Full-Time Development Director Jobs
The Director of Programmes will contribute to The Africa Centre’s emerging strategic priorities, overseeing and delivering programmes and related project activity. They will engage and connect with diverse audiences and communities through creative programming, delivering innovative, enriching, dynamic and enjoyable events and experiences that entre people of African descent and reach the widest demographic. They will play a leading role in delivering our learning and inclusion work, developing audiences, existing and new, and oversee all The Africa Centre programme activity across the UK, on the African continent and in the wider African Diaspora.
As part of the Senior Leadership team, they will play an important part in driving the vision, mission, and values of The Africa Centre as a world-leading organisation at the forefront of debate, dialogue, and social purpose around our five core pillars of arts & culture, education, community development, entrepreneurship & innovation and thought leadership. Through innovative programme development, they will ensure that the urgent issues faced by people of African descent are reflected and addressed in The Africa Centre’s activity profile. They will ensure that The Africa Centre is a place of fun, connection, education and information, relevant to all people with an interest in Africa and African people.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Strategic Leadership
- Oversee, convene and deliver TAC programmes, developing live and digital content in line with our strategic priorities.
- Fulfil the leadership role of contributing to the development of The Africa Centre’s emerging strategy.
- Lead and convene programme development and content delivery, ensuring commercial, artistic, operational and audience development objectives are met for both live and digital events.
- Draw on audience segmentation, communications and brand strategies to strategically align programme to audience and our income generation objectives.
- Work collegiately with the Senior Leadership Team to develop and deliver The Africa Centre’s Audience Development Strategy linked to the programme and strategic objectives.
- Identify opportunities to apply for funding and contribute to income generation activities related to programming and engagement.
- Lead on developing and delivering high quality experiences for artists and experts across all our activities, ensuring they are supported and nurtured.
- Establish a strategy for identifying, supporting, and nurturing new creative talent.
- Lead on safeguarding, equalities, diversity, inclusion and access across the organisation’s programming.
Programme Leadership
- Deliver world class content to reflect African excellence drawing on the best creative minds and experts across multiple genres – from contemporary arts to literature and fiction; science and history; geo-politics and climate change; equalities and democracy and more.
- Deliver original content that has variety, breadth, and depth, identifying the most appropriate structure for building relationships with partners, commissioning new work, contracting artists, identifying thought leadership opportunities and utilising a wide range of formats – live and digital - to implement ideas.
- Draw on the expertise within the team, their networks and creative content, convening an holistic programme in line with TAC’s strategic priorities, income generation priorities and brand.
- Develop and implement TAC’s Elimu Education Programme, fostering relevant relationships with educational institutes from primary to tertiary levels across the UK and beyond, and co-creating programmes of activity.
- Oversee the development, implementation, monitoring and reporting of any contracted work that delivers programmes of activities in the UK and abroad,
- Lead on developing, nurturing and administering relationships with strategic partners including the TAC Global Network of Affiliate Organisations.
- Oversee the work of the Young Africa Centre.
Engagement
- Maintain existing and develop new audiences, identifying programme strands that respond to and anticipate the needs and interests of diverse communities, introducing new ideas, innovative content and inclusive talent pathways.
- Seek out, develop, and sustain networks, stakeholders and partnerships at local, regional and global levels, and explore new ways for the charity to grow and develop at the cutting edge of global ideas
- Identify opportunities to develop The Africa Centre events across the UK and digitally, to reach wider audiences and deepen brand recognition across the year.
- Identify project funding to develop audiences, increase diversity and meet equalities objectives.
- Oversee learning and engagement programmes in the UK.
- Deliver and build upon current UK funded projects and contribute to developing funding bids.
- Oversee the management of TAC’s marketing and communications functions, including our public relations, website and social media accounts, ensuring that they are updated, relevant and archived appropriately.
Impact
- Lead on development and delivery of the organisation’s strategic Monitoring, Evaluation and Impact framework and associated plans and systems
- Develop and delivering TAC’s social purpose agenda, ensuring alignment with our strategic objectives.
- Oversee the development and management of TAC’s archives, be it digital, documental or physical, ensuring that they are catalogued, accessible and available for utilisation as a key resource.
Operational
- Line manage the programme, education and engagement team(s), recruiting, as necessary, skilled persons to deliver TAC programmes.
- Manage the delivery of contracts and partnership collaborative efforts, ensuring that contracting is delivered to the highest standards at all times to protect the reputation and financial standing of the charity and to meet contractor’s expectations.
- Identify potential funders relevant to area and contribute to writing business plans demonstrating a seamless relationship between content, programmes, events, audiences, and the core business activities
- Support the work of the Director of Development Team in developing and delivering the fundraising strategy and the Director of Finance & Operations on delivering TAC financial plans
Governance & Compliance
- Write reports for the board as and when required by the CEO in a timely and appropriate manner
- Work with the Director of Finance & Ops to ensure the financial health and sustainability of the charity in delegated budget area(s), adhere to TAC Financial Regulations and Procurement Policy.
- Ensure that all artist contracting is undertaken within TAC procurements and contracting policies observing all other required policies and statutory guidelines e.g., Equalities, Safeguarding, Health and Safety, Intellectual Property, GDPR, Finance and Procurements etc.
- Maintain accurate records on The Africa Centre’s document management system and databases.
- Respond to general enquiries by email or telephone, manage own workload and maintain an online diary, using agreed TAC systems.
- To promote and comply with current legislation including The Africa Centre policies on Equality and Diversity and Health & Safety, Safeguarding, in the delivery of services and the
- Uphold the TAC brand and reputation
Leadership
- Be a vital, collegiate member of the TAC Senior leadership team,
- Develop and nurture relationships with the TAC Board, managing relevant committees and reporting to the Board and sub-committees as required.
- Represent the organisation at appropriate internal and external events and meetings, locally, regionally and globally.
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Essential
- A clearly-evidenced long-standing passion for Africa and people of African Descent
- 3 - 5 years working at a senior level in a similar role
- Excellent Programme Management experience with excellent budget management skills
- Excellent communication and networking skills, adept at effectively engaging people across a range of settings – from school children to Prime Ministers and Presidents;
- Educated to degree level of equivalent (relevant subject area)
- Team player, able to work cross disciplinary with artists, experts, academics, key stakeholders, and audiences in a programming function working with diverse audiences
- Specialist knowledge of audience development gained through 3 years’ experience
- Agile approach to work, recognising the limitations and challenges of running a small charitable organisation and willingness to work flexibly to get things done, apply effort and integrity at all times. Regular weekend and evening work will be required.
- Experience of working with an operations team to deliver events (production, tech requirements, artist management)
- Experience of delivering to funder obligations (Trusts and Foundations/Public and Private Funding) • Excellent network in publishing; cultural and creative sector; or other relevant sectors
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, Google Docs, et al.
Desirable
- Understanding and experience of digital content production
- Masters level qualification or equivalent
- Awareness of how to use emerging technologies including AI to develop impactful programming and engagement.
- Experience of working within a grant management organisation.
- Experience of positive action activity to deliver inclusive Programmes (equalities, diversity, inclusion, and access)
Work Arrangements
Location: The Africa Centre office, London. Occasional remote working is encouraged. The post-holder will be required to be on location in London for relevant activities. Some international travel will be required.
Type of contract: Permanent
Reports to: Chief Executive Officer
Works with: Senior Leadership Team of Director of Development, Director of Finance & Ops and CEO
Responsible for: Programme Managers (x 2 - 3), freelance workers, volunteers
Hours of work: Full time. 35 hours per week. The post holder will be expected to be flexible and there will be requirements to work such days and hours that may vary in accordance with business requirements, including regular evenings and weekends and occasional holiday periods.
Holidays: 25 days per year, plus Christmas shutdown (3 days) and public holidays
Accessibility and Inclusivity
We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, age or religion or belief. Disabled applicants are invited to contact us in confidence at any point during the recruitment process to discuss steps that could be taken to overcome operational difficulties presented by the job, or if any adjustments or support are required regarding the recruitment process.
To apply please forward a CV and send in your CV and a covering letter of no more than 2 pages or a video presentation of no more than 2 minutes in length
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We're offering you the opportunity to become the Director of Education of the British Institute of Radiology (BIR), an international membership organisation for everyone working in imaging, radiation oncology and the underlying sciences.
As Director of Education, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the educational direction of the BIR. It's a leadership position which involves overseeing the development of new initiatives, programmes and strategies to enhance the BIR’s educational offerings and outcomes, and the post-holder will be responsible for the strategic focus and financial performance of the BIR Education programme.
We're half way through our new five-year strategy, and the education team plays a key role in helping to ensure the BIR remains financially sustainable, offering education to more people, and helping expand the membership. The role has also recently been recently expanded to include leadership for two important new roles in Communications and Partnerships, and both positions will be responsible for leading and delivering their respective strategies as part of the wider strategy.
Our new Director of Education will be experienced in developing and implementing successful education strategies at senior level, which will include new business development, income generation or building revenue streams, as well as experience of creating, managing and reporting on budgets.
You'll have had experience of educational events as well as the development of online educational activities, such as virtual events, webpages or apps, and you'll be adept at managing projects and working with stakeholders to achieve outcomes. Finally, you'll also be an experienced line manager, capable of supporting, nurturing and bringing out the best in your teams.
Although we offer flexible working, it is envisaged that the successful candidate is able to work from our London office at least 2 days per week, between Monday to Wednesday. National and occasional international travel might also be required.
If you would like to find out more about this exciting opportunity, or to see a copy of the applicant pack, please contact Christian Turek, our retained consultant at Memcom Recruitment, details below.
Application is by CV and cover letter, and details of the closing date for applications are also included in the applicant pack.
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About Us
Inspire is a charity based in East London. We inspire children and young people across London and beyond, using data to understand the barriers they face and connecting them with a range of employers and opportunities to open doors to their success.
We have over 30 years of experience in delivering high quality services and programmes to children, young people, schools, local authorities and employers. Working alongside our large network of employer volunteers, we design and deliver programmes that inspire and support children and young people to create a positive future for themselves in their journey from the classroom to workplace. We provide them with independent careers guidance, high aspirations and strong employability skills.
The Opportunity
We are seeking a Partnerships Manager to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity to join our Business Development Team and make a significant contribution to delivery of the charity’s high quality services to children and young people, providing them with opportunities and inspiration to enable them to achieve their potential, create a positive future for themselves and open doors to their success.
If you are self-motivated, enthusiastic and confident with experience in successfully securing, managing and developing partnerships from initial prospect research through to contracting and ongoing management, then this role is for you. Working alongside the Director of Business Development and Partnerships, you will support and contribute to the charity’s business development strategy with responsibility for managing activity including raising funds for Inspire from a range of sources including corporate partnerships, community fundraising, trusts and foundations.
Key responsibilities of the role include:
1. Writing and submitting applications for new funding to statutory bodies, trusts, foundations and corporates.
2. Researching funding opportunities, competitors and market trends.
3. Developing and maintaining an annual calendar of community fundraising activities.
4. Identifying new business development opportunities and developing a pipeline of opportunities and proposals.
5. Management and growth of Inspire's entry to mid-level corporate partnerships.
6. Working with delivery team colleagues to ensure funders’ reports are completed on time and to a high standard.
Benefits
29 days annual leave plus bank holidays
3 volunteering days per year
Family friendly policies
Hybrid working arrangements
If you have the skills and desire to join our team, please see our job description for further details.
How to Apply
If you wish to apply for this role, please provide your CV and a covering letter outlining why you are suitable for the role, clearly addressing the requirements of the person specification.
Closing date
Interviews will be held on a rolling basis. We will review applications as we receive them and aim to appoint as soon as we meet the right person. We reserve the right to close the application process early if we find a suitable candidate.
Unfortunately, due to the number of applications we receive we are unable to contact unsuccessful applicants.
Inspire is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate will be required to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Director of Delivery will provide leadership, develop programmes, manage direct reports and enable business planning for multi-year funding settlements for the key delivery elements of the organisation. These areas of the organisation should have our service users at their heart and deliver on the key elements of the strategy to end new cases of HIV by 2030 by prioritising testing of those undiagnosed and support for those lost to care or experiencing acute HIV-related stigma.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This is the job that reminds you of why you went into this work – to end the harm of children and young people being trapped in repeated criminality and change the focus from one of difficulty to one of aspiration and hope. Leading a team of Practice Development Leads, you will be responsible for equipping SHiFT practitioners with the knowledge and skills they need to flourish, and for supporting practitioners, through intensive on the ground practice guidance, to deliver SHiFT’s practice model and achieve exceptional outcomes for children, young people, and families.
You are likely to be someone with significant senior practice experience in the youth criminal justice or adolescent safeguarding systems, with a thorough understanding of its benefits and limitations and detailed knowledge of its agencies, systems, and policies. You will hold extremely high expectations for the children and young people SHiFT works with, and for the quality of engagement and services they receive from relevant professionals and agencies, and this will be reflected in your determination to develop transformational practice. You will have demonstrable experience of getting the best out of people, across varied professional backgrounds, and innovating to create the training and support needed to deliver exceptional outcomes for children and families. It is likely that you will be frustrated by aspects of the current system, with experience of developing new or emerging interventions and the ambiguity inevitably involved in such an ambitious endeavour as this.
SHiFT’s Head of Practice Development will lead the supervisory and direct practice work SHiFT does with children, young people and the people in their lives who matter. This is a critical role for an expert in practice with complex and highly vulnerable young people. The role is an opportunity to take on a system influencing position to shake up the youth criminal justice system.
The role has been designed so that you would directly lead a small central team and be outwardly focussed on supporting SHiFT Guides and SHiFT Practices to work in ways with young people that are aligned with the SHiFT Framework. We do not want you focussed on managing a large team, developing the central organisation, or managing partnerships with local authorities. We want you to be obsessively focussed on consistently excellent practice.
Key Duties
Working with support and direction from SHiFT’s Director of Practice and Learning, your principal responsibilities will be:
- Ensure quality of practice. You will be responsible for the quality of direct work with young people and their families across the SHiFT Practices.
- With a help of a small practice team, you will work very closely with Guides in local areas ensuring that the high expectations for the work are being met consistently and sustainably.
- You will make active use of data on child outcomes, observations of practice and contributions to group supervision sessions to inform your view of quality.
- Where SHiFT Practices have become stuck in their change work with a young person, your team will be on hand to help them find a way through with creativity, tenacity, and high expectations.
- Implement the professional development programme for SHiFT Guides and contribute to its development.
- You will contribute to the delivery of a programme of induction, direct instruction, coaching, mentoring and supervision to grow the capability and resilience of SHiFT Guides across England, holding overall responsibility for the implementation of SHiFT’s professional development offer.
- Implement the SHiFT Framework and contribute to its development. You will be responsible for holding people accountable for working to the SHiFT Framework, ensuring SHiFT’s highest aspirations for practice quality are met, and contributing to the development of the Framework and associated resources and training to support continuous quality assurance, improvement, and learning. Working with your team of Practice Development Leads, you’ll work closely with Guides, Operational Leads, and other members of the national SHiFT team to ensure that the Framework is widely understood and consistently implemented.
- Promote SHiFT practice for wider system change. You will support wider system changes by role modelling SHiFT’s distinctive approach to practice so that we can influence the adoption of our approach. This will include spotlighting examples of excellent practice with young people and being a town-crier of these stories.
- Work in lockstep with Partnerships Managers.
- Your practice team will work in tandem with Partnerships Managers who scope and develop partnerships and then ensure that the contractual partnership between SHiFT and local partners is working. Where partnership problems arise, they are often closely linked with, or have a knock-on impact to, practice.
Experience, knowledge and skills:
- Substantial expertise in leading, developing and assuring exceptional practice between practitioners and young people caught in highly risky situations and relationships.
- Knowledge of, and/or experience of using, systemic ideas in practice with children and young people would be highly advantageous.
- Experience of influencing the practice of others through your own direct line management, through supervision, coaching and teaching.
- Detailed knowledge of youth justice and children’s social care agencies, systems, and policies.
- Experience of developing new or emerging intervention programmes that respond effectively to feedback and learning while managing the ambiguity inevitably involved in such an ambitious project as this.
- Skill in holding others to high expectations through high levels of support and challenge.
- A thorough understanding and experience of using different theories and methods for intervening with children and families to offer help and bring about change in high- risk complex environments.
- An ability to write and speak credibly about complex or technical ideas, as well as a capacity to turn them into practical action, including through practice development activities.
- A track record of working in a small team, contributing robustly to shape thinking but consistently being able to be a team player.
Post Title: Assistant Camp Director, Volunteering
Hours per week: 35
Reports to: Camp Director
Base:Can be remote (home) working but expected to attend our Havant office regularly and attend residential camps, which, in 2024 and 2025 will be located at different venues throughout the UK.
Main Purpose:To lead on Volunteer recruitment, training and engagement and support the Camp Director in the delivery and leadership of safe, fun, residential activity camps and online programmes.
Salary: £35,000 per annum
Over the Wall is a fun, forward-thinking and creative UK charity that has been transforming the lives of seriously ill children, and their families, for 25 years. Our free of charge programmes are designed to address the loneliness, isolation and sense of being different that affects the quality of life for children living with serious illness.
We are seeking an Assistant Camp Director to join our Camp Operations team. The postholder will be an essential member of our Camp Leadership Team when camps are in session and will focus on Volunteer recruitment, development and experience.
You are:
- Excited by our mission and eager to make a positive difference in the lives of children and the staff and volunteers who support them.
- An experienced youth programming professional with a background in recruitment, training and development.
- Flexible and adaptable with a willingness to both develop your leadership skills and work collaboratively on a team.
- Able and eager to travel to and attend residential camps in a range of locations across the UK.
- Prepared to work flexibly across 7 days per week and undertake any other duties as deemed appropriate by the Camp Director and/or CEO that may be required in accordance with the overall purpose of the job.
You Have:
- A full driving license.
- A basic understanding of the principles of Therapeutic Recreation.
- Experience leading or coaching adults in a childcare setting.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and experience facilitating trainings and activities.
- Comfort and proficiency in Microsoft suite and an aptitude for learning new digital tools and systems.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Attend Over the Wall residential camps (minimum of 4 per year) and virtual camps as part of the operational staff team. Attending camp involves long working hours, including day / evening and weekends, as well as being away from home for up to 11 nights at a time.
- Develop and deliver informative and engaging ‘all camp’ training for volunteers and full-time staff members, underpinned by the principles of therapeutic recreation and challenge by choice.
- Oversee the recruitment and hiring of 300+ volunteers, annually.
- Supportively coach and manage our team of Volunteer Coordinators.
- Design and implement effective feedback mechanisms for volunteers, camp staff, campers and families and deliver effective debriefing sessions at the end of each camp.
- Assist in the direction and supervision of all camp programs which include, but are not limited to, family weekends, summer sessions and virtual camps.
- Work closely with the Operations Team to provide leadership and support for campers, volunteers, and staff.
- Promote and encourage a strong culture of safety within camp & assist in the coordination of emergency procedures.
- Support overall camp budget management with an emphasis on Volunteering.
- In the absence of the Camp Director, take on the leadership of camp.
- Abide by and comply with all OTW policies and procedures, especially relating to individual areas of responsibility.
Diversity, Equality & Inclusion
- We actively encourage applications from the broad spectrum of diversity reflected in our beneficiaries, both in terms of visible and non-visible characteristics. We aim to ensure that regardless of where you are in our community, any difference you have is valued.
Safeguarding
- We are committed to Safer Recruitment. We REQUIRE a minimum of two professional and independent reference checks, with one of the reference checks being the last or current employer. We will make verbal contact with your referees.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Role Summary
As our Director of Philanthropy, you will play a pivotal role in accelerating the transition to a more sustainable future where everyone chooses delicious, healthy food that is good for all humans, animals, and the planet. You will define and implement the fundraising strategy for the next three years. By implementing effective giving strategies of key stakeholders in Europe and beyond, you will support their ambition to create a better world.
Your key responsibilities will include cultivating relationships with existing and new major donors, Trusts and Foundations, particularly in the areas of climate and health. You will also engage mid-value supporters and relevant stakeholders, including the corporate sector. You will lead a small global development team and support ProVeg's country fundraising strategies. Apart from several important long-term and new major donors and foundations, ProVeg International does not have a large supporter database. It will be your responsibility to identify and develop growth strategies.
The ideal candidate will be a confident fundraiser with broad experience building strong relationships with, and securing funding from, major donors/HNWI, trusts and foundations, and corporate donors within environmental or other international organisations.
Job Details
Reports to: President and CEO
Department: Fundraising and Supporter Engagement
Location: United Kingdom Remote, Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Poland Remote, Czech Republic Remote, Remote
Hours: 32- 40 hours per week
Salary:£52 - 60k in the UK (depending on experience and location)
Responsibilities
1. Major Gifts, Corporates and Foundations
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Identify and prepare proposals for new revenue streams (think outside the box!), with an emphasis on the climate-food nexus. This includes potential HNWIs as well as large institutions, corporates and climate foundations.
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Identify and develop processes and systems to support the growth of major-donor and foundation income.
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Identify suitable projects within the strategic plan to create the case for support for ProVeg countries and programmes, which fulfill donor preferences and foundation strategic priorities.
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Oversee fundraising events for major donors, and assist the President in managing donor relationships.
2. Management & Leadership
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Lead the International Fundraising team, setting annual goals, providing regular feedback, conducting annual performance reviews, and supporting continuous professional development.
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Mentor country-specific Fundraising colleagues and support ProVeg's country revenue-generation strategies.
3. Development Planning
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Design, develop, and implement a resource mobilization and cultivation strategy for one and three-year periods in collaboration with the President and CEO
Qualifications
Required:
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Minimum of five years’ experience in senior fundraising at a non-profit, preferably with an international focus. A similar or additional corporate background would also be useful.
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Understanding of effective altruism, and up-to-date knowledge of European fundraising trends.
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A track record of identifying and securing significant, multi-year funds from donors (minimum five to six-figures), particularly new donors and foundations.
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Significant experience in researching and developing strong stakeholder relationships, as well as experience with writing concise reports.
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Excellent interpersonal skills, including confident demeanor and experience in engaging with a diverse range of high-net-worth individuals.
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Proficient CRM skills and familiarity with fundraising tracking tools and project management
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Willingness to travel, approximately six times per year.
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Strong motivation to support the plant-based movement.
Preferred:
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Knowledge and understanding of the global food-system transition towards alternative proteins.
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Formal membership of professional-fundraising bodies.
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Adherence to a plant-based diet and lifestyle.
Benefits of working with us
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Salary: dependent on experience.
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Several weeks of paid vacation (dependent on location).
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Provision of a work laptop.
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Flexible, trust-based working arrangements and home-office arrangements.
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A strong organizational focus on personal development, with a designated training budget.
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Career-development support.
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Mindfulness program.
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We are a workplace that encourages everyone to bring their whole selves to work. We are an inclusive workplace for our diverse employees around the world.
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And, last but not least, become part of a great team and work with us towards a world where everyone chooses delicious and healthy food that is good for all humans, animals, and our planet!
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Black-and-Racialised groups face many challenges that inhibit their ability to thrive and deliver quality services that meet the needs of their users. These challenges include lack of core sustainable funding and limiting the capacity and financial/governance skills. We are seeking an experienced Deputy Finance Director who will play a pivotal role in establishing a Finance Centre of Excellence - providing infrastructural and financial management support to Black and Minoritised community-led organisations in 8 London boroughs. The Centre of Excellence will focus on increasing groups’ financial literacy, confidence, skills, resilience and will include:
- Bespoke financial management capacity-building support, including compliance with statutory/funder requirements; and support with operational/strategic management and planning resources.
- Support will also include financial health checks, finance strategy development, risk.
- Identification and management, budgeting, statutory/funder compliance training, employer responsibilities training, governance training, budget for funding bids, and annual report.
- Devote significant time to outward-facing activities dedicated to supporting frontline Black and racialised grassroots community groups.
- Development of online learning tools and platforms to cascade the learning and providing 1-to-1 coaching sessions for Senior managers and Trustees.
The Deputy Finance Director will report to and work closely with the Chief Financial officer and will also contribute to Ubele’s overall financial strategy and supporting financial operations within our central hub.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We're looking for someone to lead and develop our research team of staff and freelance research associates and be part of our Senior Leadership Team. We work with charities, foundations and public agencies to strengthen UK communities through action research. We champion the role and contribution of the voluntary sector, listen and learn with charities to understand what helps or hinders them and influence changes in practice within foundations and public agencies.
You'll have an interest in our work – helping individuals and organisations in the voluntary sector to achieve change; and a strong understanding and experience of using qualitative research methodology, ideally including experience of action research, facilitation and evaluation design alongside an understanding of quantitative methods. You’ll have experience of leading, managing and contributing to all stages of the research process (including writing in an accessible and engaging manner for different audiences); be confident in leading a portfolio of varied projects; have experience of line management and working in a senior leadership team; and be comfortable working in a small organisation with wide-ranging responsibilities.
Main responsibilities include:
- Overseeing and shaping the research project portfolio to ensure quality delivery and alignment with IVAR’s strategic priorities.
- Leading, supervising and guiding the research team, including supporting Project Managers to deliver high quality research; monthly research team meetings; and continuous professional development of research staff.
- Being a member of project delivery teams.
- Monitoring project budgets and progress against income targets.
- Ensuring IVAR meets its responsibilities in terms of research ethics and safeguarding and that our research practice is equitable and inclusive.
- Maintaining and developing a network that supports a healthy project pipeline of new work, including relationships with delivery partners who can complement and enhance IVAR’s offer.
- Leading project design and proposals for commissioned work.
- Leading the identification, assessment and response to tender opportunities.
- Being part of the Senior Leadership Team, which includes ensuring an integrated approach to research and communications and the quality of all written outputs; participating in IVAR meetings and events (including quarterly Board meetings); planning and delivering monthly team days; contributing to the development of internal systems/processes; developing organisational culture; developing and promoting IVAR’s public profile and influence.
If you are motivated by this mix of work – we would love to hear from you.
Having a team that reflects the diversity of the communities that we serve is really important to us – so we would like to encourage people from a range of backgrounds and experiences to apply. Please view the Application Pack for further information.
We facilitate collaboration & learning with charities, foundations & public agencies to deliver useful insights that make a difference to communities
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are looking to hire a Manager or Director, depending on the candidate’s experience and fit for the role.
ABOUT THIS ROLE
In the past five years of running our Charity Entrepreneurship Incubation Program, we have found that the best predictor of which incubated charities will end up causing the highest impact is the quality of the co-founding team. As we scale up, one of our biggest bottlenecks is identifying highly talented, value-aligned people out of the thousands of candidates from all over the world who apply to our programs. The difference in outcomes between a bad and a good hire can be huge, but this variation is even more extreme when it comes to co-founders. The initial staff of an organization set the pace, tone, and culture for the long-term. We estimate the impact of each average alumna/alumnus of our Charity Entrepreneurship Incubation Program to be equivalent to donating $200,000-350,000 USD / year to effective charities. Finding 20-30 of these gems each year is difficult but is incredibly impactful. As such, the Recruitment role is one of the most important roles we are hiring for.
The Recruitment Manager (or Director’s) role is flexible, as reflected in this job description. It is likely to be either 100% on vetting applicants to our programs, 50% on vetting and 50% on outreach and marketing for new applicants, or 50% on vetting and 50% on team management. The level of seniority will depend on the successful candidate’s skills, fit, and interests. The Director would be responsible for managing team members and setting strategy for the department. The manager-level role would be focused more on the implementation and systems improvement of our recruitment process.
The Recruitment Manager (or Director) will focus on:
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Vetting multi-stage application processes (application forms, test tasks, interviews and psychometrics)
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Improving and adjusting our processes (e.g. coming up with predictive interview questions for new job roles; improving existing questions and tasks on the basis of data collected)
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Developing and formalizing a deep understanding of what traits, motivations, and personality types will be successful in different kinds of career paths and roles
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(if interested and a strong fit) Working with our outreach team to develop and execute marketing strategies that speak to the right people, inform them about our supported career paths, and help them apply
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(if interested and a strong fit) Managing or co-managing the recruitment team
The kinds of tasks involved in this look something like this:
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Evaluating hundreds of application forms and test tasks to figure out which are the most promising, using a wide range of information, formal and informal clues, and heuristics
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Evaluating and conducting candidate interviews to help identify and select the most promising candidates to join our programs
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Formalizing informal hiring heuristics into rubrics and learning algorithms (no programming required)
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Project managing each application round to ensure each candidate gets useful, timely, and relevant test tasks and information on next steps
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Analyzing historical data to pull out findings for future rounds (here’s an older public example)
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Conducting interviews with successful applicants to create feedback loops for improving our processes
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Automating aspects of the process to increase scalability and reduce staff time
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Conducting interviews with experts in vetting and hiring to determine cross-applicable lessons that we can apply
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Building models and character profiles of ideal candidates and talking to alumni from our programs to refine and improve these
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Running analysis and back correlations on historically successful founders to identify traits that may define the most promising applicants
What We Need
We expect excellent candidates will meet many (but not all) of the criteria below. We are looking for high general ability, strong work ethic, and value/methods-aligned mindset more than prior work experience or a specific background.
The ideal candidate is:
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Interested in human performance evaluation
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Passionate about quickly learning new skills
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Highly impact-driven with a very strong work ethic
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Able to work in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment
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Has an intuitive understanding of how different people work and what makes them tick
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Strong psychological understanding of people
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Able to evaluate people critically
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A natural at reading people and understanding them
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Excited and willing to work across the cause areas (animal advocacy, global health, effective altruism, mental health, and family planning) and career paths (nonprofit entrepreneurship, research, effective giving fundraising, and for-profit entrepreneurship) our program focuses on
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Able to move to and work from our London office at least 2 days per week (exceptions may be made for excellent applicants who do not meet this criterion)
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Able to work flexibly and collaboratively in a small team and have a positive influence on the teams they work in and around
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Results-oriented, with a consequentialist mindset, and a love of high levels of intellectual challenge
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Comfortable with prioritization, numerical quantification, and simple spreadsheet calculations - or excited to learn these
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Able to work both autonomously and in a small team
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Excited to work in this role and feels as though it could be a great fit
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Interested in growing at and with AIM long-term
Bonus Criteria
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Background in fast moving and/or quantitative workplaces (e.g. tech startups, consulting, finance)
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Psychology, HR, or other vetting-focused backgrounds
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Experience with hiring processes
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Experience working in effective altruism (volunteering, independent projects, internships, and jobs all count)
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Experience founding nonprofits or for-profits
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Background with a GiveWell-recommended or Charity Entrepreneurship-incubated charity
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Experience or interest in founding nonprofits or for-profits
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Director of Care Services
Salary - £60,762 - £69,051 per annum (including performance related pay)
Location – Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire
Changing young lives
About Break
Break is a forward-thinking non-profit organisation that’s delivered unique support for young people across East Anglia for over fifty years. Co-production with staff, young people and families is at the very heart of everything they do.
They have a range of residential services, a fostering agency, leaving care service - Staying Close Staying Connected and services for disabled children and their families.
As a trauma-informed organisation, all their young people and employees are supported by a highly skilled therapeutic team - and their unique lifelong offer means that even when young people leave our care, we will always be there for them.
At Break, they believe that if it is not good enough for their own children – it is not good enough for anyone in the Break family – and they strive to ensure they get the best.
About the Role
This is an exciting and rare opportunity to play the key role in leading the care division of a forward thinking, successful charitable organisation on the frontline of systemic change in children’s social care. As part of the executive team, you will influence the direction of the charity, driving the improvement and expansion of our services through inspirational strategic vision and leadership.
To succeed in this leadership role, you must have a minimum of 2 years’ experience at a senior management level in a care services environment, experience of managing managers and/or portfolio of work functions and have experience of working with children, young people and families. You must have an excellent knowledge of the child care services sector, the voluntary sector on top of care standards and Ofsted processes. You will also hold a professional qualification at degree level.
This is a great time to join the Break team as
- 100% of our services are rated good or outstanding by Ofsted
- Our staff turnover is low
- We have excellent outcomes for the young people
- We have a high performing care leadership team
- We have plans to grow
- We are influencing policy and decision makers
If you are an individual who is passionate about improving the lives of young people who can evidence impact and are ready to progress your career and take Break care services to the next level, then please apply, we want to hear from you!
Benefits
As a not-for-profit, we are committed to investing in our employees and ensure there is support to enable a healthy work/life balance, including -
- An excellent relocation package
- Excellent annual leave package, including additional service-related holiday from 2 years
- Company funded medical cash plan
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Pension salary sacrifice
- The opportunity to influence Break’s strategy and direction as a member of the Executive and Leadership Teams.
- And so much more
- Access to a wealth of training and learning opportunities including the opportunity to enhance your professional development through funded level 7 courses.
- Access to the Blue Light benefits platform enabling you to access discounts across a range of shops, venues and services (your membership fee will be reimbursed)
- Access to multiple wellbeing initiatives
- Life assurance to the value of 3x your annual salary.
If you would like to develop your career and make a real difference in a child or young person’s life, please apply. This position will close to application on the 23rd June 2024.
For more information or an informal discussion on this job opportunity, please reach out to Laurence Wolahan, Owen Quant of Giuseppe Gibilaro.
Additional Information
People are our biggest asset in our organisation. We recognise that the key to providing the highest quality of care is to ensure we have a diverse workforce using their life experiences to give the children and young people a well-rounded right start in life. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.
The first interview will be a Safe Care/ Warner style interview. If successful after the first interview, candidates will then be expected to attend a formal interview.
An enhanced DBS check is required for the role. This will be paid for by Break.
To comply with OFSTED requirements, you will be asked to provide details of your full employment history.
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the application or recruitment process. If there are additional options you would like to request, please with Laurence or Owen. We offer reasonable adjustments in the workplace.
To comply with the Immigration Asylum & Nationality Act 2006 and additional amendments, and UKVI requirements, all prospective employees will be asked to supply evidence of eligibility to work in the UK. We will ask to see and take a copy of an appropriate official document as set out in the UKVI guidelines. Do not send anything now, further information will be sent to you should you be invited to interview.
Since its creation in 1987 Education for Health has been providing education and training to Healthcare Professionals. We provide a range of Higher Education courses from Certificate to a full master’s programme along with a growing range of Essentials, Refreshers and webinars across a range of long term conditions.
During the pandemic we created a new model of delivery – an interactive blended online learning model (IBOL), enabling people to access their learning at a time and a pace that suits them. This is supplemented by live interactive webinars and recorded lectures.
Director of Finance and Organisational Performance
£70,000 per annum
Hybrid, 2 dpw in Warwickshire
Full-time, permanent
This is a pivotal time for the charity; the pandemic had an adverse impact on our income as weary healthcare professionals had no time or energy to devote to training. However, it provided us with an ideal opportunity to refresh our products using state of the art authoring tools and develop a new Learning Management System (LMS). The result was an ambitious automation programme, organisational restructure and functional realignment.
As a member of the Executive Team, the Director of Finance and Organisational Performance will use their experience, ideas, and knowledge of finance and organisational performance to lead Education for Health’s Finance, Systems, Information, Data and People functions to fulfil our business plan, supporting healthcare professionals to improve health outcomes.
We are looking for candidates who can offer:
• An accountancy qualification (CCAB qualified)
• Senior leadership experience with a track record of delivering ambitious goals in fast-moving organisations across a broad portfolio of functions including finance and technology.
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills with clear commitment to collaborative working and able to build strong and effective internal relationships.
To find out more and to apply please click on the link to the role on the Prospectus website.
Closing date: 12th June 2024 (midnight)
Using Anonymous Recruitment
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Job Overview
We are looking for a highly motivated Director of Training to take over strategic leadership of the Reprezent Training Programme. You’ll build on our existing model to develop and finance a full calendar of training delivery, working alongside the existing team of trainers and station staff to maximise the potential impact on our beneficiaries. Our programme has provided life-changing opportunities to thousands of previous trainees, both within and outside of the media industry, and this role would give you the chance to put your own unique spin on our established and well-loved brand.
Who We Are
Reprezent is a not-for-profit social enterprise and specialist youth development organisation. Our award-winning approach helps young people to realise their full personal potential by providing training and development programmes that enable them to jumpstart their careers and develop a core suite of social, emotional and broadcast skills. We have been a pivotal stepping stone for hundreds of artists and broadcasting presenters aspiring to break into the mainstream over the last two decades, including Stormzy, Munya Chawawa, Jorja Smith and Jamz Supernova, and have helped thousands more young people to meet other personal development goals.
At the helm of our operation is Reprezent Radio, a dynamic youth-led community radio station based in South London. Since 2010 the station’s hallmark has been empowering young voices and championing the narratives of diverse and underrepresented communities, and as a result many of our beneficiaries are those deemed ‘hardest-to-reach’ (young black South Londoners, early school leavers, second generation immigrants).
Our unique training model combines in-person training courses with work experience placements at the station, resulting in a cohesive programme of entry-to-advanced level training provision and an active waiting list of over two thousand people.
Location
This role is a hybrid position, working both from home and with regular attendance required at our office/training space in Peckham and our station headquarters in Brixton.
Responsibilities
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Work with the Executive Team to develop a Sustainable Growth Strategy for our training department. This should contain concrete plans for income generation and beneficiary impact KPIs for the short, medium and long term. This process will involve:
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Strategic analysis of competitors and market need.
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Critical evaluation of existing frameworks and assets.
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Researching available grants and fundraising opportunities.
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Exploring other revenue opportunities through networks and brand partnerships.
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Once the Sustainable Growth Strategy has been drawn up, management of its implementation and ongoing development. This will include:
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Writing and developing bids to appropriate funders and corporate partners.
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Undertaking dynamic reviews of the programme after each major round of delivery, reviewing trainee feedback and outcomes and adapting the provision accordingly.
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Developing new offerings to meet market need.
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Overseeing work experience placements within the radio station, ensuring that the progress and wellbeing of beneficiaries is monitored and developed.
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Optimising the use of available facilities.
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Overseeing the end-to-end delivery of funded projects, from application through to evaluation.
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Line managing the training team.
Requirements
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Significant experience in strategic planning and programme development.
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A proven track record of writing and delivering large successful fundraising bids.
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Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
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Strong leadership and project management skills.
Desired Qualifications & Skills
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Experience working within the London media training environment.
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Working knowledge of community radio or media production.
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Experience in managing accreditation processes.
Salary Range
£40,000-£50,000pa, depending on experience.
Application Process
If you meet the criteria above please send us your CV and a two-page cover letter outlining why you’d be a good fit for the position by 07/06/2024.
First-round interviews will take place in June.
Please provide a CV and a cover letter no longer than 2 pages, outlining why you’d be a good fit for the position.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
St. Margaret's House (SMH) are looking for a dynamic Executive Director (ED) to join our senior leadership at an exciting time in the organisation's development.
The ED will work collaboratively with the Arts and Wellbeing Director to fulfil the vision, mission and strategic objectives of SMH, taking on the role of Co-CEO following the departure of our long-standing CEO.
We are looking for someone with varied fundraising, finance, human resources and business development experience to implement a vision for the future growth of the charity with particular reference to improving our buildings and directing the retail and hospitality areas of work.
Application Deadline: 9am, Monday 17th June 2024
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Thalidomide Trust is seeking a collaborative, inspiring and empathetic leader to join as our next Director of Health & Wellbeing, providing leadership to a committed and expert team as we work to deliver the best possible support to thalidomide survivors as they enter older age.
The Thalidomide Trust was established as a registered charity in 1973 to support individuals living with disabilities caused by their mothers taking thalidomide during pregnancy. Today, our support encompasses financial grants and guidance, together with comprehensive health and wellbeing support (including emotional support). We also undertake research to better understand the needs of our beneficiaries and provide vital information resources for professionals working with them. Secure funding means we can focus entirely on how to improve the lives of our beneficiaries.
We assist 430 beneficiaries, most of whom the Trust has worked with since they were children. We are often the first port of call for any issues they face. As our beneficiaries are now in their 60s, we must continue to evolve to meet their changing needs. The Trust is approaching a crucial transition point - effectively becoming an older person’s charity over the next 10-20 years, as the group’s needs become ever more complex and diverse. We must ensure we are ready to provide much-needed support to our beneficiaries as they face the typical challenges of aging that impact them more as thalidomide survivors, as well as the unique impacts and accelerated aging caused by thalidomide damage.
Our current Director of Health & Wellbeing is taking on the Joint Chief Executive role with our existing Executive Director. This means we need a new Director of Health & Wellbeing to join in October this year to lead our fantastic, 12-strong team of health & wellbeing professionals though this transition period. They will ensure they have the resources and skills to support our beneficiaries into this next phase of life, maintain and build on our award-winning culture, contribute to the development of the Trust’s next Five-Year Strategic Plan, and lead the implementation of the health and wellbeing objectives and deliverables within the plan.
Key details:
Job title: Director of Health & Wellbeing
Salary: £80,000 - £85,000
Contract: Permanent, full time with flexible working
Location: St Neots, Cambridgeshire, with hybrid working (2-3 days per week in the office). The role also requires regular travel to meet beneficiaries in their homes (including for Holistic Needs Assessments)
As well as a strong alignment with our vision, values, culture and strategic goals, you will demonstrate:
- Significant senior management experience in health, social care, or voluntary sectors
- Proven ability to establish and maintain partnerships
- Effective leadership of multidisciplinary teams
- Innovation in designing and implementing new models of support with the goal of delivering holistic support
- Sound financial skills with budget management experience
- Data analysis proficiency for strategic improvement
- Up-to-date knowledge of UK health and social care
- Experience with older people and/or people living with disabilities
- Understanding of the changing needs of individuals as they age
- Adult safeguarding experience
- Involvement of service users in development and planning
- Understanding of research principles
- Evaluation and project management skills
- Empathy and ability to build rapport with beneficiaries
- Enabling approach and service-user empowerment
- Self-motivated with workload management skills
- Sound judgement in handling sensitive issues
If you would like to receive an Appointment Brief for this Director of Health & Wellbeing role with full details, including how to apply, please send an expression of interest and (optional but appreciated) a CV or professional profile in confidence to our consultant, Jenny Hills at Harris Hill via the apply button.
For an informal and confidential conversation about this position, please contact Jenny via the apply button with suitable times to talk.
Closing date for applications: 9am Monday, 10th June 2024.
The Thalidomide Trust particularly welcome applications from members of the BAME community and people living with disabilities.
As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.