Are you a facilities professional looking for your next career challenge?Are you available immediately for 3 days per week?

Prospectus is thrilled to be working on behalf of a compelling organisation looking for a solid Facilities Coordinator to be responsible for their front of house, HR, IT and central facilities services. This role has a chance to become a full time permanent position.

The role will initially be home based and early focus will centre on planning strategy around the reopening of the office and implementing safeguarding in the workplace in response to Covid-19.

Reporting to the Corporate Services Manager, the successful candidate will co-ordinate the provision of our client's office facilities. Within the delivery of facilities functions, the post holder will be responsible for health and safety and fire safety checks, will be the main key holder of the London Office and will coordinate facilities for three hubs across the UK. The new Facilities Coordinator is also expected to undertake occasional reception duties and to be an ambassador of the brand too.

We are looking for a person with a proven track record in a facilities support role, as well as a certain exposure to the delivery of organisational facilities projects and office relocations. To be successful, you will have outstanding attention to detail, a strong collaborative attitude and great interpersonal skills. The ability to work effectively under pressure and exceptional organisational skills are crucial too.

To apply, please submit a copy of your CV; cover letters are not required at this stage.

A full job description will be provided to candidate shortlisted by Prospectus.

Prospectus is delighted to be partnering with Plan International UK, a global children's charity, to recruit for a Head of Brand and Digital Engagement to be based at their Head Office in London. The organisation is going through an exciting period of transformation with this role one of three newly created Head positions in the Communications, Campaigns and UK Programmes directorate.

Plan International UK strives to advance children's rights and equality for girls all over the world. Working in over 50 countries across Africa, Asia and The Americas, they provide vital support to children, their families and their communities, including child protection, child participation, health, education and economic security.

The Role

This role will bring together two teams (Brand Marketing and Digital Engagement) into a new, highly strategic unit, to deliver an exciting and ambitious brand and digital vision for the organisation.

Your high impact, creative brand strategy and skilful use of digital platforms will enable the organisation to tell powerful, engaging stories that will widen Plan UK's influence, capturing new audiences and deepening engagement with supporters, directly contributing to their mission to advance children's rights and achieve equality for girls.

The Person

Your experience and attributes will include:

• Substantial experience of having responsibility for an organisation's brand
• Proven track record of delivering a high impact brand vision and strategy and an ambitious attitude towards brand development
• Substantial experience of digital marketing and using digital channels to tell a brand story and engage a new audience
• Leading cross organisational brand campaigns, from strategy to delivery, with a clear understanding of how to engage supporters, grow awareness and consideration and ensure a consistent, powerful brand story, primarily on digital channels
• Substantial experience of setting a content strategy for an organisation, with ability to manage others to produce, edit and curate content
• Operating as an inspiring, engaging leader, able to influence across the organisation and inspire others to be creative, innovative and ambitious in their work
• A genuine interest in international development, humanitarian and/or girls' right issues

To Apply

To apply, please upload your CV in Microsoft Word format as part of your application.

A Prospectus consultant will review and assess all submitted applications. 

If shortlisted by Prospectus and selected for interview with Plan International UK interviews are planned to take place on the dates below:

Panel Interviews (1st stage): Week Commencing 22nd June

Panel Interviews (2nd stage): Week Commencing 29th June

Prospectus is delighted to be working with a progressive and proactive Foundation that aims to tackle the global climate emergency. We are looking for a Research Analyst who has first-hand experience of tackling the impact of the global climate crisis in communities, to challenge existing ideas and identify the funding landscape. 

This role will work closely with management to create a strong pipeline of opportunities for grant making around the world, working closely with recipients to ensure grants are effective. This could include collaborating on grant making strategies, or providing global, national and regional insights to help inform direction and focus.

Our client is looking for a global perspective from this role, and is seeking candidates who have lived and worked in countries acutely affected by the climate crisis. As such, the client can offer visa sponsorship for this post, and relocation support.

Tenacious and intellectually curious, the successful candidate will have a methodical approach and a high capacity for synthesising complex information. Ideally they have some insight or experience of managing grant making processes or have managed grant-funded programmes in the past. Proactive and adaptable, you will be ambitious for change and target orientated; recognising the importance of pace, collaboration and clear objectives in facilitating immediate impact.

To apply, please submit your CV; cover letters are not required at this stage.     

A full job description will be provided to candidate shortlisted by Prospectus.   

Prospectus is delighted to be working with the Institute of Pre-Hospital Care at London's Air Ambulance charity, the charity providing advanced trauma car across the capital. They operate a helicopter and rapid response vehicle service 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, carrying out critical care procedures at the scene. The Institute of Pre-Hospital Care at London's Air Ambulance (The Institute) was founded in 2013 to build on and expand this influence. Its mission is to drive excellence in pre-hospital care standards and practice through research, innovation and education; and by fostering collaboration across medical disciplines and institutions dedicated to improving outcomes for people afflicted by critical injury and illness. They are currently looking for an Institute Officer to join the team and help support the smooth running of the Institute's education programmes and courses.

You will ensure the smooth running of the Institute's programme of short courses, the Intercalated BSc in Prehospital Medicine, and the MSc in Prehospital Medicine. In addition, the post holder will spend time attending to externally facing platforms such as the website and social media infrastructure to ensure that the profile of the Institute is appropriate to their mission.As part of a close team, the post holder will be expected to support the broader work of the team and work closely with their counterparts in the main charity.
As this post will be externally facing with course attendees, candidates and degree students, you will have significant reputational and operational impact. It is expected that the work of the post holder will contribute to a direct improvement of the Institute educational experience and the Institute's achievements on an international scale too.

The successful candidate will be a bright, engaged and intuitive individual with excellent communication skills. You will be well organised and be able to handle multiple conflicting priorities at once. You will have strong judgement with the ability to manage sensitive situations with empathy and diplomacy. Previous experience within an administrative role is required alongside excellent attention to detail.

If you are interested in finding out more information about this new opportunity, please register your interest and submit your CV in Word format by clicking 'apply now' below.

Age UK Bromley & Greenwich are looking to appoint an experienced Information and Advice Manager to run our busy Information and Advice Service. The service offers free, impartial and confidential specialist advice on a wide range of issues to older people their families and carers.

You will have experience of working in an advice setting, providing quality assured information advice and guidance.

You will have experience of supervising both paid and volunteer staff, and have a good understanding of the issues relating to older people.

If you have a passion for delivering quality services, we would love to hear from you.

Closing date 12 Mid-day Friday 19th June 2020

Interviews Friday 26th June 2020

Working Chance is an acclaimed, visionary, award-winning charity whose mission is to give women with criminal convictions who've had few breaks in life independence and hope. 

We empower women with convictions to fulfil their potential and reintegrate into mainstream society by helping them to develop their employability and self-belief and find a job they can thrive in. We provide bespoke rehabilitation and employability programmes for these women. We work with employers of all sizes across all sectors to match women with the right jobs. As well as directly helping women to turn their lives around, we also work with policy makers and politicians to influence the development of policy and legislation that affects women with convictions or at risk of criminalisation.

Chair

London

Unremunerated

You will be joining us at an exciting time, with an engaged board, a new CEO in post since last summer and a strong new senior management team. We are currently developing a new strategy to take us on a journey towards greater impact and reach over the next five years.

We are looking for a Chair who will bring significant charitable governance experience and be an impactful leader with proven strategic ability. The Chair will be highly credible and able to serve as an effective ambassador bringing strong interpersonal skills along with empathy, diplomacy and humility.

We are particularly interested in individuals who bring knowledge and understanding of the criminal justice system or exposure to the issues relating to women who have faced disadvantage and adversity. Most importantly, we are seeking an individual who shares our passion, ambition and commitment to transform women's lives and tackle stigma.

For more information about the organisation and this important opportunity, and to find out how to apply, please find the appointment brief below.

Working Chance is committed to achieving greater diversity in its board, and welcomes applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, sexuality, belief or disability.

To learn more about this unique opportunity, and to find out how to apply, please read the full appointment brief, on the Prospectus website, which can be reached by clicking on the “Apply on Website” Button.

Deadline for applications: Monday 29 June

Interviews with Prospectus: 8 July - 17 July

Final Panel Interviews with Working Chance: w/c 27 July

After two years of incubation at the RSA, the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission has now become an independent charitable organisation.

The charity is shifting gear from generating ideas and recommendations to supporting practical actions and real change. It is focussing wholeheartedly on its core mission of connecting food, farming, countryside and the public's health for a just transition to a greener, fairer economy in response to climate and nature, public health, and now Covid-19 emergencies. Providing practical, evidence led recommendations, FFCC will be working to help create a more sustainable and fairer economy for everyone. It is now looking for new team members who are also committed to its mission and purpose, with a fierce optimism that what we all do matters and who want to help grow the movement for change. FFCC is a national organisation with a commitment to offering and developing modern and adaptable working practices. They welcome applicants from anywhere in the UK and will be happy to explore flexible and work from home arrangements which meet the needs of its work.

We are delighted to be working with FFCC to recruit an outstanding EA to the CEO to join the charity at this very exciting time.

This role will be responsible for providing a very high level of professional administrative support to the CEO and the FFCC Board in addition to taking on various project and programme management tasks when necessary. This will include extensive diary management, arranging and minuting meetings, organising and preparing the CEO for speaking engagements, committee servicing and helping maintain project and finance systems. The role will also allow for deeper project involvement around managing funder/stakeholder relationships and developing networks in cooperation with the CEO. Supporting the CEO in managing her very busy schedule will be important whilst keeping a careful eye on detail to ensure planned, logical responses to short notice needs and changing priorities.

This person will have a proven track record in supporting senior members of organisations ideally but not essentially in the charity, local/central government, higher education or food, farming or countryside business settings. Warm, unstuffy and approachable, this person will reflect the ethos of the organisation and will be highly organised, a good listener and emotionally mature. Excellent written skills, a firm handling of social media platforms and the ability to communicate effectively with wider teams internally and with external high level stakeholders including government ministers and industry leaders. All of these skills underpinned by a positive outlook and a helpful, robust nature will be the recipe for success in this vital role.

Visit our dedicated careers site to find out more and apply for the role.

Apply Link:

After two years of incubation at the RSA, the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission has now become an independent charitable organisation.

The charity is shifting gear from generating ideas and recommendations to supporting practical actions and real change. It is focussing wholeheartedly on its core mission of connecting food, farming, countryside and the public's health for a just transition to a greener, fairer economy in response to climate and nature, public health, and now Covid-19 emergencies. Providing practical, evidence led recommendations, FFCC will be working to help create a more sustainable and fairer economy for everyone. It is now looking for new team members who are also committed to its mission and purpose, with a fierce optimism that what we all do matters and who want to help grow the movement for change. FFCC is a national organisation with a commitment to offering and developing modern and adaptable working practices. They welcome applicants from anywhere in the UK and will be happy to explore flexible and work from home arrangements which meet the needs of its work.

We are delighted to be working together with FFCC to recruit a Head of Communications & Advocacy to join its growing team and to contribute to its bold and ambitious new agenda for change.

This essential role will lead on developing a strategy of communications to support the organisation in its transition into an independent charity. This will involve collating extensive knowledge and evidence led research to create and disseminate a compelling and distinct narrative in line with the charity's ambitious aims of shaping a new vision for food, farming and the countryside and a greener, fairer more sustainable economy. Providing clear and concise content on multi-media platforms including podcasts, user generated blogging, webinars, workshops and government campaigns whilst keeping the charity firmly engaged in the national conversation through effective press and media relationships will be core to this role. The role will also be responsible for making sure the recommendations of the charity land with the public, stakeholders and local and central government.

The successful candidate will have substantial leadership experience in a similar Communications function within the charity, central/local government, food/farming/countryside or higher education sectors. This person will be an accomplished storyteller, completely up to date with all of the very latest digital media platforms and will have an outstanding eye for design and presenting information in a clean, concise and beautiful way. A keen sense of tone will be essential and will showcase the quality and integrity of the charity's "low ego" and unstuffy but authoritative and well researched, evidence led recommendations. This person will understand the importance of convening leadership and influencing behaviour across sectors and will be able to tailor messaging for diverse audiences on a local and national basis. This is very much a hands on role; FFCC is looking for hands on, mission driven people who can both develop strategy and get on and help deliver it.

Visit our dedicated careers site to find out more and apply for the role.

Apply Link:

After two years of incubation at the RSA, the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission has now become an independent charitable organisation.

The charity is shifting gear from generating ideas and recommendations to supporting practical actions and real change. It is focussing wholeheartedly on its core mission of connecting food, farming, countryside and the public's health for a just transition to a greener, fairer economy in response to climate and nature, public health, and now Covid-19 emergencies. Providing practical, evidence led recommendations, FFCC will be working to help create a more sustainable and fairer economy for everyone. It is now looking for new team members who are also committed to its mission and purpose, with a fierce optimism that what we all do matters and who want to help grow the movement for change. FFCC is a national organisation with a commitment to offering and developing modern and adaptable working practices. They welcome applicants from anywhere in the UK and will be happy to explore flexible and work from home arrangements which meet the needs of its work.

We are delighted to be working together with FFCC to recruit a Head of Communications & Advocacy to join its growing team and to contribute to its bold and ambitious new agenda for change.

This essential role will lead on developing a strategy of communications to support the organisation in its transition into an independent charity. This will involve collating extensive knowledge and evidence led research to create and disseminate a compelling and distinct narrative in line with the charity's ambitious aims of shaping a new vision for food, farming and the countryside and a greener, fairer more sustainable economy. Providing clear and concise content on multi-media platforms including podcasts, user generated blogging, webinars, workshops and government campaigns whilst keeping the charity firmly engaged in the national conversation through effective press and media relationships will be core to this role. The role will also be responsible for making sure the recommendations of the charity land with the public, stakeholders and local and central government.

The successful candidate will have substantial leadership experience in a similar Communications function within the charity, central/local government, food/farming/countryside or higher education sectors. This person will be an accomplished storyteller, completely up to date with all of the very latest digital media platforms and will have an outstanding eye for design and presenting information in a clean, concise and beautiful way. A keen sense of tone will be essential and will showcase the quality and integrity of the charity's œlow and unstuffy but authoritative and well researched, evidence led recommendations. This person will understand the importance of convening leadership and influencing behaviour across sectors and will be able to tailor messaging for diverse audiences on a local and national basis. This is very much a hands on role; FFCC is looking for hands on, mission driven people who can both develop strategy and get on and help deliver it.

Visit our dedicated careers site to find out more and apply for the role.

 

After two years of incubation at the RSA, the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission has now become an independent charitable organisation.

The charity is shifting gear from generating ideas and recommendations to supporting practical actions and real change. It is focussing wholeheartedly on its core mission of connecting food, farming, countryside and the public's health for a just transition to a greener, fairer economy in response to climate and nature, public health, and now Covid-19 emergencies. Providing practical, evidence led recommendations, FFCC will be working to help create a more sustainable and fairer economy for everyone. It is now looking for new team members who are also committed to its mission and purpose, with a fierce optimism that what we all do matters and who want to help grow the movement for change. FFCC is a national organisation with a commitment to offering and developing modern and adaptable working practices. They welcome applicants from anywhere in the UK and will be happy to explore flexible and work from home arrangements which meet the needs of its work.

We are delighted to be working with FFCC to recruit a Deputy Director to join its growing team at this vital and exciting time for the charity.

This vital role will involve working very closely with the CEO and wider team to help the charity achieve its goals, to deputise in the CEO's absence and to develop the evidence led, pragmatic approach in support of the charity's ambitious agenda for change. This will include assisting the day to day running of the charity, developing research and policy strategies, advising on systems change, mobilising networks and deepening stakeholder engagement. Ensuring the charity, its commissioners and stakeholders are kept updated on key policy issues, this role will also be responsible for keeping abreast of developments in national and local government policy in this rapidly changing landscape.

The successful candidate will be mission-led and will have a proven track record in leading teams and policy development ideally in one or more of our core areas of food, sustainable farming, environmental or countryside development sectors. Pragmatic, creative and intellectually curious, this person will have worked at pace in fast moving environments, managing multiple projects and will have lead on policy driven, evidence based programmes of change. They will have a track-record of raising the game in creating public awareness of complex issues and mobilising national networks to achieve ambitious goals. This person will speak with credibility to leaders in business, government and wider rural and urban audiences and will reflect the collaborative, outcomes driven and generous approach of FFCC. Familiar with all modern research methodologies, this person will understand the challenge of turning policy into practice and theories into action and will understand the importance of Action Research in providing solid and practical recommendations for systems change.

FFCC is proud to be a charity committed to its purpose, optimistic that what we do helps towards creating sustainable change through excellent research and analysis, bringing together diverse perspectives and facilitating new ways of working. The successful candidate will possess the passion and drive to make this happen.

Visit our dedicated careers site to find out more and apply for the role.
 

This is a fantastic opportunity to join our dynamic Learning and Influence Team at the heart of our growing, global network. YBI is currently rolling out a number of new initiatives in response to the COVID-19 crisis and you will play a key part in ensuring they deliver impact and generate valuable insight and learning. 

About YBI

Youth Business International (YBI) is a global network of expert organisations supporting underserved young people to turn their ideas into successful businesses, creating jobs and strengthening communities.

In this role, you will be part of a small team leading on monitoring, evaluation, research and learning across the network. You will provide technical support across our strategic programme partnerships and network initiatives; support our members to build their MEL skills, and embed learning systems.

The role offers great scope for learning and development for a talented and committed monitoring and evaluation professional. Your work will make a key contribution to enabling YBI to support young entrepreneurs to start, sustain and grow businesses during the current challenging time.

Key Responsibilities

• MEL systems for programme partnerships and network initiatives: Working with members and colleagues in the Development and Membership Teams, design and oversee monitoring, evaluation and learning systems and tools for a range of programmes and network initiatives. This includes responsibility for the monitoring, reporting and learning framework for our ‘Rapid Response and Recovery Programme’ with Google.
• Research, evaluation and learning: Working with the Director of Learning and Influence, evolve the global network research, evaluation and learning agenda so that it aligns with YBI’s theory of change. Support the design and management of new research and learning partnerships and initiatives. Commission and manage long-term internal and external evaluations as required.
• Network Impact Framework: Support the smooth running of our global Network Impact Framework, including bi-annual gathering, analysis and dissemination of data from our members. Champion the use of the insight generated to inform network strategy and planning.
• MEL capacity development: Engage and foster our community of MEL practitioners across the network, building knowledge about member MEL practices and capabilities. Design and run engaging webinars to share best practice and research, and lead discussions in our online member Community.
• Resource Raising: Work closely with members and our Development Team to provide high quality, technical input into concept notes and proposals, and ensure that lessons learned through monitoring, evaluation and learning activities shape project and programme design.

Closing date: Tuesday, 2nd June 2020 at 09:30am
Interviews: w/c 2nd June 2020. 

YBI is an equal opportunity employer and we are opposed to discrimination on any grounds. We are committed to creating a diverse environment, therefore, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, race, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or ethnic or national origin. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments, due to a disability, to assist you in completing your application and/or participating in a selection test or attending an interview in the event that you are shortlisted.

8,855 people slept rough in London last year and there is no doubt the figure will increase dramatically this year. Thames Reach's mission is to assist homeless and vulnerable men and women to find decent homes, build supportive relationships and lead fulfilling lives.

Director of Property

London

£72,000

Thames Reach is an organisation that provides services to people affected by rough sleeping. To support our core delivery we own a significant range of property assets; non-residential properties used to deliver services; and properties bought commercially to house users of our services on a private rented basis.

We now wish to set up a registered provider subsidiary to take ownership of one of our larger hostels; explore options for stock transfer where we manage properties on behalf of other housing associations; and increase our support to local managers to ensure the regular maintenance and improvement of our properties to optimise the benefits for people we serve.

The Director of Property is a newly created role on our Senior Management Team that has been established to assist the organisation in delivering on these ambitions by developing a new organisational property development strategy. We are looking for commercially minded candidates with significant experience in asset management and property development across multiple sites within the social and supported housing sectors. Critically, you will also bring a determination to contribute to addressing the issues causing homelessness and social exclusion.

In return we can offer you a working environment that is; service user-led; diverse, open, honest and fair; with staff who are characterised by their compassion and commitment to ending street homelessness. Thames Reach was listed as one of the top 100 not-for-profit companies to work for in the Best Companies accreditation scheme 2020.

To Apply

To learn more about this unique opportunity, and to find out how to apply, please read the full brief, on the Prospectus website, which can be reached by clicking on the “Apply on Website” Button.

Thames Reach is committed to achieving greater diversity in its senior team, and welcomes applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, sexuality, belief or disability.

Prospectus is pleased to be working with a homelessness charity based in Westminster, whose mission is to provide support to people who find themselves sleeping rough in Westminster by providing a safe and welcoming place to stay up to 28 days whilst planning their resettlement. They are now seeking a temporary Assessment & Resettlement worker to join their dedicated team on a full time (37.5 hours p/w), on an on-going basis.

As their Assessment & Resettlement worker, you will hold a case load, and work collaboratively with your team to deliver their comprehensive assessment service; carrying out assessments that enables the prompt resettlement of all individuals who are referred, whilst building supportive networks in their home area or where they have a proven link. You will be able to deliver a personalised, psychologically and trauma informed service that is solution and outcomes focused. For personal and professional development, you will actively take part in team briefings, assisted discussions and reflective practices, to better assist and support your clients. You will be providing individuals with personalised case management support to assist them to resettle, utilising a practical action plan which they would have had full involvement in.

To be successful, you will have experience in undertaking comprehensive assessments and resettlement support to similar client groups who present with challenging and complex circumstances, within a similar setting in the homelessness sector. Due to the nature of the role, you will have experience in building relationships with vulnerable, disadvantaged or excluded client group, as well as dealing with challenging behaviour along with demonstrable experience of working within a multi-agency approach. With regards to competency, having a knowledge of relevant legislation is advantageous e.g. Housing legislation, Rough Sleeping Strategies & the Mental Health Act will be favourable. The ideal candidate will be naturally motivated, adaptable and a committed member of the team.

To be considered, you must be available to start immediately and be in possession of a fully enhanced DBS (Adults) that is registered to the online update service. The working pattern for this position is 5 out of 7 days between Monday - Sunday.

To apply, please register your interest and submit your CV by clicking 'apply now' below. Covering letters are not required at this stage.

Trustees

Unremunerated

London/Cambridge board meetings

VoiceAbility makes sure that people are heard when it matters most. We provide free, independent support to over 30,000 people each year to be involved in decisions about their health, care and wellbeing. We're an independent charity and one of the UK's largest providers of advocacy and involvement services.

VoiceAbility are now seeking to appoint up to 3 trustees to further strengthen the board as the organisation continues to take forward an ambitious strategy to increase its social impact.

The new trustees will play a vital role in providing strategic insight and board level expertise as well as ensuring the right blend of support and challenge to the chief executive and executive team.

Applicants will require an understanding of the role of a trustee or non-executive director, sound independent judgement, strategic vision and the ability to think creatively.

VoiceAbility are particularly interested in hearing from people with knowledge and expertise in at least one of the following areas:

Senior level finance experience and an accountancy qualification Digital transformation experience Lived experience as a disabled person and/or of using social care or long-term health services, and the ability to apply insights from this strategically

VoiceAbility are also interested in hearing from candidates who bring one of the above specialisms whilst also having experience of civil society leadership in Scotland.

For more information about the organisation and the role please read the appointment brief below.

VoiceAbility recognises that diverse boards perform better. We are committed to achieving greater diversity in our board, and welcome applications regardless of sex, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, age, sexuality, belief or disability or any other factor which is not objectively justified. Inclusivity and accessibility are vital to VoiceAbility and so please do make us aware of any reasonable adjustments we can make in order to facilitate your engagement with the application process.

To learn more about this unique opportunity, and to find out how to apply, please read the full appointment brief, on the Prospectus website, which can be reached by clicking on the “Apply on Website” Button.

Closing date: 15 June

Interviews with Prospectus: w/c 22 & w/c 29 June

Interviews with VoiceAbility: w/c 13 July