Permanent Development Officer Jobs in South West
Are you looking for a new role where you can make a tangible difference to a small charity? Would you like to work for an organisation that is described as kind and supportive by it's members? We are currently recruiting for a new Charity Manager.
At the University Mental Health Advisers Network (UMHAN) we empower Mental Health professionals working in education to develop their skills and expertise, and practice safely by providing networks, training and resources. We believe that mental health conditions should not be a barrier to accessing higher education, experiencing it positively or to benefitting from the opportunities that it creates. We actively work to address inequalities for students with mental health conditions.
This is an exciting time to join us as we are:
- Planning a name change
- About to start our strategy review to plan our next few years' development
This role offers a great opportunity for someone who enjoys a mix of self-driven and collaborative work and is keen to deliver impactful services to our members and the sector as a whole.
We’re looking for someone with excellent all-round management skills, who is experienced in developing funding opportunities and services.
Networking and communication is a large part of the role and so you will need confidence to be able to communicate and develop relationships with a wide range of people. Our members are at the heart of our work, and you will need to be able to represent them, and the students they work with. We currently work with the Office for Students, Department of Education, Student Loans Company and UCAS, as well as other sector organisations, and are on advisory boards for several large research projects.
Please have a look at our website for more information about who we are, what we do and how we operate.
JOB TITLE: Charity Manager
LOCATION: Remote
RESPONSIBLE TO: Board of Trustees, through the Chair of the board
RESPONSIBLE FOR: Administrator, Policy & Engagement Officer
SALARY: £33,000 - £38,000 (£26,400 - £30,400 pro rata)
Application deadline: 2/7/24 midday
Benefits of working for us
We offer flexible working, to help you manage your homelife, external commitments and wellbeing. We are happy to pay for co-working space for you.
As well as generous annual leave, the Charity Manager enjoys a wellbeing half day per month.
We also have a budget for ongoing training, so that all staff can feel confident in their role.
Job description and person specification
For a full job description and person specification please see our attachment. Although we are looking for particular skills and experience, we highly value people's capacity to learn and try new things. You need to be passionate about creating an equitable society for all, whatever your background.
Main roles and responsibilities
- You will provide strategic leadership and direction to the charity, developing business plans and measuring impact
- You will represent the charity in key forums and promote our work and that of our members
- You will oversee effective governance of the charity, working closely with the Chair and Board of Trustees
- You will help to ensure the organisation is sustainable and financially viable, developing new funding streams and partnerships
- You will promote a positive and healthy working environment, demonstrating leadership through personal example and continuing our work to ensure UMHAN is an organisation that people want to belong to and work with
Person specification
Essential requirements include:
- Educated to degree level, or postgraduate professional qualification, or can demonstrate equivalent qualifications, skills and experience.
- Experience of working in Higher Education, membership organisation or charity
- Recognised management qualification or equivalent experience
- An alignment with and commitment to the aims, purpose and vision of UMHAN
- A commitment to equality and diversity within the workplace and the delivery of services
- Substantial experience of business and strategic planning, with an ability to create objectives, track performance and deliver results
- Experience of developing good working relationships with a wide range of people at all levels
- Adaptable and flexible to new and changing working practices
- Highly self motivated; driven
- Resilient, with techniques for working remotely, managing a wide portfolio of responsibilities, within established budgets, and successfully meeting deadlines
Although we offer remote working, you must have a current right to work in the UK.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
LMK (Let Me Know)
Programme Coordinator
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20 hours per week, ideally spread over 5 days, Monday-Friday. Possibility of term-time only work if preferred by applicant
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£30,000 p.a. (pro-rated)
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Working from home, with occasional travel to London
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Permanent contract
About LMK
Good relationships shape our health and happiness, yet we are taught so little about them. LMK (Let Me Know) is on a mission to change that. We are a young and thriving charity providing education about healthy and unhealthy behaviours so that young people have the knowledge and skills to avoid abuse and thrive in their relationships. We work in schools, community organisations and workplaces across London.
LMK is growing at pace and we are ambitious in our plans for the future. We’ve already engaged 15,000 young people and professionals in our workshops in our first 4 years and we want to reach 10,000 young people per year by 2025-26.
We will achieve this by engaging new schools, community groups and workplaces in our offer, whilst also continuing to provide a high-quality service to those who have already experienced LMK workshops, embedding our programme into their annual delivery plans.
We have:
✔ A clear plan of who we want to target for our workshops over the next 3 years
✔ An engaged leadership team and Board of Trustees
✔ Evidenced outcomes, rich data/statistics and compelling case studies
✔ Diversity and strong social purpose
✔ A new organisational strategy that sets our vision from 2024-2027
✔ A new CRM system that has been built to support our ambitions
Job Purpose
The purpose of the Programme Coordinator is co-ordinate with all parties (Community Engagement Manager, the Programme Manager, LMK Leaders and the host organisations) to enable LMK to deliver high quality workshops for young people/youth work professionals/workplaces.
Acting as the lynchpin of the organisation’s delivery team, the Programme Coordinator takes the workshop brief from the LMK Community Engagement Manager and then works with the Programme Manager to secure facilitators (LMK leaders), ensures the host organisation receives all supporting information, and provides LMK Leaders with the resources they need to deliver the workshop effectively. This role is also responsible for regular reporting about workshop bookings and delivery.
Reporting to our CEO, the successful candidate will be part of LMK’s core staff team. You will work with LMK staff, LMK Leaders, members of our Youth Advisory Board, trustees and key stakeholders to develop and implement our long-term strategy.
Key responsibilities:
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Provide excellent customer service to organisations who are hosting LMK workshops, ensuring that all communication is timely and accurate, and any questions are responded to in full.
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Liaise with the Programme Manager and LMK Leaders to ensure there is clear understanding around their areas of expertise, availability and any specific considerations that need to be taken into account when delivering workshops.
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Open up opportunities to deliver workshops to any Leader applicable, ensuring the allocation of workshops is done fairly and consistently.
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Ensure LMK leaders have the information and resources required to deliver their workshop.
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Work closely with the Research and Evaluation Manager to ensure that the correct evaluation surveys are made available to workshop participants.
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Work with our Head of Fundraising to track workshop delivery against funder commitments.
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Keep the CRM system data up to date in a timely way.
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Produce regular reports for the CEO on the booking and delivery of workshops, as well as any ad-hoc reports requested.
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Share Leader evaluation feedback from workshops with Leaders.
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Check invoices submitted by LMK leaders, and work with the Programme Manager to get them approved.
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Support the Programme Manager to organise LMK Leader Huddles and training events.
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Comply with our policies and procedures relating to safeguarding, confidentiality, complaints and data protection.
Person specification
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At least 2 years’ experience in an event management/admin management/executive assistant/operations role where there was a strong requirement to work with multiple stakeholders internally and externally.
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Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with an excellent track record of customer service.
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Proven ability to work well within a team.
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Highly organised to manage a diverse workload with excellent time management and ability to pay attention to detail.
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Excellent organisational skills, with a keen attention to detail.
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Creative thinker with the ability to problem-solve and adapt in a fast-paced environment.
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Excellent IT skills across core MS/Google packages, ideally with experience of CRM use
Safeguarding
This post is subject to a basic DBS check
In return for your dedication, we will offer you
✔ The opportunity to help prevent relationship abuse and domestic violence in young people
✔ A competitive salary
✔ Working from home
✔ A genuinely flexible working environment
✔ Pension of 6%
✔ 32 Days of annual leave, (including bank holidays) – pro-rated for this role
✔ Employee Assistance Programme
✔ Wellbeing perks
✔ A diverse, bold and collaborative culture with two social meet-ups annually in London
LMK strives to create a fair and healthy environment where all our colleagues feel valued and able to be their authentic selves at work. We understand that our people have commitments and personal interests outside of work and so we create a flexible working environment, in which people can perform at their best.
LMK values the differences that a diverse workforce brings and is committed to inclusivity. We welcome all applicants from any race, ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, age, sexuality, or any other protected characteristic.
We can make reasonable adjustments throughout the application process and on the job. Please let us know, by contacting us separately if you need any adjustments or changes to be made during the recruitment process because of a disability or long-term health condition.
You can learn more about how we handle your personal data and your rights by reviewing our privacy notice LMK Privacy Policy
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Are you passionate about the role Christians and churches can play in bringing about an economy that works for people and planet? The JustMoney Movement is a small organisation with a big vision. We are looking for a Director of Movement Building to help us move towards a world where money shapes a fairer, greener future. You will lead our movement building approach, equipping individuals and congregations to understand how we are connected to the financial system and wider economy, and to act to bring about change. You will develop strategic collaborations with denominations and organisations to maximise impact. You will be an experienced leader, helping to shape the strategic direction of our work, overseeing staff and resources within our small team, and deputising for our Executive Director.
Director of Movement Building role description (0.8 FTE)
- Lead the organisation’s movement building approach, seeking long-term transformational change to our financial system and wider economy through building the power of individuals, churches and Christian networks, as part of a wider social movement for a more just and sustainable future.
- Design, implement, and lead strategic initiatives and projects for a more just use of money, especially developing individual and church learning and action on the financial system and wider economy, managing people and budgets.
- Identify and deliver learning and action opportunities, including around how individuals and churches use their own money and on tax justice. Conduct training and produce written resources in a variety of media for churches and individuals to understand the financial system and wider economy and to take tangible action.
- Develop and maintain a reasonable level of expertise in areas including ethical finance, an overview of the financial system, Christian ethics, and adult/ lay education.
- Along with the ED, be an external face of the organisation, positioning JustMoney Movement as a leading voice on issues of faith and finance, through speaking engagements, media interviews, and developing strategic collaborations to broaden reach and deepen engagement.
- Support the ED in helping to deliver JustMoney Movement’s strategy to see money shape a fairer, greener world, including managing risk, and safeguarding the culture and values of the organisation.
- Deputise for the ED as required in leading, supporting and empowering the JustMoney Movement staff team in the delivery of their work; manage staff, contractors and volunteers as appropriate.
- Contribute to a robust impact assessment framework for our activities, to enable a solid evidence base to measure impact and evolve as a result, contribute to strong relationships with funders, and meet reporting requirements.
- Support efforts to diversify income and ensure the financial sustainability of JustMoney Movement, taking a lead on developing our commercial consultancy offer and contributing to our grant fundraising as required.
- This role requires applicants to have the right to live and work in the UK and is subject to a basic DBS check.
Please submit a CV and cover letter (via CharityJob website) which should set out how you meet the Person Specification in the recruitment pack, by 9am on Wednesday 26 June. Interviews are provisionally scheduled for Monday 8 July (in-person).
We aim to be the go-to organisation for Christians and churches who want to connect faith, money and justice to seek a fairer, greener world.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Rights & Security International (RSI) is seeking a Team Leader on International Civic Space to help us take our international work to the next level, especially in Latin America and East Africa. The successful candidate will lead our engagement strategy across Global Majority countries while building and supporting coalitions around country-specific projects.
Fluency in Spanish is required.
**You must have a right to work in the UK and plan to be based here.**
Role overview:
After two years of coalition-building with partners, we have developed a network of relationships with human rights activists and groups in El Salvador, Colombia, Brazil, Kenya, Indonesia, the Philippines and elsewhere. We are looking for a strong organiser and human rights advocate to continue building this network and help other groups organise to create impact.
We aim to facilitate civil society groups’ engagement with UN and regional human rights bodies, support grassroots-led research projects through small grants, and facilitate collaborations on shared advocacy projects.
This position reports to the Executive Director and supervises the work of the Eastern Africa Human Rights Assistant (EAHRA).
Person specification:
· Degree in law, human rights, public policy, international development or another relevant field.
· Fluency in spoken and written Spanish as well as English.
· A minimum of 4 years of experience in international human rights advocacy or relevant community organising, including at least some experience in building or leading coalitions.
· Experience in designing and implementing effective plans to achieve reforms.
· Familiarity with the social and political landscape of at least one country in Latin America.
· A record of drafting and publishing human rights analyses or advocacy documents.
· A strong commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace, and solid experience of work in multi-cultural environments.
Optional qualifications:
· Expertise in one or more of the following areas: counter-terrorism issues, climate justice, migrants’ rights, or technology and privacy.
· Please tell us if you are fluent in any languages other than English and Spanish.
Responsibilities:
· Create and lead advocacy strategies with partners at the national level in countries such as El Salvador, Colombia and Kenya to stop the human rights abuses that governments commit in the name of ‘national security’.
· Help civil society partners in Global Majority countries take advantage of international advocacy opportunities, including via the Rise Network.
· Oversee a small research grant programme.
· Lead RSI’s role in a major international coalition for civil society on counter-terrorism and human rights.
· Supervise the work of the Eastern Africa Human Rights Assistant.
- Other tasks as assigned by the Director.
To apply: Please submit your CV and complete the application questions on Charity Job.
RSI strives to be diverse, equitable and inclusive. We treat all staff and interns like team members and encourage everyone to bring their full selves to work. We welcome applications from candidates from groups that have historically been underrepresented in the human rights, legal or policy fields, and/or who are from communities that have been directly impacted by the issues we address in our work. We also welcome applications from people who are re-entering the workforce after time away. All applications are considered on an equal-opportunity basis.
By submitting your application, you consent to our processing and retention of your personal data to the extent, and for the time period, necessary to consider the application. We will keep your application on file for no more than six months.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
What is the University for the Creative Arts Students’ Union?
Are you passionate about supporting and enhancing the student experience in a creative and dynamic environment? The University for the Creative Arts Students' Union (UCASU) might be the perfect place for you. As an independent organisation from the University for the Creative Arts, we are dedicated to representing and advocating for the diverse community of students at the university. Our mission is to ensure that every student's voice is heard and their university life is enriched through a wide range of activities, services, and opportunities.
At UCASU, we believe in the power of creativity and collaboration. Our team works tirelessly to create an inspiring and supportive environment where students can thrive both academically and personally. From organising cultural and social events to providing essential welfare support, we are committed to making a positive impact on the student experience. Our initiatives not only enhance the campus atmosphere but also foster a strong sense of community and belonging among students.
Working at UCASU offers a unique opportunity to be part of a forward-thinking and innovative organisation. You will be joining a team of dedicated professionals who are passionate about student engagement and development. Our workplace culture is one of inclusivity, creativity, and continuous improvement, making it an ideal environment for individuals who are enthusiastic about making a difference. If you are looking for a role where you can contribute to the growth and success of students at one of the UK's leading creative arts universities, UCASU is the place for you.
Why Work Here?
Right now at UCASU, we are going through a process of transformation. Since September 2023 a Change Director has been working to develop and implement a turnaround plan overseen by a Turnaround Board. Following an increased funding arrangement for the Students’ Union with the University from £420,000 to £581,000 for the 2024/25 financial year (one of the few Students’ Unions in the country to receive a significant block grant rise this year), we are now opening recruitment for several positions to put in place the staffing structure we need to be able to deliver for students. We are currently undertaking a commercial review through Greenhouse Consultancy and Nina & Co as well as strategic research by Alterline that will lead to a new Strategy for the Students’ Union, and a clear direction for how to deliver commercial services.
This is a really exciting time to join UCASU. You will be part of a new structure, shaping a new way of doing things, putting together a new strategy and being part of a brand new culture. Get involved!
Job Purpose
This position has a pivotal role in ensuring the financial sustainability and operational excellence of the Students' Union. This role will drive the strategic direction of financial, HR, and operational functions. Proactively identify opportunities for improvement, streamline processes, and implement data-driven solutions to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the organisation. Collaborating closely with the CEO and the Director of Commercial and Operations, as well as other staff to align the Union's financial, operational, and commercial strategies with its overall mission and goals.
This role will:
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Provide strategic leadership and oversight of the Union's financial, HR, and operational functions
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Ensure robust financial controls, accurate reporting, and compliance with relevant regulations.
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Drive continuous improvement in operational processes and systems.
For a more detail job description, please head to the application link.
Closing date for applications: Monday 24th June, 9am
Interviews: Monday 15th July (remote)
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.