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The Programme Officer role will report to the Programme Manager and sit within the Programmes Team.
The Programme Officer will be responsible for coordinating and delivering a number of our services. You will have a clear focus of delivering high quality programmes that are run smoothly, efficiently, within budget and achieve the desired outcomes and objectives for both the partners and the young people.
You will support others within your team to deliver high quality programmes from programme initiation through to evaluation that will directly contribute to the company's growth strategy and impact.
The Programme Officer will also be a key member of the department and contribute to systems and maximising efficiency, delivering programme coordination to an excellent standard that produces high impact for our young people and partners.
In this role, you will work closely with our Youth Ambassadors, Facilitator Team and Digital Communications and Marketing team.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Using Anonymous Recruitment
This organisation is using Anonymous Recruitment to reduce bias in the first stages of the hiring process. Our system keeps your personal information hidden until the recruiter contacts you.
The Programme Manager role will report to the Senior Programme Manager and sit within the Programmes Team.
The Programme Manager will be responsible for project managing a number of our services. You will have a clear focus of delivering high quality programmes that are run smoothly, efficiently, within budget, and achieve the desired outcomes and objectives for both the partners and the young people.
You will lead and support others within your team to deliver high quality programmes from initiation through to evaluation and review, that will directly contribute to the company’s growth strategy and impact.
The Programme Manager will also be a key member of the department and contribute to, departmental strategies, systems and maximising efficiency, delivering programme management to an excellent standard that produces high impact for our young people and partners.
In this role, you will work closely with the Digital Communications and Marketing, Business Development and Finance teams.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Introducing Chance UK
Join Our Team
Do you believe every child deserves the chance of a better future?
We’re a small team with a big ambition – to help every child flourish. The need for our work has never been greater and we are in an exciting period of growth in order to meet that challenge.
We provide a range of empowering services for children aged 5-13 and their parents and carers. We pride ourselves on developing evidence-based services, which put children at the heart of our work, and our services are designed to build social and emotional skills and resilience.
We know what we do works. We provide our unique support in a variety of ways and working at Chance UK puts you right at the heart of changing children’s and families’ lives. You will be a core part of our team, so it is vital you share our values and support our mission.
It is important that our team reflects the diversity of the communities we work with. We are actively seeking people from diverse ethnic backgrounds, disabled people, people who identify as male and people from LGBTQ+ communities. We are also keen to hear from those who have lived or professional experience of the issues we work on, including school exclusion and Special Education Needs and Disability (SEND).
We value our team through offering a range of benefits, including:
- 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, 2 Wellbeing days, an extra celebration day and additional leave over Christmas
- Matched pension contributions up to 5%, entitlement from the start of your employment
- Enhanced maternity/paternity and shared parental leave
- Flexible working
- Enhanced Sick Pay
- Access to employee assistance programme
Please note that Chance UK is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and therefore our recruitment process for this post will include an enhanced DBS check.
Key Information
Reporting to: Family Support Manager
Employment type: Full time
Director reports: N/A
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Location: Office based. We are a hybrid-working organisation. Our main office is a few minutes from Finsbury Park station.
Start date: ASAP
Salary: £27,563
Closing date: 12th May 2024
Interview: Week commencing 27th May 2024
About the Role
1 in 10 children in the UK have serious emotional and behavioural difficulties, which place them at further risk of negative outcomes later in life. Chance UK’s mission is to help support them to reduce these difficulties, find and acknowledge their strengths and talents, and to help them flourish. We do this via a structured 1:1 weekly mentoring programme, which matches them with specialist youth workers to mentor them for up to a year, alongside a range of support for their parent/carers.
Our approach is different from other services – we are there with the child and the family to understand what’s important to them, what they need, and give them the support, space and time to ensure the whole family is stronger. Chance UK’s Parent Programme Managers play a vital role in engaging parents in the mentoring support their children are receiving in order to get the best outcomes and lasting long-term positive change for the children.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
If you are looking for a new and exciting opportunity then take a look at this rewarding role and join our team?
The Together Trust is one of the North West’s leading charities, offering individual care, support, and education to hundreds of children, young people, and adults each year. We are a not-for-profit charitable trust, so every penny goes back into benefiting the people that we support.
Do you want to make a real difference to the lives of adults that need support? Are you passionate about equity, fairness, and everyone having the right to a happy, fulfilled life? Do you want your employer to support your wellbeing and ambitions to progress your career and development?
We are seeking Community Support Workers to join one of our community-based services in Stockport, which aims to provide extensive care, specialist positive behaviour support and promote independence and inclusion within the local community, in order to empower the individuals to take control of their own lives. The main focus is to provide the highest level of support in order to enable greater independence, choice and fulfilment for the individuals.
Salary – £20,296.90 (£12.01ph) for a 32.5 hour week, plus enhanced pay for weekend hours of +25% hourly rate. (Full time equivalent salary of £23,412 for 37.5hrs)
Working Pattern – 32.5 hours (full time) with part time hours also available. Hours range from - 9.00am through to 5.00pm Monday to Friday. Some evening and weekend work is also required which is on a rota. An enhanced payment is paid for weekend hours of +25% hourly rate.
Location – Specialist Day Service Provision, Kershaw’s Tanner, Water Street, Stockport, a Together Trust Service.
We are looking to recruit more than one individual and part time working could be considered.
Here at Together Trust our vision is to champion a better future for the adults we support.
The people we support have a variety of complex needs which may include learning difficulties, Autism spectrum conditions, including behaviours perceived as challenging, mobility, communication, health and social care needs.
What can you bring to the service...?
We are looking for Community Support Workers who have the ability and resilience to work with behaviour, which may challenge, in a caring and consistent manner, including the maintenance of appropriate boundaries for behaviour.
Do you have the ability to work individually on shift using your own initiative and as part of a team, maintaining & encouraging, open and honest communication?
Can you undertake the full range of tasks, in a well-planned way that respects & values the individuals?
Help us make a change to the people we support.
Why work for us?
- You will be joining a great team of like-minded people.
- 27 days annual leave rising to 30 after 5 years and 33 after 10 years plus bank holidays.
- Occupational sick pay and family friendly policies including enhanced maternity.
- Comprehensive training and continuing development opportunities.
- Long service awards including cash gifts and extra holiday.
- Mental Health First Aiders offering support from trained colleagues, and free mental health support through our employee assistance provider Lifeworks.
- Access to health plans where you can subscribe to claim towards therapy, dental etc. through Simply Health.
- Free in person and online yoga classes for all staff.
- A range of discounts and cycle to work schemes as well as staff council and staff networks.
To discover the full details of this rewarding role within the Together Trust take a look at our Job Description.
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If this sounds like a place for you and you think you have the relevant skills and experience we are looking for please get in touch or apply now. We would love to hear from you!
Together Trust has committed to paying all staff a significantly higher wage than the government minimum. By officially registering as a Living Wage employer, we are showing our commitment to our employees, now and in the future.
We may remove this advert should we find the successful candidates prior to the closing date therefore early applications are encouraged.
Part time hours would require a minimum of 22.5 hours worked fully flexible across all operational hours, Monday to Saturday 8am to 6pm
We currently do not provide sponsorship but we welcome applications from those who have a right work in the UK.
Closing Date:28 April 2024
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Save the Children UK has an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and driven individual with impressive relationship building skills and a proven record of working in a fundraising environment to join us as our Philanthropy Manager (Trusts)
In this role you will work with trust and foundation partners and prospects to build strong relationships helping us to secure income, and help us to achieve positive change for, and with children and families.
About Us
Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.
About You
As our Philanthropy Manager (Trusts) you will play a pivotal role in cultivating, nurturing, and growing relationships with Trusts and Foundations. This role involves working collaboratively across Save the Children teams to develop compelling proposals, secure support, and create sustainable partnerships.
You will also be responsible for independently providing expert stewardship and management of a portfolio of donors as well as actively driving new business creating and securing partnerships that create lasting impact for children.
In this role, you will:
- Independently managing a portfolio of existing and new donors through a variety of personalised and creative approaches ensuring excellent stewardship and translating into increased income for Save the Children
- Actively driving new business, working closely with key members of Save the Children's programming teams, the Trusts & Foundations Lead and other colleagues to identify and assess new prospects and to identify the most appropriate and impactful proposition to secure partnerships that create impact for children.
- Developing networks amongst donors and prospects to promote Save the Children's work and grow opportunities for philanthropic gifts.
- Working cross-departmentally to produce high quality written proposals, bids, concept notes and applications for donors.
- Working in collaboration with other colleagues to identify, design and execute new engagement events, opportunities, and products for potential and existing donors.
To be successful, it is important that you have:
- Experience of working in a fundraising environment or similar experience where comparable skills can be used to work with potential high-level funders and supporters.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to build relationships with, engage and influence a wide range of donors, and stakeholders (internal and external)
- Independent worker with the ability to plan, prioritise and manage a varied workload to meet deadlines, and pro-actively identify and pursue new opportunities.
- Project or partnership management skills including reporting, budgeting, meeting deadlines and working across multiple teams.
- Problem solving skills and a flexible, creative and positive approach.
- Strong communication skills – both written and oral – with the ability to develop and deliver compelling propositions and stewardship communications.
- A commitment to Save the Children's vision, mission and values.
What we offer you:
- Working for a charity provides one of the best benefits there is – a sense of purpose and reward for helping others. However, we understand the importance of giving back to our employees to ensure a happy and healthy working environment and work/life balance.
- To have the best (and happiest) employees we focus on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration, health and wellbeing both in and outside of work.
- We provide a wide range of benefits which will reward your hard work, motivate you, and inspire you to work to improve the lives of children every day.
Please note: To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
Ways of Working:
The majority of our roles can be performed remotely in the UK, but there are likely to be times when you will be required to come to your contracted office (up to 2-4 days per month or 6-8 days per quarter). This will be agreed with your Line Manager and team and is intended to be time spent on collaborating with colleagues and relationship building.
Please note: travel costs to your contracted office will be at your own expense.
Flexible Working - We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Save the Children UK believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation where all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can be "Free to Be Me". We are not looking for just one type of person - we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think.
We are especially interested in people whose childhood experiences - of life on a low income, of migration, of being in a racialised community, of the care system, of being LGBT+ or in an LGBT+ family or living with (or with someone with) a disability - help us to see things we might otherwise miss. Whatever your story is we want to hear it because we know that different voices, ideas, perspectives and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of children around the world. This is the reason why we are all here.
Closing Date: 1 May 2024
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Are you ready to make a difference? Are you passionate about driving positive change and impacting lives? Join us as our Senior Marketing Manager to ignite lasting change by engaging the nation to take part in Save the Children's flagship mass participation event; Christmas Jumper Day. You will have an opportunity to transform lives, one jumper at a time!
About us:
Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn, and protection from harm. When crisis strikes and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.
About You:
As our Senior Marketing Manager, you will play a pivotal role in our fundraising strategy. You will lead a multi-disciplinary team to raise unrestricted income by engaging schools and workplaces to participate in Christmas Jumper Day and raise much-needed funds for children for 6 months of the year. For the other 6 months of the year, you will lead marketing and fundraising projects across Public Income and Engagement to drive us towards Save the Children's goal of raising £60 million by 2030.
You will also lead on the development of multi-channel marketing plans, with a focus on audience, to drive ambitious brand awareness, supporter action, income and loyalty targets including email, display, paid social, direct mail, TV, radio and out of home, across a range of engagement opportunities and propositions (legacies, regular giving, emergencies and mass participation)
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead a multi-disciplinary team to attract and engage supporters to drive participation and income generation for Christmas Jumper Day.
- Lead the development of multi-channel marketing plans, with a focus on audience and insight.
- Lead the team's relationship with the media buying agency to buy and optimize media.
- Cultivate collaborative relationships with key partners such as marketing agencies, production companies, and fulfilment agencies, motivating and inspiring them to deliver their best for Save the Children.
- Inspire internal partners and colleagues to focus on raising money around the Christmas Jumper Day campaign.
- Manage team budgets and reporting.
- Support the Deputy Director of Public Income and Engagement to lead fundraising and marketing projects outside the Christmas Jumper Day campaign period.
Key Requirements:
- Significant experience in marketing, including developing complex and integrated multi-channel marketing plans, data analysis, and audience planning.
- Outstanding project management skills with a proven ability to plan and manage activity that delivers complex projects on time and to budget.
- Extensive experience in effectively managing external partners, including working with media agencies, creative agencies, and fulfilment agencies.
- Experience in developing marketing assets to drive engagement and action.
- Experience in developing engaging supporter journeys across channels.
- Ability to provide technical leadership for the organization in delivering marketing across various media types.
- Experience in managing budgets.
- Strong numerical and critical thinking skills, including the ability to analyze complex data for strategic decision-making.
Ways of Working:
The majority of our roles can be performed remotely in the UK. However, for this role, you will be required to work from our Farringdon Office in London on average 1 day a week. Travel costs to your contracted office will be at your own expense.
What we offer you:
- A diverse, unique role where no two days are the same, with huge capacity to build and acquire new personal and professional skills and create your own scope to make change within one of the world's leading international charities.
- Working for a charity provides one of the best benefits there is – a sense of purpose and reward for helping others. However, we understand the importance of giving back to our employees to ensure a happy and healthy working environment and work/life balance.
- To have the best (and happiest) employees we focus on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration, health, and wellbeing both in and outside of work.
- We provide a wide range of benefits which will reward your hard work, motivate you, and inspire you to work to improve the lives of children every day.
Closing date: May 1. 2024
Please note: To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
Ways of Working:
The majority of our roles can be performed remotely in the UK, but there are likely to be times when you will be required to come to your contracted office (up to 2-4 days per month or 6-8 days per quarter). This will be agreed with your Line Manager and team and is intended to be time spent on collaborating with colleagues and relationship building.
Please note: travel costs to your contracted office will be at your own expense.
Flexible Working - We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Save the Children UK believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation where all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can be "Free to Be Me". We are not looking for just one type of person - we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think.
We are especially interested in people whose childhood experiences - of life on a low income, of migration, of being in a racialised community, of the care system, of being LGBT+ or in an LGBT+ family or living with (or with someone with) a disability - help us to see things we might otherwise miss. Whatever your story is we want to hear it because we know that different voices, ideas, perspectives and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of children around the world. This is the reason why we are all here.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
Job Title: Global Communications Officer
Reporting to: Senior Global Communications Manager
Contract Type: Full time (37.5 Hours) Permanent
Principal Location: London
Salary: £27,000-£30,000
Street Child, a rapidly expanding international children's charity, are searching for a dynamic, confident individual with a passion for communications and a drive to make a difference. We need a Global Communications Officer who is adaptable, personable, and ready to tackle any task with gusto!
This is a real opportunity for a talented individual to drive forward their career in communications, working at the heart of our busy MMC (marketing, media and communications) team. If you're a proactive communicator with a passion for making a difference and the flexibility to take on diverse tasks, apply now and be a part of our dynamic team! Bottom of Form!
In this role you will be instrumental in enhancing the communication capabilities of our global programs and local partners. You will also be responsible for cultivating and nurturing celebrity partnerships, both existing and new, to support our mission. You'll collaborate closely with fundraising teams to create impactful collateral and refine fundraising strategies.
This role will report directly to our Senior Global Communications Manager but work closely with our fundraising teams and frequently support the rest of the organisation across programmes and global fundraising.
Supporting global programmes and local partners (30%):
- Identify compelling stories and program updates for amplification on Street Child's channels.
- Enhance in-country communication capabilities by creating materials and providing training.
- Assist program participation in external events and integrate communication plans into project timelines.
Developing celebrity partnerships (30%):
- Maintain relationships with celebrity supporters and drive partnership plans.
- Secure high-profile support for our activities and manage social media coverage sensitively.
- Identify and engage new high-profile supporters and advise colleagues on partnership strategies.
Communications resource for fundraising teams (20%):
- Provide communication support for fundraising events and community resource generation.
- Establish communication calendars and plan for fundraising initiatives.
Wider MMC Support (20%):
- Manage our digital asset bank and ensure best practice use.
- Monitor key metrics, deliver the Annual Report, and maintain our brand identity.
- Represent Street Child internally and externally and fulfill other role-related duties.
The location for this role is in London, with a willingness to work in our London office three, or more, days of the week.
Street Child began working in Sierra Leone in 2008 with one project for 100 children. In just 15 years we have reached over 1,000,000 children across more than 20 countries. Powerful, imaginative, professional, and at times brave, communications and story-telling have been a key driver in our early development - and will be equally critical if we are to continue to grow our impact for children living in the world's toughest contexts.
To apply, please submit your CV and a covering note explaining why you think you could make an extraordinary impact in this role - ideally ASAP. We are reviewing applications and interviewing on a rolling basis.
Pre-employment checks will be required as part of our recruitment process in line with our Safeguarding Policy. Street Child welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Closing Date: 5 May 2024
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Save the Children UK has an exciting opportunity for a collaborative and enthusiastic individual with extensive Policy & Advocacy Adviser experience to join us as our Senior Health Officer: Knowledge Management and Communication where you will work within the Health Policy, Advocacy and Research Team.
About Us
Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.
About the role
As Senior Health Officer: Knowledge Management and Communication, you will be responsible for the knowledge management and MEAL functions for the health team. This will include collection, collation and dissemination of learning and evidence from across key country and donor markets. You will also be responsible for the dissemination and communication through various platforms, social media outlets. Within this role you will play a key role in highlighting both internally and externally the health team's achievements and keep the Movement updated on the impact they have had both in the UK and globally, while also reporting on all active grants and partnerships. You will get to work closely with all technical advisors and play an important role in the production of the team's publications as well as in organising policy advocacy events at the UK parliamentary and global levels.
In this role, you will:
- Lead on the learning, reporting and communications for the health team, including on the various advocacy projects, grants and workstreams.
- Play a leading role in editing the health team's reports and policy briefing documents, including any research, fact-checking or writing that is required.
- Lead on updating and maintaining the health team's web pages. While maintaining brand requirements.
- Deliver high-quality editorial content for a wide range of planned key corporate communications, in line with the organisation's priorities and brand, implementing Save the Children's editorial style and standards.
- Ensure health team develop quality materials, blogs and thought pieces, while implementing our brand positioning, communications guidelines, and house style.
About you
To be successful, it is important that you have:
- Demonstrable experience of high-quality health policy advocacy work, including writing and editorial skills.
- Experience of working with a range of partners to engage key policy stakeholders.
- Ability to write compelling, imaginative copy tailored for different audiences, explain complex issues in accessible and motivating language.
- Ability to research, absorb and retain information accurately and to lead publication projects where necessary.
- Experience of writing for the internet and other digital outlets. Understanding of basic web processes and ability to perform basic alterations to our website where necessary or liaise with developers to progress these.
- Commitment to Save the Children's vision, mission and values.
What we offer you:
- Working for a charity provides one of the best benefits there is – a sense of purpose and reward for helping others. However, we understand the importance of giving back to our employees to ensure a happy and healthy working environment and work/life balance.
- We focus on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration, health and wellbeing both in and outside of work.
- We provide a wide range of benefits which will reward your hard work, motivate you, and inspire you to work to improve the lives of children every day.
Please note: To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
Ways of Working:
The majority of our roles can be performed remotely in the UK, but there are likely to be times when you will be required to come to your contracted office (up to 2-4 days per month or 6-8 days per quarter). This will be agreed with your Line Manager and team and is intended to be time spent on collaborating with colleagues and relationship building.
Please note: travel costs to your contracted office will be at your own expense.
Flexible Working - We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Save the Children UK believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation where all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can be "Free to Be Me". We are not looking for just one type of person - we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think.
We are especially interested in people whose childhood experiences - of life on a low income, of migration, of being in a racialised community, of the care system, of being LGBT+ or in an LGBT+ family or living with (or with someone with) a disability - help us to see things we might otherwise miss. Whatever your story is we want to hear it because we know that different voices, ideas, perspectives and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of children around the world. This is the reason why we are all here.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
Exciting New Marketing & Communications Manager opportunity! Now open!
We are seeking a Marketing and Communications Manager for Youth Moves based in South Bristol. You’ll be part of launching the highly anticipated 224 Youth Zone (scheduled to open in Autumn 2025), a space designed to empower young people from South Bristol and beyond. OnSide, a renowned national charity, shares our commitment to empowering young people, particularly in disadvantaged areas, by establishing state-of-the-art Youth Zones.
This initiative is all about creating a space where youth voices thrive, and futures are shaped. You’ll collaborate with a passionate team committed to making a difference. Your role involves raising awareness about the organisation and its vital services. You’ll also attract talented team members, dedicated volunteers, and essential funding to further the cause.
Here’s what makes this opportunity truly special: One of the most exciting aspects of this role is the opportunity to make it your own. You’ll have the creative freedom to shape strategies, engage with the community, and drive positive change.
This isn’t just a job! it’s a chance to make a real difference. By raising youth voices and advocating for their needs, you’ll contribute to a brighter future. Let’s empower young people together!
Your Mission:
• Craft content that sings, dances, and inspires!
• Rally support for our youth revolution!
• Spread the word far and wide!
• Tell stories that touch hearts!
What’s in it for you: • 32 days holiday, (including bank holidays) • Free Parking • OnSide's Talent Academy (because you're worth it!) • DBS clearance (safeguarding's essential) • Cycle to work scheme.
Are you ready to Make a Difference? Apply Now
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Circa £50,000 per annum
EML Cover (June – to mid-December contract)
Part home/Part office (London) based
UNICEF ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.
This is a great opportunity to join the Strategic Communications Team as a Senior Communications Strategist at The UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK).
In this role you will be responsible for ensuring that UNICEF UK speaks with one voice, that is coherent, optimised, and unified. You will be a lead force in ensuring our Public Engagement Directorate, Advocacy, Partnerships and Philanthropy teams focus on the right activities, in the right way to meet our objectives.
This role ensures we have the right communications strategies, plans and performance monitoring in place across the organisation to achieve our outcomes for children.
Act now and visit the website via the apply button to apply online.
Closing date: 5pm, 2nd May 2024.
Interview date: 17th May 2024 via video conferencing (MS Teams).
In return, we offer:
· excellent pay and benefits (including flexible working, generous annual leave and pension, big brand discounts and wellbeing tools)
· outstanding training and learning opportunities and the support to flourish in your role
· impressive open plan office space and facilities on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
· an open culture and workplace with colleagues who share our values, enjoy their work and are motivated to do their utmost for children.
· the opportunity to work in a leading children’s organisation making a difference to children around the world
We are gradually moving back to our offices on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, East London and we anticipate most colleagues will work one or two days a week in the office and the rest of the time from home. We will happily discuss other flexible options to suit your circumstances.
We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, disabled candidates, and from men, because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at this level at UNICEF UK. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for children.
UNICEF UK promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
We welcome a conversation about your flexible working requirements, personal growth, and promoting a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.
The successful candidate will be required to apply for a criminal records check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the role and the circumstances of your offences.
We only accept online applications as this saves us money, making more funds available for us to help ensure children’s rights.
If you require support in completing the online form or an application form in an alternative format, please contact the Supporter Care line during office hours.
If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note that we only provide feedback to shortlisted candidates.
Registered Charity Nos. 1072612 (England and Wales) SC043677 (Scotland)
Home-Start Southwark works with families who are pregnant or have children under 5. Our core work is to provide weekly support from a trained peer volunteer or worker empowering families to make changes to improve their lives. The way we support families continues to have relationships at its core – we believe, and our work proves, that the confidence and resilience gained by having someone standing alongside you offering encouragement and support, can make a huge difference to parents and children. Being a parent is difficult regardless of circumstances and many of our families are facing several additional challenges.
Our ambition is to continue to develop outstanding services that meet the needs of our community; if you want to be part of our future, we would love to meet you to discuss this further.
Main Purpose:
- Work closely with the Chief Executive to develop and evolve Home-Start’s services in response to changing needs, informing the strategy for our family support and development of services.
- Provide vision, direction, and leadership to motivate staff and volunteers to deliver high-quality services that make a measurable positive difference to children and their families.
- Manage the HSS Family Support Team, coordinating and quality assuring their work.
- Collaborate with multi-agency partners to deliver evidence-based interventions that support parenting and prevent need escalating, including structured programmes and group work.
- Be a Designated Safeguarding Lead for the charity.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Part home/Part office (London) based
UNICEF ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.
This is a great opportunity to join the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) as an Executive Assistant to the Chief Partnerships Officer.
UNICEF UK is looking for a proactive, efficient, and effective Executive Assistant to support the Chief Partnerships Officer (CPO), who oversees the Philanthropy, Partnerships, Scotland, and Programme Intelligence teams. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with the team to raise high-value income for children in the UK and worldwide and supporting the CPO with managing critical cross-organisational workstreams that support the strategic goals of UNICEF UK. This includes taking care of full administrative responsibilities and providing project support.
We're looking for someone who has a proven track record of effectively supporting multi-stakeholder programs, making decisions within agreed parameters, and demonstrating strong communication and leadership skills. If you're ready to take on this exciting challenge and help the team, then we want to hear from you.
Act now and visit the website via the apply button to apply online.
Closing date: 5pm, Sunday 28 April 2024.
Interview date: w/c 13 May 2024.
In return, we offer:
· excellent pay and benefits (including flexible working, generous annual leave and pension, big brand discounts and wellbeing tools)
· outstanding training and learning opportunities and the support to flourish in your role
· impressive open plan office space and facilities on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
· an open culture and workplace with colleagues who share our values, enjoy their work and are motivated to do their utmost for children.
· the opportunity to work in a leading children’s organisation making a difference to children around the world
Our application process: We use a system called "Applied" that anonymises your responses and focuses on your actual skills that are relevant to this role. This benefits you by giving you a greater chance of expressing your skills in this objective selection process.
We are gradually moving back to our offices on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, East London and we anticipate most colleagues will work one or two days a week in the office and the rest of the time from home. We will happily discuss other flexible options to suit your circumstances.
We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, disabled candidates, and from men, because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at this level at UNICEF UK. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for children.
UNICEF UK promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
We welcome a conversation about your flexible working requirements, personal growth, and promoting a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.
The successful candidate will be required to apply for a criminal records check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the role and the circumstances of your offences.
We only accept online applications as this saves us money, making more funds available for us to help ensure children’s rights.
If you require support in completing the online form or an application form in an alternative format, please contact the Supporter Care line during office hours.
If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note that we only provide feedback to shortlisted candidates.
Registered Charity Nos. 1072612 (England and Wales) SC043677 (Scotland)
Corporate Partnerships Manager
We’re looking for an experienced Corporate Partnerships Manager to join World Vision, an important charity helping vulnerable children across the world.
Position: Corporate Partnerships - New Business Manager
Location: Milton Keynes/Hybrid – 2 days per week office based
Hours: Full-time - 36.5 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Salary: Circa £42,750 per annum + A good range of benefits
Closing date: 7th May 2024
About the role:
This role solely focuses on new business development for income generating corporate partnerships. The goal is to secure a range of 6 and 7-figure, long-term partnerships via companies and their foundations which transform children’s lives in some of the most challenging contexts.
Key areas of responsibility include:
- Deliver against ambitious targets to deliver high value partnerships and donations from businesses by developing 6 and 7-figure multi-year partnerships.
- Create inspiring propositions, products and engagement opportunities that inspire and engage the private sector.
- Unearth prospects and opportunities and cultivate them to feed a self-managed pipeline.
- Use creativity to target and engage prospects.
- Lead prospect meetings and pitches and develop tactics to move businesses towards partnership.
- Communicate proactively with prospects and use problem-solving approaches that enable you to create tailored effective proposals.
- Influence in each stage of the solicitation process, able to lead throughout the pitch and development stage and to negotiate on contracts and proposals.
- Conceptualise, plan, and deliver events that engage prospects.
- Stay abreast of the private sector sustainability landscape, with a particular focus on social impact, and trends in international development-private sector partnerships.
- Build mutually beneficial internal relationships that enable you to get things done.
About you:
We are seeking an established corporate fundraiser with a professional background or education in international development, humanitarian, or peacebuilding. You will have an income-focused mindset, proactive and broad business development experience, and will have developed international charity-corporate partnerships.
You will have a startup mentality, working with limited resources to find ways to engage businesses with World Vision’s work. You will have the freedom to develop and implement engagement and partnership development tactics, and to use creative approaches. Your approaches will overcome World Vision’s lower brand awareness in comparison to other child-focused international causes.
Alongside this, you will have great attention to detail that is necessary to support proposal, budget, and contract development to effectively reflect World Vision and the prospective partner’s interests. For this, you will have great writing and presenting skills, that enable you to develop strong relationships based on mutual interest and trust.
You will be able to balance conflicting priorities, manage a pipeline of prospects, and adopt a proactive and long-term approach to creating leads and partnerships.
Key skills required for this role:
- Experience in corporate fundraising.
- Utilised a variety of new business tactics.
- A professional background or education in international development, humanitarian, or peacebuilding.
- Developed international charity-corporate partnerships from first engagement to contract signing.
- A creative, startup mentality and demonstrable experience of developing and implementing partnership development tactics.
- Great attention to detail with experience in proposal, budget, and contract development.
- Strong writing and presentation skills.
- Demonstrable relationship building skills.
- Understanding of the private and INGO sectors’ dovetailed agendas and interests.
- Experience in balancing conflicting priorities.
- Experience in managing a pipeline of prospects.
About the organisation:
World Vision UK is an international children’s charity working with children, their communities, and with supporters and partners, in almost 100 countries. Through long-term development projects, emergency responses and advocacy we’ve helped bring lasting change to millions of children, over more than 60 years. As a Christian organisation, everything we do is motivated by our faith as we strive to reflect God’s unconditional love.
As a child-focused organisation, we are committed to the safeguarding of children, therefore any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of applicable background checks, including a criminal records check.
We are a registered organisation operating the Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (MDS) and we shall check with your previous employers about your behaviour and conduct. We will be requesting you to complete a form known as a Statement of Conduct. For more information see: The Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.
Please note we can only consider applicants who presently have the right to work in the UK and all candidates must be personally committed to the Christian faith and be able to respect, uphold and work within our client’s Christian mission, values, culture, and faith statements. This individual will represent and speak on behalf of a Christian charity and as such the Occupational Requirement for an active Christian faith is justified under the Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9, Part 1, clause 3.
You may also have experience in areas such as: Corporate Partnerships, Corporate Partnerships Manager, Corporate Partnerships Officer, Corporate Partnerships Fundraising, Fundraising, Fundraising Manager, Fundraisers, Major Donor, Philanthropy, Income Generation Manager, Income Generation, Sales Executive, Sales Manager, Business Development Manager, Business Development, Account Manager.
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
Due to service development, we have a fantastic opportunity for dedicated and enthusiastic Senior Supervising Keyworkers to join Barnardo's as part of the Greater Manchester Keyworking Service for Children and Young People (CYP) with Learning Disability and/or Autism.
The keyworker role has 2 main functions:
1. Supporting children and young people with learning disabilities and young autistic people within their home or the setting where the child or young person is living or staying. Providing 1:1 support for the child or young person, and family. co-ordinating links with peers, community networks and other services, to secure the most appropriate provision to meet need now and in the future. The service tries to prevent avoidable admissions to hospital.
2. Understanding from the child or young person and their family experience, what supports a good family life and what gets in the way. This information will be shared in reports and at strategic meetings.. We currently have 4 full time posts available on a permanent contract. Would you like the chance to provide support to keyworkers?
The service covers Greater Manchester and the service is split into 5 teams. Each team has a team manager that you will directly report to and work closely with. The team offices are in Rochdale, Stockport, Salford, Manchester and Bolton. As a Senior Supervising Keyworker, you will have knowledge, experience, passion, commitment and confidence to line manage and provide guidance to the team of keyworkers supporting CYP and families. This experience may have been gained in education, NHS services or social care roles through Statutory, Voluntary, Community, Social Enterprise or other providers. You will be part of the on-call rota system providing out of hours guidance, this averages one week in every 10 - 12 weeks for which there is an on-call payment.
The role provides lots of opportunities to develop your skill set, knowledge and career progression going forward. The service has a comprehensive training offer, and you will be supported by the management team within the service.
Are you ready to make a positive difference? Do you have the following? If so we look forward to receiving your application:
- Significant skills, knowledge and experience of supporting individuals with Learning Disability/Autism
- The ability to confidently present information to a range of people.
- Excellent team working skills. You will work as part of a team that covers Greater Manchester with your own primary team and base.
- Significant safeguarding knowledge and experience enabling referrals and escalations to be made and followed through to conclusion.
- Excellent recording skills and knowledge.
- Experience of line management/supervising others.
- A car available for work.
Within Barnardo's, the job title for this role is Project Worker 3. This will appear on the job description.
When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification/ Job Description ensuring the above requirements are evidenced with examples in your application.
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are looking for an associate digital product owner, with a passion and desire for digital, to work in our team at Girlguiding, a leading UK based youth organisation.
Our focus at Girlguiding is to create a leading digital experience for all groups of our volunteers, our members, and their parents. This is a critical role that will allow you to focus on your product, but also support the other product owners, and products, to maximise their value and gain oversight of the estate-wide portfolio. Every day will be different but you will be integral in delivering the wider product roadmap, vision and KPIs , and helping us evolve our agile framework. This will involve working cross-departmentally and with both internal and external stakeholders to drive initiatives and efficiency. Additional responsibilities will include project management, engaging with senior management, and operational teams from across the business, that access the product portfolio.
To be able to succeed in this role you will need the ability to understand what our users need (almost before they knew they needed it!), be good with data & metrics, a collaborative attitude with the ability to build strong relationships. But the biggest thing you’ll bring to the role is open mind with the ability to learn and be passionate about delivering digital platforms.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a close-knit team who are incredibly passionate about the products in a not-for-profit environment. If you’re looking for a new role to make a real impact for the charity sector, and want to get your first foot on the product ladder, then this will be perfect for you.
About Girlguiding
This is a really exciting time to join Girlguiding. We have much to be proud of in our one hundred years of history, but we know that to remain vibrant and relevant to young people we must continually evolve.
We’ve begun a process of significant change: transforming the organisation so it can meet the challenges of the future by putting young people at the heart of our organisation. We’re on a mission to amplify the voices of girls and young women, so they can champion change in their own lives and the wider world; to build strong partnerships that can increase our reach and impact; and to increase the support we offer our amazing adult volunteers who deliver incredible experiences to young people across the UK every week.
Girlguiding values the differences that a diverse workforce brings and is committed to inclusivity, and to employing and supporting a diverse workforce. Girlguiding is proud to be part of the Stonewall Diversity Champions programme, a member of the Business Disability Forum, and a member of Time to Change. While Girlguiding’s young members may be women only, our staff team is mixed gender. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
Girlguiding operates a hybrid working arrangement where office based staff are required to attend the office on average two days a week, or 40% of working time across the year. We’re committed though to supporting our staff to achieve a good work-life balance and offer flexible working options wherever we reasonably can. All staff are required to carry out our online health and safety training and complete a DSE risk assessment to ensure we can provide the support you require.