Learning Events And Networks Manager Jobs in Spitalfields, Greater London

About you

We are seeking an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual to join our friendly events team at the British Ecological Society (BES). You’ll need at least one year’s demonstrable experience in delivering high-profile mid-sized events and conferences. You will need a high-level of organisation and reliability as well as knowledge of Microsoft Office, and experience of using a CRM and a hybrid event platform. We need a clear and concise communicator who can build and maintain relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders and diverse audiences.

You will assist the BES in the organisation and delivery of our events programme, including our flagship scientific conference, the BES Annual Meeting, which sees 1,200 ecologists gather from around the world and share the latest research.

About the role

Reporting to the Events Manager, the Events Officer will:

• In collaboration with the Events Manager, oversee the delivery of allocated parts of the Society’s Annual Meeting, Symposia, and other events.
• Use digital platforms to support event management and delegate experience -including the website, CRM system, conference abstract management system, Eventbrite, Canva, hybrid conference platforms, Excel, Microsoft Teams and Zoom
• Co-ordinate aspects of event planning including venue search, supplier liaison, catering and accommodation.
• Act as the main point of contact for exhibitors and sponsors, post-sales.
• Maintain and update the programme information on the hybrid event platform for the Annual Meeting.
• Ensure that any agreed branding from sponsors is delivered.
• Provide on-site support at events and go on site visits.
• Develop innovative and creative social media content and digital promotion for the Society’s events.
• Evaluate and monitor success of events portfolio, providing and implementing recommendations where appropriate.
• Evaluate and monitor EDI representation at BES events.

For more details about this role, please download the job description and job pack.

Talent is everywhere, opportunity is not. The Talent Foundry (TTF), a UK education charity, bridges this gap and improves social mobility for young people in underserved schools.

Educational inequalities are vast, and the widening disadvantage gap is diminishing social mobility progress. Working with partners, including Dell Technologies, KPMG, the NHS and Network Rail we deliver industry-focused, skills workshops to enhance opportunities for young people (aged 9-18+).

Each year we impact 60,000 young people thanks to industry partnerships and their volunteers’ engagement across lightbulb moments in schools, through to intensive connections with employers.

The Programme Manager role 

Due to the expansion of our programmes we are seeking a new team member to support our next year of growth and delivery.

You will be managing and developing skills and employability programmes designed in partnership with industry. With support, from your team and colleagues, you will ensure TTF educational programmes are successfully delivered from conception to evaluation. You will work collaboratively with our corporate and industry partners to support teachers and students in schools and further education institutions.

What you will be doing

• Management of multiple projects and events
• Team management (experience of line managing direct reports)
• Use systems and administrative processes
• Building exceptional relationships with partners, teachers and volunteers
• Evaluation and reporting

To read the full job information pack, either visit our website or download the attachment. Please read this before completing your application as it contains some helpful advice of what we are looking for. 

Job details

• £35,000 salary (pro-rata for part time)
• Full or part time opportunity (min 4 days a week)
• Hybrid working
• 28 days holiday + bank holidays
• Training budget

And if you join our team, you can expect to recieve feedback like this from our former students: 

"I just wanted to say a big thank you for your help. Without networking with you I would not have been so prepared for it. If it wasn't for Powering Potential all those years ago I would not have developed into the person I am today. So for that, I thank you." 

Hybrid working

This is a hybrid role. You will be working from home and join Team Together Days in a co-working space in London 2-3 individual days each month. These days are considered commuting days. You do not need to live in London to apply for this role, but you will need to consider what you feel is a reasonable commuting distance for the team days in London.

INTRODUCTION TO GIRLS NOT BRIDES

Girls Not Brides is the only global organisation uniquely focused on creating and sustaining a worldwide movement to end child marriage and ensuring that this movement leads to tangible change for the girls at risk or affected by the practice. We are a network of over 1400 civil society organisations in over 100 countries working in partnership to end child marriage.

Our vision is a world without child marriage where girls and women enjoy equal status with boys and men and are able to achieve their full potential in all aspects of their lives. Our vision challenges deeply embedded social norms that harm the lives of girls, women and their communities.

INTRODUCTION TO THE ROLE

Girls Not Brides is looking for a Head of Research, Evidence and Learning to lead the secretariat’s work on research, evidence, data and learning to inform impactful action on ending child, early and forced marriage and unions (CEFMU). The successful candidate leads the Evidence and Learning Team and works closely with all teams to ensure Girls Not Brides is a go-to and trusted source for evidence and shared learning on what works to address CEFMU and support married girls, globally and in priority regions where we work. The role holder ensures the Girls Not Brides secretariat is a highly effective learning and knowledge hub on CEFMU, co-creating and sharing collective insights and evidence to strengthen our programme, advocacy and policy work driving impact across the movement.  

Working closely with Teams in Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), they provide strategic leadership to increase uptake of research, evidence and collective knowledge by member organisations to enable more effective evidence-based action to end child marriage at all levels. Moreover, the role ensures we continue to play a leading role in coordinating global, regional and national evidence generation through convening diverse stakeholders, identifying evidence gaps and catalyzing collective efforts to strengthen the evidence base on what works to end child marriage.

In close collaboration with the Director of Learning, Evidence and Impact, the Head of Research, Evidence and Learning plays a leadership role in ensuring the timely and quality implementation and delivery of two key areas of the Strategic Objective on Learning of Girls Not Brides’ Secretariat Strategy 2022-2025. The role holder will work closely with the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) and Impact team withing the same directorate but will not lead on the organisation’s MEAL work.

About You

We are looking for a passionate and inclusive leader with demonstrable experience in research, evidence and learning and supporting the uptake of evidence for programming, advocacy and policy influencing gender justice and social change issues. The ideal candidate will be an empowering and collaborative team leader, who is able to provide strategic leadership as well as be a good people manager. We are not looking for a MEAL specialist, but rather an individual who has experience and knowledge of translating research, data and evidence into impactful advocacy and programming.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Leads Girls Not Brides work to leverage knowledge, learning and evidence for impactful action to address child early and forced marriage and unions (CEFMU) across the movement.

• In close collaboration with the Director for Learning, Evidence and Impact, plays a leadership role in ensuring the timely and quality implementation and delivery of two key areas of the Strategic Objective on Learning of Girls Not Brides’ Secretariat Strategy 2022-2025, namely: 1) “Highly effective learning and knowledge hub co-creating and sharing collective insights and evidence to drive impact”, 2) “Stronger coordination of global, regional, and national evidence generation which supports the movement’s efforts to accelerate change to end child marriage”.
• Using a collaborative approach, manages a effective Evidence and Learning Team, consisting of up to five individuals, including performance management, professional development and providing ongoing support to individuals.
• As a member of the Advisory Management Team, contributes to key internal strategic and decision-making spaces.
• Works closely with the Teams in Africa, Asia and LAC, as well as the Impact and Global Advocacy teams to deliver the organisation’s learning priorities and ambition.
• Leads the Learning Team’s strategy and work planning, budgeting, and tracking of progress against the organisation’s key performance indicators.
• Contributes to development of funding proposals as requested.
• Leads the Learning Team’s work on ensuring Girls Not Brides is a go-to and trusted source for evidence and shared learning on what works to end CEFMU and support married girls.

Leads Girls Not Brides’ work as a global knowledge and learning hub.

• Oversee the development and implementation of Girls Not Brides’ Knowledge and Learning Hub, that ensures the secretariat is a go-to place for learning and evidence on CEFMU.
• Working with the Learning Team, oversees knowledge management activities for Girls Not Brides ensuring the organisation has the latest learning, evidence and data on CEFMU and has up-to-date evidence-based key messages on CEFMU and relevant topics.
• Oversees the development of learning resources and opportunities on ending child marriage, including the development of thematic briefs, learning or research webinars, capacity enhancement sessions, peer learning sessions, etc.
• Works closely with Learning Team and teams in Africa, Asia and LAC to identify and respond to learning priorities of members organisations in the Global Partnership.
• In close collaboration with Heads of Africa, Asia and LAC Teams, oversees the development and implementation of Girls Not Brides learning offer with National/State Partnerships, coalitions and members.
• In close collaboration with Teams in Africa, Asia and LAC, ensures the Secretariat works effectively with member organisations to document, collate and share information and evidence on what works to end CEFMU, and supports effective action and results within the global Partnership and broader movement.
• Oversees the timely and effective dissemination of key evidence and learning to all audiences through different channels e.g. newsletter, webinar, etc.

Leads on the uptake of knowledge, learning and evidence by member organisations to increase the quality and impact of programming and evidence-based influencing.

Working closely with the Learning Team and colleagues in Africa, Asia and LAC teams:

• Supports the facilitation of knowledge exchange with and between member organisations, National and State Partnerships and coalitions and the broader movement.
• Ensures Girls Not Brides provides technical assistance on learning, data and evidence to selected National/State Partnerships and coalitions to inform and strengthen their collective advocacy and programming.
• Contributes to translate learning and knowledge into impactful advocacy and policy influencing initiatives and programmes.

Oversees Girls Not Brides’ role to promote a stronger coordination of evidence generation at all levels.

• Working closely with the Research Manager, oversees the work of the Child Marriage Research to Action Network (CRANK) to support stronger coordination of global, regional, and national evidence generation which supports the movement’s efforts to accelerate change to end child marriage.
• Contributes to reinforce strategic partnerships with key stakeholders and to position Girls Not Brides with key research actors in the field such as the UN, academics, think tanks, etc. for better coordination in the field and stronger strategic collaborations.
• Works closely with the Research Manager, to provide strategic direction and advice to Teams in Africa, Asia and LAC for a stronger coordination of evidence generation at regional and national level.
• Promotes and advocates for a more equitable knowledge system.

Wider responsibilities of Girls Not Brides team members

• Commit to the mission and vision of Girls Not Brides, putting them at the forefront of all planning, work and actions.
• Uphold the core values of Girls Not Brides in all areas of work and interactions with colleagues, member organisations, partners, and other stakeholders.
• Comply with Girls Not Brides policies and processes, with particular attention to safeguarding, the code of conduct and data protection.
• Ensure that internal databases and monitoring information are kept fully up to date.
• Commit to ongoing personal development and learning.
• Fulfil any other reasonable requests for the advancement of Girls Not Brides.

PERSON SPECIFICATION 

Essential experience 

• Post graduate degree in a relevant area, such as social science, development studies, international relations, human rights or gender, or relevant proven professional experience.
• Significant experience in learning, evidence and research and supporting the uptake of evidence to strengthen programming, advocacy and policy outcomes and influencing on gender justice and social change issues.
• Proven experience in developing and managing effective and impactful teams, including strong and inclusive people management, line management of individuals, performance management, fostering ongoing professional development, team planning and budgeting.
• Track record of embedding a learning culture at the organisational level 
• Demonstrable experience of designing and conducting quantitative and qualitative research and evaluations
• Knowledge and experience of gender transformative approaches and its application in research, programme and network spaces.
• Significant experience of working with a wide range of civil society organisations – from international NGOs to small grassroots organisations; knowledge of the challenges and opportunities facing civil society organisations working to promote a child rights/gender equality agenda. 

Essential skills and knowledge 

• A good understanding of the CEFMU evidence base.
• Sound understanding of policy issues related to development, human rights, and work related to CEFMU.
• Proven leadership skills in supporting teams to deliver impact across key areas of work, as well as experience in operationalising of strategic priorities.
• Ability to gather and research information from a broad range of sources, interpret complex and technical information and analyse data.
• Skills in quality assurance for research
• Excellent communication, networking and interpersonal skills, as well as the ability to collaborate with and inspire others. 
• Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures. 
• Strong writing skills, with an ability to write in a variety of styles, for different audiences.
• Strong ability to present complex information in a succinct and compelling way. 
• Ability to deal with competing demands, multiple priorities, time constraints and unanticipated events. 
• Strong strategic planning and project management skills.
• A keen eye for accuracy and attention to detail
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office tools particularly Excel and PowerPoint 
• Fluent written and spoken English.
• Ability to build strong relationships while working remotely.

Essential values and attributes 

• Deep knowledge and experience of intersectional gender analysis and its application in programming, movement building, research and governance and a proven commitment to embody and advance gender equality.
• Skilled team worker with an inclusive and collaborative approach, in line with Girls Not Brides’ values. 

Desirable 

• Understanding of CEFMU from a feminist perspective and good links with key actors working to address CEFMU. 
• Experience in working as part of a management team contributing to organisational and strategic decision-making.
• A good understanding and/or experience in the Humanitarian Sector.
• Commitment and ability to apply feminist leadership principles.
• Knowledge of French, Portugues or Spanish, or other relevant languages are highly desirable. 

Safeguarding

Girls Not Brides is committed to safeguarding all children, young people and adults at risk with whom our staff and representatives work and interface. Any employment with Girls Not Brides may be subject to the satisfactory completion of a background check and a criminal records check, which can include but is not limited to: an overseas police record check, a Disclosure and Barring Service Check (for those based in the UK) or an International Criminal Record Check (if applicable).

Diversity at Girls Not Brides

Girls Not Brides is an equal opportunities employer. We embrace diversity, equal opportunity, and inclusion in a serious way. We are committed to building a staff body that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.

How to apply

• The closing date for this role is 23:59 GMT on Sunday 23 June 2024.
•  Interviews will be held onsite week commencing 8 July 2024.

To apply, please click on the ‘Apply now’ button on the job page and submit your CV and a brief cover letter clearly demonstrating how you meet the criteria.

We regret that due to the large number of applications anticipated, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.  candidate

ISEAL is offering a position for an aspiring sustainability professional who is excited by working to support data-driven innovation. The role will be part of a small team that works to support ISEAL Community Members to improve their management and use of data and technology. If you are looking to apply your existing project support skills and knowledge of data- and technology-focused activities, we can provide you with excellent insights and networks that will benefit your progress.

ISEAL supports sustainability standards and similar market-based sustainability systems to improve their impacts on people and planet. For more information go to iseal(.)org. The team this role is part of facilitates peer-to-peer learning and involves ISEAL Community Members in digital innovation projects that strengthen a range of processes and unlock new value in sustainability systems.

The coordinator will be part of this journey of peer-to-peer learning, pilot testing, and discovery. The role will collaborate with different ISEAL teams and be in contact with ISEAL Community Members and their partners, making this an excellent opportunity to learn about a wide range of initiatives.

To be considered, you will enjoy working on a varied and changing set of coordination tasks working with data practitioners, and will thrive on engaging with complex systems and learning more about topics related to sustainability standards. Some of the knowledge areas you may have come across could include: data management, data collection, geographic information systems (GIS), assurance & auditing, supply chain traceability or environmental and social reporting.

The key responsibilities we entrust you with

Member engagement and Community of Practice

• The Community of Practice is a group of data practitioners from ISEAL community member organisations, who come together to share learning, discuss issues and trends and look at potential innovation based on data and technology.
• Act as the main point of contact for the Data Community of Practice (CoP), scheduling meetings and managing communications on the ISEAL online platform
• Establish and build relationships with Community Members’ data practitioners to understand their current capacities and identify priority topics for cross-learning related to data
• Support in planning outreach to Community Members, using tools such as Salesforce to track participation and identify opportunities to increase engagement in the Data CoP
• Facilitate Community Members’ understanding and self-assessment of relevant data maturity themes and topics
• Support in the design, content development and facilitation of engagement opportunities that feature Member exchange and learning about data
• Support the planning, delivery, and follow-up of Data CoP events

Project support

• Coordinate project processes, including implementing procurement procedures, drafting contracts with consultants (based on ISEAL templates) and maintaining project-related systems
• Support drafting and production of relevant newsletters, website articles, and report sections
• Proof-read, edit, design, and format documents in Word and Powerpoint, using ISEAL templates
• Contribute to outreach to project stakeholders, Community Members, partners & event attendees, answering and directing queries and scheduling appointments and virtual/ in-person meetings
• Organise meeting logistics and delivery of virtual, hybrid, and in person meetings, agenda preparation, notetaking, audio recording and tracking / implementation of follow up actions
• Provide technical support during Zoom and Microsoft Teams meetings, operate other engagement tools (e.g. EasyRetro, Miro, Jamboard, etc), and facilitate break-out rooms
• Carry out background research, review documents, and gather and analyse information on digital innovations, using templates and tools such as Excel
• Attend conferences and learning events and share relevant learnings internally
• Build understanding of Community Members' and external stakeholders’ data needs and capabilities.

Information management

• Maintain resources and web pages related to data governance and information management on the ISEAL online platform
• Facilitate peer exchange and knowledge sharing on priority topics through online platform
• Manage a GitHub repository

General

• Assist and participate in discussions related to the data and information management programme
• Assist in promoting best practice in use of IT, communications and knowledge management systems
• Additional responsibilities as assigned by supervisor

Essential attributes, skills & knowledge

• Experience working in a project support role or data-related role focused on project administration, data and information management, data analysis, and/or stakeholder engagement
• Experience and comfort working with data and digital related subject matter, possibly gained through research, project communications and/or analysis and review of data sets
• Strong organisational skills, and experience with administration, meeting coordination, logistics contracts, budget tracking, etc.
• Good communication skills for partner and external communication and comfortable providing facilitation support (e.g. webinars, workshops etc)
• Good time management and ability to organise multiple simultaneous tasks efficiently with precision and strong attention to detail
• Ability to communicate and work effectively with cross-functional teams in a fully remote, international environment, including regular international time-zone calls
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic work environment with changing projects and working with multiple project leads
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Confidence in using the Microsoft Office suite and IT systems, familiarity with virtual meeting tools (e.g. MS Teams, Zoom, etc), use of contact management databases (e.g. Salesforce)
• Interest in sustainability issues

Additionally desirable

• Experience in data collection, research, monitoring and evaluation.
• Familiarity with auditing, quality assurance,  and/or traceability systems
• Familiarity with any of the following: GitHub (or similar digital environments); computer languages like SQL, Python or R; business intelligence tools like Tableau or Power BI;  Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

About ISEAL

ISEAL supports ambitious sustainability systems and their partners to tackle the world’s most pressing sustainability challenges – from the climate emergency and biodiversity crisis to human rights and persistent poverty. ISEAL Community Members include many of the most respected sustainability schemes worldwide and are active across a diverse range of sectors. Read more about us on our website www.iseal(.)org.

ISEAL´s culture and how we will help you thrive

Our values are Connection, Empowerment, Inspiration, Wellbeing, Effective Working and Creativity.

These are traits we value in each other and in the organisation overall and we instil these in all our processes and interactions.

The issues we work on are of a global nature and our team reflects this, with individuals from many different backgrounds and nationalities. We know this diversity adds to the high quality of work we deliver as an organisation and through our commitment to diversity and inclusion we want to add strengths and perspectives in our team with each recruitment. Diversity for us includes race and gender identity, age, disability status, sexual orientation, religion and many other areas forming part of someone´s identity. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer.

As an organisation, we also support our people in their personal and professional development, with specific budgets and processes enabling individuals to take advantage of growth and development opportunities.

We offer 25 days of annual leave, to which we will add a day a year after 2 years (to a maximum of 30 days), as well as an extra five days as a one off once you have been with us for a full five years.

We recognise individuals’ preferences when it comes to where and when to work through a hybrid working model with a minimum of 4 days per month in the London office as well as the opportunity to apply for flexible working arrangements to suit individual´s needs.

Other relevant information

Term: This is a permanent contract

Working hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £30,000 – 34,500 per annum, depending on experience

Location: London. Applicants will need to provide evidence that they are entitled to work in the UK. An ability and willingness to work in a hybrid work environment is required.

International travel: The post holder may be required to undertake occasional international travel

Ideal start date: August 2024

Interview process

Please see below the planned interview process (please note that we will endeavor to keep to this schedule, but some dates may be subject to change)

First interviews (Teams): 3-5 July

Pre-interview timed exercises (between 60 – 90 minutes from home): 5-10 July

Panel interviews (Teams): w/c 15 July

Decision: by 22 July

Accessibility

If candidates required additional time or other considerations for the interview process, we are committed to accommodating any reasonable requests.

Please note that ISEAL will cover travel expenses for in person interviews for candidates travelling from outside of Greater London. ISEAL also covers caring expenses for candidates who are carers and need to arrange of cover for the duration of the interview/exercises.

Directorate: Marketing, Education & Events
Reports to: Events Manager
Salary range: £26,001 - £32,800
Location: London – EC4Y 8EE (Hybrid)
Contract: Full-time (31.5 hours over 5 days); fixed-term (minimum 9 months)

Job Purpose

BSR events are a key benefit to members and the wider rheumatology community, offering the very latest in science, innovation, research and cases. 

Our events team deliver the award-winning Annual Conference (Manchester 28-30 April 2025) in a hybrid format to c2000 delegates, plus our Case-based conference (Leeds 5-6 Nov, in-person c300 delegates) as well as a programme of celebratory awards. 

The Events Executive works alongside the Events Manager, Digital Events Manager and Head of Events to deliver our events. Working on a range of areas from registration, logistics, being the main point of contact for delegates and liaising with venues and suppliers. This is an exciting role for someone looking to get more exposure to different areas of events and liaise with multiple stakeholders.

Main responsibilities

Event coordination

• Coordinate the registration management process for BSR conferences, including: arranging our registration services, data management and reporting.
• Manage the events inbox, being the main point of contact for delegates for all queries.
• To coordinate networking sessions and taster workshops within annual conference.
• Organise logistical elements including award prizes, abstract poster submissions and processes, arranging site visits, accommodation, travel arrangements and expenses.
• Manage CPD accreditation of events and activities.
• Provide content for webpages and emails to keep delegates informed.
• Input into our event budgets by monitoring progress and providing financial reporting and reconciliation against income and expenditure.

General

• Be a core member of the events team by attending and inputting into all planning meetings, venue site visits and delivery of events onsite.
• Identify and contribute ideas on how to improve processes and ways of working.

Please note: This role will require travel, overnight stays and weekend work, for example at our conferences (6 day stay). As we are a small team you’ll have the opportunity to get involved in cross-departmental projects, lead or contribute to agile sprint working and support wider business needs. There are other opportunities to get involved with our staff forum or peer group meetings.

Person Specification

1.  Experience of working in events 
2.  Ability to demonstrate understanding of the requirements of events management and various elements of the role 
3.  Proven project planning and coordination experience 
4.  Experience of managing delegate registration and event data
5.  Experience of sourcing and liaising with venues and suppliers
6.  Ability to demonstrate use of initiative and innovation to make positive improvements or efficiencies 

Inclusion and Diversity 

BSR is committed to encouraging inclusion, equity, and diversity in our workforce. We are actively trying to increase the diversity of our staff team. We try to reduce as many barriers as we can for those with a disability. We know that everyone is an individual, so please always tell us what we can do to support you. 

We welcome approaches from individuals from underrepresented groups, including those from minoritised communities, and those with a disability, to better reflect the community we serve and help broaden our perspectives.

Benefits of working at BSR

We offer a wide range of benefits, most of which start from day one of joining us. Our benefits fall into four main areas: Wellbeing, Time- based, Learning and development, and Financial. Just some of them include:

Wellbeing: 

• Free period products in our office
• Free flu vaccinations 
• Mental Health First Aiders 
• BUPA healthcare scheme- we offer a cash plan, which you can add children or partners to 
• Employee Assistance Programme. This is a free, confidential counselling service to all staff, as well as a general advice service provided by BUPA 
• WeCare offers access to a 24/7 virtual GP, as well as a mental health support service, a get fit programme and an online portal with lots of helpful resources 
• Our enhanced sick pay offer is: 
  • Up to two years’ service: 4 weeks full pay and 4 weeks half pay 
  • After two years’ service: 12 weeks full pay and 12 weeks half pay 
• We work in a social environment with a range of activities, both virtual and in person, run by our Social Squad. This includes an organisation- wide volunteering day. 

Time-based: 

• We offer 30 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays 
• All staff can request sabbaticals at any point, which are considered on a case-by-case basis 
• We also offer an extra day for moving house 
• Bank holiday swaps- you can swap a bank holiday day for another day’s leave (entitlement remains 1:1 days) 
• We’re a 4 day week employer, which at BSR means working your full-time hours (31.5 each week) over 5 days

Learning and development

We will help you develop your career by supporting your personal development and encouraging internal progression. This includes recognising individuals’ achievements through our internal staff awards. We offer a huge range of learning opportunities, both in-house and externally. This includes a thorough induction programme when you join us, as well as development opportunities aimed at line managers, and wellbeing-based learning sessions. And if professional membership is a required part of your role, we’ll cover the cost of that.

Financial: 

• We offer a performance related pay incentive scheme 
• Income protection scheme 
• You’ll be enrolled on our pensions scheme with Aegon (via Second Sight). Our current pension match is 5% employer contribution if you contribute 4% (9% contribution in total). 
• Our life assurance policy pays three times your basic salary 
• Interest free season ticket loans 
• Ride-to-work scheme 
• Interest-free loan scheme 
• We also provide generous enhancements within our parental and family leave policies. 
  • Our maternity/shared parental/adoption offer is 6 weeks at full pay, 33 weeks at half pay, followed by 13 weeks at the statutory rate. 
  • Our paternity leave offer is 6 weeks at full pay. 

Together we can change children’s lives. At Place2Be, we believe every child should have easy access to mental health support whenever they need it. We create a safe place in schools where children and young people can open up without pressure or stigma. Allowing our highly skilled and diverse counsellors to reach children, young people and their families who need us.

As an Philanthropy Manager here at Place2Be, you'll deliver excellent relationship management (prospecting, cultivation and stewardship) for a growing portfolio of high net worth prospects and major donors to help the team achieve ambitious and growing financial targets. You will also support our special events programme by contributing to the development of events for high value supporters.

This is an opportunity for a proactive individual with excellent relationship building, solicitation and writing skills. Someone with a passion and interest in people and mental health, who has experience working with high net worth audiences.

For a career with purpose, this is your place.

Recruitment Process:

As part of your application you will need to answer some shortlisting questions. Please answer these as fully as you can, we recommend using the STAR model. Situation, Task, Action Result.

Closing date for applications: Midnight on the 23 June 2024

1st Interview dates between Mon 1st – Wed 3rd July

Our Benefits

When you work at Place2Be –whether that's in a school, supporting families, providing clinical supervision, or in IT, Finance, or Fundraising –every role can make the difference to a young person. To achieve this, we ask that you bring your best self to your role and our commitment to you, is to welcome you into our community, and help you progress. Because we know that you being at your best, means the best outcomes for the children we support.

Here’s just a few things we have on offer:

• Annual Leave that increases with service
• Comprehensive learning and development to enable you to progress your career
• 5% contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance of four times your annual salary
• A comprehensive employee assistance programme
• Mobile Phone Discounts (EE network)
• Wellbeing days to allow you some ‘you’ time
• Christmas holidays closure period in addition to your annual leave

We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic candidates and disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented within our organization.

Safeguarding the young people we support is our top priority. We are committed to recruiting candidates who share this commitment to safeguarding, and we therefore apply robust recruitment and selection procedures to ensure all candidates are appropriate for the roles they apply for and are appropriately screened prior to appointment including DBS checks and social media background checks.

Senior Learning and Development Manager

This is an exciting time to join the People Team as you support the ambitious growth plans of organisation. We are looking for someone to oversee the award winning Talent Academy, which delivers a vast L&D curriculum for staff across the Network, providing technical, management and leadership support and development.

If you are passionate about the learning and development of all people, then apply today!

This is a permanent, hybrid working role.

Position: Senior Learning and Development Manager

Location: London or Bolton/hybrid (Hybrid working: two days a week in the Bolton or London offices combined with home-working and travel across our Youth Zone network as required)

Salary: £45,000 - £50,000

Hours: Full-time (37.5 hours/week)

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: Agile working organisation with flexibility in working hours; 25 days annual leave (rising to a maximum of 30 days with length of service) plus bank holidays, birthday leave and annual leave purchase scheme (from day one of employment); company matched pension; company sick, maternity, paternity and adoption pay; voluntary benefits with discounts on health and wellbeing, retail and leisure.

Closing Date: Monday 17 June, 5pm

Interviews: First stage, Tuesday 2 July online and second stage, Thursday 11 July in person.

About the Role

The Senior L&D Manager will drive the vision towards L&D becoming part of the every day, and not the once a year. You will work with Department Heads and Youth Zone CEO’s to support staff to be the best they can be, removing barriers and enabling them to be entrepreneurial and innovative. This is a role requiring rolling your sleeves up and delivering parts of the management curriculum, as well as taking a more strategic approach and guiding the Talent Academy Strategy for the long term, working closely with the Network of Youth Zones to define what that looks like. 

You will support the launch and smooth implementation of a brand new e-learning system for the Network, and manage the transition from engaging external providers to deliver Youth Work qualifications to becoming an accredited provider in its own right. This is an exciting role for an experienced L&D professional to lead a team (currently of 2) and support the strategic objectives.

About You

With proven experience in L&D, Training, OD, or similar roles, you will have expertise in training design, development, delivery, and facilitation, as well as L&D systems. If this experience has been gained from organisations that service young people – even better!

You will also have experience of:

Managing multiple projects/programmes at any one time
Working for multi-site or geographically spread organisations
Developing creative and innovative learning solutions for a broad range of staff
Establishing and maintaining excellent internal and external stakeholder relationships
Being a hands on Team Leader

As a growing and ambitious charity, you will be offered responsibility, variety and the chance to work with a team wholly invested in providing young people the opportunity to fulfil their potential.

About the Organisation

A national charity that believes all young people should have the opportunity to discover their passion and their purpose that fund and build state-of-the-art, multimillion-pound youth centres called Youth Zones in the country’s most economically disadvantaged areas. The organisation trains the amazing people that run them and offers continuing support to Youth Zones nationwide through a national network of independent youth charities,

As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from under-represented groups; in particular from Black, Asian, Mixed Race & other ethnically diverse individuals, people with disabilities, and members of LGBTQ+ communities.  Our dedicated Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Group, with support from the Senior Leadership Team, is actively promoting and advancing diversity and inclusion, ensuring a culture where everyone can be themselves and thrive.

You may have experience in areas such as Learning and Development, L&D, Learning, Learning and Development Manager, L&D Manager, Learning Manager, Senior Learning and Development Manager, Senior L&D Manager, Senior Learning Manager, HR, Human Resources, Personnel.

We are seeking to appoint someone on a 12-month fixed term contract as maternity cover, to join our Grants Team in delivering The Ideas Fund, an exciting programme which looks to connect communities with researchers in order to develop and try out ideas related to mental wellbeing. The Fund is delivered in four areas of the UK – Oldham, Hull, the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, and North West Northern Ireland, although this role can be remote, based anywhere in the UK.

With support from the Head of Grants, we expect that you will have lead responsibility for our work in two of these areas, building strong relationships with our Development Co-ordinators and contributing to the successful delivery of the overall programme. You will oversee the support for grant holders to learn from what is working and feed this learning into our overall approach with the Fund, as well as sharing insights externally. It’s an exciting time for the Fund; you can find more details about our plans here.

You will work with our existing Grants & Learning Manager to ensure that our due diligence and grant reporting requirements are met, responding flexibly and creatively to issues that arise. Importantly, you will consistently focus on how we can continue to be innovative with our grant making, and how our learning can influence long term change in funding and public engagement practice.​

Job description

Key responsibilities

The main responsibilities of this role are to:

• Work with the Head of Grants to deliver an innovative programme that constantly evolves based on what we learn.
• Deliver excellent grant-making using relational, flexible and participatory approaches.
• Design and implement high-quality assessment, due diligence and grant management processes, continually reviewing and refining the approach.
• Support the assessment and delivery of a portfolio of ‘evidence building’ grants, with projects due to begin in January 2025.
• Design and implement learning and evaluation strategies and processes, reviewing and refining as needed. Manage relationships and/or contracts with learning partners where appropriate.
• Support local Development Coordinators to:
  • Ensure the programme’s aim of supporting underserved communities is fulfilled and the grants budget is committed.
  • Work with applicants and collaborators to develop high quality innovative proposals.
  • Work with grant holders, collaborating researchers and project partners to overcome challenges they might face in delivering their projects.
  • Collate and share local learning as part of an evidence building and practice sharing strategy, which is currently in development.
• Develop and manage a small pipeline of discretionary ‘infrastructure’ grants to add value to the portfolio and/or make systemic impact at local or national level, if necessary.
• Develop bespoke application and grant management and learning processes as appropriate.
• Work with the Head of Grants to devise a learning and development plan for the Grants Team.
• Build and engage a network of key stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of the programme.
• Champion innovation in supporting community/researcher collaboration, community-led research, systems change and grant-making across relevant sectors including:
  • Sharing learning, practice and ideas with a broad range of stakeholders through a range of approaches.
  • Representing the British Science Association at external events to share innovation and learning.
  • Develop and deliver events and/or content to showcase practice.
• Support the Head of Grants with developing the BSA’s strategy around future grants programmes. 

In addition, the post-holder will be expected to:

• Support colleagues across the organisation, especially at busy times or on specific areas of expertise.
• Undertake assessment or grant management work on other programmes as required.
• Other duties as reasonably required by the line manager.

Our Head Office is based in London, but we have an agile working policy enabling people to work at another UK location up to 4 days/week. Permanent remote working in the UK is possible and we welcome applications from people based in other parts of the UK. We are happy to consider secondments.

You can find the person specification, our application pack and the link to apply on our website by clicking the Apply button. 

Settle is a charity that supports young adults as they leave the care system and move into their first home. We provide intensive one-to-one support addressing practical life skills, sustaining a tenancy and managing emotional wellbeing. Our preventative approach to homelessness helps care-experienced young people to make long-lasting changes and thrive.

This is an exciting time to join Settle as we look to invest in and grow our fundraising and development capabilities. As Trust and Foundation Fundraising Manager, you’ll be working to generate income which will enable Settle to expand its reach, achieve its strategic goals and, ultimately, make a real difference to the amazing young people we serve.

You’ll work closely with our senior leadership and support team to help deliver our fundraising strategy. Reporting directly to our Head of Fundraising, you’ll lead on writing grant applications, reporting to funders, managing our prospects pipeline and developing and nurturing long-lasting and rewarding relationships with Trust and Foundation funders.

As a potential candidate, you’ll bring at least two years of grant-writing experience to the role and a strong track record of securing 5-6 figure sums. This is an ideal opportunity for someone looking to step up to a managerial role, or someone already established at that level.

In joining Settle, you’ll be joining a fast growing and truly impactful organisation with lots of opportunity for progression and development within our friendly team. We are proud to have been voted one of Escape the City’s Top 100 companies to ‘escape’ to in 2021. In our recent Staff Satisfcation and Wellbeing Survey, 93% of employees said they'd recommend Settle as a good place to work.

Benefits

• Flexible working arrangements
• 40 days paid leave per year: 25 days annual leave, 8 bank holidays, 3 days between Christmas and New Year and 4 wellbeing days
• Strong commitment to professional development with a dedicated training budget
• Annual performance and pay progression reviews
• Up to 5% pension contribution
• Scope to take real ownership in a fast-growing charity
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme offering free therapy
• Work phone and laptop
• A supportive and inclusive culture with regular team social events

What we're looking for

You care about improving the lives of our young people
You’re deeply committed to our mission and will go the extra mile to ensure young people are receiving the best quality support they deserve.

You have outstanding writing skills
You’ll have a track record of writing high quality applications to trusts and foundations with a keen eye for detail and an understanding of what funders want to see in an application.

You’re great with people
You’re going to be working with colleagues, partners and young people from a range of backgrounds. It is essential that you demonstrate the compassion and communication skills to build good relationships, and that you are dedicated to embedding equality, diversity and inclusion into all areas of your work.

You take a strategic approach
You apply a considered, research-informed approach, both when identifying and approaching funders. You manage our fundraising pipeline and prospects with the bigger picture in mind, but are also meticulous in your attention to detail, recognising the rigour required in collecting data and in record-keeping, as well as the nuances of grant-writing. You are exceptionally organised and can manage multiple funding deadlines.

You are proactive
You will take ownership and responsibility for Settle’s Trust and Foundation fundraising, and you’ll be able to take initiative as well as instruction, leading on projects independently as well as working collaboratively with other team members when required. You will be able to prioritise your time effectively and approach tasks strategically to reach targets.

You are reflective
You’re continually looking for opportunities to learn and improve, both on your own practice and on Settle’s fundraising practice more broadly. You’re able to recognise areas for development and demonstrate an appetite for continual professional development and growth. You use data and evidence to make decisions and are able to recognise and learn from mistakes. You view feedback as a gift and use it to shape your practice.

Hours: 37.5 hours per week FT but part time will be considered 

Location: Hybrid home and working across Citizens Advice Hounslow (CAH) sites in London Borough of Hounslow 60/40 or 50/50 depending on requirement

Citizens Advice Hounslow is a well-established charity operating in the London Borough of Hounslow, supporting over 10,000 clients a year. You will be part of our wonderful team of staff and volunteers committed to do their best for anyone in need of our help. To sustain our service, we now require a dedicated Training & Development Manager.

Job Purpose

• Lead training and development for all colleagues (Staff and Volunteers) and guide people through the Adviser Learning Programme (ALP)
• Drive our recruitment and retention strategy for volunteers
• Develop and deliver our Training and Development Plan

This pivotal role will be responsible for the selection, training and deployment of our volunteers across all service areas. A key focus will be to facilitate effective training pathways for paid staff and volunteers. You will be required to design and deliver group training sessions, and monitor trainee progress and development through structured training programmes.

For more information about the role, please download the Job Description and Person Specification attached.

We offer a range of employee benefits, including 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and days between Christmas and New Year, pension contribution, training and opportunities to continue your professional development, employee assistance programme.

HOW TO APPLY:

Please send us your CV and Cover Letter (maximum two A4)    showing how you meet the points in the Person Specification via the apply button

Please note: We are unable to respond to applicants who have not been shortlisted. We reserve the right to close this vacancy as soon it has been filled, therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.

We consider applications from all applicants who meet the person specification irrespective of sex, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief, age, or disability.

Elrha is a global organisation that finds solutions to complex humanitarian problems through research and innovation. We are looking to recruit an Innovation Manager for Elrha’s Humanitarian Innovation Programme (HIF) to work within our Scaling of Innovation area of focus. 

Do you have good grasp of design and delivery of innovation concepts, tools and approaches? Do you have good technical knowledge of scaling within humanitarian settings? Are you looking to develop your expertise and a respected profile in humanitarian innovation?  

We have an opportunity to join us as an Innovation Manager (‘Scaling of Innovation’ focus) on a Fixed-Term contract for 12 months, ideally to start as soon as possible. Our ‘remote-first’ working practices mean our employees can be based anywhere within the UK with the opportunity for monthly connection with colleagues at our London office. We can consider different working patterns, part time hours or secondments as appropriate. 

In this role you will have the opportunity to manage the design and delivery of scaling of innovation processes from identifying the most pressing humanitarian problems, analysing opportunities for scaling viable innovation, working with sector experts to investigate solutions and designing funding calls (scaling innovation challenges) to address them. 

Your application will need to demonstrate: 

• Experience in leading the design and delivery of work to drive innovation, including problem or opportunity identification and support for the development of solutions. 
• Technical knowledge and experience of working in the area of scaling of innovation for impact, ideally in a humanitarian context. 
• An understanding of project and/or grant management including procurement of service providers and management of consultancy contracts to support the HIF’s work. 
• Excellent facilitation skills (both online and in person), particularly of interactive and accessible workshops, with the ability to bring new ideas to fruition. 
• Proven ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships and networks with diverse stakeholders, specifically within the field of scaling. 

If you want to be part of an organisation that creates positive change in the humanitarian sector, then join us and we’ll give you every opportunity to succeed.   

Note for applicants: 

• Candidates must have the independent right to work in UK at the time of appointment as we are unable to support visa sponsorship for this role. 
• When applying you will be taken through the Save the Children UK recruitment system. Elrha is an independent subsidiary of SCUK and benefits from some SCUK systems and processes. 
• Please read through the job description for a detailed list of requirements, and ensure you complete the personal statement to explain how you feel you meet the requirements of the role and why you feel this is next career move for you. 
• We reserve the right to close early with sufficient interest and can offer an immediate start. 

Closing date: 23 June 2024 
Interview dates: 2 & 3 July 2024 (online) 

The Royal Opera House continues to lead the way in opera, ballet, music and dance both live on stage and through multiple digital platforms, from live streaming to worldwide cinema screenings. As a charity we could not plan for our next programme of artistic work, or our community and outreach projects, without the support of our philanthropists and members. As an organisation we are committed to ensuring that all philanthropists and members enjoy a rewarding relationship with the Royal Opera House.

The Development and Advocacy Department are looking to appoint an experienced Philanthropy Manager to join our Philanthropy team on a permanent basis. Reporting to the Senior Philanthropy Manager, in this role you will manage a number of philanthropic relationships and make a significant contribution to the team through developing new initiatives and growing the portfolio.

The ideal candidate profile for this post will be a team player, with the following credentials:

• An established track record in philanthropy or fundraising for major organisations
• Demonstrated success in managing a portfolio of high value relationships with experience of personally securing significant gifts
• Ability to think strategically to devise relevant engagement and cultivation plans and identify opportunities for approaches to prospects
• A balance of experience and innovation to be able to develop new ideas and launch new initiatives successfully
• Credibility as an ambassador in the area of philanthropy, able to work effectively at senior levels and liaise with high-net-worth individuals
• Strong project management skills, with demonstrable experience of solving complex problems, drawing on given resources and collaborative working
• A working knowledge of our repertoire is not a pre-requisite for this role but the ability to upskill quickly in our art forms in order to confidently speak to prospective donors is essential.

The Royal Opera House is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment in which everyone can thrive. We particularly welcome applications from those who arefrom a global majority background and/or those who aredisabled,as they are under-represented within our organisation. As a Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential minimum criteria for our vacancies.

The job pack and full job description are attached below. We are committed to anonymous shortlisting so applications must be submitted via the ROH online recruitment portal. We do not accept CVs and Cover Letters. 

Closing date for applications: 8am, Monday 24th June 2024.

First stage interviews will be online via MS Teams w/c 1st July 2024 with second stage in person interviews at ROH Covent Garden w/c 8th July 2024.

Applicants must have work authorisation for the UK.

Unifrog’s mission 

We’re on a mission to level the playing field when it comes to young people finding and applying for their next step after school. We're achieving this by bringing all the available information into one single, impartial, user-friendly platform that helps students to make the best choices, and submit the strongest applications. We also empower teachers and counsellors to manage the progression process effectively.

Our outlook is global - we work with schools and universities all over the world, from the US to New Zealand, and from Italy to Hong Kong. We want to make it so that young people can compare every opportunity taught in English, wherever it is in the world, and have all the support they need to make successful applications.

We have a clear social purpose, and we’re hugely ambitious. We already work with over half of UK secondary schools, and hundreds of international schools. We are growing rapidly in terms of the number of our customers, in terms of how much they use our platform, and in terms of the breadth of products we offer (check out this video to hear more about the Unifrog platform).

Our team is at the heart of our business and is integral to our success. We work hard to foster a culture of openness, happiness and innovation, and we commit to helping every individual learn and grow so that they can reach their full potential. We want to hire talented people, whatever their background. If you are excited by our mission and are ready to work hard, please don’t hesitate to apply. We look forward to hearing from you!

HE Partnerships at Unifrog

After successfully launching the HE Partnerships arm of Unifrog in 2020, we now support 175+ global universities with raising brand awareness, inspiring the next generation, and developing a talented and diverse pipeline of prospective applicants. We also connect universities with teachers, advisors, and international school counselors through the Unifrog online community and in-person events.

What you’ll do

As HE Partnerships Manager, your role is to grow our university partner numbers and support our existing university partners to get the most out of their partnership with us. A fundamental element of our work with universities is to make sure they’re adding genuine value to our student and teacher community. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Make sales to universities in the UK and around the world

  You’ll set up and conduct meetings with university staff in which you’ll listen to their needs, communicate our mission to them, demonstrate our offering, and seek to secure the university’s ongoing subscription.

• Maintain excellent relationships with existing partner universities, and secure their resubscriptions

  You’ll onboard new partners, conduct regular check-in calls, and consultatively support our partner universities to make the most of their partnership with us in line with their goals. It’s crucial that you maintain a sky-high resubscription rate.

• Deliver our existing services for partner universities

  Our HE offering is new and fast evolving. You’ll be involved in delivering every part of it, including:

  • Insights dashboard

    • Our Insights dashboard and reports use aggregated data from the Unifrog platform to uncover trends at subject and regional levels, and are designed to inform universities’ marketing, recruitment and portfolio planning. You’ll consult with partner universities to help them get the most out of their Insights dashboard, present reports to them, and identify potential upsell opportunities.

  • Student fairs, college counselor networking events, and teacher conferences

    • These events are a great way for our partner universities to interact with our community of students and teachers. We want our events to be useful and enjoyable for all parties. You’ll make sure your partners get involved in the events that best meet their recruitment and outreach objectives, as well as leveraging their best academics and student ambassadors to present to Unifrog students.

• Identify upsell opportunities that will help our partners to achieve their goals

  You’ll seek to build relationships across different university departments, such as Marketing, International recruitment or Widening Participation, to increase our scope of work with each HE partner. Central to this will be showcasing the extra support we offer in addition to the annual subscription.

• Help develop new ways for our university partners to add and receive value

  We are just getting started with how we support universities to add value for the students and teachers using the Unifrog platform, and how we support universities to receive value as well. We want you to play your part in coming up with new services we can deliver: at Unifrog we innovate quickly, and it’s everyone’s job to be creative.

What we're looking for

• Resilient, and motivated to exceed targets

Our sales and resubscription targets are achievable but ambitious. You’ll need to be determined to meet and exceed them.

• Strong communication skills

You’ll be in frequent communication with lots of different people, both within Unifrog and externally – this will be in person, written, over the phone and via video call. You’ll need to be an outstanding communicator.

• Personable, with a track record of excellent relationship management

At Unifrog we’re known for our excellent customer service. You’ll need to provide fantastic support for your partner universities and make sure your team are doing the same.

• Sector insight

We work with Universities around the world that are often very different from each other; you need to be quick to understand how we can be useful to them, and how they can be useful to our students and teachers. 

• Attention to detail

Whether it’s marketing collateral or a new Insights Report, it’s important you have the skills and discipline to carefully check our HE focused content.

• Proactive attitude and willingness to get stuck in

You need to be excited about going beyond the core responsibilities detailed above to improve what we do and make it a success.

Working together

You’ll work alongside our three existing HE Partnership Managers, our HE Partnerships Coordinator, New Business Lead (HE and Employers), as well as people on our marketing, data analysis, and school-facing teams. 

You’ll be line-managed by our Head of HE Partnerships.

Key benefits 

Go to our jobs page for a full list of the excellent benefits we offer our team.

• Join one of ‘the best organisations to escape to’ and help transform careers and destinations in schools. We’re also a certified Great Place to Work.

• Become part of a committed, dynamic, and growing company. We want to build our team for the long term: if you do well, we will do our best to make sure you want to stay at the company for a long time.

• Professional development is important at Unifrog. You will define your own 6-month objectives and will be supported by your line manager and the rest of the team to achieve them. You will have an annual training allowance to spend on what you need to grow and progress.

• Influence the company’s direction: we love to promote great ideas, wherever they come from.

Key details 

• £37,485 per year plus commission (OTE of £60,000), plus company wide and team-related performance bonuses. Grade B.

• Full time.

• Work remotely or in our London office. 

• 28 days paid holiday per year (plus bank holidays).

• Working hours are 9am to 5pm, Monday to Thursday, and 9am to 4:30pm on Friday.

• Start date: as soon as possible, though we will be flexible for the right candidates.

• If you require reasonable adjustments, or want to discuss any details about the role before applying, please contact Mhairi (details on our website).

• We can only consider candidates who have the right to work in the UK.

Application process  

• Deadline: 10:00am (BST) on Monday 17th June 2024. 

• Stage 1: Application form (~1 hour)

• Visit our website to upload your CV and complete the questions and tasks below. Please note that we do not review CVs at this stage of the application process so please be as specific as possible about your experience.

• i. Why do you want to work at Unifrog? (250 words)

• ii. With reference to the job description and your experience, what makes you an excellent candidate for this role? (250 words)

• iii. Tell us about a time you have either had to meet or exceed a target - what was your approach? (250 words)

• Stage 2: Phone task (15 minutes) ��

• Stage 3: Video call interview (1 hour)

• Short pre-prepared presentation (5 mins).

• Standard Q&A from a panel of three, including questions about your experiences and how these relate to the role, and scenario questions based on common situations you might face (plus time for your questions).

• Phone interviews will be held throughout the application window. Video call interviews will be held w/c 24th June 2024.

• Your answers are an opportunity to let us know more about your motivations and experience. While we understand that candidates might want to use AI to improve parts of their application, we strongly encourage you to write your answers independently. 

• Please note, we compare all answers to an AI generated answer. Where we suspect AI has been used to write the majority of the answer, this will be taken into consideration when scoring.

Inclusion and diversity at Unifrog

• Within the company we try to foster a culture of innovation, and a happy working environment, both because this is the right thing to do, and because we think this results in the most effective team. To this end we believe in open communication, celebrating successes, supporting each other, not being afraid to be wrong or to fail, and promoting good ideas wherever they come from.

• As a platform that supports teachers and students from a huge variety of backgrounds it’s important that our team and leadership reflects this diversity. This is something we are actively working towards and prioritising. We want to embed diversity, equity and inclusion across everything we do, continually evaluating policies and practices to make sure they are inclusive and equitable.

• To make sure everyone’s voice is heard and people have the opportunities to learn to be better allies in the workplace, we encourage the team to share what they’re celebrating, facilitate training and group discussions, and seek regular feedback about what more the company could do to help people feel included.

• To ensure that our recruitment process is consistent and fair, we anonymise your application and therefore do not see your name, personal, educational or professional background. We also randomise the order of responses so that it’s less likely that a candidate is advantaged or disadvantaged by where their answers appear compared to other candidates.

Do you want to help shape the future of a fairer and more equal United Kingdom? Are you interested in tackling tax dodging and making those with the broadest shoulders pay their fair share? Are you a savvy political operator and a confident policy shaper who would like to use these skills for building momentum for a fairer tax system and a more equal society? Then read on.

Tax Justice UK (TJ-UK) is building momentum for a fairer tax system. We want to see higher taxes on the super-rich to support quality public services and ensure the redistribution of wealth. We also want to curb tax abuse and see fair global tax rules. Tax will be high on the political agenda during a highly anticipated general election and it will be a defining issue for the incoming government. Many sectors will coalesce around the demand for investment in public services, and TJ-UK will be at the forefront of this debate. 

Your role will help to win progressive tax reforms, build political support and anchor our campaigning with sound policy analysis. You don’t need a background in tax policy if you can demonstrate an ability to learn and master complex policy briefs. You do need to be hungry for change and be able to convince people in positions of power that progressive tax reform is sensible and feasible. Your policy expertise, political nouse and parliamentary knowledge will help the team to deliver change.

TJ-UK has a track record of securing campaign wins. We have built strong relationships with parliamentarians, policy makers and a network of influential think tanks and organisations. We also have excellent relationships with many influential media outlets, regularly securing extensive media coverage on tax justice issues. 

We’re looking for a policy/political expert with a track record of achieving political change and a commitment to tax justice. You will be confident in shaping policy, have excellent knowledge of parliamentary procedure and be a strong team player.

If that sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.

You will: 

• Drive our advocacy, political engagement and external influencing

• Develop and coordinate policy for the organisation 

• Support our campaigns

We're looking for:

• A savvy political operator
• A confident shaper of policy
• A strong team player