Chief Executive/Director
Balkerne Gardens Trust
Colchester
£60-65k (depending on experience)

Balkerne Gardens Trust was established almost 200 years and now provides high-quality care and support. The Trust comprises two Care Homes and a domiciliary service regulated by the CQC, and 70 sheltered housing flats. Our current post holder has led the Trust brilliantly for twenty years, and the Trustees are looking for an exceptional CEO/Director to replace her. The ideal candidate will be an excellent leader with broad experience of health, social care or the charitable sector. The Trust is proud of the excellent services it provides, and our next CEO/Director will build on this success while navigating the many challenges facing the care sector. Balkerne Gardens Trust is a very special place. If you are interested in learning more about the organisation and this post, please click on the apply link which provides information on how to contact the current post holder for further details. 

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Closing date Sunday 13th September 2020 @ 12pm

Mind in Harrow is an award-winning mental health charity based in NW London, just three minutes from Harrow Metropolitan line station. Our dynamic and creative team of 40 full/part-time staff and 100 volunteers are driven by a strong user empowerment ethos. We offer family-friendly working practices including home-working and flexible working days, enabling staff to have a fulfilling career alongside any caring responsibilities.

The postholder has an exciting role, working with a successful and active mental health service user group of trained Service User Representatives (Reps). You will collaborate with NHS and other public sector staff on the frontline as well as engaging with senior decision-makers and local politicians to influence change.

We are seeking a self-motivated team member with experience of empowering people with mental health problems and working in a multi-cultural environment. You will have an excellent understanding of co-design and strong communication skills to engage social excluded groups to participate in the project.

It is essential that you have lived experience of mental health issues yourself or caring for someone close to you. The successful applicant will be required to complete an enhanced Disclosure & Barring service application (DBS).

More details, including the Job Description and Person Specification, can be downloaded in the application pack available on our website.

Closing date for applications: Sunday 6th September at midnight

Interviews: 1st stage 17th September, 2nd Stage 18th September

We are actively working towards equal opportunities. We welcome people from ethnic minorities, LGBT+ and people who have used mental health services.

Senior Clinical Therapist (Creative Arts)

They are looking for individuals who are flexible, responsive and passionate about supporting recovery to children and young people who have been affected by child sexual abuse, and whom are excited to work with their small team supporting their beliefs and values:

Location: Nottingham - Post holder will be required to have their own transport to travel to support clients at various community venues e.g. schools, home address across Nottinghamshire

Job Type: Full time, Permanent

Hours: 37.5 per week

Salary: £28,000 to £33,000 per annum (dependent on experience and skills)

Benefits: Working for a friendly team that invests in the professional development of all staff, with both internal and external training and regular clinical supervision; provision of Employee Assistance Programme. 25 days per annum plus statutory holidays.

Closing date: Wednesday 19 August at 17:00

Senior Clinical Therapist (Creative Arts) Responsibilities:

• Develop, oversee and deliver a therapeutic service to children, young people and safe family members following a disclosure or discovery of child sexual abuse (CSA) alongside our established senior clinical therapist
• Provision of oversight between Imara teams: therapy, CHISVA and business to facilitate smooth running of service delivery alongside CEO, senior clinical therapist and other senior leads in the service
• Provision of management supervision to their team of creative arts therapists
• Develop, promote and deliver training within Imara and externally to a wider audience
• Attend networking events and represent Imara CIO as requested.
• Contribute to the development of new projects and funding applications as appropriate.
• Actively engage with other team members and work constructively with colleagues and managers in all aspects of the work, promoting the wellbeing of the therapeutic team.
• Work closely alongside the therapeutic safeguarding lead within the team to support staff with safeguarding referrals in her absence.
• Develop, oversee and deliver their early intervention therapy service to family/individuals.
• Alongside senior clinical therapist: complete regular skills audit; identify any gaps in skills base and promote relevant Continuous Professional Development for therapists
• Oversight of trainee therapist’s placements within the team: offering clinical supervision, monitoring wellbeing and liaising with University placement staff as required
• Active role in provision of commissioned work: therapy; consultation; supervision and training to promote diverse income streams for the service
• Respond to clinical queries within the team

About you:

The successful candidate will be committed to their values, objectives and beneficiaries. Other essential skills and qualities include:

• Qualified to degree level or equivalent, preferably in a relevant subject
• A recognised professional qualification in creative arts therapies at a minimum of diploma level with accredited membership of either, HCPC, BACP or UKCP.
• Safeguarding training and experience
• Experience of working with survivors of sexual violence
• Proven experience of providing direct therapeutic support to children, young people and vulnerable adults who have experienced trauma and loss. Experience of using a trauma-specific intervention (e.g. EMDR; EFT; PICT ) would be desirable.
• Eligible to work in the UK
• An enhanced disclosure and barring service check
• Willing to access training relating to duties
• Able to work unsociable hours and to travel as required
• Own transport and holds valid driving licence and business insurance
• Willing to undertake Police Vetting Level 2
• Qualification in clinical supervision would be desirable

You may have experience of the following: Senior Clinical Therapist, Clinical Therapist, HCPC, Clinical Lead, Clinical Supervisor, etc.

Ref: 93779

National Zakat Foundation (NZF) is looking for a Director of Marketing to join its growing team. We’re an ambitious and dynamic Islamic charity which collects and distributes funds for the purposes of hardship alleviation and community education in the UK. 
 
You will be responsible for the strategic and tactical marketing plans ranging from branding, advertising, promotion, supporter acquisition through to stakeholder marketing. 
 
You will lead a small team, have budgetary responsibilities and play an integral role in the growth of the charity. 
 
Sound like the role for you?

This is an exciting opportunity for a self motivated Senior Trust and Statutory Fundraising Officer you will be responsible for managing and soliciting gifts from a portfolio of trusts, foundations and statutory income sources for an inspiring disability charity.

The Charity
Everything this charity does is about valuing and supporting people with a learning disability, and their families and carers. This is an exciting time to join the charity as they expand and help more people than ever

The Role
Support and maintain the delivery of personal financial and non-financial KPIs to ensure that team and departmental targets are achieved.
Manage a portfolio of existing Trusts, Foundation and Statutory supporters and implement first class and creative stewardship and relationship management through efficient reporting, proactive engagement, cultivation events and senior influencing.
Identify prospects based on key areas of the programmes in order to create a robust pipeline and progress these through proactive engagement, cultivation events and senior influencing.
Develop sector-leading asks through compelling applications, engaging presentations and well prepared, goal-orientated meetings.
Work collaboratively with colleagues within Fundraising to maintain oversight of delivery projects and acquire useful information for updates and cultivation opportunities.

The Candidate
Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of the Trusts and Foundations market. Significant experience of securing five-figure sum gifts, ideally in a Trust and Foundation fundraising capacity Proven experience of building long-term effective relationships with senior stakeholders, both internal and external
Significant experience of working with and to a wide range of financial and non-financial KPIs
Significant experience of identifying and progressing partnership opportunities through to conversion
Excellent relationships management abilities with the skill to influence and engage cold and warm contacts.
Excellent communicator with the ability to influence small and large groups of decision makers through verbal storytelling
Excellent written skills to convince decision makers through written storytelling

IMPORTANT NOTE

Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be held further but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.

We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.

Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.

YoungMinds is going through a time of significant growth and development. If you want to make a difference as we launch our new strategy to reduce the number of young people reaching mental health crisis – then read on.

We are looking to fill two assistant roles:

• A Fundraising Administration Assistant in our new Supporter Engagement Team (part of our fun and high performing Fundraising Team) where you’ll often be the first point of contact for a whole range of supporters and be key to helping develop these relationships.
• A Data Administration Assistant in our Data Team supporting our systems and processes to keep our CRM system accurate and up-to-date to effectively support our income generation.

Are you what we are looking for……?

Do you like a challenge? Can you make a real difference to someone life? 

Do you want to leave work at the end of the day knowing you have made a real difference in someone’s life? 

We at PLUS Services are proud of the support we provide to adults with learning disabilities.  We are looking for individuals who can make a real difference in supporting people with learning disabilities. 

We are seeking Support Workers in our Services; our main priority is to find individuals with the right values and commitments.

You must be able to support people with Learning Disabilities who have different ways of expressing themselves.

About You: 

Whilst previous experience and a Diploma in Health & Social Care would be desirable; it is not essential. As an employee you should be able to: 

• Work weekends and sleep-in or waking night requirements.

• Be physically capable of moving and handling service users who may be physically dependent.

• Have a supportive attitude and be willing to help each individual maximise their lives.

In return we offer opportunities for professional development and real job satisfaction. We can help you to develop your professional skills and knowledge and progress toward recognised qualifications e.g. Diploma in Adult & Social Care levels 3/4/5.

Working for us: 

Full time Support Worker (38 Hrs per week) 

• Locations: Lewisham, Southwark, Greenwich or Sutton

• Salary: £21,242.00 per Annum 

• Holidays: 28 days per Annum

Bank Support Worker (zero hours contact)

• Location: Lewisham, Southwark, Greenwich or Sutton

• Salary:  £10.75 per hour.

• Holidays: Based on hours accrued 

Our benefits package includes: 

• Pension contribution scheme

• Cycle to work scheme 

• Company employee assistance programme service

How to apply: 

Please apply online to receive further instructions on how to complete the application process.

Please check your email for confirmation that your application has been received and to follow further instructions if applicable.

The offer of employment is subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS check.

Simplified Recruitment is a Job Advertising Agency working on behalf of PLUS. By applying for this position you are giving us permission to pass your CV and covering letter to a third party in relation to recruitment. A full copy of our privacy policy can be viewed on our website.

 Ref: SR507072

Head of Modelling and Management Information

Our client has a great opportunity to join them as Head of Modelling and Management Information.

This is a high-profile and strategic role, interfacing regularly with all members of the Executive Board and providing input to discussions at their Board. The post holder will work effectively with leadership at all levels of the organisation, using evidence and analysis to influence the organisation’s key decisions and offering evidence-based challenge where it is needed, and will build a quality-assurance culture across the organisation.

Head of Modelling and Management Information Responsibilities:

• Working with the Chief Analyst, you will develop a modelling and MI function, building on existing work in the MI space and developing data flows to improve modelling in support of strategic decisions.
• Engaging with the Boards and providing thought leadership for their use of operational research, modelling and MI in decision-making.
• Building relationships with key stakeholders, including HMT, the geospatial commission, and BEIS, as well as estate agents and conveyancers.
• Delivering, maintaining and developing business-critical models in support of their strategic and operational decision-making, establishing teams in support of the key areas of the business (in particular Transformation).
• Ensuring their business critical models are fit for purpose, and clearly communicate their results to the Board and other stakeholders.
• Managing a team of eleven staff (they expect some growth with demand).

Head of Modelling and Management Information Requirements:

• Significant experience of communicating analysis with impact to influence strategic decision-making at organisational level, and of providing thought leadership around the use of modelling to support senior decision-making;
• Recent experience authoring papers and presenting findings at Board level;
• Proven track record of using evidence to influence strategic decision-making;
• Experience of developing governance and analytical quality assurance processes to support the creation of business-critical models under significant time and pressure
• Experience of leadership and management of mixed analytical teams in a changing environment to deliver significant programmes of work

About the company:

It's an exciting time to join them, as our client is committed to becoming the world’s leading land registry for speed, simplicity and an open approach to data, and aiming to achieve comprehensive registration by 2030.

Location: Birkenhead, North West, CH41 6DU : Croydon, London, CR0 2AQ : Coventry, West Midlands, CV1 3BH : Durham, North East, DH1 5TR : Weymouth, South West, DT4 9TT : Gloucester, South West, GL1 1DQ : Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire and the Humber, HU2 8JN : Leicester, East Midlands, LE3 5DR : Nottingham, East Midlands, NG1 7AU : Peterborough, Eastern, PE1 1QF : Plymouth, South West, PL6 5WS : Preston, North West, PR4 1TE : Swansea, Wales, SA7 9FQ : Telford, West Midlands, TF3 4LR

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Salary: £63,778 per annum (Croydon £67,980)

Benefits: Excellent opportunities for career progression, training and development. You will have access to Civil Service pension and benefits arrangements and generous leave allowances, as well as flexible working – exactly what you would expect from a progressive employer.

Closing Date: 11:55 pm on Monday 17th August 2020

You may have experience of the following: Management Information Analyst, MI Analyst, Data Analyst, Senior Data Analyst, Business Intelligence Analyst, Business Analyst, BI Analyst, Data Analyst, Reporting Analyst, Information Analyst, Management Consultant, etc.

Ref: 93767

Social Media and Community Manager (2 roles)
Reference number: A0310820
Location: Bedfordshire
Salary starting at £30,817 to £34,471 Per Annum
Hours: Full time
Contract: Permanent

Saving nature is going to take leadership, innovation, collaboration, storytelling and the ability to unite people to a common cause. We are looking for someone with positivity and drive to empower our online communities to take action for nature. Our social presence is a vital communication tool to help give nature a home - from inspiring a love of nature and education on the current threats that nature faces to helping them take action. The role will involve working closely with Social Media Product Owner and another social media manager to coordinate and execute all social media activity. The role will involve working closely with the team and other departments to better understand our audience needs and how we can most effectively empower them through our social platforms.

• Developing interesting and clever ideas that engage and excite our communities and followers across numerous social platforms, working closely with our content and creative teams to bring this to life

• Writing posts, tweets and status updates in a style that fits our brand guidelines and tone of voice

• Working alongside the Social Media Product Owner to create and implement the best social media strategies

• Planning and scheduling updates with military precision so that everything is posted at the right time

• Staying up to date with latest social media best practices and technologies

• Social community management and dialogue moderation across all social media and implementing appropriate reactionary and preventative strategies in a flexible and responsive way

• Regular reporting and campaign analysis, looking at trends and making recommendations.

• Overseeing social media input to organisational campaigns, ensuring our social media output is aligned to campaign objectives.

• Work with other departments and countries to ensure alignment of activities and a cohesive user experience.

Closing date: 1 September 2020

Please click the apply button to be taken to our website where you will be able to download the Role Profile and Application Details.

No agencies please.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Impact & Learning Lead
Flexible UK Location (ideally within a commutable distance of Bristol)

About Us

Development Initiatives (DI) is an international development organisation that focuses on putting data-driven decision-making at the heart of poverty eradication.

Our vision is a world without poverty that invests in human security and where everyone shares the benefits of opportunity and growth.

We provide rigorous information to support better decisions, influence policy outcomes, increase accountability and strengthen the use of data to eradicate poverty.

We are currently seeking a Monitoring, Evaluation, Impact & Learning (MEIL) Lead to join our team and take on an engaging office and home-based role.

The Benefits

- Salary of £40,000 - £45,000 per annum, dependent on experience and location weighting
- Pension (5% of salary)
- 25 days’ holiday + option to buy/sell holiday
- Up to five days’ paid leave for charitable work volunteering to address poverty and/or help vulnerable people
- Smart casual dress code policy
- Flexitime and homeworking options
- Cycle to work scheme
- Simply Health Cash scheme with employee assistance programme
- Paid professional fees and study leave
- Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption/sick leave policies

If you are an experienced professional with experience of monitoring the impact of research and policy change programmes and a track record within policy units, think tanks or CSOs, this is an exciting opportunity to help a ground-breaking organisation perform at their best.

Your work will enable us to grow, improve the way we work and support us to achieve our vision of ending world poverty and creating sustainable communities.

The Role

As the Monitoring, Evaluation, Impact & Learning Lead, you will play a vital role in helping Development Initiatives to measure the impact of our work. We seek to trace the cause and effect of our research and data on policymaking and poverty reduction.

Specifically, you will provide expertise and leadership to our organisation, building upon existing MEIL systems and working across all content areas to ensure we deliver on our strategic objectives and make impact through our work.

Specifically, you will:

- Guide and support us to effectively plan for, measure, report on and learn about our outcomes and impact
- Ensure that we embed the concept of impact throughout our projects and portfolios
- Form close relationships with theme leads, engagement leads and project sponsors
- Work closely with our Head of Development to ensure that clear frameworks for impact are created
- Help inform our impact narrative for marketing and branding purposes
- Ensure that the project management systems for MEIL are robust and aligned with our approach
- Identify the impact of research and data on policymaking and poverty reduction

About You

To join us as a Monitoring, Evaluation, Impact & Learning Lead, you will need:

- Previous experience of monitoring the impact of research and policy change programmes
- To have worked with policy units and/or with think tanks, CSOs or similar
- Experience of developing and delivering effective training and capacity building programmes and learning
- An understanding of development processes with experience and knowledge of policies around poverty-related issues and/or open data and development
- Knowledge of best practices and industry standards in monitoring, evaluation, impact, and learning

We would like to hear from you if you have worked as a Project Manager, Monitoring, Evaluation & Impact Manager, MEIL Manager, Monitoring & Impact Manager, Project Impact & Evaluation Manager, or Project Impact Manager.

The closing date for this role is the 21st August 2020.

Webrecruit and Development Initiatives are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you’re seeking an engaging role as our Monitoring, Evaluation, Impact & Learning Lead, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Closing date: Sunday 16th August 2020 at 11.30pm

Do you have proven experience of manual and automation testing, knowledge of the relevant tools and technology and different testing models and the ability to work with agile methodologies? Then join Shelter as a QA Tester and you could soon be playing an important role at the heart of our Central digital team.

A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change — with individuals, in communities, across society – and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

About the Role
With cross-functional activities spanning front and back-end development, UX/UI, all aspects of content production, social media, analytics and more, our Central Digital team sets the example for Shelter in digital best practice, discovery and innovation. And, right now, we’re looking for a mid-weight QA Tester, for both manual and automation testing, to improve the quality of our digital products and services. You’ll be working on innovative projects involving complex web-based applications, in an agile environment with. You’ll also be an integral part of our web development function and cross-disciplinary product team that assure the quality of web and mobile solutions. Contributing to project and developments meetings, getting involved in estimate work in sprints, creating test cases for manual and automation and executing test scripts and record test results – all are aspects of this interesting, varied and rewarding role.

About you
To succeed, you’ll need experience of manual and automation testing working with Selenium Web-driver, Cucumber BDD, JUnit, OPPs based programming languages, Jira and Git. You’ll also need knowledge of, and exposure to, manual API testing using Postman or similar tools, the TestNG framework and Jenkins. Excellent communication skills are essential too, as is a real enthusiasm and willingness to work as part of a friendly team in a fast-paced environment. Great at managing your time and prioritising your work, you also know how and when to escalate problems where necessary. What’s more, you’re not afraid to question the status quo and introduce new ideas when appropriate.

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own. 

To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to be part of our Central Digital team and be the change you want to see in society. 

Safeguarding is everyone’s business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

At Shelter, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation. We also encourage applications from people, who have been homeless or have been at risk of homelessness. We are facing diverse problems, so need diverse people to tackle them. In addition to this, we encourage an approach to involving people with personal insight of housing issues and homelessness in our recruitment processes.

Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Are you passionate about dogs and cats? Our people and animals make Battersea a great place to work. Your expertise will help increase our impact for dogs and cats everywhere.

We are looking for a HR Advisor to provide people management advice and guidance to managers, ensuring that HR policies, procedures and standards are applied fairly, reasonably and consistently across the organisation. 

About us

Battersea is here for every dog and cat and has been since 1860. We are a leading animal welfare charity and over the last 150 years we’ve grown from one home in London to three rescuing and rehoming centres across the South East. With c500 staff and 1000 volunteers, we have cared for over three million vulnerable animals We also campaign tirelessly to make things better for dogs and cats; sharing our expertise and educating the public and policymakers about responsible pet ownership. Join us and make a difference for every dog and cat.

Our Human Resources Team

Battersea’s Human Resources department provides expert advice, guidance and support through partnership with managers, teams and people across the organisation. Battersea is way ahead of the sector when it comes to employee engagement – and our department works hard to keep us there. Our work involves everything from pay and benefits to providing learning and development solutions that support other departments achieve their strategic objectives. We do this to attract, retain and develop our people to be the best they can be, so we can be here for more dogs and cats.

Within the Human Resources department sits the core HR team and the L&D Team. Providing strategic and operational advice on all HR topics and developing/operating good practice policies procedures and processes, we enable our people to help every dog and cat.

What we can offer you

Our dedicated people mean that we can be here for every dog and cat. Whether you are sharing an office with our dogs or directly caring for our cats, our animals show their appreciation every day. There is no better reward than seeing the difference you make to the lives of our dogs and cats first-hand; although we also provide a wide range of employee benefits, including:

• 28 days of annual leave (plus 8 days paid public holidays) per year
• Generous pension contributions – up to 10% employer contribution
• Free healthcare cash plan, where you can claim for a range of treatment including dental (£120), optical (£120), physiotherapy, chiropody and acupuncture (£300) every year
• Annual interest-free season ticket loans
• Discounted gym memberships and cycle to work schemes
• Life insurance

So, if you are passionate about dogs, cats and about our work, then we’d like to hear from you.

We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and valuing diversity for all current and prospective staff, volunteers and Trustees. We aim to ensure that this commitment, reinforced by our values, is embedded in our day-to-day working practices and our work together. We would particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic and disabled candidates, who are currently under-represented at Battersea.

For full details, including our job applicant privacy notice, please download our recruitment pack. You can apply by visiting our website. All applications must be submitted before the closing date advertised.

Location: London

Salary: £34,985 per annum pro rata inclusive of Inner London Weighting

Contract: Permanent, Part-time

At Refugee Action, we have a vision of a UK in which refugees and people seeking asylum will be welcome, can get justice, live free of poverty and successfully rebuild their lives. We empower refugees and people seeking asylum to influence both our work, the issues that matter to them and decisions made by government and we are a trusted partner for others who share our vision. It's an exciting time to join the charity as we work towards achieving our 3-year strategy objectives (2019-22).

Never has there been a more important time to stand up for refugees in Britain. Refugee Action has recently invested in the development of crucial high value income streams, and an exciting opportunity has arisen for a passionate and enthusiastic Senior Philanthropy Officer to join our fundraising and brand team. Working with the Philanthropy & Partnerships Manager, and Philanthropy & Partnerships Officer this role will support the development and implementation of an effective programme to grow major gift income from individuals. You will also play a key role in project managing our special events calendar for this audience.

Providing high quality relationship management, research and events delivery, the successful candidate will play an invaluable part in growing this programme at a vital time for Refugee Action.

To succeed in this role you will have:

• Excellent relationship management skills and a track record of recruiting, building, maintaining and managing successful individual relationships.
• Experience of making face to face asks (of £10k+) and of influencing and building credibility with external contacts and colleagues.
• An engaging communicator with experience of conducting meetings with a variety of audiences including wealthy individuals and influencers.
• The power to persuade, motivate and inspire people through excellent written and verbal communications skills.

• Demonstrable successes of complex project management and meticulous event planning and management.
• Passion and motivation to raise vital funds to support refugees and people seeking asylum in the UK.

Those with lived experience as a refugee or an asylum seeker are encouraged to apply.

For more information and to apply, please click on appy now.

Civitas Recruitment are proud to be partnering with an ambitious and dynamic Islamic charity to help source their new Director of Marketing. The charity works to collect charitable financial donations and distributes them for the purposes of hardship alleviation, and education in the UK. This is an exciting time to join the SMT as the charity embarks on a period of positive change and growth.

The Director of Marketing will be responsible for the strategic and tactical marketing plans ranging from branding, advertising, promotion, supporter acquisition through to stakeholder marketing. You will lead a small team, have budgetary responsibilities and play an integral role in the growth of the charity.

Who are we looking for?

Ideal candidates will possess extensive experience of working in a broad Marketing role with exposure to both digital and traditional forms of marketing. You will possess demonstrable experience of developing and formulating marketing plans which have led to successful deliverable outcomes in the areas of customer acquisition, branding, product/service design and positive public relations. You will be able to show how you have successfully introduced innovative and creative ideas into an organisation, working within agreed budgets. You will be a natural communicator possessing excellent written and verbal communication skills being able to manage a range of stakeholders both within and external to the organisation (including external agencies and donation recipients). While charity industry experience is not a pre-requisite, the successful candidate must be able to demonstrate a clear motivation to wanting to join the sector.

This role can be home based with travel to the London office 2-4 times a month for meetings.

Please apply directly or enquire with Syed at Civitas Recruitment for an initial discussion.