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At Sightsavers, we start with sight, but we don’t stop there. We work closely with communities and local volunteers to help us carry out our work. We also partner with regional, national and international organisations, governments and non-governmental organisations in over 30 countries in Africa and South Asia, working to eliminate avoidable blindness and promote the rights of women, girls and people with disabilities, and help to improve local health services so they are sustainable. We have more than 70 years of experience, and we’re proud to be a leader in our field.
Salary: £30,000 - £35,000 per annum
Location: UK remote - with monthly travel to Haywards Heath, West Sussex
Contract: Permanent
Hours: This is a full-time or part-time role with some flexibility around hours worked.
As Digital Fundraising Executive, you will manage specific digital campaigns to drive supporter acquisition, engagement, retention, and income. You will play an important role in ensuring we provide the best possible experiences for supporters online, and that the online content and journeys are as good as they can be.
Managing specific digital fundraising projects, working with internal stakeholders and suppliers to ensure requirements are met, projects are delivered on time and on budget, and targets are achieved.
- Project Management: Oversee digital fundraising projects, ensuring they meet requirements, stay within budget, and hit targets.
- Digital Integration: Enhance offline campaigns with digital content and messaging in collaboration with fundraising teams.
- Email Campaigns: Manage the full cycle of email campaigns, from planning to analysis and feedback.
- Supporter Onboarding: Create welcoming experiences for new sign-ups to foster loyalty.
- Strategic Development: Work with the Digital Manager to grow international fundraising through various digital channels.
- Performance Monitoring: Keep track of fundraising activities, update plans, and implement optimisations as needed.
- Testing and Optimisation: Assist in A/B and multivariate testing to improve digital fundraising efforts.
- Global Efficiency: Ensure campaign activities are efficient and optimised internationally.
- Collaborative Projects: Support the Digital Managers and Head of Digital Fundraising with additional projects.
As the Digital Fundraising Executive, you will be responsible for managing projects to maximise income, plus supporter recruitment, engagement, and retention, through digital channels. Their work will include email, search, display and paid social campaigns across one or more countries where Sightsavers fundraises. Working with colleagues across fundraising and beyond to ensure digital support for the relevant campaigns is effective and optimised.
Required Skills
Essential:
• Proven experience in managing digital fundraising projects with timely delivery, adherence to briefs and budgets, and effective results reporting.
• Knowledge and experience in key digital marketing or fundraising disciplines, including CMS, email platforms, social media, search and display advertising, and GA4.
• Excellent writing skills with a background in fundraising copywriting.
• Competence in data analysis, reporting setup, and tracking progress against KPIs.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, capable of engaging both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Project management skills involving coordination with multiple teams and external agencies to achieve organisational goals.
Desirable:
• Experience in international fundraising.
• Understanding of various individual-giving fundraising disciplines, such as mailings, inserts, and TV advertising.
• Experience in orchestrating virtual mass participation events.
• Strong editing and proofreading abilities.
• Research skills to identify new digital and fundraising opportunities.
To apply for this exciting opportunity, please complete an application via our recruitment portal. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying.
As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.
Sightsavers is an employer that does not tolerate any form of harassment and has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse. All potential candidates will be subjected to rigorous background checks and controls.
In line with its commitment to safe programming and recruitment, Sightsavers participates in the inter-agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (MDS) administered by the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response. Through collaboration with other MDS members, Sightsavers aims to ensure that there are no sexual exploitation, abuse or harassment issues relating to potential new hires and that we can respond systematically to checks from fellow MDS members. This ensures our work is accountable, delivered to a high standard and supports safeguarding across the development and humanitarian fields.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Jangala is seeking a proven and inspiring Head of Programmes to design, implement, assess and refine our impactful and scalable internet connectivity initiatives in the UK and around the world. This role is pivotal in achieving Jangala’s ambitious goal of connecting underserved communities to the internet, empowering individuals and reducing the global digital divide.
Our new Head of Programmes will oversee our existing and future connectivity projects, including the deployment of 5,000 Get Boxes in the UK to address the digital divide and our growing number of Big Box projects worldwide that connect essential education, health, and community resilience hubs.
About Jangala
Jangala is a humanitarian technology charity dedicated to designing and deploying connectivity technology that serves the world's most digitally-excluded people in education, health and emergency response settings.
To date we have connected 100,000 people using our self-developed and open source Big Box and Get Box systems. As we graduate from pilot programmes and prototype products, our goal is to connect millions more by 2029 through reliable and secure connectivity solutions for our partners. Our deployment partners include UN agencies, major NGOs and local grassroots groups, and our work is supported by leading organisations including VMO2, the Lenovo Foundation and Arm.
We are recognised for our innovation, winning the 2022 Clifford Chance SDG Award and the 2021 Cisco Global Problem Solvers Digital Inclusivity Prize. Our ambition is to become one of the world's leading providers of humanitarian technology.
Details of the role
As the Head of Programmes, you will play a central role in Jangala’s evolution at this important juncture, developing programmes that enable our partners to access critical internet access and connectivity. Your work will ensure that our programmes are accessible, robust, scalable and ultimately impactful. You will manage a small, dedicated and growing team, engage with our deployment partners, and ensure the success of our on-the-ground projects. Your leadership will help achieve Jangala’s ambitious impact targets providing meaningful connectivity to social impact projects worldwide.
Key responsibilities will include:
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The overall design, development and implementation of our UK and global programmes to connect people worldwide.
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Ensuring that our programmes are high-quality and impactful, delivering meaningful connectivity by implementing our M&E frameworks and conducting first level impact assessment
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Assuring the robustness of our programmes, by leading and developing our due diligence process - including in high-risk environments subject to special regulations and sanctions
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Working to make our programmes accessible and scalable, so that they can serve both major organisations and grassroots partners in line with Jangala’s principles of universal accessibility
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Develop and maintain relationships with our key delivery partners across the UN, NGO and public sectors
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Act as Jangala’s Safeguarding Lead, managing overall responsibility for Jangala’s safeguarding responsibilities to the people we support
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Building and leading a high-performing programmes team, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and accountability.
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Representing Jangala at key events, conferences, and meetings to enhance our visibility and opportunity for impact.
The person we're looking for
We understand that many people - especially people who identify as women, people from ethnic minority backgrounds or from other underrepresented groups - only apply for jobs when they believe they match 100% of the criteria. If you don’t meet all the criteria but you’re inspired by Jangala's mission and are eager to lead programmes that help some of the world’s most excluded populations, we want to hear from you.
We’re looking for someone with:
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A proven track record in programme creation and management, preferably within the humanitarian, social impact, or technology-for-good sectors.
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The ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder projects, at times in conflict and high-risk contexts
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Knowledge of the humanitarian and/or development sectors
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Strong leadership skills, with experience managing teams and fostering growth and development.
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Excellent stakeholder engagement abilities, capable of building and maintaining relationships with a range of partners.
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A strategic mindset, able to develop and implement effective programme strategies to achieve ambitious goals.
Important details
Jangala’s office is based in London and operates a remote-first working policy. Travel to our London office will be required for mind-mapping and collaborative work at least once a week.
We are committed to creating an environment that attracts, motivates, and supports the best people from all backgrounds. This includes:
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Flexible working (general arrangement is one day in the office per week)
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29 days of paid leave a year, on top of paid bank holidays (in a normal year that’s 37)
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Quarterly bonus assessed on a whole team level
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5% employer pension contribution
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Free gym and climbing membership
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Potential shadow share options in future commercialisation
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Enhanced parental leave
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A real focus on learning and development with each person having an L&D budget
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Yearly opportunities to volunteer and gain on-the-ground experience of the impact Jangala is having in communities and disaster areas
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Team days out
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A meritocratic hiring process that emphasises experience, talent and motivation, rather than academic qualifications or CV specifics
We welcome applications from people of all gender identities, ages, sexual orientations, nationalities, religious beliefs or none. We particularly encourage applications from groups traditionally underrepresented in the technology and charity industries.
The starting salary for this role is £48,000-£55,000 per annum, with consideration for part-time arrangements.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women is looking for a highly motivated individual with strong customer service and communication skills to join our team as a Programme Officer.
Please note, applications without a covering letter will not be considered. All applicants must have the full legal right to work in the UK as the Foundation does not offer sponsorship at this time.
Interviews will be held on a rolling basis. We reserve the right to end this recruitment ahead of the application deadline, so we strongly encourage candidates to apply as soon as possible.
General information:
Job title: Programme Officer
Location: London based, hybrid working
Start date: TBC
Contract: Full time
Hours: Full time (35 hours per week). Core office hours are 10:30am – 3:30pm
About the role
We are seeking a skilled Programme Officer to support the end-to-end delivery of our sector-leading mentoring programme, ensuring participants join smoothly and are supported throughout. You will also support partners and donors to contribute to the delivery and expansion of the programme. The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated individual with strong customer service skills, written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to manage competing priorities.
For full information on this role, please download the job pack.
What the Foundation can offer you
- A fantastic package of 28 days of annual leave (which includes three that must be taken during the festive break).
- An organisation that values you. As a smaller organisation, we value everyone’s individual perspective and voice and all team members are able to contribute to our strategic planning.
- A positive and collaborative culture – we are proud of our leadership and management style that encourages teamwork, open and honest communication, while maintaining a friendly and relaxed atmosphere where everyone can thrive.
- One-on-one regular meetings with your line manager or director to focus on career and professional development while also taking an interest in your personal wellbeing. We have a dedicated staff training budget, and we are dedicated to spending it!
About the Foundation
The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women exists to create a future where women everywhere enjoy equal economic opportunities so they can thrive. Together with partners around the world, we work with women in low and middle income countries so they can start, sustain and grow successful enterprises. We collaborate to create fairer business environments so women are not constrained by gendered barriers and can reach their potential on their terms.
Since 2008, our training and mentoring services have supported more than 250,000 women to build successful micro, small and medium enterprises in over 100 countries. By blending insights from research, strong partnerships and pioneering technology we open doors for women entrepreneurs to skills, confidence, networks, finance and markets. We press for change to stop millions of women being held back from having the choice and opportunity to thrive.
Our gender transformative approach means women can achieve their own economic objectives. They create a better future for themselves, their families, and their communities. They contribute to thriving, fair economies, and global economic justice.
How to apply
To apply, please download the job pack and send us the following:
- Covering letter addressing relevant experience for the role. When writing your cover letter, please refer to the job description, focussing on the essential and desirable criteria.
- Current CV (two A4 pages maximum).
All applicants need to have the legal right to work in the UK prior to applying.
Please send your application, or any questions you might have, by 22 May 2024.
The Foundation is an equal opportunity employer and actively encourages candidates of all backgrounds to apply for this position. Please let us know if you have any access requirements that you would like us to be aware of during this process.
Due to the large number of applications we receive, please note that you will only be contacted should we wish to invite you to interview.
Thank you for your interest in the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women. We look forward to receiving your application.
For information purposes, we request that you complete the Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) monitoring form when you submit your application. This is not mandatory but supports the Foundation with its EDI goals and objectives. All information is private, and we abide by stringent GDPR and data processing management systems. The link is available via our vacancies page on our website.
We work with partners to eliminate barriers to entrepreneurship for women, enabling global economic gender justice.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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About the role
Are you an experienced corporate fundraiser with an interest in working in the international development sector? Are you creative, strategic, highly organised, a confident and effective communicator and strong team player?
We are looking for an experienced Senior Corporate Fundraising Manager to work closely with the Head of Programme Funding to drive new donor engagement and secure sustainable, multi-year funding. If you are seeking a dynamic and engaging fundraising role which offers you the chance to play a pivotal role within a small but ambitious organisation, then this could be the job for you.
You will be an exemplary relationship builder and have experience in developing multi-faceted corporate partnerships (ideally with experience and success in employee engagement, corporate sponsorship, and/or operational partnerships).
The role also line manages the Senior Fundraising Officer post, a position that provides administrative and fundraising support across the whole fundraising team. Please note that we are a small team and so you’ll need to be comfortable rolling up your sleeves to help out team members and to support new business across other restricted income streams.
If you think you have the skills, qualities and drive to fulfil this role, but don’t meet all of the specifications, or perhaps you’ve gained your experience in (for example) commercial sales or within relationships management and are looking to move into development work, we would still welcome hearing from you. We’re always interested to hear from talented individuals who can help drive the success of the team.
We are also open to making the role part time (80%) for the right candidate.
Interviews will be held on a rolling basis.
What can the Foundation offer you
- You will be part of an organisation that values you. As a smaller organisation, we value everyone’s individual perspective and voice and seek all staffs input into strategy, annual plans, and organisational values.
- A positive and collaborative culture – we are proud of our leadership and management style that encourages teamwork, open and honest communication, while maintaining a friendly and relaxed atmosphere where everyone can thrive
- One-on-one regular meetings with your line manager or director to focus on career and professional development while also taking an interest in your personal wellbeing
About the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women
The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women works with women entrepreneurs in low and middle income countries. We work together to enable women entrepreneurs to reach their potential. We are committed to eliminating the global gender gap in entrepreneurship and creating a future where women entrepreneurs thrive.
Since our inception in 2008, we have supported more than 250,000 women to start and grow successful micro, small, and medium sized businesses in over 100 countries.
Training, mentoring, networking and collaboration are at the heart of our work, deploying technology innovatively to reach and connect with more women worldwide. Our approach opens doors for women entrepreneurs to networks, finance, new markets, investments and opportunities.
As a result, women create a future for themselves, their families, and their communities. In turn, they contribute to more robust economies, global gender equality and a thriving entrepreneurial sector.
How to apply
To apply, please download the job description and send us the following:
· Covering letter addressing relevant experience for the role (one A4 page max)
· We will not accept or consider applications submitted without a cover letter.
· When writing your cover letter, please refer to the job description, focussing on the essential and desirable criteria
· Current CV (two A4 pages max)
DISCLAIMER: Applications without a covering letter will not be considered. All applicants must have the full legal right to work in the UK as the Foundation does not offer sponsorship at this time.
Please send your application, or any questions you might have by Friday 17 May, 5pm BST.
The Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively encourages candidates of all backgrounds to apply for this position. Please let us know if you have any access requirements that you would like us to be aware of during this process.
For information purposes, we request that you complete the Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) monitoring form when you submit your application. This is not mandatory but supports the Foundation it’s with EDI goals and objectives. All information is private, and we abide by stringent GDPR and data processing management systems. The link is available on our website.
Due to the large number of applications we receive, please note that you will only be contacted should we wish to invite you to interview.
Thank you for your interest in the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women. We look forward to receiving your application.
We work with partners to eliminate barriers to entrepreneurship for women, enabling global economic gender justice.
About INTRAC
INTRAC exists to promote positive social change. We do this by strengthening the wider ecosystems of civil society support and also by supporting civil society organisations themselves. So that these organisations are better able to develop, engage with others, and do what they want to do, better. We are a group of ethical and values-driven practitioners with expertise in civil society strengthening. Through our staff and global network we provide consultancy services, training and practical resources to support civil society actors in different ways.
We are particularly focused on organisational change and strengthening and providing support to strategy development, evidencing impact, and capturing, and responding to, learning. We work with organisations, movements and networks, and to strengthen the enabling environment for civil society. Our ambitious new strategy focuses on strengthening civil society ecosystems, rooted in local culture, methods, practices and knowledge bases, and connected to global learning and debate to enable further sense-making and collective action to change how civil society is supported.
About the role
As Project Officer you will play a central role in the delivery of INTRAC’s consultancy assignments and grant funded projects. This will involve coordinating short and long term projects, involving staff and consultants through our global network and clients around the world, ensuring effective and quality delivery. We carry out a wide variety of assignments, ranging from project evaluations to bespoke in-house training and learning partner roles for complex, multi-country civil society strengthening programmes.
You will work on a range of activities, such as organising and supporting online learning sessions, meetings or focus groups, coordinating feedback, communicating with team members and clients, administrative tasks, to support the smooth running and success of our work.
You will have an eye for detail, experience providing administrative and coordination support to complex projects and will be comfortable carrying out a number of tasks with competing deadlines at the same time.
We are looking for a versatile and dynamic individual, wanting to use their skills to support civil society around the world and with an interest in current debates concerning decolonisation and movements to shift power.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We will be holding rolling interviews for this role so avoid disappointment we encourage early applications.
About us
Christian Aid exists to create a world where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty. We are a global movement of people, churches and local organisations who passionately champion dignity, equality and justice worldwide. We are the changemakers, the peacemakers, the mighty of heart.
There's never been a better time to join Christian Aid's Fundraising & Supporter Engagement Department. We would say that, wouldn't we? But we mean it. Despite the challenges we've all faced over recent years, we have grown income and smashed our targets, making a transformational impact for people in poverty. Your next career step could see you joining our passionate and energetic team of poverty-fighters. We inspire more than 250,000 supporters and thousands of supporting churches to raise £50 million annually to tackle extreme poverty.
We're committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, and recognise the value this brings in forming strong, creative and high performing teams. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, and from those with experience from outside of the voluntary sector. And no, you don't have to be Christian to work here - we encourage people of all faiths and none to apply. We just ask that everyone lives out our values of dignity, equality, justice and love. We value a good work-life balance, so we're open to part-time and flexible working. We also offer hybrid working for our office-based colleagues and the option of being a homeworker for most of our roles too.
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About the role
This vital role takes on a portfolio of Christian Aid's events, leading on the planning, production and delivery of these including holding the responsibility of project management and logistics for Christian Aid's presence at the Greenbelt Festival. The role holder will work closely with the senior leadership team and others across the department sharing knowledge, best practice and expertise. They will plan and evaluate, and deliver engaging events across England and the devolved Nations.
About you
You will have knowledge and experience of successful event management and delivery of logistics. You are an practiced project manager with the ability to collaborate with the ability to influence, inspire, negotiate and build consensus at multiple levels. You are able to work cross-organisationally and have experience recruiting and managing volunteers.
Further information
At Christian Aid we strive to be an inclusive and diverse employer and recognise the value that this brings in helping to build strong, creative and high performing teams.
We are actively encouraging racialised minorities, LGBTQ+, people with disabilities, returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people with caring responsibilities, people from low socioeconomic backgrounds, women, and older workers to apply. This is because these groups are under-represented within our teams, especially at senior level, and we recognise and value the contributions members of these groups make to strong, creative and high performing teams.
We have a strong Christian ethos and we encourage applications from all faiths and none (with the exception of Director positions where there is a genuine occupational requirement to be a practicing Christian - Exempted under the Equality Act 2010).
All successful candidates will require a DBS/police check appropriate to the role and location and a Counter Terrorism Sanction check as part of your clearance for commencing your role with us. We also participate in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information as part of the referencing process from job applicants' previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.
This role requires applicants to have the right to live and work in the country where this position is based and undertake the role that you have been offered. If you are successful and we make you an offer for the role, we will be required to conduct a right to work check on your immigration status in the UK. We will contact you regarding the documentation you will need to provide to evidence this.
You can expect a wide range of rewards and benefits, including a generous holiday allowance, a season ticket loan, and flexibility that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance.
Are you motivated by the desire to help shake things up and do things differently? Start Network is on a mission to disrupt the Humanitarian system and the Systems Innovation and Change team is at the heart of these ambitions for change.
You will be an advocate for systems change and innovation methods and bring a user-centred and design-led approach to your work. You will help ensure our team’s support to our Hubs, members and other teams is flexible in meeting their needs and aligned with Start Network’s vision for change. You will be key in contributing to the successful development and delivery of the team’s programs and workplan.
To give a sense of the week-to-week work, you are likely to be getting involved in…
• Coordinating various aspects of our team’s project delivery, including setting up workshops, liaison with suppliers, grant management etc.
• Coordinating and, where appropriate, providing innovation technical support to hubs, teams and members drawing on your own experience and/or managing external innovation experts. For example, you may lead on the design of a workshop for a staff team that wants help on a particular challenge, based on innovation and design methods.
• Ensuring that relationships with stakeholders are equitable, effective, open, and transparent
• Supporting the team’s contracting, invoicing, and other administrative needs
• Supporting Hubs, members and Start Network teams to build the capabilities and practices necessary for impactful and sustainable locally led humanitarian innovation
As we are a small team there is great scope for the right candidate to bring their talents to the team and help shape our work programme and impact, as well as having the opportunity to develop your own capabilities and experience.
WHAT IS START NETWORK?
Our purpose is to be a catalyst for system-level change that improves the efficiency, effectiveness and ethics of humanitarian action. We do this by working as a network to develop, test & spread new ways of collaborating and resourcing locally-led crisis response and anticipation.
Our current membership is made up of nearly 100 local, national and international NGOs based all around the world. We also support 10 national and regional hubs made up of civil society organisations and NGOs as our vehicle for devolving power, resources and accountability.
OUR VALUES
WE PUT PEOPLE FIRST: communities come first in our decision-making and programming.
WE ARE BRAVE: we have great ambition and are willing to explore new things and take risks to achieve it.
WE OPERATE COLLECTIVELY: we leverage the value of working as a network, sharing risk and resources, and learning together.
WE ARE INCLUSIVE: we see the value in diverse perspectives and work to remove the barriers that prevent voices from being heard.
WE ARE OPEN: we work transparently and with integrity, building mutual trust in all levels of our work, from governance to programming.
WE ARE ETHICAL: we behave and operate based on key principles of anti-racism, non- discrimination, and anti-colonialism. This is a work in progress.
OUR OFFER TO YOU
• Being a part of a network involved in bringing change to the humanitarian sector.
• Hybrid working with options to work from home and remotely to support your work/life balance
• Employee Assistance Programme through Smart Health ((depends on the country based)
• Family friendly policies, e.g., flexible working, maternity policy, parental leave and more!
• 25 days’ holiday (if UK based) plus 2 company days over the End of Year period for all staff (depends on the country based)
INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES
Our roles are open to discussion about flexible working. For part-time working and job-shares, please get in touch with us before putting in an application.
Start Network is committed to protecting people, particularly children, at-risk adults and affected populations from any harm. We are also committed to safeguarding staff from any forms of bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and abuse of power as outlined in the Dignity at Work policy. Start Network embraces diversity, promotes equality of opportunity and eliminates unlawful discrimination. We are an equal opportunities employer and treat every
application on merit alone. We particularly encourage applications from disabled, BAME, LGBTQ+ and non-binary candidates. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet our essential selection criteria set out in the Person Profile.
APPLICATION
Please contact our People and Culture Team if you have any questions or need support with your application.
We use Be Applied, our online recruitment platform which uses anonymised applications and predictive, skill-based assessments which are blind- reviewed to reduce bias.
Closing date: 10th May 2024
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications and we
may review candidates on an ongoing basis, so please apply early where possible to avoid
disappointment.
Any offer of employment will be conditional subject to relevant checks. Please refer to our privacy candidate privacy notice regarding treatment of your data. Start Network also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. The core of the scheme is that participating organisations share information about safeguarding-related misconduct (i.e., sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, or sexual harassment) that a candidate has been found to have committed during
employment, or incidents under investigation when the candidate left employment. For more information regarding this scheme, please visit their website.
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Internews seeks an experienced Project Director for a four-year European Commission (EC)-funded project to advance the global response to increasing the resilience of at-risk independent media. The Project Director will lead and manage a consortium of four international NGO and academic implementing partners, overseeing and coordinating the design and implementation of a diverse portfolio of activities in multiple countries worldwide, as well as project monitoring and evaluation and a robust learning agenda. Strong skills in project financial management and communications are required.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
· Lead the Inception Phase of the project, working closely with consortium members, the EC, and other awardees to finalize target country selection, select research initiatives, draft the project workplan and monitoring and evaluation plan, and determine country-based activities.
· Serve as Internews’ primary point of contact with the European Commission, establishing and managing strong partnerships and dialogue with EC representatives in Brussels as well as country-level delegations.
· Effectively manage the project consortium, ensuring transparent communication processes and protocols.
· Pro-actively coordinate activity design and management with Internews Regional and Thematic Directors who manage Internews programming in key geographic regions and technical areas.
· Provide strategic, operational and representational assistance to ensure that activities are meeting their goals and targets, recommending program adjustments when necessary to keep the project on track;
· Regularly travel to London and Brussels, as well as target countries, for project and donor management purposes;
· Cultivate and strengthen relationships with local partner organizations and ensure that implementation is responsive to the needs of partners and beneficiaries;
· Track and report project progress and activities monthly against work plans;
· Oversee program monitoring and evaluation to ensure effective implementation and to measure activity impact;
· Working with the Monitoring and Evaluations specialist and team, ensure a robust learning agenda and deliver a learning symposium at project’s end with the consortium and EC.
· Maintain a thorough knowledge of key issues affecting independent media (print, broadcast, digital), and a general understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing independent media globally;
· Ensure the project is in compliance with all grant and cooperative agreement rules, requirements and regulations as well as with Internews internal policies and procedures;
· Serve as the primary budget authority over the project, responsible for ensuring all costs charged to the project are allowable, reasonable and correctly allocated;
· Accept fiduciary responsibility for all funds advanced for the purpose of the project;
· Understanding of and demonstrated commitment to upholding Internews’ Core Values.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
Manage and oversee all project staff.Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
QUALIFICATIONS
· At least 10 years of experience in media and program development, including senior-level management of personnel and financial administration;
· Donor grant management experience with EU funding and wider donor experience is essential;
· Professional experience in the media sector is an asset; experience managing assistance programs supporting media and/or civil society required.
· Experience as a manager or trainer with professional capacity-building programs for journalists and media outlets an asset.
· Demonstrated knowledge and experience in some or all of the following areas:traditional, digital, and social media; media and internet law and policy; information disorders/ disinformation; and/or sustainability models for media;
· Excellent soft skills, including diplomacy, interpersonal and communication skills, with a problem-solving attitude and as a self-starter who works both independently and as a collaborative team player;
· Willingness to travel regularly to London and Brussels, as well as target country visits;
· Additional language skills are a plus;
· University degree or equivalent experience.
Vacancy Timeframe:
Deadline for applications: 09 May 2024
Candidates must submit a succinct cover letter of no more than 2 pages explaining how they satisfy the requirements of the role, and a CV highlighting relevant experience. Successful candidate will also be asked to provide three professional referees, one of whom must be from their most recent employer.
The above noted job description is not intended to describe, in detail, the multitude of tasks that may be assigned but rather to give the associate a general sense of the responsibilities and expectations of their position. As the nature of business demands change so, too, may the essential functions of this position.
This position will be located in the United Kingdom and therefore a successful applicant must both be present in the UK for the duration of the assignment and be able to demonstrate their Right to Work in the UK in order to commence employment.
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GRT are looking for an experienced, passionate and delivery focused Finance Manager to join our team in Birmingham. You will join us on a full-time basis as part of an initial one-year fixed term contract with a view to progressing into a permanent role. GRT’s aim is to eradicate poverty by providing humanitarian aid, relief and providing sustainable programmes to the needy across the globe.
The ideal candidate will have a have a genuine understanding of, and commitment to, the aims and values of the GRT to implement the financial policies whilst working to support our dynamic teams. The Finance Manager will report directly to the CEO.
The Finance Manager will be responsible for preparing financial statements, overseeing monthly management accounts, managing payroll operations, handling accounts payable and receivable, and preparing the annual budget.
Main Responsibilities:
· Ensuring that financial and accounting services adhere to legal standards and contribute to the smooth operation of GRT activities.
· Annually reviewing and updating of all finance related policies.
· Creating an annual budget and regularly monitoring and comparing it with actual figures monthly.
· Managing the finance team by assigning tasks and overseeing their performance.
· Entering all financial data into finance software. (QuickBooks, Sage etc)
· Creating financial statements, overseeing cash management protocols, and managing accounts payable processes.
· Uploading pension contributions to the pension provider's platform
· Maintaining accurate ledgers and conducting monthly reconciliation of bank accounts.
· Ensuring the accuracy of monthly payroll processing.
· Handling banking activities for cash and cheques received.
· Reconciling donations received from online gateways such as JustGiving and Givebrite, as well as those received via standing order or direct debits.
· Administering invoice approval and payment processes, as well as operating expense claim procedures and payments.
· Addressing internal and external customer queries.
· Preparing project payments requests and donor receipts.
· Handling communications with HMRC regarding payroll and Gift Aid.
· Overseeing the maintenance of the inventory of all fixed assets in accordance with contractual and financial regulations.
· Overseeing all payments to suppliers and partner projects, including both local and international transactions.
· Generating month-end reports and quarterly project fund balances.
· Responding to bank inquiries and providing necessary information.
· Completing year-end QuickBooks reports for trustees and the accountant and addressing any inquiries they may have.
· Preparing for the year-end audit and managing inquiries from auditors.
· Concluding the year-end report and submitting it to the Charity Commission.
General Duties
• Be flexible within the broad remit of the post.
• Comply with Organisational policies and legal practices.
• Encourage effective cross-departmental working through personal example.
• Keep professional knowledge and expertise up to date.
• Attend internal and external meetings as required and contribute positively.
• Undertake any other duties commensurate with this post as reasonably requested by the CEO.
Personal Specification:
· Degree in Finance or Computing.
· Relevant professional qualification (e.g., ACCA, ACA, CIMA).
· Eight years of accounting experience, with at least two years specifically in Charity Finance.
· Experience in preparing and submitting annual accounts in SORP format.
· Excellent working knowledge of accounting systems such as QuickBooks or similar software.
· Up-to-date understanding of relevant charity and financial legislation, bookkeeping practices, accounting conventions, and best practices.
· Experience in developing and implementing policies, procedures, and systems.
· Strong numerical, analytical, and strategic skills, including database development and management.
· Meticulous attention to detail.
· Excellent communication skills for presenting to various audiences, including non-financial specialists.
· Willingness to work variable hours, including occasional weekends and evenings.
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This new role will work across varied charity management projects to help set up a new UK office for a fast growing medical INGO that has already treated over 13 million patients across Africa!
It will include leading on a broad range of projects that support the set up and management of the UK registered office and will require working autonomously while being part of an experienced and supportive team. Benefits are competitive, work is primarily remote and partially flexible. This is a chance to help set up something new and leave your very own legacy for an up-and-coming medical organisation saving lives in Africa.
Role Context
ALIMA UK is in its start-up phase and is made up of a small team. This period is exciting at times unpredictable. We need someone reliable who enjoys and has a proven track record of leading and delivering on operational projects for a business or charity while working with senior stakeholders. They should be a highly organised self-starter who is able to work autonomously and lead on projects as well as a great team player.
The role is varied and has a significant financial element, so strong numerical skills and good written communication skills are both important as well as a flexible, responsible approach. Ideally they will also have experience of, and good knowledge of, the charity sector in the UK.
This role is posted as a one year contract as the needs of the business are changing as the organisation develops. At the end of the year the needs of ALIMA will be reviewed and there may be scope to further shape the role, depending on the needs of the business and funding available at the time.
Competitive benefits:
- Generous benefits: Medical care, 30 days holiday (pro rata) and 8% pension
- Position is largely remote/ working from home, with c. two days in London required per month (usually Putney or Kings Cross - N.B. if you are outside london cost of travel will be your responsibility)
- Hours are partially flexible but require 75% to fall within main office hours for the team (Monday to Thursday 9 to 5)
RESPONSIBILITIES
ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Driving and implementing a varied range of projects that support the smooth set-up of the UK charity, in collaboration with the UK Head of Development
- Virtual Office Management, including organising cloud based filing systems, managing resources including IT, coordinating information collection
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
- Working with the Head of Development & Chair to create and develop new financial management systems for the charity
- Ongoing management of the financial systems of the charity including bookkeeping, invoice management and basic reporting
- Working with colleagues to produce financial reports for the Board, donors and others on request
EVENT & PROGRAMME CO-ORDINATION
- Coordination of small events
- Organising and coordinating staff and trustee visits to the UK and overseas
SUPPORTING SENIOR STAKEHOLDERS
- Organise UK board meetings including booking venues, finalising and circulating papers, minute taking
- Copywriting
Any other duties as may be reasonably required as part of supportive team.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
REQUIRED
Skills, Experience & Knowledge
- Experience working for a UK-based charity in an administrative, executive support, finance, fundraising or project management role
- Strong project management skills: a track record of successfully driving small to medium-sized projects
- Strong numerical skills, including experience reporting on or managing budgets, producing management accounts or equivalent
- Excellent verbal and written English language skills
- Excellent organisational skills: Ability to plan, prioritise and manage a varied and demanding workload to meet deadlines
- Experience working with a broad range of stakeholders including Senior level staff, donors and volunteers
- Knowledge and understanding of fundraising in the UK charity sector
Attributes
- Ability to work independently and take initiative within an established team
- A resilient mindset and ability to push through when the way ahead is not immediately obvious
- Ability to work collaboratively and supportively alongside the UK Team
- Passion for and commitment to the mission and goals of ALIMA
DESIRABLE
- Experience of working with accountancy software or excel
- French Language Skills
- Event coordination experience
- Experience with powerpoint or design programmes
- Fundraising experience
- Time working for an international development organisation
To apply please use your CV together with a cover letter. The letter should be no longer than 2000 words. To be considered, the letter will need to address how your skills and experience specifically meet the requirements laid out in the person specification.
Please note interviews will be held in central London on Monday 13 May 2024.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
- Full time: 35 hrs per week
- Permanent contract
- Full time salary: £44,928 - £47,202 annum
- Location: Office in Rivington Street EC2A 3AY, with opportunity for blended working
- Full time: 35 hrs per week
About us
Transparency International is a global movement sharing one vision: a world in which government politics, business and the daily lives of people are free of corruption. Transparency International UK is the UK national chapter of this movement. We work with the British government, parliamentarians, civil society and the private sector to tackle corruption at home, addressing the UK’s global corruption footprint and helping multinational companies prevent corruption by operating with integrity. We are also home to two major global programmes tackling corruption in the Defence and Security sector and Global Health on behalf of the wider Transparency International movement.
Transparency International – Defence & Security (TI-DS) is one of TI’s global programmes and is committed to tackling corruption in the global defence and security sector. Located in London and hosted by Transparency International’s UK chapter, the programme works with defence institutions, governments, defence industry, civil society and international organisations worldwide to strengthen transparency, accountability and oversight systems in a traditionally opaque and secretive sector. We contribute to broad-based coalitions and collective action working with reform-minded actors to bring about change.
Transparency International - Global Health (TI GH) is another of TI’s global programmes and works to ensure that health systems around the world are free from corruption, allowing people to access the health care they need. Our work focusses on tackling corruption, and improving transparency at three key points in the health value chain - medical research and development, procurement, and at the point of service delivery.
About the role
As Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and reporting on impact of the international programmes (TI Defence and Security programme 90%, TI Global Health 10%). You will provide the technical and functional support to the programmes by capturing, analysing and reporting project results as well documenting and sharing project learnings from within the TI and global chapter programmes.
In addition to this role, you will:
Monitoring (40%)
- Be responsible for rolling out the results monitoring framework and results reporting strategy by gathering and analysing outcome and impact data via day-to-day monitoring and quarterly simplified outcome harvesting exercises.
- Present findings to the Programme Management team and donors.
- Lead on devising, coordinating, and conducting regular data-quality assurance initiatives
- Play a key role in designing Theories of Change for TI and global chapters.
- Drive MEL system acceptance and strengthen a ‘MEL culture’ within the team.
- Review and advise on improvements to the Theory of Change and logframe to ensure relevance and measurable pathway to impact
Learning (40%)
- Develop processes to ensure learning is identified and captured across all areas of the programme.
- Lead the creation of regular learning briefs, including brainstorming key topics, gathering evidence from key TI chapters around the world, reporting on lessons learned, and presenting findings internally and externally.
- Collect, analyse, synthesise, and present on the latest evidence on ‘what works’ in anticorruption sector.
- Facilitate regular learning sessions within the team to institutionalise key knowledge and skills.
Evaluation (10%)
- Assist TI and chapter programme teams in the design and roll out of programme evaluations.
- Facilitate the implementation of programme evaluations by recruiting external consultants and coordinating with donors, stakeholders, and other TI chapters.
Data and Knowledge Management (5%)
- Act as DS point of contact for the M&E lead to capture, disseminate project learning and ensure that this is fed into future TI and partner work.
- Ensure that learning from work is used to tailor and adjust the project approach to maximise impact.
- Be a key member of the Evidence and Impact working group, work with group to further develop TI UK’s overall E&I approach.
Other (5%)
- Assist or lead the design and development of programme concept notes, bids or proposals.
- Assist wider MEL efforts within the TI-UK team where needed.
About you
To be successful in the role you will have/will be:
- Proven experience of the design and implementing of Monitoring and Learning frameworks in international programmes (ideally covering Fragile and Conflict Affected States)
- Applied training in or experience working with research methods (quantitative and qualitative)
- Strong data reporting skills with proven ability to engage with and manage donor formal reporting and ad-hoc requests;
- Excellent communicator, with a demonstrated ability to build networks and collaborate with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders at different levels of seniority;
- An ability to see both the big (strategic) picture, identifying opportunities for innovation and value addition, as well as keeping alert to programme delivery risks linked to the monitoring and learning aspect of the programme;
- Demonstrable skills in communicating and transforming technical/analytical information into non-technical and compelling stories
- Proficient in managing databases
- Excellent data analysis, interpretation, and presentation skills
- Experience in conducting quality assurance and critical review of organisation-wide data within international development
Benefits
In exchange we will offer:
- A competitive salary
- 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
- Up to 6% contributory pension
- Season ticket loan
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced sickness and family friendly policies
- Employee Assistance Programme
- A flexible and friendly working environment, with the opportunity for blended working (more details of this can be found on our website)
About the FCDO Centre of Expertise: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in partnership with Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) has established a Centre of Expertise (CoE) to serve as an authoritative source of expertise, insightful informational resources, analysis, evidence, and advice on “what works” to support democratic governance around the world.
Programme Manager - Centre of Expertise
The Programme Manager will work under the guidance of the Head of the Centre of Expertise to support the delivery of Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD’s) role in the Centre of Expertise, leading on the procurement, contracting, monitoring and management of WFD Experts.
They will play an important and vital role within the team responsible for directly responding to requests from the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) posts for expertise in democratic governance and for managing the deployment of experts where in-country visits are part of the terms of reference.
About You
To be successful in this position, you will be an experienced Programme Manager with the following skills and experience.
Strong Programme Management experience and skills: At least five years’ proven track record in programme management, or in procurement or contracts administration with a background ideally in the international development sector.
- Previous experience working with the FCDO or on an FCDO-funded programme.
- Confidence in drafting and negotiating contracts.
- Good understanding of business processes including the outsource of procured services.
- Experience of implementing or strengthening processes to improve efficiency.
- Experience of and strong abilities in financial administration.
- Experience of working and supporting teams working remotely and cross-collaboration between multiple departments.
- Excellent time management, including ability to prioritise tasks and working to deadlines.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to foster good working relationships.
- Well-developed oral and written communication skills.
- Excellent technical knowledge of Microsoft 365 Platform.
We offer - Remote Working. 4 wellbeing days per calendar year [pro-rata for part-time staff], plus annual leave and public holidays entitlement. (Eligibility for the Civil Service pension scheme option employer contribution up to 28.97%)
Apply: Visit our website - this vacancy will close on 14th April 2024.
WHAT IS START NETWORK?
Our purpose is to be a catalyst for system-level change that improves the efficiency, effectiveness and ethics of humanitarian action. We do this by working as a network to develop, test & spread new ways of collaborating and resourcing locally-led crisis response and anticipation.
Our current membership is made up of nearly 100 local, national and international NGOs based all around the world. We also support 10 national and regional hubs made up of civil society organisations and NGOs as our vehicle for devolving power, resources and accountability.
OUR SOLUTIONS
DECENTRAISLING & LOCALLY-LED ACTION: Shifting power and resources and decentralising decision-making to locally led networks and organisations.
EARLY & RAPID FINANCING: Building a global financing system that reduces risk, anticipates, and acts ahead of predictable crises.
COMMUNITY-LED INNOVATION: Incentivising innovative, locally led, and contextual solutions and learning from them together with people affected by crises.
For more information about Start Network and what we do, please visit our website.
OUR VALUES
WE PUT PEOPLE FIRST: Communities come first in our decision-making and programming.
WE ARE BRAVE: We have great ambition and are willing to explore new things and take risks to achieve it
WE OPERATE COLLECTIVELY: We leverage the value of working as a network, sharing risk and resources, and learning together.
WE ARE INCLUSIVE: We see the value in diverse perspectives and work to remove the barriers that prevent voices from being heard.
WE ARE OPEN: We work transparently and with integrity, building mutual trust in all levels of our work, from governance to programming.
WE ARE ETHICAL: We behave and operate based on key principles of anti-racism, non-discrimination, and anti-colonialism. This is a work in progress.
JOB PURPOSE
The role will support the research activities of Start Network and its programmes and initiatives.
Working within the Evidence & Learning team, the Research Officer will conduct research, interpret data and communicate findings across of a range of programmes and initiatives which support evidencing the impact and learning of Start Network activities. These could involve supporting in the design and administration of data collection projects; as well as cleaning, processing, and analysing primary data and literature and desk reviews. The successful applicant will require basic research skills and additional skills will be learned on the job through guidance provided by the other members of the Evidence & Learning team.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
Research
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Lead and support with undertaking research, including desk reviews, conducting landscape analyses and literature reviews using a range of materials and sources, including online platforms.
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Support with the design and implementation of data collection tools for primary data (e.g., surveys, focus group discussions, and in-depth interviews) and secondary data collection.
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Work with both qualitative and quantitative data, including interview transcription, data cleaning, processing, and analysis.
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Support key teams with research and analysis for their programme and initiative areas.
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Work with a range of staff across key initiatives to formulate and test research ideas.
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Assist with managing and supporting external consultants
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Support with Presenting Research Findings
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Develop, and co-develop, technical reports, PowerPoint presentations, and other written pieces for a range of audiences and platforms, both internally and externally.
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Create relevant graphics and visualisations to present qualitative and quantitative information.
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Present, and work alongside others to present, information to a range of key stakeholders including donors, Start Network member organisations and academics in formal and informal settings.
Information Management
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Work alongside others in the team to establish and maintain libraries of relevant information related to stakeholders and partners.
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Create tools related to information management (e.g., informed consent forms) and in obtaining consent and permissions for various research projects and products from member representatives and other key stakeholders.
START NETWORK CULTURE
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To carry out the responsibilities of the role in line with the Start Network Code of Conduct and with a commitment to safeguarding adults and children
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A commitment to the Start Network vision, principles, values, and approach
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The Start Network team is an agile group of individuals who use their experience and skills across the network, so flexibility to work in and with different teams and functions is a part of our culture.
PERSON PROFILE
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL
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Experience in research skills including literature reviews and data analysis.
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Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint necessary, experience with standard data analysis, graphics, and presentation tools and packages preferred
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Familiar with best practices and practical application of both quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis
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Some experience in questionnaire and survey design and basic statistics
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Strong communication skills, including being able to communicate ideas clearly across a range of mediums and professionally to a range of stakeholders.
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Strong interpersonal skills, being able to work across the Start Network team, with members, consultants, and other stakeholders.
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Strong attention to detail
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Good organisational skills, being able to handle and manage multiple projects and datasets while working to deadlines.
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Degree in a quantitative or social science field
DESIRABLE
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Experience in social research (desirable).
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Experience using Salesforce (desirable).
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Relevant language skills, particularly in French and/or Spanish (desirable).…
KEY COMPETENCIES
Communication:
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Promote different ways to engage different audiences, working with others on how to maximise impact.
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Build trust by doing what you say you will do and admitting when you don’t know something or when you have made a mistake.
Strategic Thinking:
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Actively seeking to understand how your role fits into the work of the team and network by asking questions and working on cross-team initiatives.
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Able to plan and deliver flexibly to take account of changing internal and/or external factors by reprioritising and asking for help.
Collaboration:
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Actively promote collaboration by spotting and breaking down barriers to siloed working, connecting colleagues, teams and initiatives
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Build networks internally and externally by showing curiosity and learning from others.
Leadership of self and others:
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Understand own strengths and shadows and how these interrelated with others through review and reflection.
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Open and responsive to feedback
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Seek to understand and act upon own areas for growth, reflecting and learning from things that have not gone so well by showing vulnerability and openness to change
Ability to adapt and learn:
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Seek to learn lessons and apply the learning to future work by actively asking questions, being honest, curious, and brave to abandon things that are not working.
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Able to reprioritise and shift focus in response to changing needs of the organisation or network by being aware of how your role sits in the system.
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Balance the need to follow systems and processes with the courage, identifying when systems and processes do not align with the mission, suggesting alternatives
Getting things done the Start Network way:
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Overcome obstacles by taking initiatives to identify issues, seeking help to address them and escalating appropriately.
The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women is looking for an experienced and results-driven marketing professional with great know-how in marketing opportunities and managing agencies, and a commitment to women’s economic empowerment to join our team as Programme Marketing Manager for 12 months.
Please note, applications without a covering letter will not be considered. All applicants must have the full legal right to work in the UK as the Foundation does not offer sponsorship at this time.
General information
Start date: Mid to end of June dependent on notice period required
Contract: Temporary – 12 months
Hours: Part time: 21 hours per week, ideally over 4 or 5 days but 3 days considered.
Salary: £34,176 - £37,024 per annum (£20,506 - £22,214 pro rata)
About the role
Becoming the Programme Marketing Manager at the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women is a fantastic opportunity to help drive progress for women entrepreneurs in low and middle income countries by engaging more people in our work.
The key purpose of this role is to effectively market our programmes to participants – chiefly our HerVenture business skills microlearning app and our sector-leading Mentoring Women in Business programme.
This will span three main projects:
· to successfully manage a marketing agency to effectively market the HerVenture app to women in South Africa (as part of a fixed-term project with active marketing ongoing until Mar ‘25);
· to successfully manage the same marketing agency to promote the app in Nigeria (as part of a separate fixed-term project with active marketing ongoing until Dec ‘24); and
· to effectively promote the opportunity to become a mentor to a woman entrepreneur through our Mentoring Women in Business programme to paying professionals worldwide. Your objective will be to secure 18+ paid mentors for the Nov ’24 programme intake and 20+ for the May ’25 intake.
Following the completion of the two HerVenture marketing projects, you will also lead other programme marketing initiatives in 2025. These will be determined in late 2024.
Following the May ’25 Mentoring intake you will deliver a strategy, harnessing your learning and analysis to outline an approach for marketing the programme to paying mentors in future.
You will also be called on to support other forms of programme marketing on an ad hoc basis, for example advising on development of corporate pitch decks, or co-designing materials for fundraising events.
This position reports directly to the Head of Communications and Marketing, however this is a highly collaborative role and you will also work closely with the Entrepreneurship programmes team and the Programme Funding team to develop and deliver plans and manage projects.
Our ideal candidate will be a knowledgeable and motivated marketer with experience in ‘selling’ professional development / online volunteering opportunities, and in managing agencies and contractors to deliver on fixed projects as aligned to good marketing practices. You should be highly organised and goals-driven, with a collaborative approach, a growth-oriented mindset, and a strong desire to harness the power of marketing to support women’s economic empowerment.
We are open to applications from consultants.
For full information on this role, please download the job pack
What the Foundation can offer you
· A fantastic package of 28 days of annual leave (which includes three that must be taken during the festive break).
· An organisation that values you. As a smaller organisation, we value everyone’s individual perspective and voice and all team members are able to contribute to our strategic planning.
· Professional development, with career growth built into each staff member’s annual plan and a wide range of skills-building and learning opportunities provided. Each staff member has an annual £1,000 training budget.
· A positive, supportive and collaborative culture and leadership style. We encourage teamwork and open and honest communication, while maintaining a friendly and relaxed atmosphere where everyone can thrive.
· A focus on personal wellbeing and happiness, with regular team-building activities and line manager meetings that as well as your personal wellbeing.
About the Foundation
The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women exists to create a future where women everywhere enjoy equal economic opportunities so they can thrive. Together with partners around the world, we work with women in low and middle income countries so they can start, sustain and grow successful enterprises. We collaborate to create fairer business environments so women are not constrained by gendered barriers and can reach their potential on their terms.
Since 2008, our training and mentoring services have supported more than 250,000 women to build successful micro, small and medium enterprises in over 100 countries. By blending insights from research, strong partnerships and pioneering technology we open doors for women entrepreneurs to skills, confidence, networks, finance and markets. We press for change to stop millions of women being held back from having the choice and opportunity to thrive.
Our gender transformative approach means women can achieve their own economic objectives. They create a better future for themselves, their families, and their communities. They contribute to thriving, fair economies, and global economic justice.
To find out more about our work, you can read our latest annual report here, and read our 2023-2026 organisational strategy ‘Ready for Business’ here.
How to apply
To apply, please download the job pack and send us the following:
· Covering letter addressing relevant experience for the role (one A4 page maximum). When writing your cover letter, please refer to the job description, focussing on the essential and desirable criteria.
· Current CV (two A4 pages maximum).
All applicants should have the legal right to work in the UK prior to applying.
Please send your application by 11:59 BST, Tuesday 14 May.
First round interviews will be held on 22 and 23 May.
The Foundation is an equal opportunity employer and actively encourages candidates of all backgrounds to apply for this position. Please let us know if you have any access requirements that you would like us to be aware of during this process.
Due to the large number of applications we receive, please note that you will only be contacted should we wish to invite you to interview.
Thank you for your interest in the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women. We look forward to receiving your application.
We work with partners to eliminate barriers to entrepreneurship for women, enabling global economic gender justice.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Programme Design Advisor
Contract type: Fixed Term Contract (18 months), Full Time
Location: The role can be based in the UK, Kenya, Senegal or another location where WaterAid has a Country Programme, subject to right-to-work eligibility in the respective countries
For the UK Location, we offer hybrid working: A minimum of 40% of working time is spent face-to-face, in a WaterAid office. For UK-based staff, WaterAid is located at Canary Wharf, London and this will be your location and contract base.
Salary & Benefits: Salaries and benefits for different countries will vary in line with the location of the successful candidate and depending on experience. See further details below Role-based in
- UK, Grade 3: £48,314 - 50,729 GBP with benefits
- Senegal: Grade F: 24,011,317 - 35,054,179 XOF per annum with benefits
- Kenya: competitive salary package with benefits
About WaterAid:
Want to use your skills in programme design to play a vital role in making clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone everywhere?
We need passionate, creative and dedicated people. In return, you will be encouraged and empowered to be yourself at your very best. Together, we will make a bigger difference.
Join WaterAid as a Programme Development Advisor to change normal for millions of people so they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty and change their lives for good.
About the Team:
This position will be based in the WaterAid UK Programme Operations Team within the International Programmes Department (IPD). IPD operates in over 17 countries with approximately 600 staff in total. The Programme Operations Team enables the effective management of the International Programmes Directorate (IPD) through the provision of robust high quality programme management policies, processes, tools, management information and systems.
About the Role:
The primary focus of the role is to support Country Programmes and Regional Teams in both project and programme design. This is primarily by (1) directly supporting the design and set up of specific projects, programmes and proposals, and (2) strengthening capacity of specific staff in project and programme design.
In this role, you will:
Support project (and programme) design and set-up processes
- Lead, facilitate, support and advise on quality project design and project set-up processes, focusing particularly on larger, complex or higher risk projects. These may be individual Country Programme or multi-country/region projects designed at the regional or global level.
- Review and provide feedback on project design outputs to help strengthen their quality. This could include situational analyses, theories of change, results frameworks, monitoring and evaluation plans, risk analyses, narrative proposals and budgets.
- Liaise closely with identified technical and policy specialists during project design and set-up processes to ensure projects are designed to deliver sustainable outcomes and align with Global and Country Programme Strategies, Quality Programme Standards and thematic approaches.
- In specific cases, support Country Programmes in the development/adaptation of their long-term programme plans and linked project portfolios
Strengthen organisational capacity in project design and project set-up
- Build and strengthen capacity in project design across WaterAid (globally), targeting particular staff categories, through training, mentoring, coaching and the development/refreshing of tools and guidance
- Develop engaging training materials and examples.
Strengthen project design and set-up guidance
- Maintain and strengthen the project and programme planning component of WaterAid's Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting (PMER) core procedures (often referred in our sector as MEL or MEAL) based on internal learning and sector good practice
About You:
- Significant proven experience in designing complex projects under rigorous deadlines and involving multiple stakeholders
- Excellent understanding of project design theories and approaches and their practical application
- Proven ability to work collaboratively with technical programme advisors, fundraisers and finance staff in order to develop sustainable, high quality, suitably resourced projects with clearly defined monitoring and evaluation processes
- Demonstrated ability to effectively coach and train others in project design and implementation
- Excellent understanding of the project design requirements and approaches of different donors (e.g. GAC, FCDO, USAID)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
- Strong interpersonal skills and networking skills with the ability to collaborate, influence and build alliances internally and externally
- Strong problem identification and problem solving skills
- Excellent computer literacy, including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point etc.)
- Ability to travel up to 12 weeks per year
- Proven ability to work effectively with diverse cultures and adapt personal style to get the best out of others.
- Graduate degree or equivalent professional qualification/experience in international development
- Highly organised and proactive with the proven ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks and a complex work programme within deadlines
- Excellent attention to detail
- Working style that reflects WaterAid's values of Respect, Accountability, Courage, Collaboration, Integrity and Innovation.
Closing date: Applications will close at 23:59 GMT on 1st May 2024. Availability for interviews is required in the week commencing 20th May 2024.
How to Apply: To see the full job pack, please click apply. Please apply by submitting your CV and a cover letter in one document in either MS Word or PDF format. Your cover letter should include your location, your right-to-work eligibility, and outline as a minimum:
- Your experience leading, facilitating and supporting the design of complex projects.
- Your experience supporting the set-up/inception of complex projects
- Your experience supporting capacity strengthening in project design, including developing and delivering training, tools and guidance.
Pre-employment screening: To apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the respective country. All pre-employment checks will be carried out according to the applicable laws in the respective country. All our UK-based vacancies require a basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check to comply with our Safer Recruitment policy.
Our Commitment
Our People Promise:
We will work with passion and focus to ensure safe and sustainable water, toilets and hygiene are available to everyone, everywhere. WaterAid is a place of purpose - where people have a real commitment and shared responsibility for the impact we have. We are a global community with diverse backgrounds and perspectives, motivated by inspiring, stimulating work. We are determined to put the wellbeing of our people first, to be a place where people feel safe and able to contribute their voice and truly live our values.
Equal opportunities:
We are an equal opportunity, disability-confident employer and are dedicated to achieving the highest standards of diversity, equity and inclusion. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, beliefs, customs, traditions and ways of life. This includes, but is not limited to, race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, national or social origin, health status, and economic or social situation.
Safeguarding:
We are also committed to protecting everyone we come into contact with. We have a zero-tolerance approach to abuse of power, privilege or trust across our global work, and any form of inappropriate behaviour, discrimination, abuse, bullying, harassment, or exploitation. Safeguarding the people and communities we work with, our staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf is our top priority, and we take our responsibilities extremely seriously.