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Reporting to: CEO
Key relationships: Grants Manager, Grants Officer, Grants Administrator and Communications Officer
Location: The Rufford Foundation Office, Central London. Staff must work a minimum of 2 days per week from the office. There may be occasional travel overseas.
Benefits: 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, attractive employer contribution-only pension, private medical insurance cover, excellent working environment.
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours a week, Monday to Friday.
About The Rufford Foundation
The Rufford Foundation is a grant-making charity that provides funding for nature conservation programmes and projects.
The flagship Rufford Small Grants Programme awards funding to individuals working in developing countries who are starting on the ladder of conservation research and establishing pilot programmes. Since its inception in 1999, the Rufford Small Grants Programme has given over £37 million through more than 6,100 grants to projects in over 150 countries. The programme identifies scientists and practitioners at the early stages of their careers and provides targeted support to enable them to achieve their goal of making a difference in terms of conservation. A searchable database of Rufford Small Grants projects can be found on our website.
In 2023, we started to pilot our Organisational Grants funding stream to provide core, multi-year funding to small local NGOs to help them strengthen their financial and institutional capacity to ensure long-term viability.
This is an exciting time to join The Rufford Foundation, as the postholder will play an essential role in encouraging grantees to apply for further funding. This new role will sit within the conservation team to coordinate the delivery and oversight of Rufford Small Grants.
Rufford Small Grants are renowned for being an important milestone in the careers of conservationists and researchers who may have limited experience in designing and delivering projects. We are very aware that unforeseen issues may arise and are considerate towards requests for project changes. The Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Officer will review all project updates and reports to track project changes and to monitor project delivery against proposed plans.
The Rufford Foundation is involved with other conservation donors and practitioners looking at the evidence of conservation effectiveness and supporting learning from success and failure. We fully understand that conservation projects may not succeed as planned and that evaluating small grant project impacts over short timescales (1-3 years) is problematic. The MEL Officer will take this into account when reviewing project progress and evaluation reports.
The ideal candidate will bring previous experience of reviewing (or drafting) donor reports, have excellent analytical and communications skills and be able to demonstrate a strong understanding of biodiversity conservation, ideally with some practical knowledge of conservation in countries where the foundation funds projects. Experience of coordinating work with grantees, including review of workplans, deliverables and budgets, would be highly desirable.
We are keen for the MEL Officer to use their expertise to design a MEL framework to help our grantees with their project proposals, and The Rufford Foundation to evaluate the impact of work across the Rufford Small Grant and Organisational Grant portfolios. The MEL Officer may also support grantees with their own project evaluations.
Principal Responsibilities
Rufford Small Grants
- Review narrative and financial reports for Rufford Small Grant projects, including comparative analysis of results versus original proposals.
- Draft brief summaries of the results of each project, highlighting project changes and outcomes, sharing these with colleagues in writing and at team meetings.
- Compile key achievements delivered through Rufford Small Grant projects.
- Make recommendations for Rufford staff to follow-up with grantees about further Rufford Small Grant funding.
- Work with colleagues to develop reporting guidelines and update our reporting templates.
- Support grantees with understanding and meeting Rufford reporting requirements – this might be done through online or in-person meetings with individuals or groups.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of grant-related activities specifically related to the review of Rufford Small Grant project reports.
- Using background material drafted as part of a recent consultancy, to develop high-level indicators for conservation and capacity building, lead in formalising an evaluation framework for The Rufford Foundation across all grant-making.
- Develop a systematic process to monitor the careers of previous grantees to measure the impact of our funding.
- Produce graphs, tables and short reports on Rufford Small Grants on a regular basis.
General
- Support with monitoring and evaluation of Organisational Grants including review of annual reports and gauging progress against annual plans.
- Cultivate strong relationships with colleagues, grantees and external contacts.
- Explore opportunities for grantees to draft pieces to promote their work through Rufford communications channels.
- Provide administrative support on grant-making processes as required.
- Represent The Rufford Foundation at events in the UK (online and in-person) and overseas to promote Rufford Small Grants to relevant audiences and ensure the foundation is well connected with conservation and donor communities.
- Ad hoc work in support of the Grants Manager and CEO.
- This job description is not exhaustive, and the role may evolve.
Person specification
Experience
- At least 5 years’ experience of working within an environmental or biodiversity conservation NGO.
- Grant-making or project reporting, ideally within the conservation sector.
- Reviewing donor reports for conservation projects, including drafting feedback for grantees to address queries raised.
- Excellent planning, organisational and administrative skills.
- Knowledge of monitoring and evaluating conservation projects.
- Candidates will ideally have completed an MSc in an environmental/conservation- related discipline.
- Demonstrable understanding of planning and delivering field-based conservation projects, preferably within countries where Rufford funds projects, would be advantageous.
Skills and abilities
Essential:
- Strong interpersonal skills with proven ability to build and maintain positive relationships with colleagues, grantees and collaborators.
- Interest in connecting with other conservation donors and others working in conservation and capacity building.
- IT literate with experience of using online application and review systems.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Good research, analytical, and administrative skills.
- Able to manage a consistently busy workload.
- Excellent time management skills and ability to prioritise tasks and work to deadlines.
- Good team player who enjoys working within a small, friendly team.
- Capable of working under their own initiative.
- The job holder may be requested to travel overseas as part of their work.
- Must have the right to work in the UK on a full-time basis.
Desirable:
- Ability to communicate in a second language, e.g., French, Spanish or another language.
We regret that we are unable to consider applications from those who have a time-limit on their visas. This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship.
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We are COSRT - a unique professional body for specialist psychotherapists in the UK and beyond. We provide and accredit training, set professional standards, and support professionals and the public. All so that people can access the best possible therapy no matter where or who they are.
Now, after an internal promotion, we are looking to recruit an Organisational Support Officer. This is a vital, interesting and challenging role. It will mean you're involved in everything we do. You'll work alongside and give practical support to all colleagues, using your skills to help us deliver products and services smoothly.
This isn't a stereotypical administration post - it is true support across our functions.There will be four main areas where you will be most involved:
- Training....including setting up agreements with trainers, providing pre and post event support for online sessions, creating products on our online training platform.
- Operations...including processing membership applications, dealing with queries from the public and professionals, supporting internal financial and other processes.
- Standards and governance...clerking complaints, setting up and supporting committee meetings.
- Communications...including social media posting, updating website content, creating newsletters.
There is no doubt that this is an exciting role. No week will be the same and you will be supported in getting involved in as many things as possible to help your professional development.
To succeed you'll need to be flexible, proactive and have a diverse skillset. You'll have an eye for detail. You'll be good with numbers and able to do key administrative tasks. You'll be comfortable working with technology and learning how to do new things quickly. You'll be able to work independently as well as in close collaboration with others. You'll be an excellent communicator, comfortable speaking with a range of people and producing high quality written outputs.
To apply please send your full CV and an application letter - both in PDF format.
That letter should be a maximum of two pages (A4) and must explain how you can meet the criteria in the person specification and successfully complete the tasks outlined in the job description. Please make sure you use clear examples from your career to help explain.
Applications without the CV or letter will be deleted.
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- Job Title: Events & Courses Officer
- Job Type: Permanent
- Hours: 35 hours per week
- Salary: £29,557 - £31,362
- Location:Hybrid – FSRH Office (London Bridge) and home working. Weekly travel to the office is required as well as some UK travel
Can you help us?
Do you have a proven track record of delivering excellent learning events both online and in person? Are you organised, process driven and have a passion for delivering engaging activities? If so, we’d love to hear from you!
You’ll work closely with FSRH staff, subject matter experts, organisational partners and suppliers to help develop, deliver and evaluate conferences and other learning focussed events both online and in person.
Working as part of a small, dynamic team you will enjoy the pace of varied portfolio of activities that support the continuous professional development of healthcare professionals working in sexual and reproductive healthcare.
The role:
To work closely with the Events Manager and wider team on the operational delivery of all aspects of the learning events lifecycle, including:
• Planning, delivering and evaluating conferences and learning events including securing suitable suppliers such as speakers, venues etc.
• Be a point of contact for those involved in events including content providers, presenters, participants and team.
• Communication: Handling member queries, emails, phone calls, and acting as a liaison between team members and other departments.
• Document management: Organising and maintaining digital and physical files, including educational materials and administrative documents.
• Supporting logistical arrangements: Booking transportation, accommodations, sourcing equipment etc.
• Administrative reports: Compiling and formatting reports for Senior Leadership Team and other senior stakeholders on progress and performance metrics. This includes monitoring & evaluation and reporting on a number of events including risk & issue mitigation and areas for improvement.
• Using digital solutions and platforms to support the event life-cycle such as our website, CRM, Oxford Abstracts etc.
• Using online platforms such as Zoom, MS Teams and other conference or virtual meeting platforms and tools.
• Manage video recordings and editing and uploading onto our video channels and learning managements system, so candidates and members can access them.
• Any other duties considered necessary for the role.
About You:
• You will be an experienced events professional who can demonstrate that they plan, deliver and evaluate work effectively within and across teams.
• You’ll have previous experience of hosting online events and/or courses as well as in person activities.
• You’ll be an organised, efficient, multi-tasker who thrives on the challenge of delivering a quality, pacey portfolio.
• You will be confident working with a range of stakeholders, able to follow and improve processes, and comfortable with using a variety of digital systems.
• As an excellent communicator you will be effective within your team and wider including sharing your ideas to support continuous improvement.
• You will have the ability to adapt to changing priorities and work in a fast-paced environment.
• You will be willing and flexible to work some evenings and weekends, and travel in the UK.
Who we are:
The Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) is the leader in the field of sexual and reproductive healthcare, and we are the voice for professionals working in this area. As a multi-disciplinary professional membership organisation, we set clinical guidance and standards, provide training and lifelong education, and champion safe and effective sexual and reproductive healthcare across the life course for all.
We will offer you:
- 25 days holiday, with an additional 2 days leave after 2 years of service, and a further 3 days after 5 years.
- Birthday leave day
- Annual Volunteering Day
- Flexible working culture
- Pension and life assurance scheme: 10% employer contribution / 5% employee contribution after successful completion of probation. This also includes access to life assurance at 4x annual salary and an income protection scheme.
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Employee discounts portal
- Free Lunch Thursday
- Interest free season ticket travel loans
- Enhanced maternity, paternity & adoption pay
- Free eye tests
- Training and development
To Apply
Full details of how to apply can be found on our website
Please send your CV and covering letter
Deadline for applications is 14 February 2025 at 9am
Interviews are likely to take place w/c 24 February 2025
We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.
We value diversity, promote equality and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.
We reserve the right to close this role early depending on the volume of applications received and should we identify a suitable candidate before the application deadline.
NB: In order to fulfil this role you should be resident in the UK with a valid right to work; we are unable to sponsor people requiring a work visa.
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CENTRE FOR AGEING BETTER
Learning Officer - Localities
· Fixed term to 31st March, 2026
· Band 2- £36,189 per annum
· Full time
· Flexible working options will be supported
· Central London Office and Hybrid working
We offer a pension scheme with employer contribution up to 10%, in addition you’ll receive 28 days holiday plus bank holidays, 24-hour access to a comprehensive employee assistance programme, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan scheme and other benefits.
About the role
The UK Network of Age-friendly Communities has grown significantly over the past five years and now has a membership of over 85 places. Part of a global movement of age-friendly cities and communities, affiliated to the World Health Organisation, our goal is to support this growing network, ensuring it remains a positive and thriving community of practice, and a place for good ideas to spread fast.
You will be working with the Age-friendly Communities Manager to achieve this goal and to inspire, connect and support network members using a range of engaging methods including:
· Creating online and offline resources such as blogs, case studies, toolkits, etc
· The design and delivery of training, events, and workshops
· Facilitating connections, information flow and exchange between members
This is hands-on role will delivering key learning activities, managing your own workload, whilst also being responsive to support Network members. The role is pivotal to ensuring our support for the Network is high-quality and inclusive of a diverse range of experience and expertise, from within the Network and beyond.
About you
The successful candidate will be experienced in and passionate about having an impact through helping people learn and feel connected to others working towards the same goals. An excellent facilitator and written communicator, you will have an eye for detail and be able to easily summarise and share information so that others can learn from it.
You will be flexible and organised, joining a small and committed team, which is supporting a growing, and highly regarded network on an issue of national and global importance.
You will also be passionate about equity and tackling the inequalities that prevent people from having a great later life.
About us
The Centre for Ageing Better is a charitable foundation funded by The National Lottery Community Fund and part of the government’s What Works Network.
Everyone has the right to a good life as they get older and our whole society benefits when people are able to age well. But far too many people face huge barriers, and as a result are living in bad housing, dealing with poverty and poor health and made to feel invisible in their communities and society.
The Centre for Ageing Better is pioneering ways to make ageing better a reality for everyone. Its key areas of work include challenging ageism and building a nationwide Age-friendly Movement, creating Age-friendly Employment and Age-friendly Homes.
We are striving to create an organisation that reflects our society and the communities we serve. A workplace where everyone feels empowered and where diversity of background and thought is celebrated. We know there is more work to be done and are committed to continuing to improve our practice around Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion.
We very much welcome applications from minority groups and those underrepresented in our workforce. This especially includes people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, LGBT+ people, and Disabled people.
We are a Positive Action employer, therefore in recruitment where two candidates are ‘as qualified as’ each other, we will favour a candidate from any group identified as currently underrepresented in our team based on protected characteristics as outlined in the Equality Act 2010.
The closing date for this role is 11:59pm on 28th January 2025, with in- person interviews to take place during week commencing 3rd February 2025.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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About Us
The Royal Parks (TRP) is a charity established in 2017, managing over 5,000 acres of diverse parkland, rare habitats, historic buildings, and monuments in eight Royal Parks across London. These include Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, The Green Park, St James’s Park, and more.
We also manage other important public spaces such as Brompton Cemetery and Victoria Tower Gardens, making these iconic green spaces some of the most visited attractions in the UK, with 77 million visits annually.
Our Learning Team creates inclusive, high-quality learning experiences across nature, heritage, and wellbeing, inspiring curiosity and fostering lifelong engagement for people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities.
We are now looking for a Casual Learning Officer to join us for a casual contract on a flexible basis but with a minimum of 10 days worked per year.
The Benefits
- Salary of £17.45 per hour
- Employee assistance programme and access to mental health first aiders
- Learning and development opportunities
- Cycle to work scheme
- Offices in a beautiful location
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced outdoor environmental educator to join our inclusive and inspiring team, delivering exciting learning programmes in some of London’s most iconic green spaces.
You will have the chance to teach diverse audiences, enhance your skills and share the special spaces we manage, creating meaningful experiences that connect people of all ages.
So, if you’re ready to inspire and make an impact in some of London’s most treasured spaces, read on and apply today!
The Role
As a Casual Learning Officer, you will support the Learning Team on an ad-hoc basis.
Specifically, you will deliver engaging outdoor learning sessions to school groups, activities during family events, and other aspects of the learning programme independently and as part of a dynamic, inclusive, and inspiring team.
Additionally, you will:
- Contribute to the preparation of learning materials and resources
- Adapt to the needs of diverse audiences in an outdoor setting
- Support the Learning Team in maintaining high standards across all programmes
You may also be offered opportunities to provide administrative and customer service support for our adult and family learning events. This will include preparing and uploading event information online, responding to public enquiries about our programmes, and administering bookings.
About You
To be considered as a Casual Learning Officer, you will need:
- Proven experience delivering outdoor environmental education to school groups
- In-depth knowledge of ecology, natural heritage, and outdoor learning
- Excellent customer service skills
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to perform effectively under pressure
- Excellent problem-solving capabilities with a flexible and adaptable approach to unforeseen circumstances
Other organisations may call this role Outdoor Learning Officer, Environmental Education Officer, Education Facilitator, Learning and Engagement Officer or Learning Support Officer.
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The Royal Parks is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.
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We are looking for an experienced Learning Events and Courses Officer to join our Learning team. This is a great opportunity for a creative and innovative events professional looking for their next defining role to join the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR), a charity that focusses on supporting doctors to deliver medical imaging and cancer services.
The Learning Events and Courses Officer will be joining our dynamic team at a pivotal time as we redesign and develop new and existing learning products and drive forward our global ambitions by creating and delivering an exciting programme of annual events.
The postholder will be responsible for developing and delivering new and complex products (events and courses delivered in the UK, globally, online and in person) which are part of the wider RCR Learning Offer for RCR members and Fellows at all stages of their careers as well as delivering complex events and courses that feature as part of our annual programme.
This role is also vital in enabling and facilitating collaborative working with our learning faculity groups and Strategic Board as we continue to establish and evolve working relationships with key stakeholders, subject matter experts and clinicians.
The ideal candidate will be proactive, having strong verbal and written communication skills and bring expertise and market knowledge to advise on latest trends to support event delivery.
What you’ll do:
- Develop and deliver from start to finish several complex events and courses annually.
- Lead the delivery of pilot products and events end to end.
- Work closely with subject matter experts to generate inspiring and up to date programmes.
- Produce accurate budgets for live products, including direct costs, as well as forecast delegate and sponsorship income.
- Pro-actively contribute to evaluation of pilot products, feeding back on logistical and operational learning and recommending next steps.
- Lead secretariat responsibilities.
- Monitor and respond to queries about the overall RCR Learning activities via telephone and email.
What you’ll need:
- Experience of delivering end to end event management across in person, online and hybrid formats using interactive technologies and facilitation techniques.
- Experience collaborating closely with external stakeholders to develop and deliver content.
- Experience in data collection and analysis to evaluate activities, generating reports containing actionable recommendations.
- Experience creating and managing robust budgets for a variety of activities.
- Experience providing high quality customer service to stakeholders.
- Experience in process development and improvement.
- Proficient user of Microsoft packages
- Effective interpersonal skills
If you are looking for an exciting and impactful role that supports doctors' learning and development, find out more in the Learning Events and Courses Officer candidate pack.
Why join us:
- Make a difference to the lives of Doctors and the specialities they work in every day!
- Hybrid working (40% working week can be done remotely)
- Modern working environment
- Equipment provided to work from home
- Generous annual leave allowance
- Excellent pension scheme
- Interest free season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
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Spark! are a growing and ambitious organisation, with a motivated and passionate team who are more determined than ever to reach our target young people and to have a deeper impact on their employment prospects and life chances.
A key element of our success will be in our ability to:
- understand and articulate the needs that we are seeking to meet
- effectively demonstrate and communicate our impact
- ensure we are evidence and data-led in our approach
- influence change at every level across all stakeholders
This role will lead and steer the organisation towards these objectives, in order to significantly reduce youth unemployment in west London and beyond.
If you have experience of designing and carrying out both formative and summative evaluation and are highly research literate, with experience of working at the interface of policy and research, then we would like to hear from you.
We particularly welcome applicants with backgrounds that reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and from candidates with links to our priority areas of Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon and Hounslow.
Please read the full Job Pack to find out more about the organisation and role and how to apply. If you have any questions please contact our CEO, Matt Lent.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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The Organisation
The Open University Students Association serves the interests of around 170,000 part-time and distance-learning students spread across the UK, continental Europe and beyond. Our role is to represent and support the interests of this vast and diverse community of students. The OU Students Association is an independent registered charity, governed by elected student leaders. Our team of vibrant, friendly and dedicated professional staff provide the vital support needed to deliver our ambitious strategy.
The Job
This is a new role within the Students Association dedicated to building the Student Community through our Clubs and Societies, both of which are key services to support a sense of belonging to our student body. The post-holder will be responsible for nurturing the existing Clubs and Societies (as well as the volunteers within them), supporting students to create new ones but will also be looking at other ways to grow our vast student community. Further information can be found in the Job-Related Information.
The Person
You will be a hard-working self-starter with bundles of energy, resilience and pragmatic skills to advance these services and grow our Student Community. You will have good attention to detail and be proactive in finding ways to support and grow the sense of belonging for our students. You will need to be self-motivated in the times where you will be working solo on projects but also work well as part of a team. A full person specification can be found in the Job-Related Information.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Location: Contracted to our Peterborough office with the flexibility for hybrid working
Salary: £25,600 - £30,400 (FTE: £32,000 - £38,000) depending on experience
Hours: Part Time, 30 hours per week (will consider between 25 – 30 hours per week)
Benefits: We want all our employees to feel valued and engaged and are committed to offering a positive working culture along with a good work-life balance. As well as ensuring they pay their employees fairly, they offer the following benefits: Flexible working, Generous annual leave, Private Medical Insurance, including dental and optical, Pension Scheme, Sick Pay, Death in Service, Employee Assistance Programme, Bike Loan Scheme, Cycle2Work Scheme, Eyecare, Discount Portal.
Closing date: Sunday 2 February 2025
Interviews will be held week commencing 10 February 2025 in person, in our office in Peterborough
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Be a part of an energetic and vibrant team who are driven by the desire to improve the lives of people living with kidney disease. Our vision is the day when everyone lives free from kidney disease.
The learning and development manager is a new position reporting to the director of human resources. As a HR team, we work collaboratively to deliver HR services to support the 100+ employees in the charity. We have ambitious plans for the future and want to develop the entire workforce to deliver the charity’s priorities and objectives.
You will be responsible for designing and delivering training across the charity and the role is integral in ensuring our workforce is skilled and equipped to deliver our current and future needs.
Although this role will be contractually based in the office in Peterborough, there is the flexibility for hybrid working. You will deliver training both face to face in the office and online, so will need to be flexible to attend the office when required.
You will have previous experience working in a training or learning and development role and be used to developing and producing impactful training materials. With excellent communication skills, you will be highly organised with strong attention to detail and great interpersonal skills.
If you are interested in the position, please complete the online application form and submit together with your CV.
We are committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone and encourage applications from all sections of the community.
About Kidney Research UK:
Kidney Research UK is the leading charity in the UK focused on funding research into the prevention, treatment and management of kidney disease. Our vision is the day when everyone lives free from kidney disease and for more than 60 years the research, we fund has been making an impact. But kidney disease is increasing as are the factors contributing to it, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and obesity, making our work more essential than ever.
At Kidney Research UK we work with clinicians and scientists across the UK, funding and facilitating research into all areas of kidney disease. We collaborate with partners across the public, private and third sectors to prevent kidney disease and drive innovation to transform treatments.
Over the last ten years we have invested more than £65 million into research. We lobby governments and decision makers to change policy and practice to ensure that the estimated 7.2 million people living with all stages of kidney disease in the UK have access to the most effective care and treatment, and to make kidney disease a priority.
Most importantly, we also work closely with patients, ensuring their voice is heard and is at the centre of everything we do, from deciding which research to invest in to how we plan our priorities and our work across the charity.
Those patient contributions are vital, always helping us and our partners to understand what life is like with kidney disease, always ensuring we see the patient behind the treatment and always reminding us that behind every statistic and every number is a person – the patients and the carers who inspire our mission and push us forward to make a difference and change the future of kidney disease.
You may have experience in the following: Learning and Development Specialist, Training Manager, L&D Coordinator, Organisational Development Manager, Talent Development Manager, Employee Development Manager, Training and Development Advisor, Workforce Development Specialist, HR Learning Manager, Training Consultant, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Not for Profit, NFP, etc.
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This is a key role within Learning and Work Institute’s research and development team, with responsibility for developing high-quality evidence and knowledge. You will play an integral role in maintaining excellence in the production of evidence and advice on learning, skills and employment. The ideal candidate will bring strong knowledge and experience of a range of statistical, analytical and evaluation techniques and an interest in the policy context for learning, skills and employment.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Undertake quantitative analysis to explore the effectiveness of different interventions and identify cohorts and areas most likely to benefit from them.
- Support the implementation of evidence-based approaches and the development of new trials and pilots. Develop and utilise appropriate research and analytical methods and tools.
- Develop and manage systems for gathering, recording, analysing and presenting data from a range of projects for maximum impact.
- Contribute to the production of high-quality research, policy and evaluation reports, interpreting often complex evidence in a way that is accessible to a wide range of audiences.
- Contribute to high quality evidence synthesis projects and evaluations to support policy makers, commissioners and practitioners to make decisions grounded in the latest, best available research.
- Ensure research and findings are communicated to key stakeholders, including policy makers, commissioners and practitioners, in an informative and accessible way.
- Support the design of toolkits and other dissemination products which key stakeholders can engage with and use to drive change in the way they design and deliver services.
- Manage small projects and lead on elements of large projects.
- Support the development and training of the wider team in collaboration with senior R&D staff.
- Support income generation, in collaboration with other L&W staff, including contributing to the preparation of funding proposals.
- Represent L&W at external meetings and undertake public speaking/presentations with support as necessary.
- Undertake project administration and coordination tasks related to research activity.
- Supervise interns, associates and temporary staff in relation to research activity, including possible line management responsibility for research interns.
- Contribute to a positive, open and collaborative approach, operating in line with Learning and Work Institute’s core values and Staff Charter.
- Demonstrate a commitment to equality of opportunity.
Travel and occasional overnight stays will be required.
About You
Essential
- Degree (in economics, statistics, research or social science with significant statistics element), equivalent qualifications or evidence of equivalent experience
- Quantitative analysis skills, including regression, weighting, significance testing
- Skills in conducting analysis using statistical software packages such as Stata and SPSS
- Ability to develop sampling strategies and draw samples using statistical software
- Knowledge of large administrative and survey datasets in the areas of lifelong learning, employment and skills
- Strong track record of organising, coordinating and managing a range of activities against competing deadlines and priorities
Desirable
- Experience of designing complex quantitative analysis projects
- Experience of designing and analysing experimental or quasi-experimental evaluation projects (including randomised control trials, matched statistical designs, difference-in-difference designs or regression discontinuity designs)
- Skills in designing and analysing value for money and/or economic evaluation (including cost-benefit analysis, Social Return on Investment)
- Experience of disseminating statistical findings from research and evaluation via written reports, workshops and presentations
- Experience of undertaking policy-related research projects, using a range of research methods
The successful candidate will have to undergo an enhanced DBS check.
Benefits
Salary of £25,200 - £34,125 , depending on experience and location
- 31 days' holiday increasing to 33 days after 5 years’ service, of which 3 are shutdown days in addition to public holidays.
- Generous company pension scheme with 8% employer contribution
- Group Life Assurance 3*salary
- Hybrid working (with 40%-60% of your time in the office)
- Flexible working practices
- Employee Development Scheme
- Retailer Discounts
- Enhanced occupational maternity, adoption, paternity and shared parental pay
- Enhanced occupational sick pay
- Eye care scheme
- Employee Assistance & Wellbeing Programme
- Silver award in Investors in People
How to Apply
To apply, please fill out the application form and upload your CV and a short supporting statement answering the 4 questions below (no more than 250 words per question please).
- Please tell us what attracted you to the researcher role at Learning and Work Institute. When answering this question, explain why you are interested in L&W in particular, and the attributes you bring to this specific role and the organisation.
- Please outline your key research and analytical skills and capabilities, providing examples of how you have used them. When answering this question, explain how your skills and capabilities meet the job description and person specification. Examples should be detailed and include key considerations that you took into account when applying your skills and capabilities.
- Please describe a time that you had to work as part of a team to deliver a project, and your role in delivering the project. When answering this question, explain the aspects of the project that you had responsibility for, how this related to the wider project and the steps you took to ensure there was effective teamwork and the project was successfully completed. Consider the key aspects to effective teamwork, and how these are demonstrated by your example.
- Please tell us about a time you managed/coordinated a project or piece of work. How did you ensure that it was completed to time and quality expectations? When answering this question, explain the steps you took when managing/coordinating the project or piece of work, how you planned and prioritised tasks and the time required to complete them, and the outcome you achieved by doing this successfully.
Applications will only be considered when submitted with a CV and supporting statement.
The closing date for applications is: 2nd February 2025
L&W is passionate about equality and diversity, it drives our organisational values and mission, and we are particularly keen to receive applications from all under-represented groups in society.
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The Volunteer learning and development team is looking for someone to take on this exciting and varied role, helping to provide excellent and efficient admin skills to support both the staff and Volunteer learning and development team to successfully deliver a variety of projects as well as getting the chance to work directly with some of our 80,000 volunteers.
You will be responsible for maintaining and improving administrative processes across the Volunteer learning and development team, be well-organised and able to adapt to changing priorities. You will also support finance processes, coordinate key meetings and events, and work directly with our Learning Management System (LMS).
This role is perfect for someone who is a good communicator, pro-active and enthusiastic, enjoys working in a team, who has experience of working with digital systems and is able to provide consistent and high-quality admin skills on a day-to-day basis.
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About Strength and Learning Through Horses :
Strength & Learning Through Horses provides mental health and education support to some of London’s most vulnerable young people through offering equine assisted therapy and alternative education programmes. The organisation’s ability to deliver excellence in its service quality is dependent upon a skilled and competent workforce where learning and continuous improvement is a fundamental aim. Central to this role is the ability to work according to the organisation’s core values of:
- Respect
- Ambition: for young people, SLTH and ourselves as individuals
- Curiosity without judgment (about human and equine behaviours)
- Embrace difference: a variety of perspectives & life experiences are essential
- Embrace difficulty; it’s where the learning happens
- Commitment to always improving; & owning areas that improvement is required
Strength & Learning Through Horses has been in operation for over 10 years and has grown year on year in terms of income and number of young people reached and number of services we offer.
We have 5 full time and 8 part time contracted staff members, 18 freelance staff members and work with 15 volunteers. 400 – 500 young people per year benefit from our life changing services; our hope is that this will increase to 700+ per year from 2027 once the building project at our site is complete. We have ambitious longer-term plans for growth.
We have been operating in North London for over 10 years from a small stable, after our lease sadly came to an end in January 2023 we moved to our long term home. This was a derelict stable owned by the Council which we have secured via a 25 year lease. In 2022-23 we raised £300,000 to get the site usable as an equine therapy centre although it is still very run down with much of it boarded up a derelict. We now have full planning permission to develop the site and build a purpose-built equine therapy centre which will allow us to double the number of young people who access the space.
SLTH is British Horses Society (BHS) and Living Wage Employer accredited charity.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
To make this dream a reality we are looking for an experienced Capital Fundraising Manager to lead the Capital fundraising campaign for this project to raise £700,000 over 2 years in order to fund this build.
The hope is to raise £350,000 in year one in order to fund half of the build (stage 1) with the remaining funding being secured in the 2nd year to complete the build in year 2. We have a strong track record of fundraising including recently securing 5 years core costs funding from the National Lottery Community Fund and we have warm relationships that we can call on once this fundraising campaign gets activated.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the charity at a time of growth and change and an opportunity for someone to really make this role their own.
SKILLS AND QUALITIES REQUIRED:
You are driven and ambitious, both in your personal career goals and in achieving and surpassing fundraising targets. You will also bring this ambition to your aspirations for SLTH Equine Therapy, striving for excellence and growth in all endeavours.
Experience of successfully managing capital funding appeals with a proven track record of securing significant funds from high net-worth individuals, corporate organisations and grant making organisations.
Self-motivated and able to confidently lead on fundraising projects including:
- Creating capital fundraising strategy
- Generating a capital fundraising pipeline
- Reporting efficiently on progress
The ability to proactively manage stakeholders from across SLTH to ensure all are involved and their personal networks are utilised in this campaign.
This will include:
- Working alongside the 2 CEO’s to develop a strategy and to utilise existing contacts and warm leads
- Working closely with the Marketing Manager to ensure fundraising materials and pitch decks are high quality
- Engaging staff, volunteers and supporters in the campaign
- Manage fundraising pipeline and presenting a progress updates to the board if required
- Creating a relationship with one of our HNW funders who has connections with other HNW individuals and corporations
- The Equestrian Management Agency (who support us as their partner charity and are invested in making this fundraising campaign a success)
WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU:
- The opportunity to work with and learn from a friendly, flexible team of highly knowledgeable people who are passionate about the charity and its work
- Contributing to tackling youth mental health crisis – with a great team
- Benefit from investment and a genuine commitment to you, your training and career development including:
- Personal CPD budget to access further training & develop your skills
- Access to in-house training sessions in various areas of horse and human psychology
- Generous holiday allowance
- Basic Healthcare plan
Don’t meet every single requirement?
Strength and Learning Through Horses values diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds. We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every criteria in the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles at SLTH and we’d welcome an explanation as to how you believe you would develop the skills required with training.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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CENTRE FOR AGEING BETTER
Age-friendly Communities Network Manager
· Fixed term to 31st March, 2026
· Salary £47,336 per annum
· Full time
· Flexible working options will be supported
· Central London Office and Hybrid working
We offer a pension scheme with employer contribution up to 10%, in addition you’ll receive 28 days holiday plus bank holidays, 24-hour access to a comprehensive employee assistance programme, cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan scheme and other benefits.
About the role
The UK Network of Age-friendly Communities has grown significantly over the past five years. Part of a global movement of Age-friendly Cities and Communities, affiliated to the World Health Organisation, our goal is to support this growing network, ensuring it remains a positive and thriving community of practice, and a place for good ideas to spread fast.
With line management responsibility for a Learning Officer, the postholder will plan and implement a programme of activity to inspire, connect, and support network members using a range of engaging and creative methods including:
· Identifying, documenting, and sharing the work of Network members
· Developing or commissioning online and offline resources such as webinars, case studies, toolkits, etc
· Facilitating connections, information flow and exchange between members
· Providing direct guidance and support to new and existing members to make progress.
· Ensure Network membership ‘journey’ is clear and well communicated, including through the Ageing Better website.
This is a hands-on role involving scoping, commissioning, managing and delivering training, events, resources, and other learning activities for the UK Network as well as building and managing relationships with the growing number local authorities and voluntary sector organisations across the UK who are members of the UK network.
About you
The successful candidate will be experienced in and passionate about building networks and communities of practice in which people can learn and feel connected to others working towards the same goals. You’ll be highly organised. able to create and effectively project manage a wide range of events and workshops, alongside other content to support learning.
Flexible and collaborative, you are able to build effective relationships with a wide range of people. Someone who can enjoy being part of a team which is supporting a growing, and highly regarded network on an issue of national and global importance.
An understanding of the local policy context around ageing and older people is desirable, but not essential. However, an understanding of how change happens ‘on the ground’, and how learning and networks can support this is key.
You will also be passionate about equity and tackling the inequalities that prevent people from having a great later life.
About us
The Centre for Ageing Better is a charitable foundation funded by The National Lottery Community Fund and part of the government’s What Works Network
Everyone has the right to a good life as they get older and our whole society benefits when people are able to age well. But far too many people face huge barriers, and as a result are living in bad housing, dealing with poverty and poor health and made to feel invisible in their communities and society.
The Centre for Ageing Better is pioneering ways to make ageing better a reality for everyone. Its key areas of work include challenging ageism and building a nationwide Age-friendly Movement, creating Age-friendly Employment and Age-friendly Homes.
We are striving to create an organisation that reflects our society and the communities we serve. A workplace where everyone feels empowered and where diversity of background and thought is celebrated. We know there is more work to be done and are committed to continuing to improve our practice around Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion.
We very much welcome applications from minority groups and those underrepresented in our workforce. This especially includes people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, LGBT+ people, and Disabled people.
We are a Positive Action employer, therefore in recruitment where two candidates are ‘as qualified as’ each other, we will favour a candidate from any group identified as currently underrepresented in our team based on protected characteristics as outlined in the Equality Act 2010.
The closing date for this role is 11:59pm on 28th January 2025, with in- person interviews to take place during week commencing 3rd February 2025.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Use your leadership skills to help us be a beacon of what social care, life with learning disabilities, and a more human society can be.
About Us
L’Arche is a worldwide federation of people, with and without learning disabilities, working together for a world where all belong. We believe that people with learning disabilities have much to teach us and contribute to the world.
In the UK there are 11 Communities where 300 adults with learning disabilities and 700 staff and volunteers create vibrant places of welcome, belonging and celebration. L’Arche Communities are incubators for a model of change: mutual relationships lived across differences like disability, ethnicity, and faith traditions and a mutual mission to be a beacon of what social care, life with learning disabilities and a more human society can be.
Within the context of shared life together, each of our Communities also offers high quality, person-centred support for our members with learning disabilities enabling them to lead fulfilling and empowered lives.
Context
Over the last decade L’Arche has transformed from a network of local Communities with a largely volunteer workforce to a unified and professional organisation. We have built a cohesive national entity, with governance and management centred in a talented National Leadership with oversight from a committed and supportive National Board. As a result, we have weathered covid, the cost of living crisis and the quality of our care and support is better than ever before.
The Role
We now seek a leader who can help realise the L’Arche 2030 plan for brilliant care, beautiful community and effective organisation. This will involve enabling and empowering the excellent National Leadership Team, strengthening and developing rigour in our commercial model, and translating our 2030 plan into a well-sequenced and well-resourced set of initiatives.
The Person
It will require a commercially savvy leader of integrity, conviction and empathy. You will ideally bring some knowledge of social care and have outstanding strategic and communication qualities. And you will be thirsty for our mission and values as the role will ask more of you and change you more than any other role you have encountered.
If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you. For more details please see the job pack attached. Applications to be received by 18th February.
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A brand-new role to Rape Crisis South London, we are looking to appoint a Monitoring Impact Evaluation and Learning (MIEL) Lead as part of our change and transformation journey.
The successful MIEL Lead will be an individual who champions data-driven decision making and ensures our work creates meaningful impact. As a standalone role, the MIEL Lead will work with various internal leads and external stakeholders. Examples of what the MIEL Lead will be doing include designing and presenting programme evaluations and outcome monitoring tools (using analytical tools such as Power BI and Excel) and processes.
Prior experience within a similar role is required as the MIEL Lead will be part of our newly formed Fundraising and Communications Team. With strong organisational and analytical skills, the MIEL Lead will work closely with colleagues to provide data insights to inform funding reports and future funding strategies. The successful applicant will also be able to demonstrate their support for Rape Crisis South London’s values and commitment to feminist principles.
The position is offered as permanent, full-time opportunity, with three days in the office. The post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
To apply, please upload with an up-to-date CV and cover letter (of up to 1,500 words) identifying how you meet the essential and any desirable qualifications, skills and experience by clicking on the ‘Apply’ button.
