Purpose of the role

We are Business in the Community.  We inspire, engage and challenge our members and we mobilise that collective strength as a force for good in society.  We are recruiting an experienced Senior Manager to oversee delivery of our inclusion advisory projects and manage inclusion advisory team members. 

The purpose of the role is to ensure that Business in the Community consistently delivers first class advisory services that add value to our members, whilst growing the pipeline of inclusion advisory work.

 Key requirements of the role include (but are not limited to):

Supporting our advisory work across the inclusion agenda, including workshop facilitation, report writing, overseeing and being the senior lead on projects; being the main point of interaction for senior business contacts; business development and team oversight.  Experience of both project planning and delivery as well as excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential.

You will support the Director of Advisory Services and wider Strategy and Membership Teams to scope, plan, deliver, present and resource our inclusion advisory projects, so experience of collaborative working to achieve results is essential.

This role will also include working with colleagues to develop new advisory products and to review proposals for providing advisory services that support our members based on member need. This will be linked to an income-generation target so experience of income generation is required.

The successful candidate will have a good understanding of inclusion issues and the business and the societal case for inclusion.  We are looking for knowledge on inclusive cultures, and diversity including race and gender equality. 

The successful candidate will also understand strategy development and implementation, including developing recommendations for next steps, implementation and governance.

The full person specification and job description are attached on BITC careers page where this vacancy is displayed. To view the documents please click on  'apply' .

Closes for applications Thursday 4th February 2021 at Midnight

The Crowd (www.thecrowd.me) is a network for purpose-led businesses to share insights on the big global trends impacting the transition to a low carbon, socially sustainable future. We are recruiting an experienced events manager with a passion for sustainability to programme, co-ordinate and deliver our events and community engagement.

Over the last twelve years, The Crowd has hosted 200+ events and brought together over 16,000 business leaders committed to sustainability and public leadership. We have welcomed high profile global leaders including Christiana Figueres (Former Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC), Kate Raworth (renegade economist), Lord Deben (Chair, UK Climate Change Committee) Jonathon Porritt CBE (Founder, Forum for the Future) and Henry Timms (co-author, New Power). Since 2018 The Crowd has been operated by Common Vision, a social enterprise specialising in public dialogue around long-term social and political issues.

The Events and Operations Manager will programme, communicate and organise a wide range of events, both online and in person.

Key responsibilities

• Programming and executing a varied schedule of events for The Crowd on topics relating to corporate sustainability and socially responsible business
• Programming and executing events relating to Common Vision's other programmes
• Liaising with our community members and event participants including business professionals, civil society leaders, public commentators, Parliamentarians and academics
• Liaising with high profile speakers and contributors including senior business/civil society leaders, Parliamentarians and other public figures
• Contributing to our external facing communications including written, audio-visual and other creative content outputs
• Supporting outreach via social media and channels/ platforms for our published content

• Supporting fundraising bids and external engagement with partners, funders and wider stakeholders 
• General project management and administration

Candidate specification

We are looking for a proactive, versatile individual who is comfortable working at a fast pace in a start-up environment. You will need to demonstrate:

• At least three years of events organisation experience in the corporate or charity sectors
• Knowledge of virtual event delivery (e.g. webinars, online events etc)
• Impeccable administrative and organisational skills, and a keen eye for detail
• Experience of copywriting, producing and editing web materials, and social media 
• An enthusiasm for knowledge and insights relating to corporate responsibility and/ or social, economic and environmental sustainability
• Strong verbal and written communication skills 
• A conscientious and flexible work ethic

We will consider part-time or flexible working arrangements for the right candidate.

Are you an Events Manager looking for your next move? Would you like to work within an established social enterprise with over 25 years heritage who have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives? The role sits within the wonderful fundraising team who are responsible for generating £2million per year from a diverse range of charitable sources.

This role will work alongside the Head of Fundraising to produce and implement an events strategy, develop a calendar of events and lead an Events Officer to ensure all work is delivered to a high standard. The role will oversee fundraising and non-fundraising events such as conferences, open days and webinars.

About you

• Proven track record of generating income from events – challenge and special


• Understand the principles of donor engagement, stewardship and cultivation


• Experience of managing high level relationships internally and externally


• Excellent attention to detail

Closing Date – 30^th January

Salary - £35,000

If you would link to have an informal discussion please call Ashby on 02030 062787, email – [email protected] or apply online.

If enough applications are received the charity reserve the right to end the application period sooner.

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we are experts in charity recruitment and excel at matching fundraisers to charity jobs. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically and supporting people to find their perfect fundraising jobs.

We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here.

Our Fundraising & Communications department is seeking to grow, and with a new strategic cycle beginning in 2021, we are looking for an experienced challenge event fundraiser and effective relationship manager to help us grow our income.

For 40 years, across nearly 50 countries, Action Against Hunger has led the global fight against hunger. We save the lives of children and their families. We are there for them before and after disaster strikes. We enable people to provide for themselves, see their children grow up strong, and build prosperous communities

The successful candidate will manage and grow our established annual Ambassador Challenge. This project sees hospitality industry ambassadors raise funds by taking on a sporting challenge, such as a long-distance trek or cycle, in a country that Action Against Hunger works in, before visiting our programmes there. In addition, this role will support the growth of Action Against Hunger’s work with influencers and high-profile supporters, cultivating new relationships, developing new fundraising products and inspiring action.

This role will suit an experienced challenge event fundraiser, passionate about nurturing supporters through the highest standards of relationship building. You’ll need to be a creative, innovative and adaptable communicator, confident in your ability to build relationships and influence effectively. A personable, practical and highly organised multi-tasker who enjoys supporting individuals to achieve their fundraising goals.

This role will require international travel once a year to manage and participate in our Ambassador Challenge. In addition, the role will involve occasional UK travel to nurture key relationships or attend events, and the post-holder must therefore be able to work at occasional evening/weekend events.

Please read the following carefully before making your application:

• As a UK based position, candidates must have the right to work in the UK
• We positively welcome applications from all sections of the community
• You can only be considered for this role if you meet the essential criteria in the person specification. You should use the "cover letter" section of the online application to demonstrate this.
• Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we will only contact shortlisted candidates, within one week of the closing date. Unfortunately we cannot provide individual feedback.
• If you experience any technical difficulties in submitting your application, please contact the charityjob helpdesk

Corporate Partnerships – Senior Corporate Business Development Manager
Permanent
Home/Office Based
Salary: £41,000 to £49,500 depending on location and experience
Plus Car Allowance and Benefits

Are you an ambitious business development professional with the passion and drive to identify, develop and secure high value corporate partnerships that maximise income, value, and influence for Macmillan?

Macmillan Cancer Support is a diverse and forward-thinking charity with one of the largest and most successful corporate partnerships teams in the sector. We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Corporate Business Development Manager to join our dynamic and successful Corporate Business Development Team.

What is the role?
In this role you will proactively develop a pipeline of long term, high value multifaceted corporate partnerships that maximise income, value and influence for Macmillan, in line with the wider Corporate Partnership Strategy. Using your skills and experience you will build a diverse pipeline of opportunities, create compelling propositions, lead negotiations and deliver pitches to secure a range of new corporate partnerships including sponsorship, commercial, charity of the year and strategic. This is an exciting role that involves working with a wide range of senior stakeholders to identify new opportunities and secure new corporate partners. This role also has line management responsibilities.

Who are we looking for?
As our ideal candidate, you clearly know how to strike the balance between confidence and persistence, patience and diplomacy, and are expert at managing internal and external stakeholders to develop compelling propositions. We are looking for an experienced candidate who has extensive experience in the charity sector with a proven track record of securing diverse partnerships worth over £100,000 p.a. Your skills and knowledge include:

• Commercial understanding and cross sector business knowledge
• Expert sales, influencing and negotiation skills
• Experience of working within a business development function in fundraising
• Evidence of successful acquisition of high value partnerships using a data and insight driven approach
• Experience of establishing effective relationships at the most senior levels within large, commercial organisations
• Target driven, proactive and creative in developing tailor made proposals and pitches to meet corporate objectives
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Line Management experience

What can we offer you? In return, we commit actively to develop you and offer excellent benefits including a 34.5 hour week (with an early finish on Friday), private medical insurance, life assurance, pension, childcare vouchers, generous annual leave, and interest free loans for season ticket and gym membership.

Location This role is currently home based with the option to work from our London Office when it re-opens. Regular travel across the UK and to the London Office will be required when current restrictions allow to ensure the best opportunities are optimised and to attend internal meetings.  The role comes with a company car allowance.

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Please submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to change the closing date of our vacancies.

We aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths so we seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool, reflecting the diverse nature of our society.

We want to make our recruitment processes accessible to everyone, so if there is any way that we can support you to be the best you can be, please contact the Macmillan HR Team.

Position: Special Events Manager
Type: Full-time (35 hours per week), permanent
Location: MS National Centre, London (part time office-based, part-time home-based) – currently home-based
Salary: £38,506 - £43,897 per annum plus excellent benefits
Salary Band: Band F, Level 2
Department: Special Events

At the MS Society, we make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.

Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.

Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive environment where you will make a difference.

About this job

Are you an experienced, confident and articulate events manager looking for a fantastic opportunity develop a successful Special Events programme?

The MS Society is delivering some of the most exciting Special Events in the UK and we are seeking a talented and enthusiastic individual to join us as Special Events Manager.

Our programme of events has grown rapidly over the past few years and is focused on delivering high quality and high profile fundraising and cultivation events, for a philanthropic and corporate audience. The programme includes both small and large scale events, with a previous event raising £1 million net. We have worked at venues such as the Southbank Centre and St Paul’s Cathedral.

We work with Event Committees, celebrity supporters and a highly committed Appeal Board to deliver events, which brings together high-profile, engaged and well-connected individuals passionate about the cause and our ambitious plans for the future.

We offer 35 days annual leave (including bank holidays), travel loan and various other benefits such as supported developmental opportunities.

The MS Society is in the midst of an exciting, transformational, period which builds on our great history and will drive us towards achieving our mission and vision as we embark on our new 5 year strategy.

Part of this exciting transformation will include an office move from our current National Centre in Cricklewood, NW London to a different location in London. We are currently defining where and what type of accommodation this will be and we really want our staff to be involved in that decision.

Closing date: 9am on Monday 25th January 2021

PLEASE PRESS THE HOW TO APPLY BUTTON FOR MORE INFORMATION.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity. 

We would be grateful if you could complete the equality and diversity monitoring form and submit it with your application.

No agencies please.

Context and background

Voyage is a social justice charity that aims to EMPOWER marginalised black young people and provide them with the self-awareness and motivation to TRANSFORM themselves and their communities. The mission of Voyage is to encourage and assist young people bridge the gap between their schools, communities and criminal justice system whilst supporting young people to SUSTAIN successful partnerships and meaningful relationships.

We are seeking a Fundraiser and Events manager to join us at a unique time in our organisation’s history.Previously funded by statutory, Trusts, Foundations and corporate supporters, we are looking to grow our work by maximising newfound relationships with a growing list of commercial and corporate partners.This includes developing opportunities for our corporate partners to engage with our young people, as well as deepening contributions to our fundraising campaigns, activities and events.

What we are looking for

Voyage seeks an experienced and organised Fundraising and Events manager with the skills to set up, embed and operate a dedicated CRM system, shape our communication strategies and help us to devise an annual framework of activities and events. We are seeking someone with excellent client relationship skills and methods to improve our sustainability.Your role will also include event planning and management, with one large fundraising event annually supplemented by smaller fundraising activities and opportunities for our supporters.The post holder will also assist the senior management team to structure funding proposals to support our engagement with corporates and contribute to our wider fundraising and income generation strategies.

The post holder will be the first point of call for fundraising enquiries and be part of the senior management team to ensure donor requirements and needs are relayed to the operational team. Voyage wishes to offer an excellent experience to all our supporters and this role will be integral to making sure we are best placed to support our event participants through their fundraising and training journey.

Below is a list of main duties:

• Engaging with our network of commercial and corporate companies, trusts and individuals to secure funding and CSR involvement.
• Taking a lead organising and developing fundraising activities and in-house events.
• Overseeing the implementation of our customer relationship management system to ensure effective communication and segmentation of our audiences.
• Ensuring all our newsletters, promotional materials and website are functioning and are issued to maximise engagement and ROI.
• Supporting a small team of volunteers and young people who will be part of your appointed team to help implement key events and activities
• Lead on planning donation campaigns and events.
• Managing communications and events for donors.
• Developing new and innovative ways to acquire funding – through events, online advertising or legacy-giving campaigns.

General

In addition to the specific duties and responsibilities outlined in this job description, our Fundraising and Events manager will also need to: 

·Follow all health and safety and fire regulations and to co-operate with the Charity in maintaining good standards of health and safety.

·Uphold ethical and professional standards and not behave in a manner that is likely to bring the Charity into disrepute.

·Promote and sustain a responsible attitude towards equal opportunities and diversity within the Charity.

·Demonstrate a commitment to ongoing registration requirements or any national professional or occupational standards associated with the role.

·Demonstrate a commitment to ongoing learning and development and to participate in any training relevant to the role.

Voyage is committed to encouraging volunteering throughout the organisation and as such the postholder will be expected to support and respect volunteers, interns and Youth Advisory Board members.

Flexible location - Our team is dispersed, but our head office is based in London

We’re looking for a talented, creative and experienced Events and Campaigns Lead, to conceive and deliver impactful events and communications that help us to achieve our mission. 

WHY IS THIS ROLE IMPORTANT FOR THE CENTRE’S WORK?

The Centre for Homelessness Impact is the UK’s What Works Centre for Homelessness. We want evidence to become the new normal in the homelessness sector, just as it is in education and public health. After the successful launch of our book, Using Evidence to End Homelessness, we are on the precipice of a new and decisive movement to end homelessness with evidence and need a creative campaigner to support the team to move this work along.  We also have a strong track record delivering quality events, both in person and on-line, including our flagship evident, the Impact Festival. As we navigate our way through the pandemic we are looking for a confident Events and Campaigns Lead to continue this work, curating a varied programme for our audiences at a time of great uncertainty.

WE’RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO CAN: 

• Develop our existing events portfolio in line with our strategy and our mission
• Raise the profile of our campaign and create engagement opportunities
• Stay organised and keep plans clear, updated and accessible to the team at all times
• Keep abreast of all of the centre’s work and develop creative ideas based on our outputs
• Engage high profile stakeholders and build a network of contacts
• Deliver varied and impactful online, in-person and hybrid events
• Develop clear success measures for the programme

THE EVENTS AND CAMPAIGNS LEAD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR:

• Planning, creating and delivering our 2020/21 events programme
• Supporting the growth of our End it With Evidence campaign 
• Delivering our flagship events series - the Homelessness Impact Festival 
• Developing tailored events for different types of audience 
• Developing and maintaining relationships with external partners 
• Working internally to get insights from the CHI team to inform our campaign and events work
• Working collaboratively with Centre associates who support the Centre’s activities.
• Measuring engagement and defining success measures 

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE AND BEHAVIOURS

You will:

• Have a proven track record of delivering successful events 
• Have experience working in a campaigning organisation 
• Learn about our varied audience and the differing needs for each 
• Be able to manage competing priorities and thrive in an agile environment
• Demonstrate an understanding of the needs of our audience 
• Be proficient in coordinating and facilitating online events using Zoom and other platforms
• Work with the Lived Experiences Specialist and the Strategic Communications and Engagement Manager to ensure a diverse range of views and experiences are represented in our work. 

Start date: Immediately.

CLOSING DATE: Midnight, Sunday 31 January 2020

Interviews will take place on Thursday 4 February via Google Meet video call. 

If you are interested in applying please visit our website via the Apply link.

We value optimism, diversity, collaboration, sense of ownership, the ability to embrace ambiguity, a talk-less-do-more attitude, learning from failure, and making each other successful. If you identify with our values and want to help us end homelessness faster, we’d love to have you in. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and particularly welcome applications from people with experiences of homelessness.

Senior Category Manager
Permanent
Full-time, 34.5 hours per week
Up to £57,000 per annum 
Dual London/Home

Are you passionate about delivering great procurement outcomes?  Are you a procurement leader who can influence at all levels, as a champion for procurement best practice? Do you want to use your skills and expertise to really make a difference and help support people living with cancer?

As a newly created role, will take the lead in developing and implementing an effective category management strategy across all areas of Macmillan's operational spend. You will be involved in a range of varied and complex projects, presenting opportunities to influence, build relationships and set the agenda for Macmillan’s approach to category management.

You will build strong working relationships with contract owners and stakeholders, providing expert advice and support to ensure that Macmillan adopts best practice. You will partner with the organisation to manage changes and deliver results by engaging with the leadership team, Macmillan’s PMO and the procurement and investment board, with support from your team and the Head of Procurement and Category Management.

About you
This is a great opportunity for an experienced Category Management and Procurement professional to gain valuable experience and insight into the complex purchasing world for one of the UK’s leading charities. You will have a proven background in implementing and managing successful category management, managing large and complex tenders, with experience of the full procurement life cycle. You can demonstrate excellent leadership, influencing and relationship building skills, working closely with stakeholders and suppliers to navigate processes and set the agenda for ways of working to deliver quality services.

About us
Macmillan Cancer Support is one of the largest and most loved charities in the UK. We support millions of people living with cancer in the UK live life as fully as they can by providing emotional, practical and financial support.

We commit to actively developing you in your career. You will also be eligible for several benefits which include private medical insurance, life assurance, pension, generous leave, and interest free loans for season tickets and gym membership.

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Please submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to change the closing date of our vacancies.

We aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths so we seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool, reflecting the diverse nature of our society.

We will support you throughout the recruitment process with any reasonable adjustments required in accordance with the Equality Act. Please contact the Macmillan HR Team if you require support.

Where we are in our journey 

SMK is in an exciting place right now. A few years ago, we agreed an ambition to become known as experts in social change. Our Social Power report, published in 2018, describes how social change is happening today. The tools in the report are being used widely – by change-makers, funders and policy-makers – to challenge their thinking and develop new approaches. We want to help them go further and are ambitious for what we can achieve, and how we need to grow. 

We are unrelentingly curious, tracking and analysing the way that social change is shifting and sharing that knowledge so that it can be used across civil society. What we learn is built into our training and consultancy, and we learn in turn from everyone we work with. All the while, we stand up for campaigners, working to ensure they are able to shape their world. 

About the role 

This is a pivotal role, managing the operational engine room at the heart of the organisation. Working closely with the wider team, the Programmes & Events manager will be responsible for the efficient administration of SMK’s training and consultancy services. SMK is well-known as a leading trainer of campaigners, and we have recently launched a new flexible, online training product called the ‘Campaigning Carousel’. In addition, we have a programme of open training courses, and a rapidly growing consultancy service supported by a network of Associates.

In addition, you will provide operational and administrative support to our events programme, including our headline SMK National Campaigner Awards, sharing this responsibility with others across SMK. And as a small and busy charity you will also be expected to help out with operational responsibilities across the organisation where capacity allows. 

There is plenty of opportunity to develop in this role. Whether it’s getting involved with business development and marketing, using your initiative to improve the way we work, or contributing to developing new products and services.

How to apply

Deadline for applications is 9am 9th February 2021. Interviews are expected to take place 15th and 16th February 2021 via Zoom. 

Summary

Partnership working is integral to us achieving our strategic goals. As our Senior Corporate Manager, you will lead and manage your team to generate income, raise awareness and achieve charitable impact via our existing corporate partnerships. Diabetes UK has grown our partnership portfolio in recent years and this trend is set to continue. With your leadership and expertise, we can leverage this momentum and work with partners to generate funds, support and inspire the millions of people living with and at risk of diabetes across the UK. With your help, our partners will help us to prevent diabetes, and one day soon find a cure.

Interview Date(s): 29 January & 1 February 2021

We would consider flexibility on where this role could be based

Package

What we can offer you:

• Generous annual leave starting at 25 days plus bank holidays
• A Cash Healthcare Plan (giving you up to £1,500 towards a range of out of pocket health expenses like new glasses, dentist, chiropractor or osteopath appointments)
• Early finish Friday and flexible working as part of our approach to activity based working
• Discounts on gym membership
• Employee assistance programme to give you support on any issues that come up in life
• Annual season ticket loan* (on completion of your probation period and if contract is permanent or longer than 12 months)
• Very active social scene including sport teams, gardening and other activities
• Generous pension provision, life assurance and income protection insurance
• Cycle to work scheme* (eligible for scheme if contract is permanent or longer than 12 months)

*Some benefits aren't available until you've passed your probation period and are dependent on the length of contract.

Main Responsibilities

All of our existing corporate partnerships will sit in your team's portfolio - including our sector leading, £multi-million partnerships with Tesco, Britvic and Pharmaceuticals - and you will work with stakeholders at the highest levels internally and externally to develop these partnerships to the full. You will lead your team to achieve shared partnership goals and grow income generated via corporate partners year on year. Our partners are uniquely placed to change the health of the nation, and the number of partners that want to work with us continues to grow. We are looking for a strategic thinker, with tried and tested experience, to join a successful high value team and help take our corporate partnership programme to the next level.

Ideal Candidate

As our Senior Corporate Manager (Account Management), you will have experience directly managing six and seven figure partnerships. You will have worked on and led partnerships that generate more than just financial return to your organisation, and have experience leveraging partnership channels to raise awareness, build organisational capability and expertise, and deliver value to all parties. You will have management and leadership experience and be able to communicate compellingly, with authority and authenticity. You will be able to inspire and persuade, and have experience innovating approached to deliver additional, sustained value.

Do you want to shape and influence the future of fire safety?

This is an exciting opportunity to work for the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) in our busy Protection Policy and Reform Unit. NFCC is the professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service who support FRSs to provide national leadership and drive strategic change. We need a Senior Policy Manager to help as we work towards the introduction of the proposed new Building Safety Regulator (BSR), following government proposals laid out in the draft Building Safety Bill. This is a politically neutral role, and the successful person will ideally be a politically aware individual that can exercise sound judgement and display discretion.

On 14 June 2017 the devastating fire at Grenfell Tower led to the loss of 72 lives with many more injured. The fire was an unprecedented event and since that day NFCC have been working to ensure it should never happen again. In 2018 NFCC set up a Building Safety Programme Team (BSP Team) to lead the Fire and Rescue Services’ response to reforms proposed in Building A Safer Future, in response to the Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety, lead by Dame Judith Hackitt. In late 2019 the Government invited the Chair of NFCC Roy Wilsher, to Chair a new Protection Board (PB). This year the Government have provided £20m in funding to support an uplift in FRSs Protection activity and capability, with part of the funding available for the work of the NFCC’s PB secretariat and BSP Team.

This is an important area of activity working with FRSs, Government partners and wider stakeholders, mobilising and developing new approaches to tackle building safety regulation.

Working alongside our existing team of technical fire safety experts and fire engineers, you will be responsible for supporting a high-profile programme of work to help deliver the proposed new Building Safety Regime, an uplift to the Protection capability within FRSs, and national level initiatives and service improvements to respond to recommendations from the Grenfell Tower Public Inquiry and HMICFRS.

This is a rewarding and demanding role. You will need to have excellent analytical, policy development, communications, and problem-solving skills, and to be passionate about the role of CFOs in fire service transformation and fire protection. Whilst you do not need to have operational fire experience, you do need to have a good understanding and appreciation of the fire policy and governance landscape.

You will be joining the NFCC at a critical time, with a fast-paced building safety reform agenda being delivered across government, including the response to the Grenfell Tower fire, and findings from HMICFRS reporting on FRSs. If this role is of interest, we would love to hear from you.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

The post holder will need to use initiative and judgement to resolve problems encountered, which may be complex in nature.

The post requires a self-motivated individual who can plan, organise and be adaptive in a non-traditional office environment, and will be comfortable working across a range of platforms. You will be adept at providing support to senior decision makers, have excellent time management skills, attention to detail and the ability to prioritise competing demands.

You will also be able to gather and analyse information from a variety of sources, drawing out relevant points and communicating them succinctly. You will be confident building rapport with senior leaders. You may previously have worked in producing advice to Ministers, provided policy advice within the civil service, or helped to deliver in an area of significant policy reform. An understanding of building safety and construction market regulation is desirable.

Key skills and experience include:

• Organisation and attention to detail.
• Experience advising busy, senior decision makers.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
• Experience of working in a fast-moving environment agile, ideally with experience from a public sector background.
• Experience of leading on the production of policy advice, guidance, and consultations.
• Experience mentoring or managing other team members.
• Thorough, with the ability to establish and maintain procedures and systems.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to deal with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Ability to work as part of a lean organisation, autonomously.
• Political awareness, with the ability to exercise discretion, judgment and confidentiality when dealing with elected members and officers at every level, and to demonstrate political neutrality at all times.
• Good digital presentation skills across Microsoft and web based platforms; adept in Powerpoint and visual presentation.
• Relevant work experience.

Opportunities may be offered to successful candidates either on a secondment basis, or via fixed term contracts subject to skills, experience, and knowledge. Roles are for an initial period of 12 months, with the possibility of extension, subject to future funding.

How to apply: please submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) setting out your relevant skills and experience, and what you feel you could bring to the team (no more than one – two sides of A4, this may be supported by a copy of your curriculum vitae if desired).

Notes:

If you are applying for a secondment from another organisation such as the Civil Service, we recommend you speak to your manager before applying as to whether this is likely to be supported.

Summary

This six-month project role is pivotal in helping Diabetes UK meet our mission over the next five years. You will be responsible for delivering a multi-channel brand marketing campaign, which helps us to connect emotionally with the millions of people affected by, and at risk of diabetes in the UK.

You'll work within the marketing and communications department as the lynchpin of the campaign, inspiring colleagues and activating opportunities that help us reach the millions that need us now more than ever, ensuring we make a bigger impact through our work.

You'll collaborate with a passionate team of specialists across a range of disciplines to create a powerful and distinctive creative campaign, which wins both hearts and minds.

Interview Date: 4/5 Feb 2021

Package

What we can offer you:

• Generous annual leave starting at 25 days plus bank holidays
• A Cash Healthcare Plan (giving you up to £1,500 towards a range of out of pocket health expenses like new glasses, dentist, chiropractor or osteopath appointments)
• Early finish Friday and flexible working as part of our approach to activity based working
• Discounts on gym membership
• Employee assistance programme to give you support on any issues that come up in life
• Annual season ticket loan* (on completion of your probation period and if contract is permanent or longer than 12 months)
• Very active social scene including sport teams, gardening and other activities
• Generous pension provision, life assurance and income protection insurance
• Cycle to work scheme* (eligible for scheme if contract is permanent or longer than 12 months)

*Some benefits aren't available until you've passed your probation period and are dependent on the length of contract.

Main Responsibilities

This role is responsible for delivering an inspiring integrated, multi-channel brand marketing campaign from creative concept to evaluation - a first of its kind for Diabetes UK.

We're looking for someone that's experienced in campaign management from end to end; managing creative development and production, marketing planning, integrated delivery, communication and optimisation.

You'll be a key member of the Brand & Creative team but work remotely (most likely) with a huge range of internal and external stakeholders, collaborating with colleagues to maximise the value of engagement through excellent supporter journeys and innovative activation.

You'll be able to ruthlessly prioritise opportunities to ensure we put our effort where it matters most, whilst ensuring the campaign seamlessly integrates with existing communication and operational projects across the Diabetes UK portfolio.

You'll know exactly how to engage our beneficiaries and partners alike, and be able to empower them with tools that help us reach millions more than through media alone.

Ideal Candidate

This is a short-term role and diabetes is a complicated condition - it's important that you're able to absorb new information quickly and adapt to changing and emerging priorities.

You will be an experienced marketer or brand manager, with a proven ability to bring together people and ideas to create compelling stories across multiple paid, owned and earned channels. An adept project manager, you'll be able to manage deadlines and competing priorities with ease, meeting challenges with a proactive and calm approach.

You'll know how to collaborate effectively, bringing together people with different skills and experiences to add value, whilst driving the project with momentum and motivating those around you with a common goal.

A confident communicator, you'll enjoy bringing both creative ideas as well as complex data to life for a variety of audiences, ensuring high engagement and buy-in from your stakeholders.

Most of all, you'll be as passionate as we are about making a tangible difference for millions of people living with or at risk of diabetes, by bringing our purpose to life, helping to turn awareness into action for a future where diabetes does no harm.

The job of a Save the Children’s UK Senior Media Manager is fast-paced and fulfilling.

• Do you have a successful track record of  driving media coverage with demonstrable results?
• Do you have proven knowledge of the UK media landscape covering news, consumer and PR?
• Are you passionate about influencing decision makers to achieve change?
• Are you motivated by our vision of creating a world where every child doesn’t just survive, but thrives, and can go on to change the world?

If the answers to these questions are yes, we would love to hear from you!

About Us

Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children’s unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.

Job Purpose

Reporting directly to the Head of the News Team, the Senior Media Manager will be responsible leading a squad of media professionals in the Policy, Advocacy, and Campaigns department which is responsible for driving political agendas both nationally and globally.

The Senior Media Manager will play a key role in increasing public awareness of Save the Children UK and promoting the work we do with a particular focus on amplifying our policy, research and campaigning work to improve the children we aim to protect.  

The role holder will lead on developing and implementing a mainly UK focused media and PR plan that supports our influencing and corporate objectives and clearly identifies the target audiences and the appropriate communication channels to reach them.

As a key member of the team, the Senior Media Manager will also be responsible for providing training and advice and counsel to ensure we speak with one voice and that our media activities are attuned always to achieving our goals and improving the lives of the children we aim to protect.

As a rights-based organisation, we are committed to anti-racism and actively opposed systemic oppression of any form. The Senior Media Manager will also support our commitment to celebrate diversity, challenge inequality, and build an inclusive environment for every one of our employees so we can better represent the children we protect.

Main Accountabilities

The Senior Media Manager will lead one of our squads and will shape the conversations around our UK focused work, the media strategy and media campaigns. Key duties will focus on:

• Leading on the development and implementation of a mainly UK media and PR plan that supports our influencing and corporate objectives

• Providing news leadership around key humanitarian moments on the planned calendar

• Providing editorial leadership to ensure best media outcomes across the charity

• Being accountable for excellence for media outputs, across press releases, idea generation

• Identifying, developing and maintaining relationships with key media and internal and external stakeholders

• Identifying opportunities to deliver corporate communications which promote Save the Children, the organisation, as distinct from Save the Children, the cause

• Building content and outputs that supports children and families to tell their stories whilst ensuring ethical standards and best practice are maintained

• Writing influential op-eds for a variety of media platforms

• Acting as a spokesperson for Save the Children on emergencies and relevant policy areas

• Protecting Save the Children’s reputation, developing and implementing crisis management media strategies and rebuttal as required

• Taking a turn on the out of hours rota

Person Profile

Experience

• Experience as a senior news journalist or in media handling

• A strong track record of securing coverage and shifting opinions and perceptions and driving tangible social change through national and international media coverage

• Solid and demonstrable experience in safeguarding an organisation's reputation

• Excellent knowledge and understanding of the UK’s media landscape in the UK and an up-to-date media contact book

Abilities

• Ability to lead teams across different disciplines and coach people to improve editorial content

• Ability to work fast, effectively and often high pressure, as well as motivating others to do the same

• Ability to work in occasionally distressing, remote or insecure environments, and support other teams’ members to do the same, whilst continuing to deliver high media output

• Ability to undertake demanding broadcast interviews on difficult issues or write a feature for publication in a national newspaper

• Ability to effectively tailor communications to different audiences

Aptitude

• A demonstrable commitment to the principles of diversity and inclusion and their practical application and integration in the work environment

• A commitment to Save the Children UK’s aims and core values of accountability, ambition, collaboration, creativity, and integrity

Save the Children UK is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds.

Plan International UK is looking for an Senior Programme Development Manager (Eastern and Southern Africa) with exceptional business development and donor management skills to join our Development Programme Unit on a permanent basis.

In this role, you will lead a team of Programme Development Specialists to develop high quality, gender sensitive and innovative commercial tender and grants submission in collaboration with our Country Offices. You will play a pivotal role in building and maintaining strong relationships with key institutional donors.  You will have a proven track record of pre-positioning, developing, reviewing and winning institutional donor funding in a competitive setting, particularly from FCDO, the EC or multilateral donors.

This is a high-visibility, high-impact role responsible for leading large-scale, complex bid processes. You’ll therefore be adept at engaging and influencing at all levels.

The deadline for applications is 9am on Tuesday 2 February.

Plan International UK is committed to being an inclusive employer and we welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds

Due to the nature of our work with children and young people, we follow rigorous child protection policies and procedures in our recruitment process. As a result, some of our roles are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure by the Disclosure and Barring Service. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from joining us as an employee or volunteer; this will depend on the circumstances of any offences.