
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Impact and evaluation: Support the collection of monitoring and evaluation data, facilitating evaluation activities within training sessions and events as required; contribute to ongoing processes of programme learning and review as a member of the delivery team.
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EDI: Work with the Programme Manager to ensure that Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion are embedded in the process of programme development and curriculum design, including learning styles and accessibility.
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Youth engagement and insight: Collect and process feedback from schools and young people
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Safeguarding: Uphold safeguarding and child protection policy and procedure throughout, including reporting safeguarding concerns and disclosures to DSL and uploading to MyConcern.
PROGRAMME ADMINISTRATION
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Stakeholder engagement: Manage day to day relationships with programme participants and external organisations/individuals supporting delivery, including managing the main anti-bullying inbox
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Finance: Ensure personal or participants' expenses are submitted on time and in line with expense policies and TDA financial procedures
PERSON SPECIFICATION
SKILLS
• Excellent IT skills, confident in the use of Microsoft Office (especially Outlook, Word and Excel)
• Excellent customer support skills and telephone manner
• Ability to write for different audiences
• Ability to work independently and effectively as part of a team
• Excellent organisation skills and ability to learn quickly
• Excellent time management and attention to detail
• Able to maintain confidentiality and to share information appropriately and professionally
• Problem solving skills and ability to trouble-shoot quickly
• Commitment to and ability to inspire commitment to The Diana Award’s vision, values and mission
EXPERIENCE / KNOWLEDGE_
• Experience of providing administrative support within a busy and high performing team
• Demonstrable experience of organising and prioritising a demanding workload to meet deadlines
• Experience of working effectively within a team and the ability to build good working relationships with others
• Experience of working with a customer relationship management tool, preferably Salesforce (desirable)
• Experience working with schools in an administrative function (desirable)
• Commitment to and ability to inspire commitment to The Diana Award’s vision, values and mission
• A commitment to follow The Diana Award’s Safeguarding Policy and processes at all times
This is role is a fixed-term contract to the end of 2024, and will be contractually based from our London office.
The successful candidate must have the right to work in the UK.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Operations Director
Closing Date: 6th June 2024 at 12 noon
Salary: £53,615 to 59,829
Location: This post is based at Children North East, 89 Denhill Park, Newcastle upon Tyne. NE15 6QE
Contract Type: A normal working week is 37 hours. This role is a permanent role
Children North East is a growing charity, working to ensure that all babies, children and young people have the opportunity to grow up happy and healthy. The charity as a whole has been through a transformative restructure and due to this transformation the charity has grown substantially since 2019. Our Operational area will be led by two Directors an Operations Director and an Operations Development Director.
The current Operations Director has now been appointed internally as the Operations Development Director, this role will focus on system change including research, data, growth and further our development on specific pieces of work. This will include growing the demographics of children we work with to help us to meet their needs, changing reactionary work into intervention work and will lead on the following:
• CNE voice work – supporting babies children and young people to have a voice in the work that we do at CNE.
• Developing, implementing and leading on our training offer – in house online packages.
• Leading on new operational developments – research, scoping, pilots and evaluation.
• Driving forward our current work – regionally and nationally – stakeholder engagement, scoping new geographical areas for
development actively selling our work.
• Influencing and campaigning – working alongside policy/campaigning led by CNE, influencing external networks and systems.
The Operations Director will ensure that our current and future strategies will enable us to meet our ambitions. You will work closely with the Senior Leadership Team to drive the charity forward in meeting the end of its current 5 year strategy and be part of the development of the next 5 year strategy. You will create good working relationships with your senior leaders and Operational Leads and you will have a whole charity approach to the work required.
This role will Lead our Operational Leads to deliver the excellent services that sit within their portfolios including the following teams:
• Therapeutic including Counselling
• Communities
• Poverty Proofing
The Operations Director role will ensure the income, safety and quality of our services are delivered to the highest standards. With key leadership qualities, this role will ensure the sustainability of our services and work collaboratively with SLT to reach its ambitions of our current and future strategies. There will be specific collaboration with the Operations Development Director to ensure that once our seed and pilot work is established it is moved forward into Operations within the charity to benefit all of the people we work with. This role is also expected to inform the Operations Development Director of key themes/gaps in services that have been recognised through current service delivery work.
Every childhood is worth fighting for. This is our belief. It drives us, and it's the reason our Services teams push themselves to transform the lives of children and families, in person, in Hubs nationwide, and through the knowledge they share.
We are currently developing an exciting and innovative service offer to meet the needs of children, young people, families and professionals across the East of England and are looking for a Regional Implementation Support Officer to help us make a difference in the lives of more children and young people.
Our aim is to increase understanding of child sexual abuse and neglect and to raise awareness so that abuse can be identified, responded to and ultimately prevented.
We are recruiting an Implementation Support Officer to provide support to and sustain relationships with a range of organisations and key stakeholders across the East of England to enable them to successfully implement and deliver NSPCC programmes, services and products. This is a new post and sits across our Development and Implementation and Direct Services Teams.
Reporting into the Assistant Director for the East of England this role will play a key part in scaling our evidence-based services across the region. This role will:
- Provide a range of virtual and face to face support to external agencies to successfully implement NSPCC programmes, services and products
- Arrange, support and sometimes deliver training to support implementation of services
- Work closely with regional colleagues to support sustainability of scale up and reach of services
- Undertake work alongside the East Region Assistant Director, the Associate Head of Implementation and the appropriate Relationship Managers to implement strategies and methodologies to successfully replicate and implement programmes, services and products and to deliver on agreed KPI's and corporate targets
- Support the team to meet the in-year target of reach of professionals and Income Generation.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a new team in developing and building our work in the East of England. You will become part of a team that cares about the work we do and the people we work with, discover opportunities to grow, along with challenges and a shared purpose that will bring the best out in you. You will get to find your own way to make a difference that means more, and that impacts young lives.
The successful candidate will work in a hybrid team, working from home or co-working spaces. In the first instance we will be taking a place-based approach by working in the Luton and Bedfordshire area, however the successful candidate will be expected to travel throughout the region.
In return, we offer a full range of family friendly policies and benefits to help achieve a good work-life balance. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. It's because of them that we're able to continue our work to protect children and prevent abuse. We work hard to ensure that that they feel happy and supported in their role.
The NSPCC is committed to equality and diversity and wants to attract a range of talented people. The NSPCC fully supports the rights and opportunities of all staff to seek, obtain and hold employment and to enjoy equal employment opportunities without discrimination.
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The primary purpose of this role is to design, develop, and implement a comprehensive continuum of care, supporting young people in our local community who have had a more challenging start in life. This role will be paramount in enabling these young people to ‘discover who they are and what they can become’.
As a proactive member of the Executive Leadership Team, this role is also responsible for the development of an organisational culture that puts our Mission Statement, Purpose, Values and Christian Core Values of Caring, Honesty, Respect and Responsibility at the heart of all we do.
The role will focus on providing an outstanding environment for children to thrive in whilst ensuring that we are compliant with OFSTED and other regulatory bodies. You will also demonstrate expertise in Safeguarding and be able to lead the growth of the provision.
You will be responsible for creating and implementing the strategic direction, financial sustainability and leadership framework for the children’s residential service and to maintain the operational overview of service delivery and service improvements.
You will oversee and project manage the sourcing and registration of new homes and services, working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to maximise efficient use of resources and develop a sustainable business plan and business model which reflect the strategic objectives in relation to the children’s residential homes service.
You will work with the Head of Children’s Residential Services to develop a workforce development plan that promotes effective recruitment of a skilled workforce, enables existing staff to develop additional skills to support the service growth, enables internal promotion, and engages staff to sustain the longevity of employment.
You will be instrumental to the development and growth of our service and help realise the positive ambitions we have to make a difference every day to the lives of the children and young people in our care.
With extensive experience of children's residential care, you will have experience of the day to day operations and the strategic overview to drive growth. You will be able to share your success where you have opened and expanded services and also be able to highlight to us you experience of sourcing and securing funding streams and all that entails.
You will demonstrate exceptional interpersonal skills; whether interacting with one of our young people, a member of staff or a member of our Board, you will act with professionalism and kindness; your ability to inspire and motivate will be a key asset and you will create a culture of team work and technical excellence within your service.
In line with our members of our Executive Leadership Team, we would look for you to a hold an MBA or equivalent business management qualification to be willing to undertake one with our support.
Your role will encompass our current homes which cover Nottingham, Newark, Goole and Selby with our key YMCA office locations being situated in Nottingham and Newark.
If you are looking to work for an organisation who care about you and your wellbeing, the YMCA prides itself on the package of wellbeing we support all our employees.
At YMCA Robin Hood Group, you will have many additional benefits, including but not limited to:
· Comprehensive well-being package
· 31 days holiday increasing 1 day each year for your first 5 years!
· Private medical and dental cashback scheme
· Workplace pension
· 4 x Life Insurance/Death in Service
· Westfield Rewards for high street discounts
· Regular ongoing inhouse training and work with our Forensic Psychology team.
· External training to support postgraduate level 7 study and your continual professional development
· Eligible to join the Blue Light Discount scheme
· Pastoral support
· Cycle to Work Scheme
· Excellent opportunities for development and progression in an exciting expanding organisation.
· £500 refer a friend scheme across the Group
This post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check paid for by YMCA) and registration with the DBS Update Service. We reserve the right to withdraw this role before the closing date should we be able to appoint to the role.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Title – Research and Evaluation Officer
Contract - Permanent
Work pattern - Full time or 0.8 FTE (for flexible working, including term time working)
Salary - £28,000 - £32,000 per annum (or pro rata)
Location - Hybrid, with an expectation of working at Coram’s Campus in London on average at least once a week and homeworking
Research and Evaluation Officer
We are looking for someone to join Coram’s ambitious and growing Impact and Evaluation team as a Research and Evaluation Officer. In this role you will use your research and evaluation skills to help improve the lives of vulnerable children and young people.
About Coram and the team
Coram is the UK’s first and longest continuing children’s charity helping vulnerable children and young people since 1739. Today, Coram is a group of specialist organisations that help more than one million children, young people, families and professionals every year.
We are soon to launch the Institute for the Future of Children with the ambition of being the UK’s leading centre dedicated to improving the life chances of children. Our team, Coram’s Impact and Evaluation team, will sit at the heart of the Institute.
The Impact and Evaluation team currently includes 12 permanent researchers and a Research Coordinator. We conduct a range of research and evaluation projects to support the improvement of policy and practice for vulnerable children, young people and their families. Our work includes qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods research, implementation and process evaluations and impact studies. Our team works in partnership with local authorities, central government and third sector organisations, while also working across Coram to help other teams evaluate their effectiveness and impact. We strive to deliver high quality work and outputs which include the voice of children and young people throughout.As a team, we aspire to be child-centred, rigorous, grounded in experience, embedded in practice, collaborative and impactful.
We are committed to encouraging candidates from all sections of the community we seek to support, recognising the value this will bring to our work.
About the role
Coram’s Impact and Evaluation team is seeking an experienced researcher or evaluator to work within our team to deliver research and evaluation projects.We welcome applications from mixed-methods, quantitative and qualitative researchers who have knowledge of a range of research methods and evaluation approaches, including those with skills in participatory research. You will need experience of leading or supporting research or evaluation projects as well as being motivated, supportive, well-organised and willing to learn.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who already has applied research or evaluation experience. We want to recruit someone to our team who has a passion for using their skills to develop high-quality evidence on a range of projects that improve policy and practice for vulnerable children, young people and their families.
Working at Coram
As a valued member of Coram you will be entitled to a range of employee benefits including:
- 25 days annual leave, plus additional paid leave between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental, and adoption pay
- Flexible working around the team's core hours 10am-4pm
- Opportunity to join our various staff networks including our equity, diversity and inclusion forum.
Alongside our staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career, including five days of Continuous Professional Development per year with a dedicated budget for external training.
About the application process
Coram is an equal opportunities employer and we believe diversity is a strength. Our aim is to make sure that Coram reflects the communities that we serve. We are actively working towards our organisation being a place where everyone can thrive and make their best contribution to our mission. We know that the more perspectives, voices, and experiences we can bring to this work, the better. Therefore, we are very committed to encouraging candidates from all sections of the community. This includes those from global majority groups, those that identify as LGBTQ+, those with disabilities, and those with neuro-diversity. If applicants feel comfortable, we would encourage them to draw on lived experience in their personal statement as part of their application.
We will make any reasonable adjustments at the interview stage for applicants invited to interview to support them in their interview.
Given Coram’s history with children’s social care, including adoption and fostering in England, we will provide a guaranteed interview for those that meet the essential criteria and tell us in their application that they are care experienced.
Being care experienced means you will have spent time living with foster carers under local authority care, in residential care (e.g. a children’s home), looked after at home under a supervision order, or in kinship care with relatives or friends, either officially (e.g. a special guardianship order) or informally without local authority support.
We are committed to the safeguarding of children and will require the successful applicant to undertake an enhanced check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
To apply for this role, please click on the 'apply now' button below to complete the application.
Closing date: 5pm on 16/06/2024
Interview date: 27th June 2024
Registered Charity No. 312278.
The Inclusion Officer will be responsible for the management, coordination, and delivery of the Trust’s social inclusion programmes across Northamptonshire, this includes the Premier League Kicks programme and anti-crime initiatives. The Premier League Kicks programme is a flagship targeted project, which uses the power of football and sports participation, alongside personal development activities, to help hard-to-reach young people in some of the most high-need areas.
The Inclusion Officer will be integral to the successful delivery and growth of the Kicks Programme across Northamptonshire. The successful candidate will be responsible for the day-to-day coordination and development of the Kicks programme, as well as other disability and inclusion projects that help to connect communities, leading a team to deliver these initiatives. In addition, the post holder will have frontline delivery responsibility, engaging with young people, leading on the delivery of youth engagement sessions, and the delivery of educational workshops in the local community.
These will be based on themes including knife crime, equality, anti-social behaviour and mental health. You’ll be passionate about supporting young people to achieve their potential. You’ll use your skills to help inspire, motivate and engage young people so that NTFC CT can enhance life chances and contribute to building stronger, safer, connected communities. This role will require some evening working and a flexible approach is required.
At Ambitious about Autism, we're currently looking for a Policy and Campaigns Officer to join our team on a part time (0.4 FTE) basis.
The postholder will have a track record of influencing policy and an understanding and passion for issues affecting autistic children and young people across a range of areas, including education, employment, health and social care. You'll gather evidence and data that will influence change, using your written and verbal communication skills to engage with a wide range of audiences on our strategic priorities and raise awareness of our work.
You'll engage with autistic children, young people and their families to understand their priorities and embed their needs in our communications and policy work. You'll identify opportunities to communicate AaA's policy position and respond to these appropriately, working closely with the communications team to draft impactful statements, as well as web and social media copy.
We are looking for someone who has:
- Experience of working in a policy role, ideally in a relevant sector.
- Ability to identify appropriate sources, evaluate and analyse data and evidence to provide up-to-date, accurate information.
- Experience of producing high quality policy-related documents, as well as being able to write engaging pieces for a range of audiences.
- Experience of using social and digital media to develop and promote policy work.
In return, we offer great benefits including a generous holiday allowance and commitment to continued professional development (CPD), flexible, hybrid working and more!
This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious individual who would like to work for a forward-thinking, open and honest organisation and make a real impact to the young people we work with. Please find our full recruitment pack on the link below.
If you have any questions about the role or would like to have a confidential chat, please contact James Axford, Recruitment Officer.
Ambitious about Autism is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and we warmly welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates. We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit.
Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. As part of our Safer Recruitment checks, an online search maybe carried out in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.
The Safeguarding responsibilities of the post as per the job description and personal specification.
Whether the post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendment to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2021. This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS Filter Guidance.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Youth Consultants - National Youth Agency
Are you aged between 16-25 and interested in youth work?
Join us at the National Youth Agency as one of our new Youth Consultants!
Contract: 1-Year Fixed Term, Part-time (10 hours per Month)
Salary: Band 7 £11.95 per hour
Location: Home based/Remote working
What we do
As the national body for youth work, NYA has a dual function. We are the professional, statutory, and regulatory body (PSRB) responsible for qualifications, quality standards and safeguarding for youth work and services in England. In line with our charity mission and aims, we also champion youth work through research, advocacy, campaigns, and programmes.
The National Youth Agency (NYA) is dedicated to ensuring that young people receive the highest quality support, resources, and opportunities. We are committed to actively involving youth consultants to keep the needs of young people at the heart of our work, driving meaningful outcomes and innovative strategies for youth participation.
About the Role
The National Youth Agency (NYA) is looking to recruit a group of enthusiastic Youth Consultants. In this role you will be integral in shaping the services and strategies that cater to young people and your responsibilities will span various critical areas.
Initially, you will engage in and facilitate training sessions, imparting essential youth participation training to various stakeholders.
Communication is key; you will regularly liaise with both internal staff and external organisations to promote collaboration and ensure all activities align with our youth-centered mission.
This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of young people. At NYA, you will work with a dedicated team that values innovation, collaboration, and the development of young people. Your work will directly contribute to shaping the future of youth engagement and participation across the nation.
Join us on this exciting journey to empower young people through youth work!
As a Youth Consultant you will:
- Participate in training and delivering youth participation training.
- Liaise and communicate with internal staff and external organisations.
- Attend bi-weekly meetings in the evenings.
- Review internal processes, documents, systems and structures.
- Support the development and delivery of our youth participation strategy.
- Host workshops and events for the NYA as and when needed.
- Support the governance structure of the NYA.
- Advocate the work of the NYA and develop relationships with organisations.
- Support the implementation and delivery of youth participation.
- Generate new ideas and implement creative outlooks for the NYA for meaningful outcomes.
- Attend meetings and residentials (online and in-person).
- Please download our applicant pack to find out more about the role and requirements,
How to apply
If you wish to apply for this position, please use our online application process to submit the following by 12:00pm on 24th May 2024.
An up to date CV setting out any jobs, responsibilities and achievements.
A 1-page cover letter answering the following questions:
Why is youth voice and influence important?
How does your lived experience support you to be perfect for this role?
What is your understanding of youth governance?
Help to apply
We are aware that for some people this may be the first time applying for a job, below are some links to follow for guidance on creating a CV and hints and tips on writing personal statements and covering letters.
CV Advice - Youth Employment UK
Tools, Guides & Support (continued) – Amplifi
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The deadline for applications is Sunday 9th June 2024.
Location: London, United Kingdom
Location type: Hybrid
Reporting to: Chair, Consortium for Street Children Board
Annual salary: £64K GBP
Contract type: Permanent
Working hours: Part-time (32 hours)
Candidate level: CEO
Background
The Consortium for Street Children (CSC) is the only global organisation dedicated solely to achieving positive change for street children worldwide, working with 200+ members in 111 countries. With 30 years’ experience and a global network, CSC has unparalleled knowledge and expertise on street children, their lives, and the solutions to the problems they face. Together with its members and partners, CSC advocates for the rights of street children from the streets to the corridors of power. It works to transform children’s lives on the streets through strengthening street social work practice, while also working with States and communities so that they meet their legal obligations to street-connected children as set out in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the authoritative guidance provided in the CRC General Comment 21.
CSC is dedicated to ensuring that global policy commitments are translated into local action, leading to sustainable positive change for children in street situations. CSC is regarded as an expert in the sector and is judged to ‘punch above its weight’ relative to its size.
Purpose of role
CSC is seeking to recruit a new CEO who will lead, empower, and mobilise the organisation and its support to its network members, whilst securing sustainable funding and investment so CSC can deliver its mission. The CEO will be supported by a passionate and talented team of staff, an experienced Senior Management Team, and a fully supportive, engaged, and inspired Board of Trustees.
Primary responsibilities
The job holder will have the following key responsibilities:
Strategic planning and priority setting
· Provide leadership and guidance in the delivery of CSC’s 2024-2029 Strategy, defining priorities to secure sustainable funding and implement the organisation’s goals.
Resource mobilisation and sustainability
- As ‘chief fundraiser’ for the organisation, take the lead in strengthening the organisation’s fundraising strategy and income generation. Be actively involved in working with the staff team to bring in new income (restricted and unrestricted) by conceptualising the presentation of programme, advocacy, policy, and research work and developing customised approaches to donors. Ensure sustainable and diverse sources of income in the face of the current challenging fundraising environment.
- Work with our Development Board and other Trustees to engage with philanthropic and corporate foundations and high net worth individuals globally, attracting new donors and continuing to grow the organisation’s partnership base and international networks.
- Develop and maintain strong positive relationships with donors (United Nations agencies, foundations, multi-laterals, bi-laterals, corporate sector, and individuals) and partners to cultivate support for CSC through appropriate presence and communication.
Building CSC’s profile
- Protect and further strengthen CSC’s external brand, profile, and credibility as a thought leader in the field of child rights and child protection in relation to street connected children.
- Act as a champion and advocate for the organisation by representing the work of CSC and its positions at the highest levels externally and across the political spectrum and globally, including with the United Nations entities and agencies, regional bodies, national governments, and partners.
- Act as CSC’s key spokesperson publicly by writing, speaking and social media posting on issues related to the rights of street connected children.
- Support the ongoing development and implementation of a communication strategy to raise the profile of CSC as the global major leader on issues related to street connected children.
- Oversee clear, targeted, engaging, and inspirational communications on all platforms, targeted at segmented audiences (funders and potential funders, influencers, decision makers, potential allies, and network members) in line with CSC’s core values and positions.
Organisation and programme management
- Manage the work of CSC to ensure an effective organisation that is operating in line with its vision, aim and objectives.
- Ensure supportive staff development and good practice to maintain a positive working environment with regular performance appraisals and professional development plans.
- Work in partnership with the experienced programme staff in delivering the programme strategy. Provide supportive guidance to the team, including robust programme planning, measurement and evaluation, and reporting processes. Support the team in conceptualising the programmes to achieve new and sustainable funding.
Finance and operations
- Oversee and ensure CSC’s fiscal soundness and strength, effective operational and financial management, consolidating financial stability, efficiency, and impact.
- Oversee monthly management accounts, carefully balancing restricted donor funding and project delivery with a balanced budget for unrestricted funded activity.
- Ensure proper financial and procurement procedures are adhered to, in order to meet the highest standards of international donors, UK auditors and the UK Charity Commission.
- Oversee processes to ensure strong negotiations and contracting of all our restricted funded projects, including robust due diligence processes for our subgrantees and donor compliance with respect to cost recovery and other requirements.
Governance
- Establish and maintain a strong working relationship with the Board.
- Ensure the Board is fully supported in carrying out its role and responsibilities and that CSC is fully compliant with UK Charity Commission guidelines, Fundraising Regulator, and good practice for non-profits.
- Ensure the preparation and presentation of an annual workplan and budget for review and approval by the Board and present periodic updates of their implementation as well as of the overall financial status of the organisation.
- Work with the independent Board of Directors in the USA, providing information and assistance so that they can fulfil their potential at establishing a solid funding and advocacy base in the US for our mutual global aim of ensuring the respect, protection, and fulfilment of the rights of street children.
Profile
Experience and skillset
- A senior and experienced people leader, with a significant and demonstrable track record in an NGO or public body, of successfully building and maintaining high performing teams and a culture of equality, diversity, and inclusion.
- Strong financial acumen with experience of income generation.
- A proven record in the cultivation of donors and success in raising funds in the child rights or human rights sector, including from foundations, bilaterals, multilaterals, corporates, and high-net-worth-individuals.
- Demonstrated experience and success in global partnership building, convening stakeholders with diverse cultural backgrounds and driving an organisation to act as a catalyst for social change.
- A skilled influencer with strong communication (oral and written) and ambassadorial skills.
- Experience of effective advocacy with both internal and external audiences.
- Demonstrable knowledge and credibility as a leader, particularly in the field of children’s services, child rights and/or child protection.
Personal attributes
- A commitment to children’s rights and a passion for CSC’s mission and the drive to deliver its strategy and ensure that CSC is sustainable long-term.
- The personal integrity, authority, and credibility to command wide respect and confidence, both internally and externally.
- A collaborative, consensual, leadership style, with the ability to motivate and drive an organisation to deliver outcomes.
Terms and conditions
Diversity and inclusion
CSC is committed to having varied perspectives and welcoming all forms of diversity. It knows that this will bring power to its purpose and ensure its work has the impact desired. CSC therefore actively encourages a diverse range of candidates to apply for roles, thus ensuring its work reflects a range of different cultures, approaches, and thinking styles including but not limited to diversity in age, ethnicity, gender identity and sexual orientation, life experience, physical and mental ability.
The deadline for application is Sunday 9th June 2024
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Daryl Upsall International actively promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion. In recruiting candidates, we seek candidates with the proven skills required; irrespective of race, gender, religion or belief, age, disability or sexual orientation
About the Youth Endowment Fund
We’re here to prevent children and young people becoming involved in violence. We do this by finding out what works and building a movement to put this knowledge into practice.
The Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) is a charity with a £200m endowment and a mission that matters. We exist to prevent children becoming involved in violence. We do this by funding great initiatives, leading cutting-edge research and working for change - scaling up and spreading the practices that make a difference.
The Chief Operating Officer (COO) has a critical role in ensuring we succeed in this work. You have a key leadership role in overseeing the overall health of the Fund in partnership with the Executive Director. The role oversees our finances, people management and – for the right candidate –much of our grant-making and project management.
Key responsibilities
You’ll lead on key organisational governance processes and ensure the Fund makes wise decisions, by:
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Being a leading member of our Directors’ team, overseeing all elements of the Fund’s work.
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Ensuring that the Fund operates as efficiently and effectively as possible by prioritising the right activities and matching resources to deliver on our mission.
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Ensuring we have the right long, medium and short-term financial plans in place and that we maintain close control over our financial decisions and spend.
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Informing our Board and our Risk and Audit Committee on our financial performance and risk.
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Ensuring the Fund’s investments are well managed through supporting the Endowment Investment Committee (this does not require investment experience).
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Managing our Grants and Evaluation Committee (this decides which evaluations we should fund) and ensuring it operates effectively.
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Ensuring that any ambiguities in the organisation are identified and removed.
You make sure that the Fund has the people, tools and resources in place to excel. This will require us to:
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Hire, develop and inspire the very best people: Managing our Head of People, you will ensure that we hire the best possible staff, compensate them appropriately, provide necessary and effective training, maintain a strong focus on staff well-being, manage and develop staff effectively and address poor performance when required.
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Provide staff with the tools they need to perform: Managing our Head of Grant Operations, you will ensure that we have the tools we need to deliver, including management information, databases, systems and processes and office facilities.
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Track performance: Track performance against our goals efficiently and effectively, championing a system of accountability and action to review, identify and empower the right people to act on delivering according to the plan.
Working with colleagues, you’ll ensure we award grants, manage grantees and oversee evaluations efficiently and effectively. This will require us to:
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Make excellent decisions about our grants: Working with – and potentially managing1 - the Assistant Director for Programmes, Impact and Partnerships, you will help to ensure that our processes for assessing funding applications achieve our organisational priorities for evidence generation. This requires you to understand what partners are trying to do, whether it’s likely to work, whether it will help us build an accessible and trusted body of knowledge, and whether we can build on it to make long-term change happen.
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Evaluate our programmes: Working with - and potentially managing - the Assistant Director of Evaluation, you will help to ensure that we select and partner with high-quality evaluators to understand how well different activities work.
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Ensuring the team maintains effective monitoring processes: Working with your team, you will develop the necessary skills, processes and decision-making processes to identify when things aren’t going to plan and respond accordingly.
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Build strong relationships with your external partners: You and your team will build strong, trusting relationships with the projects the YEF funds and the evaluators that we work with. Your team will be known for being attentive yet assertive and measured and efficient in the reporting information we expect. You will become well connected in the sectors that we are working in.
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Identify opportunities to scale up projects: You will be proactive in identifying projects that would benefit from capacity development support or that may be ready to scale up their work, collaborating with Impetus to deliver on this.
In support of these goals you will also
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Lead and build a team that is so much more than the sum of its parts: Working with your direct reports you will build a culture that brings the very best of the different skill sets and approaches in your team. You will lead this team, providing exceptional direction, culture and clarity.
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Make it easy to be effective when working in your team: You will bring clarity, lean processes, clear accountabilities, timely decision-making and effective systems so that people working in your team comment on how easy it is to get things done.
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See your primary team as the Directors team: As a core member of the Directors team, you will be part of making the most important decisions about the short-term and long-term strategy of the Fund. You will build and model the culture and values that we need to make a real difference. You will leave ego at home and look to make the rest of this team a great success.
Person specification
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You are excellent at leading on finance in an organisation: You find it easy and straightforward to develop and oversee, large organisational budgets and ensure timely preparation of management accounts. You’re excellent at financial forecasting and understand how to make judgements and recommendations based on future scenario planning. You have experience reporting to Boards on financial performance and health, and leading on organisational external audits.
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You are strategic about finance: You’ve got real skill in distilling complex financial information into simple, easy to understand reports and presentations that enable good decision-making. You see your knowledge of finance as a way to serve Director-level colleagues with overall decision-making. You also understand how to navigate competing priorities and how to calculate and articulate risk and reward, knowing few decisions are straightforward.
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You get teams to use data well: You understand that accurate data and excellent management information tools enable good decision-making. You understand how management information databases (like Salesforce) work and would be able to maintain and build a culture of recording data and maintaining data quality within big teams. Ideally, you have experience working directly with Salesforce.
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You get things done and are brilliant at improving things: In previous jobs, you have held significant responsibility for ensuring challenging projects are delivered on time. You like finding ways to make things operate better for everyone. You are excellent at designing and putting in place effective systems and processes.
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You are a low ego and effective leader: You have a track record of building and leading effective teams. You are thoughtful about how to get a team working well and people tend to warm to you and respect you. You are not afraid of managing someone brighter and better than you or of addressing poor performance. You leave ego at home. You work very well in a team. You like taking responsibility for things. You can balance the task, the individual and the team.
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You are interested and experienced in both staff development and financial planning: You are equally at home thinking about the processes and approach we need to recruit and develop great staff as you are thinking about how we control our expenditure and report our finances.
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You learn fast but remain humble: You are quick at getting your head around things. It wouldn't faze you to have responsibility for organising things that are new to you as long as you have an expert to ask advice from. You like learning and developing. You know how much you don't know as well as what you do.
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You are interested and thoughtful about grant-making and evaluation: You may not be an expert in grant-making, but you have experience of how charities think and approach applications for money. You have enough cynicism to know how these things can go wrong, but not so much that you can’t make them go right. You may not be an expert in evaluation, but you care about finding out what works.
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You are an excellent strategic thinker: People say that you are good at seeing the big picture as well as the detail. You have experience of wrestling into place a strategy for a project or organisation. You would be able to describe the strategy of the work you are leading at the moment. You are able to see things from different points of view.
While it’s not a criteria, we’re especially interested to hear from applicants who have lived experience of youth violence.
It’s also important to us that the people we hire do not discriminate. We believe in being inclusive and giving everyone an equal chance to succeed. Applications are welcome from all regardless of age, sex, gender identity, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, race, sexual orientation, transgender status or social economic background.
All appointments will be made on merit, following a fair and transparent process. In line with the Equality Act 2010, however, the organisation may employ positive action where candidates from underrepresented groups can demonstrate their ability to perform the role equally well.
Additional benefits include
£1,000 professional development budget annually, 28 days plus Bank Holidays, four half days for volunteering activities.
If you’re interested
To apply, please send a CV and cover letter, and complete the monitoring form click on "Apply for this job" button by 5pm, Friday 31st May 2024.
We will plan to host the first round of interviews the week commencing the 3rd June 2024.
You’ll be required to provide proof of your eligibility to work in the UK. As part of our commitment to flexible working we will consider a range of options for the successful applicant. All options can be discussed at the interview stage.
Your data
Your personal data will be shared for the purposes of the recruitment exercise. This includes our HR team, interviewers (who may include other partners in the project and independent advisors), relevant team managers and our IT service provider if access to the data is necessary for performance of their roles. We do not share your data with other third parties, unless your application for employment is successful and we make you an offer of employment. We will then share your data with former employers to obtain references for you. We do not transfer your data outside the European Economic Area.
The people we are looking for do not discriminate and we believe in being inclusive and giving everyone an equal chance to succeed. Applications are welcome from all regardless of age, sex, gender identity, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, race, sexual orientation, transgender status or social economic background.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We are seeking a motivated and organised Business Support Officer to join our dedicated team. This role is essential in ensuring the smooth running of our operations and supporting our mission to positively impact lives through water based activities.
Key Responsibilities:
· Administrative Support: Assist with day to day administrative tasks, including data entry, document management and correspondence.
· Financial Record Keeping: Maintain accurate financial records, process invoices, and assist with budget tracking.
· Event Coordination: Help organise and coordinate vents, workshops, and activities.
· Stakeholders Communication: Liaise with donors, volunteers, and participants to foster positive relationships.
· Office Management: Manage office supplies, equipment, and facilities to ensure a productive work environment.
· Report Preparation: Assist in the preparation of reports, and presentations.
· General Support: Provide support to various departments and team members as needed and carry out any other reasonable tasks as required by the Outreach and Relationship Manager.
Qualifications:
· Previous administrative or office support experience
· Strong organisational and multitasking skills
· Proficiency in Microsoft Office
· Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
· A passion for our charity's mission and values.
A chance to make a meaningful impact on the lives of disadvantaged individuals
The AHOY Centre's mission is to use watersports as a medium for transforming lives, providing opportunities for personal development, and education.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Part time (18.5 hours per week) permanent post
Based in Vauxhall, London or Reading with hybrid working arrangements in place to accommodate both office and home working
Flexible working arrangements available within Monday to Friday,10am to 5pm. Occasional evening and weekend working may be required.
Salary in the range £12,373 to £15,122 per annum (£24,745 to £30,243 full time equivalent)
£1,650 per annum (£3,299 full time equivalent) location allowance payable if London based
At Parents And Children Together (PACT) we are genuinely passionate about what we do. We strengthen families through the quality services we provide and through our energy and professionalism, we deliver excellence.
We have been at the forefront of adoption services for over 60 years, working with local authorities across the country. With our outstanding rating with Ofsted, we work with a high degree of flexibility and innovation and with a range of adopters from all backgrounds. With access to our specialist therapeutic services, we are proud to provide excellent lifetime support for our families’ adoption journeys.
Our adoption teams focus on assessing prospective adopters who can consider Early Permanence and/or adopting a wide range of children.
We are looking for an Enquiries Officer to join our busy team operating our frontline enquiry service. If you have excellent interpersonal skills and can demonstrate empathy and effective listening skills whilst developing your knowledge and understanding of adoption, then we would love to hear from you.
If you want to make a real difference and join our inspirational team, please visit our website for more information, how to apply and the full job description.
Closing date for applications: Tuesday, 28th May 2024 at 9am
Interview dates: Thursday, 6th June 2024 (Reading) and Tuesday, 11th June 2024 (London)
We look forward to hearing from you!
Please do not submit your CV, only completed application forms will be accepted. No agencies please.
PACT is a supportive and respectful place where people are passionate about making a positive difference to the lives of women, children and families from many different backgrounds. We continuously look to progress the ways in which we create families and bring people together and encourage applications from people across all communities. We are committed to ensuring that our people and our services reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and applications from people from under-represented groups are particularly welcomed.
PACT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Anyone joining our team is subject to PACT’s Safer Recruitment pre-appointment enquiries. These include the provision of documentation of the right to work in the UK, Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check, overseas police check where applicable and references covering a minimum 5 year period. All opportunities are based in the UK.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are seeking a well organised individual to support with the management and development of our foundations, grants and trusts work.
As we enter our seventh year as a charity and our work established within West Wales, we are now getting set to fulfil our mission that all children, wherever they reside in Wales, should be able to access the right support, at the right time.
Our new Foundations, grants and trusts officer will Work closely with the fundraising Officer and wider team and be able to guide and navigate their way through the various ways we need to engage with, apply to and subsequently report back to trusts and foundations; large and small.
The role is offered full or part-time and with the flexibility of office based in Pembrokeshire or working remotely from anywhere within Wales. The role will support our work across Wales and will have regular travel around the country and to meetings in our Pembrokeshire Centre.
Sandy Bear exist to support children, young people and families in the lead up to or following a bereavement across Wales.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic individual to join our team as we take our fundraising plans to the next level.
As we enter our seventh year as a charity and our work established within West Wales, we are now getting set to fulfil our mission that all children, wherever they reside in Wales, should be able to access the right support, at the right time.
Our fundraising Officer role is being created to develop and lead across all aspects of fundraising and is an exciting position for someone with fundraising experience looking for a new challenge. Working with a small but growing team of volunteers and staff you will have an opportunity to put your stamp on our work and ensure we are able to support beneficiaries now and in the future. Whether your background is as a crowdfunding wizard, or a community queen, the right attitude and aptitude are as important as your credentials!
The role is offered full or part-time and with the flexibility of office based at our base in Pembrokeshire or working remotely from anywhere within Wales. The role will support our work across Wales and will have regular travel around the country and meetings and work at our centre.
Sandy Bear exist to support children, young people and families in the lead up to or following a bereavement across Wales.
We are looking for an individual who is passionate about youth workers being the best they can be and empowering them to be heard. You will achieve this through the delivery of our flagship leadership development program, Rise Up, funded by the Violence Reduction Unit.
As Programmes Officer, you will be vital in the delivery of the Rise Up program, ensuring key milestones are met. You will support the day-to-day running of Rise Up by ensuring all practitioners are given clear guidance and support to engage fully with the program. You will also ensure key stakeholders such as the Violence Reduction Unit, youth workers, and the partnership are updated and supported to deliver the program.
We would love someone who understands the youth sector and what it means to be a frontline practitioner in London, especially in the context of violence impacting young people and communities. An excellent communicator, you’ll be able to share the vision of the programme to others and inspire support.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.