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Are you a highly motivated and dedicated Communications professional looking for a role where your skills can make a real difference? The Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth is seeking a Communications Manager to lead its communications function and ensure effective, engaging, and mission-focused messaging across our Diocese.
About the Diocese
The Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth comprises 88 parishes, including the Channel Islands, Rooted in the teachings of the Roman Catholic Faith, our mission is to bring people closer to Jesus Christ through His Church and to highlight the inspiring work of our parish communities in sharing the Gospel and building God’s Kingdom. We have recently launched our Ten-Year Mission Plan You Will be My Witnesses which will shape the diocese over the next decade.
Job Purpose
The Communications Manager is responsible for developing and implementing effective professional internal and external communications strategies for the Diocese to support the Diocesan Bishop and senior leaders as part of the Mission of the Church. This includes representing the Catholic church teaching positively, optimising multi-channel communications to reach a wide constituency, supporting key departments, managing media relations, and leading on crisis communication planning and response.
Providing high quality written management reports about the communications function using key performance indicators is part of the postholders responsibility.
The role ensures consistency and professionalism in all communications, promoting the Diocesan vision of bringing people closer to Jesus Christ through His Church.
The Postholder will work closely with the Chief Operating Officer and the Diocesan Bishop to support the delivery of the Diocesan 10-year Mission Plan “You will be My Witnesses” and to provide an excellent operational day to day communications function.
Please note there is a travel requirement, you must be able to travel across the Diocese, including the Channel Islands.
Hybrid/Flexible Working by agreement with the Line Manager. Core hours in office to be confirmed on appointment. Some out-of-office hours may be required on an ad hoc basis.
Key Internal and External Relationships
- Bishop of Portsmouth
- Chief Operating Officer
- Bishop’s Office
- Clergy, Directors, and Senior Officers of the Diocesan Curia
- Fundraising Manager
- Catholic Schools and Academies office
- Parish Priests and Administrators
- Committee Chairs (e.g., Bamenda and Caritas)
- Catholic Media
- Local Media
- Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales Communications
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Communications Strategy
- Design, develop, and implement the Diocese’s Communications Strategy which is fully aligned with the Diocese ten-year Mission plan.
- Research and identify appropriate methods and channels including secular and religious media to raise the Diocese’s profile and in turn that of the Catholic church.
- Collaborate with partners, such as the Bishops Conference of England and Wales to help shape and influence public policy aligned with Diocesan objectives.
External Communications
- Proactively identify opportunities for promoting positive news about the work of the diocese and enabling the Diocesan Bishop to contribute to thought leadership and public debate on relevant policies.
- Drafting material appropriate for publication.
- Arranging video to support key diocesan publications such as Bishops Pastoral Letters.
- Build and develop the Diocese’s links with press and media to support strategic objectives.
- Act as the point of contact for sensitive news, advising the Bishop and senior staff about handling.
- Act as the Diocesan spokesperson when required, providing a positive and supportive representation of the Catholic Church and the Diocese.
- Develop and implement a Crisis Communications Plan, crafting media statements and briefing senior colleagues on media lines to take.
- Organise media training for senior clergy and lay leaders as required.
- Work with Bishops Office to deliver the weekly E-News, being responsible for editorial control and compliance with relevant regulations, e.g. copyright law
- Work with parishes to support our stewardship journey, including developing compelling good news stories about the work of the Catholic Church.
Internal Communications
- Work closely with HR to Oversee and improve the management of internal communications to foster transparency and engagement.
- Take overall responsibility for organising monthly team briefings for the department of Administration and for other ad hoc events involving parish employee’s clergy and volunteers.
- Manage communication channels such as the intranet, regular newsletters, and staff briefings to ensure alignment with Diocesan values and goals.
- Work with Bishops office on key publications such as the annual directory.
Website and Digital Presence
- Oversee the ongoing improvements in the functionality of the Diocesan website, ensuring it is engaging, user-friendly, up to date and supports the Bishop’s vision.
- Introduce interactive and video content to enhance user experience.
- Support parishes in developing and maintaining their local websites.
Support to Key Departments
- Collaborate with key departments to design and implement tailored communication strategies. For example, Safeguarding.
- Provide tools, templates, and guidance to ensure consistent and effective messaging across departments.
- Act as ‘brand champion’, developing, overseeing and implementing brand guidelines to professionalise and standardise all external communications output, whether it emanates from within or outside the Communications department.
- Build and maintain strong positive working relationships across the DSAS and wider Diocese to support the successful delivery of the communications strategy'.
Meeting Attendance and Reporting
- Attend meetings of the Finance Audit and Risk Committee and any other meetings required, to provide briefings, regular written reports and seek approvals as needed from the Board of Trustees about Communication related matters.
- Support the work of Multidisciplinary meetings that may be called form time to time to deal with extraordinary events.
- Attend in person meetings in parishes across the Diocese where sensitive matters indicate that an in-person meeting is preferable.
- Professional approach to Online meetings.
Team Management
- Provide leadership, direction, and line management to the Communications team, ensuring objectives are met.
- Conduct regular one-to-one meetings and annual performance appraisals.
- Promote collaborative working within the team and across the Diocese.
- Monitor and evaluate team performance against individual and collective objectives.
Ad Hoc Duties
- Carry out additional duties as requested by the Bishop, senior clergy, or the Chief Operating Officer.
Values
- Maintain the ethos and values of the Catholic Church, positively promoting its teachings and activities.
- Role model the Diocese’s core values of integrity, dignity, excellence, accountability, and stewardship.
Person Specification
Competence, Expertise and Knowledge
Essential
- Bachelor’s degree in journalism, strategic communications, or equivalent.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in communications at a senior level, ideally in a mission-focused, charity or public sector organisation.
- Demonstrate excellent levels of written and verbal communication, with the ability explain complicated issues fluently and persuasively.
- Capable of Analysing complex situations and provide advice to senior managers.
- Contributing to resolving the problem with the ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise.
- Demonstrable experience developing, managing and motivating teams/individuals to ensure success.
- Proven experience in developing and implementing communication strategies.
- Comprehensive understanding of the modern media landscape.
- Experience in crisis communication planning and response.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office and CRM platforms.
- Numerate and Excellent writing and presentation skills.
- Understanding of relevant legislation including data protection and copyright.
- Knowledge of and commitment to the teachings of the Catholic Church, and a positive approach to work.
- Experience in budget management.
- Clean Driving Licence and own transport.
Desirable
- Membership of relevant professional bodies such as Chartered Institute of Public Relations, Chartered Institute of Journalists.
- Experience in working with and managing volunteers.
- Experience in Charity sector communications.
Want to find out more?
Please refer to the attached Applicant Briefing Pack - Communications Manager for more information and contact details, if you would like to have an informal discussion regarding this role with the Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth's Chief Operating Officer.
Early applications for this role are recommended, as applications will be reviewed and evaluated upon receipt.
Please submit a CV and cover letter no more than two A4 pages, detailing your motivations for applying.
You will be notified once your CV and cover letter have been reviewed, if we wish to progress your application by inviting you to interview.
Any offer of employment to work at the Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth is conditional, upon receipt of satisfactory references and completion of pre-employment checks.
Please note you must have a valid UK Right to Work, as the Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth does not offer UK Visa Sponsorship.
Bringing people closer to Jesus Christ through His Church
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Background
Social AF are experts in Social Media Moderation. We are incredibly proud to work with a large portfolio of regional, national, and international charities to protect and enhance their brand reputations online, as well as supporting them to deliver their virtual fundraising challenges which have collectively raised in excess of £20 million.
Our reputation for delivering an excellent social media moderation service has helped the company grow at a rapid pace. Our services include:
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Social Media Moderation
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Facebook Group Moderation
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Event set-up and supporter journeys
The continued growth of our Facebook Group Moderation service, led by our Head of Virtual Challenges, means that we are now on the lookout for a talented Virtual Challenges Manager to support the day to day runnings as well as the ongoing growth of this department.
Our Virtual Challenges Manager will support with the account management of our charity partners, manage our Virtual Challenges Officer and established moderation team, and ensure the smooth running of our events portfolio.
About the role
After a significant period of growth we are now looking to hire a Virtual Challenges Manager. The successful candidate will play an important role in managing relationships with our charity partners as well as the performance and development of our moderators.
We currently have a team of 30 Moderators and Team Leaders (self employed contractors) who work across a wide range of Social Fundraising Challenges. During peak times we can support up to 25 events in any one month.
You will be responsible for the day to day management of our team of talented moderators by monitoring their KPIs and performance, developing and implementing training, and taking an active role in the recruitment of new starters.
You will manage a portfolio of charity partner accounts to provide the best possible service and support, to maximise income generation and ensure challenges run to an exceptional standard.
You will also line manage our Virtual Challenges Officer, and work closely with them to ensure the smooth running of our events.
You will be expected to live our values and work together with our senior leadership team to support with the growth and evolution of Social AF as the go-to moderation agency for the third sector.
The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 3 years' fundraising experience and a minimum of 12 months’ experience of running a Facebook Challenge or Social Fundraising Portfolio.
It’s a really exciting time to join Social AF as we expand and grow our agency. The role will be suitable for an outstanding challenge events fundraiser who particularly enjoys building relationships and delivering work to an excellent standard
Please read the job description for further information, including a detailed job and person specification.
Please apply via the 'Quick Apply' function. You will be required to submit your CV and a short covering statement, and answer the following questions:
- What motivated you to apply for this role? (up to 300 words)
- Tell us more about your experience of managing a Social Fundraising portfolio , highlighting any direct experience with Facebook Challenges. (up to 500 words)
- Please share more about any line management experience you have. (up to 300 words)
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Choices is seeking an individual to support the smooth running of all the organisation’s services and operations, as well was managing our office and general administration, while our Operations Manager is on maternity leave.
We are looking for a highly organised and creative candidate, bringing relevant experience to the role including experience with people, project and database management, to help make a real difference in the lives of mums and their partners who might be marginalised and vulnerable.
Please note that in order to safeguard Choices’ Christian culture and ethos and in keeping with the Equality Act 2010 (Schedule 9 Para 3) Choices’ Trustees have applied an occupational requirement to this role whereby the post holder will be committed to upholding and modelling Choices’ Christian ethos.
If you’re interested or have any questions, please read the job description and get in touch.
Final Deadline: Friday 14th February 2025 at 12pm
Interviews: 25th and 26th February 2025 in the afternoon either online or in person in Islington
Applications for this role are via CV and a covering letter (max 2 A4 pages)
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Are you a highly motivated and dedicated Fundraising professional looking for a role where your skills can make a real difference? The Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth is seeking a Fundraising Manager to attract grants and donations from a variety of different sources, ensuring that annual voluntary income targets are met and that all fundraising activity across our Diocese is safe, legal and compliant.
About the Diocese
The Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth comprises 88 parishes, including the Channel Islands, Rooted in the teachings of the Roman Catholic Faith, our mission is to bring people closer to Jesus Christ through His Church and to highlight the inspiring work of our parish communities in sharing the Gospel and building God’s Kingdom. We have recently launched our Ten-Year Mission Plan You Will be My Witnesses which will shape the diocese over the next decade.
Job Purpose
The Fundraising Manager is responsible for developing and implementing effective fundraising strategies to support the Diocese’s mission, including stewardship of major campaigns, identifying and securing grant funding, promoting digital and online giving, and fostering local fundraising initiatives in parishes. The role is pivotal in enabling parishes and the Diocese to serve their communities effectively while ensuring alignment with the Catholic Church’s teachings and values.
The postholder will work closely with the Chief Operating Officer and senior team to support the Diocesan 10-year Mission Plan, “You Will Be My Witnesses.”
Please note there is a travel requirement, you must be able to travel across the Diocese, including the Channel Islands.
Hybrid/Flexible Working by agreement with the Line Manager. Core hours in office to be confirmed on appointment. Some out-of-office hours may be required on an ad hoc basis.
Key Internal and External Relationships
- Chief Operating Officer
- Parish Priests and Administrators
- Finance Department
- Estates department
- Caritas and Bamenda leads
- Communications Manager
- Grant-making bodies and major donors
- Fundraising teams in parishes
- Diocesan Data Protection Officer
- Catholic Dioceses of England and Wales Fundraising Network
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Fundraising Strategy and Campaigns
- Develop and implement a comprehensive fundraising strategy to meet agreed targets, including stewardship of recent and existing major campaigns.
- Collaborate with the Finance Department to ensure alignment of fundraising activities with financial goals and accountability and with the Estates team to align with Estates Strategy and priorities.
- Identify and secure grant funding opportunities, including preparation of high-quality applications and maintaining relationships with funders.
- Work with parishes to design and deliver local stewardship campaigns, ensuring consistency in messaging and impact.
- Procure and deliver a user-friendly CRM platform, working with other teams to ensure that solution is fully optimised.
Digital and Online Giving
Support parishes in growing regular and ad hoc online donations by:
- Develop and promote digital giving solutions across parishes, providing training and support for implementation.
- Expand online giving platforms to increase accessibility and engagement.
Stewardship and Reporting
- Foster a culture of stewardship across the Diocese, emphasizing shared responsibility and accountability.
- Provide regular updates and high-quality reports which are driven by defined Key performance Indicators, on fundraising performance and initiatives to senior management and Trustees.
Parish Support and Capacity Building
- Support parishes with the tools, training, guidance and where necessary practical assistance for successful local fundraising initiatives.
- Facilitate workshops and support sessions for parish fundraising committees.
Collaboration and Communication
- Work closely with the Communications Manager and Communications team to ensure fundraising messages are aligned with Diocesan values and the Mission Plan.
- Share compelling stories of impact across the Diocese to encourage participation and giving.
- Build and maintain strong positive working relationships across the DSAS and wider Diocese to support the successful delivery of fundraising objectives
Meeting Attendance and Reporting
- Attend meetings of the Finance Audit and Risk Committee and any other meetings required, to provide briefings, regular written reports and seek approvals as needed from the Board of Trustees about Fundraising related matters.
- Attend in person meetings in parishes across the Diocese as required.
- Professional approach to Online meetings.
Governance and Compliance
- Ensure all fundraising activities comply with relevant current legislation, including data protection, gift aid regulations, and fundraising codes of practice.
- Develop and implement policies and procedures to uphold high standards of fundraising governance across the Diocese.
- Monitor compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements, providing training and guidance to employees and parishes where necessary.
- Maintain accurate records of fundraising activities, donations, and grants, ensuring transparency and accountability.
- Advise senior leaders on legal and ethical implications of fundraising practices, contributing to the Diocese’s reputation for integrity and professionalism.
Ad Hoc Duties
- Carry out additional duties as requested by line manager.
Values
- Maintain the ethos and values of the Catholic Church, positively promoting its teachings and activities.
- Role model the Diocese’s core values of integrity, dignity, excellence, accountability, and stewardship.
Person Specification
Competence, Expertise and Knowledge
Essential
- Degree level education
- Proven track record of delivering significant fundraising results in the charity sector, with demonstrable experience of achieving and exceeding financial targets.
- Experience and aptitude for detailed project planning and record keeping.
- Strong commitment to the mission and values of the Catholic Church.
- Experience in grant writing and securing substantial funding.
- Numerate, with outstanding writing and presentation skills.
- Strong influencing skills, capable of working collaboratively with a diverse range of stakeholders.
- Self-motivated, hardworking, and able to manage multiple priorities effectively.
- Demonstrable experience in building and sustaining relationships with donors and stakeholders.
- Competent in use of Microsoft office and CRM platforms.
Desirable
- Formal degree level qualification relevant to sector.
- Familiarity with digital giving platforms and tools.
- Experience in training and capacity-building initiatives.
- Membership of relevant professional bodies (e.g., Chartered Institute of Fundraising).
Want to find out more?
Please refer to the attached Applicant Briefing Pack - Fundraising Manager for more information and for contact details, if you would like an informal discussion with the Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth's Chief Operating Officer about this role.
Early applications for this role are recommended, as applications will be reviewed and evaluated upon receipt.
Please submit a CV and cover letter no more than two A4 pages, detailing your motivations for applying.
You will be notified once your CV and cover letter have been reviewed, if we wish to progress your application by inviting you to interview.
Any offer of employment to work at the Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth is conditional, upon receipt of satisfactory references and completion of pre-employment checks.
Please note you must have a valid UK Right to Work, as the Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth does not offer UK Visa Sponsorship.
Bringing people closer to Jesus Christ through His Church
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Smart Works is a dynamic, high profile and fast-growing UK charity that dresses, coaches and empowers unemployed women for success at their job interview. After visiting Smart Works, 63% of clients secure a job within a month.
The Smart Works service is delivered in London, Manchester, Stockport, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Newcastle, Reading and Leeds. Over the past eleven years, Smart Works has helped over 40,000 women. It is our mission that any woman who needs our service should be able to find her way to a Smart Works centre.
In April 2022, Smart Works launched a Three-Year Plan that will see the charity double the number of women helped annually from 5,000 to 10,000 women a year. We are on track to achieve this by expanding the reach of our existing centres and opening new centres in areas of need including Bristol; set to open in early 2025.
About this role
The South London Service Delivery Manager will oversee all activities within our Croydon centre, ensuring there is a vibrant, friendly environment where all feel welcome and able to be themselves.
As the face of our South London service, the appointed candidate will ensure Smart Works is embedded in the local community, with a steady stream of clients being referred to Smart Works for dressing and coaching appointments.
We are looking for someone who can demonstrate a track record of building strong relationships, successfully managing a space or centre and an ability to make things happen. Our ideal candidate will share our passion for helping clients succeed, believe in the power of volunteering and will be a real people-person, who will enjoy meeting new people every day.
The Service Delivery Manager must be a natural relationship builder, who is a confident public speaker. They will also be organised, an excellent multi-tasker and will thrive in a fast-paced environment. We are looking for a true team-player, with a proven track record of rolling-up their sleeves and delivering results.
How to Apply
Please head to our website to read the full job description and then submit a CV and a cover letter which answers the following questions via our recruitment portal by 5pm on Sunday 26th January 2025. Your application should be addressed to Fiona Hollow, Head of London Service Delivery.
- Why do you want to work for Smart Works? (Max 250 words)
- How will you create a positive atmosphere and environment for clients, volunteers and staff members in our South London centre? (Max 250 words)
- Tell us about a time you have worked effectively in a team to solve a problem. (Max 250 words)
First round interviews will take place online on 31st January and second round in person interviews will take place in our South London centre in Croydon on 5th February.
If you require any reasonable adjustments or alterations for the application and recruitment processes, please send us an email and we'd be happy to accomodate.
Smart Works is committed to best practice employment practices, including reducing the burden for those seeking work. Smart Works will therefore reimburse reasonable costs of travel to interviews if required.
We exist to give unemployed women the clothing, coaching and confidence they need to succeed at interview and get the job.
The Switch is excited to be recruiting for the impactful role of Alumni Network Manager, building on our work to champion social mobility for young people.
The Switch proudly supports a network of approximately 1,500 alumni who are young people aged 18-25, most of whom have been involved in our programmes delivered in their schools. As the Alumni Project Manager, you will play a pivotal role in building upon our Alumni Network delivering initiatives, activities and programmes that will empower young people to successfully transition from education to employment.
We have built a dedicated Alumni Portal on which we post opportunities, jobs and other relevant things for young people. You will manage this platform, ensuring it serves as a hub for promoting events, sharing opportunities from partners, and fostering meaningful engagement.
Your responsibilities will include delivering impactful initiatives such as Alumni Career Mentoring, organising engaging events with employers, and developing high-quality digital content and resources tailored to the needs of our alumni. Additionally, you will lead efforts to grow the network by recruiting new alumni and strengthening connections within the existing community.
This is an exciting period of growth as we aim to expand the network and deepen collaborations with our partner employers. A key focus will be on creating exclusive employment opportunities and additional support initiatives for alumni. We are seeking a candidate with a commercial mindset, capable of identifying opportunities to engage stakeholders, explore innovative revenue streams, and monetise initiatives. We also want to develop our impact measurement systems and strongly believe that by tracking Alumni into the workplace we can capture data that demonstrates the power of our employability programmes.
Details
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The role sits within the Delivery Team and reports to Head of Programmes and Impact
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Working hours are typically 9am – 5pm Monday – Thursday, and 9am – 4pm Fridays
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Working from home (WFH) is typically 2 to 3 days a week
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Flexibility may be required to cover meetings or events outside of these hours and WFH days
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You may be required to attend meetings at partner offices or attend events in school
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Start date ideally early April 2025.
We encourage applicants who live or have lived in Tower Hamlets and understand the community we serve.
If you're from Tower Hamlets and interested in the role but feel you don't meet all the requirements, please reach out to discuss how we can support you. Similarly, if you need any additional assistance, we are happy to discuss how we can help once you're in the role.
By providing our local young people with essential skills and experiences of the working world, we ensure that they can reach their best future.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Income-generation Manager
Job purpose
Over the next six years, the Diocese of St Asaph is embarking on an ambitious growth programme to extend our ministry in local communities.
To support this work, we need to develop, deliver and embed an income-generation strategy for our growth projects to help our churches and Mission Areas to achieve financial sustainability for the future.
As part of the Diocesan office team, but working closely with Hub Churches and Mission Areas, the Income-generation Manager will develop current income streams and use creative approaches to identify new opportunities and trial new methods of generating funds.
Key duties are as follows:
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Work with the Diocesan Programme team to identify and implement income initiatives for churches. These will include:
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planned and regular giving
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Gift Aid – gaining maximum benefit from this
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loose plate – improving how we collect cash and electronic payment
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using church buildings to generate fees
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making best use of reserves and investments
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legacy (inc. wills)
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grants – sourcing and writing – supporting the work of our grants manager for building development works.
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Develop practical and consistent guides for churches and revise these based on changing needs and requirements.
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Deliver income generation guidance and toolkits, including working on pilot schemes and proof of concept projects with churches.
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Monitor project performance to ensure our income objectives are on track.
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Conduct regular review sessions to identify successes and failures.
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Compile and submit status reports to management, the Diocesan Oversight group and other key stakeholders.
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Develop excellent communication skills to liaise effectively with project stakeholders at all levels of seniority.
Who we are looking for...
You should have demonstrable experience of developing and maintaining fundraising projects in the charitable sector. You will be able to rely on your fundraising expertise while tailoring your approach to the requirements of the Church in Wales.
You should be a self-starter – someone who can motivate and organise local church teams to embrace new initiatives. You will be creative and able to develop new, innovative projects and see these through to completion by working with local fundraisers.
You will have excellent verbal and written communications skills and support a culture of continuous evaluation and improvement.
How to apply:
Please email your CV and a covering letter, explaining how you meet the criteria for the role.
Closing date: Noon on Friday 14 February 2025
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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The Royal Foundation of St Katharine, is one of the UK’s oldest charities. Founded in 1147, it has always been cared for by the Queens of England. It offers a retreat experience in the heart of East London, and provides meetings and events space for over 1500 meetings a year, mainly for charities and non-profits. It also runs community work based around London’s only Yurt café, dealing with issues around poverty, loneliness, community cohesion and promoting the arts and creativity.
With 45 bedrooms and 12 meeting rooms of different sizes based around a beautiful inner garden, it offers a unique and valued space in East London.
The Foundation has a strong Christian ethos, employing a chaplain and headed up by the Master, who is a Church of England Priest. There is a beautiful chapel on site which is an active place of Christian worship at the heart of the Foundation.
Position Overview
The Royal Foundation of St Katharine is seeking an experienced General Manager to lead its commercial and operational activities. This role is pivotal in driving the financial performance and service excellence of the Foundation, ensuring that its commercial success generates the income to support the organisation’s charitable objectives.
The General Manager will oversee c60 staff and take the lead on: generating c£3m revenue annually; business development; profitability; guest satisfaction; and operational excellence. The successful candidate will be a energising, results-driven leader with a track record of delivering exceptional service while also championing the Foundation’s Christian ethos and values.
This post reports directly to the Master of the Royal Foundation and also makes formal reports to the Court of the Royal Foundation (the board of trustees) every quarter and to various sub committees as required.
Key Responsibilities
Revenue Generation and Business Development
- Develop and implement strategic initiatives to optimize revenue streams, including conferencing, events, accommodation, and hospitality services.
- Identify and pursue growth opportunities, partnerships, and innovative solutions to maximize income.
- Monitor and analyse market trends to ensure the Foundation remains competitive and relevant.
Operational Excellence and Service Delivery
- Ensure the seamless delivery of high-quality services across all touchpoints, including guest accommodations, events, and dining experiences.
- Ensure optimal operational efficiency by streamlining processes and utilizing resources effectively.
- Lead and inspire teams to deliver exceptional guest experiences, aligning with the Foundation’s values
- Ensure risk assessments and health and safety standards are maintained
Financial Management and Profitability
- Develop and manage budgets, ensuring financial targets are met while maintaining cost control.
- Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to evaluate financial and operational success.
- Implement strategies to improve profitability and resource allocation.
Guest Satisfaction and Community Engagement
- Foster a culture of hospitality and service excellence to enhance guest satisfaction.
- Actively seek and respond to guest feedback to improve experiences.
- Strengthen the Foundation’s reputation within the local community and among stakeholders.
Key Competencies
- Proven track record of success in marketing, revenue generation, business development, and commercial management.
- Excellent leadership and people management skills with the ability to inspire, build trust and motivate teams.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management abilities.
- Financial acumen with experience of managing budgets and driving profitability.
- Commitment to delivering high standards of service and guest satisfaction
- High technical competency with key hospitality, finance and marketing systems
- Willingness to lead by example in being able to be hands on in supporting operational departments.
Qualifications and Experience
- Significant experience in hospitality, events, or a related sector
- Strong understanding of commercial operations and their alignment with broader organisational goals.
- Sensitivity to understand the not-for-profit sector and be able to balance commercial success with charitable objectives
- Strong values aligned to the organisation’s Christian ethos and able to support its Retreat Offerings and Community work.
Why Join The Royal Foundation of St Katharine?
This is an exciting opportunity to play a leading role in a historic and purpose-driven organisation. As General Manager, you will have the chance to make a tangible impact, ensuring that the Foundation’s commercial success fuels its charitable mission, helping to enrich the lives of the communities it serves.
If you are a values driven, results-oriented leader with a track record in hospitality and a commitment to making a difference, we invite you to apply.
To Apply: Please submit your CV and cover letter detailing your experience and vision for this role.
Closing Date 10th February
Visit RFSK and meeting the Managers (17th February)
Interviews 18th February
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Leukaemia UK – Our Charity
Leukaemia UK is growing! We are expanding our team to achieve a step-change in income, profile and impact in 2025 and beyond.
We are a ‘small but mighty’ charity with one big ambition: to stop leukaemia devastating lives. Over the next 10 years we want to help save and improve the lives of more people with leukaemia through finding and funding life-changing research.
Despite progress in recent decades, someone in the UK is diagnosed with a blood cancer every 16 minutes and survival rates are among some of the worst of any cancer. And the physical and psychological impact can be lifelong.
Our current strategy outlines our plan to increase our investment into ground-breaking world class research and policy development focused on improving access to kinder, more effective diagnosis, treatment and care for leukaemia and other blood cancers. To do this, we are embarking on a period of significant growth, investing strategically to grow our income, profile, influence, and engagement and impact.
As we begin the fourth year of this ambitious 5-year strategy, we are seeking a passionate and knowledgeable CRM Manager to help maximise the potential of the CRM in stewarding supporters and logging and providing insights into fundraising income.
Team
We are a close-knit team, who are all passionate about Leukaemia UK and putting those affected by the disease at the heart of everything we do. We are all focused on “keeping it real” with pragmatic, practical solutions, as well as ensuring that our charity gets the funding it needs to continue to help those diagnosed with leukaemia and other blood cancers.
From us you can expect fun and creativity, as well as great challenge and support. We may not be about the corporate life here, but we are all about delivering exceptional expertise and making a real change to people’s lives.
Leukaemia UK and You
We are looking for a self starter who enjoys working across teams to provide solutions - there is a real opportunity here to take our fundraising CRM to the next level. You will embody our values of being curious, collaborative and bold! This role requires creativity and people skills, as well as the technical knowledge to deliver effective solutions. If you are not Salesforce Certified, we will support the successful applicant to achieve at least Salesforce Certified Administrator within the first year.
As CRM Manager you will be responsible for the integrity of the Salesforce database, ensuring data is imported and held effectively and can be used to steward supporters and stakeholders and provide insight to make important business decisions.
The role will entail some development work as well as routine tasks and the maintenance of a manual of standard operating procedures. This is an exciting opportunity to reconfigure the Leukaemia UK’s Saleforce operation to meet the needs of our varying internal stakeholders. Although this role sits within the Public Fundraising team, you will work with teams across Leukaemia UK, ensuring that we have a 360-degree view of stakeholder relationships, You will also be the direct contact with our external Salesforce consultants, who work pro-bono to support our mission to stop leukaemia devastating lives.
Skills and Experience
- At least two years Salesforce administration experience, including development work
- Experience of the not-for profit sector and fundraising CRMs
- Self-starter with the ability to self-learn and quickly master new technology
- Excellent MS Excel skills
- Confident with data manipulation and analysis
- Excellent project management skills and a positive attitude
- Confident, independent worker
- Ability to meet deadlines and prioritise simultaneous requests
- Creative and analytical thinker with strong problem-solving skills
- Effective communicator verbally and in writing, able to explain complex topics in simple language
Role specifics
- Hours – 22.5 per week, worked over 3,4 or 5 days per week.
- 0.6 FTE (full time hours are 37.5)
- Location: We embrace hybrid working and staff are required to be in the office minimum of 2 days per month but regular office working is welcomed and we aim as a team is to work together in the office together if and when possible.
- Salary range £40,000 - £48,000 (pro rata for part time hours) depending on experience
- We are proud of our benefits – see a summary on our website under Work with Us
Applications
If you feel you have the passion for our work and the right mix of skills, energy, and flair to embrace this broad and challenging role and enable our strategy to fly, then we would love you to apply. Please also see the full job description attached to the advert. To minimise unconscious bias, we use anonymous recruitment and are unable to consider direct applications. Please apply via the CharityJob website with your CV and covering letter by midnight Sunday 2nd February 2025.
- First interviews will be held in our London office on Monday 10th February 2025
- Second interviews will be held in our London office in w/c 17th February 2025
- Our address is 26 Great Queen St, London WC2B 5BL
I look forward to hearing from you!
Sarah Weber
Head of Public Fundraising
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
At Ambitious about Autism, we're currently looking for an Office Manager to join our team at TreeHouse School.
You'll provide high quality administrative and reception support to TreeHouse School, overseeing the running of the front office and acting as a central information point for staff, parents and visitors.
Some key duties will include:
- Managing the stationery budget and ordering supplies for the school
- Line management of the Receptionist
- Arranging meeting room bookings
- Managing the team's annual leave
We are looking for someone who has:
- Strong administrative and reception experience
- Excellent IT skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills at all levels via telephone and written communication
- Experience of using your own initiative to plan and manage your own workload
In return, we offer great benefits including a generous holiday allowance and commitment to continued professional development (CPD), flexible, hybrid working and more!
This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious individual who would like to work for a forward-thinking, open and honest organisation and make a real impact to the young people we work with. Please find our full recruitment pack on the link below.
If you have any questions about the role or would like to have a confidential chat, please contact James Axford, Recruitment Officer.
Ambitious about Autism is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and we warmly welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates. We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit.
Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. As part of our Safer Recruitment checks, an online search maybe carried out in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.
The Safeguarding responsibilities of the post as per the job description and personal specification.
Whether the post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendment to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2021. This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS Filter Guidance.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and passionate Content Manager to join us at the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR)!
Following a period of exciting change, including the redevelopment of our website, member magazine and brand, the Content Manager has a vital role within the organisation, leading on the ways we communicate with and engage our members, so that they feel connected and supported across their careers.
You will support the development of our content strategy, overseeing its delivery and maximising opportunities to expand the ways in which we develop and deliver content to members. You will work collaboratively with colleagues to ensure key messages are landing with our audiences, and that we are communicating their work effectively.
This is an exciting role that offers the opportunity to be creative and inventive, shaping the ways we engage with our members in a collaborative team environment.
What you’ll do:
- Lead on content planning and development across all owned channels.
- Support the development and delivery of the content strategy, identifying key points of engagement with our audiences.
- Continue to enhance the quality and breadth of content, exploring different formats and topics to ensure we adapt to audience needs.
- Strategically grow and develop our channels, building interaction and dialogue with our audiences.
- Use insight and analytics to inform decision making, ensuring a personalised, user-led experience with all RCR communications.
- Oversee and manage all operational activity for the content team, including budget, policies and line management.
What you’ll need:
- Proven experience in delivering successful content plans and writing impactful and engaging copy.
- Experience in successfully using content marketing to drive interaction and activity.
- Experience in leading and inspiring teams to innovate, develop and achieve.
- A skilled storyteller, with the ability to convey complex ideas in an accessible and engaging way.
- Confidence in communicating to a wide range of stakeholders, with an interest in collaborating and coordinating ideas across teams.
- Knowledge of how to use and interpret data to inform content development.
If you are looking for an opportunity to demonstrate your passion and experience in a charitable organisation with a great cause and ambitious goals, please find out more about the Content Manager role, the RCR and how to apply by visiting the RCR website and reading the 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
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Rethink Mental Illness are seeking an experienced and passionate Registered Manager to join and lead the team at our Dawlish & Sidmouth services.
Imagine being part of an organisation whose common purpose is to help those who are severely impacted by mental illness. We believe that everyone should be treated with respect and dignity – and that’s why equity is one of our core values.
JOIN THE TEAM!
Our Dawlish and Sidmouth CQC services provide housing-related support for people with high support needs. The purpose of the service is to enable people placed out of area to return to Devon. The services aim to support people in gaining the skills they need to live independently.
How you will make a difference as a Registered Manager:
- Personalised Service Delivery: Ensure safe, personalised services through assessment, person-centred planning, and regular outcome-focused reviews.
- Support Planning: Develop aspirational support plans for residents.
- Safety Systems: Implement safe systems of work, including personal safety and lone working, complying with Rethink Mental Illness’ safety policies.
- Information Quality: Improve the quality of information recorded on Rethink Information System (RIS) and support staff in its use.
- Incident Management: Manage incidents and accidents effectively, adhering to policies and regulatory notifications.
- Complaints Management: Enhance service user experience by developing an effective complaints management culture.
- Safeguarding Lead: Lead safeguarding practices, ensuring effective reporting and professional relationships with the safeguarding team.
- Staff Management: Provide effective line management, handling conduct, performance, and attendance issues.
- Recruitment: Recruiting skilled staff, managing the recruitment process in line with policies and Equality legislation.
Essential Skills and Experience Required:
- Qualifications: Achieved or working towards Level 5 Diploma in Leadership in Health & Social Care or equivalent.
- Experience: At least 2 years of relevant experience in an operational management capacity in a health/social care setting.
- Knowledge: Understanding of legal responsibilities and standards for CQC registered services, including person-centred service delivery.
- Supervision and Leadership: Experience in providing effective supervision, leadership, and management of staff.
- Direct Experience: Experience working directly with people with severe mental illness.
- Agency Work: Experience working within statutory agencies.
Caring for our people.
We offer a wide range of support. Some of our benefits include:
- PULSE – our recognition, rewards, wellbeing, and benefits platform. Providing access to thousands of discounts and benefits including cashback; reloadable cards; savings etc. As well as being able to thank colleagues and nominate them for awards.
- Wellbeing support: our Wellbeing hub gives physical, emotional, and mental health support. We also have an Employee Assistance Programme with access to appointments.
- Taking time for you: we work flexibly and have generous annual leave, starting at 25 rising to 30 days, plus bank holidays, as well as your birthday off. We also offer the opportunity to buy and sell annual leave.
- Planning for the future: We have a contributory pension scheme.
- Structured Corporate Induction: Onboarding you into the Charity supporting your wellbeing along the way.
- £300 when you introduce a Friend: receive up to £300 when you introduce a friend or family member.
Who are we?
We’re Rethink Mental Illness, a leading charity provider of mental health services in England. We support thousands of people through our groups, services, policy, campaigns and advice and information. Our work supports us in delivering on our mission: “A better life for everyone severely affected by mental illness.”
It is an exciting time to join our growing charity. We are on a transformation journey, one that supports the delivery of the organisation strategy – delivering Communities that Care. Supporting employees, managers and leaders through this change is a key priority for the People function. Just like its key that we attract diverse people to come and work for us.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
Diversity is important to us and we appreciate difference through difference, inclusiveness and belonging. It gives us a deeper understanding of the world, our society and the diverse communities we’re working with. By including everyone, we are able to draw on the unique experiences and expertise of our people to help shape and enrich our workplace and improve our services. One way we are doing is through our valued staff networks which play a critical and highly valued role in keeping us focused on creating a diverse, inclusive and engaged employer. We recognise and support staff networks and support groups for our ethnically diverse and LGBTQIA+ colleagues. We are also proud to have been awarded Disability Confident Employer status and are a signatory to the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter.
We aim for our workforce to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve; for those who work for us to feel heard, valued and feel they belong; and for our work to help tackle wider mental health inequalities. We therefore actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience of mental illness, those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual and any other gender identity not expressed here (LGBTQIA+); people who are neurodiverse, have a health condition, or a disability or hidden disability and people from an ethnically diverse background - regardless of your age, religious or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, political view or socio-economic status.
Becoming a truly anti-racist organisation
We have an ambition of become a truly anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider - and in our efforts to influence policy and wider societal factors impacting on mental health set out in our anti-racist statement . We have designed a multi-year anti-racist programme of work contained in our Race Equality Action Plan which demonstrates our intention to hold ourselves accountable and be judged on our progress on becoming a truly anti-racist organisation. You can read more about our progress here.
We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
ReachOut is a national youth development charity and a strategic partner for schools. Through collective mentoring and engaging activities, we build socio-emotional skills that transform outcomes for young people constrained by circumstance.
The Curriculum, Quality and Training Manager is responsible for designing engaging & inspiring session resources, recruiting & training the adults that enable our young people to develop and managing a programme of robust and ongoing quality assurance. This will include line managing our Volunteer Officers, working closely with the Programmes and Impact Manager to make evidence informed decisions and collaborating across the organisation to meet our strategic aims.
2025 is an exciting time to join ReachOut as we launch our new organisational strategy. You’ll be joining a friendly and supportive team, helping us make a real difference to the lives and futures of young people across London and Manchester.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Community Alliance Broxbourne and East Herts is the leading voluntary sector infrastructure organisation in Broxbourne and East Herts. We provide a diverse range of capacity-building services to voluntary and community sectors and deliver projects and initiatives that engage the community and improve people’s quality of life. We aim to be the first choice of our partners and beneficiaries in everything we do.
We are looking for a HR manager who shares our passion for supporting the community to join our team. This will be a new role for the organisation and will play a vital part in supporting the organisation to deliver the wide variety of services the charity manages. Working closely with the CEO and senior management, the role will provide day-to-day support while also addressing the longer-term ambitions of the organisation.
Benefits include: pension, healthcare, flexible and hybrid working.
Skills and Qualities
Essential:
- Chartered CIPD membership and/or postgraduate qualification in either Human Resources Management or Employment Law, or working towards these qualifications
- Generalist HR experience and a good working knowledge of HR systems
- Experience at recruitment interviewing and assessment, including at a senior level
- First-hand experience of providing HR support for organisational change
- Experience of writing and implementing employment policies and procedures
- Excellent verbal, presentation and written communication skills
- Excellent IT skills, including MS Office package
- Ability to plan, prioritise and delegate and to work closely within a busy team / able to work independently and confidentially
- Ability to work to tight deadlines and under pressure
- Ability to deal professionally, tactfully and confidently with people at all levels, both internal and external audiences
- Good working knowledge of relevant legislative framework and HR best practice, including equality, employment, immigration and data protection
Desirable:
- Education to degree level
- Experience in a HR role within private sector and / or ”not for profit” organisations employing at least 50 people
- Previous experience of designing and delivering HR training/briefings for managers
- Experience of managing budgets
- Understanding the issues inherent in operating within a geographically dispersed organisation
- Interest in current community and/or environmental issues
For more information and to apply for this post, please visit our website for the full job pack which includes an Application Form.
Please submit a completed Application Form by Thursday, 30th January 2025 at 12pm.
This post will be employed by Community Alliance Broxbourne and East Herts.
We support local voluntary organisations, empower community groups, build local partnerships and improve residents’ lives.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and passionate Brand Manager to join us at the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR)!
Following a rebrand in 2023, the RCR has an exciting and dynamic new brand to represent our members and their specialties. The Brand Manager has a critical role within the organisation, leading on both the ongoing development and growth of the new RCR brand and how our customers engage with it.
You will support the development of our brand strategy, overseeing its delivery and maximising op-portunities to continue to expand and enhance the RCR brand. You will work collaboratively with col-leagues to ensure the key messages and goals are embedded across our work, from events to prod-uct development and you’ll lead the way in ensuring that the brand vision touches everything that we do, and that our work upholds and supports the brand in return.
This is an exciting role that offers the opportunity to shape and build our brand work as we realise our ambitions as an organisation
What you’ll do:
- Support and deliver the brand strategy in line with the ongoing growth and development of the organisation, ensuring it’s at the heart of all we do.
- Identify opportunities to improve engagement with the brand, increase understanding of our audiences and expand our reach as an organisation.
- Oversee and support our insight activity, using data to inform our communications and other activity, putting member views at the forefront.
- Manage and support the development of our creative assets and design work, using the visual expression of our brand to drive awareness and build our global reputation.
- Oversee and manage all operational activity for the brand team, including budget, policies and line management.
What you’ll need:
- Proven experience in brand management and bringing brand values to life for audiences and colleagues.
- Experience in applying marketing techniques to build brand awareness and engagement with a variety of audiences.
- Experience in leading and inspiring teams to innovate, develop and achieve.
- Knowledge of creative asset development and design and using these strategically to build engagement.
- Proven experience of developing insight led strategies and using data to drive activity.
- Confidence in communicating to a wide range of stakeholders, with an interest in collaborating and coordinating ideas across teams.
- An understanding of how brand impacts all areas of work, with an ability to engage others in the big picture and long term goals.
If you are looking for an opportunity to demonstrate your passion and experience in a charitable organisation with a great cause and ambitious goals, please find out more about the Brand Manager role, the RCR and how to apply by visiting the RCR website and reading the 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