Young Barnet Foundation (YBF) is a small charity with a big reach and an even bigger heart. We are leading change across the borough, and are driven by a vision for all young people to grow up healthy, safe and happy, with the best opportunities to secure brighter futures.

We lead a diverse membership of over 200 charities, community organisations and social enterprises that deliver fun, enriching and well-being activities and projects to children and young people across the borough of Barnet. We support our members with advice, information and sharing best practice, offer networking opportunities, assistance with fundraising and foster partnership building. We also work with local authority and strategic partners to encourage sharing of intelligence, ideas, and resources.

Young Barnet Foundation, and its Barnet Together partners,  (Inclusion Barnet and Volunteering Barnet), are seeking a strong candidate to deliver and support our effective response for members to the Covid-19 crisis. The Community Project Manager position is a crucial role, leading solutions and the community, as it navigates a response to the impact of the pandemic.

Barnet is an amazing borough with a diverse community, and this role would suit a passionate and energetic individual with strong project manager skills. You must be comfortable working as part of a small and agile team, driven to make a big impact across the Borough.  You will bring experience of the voluntary and community sector, and be able to show a commitment to improving the lives and well-being of children and young people. You will need to be great at building and managing strategic relationships, leading and facilitating conversations with a range of stakeholders and partners, and be relentlessly solution-focussed.

Key responsibilities include:

• Develop and deliver an overarching plan to identify, understand and meet member needs in response to Covid 19 and its impact.
• Work with key stakeholders across Barnet Together to ensure coherence and good cooperation within the project team and alignment of the different stakeholders and departments
• Identify where existing staff can assist members, for example in fundraising, communications, sector development and recovery planning
• Represent the Barnet Together partnership at stakeholder meetings
• Arrange and host meetings to further the objectives of the partnership and the Community Response
• Keeping clear records of data and casework, including relevant information, entered to the CRM system to track progress, report on project progress at internal and external meetings

Additional documents: Job Description and Person Specification

We are looking for a Manager to join our award-winning Healthwatch Brent team.

Salary: £30,000 per annum

Hours: 5 days per week (35 hours). 

Contract:All Healthwatch contracts run for fixed periods. This post is offered until March 2021.

Pension Payment: CommUNITY Barnet will make a pension contribution into a workplace pension scheme

Annual Leave: 28 days per annum, excluding bank holidays

Based at:Wembley office with travel across NW London as required.

An excellent opportunity for a Manager with the ability to lead a team, to work operationally and strategically, to involve a range of local residents to help improve health and social care services, as part of a national programme.

Background

Healthwatch Brent is a successful and innovative organisation forming part of the national Healthwatch England Network. We were awarded the 2019 Outstanding Individuals have recently won an award by Healthwatch England Awards for the team’s contribution to improving services. Our role is to be the independent voice of residents using health and social care services and to present that voice to statutory partners and commissioners.  We aim to influence and improve how local health and social care services are delivered.

Local Healthwatch organisations are a statutory function defined by the Health and Social Care Act 2012. The Healthwatch Brent Manager will be responsible for operational delivery of the Healthwatch services.  The successful candidate will be part of a small, focused and friendly team who work together to listen to and engage residents, to carry out community research and work with health and social care to improve services. 

We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

The closing date for applications is Monday 13th July 2020 at 9am.

Interviews will be held via Zoom

Please send your CV, with a covering letter explaining how you meet the requirements of the person specification (page 4 of the Job Specification).

This is an excellent opportunity to manage the operations of a busy and complex organisation at the heart of community business. 

We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Operations Manager to effectively manage our operations to make sure we can deliver everything we need to over the next two years. You will support the Director of Finance and Resources and Head of HR at Power To Change, to ensure that we work effectively, maximise our resources, safeguard our physical assets and are compliant externally and with regards to our policies and procedures. 

Power to Change is an independent charitable trust that supports community businesses in England, endowed by the National Lottery Community Fund (previously the Big Lottery Fund). Our vision is better places through community business. We want to back people to build successful community businesses for the benefit of their local places.

The successful candidate will lead and oversee a number of projects including supporting our return to office working post Covid19 and ensuring our IT provision is effective and efficient. Your approach to working is more important than your skills and experience and we are looking for someone who is enthusiastic and proactive, able to work across the organisation to support your colleagues.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all candidates irrespective of race, age, disability, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion or belief, or marital or civil partnership status. We will assess all applications against the requirements for this post as detailed in the job description and person specification and ask for names and education history to be removed from applications.

We are Disability Confident Committed, we welcome and respond positively to applications from disabled people. We will meet individual needs throughout the recruitment process, including making any appropriate reasonable adjustments during the interview stage and to our workplace if selected into post to support colleagues with any form of disability. 

As a Mindful Employer we recognise that in the UK, people experiencing mental ill health continue to report stigma and discrimination. We are committed to creating a supportive and open culture, where colleagues are able to talk about mental health. We are also committed to ensuring that our employees feel safe in disclosing any mental health conditions and confident that they will be properly supported and offered reasonable adjustments when required.

If you have any questions about how Power to Change is an equal opportunities employer please contact our Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator, Edward Walden.

Role Purpose:

The primary function of this role is to support the Director of Finance and Resources and Head of HR to effectively manage the operations of the Trust, including maximizing resources, safeguarding physical assets and ensuring compliance.

Working with the Finance and Resources Officer the role will lead on IT, office management and provide additional HR support.The role will require the Operations Manager to lead on the one-off projects that it embarks on particularly as Power to Change (PTC) considers its potential closure. The post will be a key liaison within the Finance and Resources team as well working with stakeholders within the wider organisation.

Key responsibilities:

Strategic oversight

• Responsible for IT, office management and insurance budget lines ensuring value for money
• Where necessary develop and improve policies to reflect best practice and communicate to the organisation
• Contribute to committee and board papers where appropriate

Operations Management

Manage all operations projects including defining requirements, engaging with relevant stakeholders and ensuring objectives are met on time and on budget.

 IT

• Manage PTC’s outsourced IT provider ensuring they provide a good service and service level agreements are met.
• Ensure PTC’s network remains secure, stable, targeting zero downtime and adapting the best in class technology keeping within a cloud strategy.
• Responsible for the mechanisms for storing files on PTC’s network, apps and cloud software ensuring a clear structure of filing system.
• With the Data Manager ensure that data retained on PTC’s network is valid or archived/deleted where appropriate.
• Ensure IT equipment is replaced regularly and to the specification needed.
• Lead on IT projects and upgrades in conjunction with the IT provider.

Office Management

• Hold the relationships with the landlords and building maintenance staff for all offices
• Ensure adequate health and safety measures (including C-19) are in place and PTC is compliant
• Ensure the office and the office equipment is regularly maintained and if necessary tested.
• Ensure that fire evacuation plans are in place and regular drills occur

Insurance

• With the Director of Finance and Resources ensure an adequate level of cover is in place for the business insurance of PTC and subsidiaries.
• Take an active role in annual renewal of the policy with the insurance broker.
• Manage any claims made on the policy.

HR

• Support the Head of HR in ensuring that employee data is collected and stored in line with the GDPR and support on internal audit reviews as and when they occur.
• Support the Head of HR to manage employee benefit administration, including annual renewal processes
• Manage the update of the Employee Handbook, coordinating necessary changes and updated language from other teams
• Maintain the contract database for all consultants and suppliers
• Provide ad-hoc assistance to other team members as required.

This job description is issued as a guideline to assist you in your duties, it is not exhaustive.Because of the evolving nature and changing demands of our work this job description may be subject to change.You may, on occasions, be required to undertake additional or other duties within the context of this job description.

Skills & experience:

• Enthusiastic and proactive, willing to pick up a range of varied projects and support the wider organisation on new activities and opportunities.
• Good working knowledge of IT best practice including Office365
• Experience of contracts management including service level agreements.
• Experience of planning and managing projects.
• Experience of managing budgets and ensuring value for money.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain technical information and concepts to non-technical staff individually and in formal group training sessions
• Proven ability to work to a high standard with an eye for detail with first-rate analytical and problem-solving skills
• Highly organised and able to manage a varied workload. 
• Working understanding and appreciation for information legislation such as GDPR
• Experience of working in a charity / not for profit sector desirable

Based: London

Salary: £45,000-£47,000

Reporting to: Director of Finance and Resources

Closing date for applications: Monday, 13th July, 2020

If you are interested in this excellent opportunity, please send your CV and Cover Letter to Sheena Pentin at Careers4Change.

Deputy Regional Director Campaigns - Europe Regional Office

Location: London, UK

1.0 FTE

Amnesty International's Europe Regional Office (ERO) in London is looking for an experienced human rights campaigner and manager to serve as our Deputy Regional Director and Director of Campaigns for ERO to lead the development and delivery of impactful strategies to influence policies, practices, attitudes and beliefs to end human rights abuses and violations in the region. This a 1.0 FTE fixed term contract being offered as of August 2020.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Whether we are addressing restrictions on freedom of expression and on civil society activists, or violations of the rights of refugees and migrants, or denouncing sexual violence against women, our campaigns make a difference. You will lead the delivery of powerful global, regional and national campaigns in Europe that inspire people to act. Our campaigning staff will look to you for innovative strategies for action and solid guidance, both of which will stem from your strong communication across the organization to build public engagement.

Reporting to the ERO Regional Director you will oversee integrated planning and delivery for campaign projects in the region; ensure the overall quality of campaign plans and campaigning output, and will identify and foster opportunities for partnership and collaboration with other social and human rights movements and communities. At the same time, you will work closely with the Regional Director to manage the Regional Office, control budgets and motivate and inspire staff. Indeed, you will be integral to the corporate management of the International Secretariat, deputising for the Regional Director whenever necessary.

ABOUT YOU

Overseeing the planning and delivery of all campaign strategies in Europe, you will have extensive experience of leading campaigns at a national and international level. You will be well-versed in the human rights campaign lifecycle - from identifying issues to undertaking impact assessment - all using sound political judgement. You are familiar with the Europe region and will understand and have a keen knowledge of global human rights issues and trends. You will have proven ability and substantial experience in managing people and teams and will be able to get the best out of people, whether that is through coaching, mentoring, capacity building or training.

Having worked in a leadership role, you have no problem managing cross-functional, multi-cultural teams; and you certainly know how to adjust priorities, hit deadlines and adapt to fast-changing political situations. Above all, you have the collaborative and creative approach needed to generate human rights campaigns that resonate with audiences and get results. You will have excellent written and verbal English with working knowledge of at least one more language spoken in the region as an advantage.

For a full Job Description, please follow this link:

Size of Wales is a growing, ambitious Cardiff-based charity with global impact. We work to mobilise Wales to protect tropical forests and restore tropical forest landscapes as part of Wales’ national response to climate change. We do this through education and awareness raising activities in Wales as well as funding and supporting a number of overseas projects.

Size of Wales has been going through an exciting period of growth, having substantially increased our income and expanded our team. 2020/21 marks our 10-year anniversary and we are launching an ambitious new 5-year strategy seeking to respond to the climate emergency and to mobilise Wales to achieve maximum impact for tropical forests.

We are looking for an outstanding new Director to join the team and lead Size of Wales into this exciting next phase. Reporting to the board of trustees and managing a team of approximately 13 staff and freelancers, the new Director will be responsible for achieving Size of Wales’ new 5 year goals, raising the profile of the charity across - and beyond - Wales and increasing our global impact.

The successful candidate will be an experienced and skilled leader. You will have experience of working in the third sector, ideally on international development, tropical forests and/or climate change projects. You will be emotionally intelligent, creative, dynamic and strategic and have a strong track record in delivering results in leadership positions. Ideally you will have a good understanding of the devolved context in Wales and be able to speak Welsh.

Salary for the role is approximately £45,000 p.a., dependent on experience. The package of benefits includes a 6% pension contribution, 30 days annual leave including bank holidays and a flexible working policy. The role is based in Cardiff but with regular remote working if desired. The role is a full-time role but applications for flexible working and job shares will also be considered.

Size of Wales recruits, employs, trains and promotes regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, disability, age, gender identity and/or expression, or any other protected status. Size of Wales is dedicated to nurturing an inclusive environment where employees can bring their full selves to work. We celebrate diversity of thought and recognise the strength and dynamism that comes with it.

Size of Wales, and all its staff and volunteers, are committed to ensuring a safe environment for children, young people and vulnerable adults and to prevent their physical, sexual or emotional abuse. Any candidate offered a job with Size of Wales will be expected to agree to and adhere to Size of Wales’ Safeguarding policy and Code of Conduct.

Job Title: Director of Philanthropy

Salary: Up to £40,000 dependent upon experience

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full-time

Location: Surrey

The Community Foundation for Surrey brings together local donors and those acting to provide positive community solutions to local challenges across Surrey. The Foundation was established in 2005 and has generated over £28m in this time. The Foundation has ambitious plans for growth over the coming five years to substantially increase the levels of support it can give. 

We are working in partnership with the Foundation to appoint the new Director of Philanthropy.  The successful candidate will be a dynamic individual, with vision to see new opportunities, grow income and work alongside the CEO, the senior management team and the trustees to deliver the new strategic plan. 

In order to succeed in this role, you will be able to demonstrate:

• experience of exemplary donor led stewardship to achieve income targets
• ability to engage, motivate and inspire staff and volunteers
• experience of strategic oversight and leadership
• excellent ability to network, build relationships and influence internal and external stakeholders
• excellent verbal and written communication skills

Reporting to the CEO, you will be a natural leader, have proven development experience with the ability to deliver financial targets against a growth strategy.

You will be professional and approachable with a commitment to quality and attention to detail.If you feel you have the skills and experience to succeed in this role, we very much look forward to hearing from you.

To apply please submit your CV and supporting statement as soon as possible, quoting our reference JO2770

For any further information, please contact Adam Stacey at Charisma Charity Recruitment.

Closing date for applications: 13 July

First interview date: 31 July

Second interview date: 7 August

We have an exciting opportunity to join our small team to provide effective leadership and management of the organisation whilst the current Director takes maternity leave. 

You will have experience in leading organisations within the not-for-profit sector, and background in fundraising and financial management.

Salary: £35,000 per year, pro rata

Hours: 21 per week, flexible

Job Type: 12 months maternity contract

Location: Homeworking and Islington, London

Application deadline: 16th July 2020

Start Date: 1 September 2020

Duties will include:

• Provide general oversight and management of Artbox London’s activities and support and manage Artbox staff.
• Plan and coordinate engagement of volunteers in Artbox activities.
• Support Artbox activities such as exhibitions and special events.
• Drive and deliver business development activities to support the growth of the organisation, supporting the Partnerships Manager.
• Fundraise for the work of Artbox London through trusts and foundations and corporates, work to develop and maximise immediate and longer-term income growth for Artbox London by building effective relationships and funders and partners.
• Manage the financial activities of the organisation including budgeting and reporting and preparing annual accounts.  
• Lead on HR matters and recruitment, induction and support of permanent and freelance staff.
• Work with the Board of trustees and Chair to enable them to fulfil its governance functions.
• Oversee the charities internal and external communications, including website and social media.
• Find a suitable new studio space to accommodate Artbox during the planned renovation of Orkney House due to start in mid-2021.

Person Specification:

• Experience of a leadership or senior management role in an arts/charitable organisation.
• Demonstrable and measurable success in fundraising from trusts and foundations and corporates.
• Knowledge of and experience in financial, operational management, human resources and administration.
• Excellent organisational skills, with attention to detail and the ability to prioritise effectively (and the ability to help others achieve these things).
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills
• Ability to build relationships and work successfully with people at all levels
• Ability to focus on multiple tasks at the same time
• Excellent written and communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience of working with and coordinating volunteers.
• Experience of working with a trustee board to ensure good governance.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a small staff team.
• The right to work in the UK

About the organisation:

Artbox London is a charity and social enterprise, based in Islington, that aims to improve the wellbeing and inclusion of people with learning disabilities and autism by engaging them in art. Our objectives are to improve their confidence and self-esteem, develop their creative and life skills, provide opportunities to make and meet friends and reduce isolation and loneliness, and give them the chance to earn some money from their skills and creativity. We also aim to raise the visibility of people with learning disabilities and autism in the community, and to raise the profile of their artwork in the wider art world. We achieve these goals by providing a range of art workshops from our studio on Caledonian Road in Islington, and by providing trips to galleries and museums in the local area and in central London. We also hold regular exhibitions at our studio and at least one per year in a central London commercial gallery. Artwork is sold at exhibitions and throughout the year via our online shop, and profits are split with the artists so they receive some income.

All our posts are subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure as well as a full employment history and employment references. We are committed to equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

This post will initially be a 12-month contract with the opportunity to extend.

Interviews to be held in late July either via Zoom or in person depending on government advice at the time

This is an exciting opportunity to join an inspirational and visionary children's charity as part of their growing fundraising team. Established in 2000, Caudwell Children works to transform the lives of disabled children and their families, enabling them to challenge the barriers they face throughout childhood by providing practical and emotional support.

Caudwell Children is going through an exciting period of growth having recently opened a new state-of-the-art facility for multi-disciplinary therapy programmes for childhood disability and research of neurodevelopmental conditions, including autism, within the grounds of Keele University.

This transformational period brings the need to develop all income streams to enable this growth and so Caudwell Children are looking for an experienced Associate Director of Partnerships to join their team on a permanent basis.

Caudwell Children - Associate Director of Partnerships

Location: Keele, Staffordshire

Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 plus bonus (dependent on skills and experience)

Contract: Permanent

The Associate Director of Partnerships will lead a high performing team to coordinate and implement Caudwell Children's strategy to deliver the partnerships that are needed to achieve the organisation's ambitious goals; with a focus on Corporate, SME, NHS and Government audiences.

You will inspire a team to secure and build partnerships and will be ultimately accountable for ensuring the team's successful acquisition, cultivation and growth of partnerships in line with the organisation's new strategy delivering to income, advocacy, public engagement and growing support objectives.

To be considered for this position you will have a proven track record of supporting the leadership of an organisation at a senior level. You will have demonstrable experience in strategy development, corporate engagement and partnerships as well as a solid track record of achieving six-figure financial targets.

Closing date for applications: Harris Hill reserves the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration.

If you would like to receive an Information Pack for this role, with details on how to apply, please contact Faye Marshall at Harris Hill.

We look forward to hearing from you.

The Organisation

Russam is delighted to be supporting Hestia with the search for their new Regional Director for London.

Hestia supports adults and children in crisis across London and the surrounding regions. They campaign and advocate nationally on the issues that affect them. This includes victims of modern slavery, women and children who have experienced domestic abuse, young care leavers and older people. From giving someone a home, to helping them to get the right mental health support, they support people at the moment of crisis and enable them to build a life beyond crisis. They are supported by more than 460 volunteers who provide specialist skills such as art therapy yoga, IT, gardening, cooking as well as befriending and fundraising. 

They are proud to be the home of UK SAYS NO MORE, bringing together a diverse coalition of individuals, charities, businesses and public-sector organisations to campaign for an end to the domestic abuse and sexual violence. 

In everything they do, they seek to be: respectful, genuine, dedicated, collaborative and courageous.

You can find out more about Hestia by visiting their website.

The Role

Like the many people they work with each day, Hestia’s operational services provision is rich and diverse. The Regional Director of Operations shares responsibility for the oversight and delivery of all frontline services with one other Regional Director.

The role is split across several geographical regions under a combination of Heads of Service and Area Managers in:  Domestic Abuse, Modern Slavery Response Team, Mental Health, Older People, Ex-offenders, Physical Disabilities, Drugs and Alcohol Support and Young People.

Direct reports to Regional Director Operations
Head of Domestic Abuse & Modern Slavery
Operations Project Lead
Head of Services North London
Head of Volunteering & Corporate Partnerships

Reporting to the CEO, the Regional Director for London will have responsibility for the strategic leadership for operational services.

Other key responsibilities include:

• Provide leadership for allocated operational service delivery
• Collaborate with other Directors
• Collaborate with other Regional Director on pan-operational work
• Contribute to strategy development and lead as appropriate strategy delivery
• Inspire and lead staff to exceptional performance
• Significant financial management
• KPI delivery
• Collaboration with New Business including service retention
• Change management including service restructuring
• Relationship management and external ambassador
• Lead and model Hestia’s values and The Hestia Approach.
• Significant contract management
• Risk management to enable Hestia to deliver safe and effective services.
• Significant safeguarding leadership
• Policy and procedure design, review and implementation
• Governance and external reporting
• Performance management to meet contractual requirements as a minimum
• Lead innovation

The Person

Hestia are looking for an inspiring and highly professional individual to be part of their senior leadership team, to deliver the long-term strategy at an exciting time for the organisation. The focus this year is service transformation, building on the success of services, exploring what more digital technologies can do to help service users in their recovery, investing in staff who are key to service quality and diversifying the funding base to ensure sustainability in the long term.

You will be educated to degree level (or equivalent), have a demonstrable track record of the above and importantly, a commitment to the values of Hestia. Other essential criteria includes:

Knowledge and Experience

• Proven senior strategic and operational leadership experience
• A demonstrable track record of leading, developing and managing multi-disciplinary teams to achieve growth, sustainable improvements in efficiency and effectiveness and to ensure delivery of outstanding results for clients
• Breadth and depth of experience in social care  and across a range of service user groups
• Substantial experience of managing the development and delivery of care, domestic abuse, housing, support and/or health services
• Experience of transforming services and consistent excellent service delivery
• A track record of working in and forging successful partnerships with a wide range of internal and external bodies to successfully deliver complex projects 
• Demonstrable appreciation of legal, regulatory, ethical and social requirements relevant to a service delivery charity

Skills and abilities

• Ability to think and plan operationally and strategically 
• Leadership skills and the ability to empower, motivate and develop staff, to create a positive, inclusive team ethos 
• Evidence of ability to build and sustain effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders including commissioners
• Highly developed networking, advocacy, written, oral and presentation skills to relate effectively to key internal and external stakeholders, and command their respect, trust and confidence 
• Substantial skills in financial, budgetary and contract management with the ability to understand, manage and interpret data and other financial information 
• Ability to apply innovative thinking and judgement to initiate and support change, to take action, to meet targets and achieve desired outcomes 
• Personal resilience and an ability to cope with ambiguity, uncertainty and scrutiny from others
• The ambition and drive to motivate and work with others to create an organisation that becomes the benchmark to which others aspire 
• Very strong personal integrity, honesty and openness when dealing with others
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a high-pressure environment

Timetable & How to Apply

To apply for this position please provide the following two pieces of information:

• A comprehensive CV, including details of your achievements in each role and details of two referees.
• A supporting statement, explaining how you believe your skills and experience match the requirements of the role, directly addressing the criteria as outlined in the person specification above.

Hestia is committed to equality of opportunity and particularly supports and encourages applications from candidates from all under-represented groups and backgrounds.

Hestia also welcomes applications from candidates with lived experience. If you have any convictions/cautions this does not mean you cannot apply, however you will be required to complete a DBS check.

chit-chat is a new and disruptive national non-profit organisation born during a global pandemic. We want to welcome YOU into (one of) the most energetic, forward-thinking and innovative social enterprises in the UK. 

69% of adults in Britain said they felt happier and more relieved after having a conversation with somebody. (YouGov)

We provide a casual, inclusive and non-judgmental space for anyone to communicate about anything. At chit-chat, there’s a conversation for everyone. Labels don’t define you. Regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, background or interests, we’re here to have a proper chit-chat. We aim to keep the nation connected, emphasising the importance of community and belonging.

Our chit-chat LINE, open 9am until 9pm daily, is an anonymous phone line for anyone who fancies a casual chat with one of our amazing volunteers. Whatever the topic, there’s a conversation for everyone.

We are the go-to place for a chat and are proactive in tackling loneliness, isolation and promoting positive psychological, emotional and digital wellbeing. 

Mission = To connect the nation through conversation. 

Vision = To create a world where everyone has someone to chat to. 

We are ambitious. We are for everyone. We are chit-chat. 

Impact so far. 

What a journey chit-chat has had so far! In our first 10 weeks:

• 110,000 people reached through our social media
• 315+ unique calls
• 35 phone volunteers recruited and trained
• Created a Youth Advisory Board with 14 young people
• Launched a virtual internship programme for university students and recent graduates, providing over 40 opportunities

We’re already forming strategic partnerships with funders, such as the National Lottery and Community Foundation, in addition to more localised grant providers. chit-chat is organically growing its base of corporate partners too in a variety of industries - with its bespoke and innovative partnership model.

Position summary. 

The Head of Partnerships and Grants is the first paid post at chit-chat and will take a lead on ensuring the vision of a UK-wide conversation open to everyone remains sustainable and relevant. This is a pioneering role, taking on responsibility for the future of an exciting non-profit that has already gathered a great deal of momentum, since its launch in late March 2020.

The Head of Partnerships and Grants will work closely with the CEO and Board to implement chit-chat’s strategy and devise plans to build sustainable, long-term relationships with a variety of funders: corporates, high net-worth individuals, trusts, foundations, local authorities and universities - and lead on their delivery.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a new start-up non-profit organisation and join our mission. You’ll be helping shape our future, as we build chit-chat from the ground-up. We are a real feel-good project, with excellent incentives available as we grow.

You will be well-supported by the Board and team of volunteer chit-chatters in your work. We are looking for a proven relationship-builder, who uses their own initiative to generate ideas as well as leads and has the entrepreneurial flair tomake an immediate impact.

Please download the job pack for more details about our Head of Partnerships and Grants role and apply with a CV. 

We will be assessing applications as they come in and may close earlier. Please note that due to the high number of applicants, we are only able to respond to candidates who we wish to interview.

Director vacancy

4 - 5 days / week (neg)

Circa £40,000 per annum (pro rata)

Refugee Action Kingston was established in 1991 and based in the London Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames. The charity plays a significant role in bringing positive change to refugees and asylum seekers through its high quality services. These include: advising and empowering refugees and asylum seekers towards building fulfilled and independent lives through skills development, advice, counselling, and assistance in access to services and employment. In addition the charity provides advice and advocacy on the asylum process. 

We are looking for a Director with experience of a leadership position ideally in the charity sector to lead a small team of 16 staff and over 80 volunteers who deliver our frontline services. As well as being a passionate leader with a strong commitment to and understanding of the welfare of asylum seekers and refugees, the ideal candidate should have a proven track-record in managing and empoweringpeople, developing change strategies, securing funding, and working collaboratively and strengthening relationships with funders, collaborators, networks and a range of other stakeholders. 

The Director will be a strategic thinker who will work with trustees to address the key priorities of quality, efficiency and sustainability. They will have ultimate responsibility for setting and delivering the organisation’s operations and its strategic objectives ensuring good governance and financial sustainability. If you feel this role is for you we look forward to hearing from you.

Closing date:20 July 2020         

Successful candidates for interview will be notified by 27 July 2020. We are sorry that we will be unable to provide feedback to unsuccessful candidates.

Each year, eight children in an average class leave primary school unable to read well. These children often struggle in school, and beyond. Reading isn’t just about books. It’s about reading a road sign, a safety manual, a birthday card. It’s understanding a job application and the prescription that could help save your life.

When a child can navigate words, they can navigate the world. That’s why we’re helping children develop the reading skills they need to succeed by creating flexible volunteering at the heart of our communities. The Bookmark app matches schools with fully safeguarded, vetted and trained reading volunteers in the local community, at the tap of a button. Each volunteer delivers one-to-one reading sessions for a six-week programme with a child who needs extra help with their reading. For the children who need us, we’re changing their story.

We're looking for a creative, pro-active Head of Marketing and Communications to help us build our volunteer, school and funder community, and to grow the Bookmark brand. You will be part of a small Marketing and Communications team, line managing a Marketing and Communications Officer, and working closely with Bookmark's programme, community and fundraising teams. 

The role is a 12-month maternity cover contract, for 3 days a week. 

JOB DESCRIPTION

Marketing strategy

• Develop and deliver Bookmark’s marketing and communications strategy, to include brand management, marketing communications, digital and social media, and PR
• Evaluate the performance of marketing and communications channels and approaches and implement improvements where needed

Team management

• Line manage a Marketing and Communications Officer, ensuring they are supported and developed

Brand management

• Develop brand assets and act as a 'brand guardian', ensuring the brand guidelines are followed and there is consistency across all marketing and communications

Marketing communications

• Lead on copywriting and production of Bookmark’s marketing and communications materials for current and potential volunteers, partners, donors, schools and other audiences
• Maintain a bank of volunteer, partner and school case studies for use in marketing

Digital and social media

• Manage Bookmark’s digital marketing activity, producing content and maximising the performance of our website and all relevant social media channels

Media & PR

• Develop and deliver a media and PR plan to increase awareness and engagement with key audiences including corporate partners, volunteers and schools
• Ensure spokespeople are trained and supported, and act as a spokesperson when necessary

Events

• Provide event management support for fundraising events, volunteer events and focus groups
• Lead on the engagement of ambassadors for media and events

General duties

• Manage relationships with suppliers such as printers, photographers, designers and agencies
• Manage the marketing and communications budget and report on return on investment
• Other ad hoc duties as appropriate for the charity during our scale-up phase

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Experience

• Proven experience of developing and delivering marketing and / or communications plans
• Experience of developing and delivering PR campaigns, including media relations
• Experience of using website content management systems (Squarespace or similar), email marketing software (MailChimp or similar), social media management tools (Hootsuite or similar) and design programmes (InDesign or similar)
• Experience of commissioning and managing external suppliers and agencies
• 5+ years of experience in a senior marketing and communications role, ideally in the charity or education sectors
• Experience of supportive and effective line management

Skills

• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
• Skilled copywriter with the ability to communicate messages in a clear and engaging way
• A creative thinker with the ability to work across multiple online and offline channels
• Superb organisational skills with a proven ability to prioritise work to meet deadlines
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build positive relationships and influence others
• Ability to articulate Bookmark’s vision and mission with passion
• Ability to provide advice and support at all levels within the organisation
• Flexible, adaptable, tenacious and enjoys working in a fast-paced growth environment
• Highly self-motivated and able to work autonomously, take initiative and make decisions
• Ability to meet deadlines and targets and adopts a goal-oriented approach to work
• Sound knowledge of GDPR regulations
• Commitment to Bookmark’s core values and strategic direction

We are a small but growing team of self-starters, who care about what we do. We aren't afraid to roll up our sleeves, try new ways of doing things, and support each other so that we can achieve our goals. If that sounds like you and you share our vision and values, we'd love to hear from you.

Bookmark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the well-being and welfare of children and requires everyone associated with the charity, including all trustees, employees, and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will need to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the role, including references from past employers and Disclosure and Barring Service checks. Bookmark is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all sections of society and communities we operate in.

To apply, please submit your CV and a cover letter by midnight on Friday 10th July.

Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Young H & F in a new role as we develop and embed our fundraising strategy.

The focus will be on collaboration and fundraising; the Partnership Director will be responsible for building cross-sector relationships with businesses for the purpose of investment that support opportunities for young people in the borough of Hammersmith & Fulham.

This is a new role for the charity and as such the manager requires the skills to confidently lead on developing the strategy, nurturing new relationships with businesses, and operating within an evolving and collaborative environment.

This role is crucial in supporting Young H&F to bridge the gap between young people, the youth sector, and local, national and global businesses; supporting businesses to maximise their social purpose in response to what local young people want & need. A key priority is advocating the work of Young H&F members and their positive impact with children & young people aged up to 25

Responsible to 

Young H&F CEO

Salary

Upto £40,000 (pro rata)

Hours

0.6 (22.5 hours) hours with potential to increase dependent on access to funds. (We are flexible and willing to work flexibly with the right candidate, including remote working). 

Location

Based remotely with travel to Hammersmith & Fulham, as well as other London locations.

Key relationships

Young H&F CEO.

Local Small/Medium Enterprises and Corporates.

Organisations delivering opportunities to Children and Young People in H & F. 

Contract

12-month fixed term contract with the opportunity to increase following a successful review. Reasonable expenses are offered, as well as ad-hoc training/development opportunities,role flexibility and other benefits.

Employer’s pension contributions are offered at 6%.

Roles and Responsibilities:

General

• Support the CEO to develop a grant making strategy and lead on fundraising strategy to meet these objectives.
• Lead on corporate fundraising activity, including developing and nurturing relationships with local businesses.
• Develop new unrestricted and core fundraising opportunities (Spacehive, Local giving, Crowdfunder etc).
• Support the CEO in fundraising for Young H&F / Young People’s Foundation joint programmes.
• Ensuring Young H&F members are aware of fundraising training events or ‘meet the funder’ opportunities.

Skills and Experience:

Essential

Leadership and strategic skills

Effective and innovative stakeholder management skills

Effective business planning skills, including finance, marketing and corporate objectives

Effective communication, networking and influencing skills

Desirable

Good understanding of issues and challenges facing 0-25 and the role of the children and young people’s sector in addressing these

Good understanding of the youth sector

Good understanding of Corporate Social Responsibility & Social Value

Experience

Experience of building and managing relationships across a range of diverse partners

Experience of working at a strategic level both internally and externally on behalf of an organisation

Experience of delivering against income generation targets

Experience of working to tight deadlines with minimal supervision

What does success look like for this role?

Specific targets:

• Raise more than £55k of new funding for H&F youth services and organisations through local partnerships and fundraising opportunities.
• Developing and implement a Fundraising and Grant Making strategy.
• Encourage one to four new corporate fundraising partnerships.
• Develop access to alternative sources of income and diversify opportunities through online platforms and a range of other mediums to secure a minimum of £10k

Young H&F is an equal opportunities employer.

Young H&F will ensure that none of its policies or practices discriminates directly or indirectly against our employees in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.

Recruitment and selection practices are free from unlawful discriminatory criteria and we encourage applications by people from a range of backgrounds. Job applicants are considered objectively based on merit.

How to apply

We run an anonymised application procedure to ensure our hiring process is as fair as possible. So please remove your name and contact information from your CV before uploading it, and only enter these details on your Charity Job profile. 

To apply, you will need to include:

• your CV (with name and contact details removed)
• cover letter (2 sides of A4 approximately) 

Applicants without a cover letter will not be considered.

Closing date: 17th July 2020 at 9am

Interviews will be held in the commencing week of 27th July 2020

The ideal candidate should commence to start the role in September 2020 but we can be flexible with start date. 

Humankind is an established provider of health and social care services including substance misuse, health young people and families, work and skills, offending and housing services.

In the last 3 years we have trebled in size. In 2020/21 we have a projected turnover of circa £60 million pounds and will employ in excess of 1500 staff, expanding from a turnover of £27 million pounds and 700 staff in a matter of two years.

We are a national provider with a need to engage and support staff and beneficiaries and advocate for improvements to their lives to enable everyone to have Fairer Chances.

With our recent encouraging growth, we need to take steps to manage this growth effectively and position ourselves to further develop the organisation. We want to continue our vision to be an impactful and innovative health and social care provider.

We are looking for an experienced senior leader to manage our IT infrastructure, building and maintaining relationships with a number of external service providers and support a small in-house team. You will have a good understanding of IT infrastructure and a strong ability to think strategically about the short, medium- and long-term needs of the charity.

You will have excellent project management skills and a strong technical knowledge in IT and digital technologies. We are looking for someone with a proven track record in managing Internal and external stakeholders, driving efficiencies, and getting best value. You will have experience of working alongside the charitable sector in some way and you will share our values. You are a pragmatic person who is willing to roll their sleeves up.

You will also have technical management experience of Microsoft Office Suite, specifically MS Teams, Sharepoint, and Onedrive. An understanding of complex data migrations would also be desirable.

You will need to be

• A skilled IT leader who can deliver complex change both within and across teams
• Able to set out clear parameters on areas where there are interdependencies between IT and other departments
• A great contract manager, dealing with complex information and record keeping
• Skilled at planning, developing, and implementing projects to time and budget
• Experienced at a senior level in an IT environment
• Able to effectively prioritise across a complex workload

Please read the full Job Description and Person Specification prior to applying for this position.

Please visit https://humankind.careers for more information.

The closing date for CV’s is noon on Wednesday 15th July 2020 with first round interviews held via Zoom on Friday 24th July & second round interviews held Thursday 30th July.